Dislaimer: As I have said before, I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, though I do happen to own a lot of the characters in this story.
Later that hour, everyone was packing up to go back to the cabins. They then had an hour to clean cabins and do whatever they wanted. Then they would meet for dinner. Nico, Eliana and Andre walked back to the cabins. Andre left them when they passed the Demeter cabin, and Eliana and Nico kept walking. When the two of them reached the Apollo cabin, Eliana paused, hugged Nico quickly, then turned and hurried through the door. Nico stood frozen in the middle of the pod of cabins.
Percy had just entered the area, and had seen the whole thing. He walked over to Nico.
"Looks like someone has a girlfriend." He said playfully. Nico blushed scarlet and brushed some hair off his fore-head.
"No I don't. We're just… really good friends." Nico said, but it almost sounded as if he wished what Percy had said was true.
"Awe, c'mon man. You know you like her. I can tell." Percy said. Nico smirked.
"You can tell? Then it must be obvious." He said. Percy frowned at him.
"Go get dressed, punk." Percy said, messing up Nico's hair. Nico laughed and ran back to his cabin, where Damien was waiting.
Inside the Apollo cabin, Eliana was in her corner, cleaning the area. When she was done, she changed into denim shorts and a Camp Half-Blood tee shirt. She put her quiver on her back and picked up her bow. Maybe a bit of arrow shooting would calm her down. Then she headed out the door towards the Demeter cabin. She needed Fleur. She knocked on the door, and one of the twin's older siblings, Katie Gardner, answered the door.
"Is Fleur here?" she asked. Katie shook her head.
"I think I saw her with Alyssa Grace down near the Aphrodite cabin." Eliana thanked her and headed in the direction of the Aphrodite cabin. She saw Fleur and Alyssa sitting on the side porch, talking.
Alyssa was a couple years older than she was, and Dylan talked about her a lot. She had dark red hair that went down to her waist and dark brown eyes. She was tall and willowy, and very graceful, like a ballerina.
"Hey guys. What are you talking about?"
"Oh hey El. Nothing really. What are you up to?" Fleur said. Eliana shrugged.
"I thought I'd go shoot some arrows. But I wanted to talk to you for a minute." Eliana said. Fleur nodded and stood up. She waved good-bye to Alyssa, who had also stood up and was heading back inside, and linked arms with Eliana.
"So what's up?" She asked. Eliana looked around and tugged Fleur into the woods. They walked for a couple minutes until they reached a clearing. Eliana sat down on a rock and turned to Fleur, who had sat down on the grass.
"I think I like Nico. I mean, I know I only met him today and everything, but we hung out all day, and it was a ton of fun. We walked around the camp, and he told me about the war, and it was just, well, amazing. He gives me butterflies in my stomach and makes me blush, and I wanna hold his hand really badly, but I think it would just make it awkward. I don't know what to do." Eliana said. Fleur nodded, thinking deeply about what Eliana had said.
"El, honey, you like him. There is no doubt about that. Now as for what you should do, that's tricky. You could keep quiet, wait until he admits he likes you, if he even does like you. Or you could just go find him right now and tell him how you feel. Something else you could do, which is my personal favorite, is flirt. Drop hints that you like him, which hopefully he will pick up on, and plus its fun to do. If you decide to try and flirt with him, tell me now, and we can go pick out a cute outfit for you to wear to dinner. Then snag a spot next to him during sing-along. It'll work out. Is that what you wanna do?" Fleur asked. Eliana nodded, and the two stood up and started back to the cabins.
The girls mad a stop at the Athena cabin, and asked for Annabeth. She came to the door and smiled.
"What can I do for you girls?" she asked. Fleur quickly explained what they where doing, and asked Annabeth to come with them to the Apollo cabin to help them pick something out for Eliana to wear. Annabeth readily agreed, and the three walked down to the Apollo cabin. Soon they were standing in front of Eliana's closet.
"OK girls, first thing you need to know about Nico. He may wear all black, but his favorite color is green. Do you have anything green?" Annabeth asked. Eliana nodded and dug through the closet, finally pulling out an emerald green tank-top.
"Perfect. OK, so another thing, he's a casual kind of guy. Jeans and a tee-shirt, sneakers or sandals, maybe a necklace or some earrings, and you're good."
When the girls were done, Eliana had on the green tank-top, short denim cut-off shorts, green flip flops, a black choker necklace with a sun charm, and gold earrings in the shape of lyres. Annabeth did her make-up, while Fleur did her hair, and soon her hair was in a half-braid with her hair around her shoulders, and glittery eye-shadow. Fleur handed her some cherry flavored lip gloss and they all exited the cabin to go to dinner.
"Now remember, smile at him a lot, try not to blush, and just flirt your heart out." Fleur said. Annabeth laughed.
"Don't listen to that, just be yourself. If he likes you, it's because he likes you. But the smiling thing helps too." Annabeth said. The girls laughed as they entered the mess hall. Fleur and Annabeth went off to sit with their siblings as Eliana headed to the Apollo table. She filled her plate, dropped half of it into the fire, and said, "To Apollo." Then she went and sat at her table.
She looked around and caught Nico's eye across the room. She smiled, and he grinned back and winked.
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