Nico POV

"Nico, wake up!" Someone whispers. What time is it? Is it still dark?

"Wake up, Nico! Please!" Paisley says, shaking me excitedly. I crack an eye open to look at her. Her hair was brushed and pulled back and her breath was minty.

"What am I waking up for?" I whisper back, noting that yes, it was still dark and that it was six thirty.

"I wanna show you something!" She says, shoving the covers off me, and sitting me up. She pushes my legs so that they fall off the bed and onto the floor.

"Okay." I say, standing up and getting clothes from my bag. She sits on my bed, her legs tucked underneath her, beaming at me. Her blue shorts were board shorts that went mid-thigh, and her shirt was a white singlet top.

"Get moving, Di Angelo! It's not gonna stay there much longer!" She says in an urgent whisper.

I race to change into the shorts and shirt.

By the time I was finished, Paisley was standing by the door with her jandals on. Her eyes were brighter than stars, however would always be a bit sad. I wanted to cure it so badly, but it was almost impossible for her.

"C'mon!" She says, pushing me out the already open door.

I was happy. Over the moon. Dancing in a field of flowers. Whichever you prefer. She was leading me up winding stairs, shoving me from behind. Every time we reach another floor, she keeps pushing me. My legs are growing tired, but she keeps pushing me up the stairs.

"Sally told me that you might like it. I don't know though." Paisley says, shrugging as we reach the top of the staircase. There are no more stairs to climb, thank gods, just a door.

Paisley swings open the door, and heads out.

The roof.

She took me to the roof.

"And we couldn't just take the elevator?" I ask her as she nears the concrete wall that was about three feet high, stopping the sensible part of society from jumping off.

"You know how I feel about those." She says, "And besides, it's starting." She points to the distance, where the edge of the sun is peaking over the horizon, sending bursts of colour into the world with it as it went.

My feet subconsciously took me to Paisley, so I was standing next to her. Her eyes were big, and her feet were crossed so she was standing on an angle towards me.

"It's beautiful." She gushes, "What'd ya think?" She elbows me, looking up with adoring eyes.

"Ditto."I say, wrapping an arm around her slim figure. I was a few inches taller than her, she reaching just under my nose. Perfect height.

Her eyes glue back to the sunrise.

"Man, where've you been?" Asks Leo as I step back inside the hotel room.

After the sunrise was over, we headed back inside where Paisley made toast. She claimed to already have eaten, and gave me all of the pieces before dropping me back here after I finished.

"Watching the sunrise." I say, in a dream state, wandering over to my bed where I flop down, my face going straight into a plush pillow.

"You, king of darkness, were watching the sunrise?" Leo repeats, not believing it.

"Yeah. With Paisley." I assure.

"Dude, I think there's something wrong with Nico. He watched the sunrise and is smiling. And not the creepy smile either!" Leo says, alarmed. I wasn't aware that my smile was that bad, but that didn't stop it from showing.

"Bro, I'm in the shower!" Percy says.

"Shut up." Luke demands, rolling over and digging his head into his pillow, "It's still early and so what if he wants to smile?"

"Leo, he was with Paisley. Do the math." Jason says, as I lift my head from the pillow.

Okay, I wasn't aware that I was not allowed to smile. I wasn't informed. Just because I was a really gloomy early teen, doesn't mean I'm that gloomy now. I mean, I have my days and all but...

I wasn't gonna lie. It hurt a bit.

"But I hate math!" Leo wails, "But he was with Paisley, so they must have done something together and now he's happy and Nico Di Angelo, do you have a crush on Paisley?" Leo says, doing the 'math' out loud, adding a pervert face at the end of the sentence.

"What do you think, Leo?" Jason says, looking at me, "He's blushing. Someone grab a camera, he's blushing!"

I hide my red face back into my pillow.

"So,how was watching the sun rise into the sky?" Percy asks, coming out of the bathroom with a towel in his hands.

"It was alright." I lie. It was fabulous. It was amazing. It was flawless. Well, if it were flawed, the sun would fall and there would be no light and no solar energy and that could cut off a major energy source and that could lead to major public disturbance and that could cause wars. The sunrise was not allowed to be flawed. EVER! (A/N Literally my thinking.)

"He was with your sister." Leo sings, as if he's going to do something about me being with her. I remember he pulled me aside a few weeks ago and told me that I have his permission to date her, even though we're not yet, but if it comes to anything other than hugging her I have to tell him and he said he'd give me 'the talk.'

"And?" Percy says, tugging on a shirt and towel drying his hair for a minute.

"Where's the explosion of the over protective brother, or the OPB?" Leo asks, face falling, again not literally, at the words that came out of Percy's mouth.

I was expecting a bigger reaction too, so that took me back.

"It's tucked away in storage for when they become more than friends." Percy says, grinning at me, "It's not going to be pretty."

That it's not.

"Ask her out now before OPB Percy builds up." Leo says as we all go out for lunch. Paisley's ahead of me, talking to Calypso cheerfully. She let her hair down, and I prefer it that way. The waves bouce up and down with her bubbly steps.

"Later." I say, "And what if she says no?"

Leo gives me a look, "Would she have taken you to see the freaking sunrise if she wasn't in the slightest interested?"

I sigh, "She might have, as just friends."

"Then why didn't she take one of the girls then? Or me? I'm her friend." Leo taunts. Her laughter floats over and I glance at her.

The thought of her taking Leo to the sunrise instead of me this morning made me angry. They shouldn't be together.

"Ah, I see you're jelly! She would be stupid to say no, so I'll whisk Caly away and you step in and ask her!" Leo says, running ahead before I can say no.

"Can I borrow Caly for a minute, Paisley?" Asks Leo, steering Calypso to the side.

"Yeah, sure." Paisley says, however I can hear the sadness seep into her tone.

Leo sends me a look before whispering what must be the plan in Calyso's ear. She grins at me and nods.

I walk faster so I'm walking beside Paisley.

"Hey Pais." I say to her. She looks at me and smiles.

"Hi Neeks." She giggles, "Rhymes with Creeps."

I almost smile at her childish-ness. Underneath the bubbles and fluff, she's broken into thousands of pieces and it's practically incurable.

"Um, " I very intelligently begin, "Would you like to maybe go out some time later?" I nervousy ask, wringing my hands together and avoiding her gaze. Nerves float up inside me, and hit my confidence, making it quiver.

It is after she doesn't reply for a few seconds, I notice she's stopped walking with a confused expression on her face. I stop walking, a few paces ahead of her, and look at her.

"Paisley?" I ask, walking towards her frozen figure, "It's okay if you say-"

"Yes. I would love to." She beams at me, "When and where?"

AN

And the last couple is piecing together! Or are they the last couple?

anyways, I'm at school and the teacher gave us a free half hour so naturally I finished this for you. Hope you like it. Next POV is Paisley's.

I had to dress up like an old person yesterday. I had a waist coat, a dres shirt, and an old fashioned tie thingy and was dressed like a boy from the 1850's and my friend dressed as a girl and we pretended to be a couple. A very unhappy couple. I said that I wanted a divorce and that I wouldn't touch her with a ten foot pole. Of course, it was fun. We had a shared lunch too.

I have a sniffly nose.

~KaleidoscopeColours

Someone told me I was _ the other day.