AN: Hey, everyone! I see you're enjoying my fanfiction, so here's another chapter! I hope you like it and don't forget to review, fav, follow, etc.

I STARTED A NEW FANFICTION- It's a collection of random One Shots. It's called Doctor's Orders. PLEASE CHECK IT OUT! xx

DISCLAIMER: NO CHARACTER BELONGS TO ME EXCEPT NERON :P THEY ARE ALL THE WONDROUS CREATION OF RICK RIORDAN (except Neron lol)

WILL'S POV

As always, gathered around the ping pong table, all the cabin counselors are chaotic, shouting, and fighting. Miranda is yelling at Jake Mason, who took over the Hephaestus cabin when Leo didn't come back from the giant Gaea-Octavian explosion. It seems like the Demeter cabin was promised some help to fixing their cabin after the Ares cabin played some jokes on them. The Stoll brothers are shouting at Percy from across the table, telling him about their newest raid on the camp store. Butch is telling Clovis to WAKE UP! Lou Ellen is amiably telling Annabeth about the new magic curses that she's learned.

Then Nico enters the room and everyone goes silent.

He stands there awkwardly and the bandages on his neck seem to stick out more.

"Have you decided anything yet?" He asks in a sullen tone.

"The meeting hasn't exactly started yet," Clarisse responds brusquely. "We should just get to it so we can decide how to punish him!"

"I say we throw him in the lava where the climbing wall is," Connor suggests.

"Don't be ridiculous!" Travis responds, aghast. "He should at least be able to try climbing up the wall. And if he doesn't make it, well..."

"We're not involving any sort of lava," Annabeth says.

"Let's just wait until Chiron gets here!" Percy shouts.

"A good idea indeed." Chiron enters behind Nico, rolling through the door in his wheelchair. Next to him is the Roman boy.

Nico backs away nervously. This seems rather unusual to me. He doesn't back away from a fight. I'll have to ask him about it later.

"The camp does not know about Neron, here," Chiron informs us.

"Your name is Neron? What kind of na- " Connor starts.

"Seriously? You're focusing on his name?" Travis answers.

"Both of you, shush!" Annabeth tells them.

Nico sits in the sit next to me, stiff and tense. I'm worried about how much he's slept overnight while I wasn't at his bedside. I should have stayed right by him, stroked his hair, held his hand... No, he'd never allow that. There's no way he's already grown feelings for me. I've been silently watching for years while he chased after Percy uselessly.

"Are you okay?" I ask Nico gently, whispering while the others figure out where Neron will sit.

"I'm fine, Will. You don't need to keep worrying about me," he replies rather coldly, not looking at me.

What is with him? Yesterday he was so open and calm with me, but today he's become closed off. It's going to be hard to navigate between these rocky waters.

"Let's start already!" Clarisse shouts within the chattering. "He should stand!"

Neron does indeed stay standing.

"Speak, child. What are your crimes?" Chiron asks him.

"I have committed none, but instead defended- "

"Oh, come on, loser!" Clarisse shouts. "Just admit it. You tried to kill Nico. Now, I'd be all for killing him, usually, but he brought peace between our camps, so I can't say he hasn't saved our camp and yours!"

"Wow, Clarisse. Nico must feel so grateful for your support," Percy says.

Nico looks at the floor, silent.

"Shut up, Jackson!" Clarisse yells back at Percy.

"Whatever. Yes, I did that," Neron admits.

"He has a probatio tablet," Annabeth observes. "If we give him back, they'll feed him to the wolves."

"Good," I blurt out. Everyone turns to me in surprise.

"What do you mean?" Miranda asks.

"He was going to kill Nico!" I point at Nico for emphasis, who is trying to melt into his seat by this point. He doesn't like all the attention right now. I stand up to face everyone.

"Will... it's still not right," Annabeth responds. "We all care about Nico."

Nico makes an incoherent grumble at that.

"You weren't there!" I yell back.

I don't want to show how scared I was that Nico might've been killed, how we may have started the first romance I'd had in years. How I couldn't have someone I care about so much die again.

"I know. You're right. I wasn't," Annabeth admits. "But sometimes we have to be better than that."

Steaming with anger, I don't respond. I glare at Neron hatefully.

"Will," Nico says quietly. I look down to where he's sitting. "I've been to Camp Jupiter long enough to know their punishments. They'll probably either exile him or kill him for being a traitor of Rome."

"I think we should give him a chance," Lou Ellen suggests. "Who's your godly parent?"

"Um, he was actually Greek, not Roman. I just found Camp Jupiter first."

"So?" Connor presses.

"Apollo."

Everyone turns to me once again and my mouth is open with shock.

"So if we take him in, I'm in charge of him?" I ask, closing my mouth and gritting my teeth.

"He will be monitored for a good amount of time," Chiron assures me.

"Fine," I concede. I'm watching him like a hawk. One misstep...

"So he stays, then?" Annabeth asks to make sure.

Everyone hesitantly nods.

"Go show him around then, Will," Annabeth instructs me.

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