"That was so cool! The way you just killed that thing!" Jason apparently had a good view of me killing the Nemean lion. "Thanks little guy." Apollo was trying not to laugh at how excited Jason was. The whole ride so far was filled with Jason praising me for killing the monster. I can't say I wasn't loving every minute of it. I was being told how awesome I was by a five year old, it felt good. Apollo only rolled his eyes every time I was complimented by his son. I guess Jason takes after his mother personality wise.
Jason was silent when Apollo pulled up to the camp's entrance. I was kind of happy to be back at camp. I didn't exactly get to eat while I was fighting the lion. "Well, we're here." Apollo cut the ignition and gracefully got out of the car to help Jason with his car seat. I, on the other hand, didn't get out so gracefully. My foot kind of got stuck in some weird looking substance that luckily wasn't some animal's poop but still gross. "Deadly, can you take him back to camp?" I turned around to see Jason clinging to his dad. Apollo was holding him in his arms with a heartbroken look in his eyes. "Yeah, I can do that but you have to go see your other kids while I put him to bed." Apollo gave me a small smile and started walking into camp with his little boy. I trudged into camp with my muck covered shoes. Mom, can you fix my shoes? I looked down to see the unknown substance melting off my shoe. Thanks mom.
I caught up with the boys and after a quick good bye Jason was in my arms and I was headed to the Apollo cabin. We were half way to the Apollo cabin when both our stomachs rumbled. "Deadly, I'm hungry." I knew he would never fall asleep on an empty stomach so I turned around and started walking towards the Big House. "Thanks." He mumbled then buried his head in my neck. "Aw, how cute." A sickly sweet voice said from behind me. I kept walking because I knew exactly who it was. "Did you have a baby, Deadly? I wouldn't be surprised you did something so stupid." I bit my lip and kept walking but Nico just kept following me. I quickened my pace and dropped Jason off at the Big House. I told Jason to ask Rachel or Chiron for some food. I turned on my heel and came face to face with Nico Di Angelo. "What is your problem?" I asked to his stone cold eyes. "I don't know what your talking about." He responded with a smirk. "You know, I really don't get you." He got even closer to me, "And why is that?" I clenched and unclenched my fists to prevent myself from punching him. "First, you make fun of me then you try to say you care about me. Next, you ditch me in the woods and call me heartless. Oh, and you kissed me, which we are going to have to talk about. And now your all-" His lips were against mine again and I was regrettably loving every minute of it. His hands were tangled in my hair and I was gripping his shirt. I felt like my heart was going to bust out of my chest it was beating so fast and I wouldn't have it any other way. Nico's hands trailed to my waist and he pulled me closer. I wrapped my arms around his neck to deepen the kiss.
Unfortunately, I was running out of air and I had to pull away. Nico rested his forehead against mine as we both gasped for air. Once the oxygen was flowing I realized what I did. I had kissed Nico Di Angelo, again, and I enjoyed it, again. I abruptly pulled away from him, making a gap between us. "I better go check on Jason." Nico reached out to me, "Deadly, I-" "You can come with me, if you'd like." Wait, did I just say that? Why did I say that? It's not like- "Okay, sure." Nico slung his arm over my shoulders and we sauntered inside the Big House.