Nico finally caught up with Daphne, she was sitting in the park, clutching her knees to her face, tears slipping down her face slowly.

"Hi." Daphne looked up started. Seeing recognition in her eyes, she turned away from him. Nico sat down next to her. "Look, I'm sorry, me and my friends, we didn't mean for any of this to happen."

"It's ok." She said, sniffling. "I don't blame you. It's not your fault."

Nico nodded. "I have to ask. Are you 'the' Daphne? The one that was turned into a tree?" She nodded. "So, how did you, um."

"Turn back into a human?" Daphne asked. Nico nodded. "Diana turned me back, long ago. She brought me to the flower shop, and I've been working there ever since. I haven't aged, though I assume that has something to do with being a nymph."

Nico nodded. "So, what was it that happened back there?" Nico asked. "I thought you would have wanted to see Apollo again."

Daphne smiled at him. "You're still young, you wouldn't understand."

"I'm a lot older than I look. Try me." Nico said, smiling.

"Daphne doesn't want to see Apollo." Diana said. Hazel had caught up to her finally, and they were sitting at a coffee shop.

Hazel looked at Diana. "Why not? I thought they were in love."

Diana sighed. "The story you mortals told does not quite have all the details to the story." Diana took a sip of her coffee. "I was the one who introduced Apollo and Daphne. I was going on a hunting trip, and I invited Apollo to join me."

"So where are you taking me sis!" Apollo asked his sister. "

"Don't worry it'll be fun!" Diana said, turning to her brother with a smile. Soon, Diana came to a group of hunters getting ready. They were all mortals, and some nymphs and demigods as well. Just then Daphne came over. She was dressed differently than the other girls, her clothes looking more like that of a boys. She smiled seeing Diana.

"Diana!" she said, running over to where she was standing. The two hugged each other. After letting go, Daphne turned to Apollo. "Who's this?"

Diana opened her mouth to answer but Apollo beat her to it. "Apollo." He said. He grabbed Daphne's hand, and kissed it gently, his eyes not leaving her face. "Diana's sister. And you are?"

Daphne frowned, shaking away Apollo's hand. "Daphne."

"Daphne?"Apollo smiled. "What a beautiful name."

Daphne smiled. Diana rolled her eyes. "Oh geez, go do you flirting with someone else brother." She turned and walked away from the two, who were both blushing red.

"Things were good at first." Diana told Hazel, sipping her coffee. "I thought it was strange, how Apollo went to every single hunting trip with me. He really was starting to love her, which shocked all of the Olympians. Apollo, in love? It was unheard of. Venus was ecstatic." Diana smiled, remembering the past. Then a frown played on her lips. "Things were going so well for them. Zeus really liked her, along with all the gods. Apollo even told me he wanted to propose to her."

Hazel chocked a little hearing that. "Are you serious?" she asked.

Diana grinned at her. "But then something went wrong."

"Wrong?" Hazel asked. "What went wrong?"

"What went wrong is that, I fell in love with Daphne." Eros told Frank. Apollo was standing at the other side of the shop, his eyes staring out the window, unmoving.

Frank starred at Eros. "Say what?"

Eros nodded. "I met Daphne one time Apollo brought her to Olympus. Needless to say, she was beautiful; I had never seen someone like her before. She was always in the gardens, even though her face was more beautiful than any of the others. She loved hunting."

"But she didn't know how to use a bow and arrow." Apollo interrupted. Eros nodded.

Apollo stood behind Daphne, as she struggled to put the arrows on the bow. "Keep going, you're doing fine!" Apollo encouraged.

"It's annoying! It's not as easy as using a spear!" she complained.

Apollo laughed. "I'll be right back; I'm going to get you a child's bow."

"I don't need a child's bow!" Daphne protested, her face flushed. Apollo laughed. He kissed her on the cheek, then turned and walked away.

Daphne smiled, then turned to pick up some of the arrows. "You don't need to do that." Daphne looked up surprised. Eros was standing a little ways away, watching her with interest.

She smiled at him. "Master Eros, I'm sorry I didn't see you there."

Eros smiled. "You know you could be good with a bow. You don't have the best teacher though."

"Oh and you can do better?" Daphne asked. Eros smiled. He walked over to her, and put his arms around her, putting one hand on hers, guiding them along the bow. He helped moved her hands, and shot the arrow. It struck straight on the target. She laughed happily! "Hey I did it!" she said smiling. She turned to Eros grinning, moving out of his grasp. "Thank you! I didn't know you were such a good shot!"

Eros smiled. "It wasn't all me, you did most of it." Daphne smiled. Eros was silent before asking his next question. "Why do you like him?"

Daphne looked up. "Huh?"

"Apollo. You must know the kind of person he is, why would you like him"

Daphne looked at the ground. "Why would you ask me that?"

Eros was silent. "Don't you think you could be happier with me?"

Daphne looked at him with shock. She took a deep breath. "Eros, I'm sorry, but I love Apollo." Without another word, she turned and left.

"Of course I was mad." Eros said. He wasn't even looking at Frank now, he was studying Apollo intently, who stood frozen, his face emotionless. "So, I guess I acted out of anger."

Frank frowned. "You shot her with the arrow."

Eros nodded. "If I couldn't have her, no one else could. I shot her with an arrow, so that she would never be able to love anyone."

"I wasn't able to tell what happened." Daphne said. Nico sat quietly, he was a good listener. "All I knew is for some reason, I couldn't feel anything. When I saw Apollo, I couldn't understand what I had felt before." Daphne sniffed away another tear.

"Daphne!" Apollo cried! Daphne looked up in surprise, dropping the spear she was about the throw. She scowled

"Gosh, what the heck? You just let the dear get away!" Daphne complained.

Apollo walked up to her. "Daphne, what's going on? I haven't seen you in weeks; you're not answering my Iris messages." Apollo looked at her sadly. "What did I do? What did I do wrong?"

Daphne had had enough. "That's enough! I'm tired of this!" Apollo looked at her shocked. "This has been going on for too long. You've been coming to my house, every day, all you're protesting, isn't it enough? I don't know what I ever saw in you and I'm tired of this! I'm tired of you following me everywhere, always help me up every time I fall always being there every time I turn around, I'm tired of it! Why can't you just leave me alone, go back to Olympus, or anywhere! I don't care where, just go! Leave me alone!" Daphne breathed deeply, feeling good after letting go of all her steam.

Apollo stared at her, and Daphne could see the hurt in his eyes. It looked like his heart, no, his very existence had been destroyed. He straightened. "I can't do that. I don't know what I did, to make you stop loving me Daphne. But I still love you, and I don't want to lose you." Without another word he turned and left.

Diana walked over to Daphne. "How could you do that?" Diana scowled. "That was my brother." Daphne didn't say anything. "Daphne, why are you crying?"

Daphne blinked surprised, feeling the single tear falling down her face. "I don't know."

"Daphne was upset." Diana told Hazel. "She didn't know why she stopped loving Apollo; all she knew is that she didn't want to see him sad anymore." Diana frowned. "Hey can I get another coffee over here?" she called to the waiter. After she got her coffee, she continued with her story. "So me and Daphne made a plan. Daphne didn't care how long it took, just so that maybe Apollo could get over her."

"So you turned her into a tree." Hazel noted.

Diana nodded. "Unfortunately, it didn't work exactly like we expected. Brother never got over Daphne. Now he tries to use other girls to help him forget, but, all of Olympus knows that he has always missed Daphne. That's why we don't usually comment on his actions anymore."

Hazel nodded. "So, you turned Daphne back."

Diana nodded. "Enough time had passed, I felt like Apollo had stopped. So I released Daphne from the spell, and placed her in the at the flower shop. I've moved her time and time, so people don't notice that she doesn't age. It was the only way." There was silence, Hazel not sure what she should say. Diana smiled. "I should go back to the shop. I'm sure my brother needs an explanation."

Hazel nodded. "And I should make sure Frank hasn't messed up in some way or another."

Diana smiled. "Aww young demigods. So cute." Hazel looked at her confused, but didn't say anything. The two of them walked back to the shop. Eros and Frank sat near the front of the shop, sitting on chairs talking. Apollo was at the other side of the store, looking like a statue. Frank and Eros both got up as they entered the store. Frank walked over to Hazel's side.

"Did you hear the story?" Frank asked. Hazel nodded.

Eros walked over to Diana. "How's he doing?" Diana asked.

Eros shook his head. "Not good."

"You knew." Apollo spoke, everyone going silent. "You know that she was back, and you didn't tell me?" Apollo's voice was dangerously calm.

Diana was silent. "She didn't walk to talk to you." Apollo turned to her, his eyes were red, one tear staining his cheek.

He walked over to Diana, and grabbed her by the collar of her shirt. "How could you? You, my sister!"

"Stop! Don't blame here!" all head snapped towards the side door, where Daphne had just entered. Her eyes were red from crying though; a lot more tears were visible on her face. "It, it wasn't her fault. She wanted to tell you but I asked her not to." Apollo dropped Diana. Nico walked in behind Daphne.

Frank turned to him. "What happened?"

Nico spoke loudly so everyone could hear him. "I took one of the arrows that I, err, borrowed from Eros. I was able to break Eros' old spell on Daphne."

Hazel starred at him. "So Daphne can, feel again?" she asked. Nico nodded.

Daphne looked at Apollo, her eyes sad, but she tried to smile. "Do, do you want to sit down, and talk? There's a, a Starbucks a block away." Apollo just starred at her, nodding wordlessly. Daphne smiled shyly and led the way.

Daphne and Apollo sat across from each other at a small table, Daphne drinking a caramel latte supreme, Apollo, just drinking some straight coffee. The rest of the group sat a few tables away watching them. Diana was sick of coffee by this point, so she didn't drink anything.

"They still aren't talking." Hazel noted. "Shouldn't they be talking?"

Frank turned to Eros. "Hey, why aren't you upset with this?"

Eros looked at Frank. "I did love Daphne then, but that was a long time ago. My feelings didn't compare to Apollo's." Frank nodded.

Daphne tried to speak, but each time Apollo also tried to speak, then they both shut up. No progress was happening; all that was happening was a really awkward silence.

To everyone surprise, Nico stood up. "This is getting annoying." He stood up and walked over to the two, despite everyone else's protests. He walked over to the two, who looked at him in surprise. "This is just getting stupid. Daphne, Apollo has been missing you for all these centuries, hoping you would come back, and he still loves you. Apollo, Daphne turned herself into a tree hoping that you would be able move on, even though you never did. Now she's back to normal, and you two can get back together. Now with that on your minds, talk." Nico took out a chair, and sat down putting his feet on the table.

The two looked to him, surprised at his blunt attitude. Daphne laughed lightly. "Who knew the children of Pluto had become so bold." Apollo opened his mouth to speak, but Daphne interrupted him. "Please, let me speak, first Apollo." She took a deep breath. "Apollo, I, when Eros shot me with his arrow, I said, things I shouldn't have said. I was mean, and I acted like a jerk. But, but now that I was freed from the spell, I remember the feelings that I had for you. I know, words cannot ever make you forgive me, for, everything I did, but..."

Daphne didn't get to finish. Apollo stood up, pushing aside the table. He took two steps towards Daphne, grabbed her hand, and lifting her to her feet, and pulled her against him, pressing her lips to his. He held her tightly, before finally breaking the kiss for breath. Then he hugged Daphne to him, holding her tightly.

"You have no reason to be sorry." Apollo said. "All of it, it was all my fault, I'm sorry." Daphne wrapped her arms around him, tears falling down her cheeks. He held her there as she cried. "It's been two thousand years." Apollo said slowly. Daphne nodded. "I missed you."

Daphne grinned against his shoulder. "I missed you too."

Later on, Nico, Hazel, and Frank, were sitting on a bench overlooking a lake, eating ice-cream. Apollo had brought back Daphne to his home. In order for helping Apollo find Daphne, Eros and Apollo forgave Nico for his, pranks. Diana also gave Hazel a small moon necklace, saying that she if she was ever needed help, all you need to show it to her hunters, and they would help her. The gods had left to return to Olympus, bringing along Daphne.

"Hey Nico." Hazel asked. "Why were you so intent on getting them back together?"

Nico starred at the Ice-cream. "You said the story was depressing you, and what kind of brother would I be if I let my sister be upset on her birthday?" Nico looked up and smiled at his sister. "Happy birthday Hazel."

Hazel grinned, and hugged her brother. "Thank you, that's a great birthday present." She kissed him on the cheek.

Frank frowned. "Um excuse me, don't I get a kiss?" Frank protested. Hazel laughed, then hugged him, and kissed him on the cheek as well. Frank grinned at her, looking probably happier than he should have.

Hazel smiled, then turned back to the lake, watching the sunset. "We should probably get going, camp Jupiter only gave us till night outside of camp or else we're screwed."

Nico grinned. "Sure I'll give you a ride."

I took a long time on this story; I had to re-write it a few times, nothing really sitting right. I'm still not super happy with the results, but I hope you liked it!