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The next morning, Eliana got dressed in jean shorts and an old tee-shirt and pulled on gym shoes. Their first activity today was tug-of-war with the Ares cabin, and that was bound to get messy. She walked to breakfast with the rest of her cabin and sat down at the table.

She ate breakfast and sat on the steps outside the Mess Hall. Finally a pair of familiar shoes stood next to her. She looked up into the face of Nico. He extended and hand to help her up and she took it. Once she was up, she hugged him.

"Hi." She said.

"Hey. What's up?" Nico greeted.

"Tug-of-war with the Ares cabin." Eliana said.

"Good luck. I better get going, I have Pegasus riding lessons. See ya." He said. He leaned forward and kissed her cheek again, but this time, she was prepared. She braced herself and this time, when he pulled back, she leaned forward and kissed his cheek. Then she left him shocked and pleased on the mess hall steps.

She skipped off to the fighting arena, where a large mud-pit was set in the middle of the arena. When the cabins lined up, she was in the very front, because she was the smallest.

Chiron looked at both sides of the rope, pulled out a silver whistle and blew it.

Immediately, both teams pulled the rope. The Ares team got ahead, and the rope was pulled so tight that Eliana's feet couldn't touch the ground. But slowly and surely, the Apollo team got ground back, inch by inch. Eliana attempted to touch the ground again, but the rope was still too tight. Finally, after an extremely excruciating few minutes, the first of the Ares kids slid into the mud, causing the rest of them to slide in behind them. The Apollo cabin had won.

The group cheered, while the Ares kids scowled at them. Eliana high-fived Will, and after a few minutes of congratulations, the kids went off to other activities. The Ares cabin started their hand-to-hand combat training while the Apollo kids headed to the Archery Pitch.

Today, they worked with regular arrows. Eliana got a bulls-eye every single shot. Chiron even gave her a new bow, after hers snapped in half from too much pressure. The bow was orange, and the string was green. She even got some back-up green string.

The rest of the day passed quickly, and after the sing-along, Eliana and Nico sat by the lake in silence. She rested her head on his shoulder, and he put an arm around her.

As curfew approached, the two stood and walked towards the cabins. Nico wrapped his arm around Eliana protectively. He kissed her forehead when they got to her cabin, and she hugged him tightly.

"See ya later." He said.

"Bye." She whispered, entering her cabin.


Again, kinda short, I'm sorry. love it? hate it? Review!

~Coco-kinz11