FIGHTS AND CONFESSIONS
Nico couldn't sleep, so he went out to the beach. He stood looking out at the ocean for a while.
"Hey, Death Breath."
"Pinecone Face," Nico replied, turning toward Thalia.
"What are you doing up so late?" Thalia asked.
"Hades does better in the dark," Nico answered.
"Yeah. How is big, dark and ugly?"
Anger flashed across Nico's face. "Probably better than big, jerkish and arrogant," Nico snapped.
Thalia's hands sparked. "At least my father looks better."
"At least I look better than you!"
"You're not much of a looker yourself. No wonder you don't have a girlfriend!"
"Speak for yourself. Have you heard the Aphrodite cabin talking about me?" Nico laughed. "I could have any girl I wanted, but I don't. Better than I can say for you!"
"Well if you can have anybody, why don't you have a girlfriend?" Thalia shouted.
"Because the girl I love hates my guts!" Nico shouted back.
"Well I feel plenty sorry for her to have someone like you loving her."
Nico's eyes flared. He grabbed Thalia and yanked her closer to him. Thalia's eyes narrowed. Her eyes sparked and then widened in shock when he brought his head down and kissed her. He quickly pulled back. Glaring, he spun on his heel and walked away. Thalia stood, stunned, then ran after Nico.
"Nico, wait!" She grabbed his arm and spun him around. He turned and glared down at her. "I lied. I'm definitely not sorry for her. As a matter of fact, I can tell you that she's probably the happiest girl in the world." She wrapped her arms around his neck. She pulled his head down and kissed him. Nico was all for standing there all night, but the harpies quickly found them. Nico quickly shadow traveled to his cabin.
He smiled down at Thalia. "Where were we?" he asked.
She smiled as she wound her arms around his neck. "I was kissing my drop dead handsome boyfriend."
Thunder rumbled and the ground shook as the son of Hades and the daughter of Zeus kissed.