A/N:

Princess of Flames: Thank you! ^-^ I'm still not sure if I'm going to make her a demigod, but I'm leaning towards it. I think the her being the daughter of Thanatos is really good idea! But i can also see the Apollo.

So I obviously don't own McDonald's, and I also forgot to mention in the last chapter that I don't own The Nightmare Before Christmas, but I'm pretty sure y'all knew that.

Nico's POV

I am happy to be back with Blake. She is seriously fun to hang out with. But then again, I'm not unhappy about leaving. After Blake had fallen asleep, my mind began to wander and I found myself thinking about Percy. And Annabeth. And Percy and Annabeth. I got depressed, wanting to give up on life. I convinced myself no one would even want to be my friend, let alone be around me, even Blake. So I left. I just walked around all day until as I was walking past a park, I heard sobbing. Being a son of Hades, I could sense the despair. I could also tell that it was coming from Blake. I found her curled up in a ball, balancing on a thick tree branch. I hoped I hadn't caused her the sorrow. I figured it was from her family issues mostly, but also knew that I was what caused her to break.

I felt terrible, making her cry. So I asked if we could start over and she agreed, thank gods. She has a nice sense of humor, and I think this might be the one person to get me, other than Hazel, of course.

Right now we are sitting on a park bench, since there's nowhere else to really go. I look over at Blake, she's dozing off in a very uncomfortable-looking sitting position.

"Ya know, I was just kidding about the whole 'never touch me' thing right?" I ask, turning to her, but I don't give her time to answer. "If you want to lean on me or something to sleep that's fine."

"Okay." She says smiling sleepily. "But what about you? How will you sleep? You don't look too comfortable either."

"I'll be fine, I don't sleep much anyways." I say smiling lazily back.

"Whatever you say." She yawns, stretching her arms, then curls up beside me, pressing her head against my chest. I awkwardy rest my arm on her shoulders in an attempt to get comfortable.

"Okay," I finally get out. I lean back, stretching my feet out infront of me. Suprisingly, I begin to doze off, and eventually go to sleep.

Oddly, for a demigod, I didn't have any dreams, which was probably good. I didn't need to be having wierd dreams about Percy- or Blake for that fact. Wierd dreams would make things wierd.

As I wake up, I'm glad to see that Blake is still here, snuggled into my side, which I oddly didn't mind. I feel a pang of guilt, also odd for me. I felt horrible that she could stick around for me, but I couldnt do the same for her. As I stir, I accidently wake her up too, also making me feel bad. She looked so sweet and innocent and peaceful as she slept. She rises and stretches her arms.

"Good morning." She says wistfully. "Glad you didn't wander off this time."

"Are you ever gonna let that go?"

"No!" She exclaimed, giggling.

"Sooo, watcha wanna do?" I inquire.

"Uhmm, I dunno.. we can graffiti, go shop lifting, uhmm.."

"Woah! How about we do something legal... like go grab McDonald's or something."

"Really?! I haven't had McDonald's in forever!"

"Yeah! Ya know, I can raise the dead with a Happy Meal." I casually throw out there, imediately understanding what I just said, and regretting it.

"... Wait, what?" She asked thoroughly shocked and confused.

"Uhm, nothing! I was just joking around." He said, forcing a laugh.

"Okay.." she said wearily.

"So! About McDonalds, you ready?"

"Yes!" She shouted, but then her expression darkened, "I don't have much money though, I usually just eat chips or something cheap."

"It's fine, it's on me."

"Really? You sure?"

"Yes, Blake, it's fine."

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She exclaimed wrapping her arms around me, nearly knocking me over.

"You're welcome.." I say, stunned.

"Oh yeah, no touching, sorry." She said quietly, smiling shyly.

"Hey, I said I was joking about that." I say, leaning forward and giving her a loose hug, which is a big step, for me at least.

"You have a wierd sense of humor," she joked, hugging me back. "Now lets go get me a cheeseburger!"