Hi people, for Aphrodite I went for a more classic version this time around so please don't yell at me, or do whatever floats your boat. Please someone leave a review, it will automatically make you a better person. Finally I own nothing, all rights to Rick, besides this plotline and any o/c's I introduce.

"Why, hello dear." Aphrodite patted the bed next to her, waiting until I sat to continue. "You are much like your father. Always causing lust in others but when you feel true emotion and love you're hopeless." She let out a quick chuckle. "He did not let anything get in the way of his love, not even me. I hope you will be as hard headed in that aspect. The demigod you seek is currently in New Jersey. When you get there you will all find what you are looking for." The shower shut off and Aphrodite got up and stood in the center of the cabin. "Follow your heart child. I stood in the way of my child's love once, now I will make up for that by helping you."

Her body glowed and I averted my eyes. The room filled with a scent I couldn't place. Nico emerged from the shower, steam billowing out around him. Water dripped from his messy hair and slid down his bare chest. His chest wasn't muscular but amazing anyway. All that was keeping him from being completely nude was the fluffy white towel wrapped around his slim waist.

"Hey, umm I don't have clothes to wear, can I borrow …" He trailed off and sniffed the air. "What's that smell?" Another sniffing break. "It smells so great." He said to himself.

While he was rambling to himself like a crazy person, I was looking for a pair of pajama bottoms for him. I tore through my dresser looking for a specific pair for him. After a couple minutes of searching I found the ones I was looking for. It was black which suited him perfectly; it had these little wood stumps playing different sports on it, which is why I bought them.

Tossing the bottoms at Nico snapped him out of his space cadet mode. He walked to the bathroom and emerged tying the string on the too big bottoms to keep them on his waist. "Do you wear shirts to bed, I'll give you one if you want."

He rubbed his hand on the back of his neck and blushed a little. "Actually, I usually don't wear anything in bed."

I raised my eyebrows at him and plopped down on my king sized bed. "Just so you know I wouldn't have any objections to that."

"Perv." Nico blushed even more and lay down next to me. I quickly told him what Aphrodite had said leaving out the embarrassing details about my feelings. "So we have to go to Jersey." He stressed the word like mentioning the place would infect him with some sickness. "I was thinking in the shower, our third should be Percy."

"Number one don't say Jersey like that, I was born there and grew up there. Second you were thinking of Percy in the shower. You sure you were just thinking?" I raised my eyebrows again and nudged his shoulder. He quickly started to stammer and the little blush he had before darkened and spread across his chest.

My heart sank through my chest, through the bed and straight to the Underworld. Gods how could I be so stupid? After he was done stammering he asked for a drachma to Iris-message Percy to find out when he'd get back from Florida. I numbly reached around in my nightstand for one and handed it to him. How could this make me feel so crappy and happy at the same time? Aphrodite's words replayed in my head, "…but when you feel true emotion and love you're hopeless."

Nico came back into the room, with a frown on his face. "Percy'll be back Monday morning." Falling on to the bed, Nico brought his knees up to his chest. How could he go from blushing and stammering about this kid, to frowning so quickly. "He wants to bring Annabeth." His frown deepened when he said her name. That makes sense.

I rubbed my hand on his back. "That gives us a day to spend in New York. I'll make sure you forget all about everything that happened today." I pulled the covers down and slid beneath them. "Now I gotta tell you something. When I sleep, I can't necessarily control my powers. Sooo, you're probably going to have very uh wet, dreams tonight." Especially with the son of a sea god running around his brain. "Or at least very exciting ones."

He slid under the blankets as well. "And you wanted me to sleep naked." A small smile crept on his face.

"Well, not to sound cocky or anything, but if you were naked you'd be too spent to have a wet dream." He gasped and punched me in the arm.

"Perv." He smiled and rolled over.

I fell asleep quickly, drifting off to my dreams. They started off with a towel clad Nico, just before we could kiss the ground opened up, tendrils of dirt latching on to my arms pulling me to the ground. Suddenly water shot from the fissure, breaking the tendrils. The water swirled around Nico until the only thing left was the towel.

Stupid dreams. Sun shone brightly through the window, directly in my eyes. I brought my hand up to cover my eyes, but the sun beam bounced off a picture frame, reflecting back into my eyes. Gods what fresh hell is this. I began to roll over but found I couldn't. I had a pair of arms wrapped tightly around chest and a head nestled into my neck. Nico's breath was tickling my skin causing goose bumps to erupt across my body.

Suddenly the sunbeam dissipated. Thanks for waking me, grams. I thought shooting my thoughts directly to Aphrodite. I'd definitely have to burn an entire plate of food for her tonight. Nico let out a small moan and tightened his arms around me. I could feel his hard on pressed into my back and he moaned again, louder this time. Suddenly he mumbled something and I felt him spasm. Seconds later a warm wet spot formed on my back.

Nico woke up soon after. He jumped back when he realized his arms were around me and blushed. He rubbed the back of his neck and started to apologize when he looked down and saw the wet spot on the borrowed pajamas. He launched himself off the bed and ran into the bathroom.