Sorry for the long wait for this chapter. :-) Yay, they both know they like each other! Let's start the real Percico! I'm so excited.

Important thing to note... This will be yaoi (boy-boy). Don't like? You do not have to read.

Disclaimer- I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Heroes of Olympus series. (One can dream though) All rights go to the proper parties.

Nico POV

When I woke up I was nearly positive that last night was a dream. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't wrap my head around it. Percy likes me... I smiled at the thought. As I walked into the dining pavilion I half expected to see him still avoiding me.

Instead he gave me a half wave and smiled at me as he sacrificed food to the gods. I felt my heart constrict, it really wasn't a dream.

Sitting with him at the campfire last night had been Elysium. I was content to hold hands with him before but now that I knew he was starting to feel something for me, my heart was in overdrive.

I could never have imagined that Percy would ever feel anything for me. I tried my hardest to keep my blissful mood. I didn't understand it at all. How could the twice savior of Olympus see anything in me? I sighed. As hard as I tried to keep my negative thoughts at bay, they always came back to the surface.

The truth was that I knew Percy was too good for me. He always had been. I couldn't stop myself from thinking that the only reason that he thought he had a crush on me was that his feelings were new. To the best of my knowledge he had never been interested in a male before, he spent the most time with me, so it would have been natural for him to believe he was attracted to me.

I could endure Percy's relationship with Annabeth. He had been in love with her since before I had even met him, but the thought of him dating a random guy... I winced. I wasn't sure I could survive that. It was one thing to know that you never stood a chance with the guy you loved because he played for the other team; it was an entirely different thing to know you stood no chance with him because he was out of your league.

I closed my eyes and sighed. I would not give up. If there was even the smallest breath of a chance that Percy could be mine, I would fight with everything I had. Right now Percy thought he cared for me and I would try my hardest to win his heart before he changed his mind.

My musing was interrupted by Frank coming by my table. "Hey Nico, Chiron wants to see us at the big house."

I nodded to him as he left to go speak to Hazel. I found that I didn't really have the stomach to finish my breakfast. I stood up and headed to see Chiron.

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When I got to the big house I saw Jason and Piper already waiting. Jason smiled at me as I looked around. Mr.D was sitting on the porch speaking with Chiron, who was in his wheelchair.

The wheelchair was magical. One would never know by looking at him but the chair served as a way to hide the majority of his body. Chiron was a centaur, half horse half man, but he currently looked like a middle-aged teacher.

Next to Chiron sat a girl with frizzy red hair. I was surprised to see her; she was usually in school at this time of year. Rachel Elizabeth Dare was the only human to be able to step foot in camp. She was the Oracle of Delphi, she usually only came to camp during the summer or when a prophecy was needed. I felt my eyebrows pull together. If she was here, that meant that a quest was going to be issued.

I heard people coming up behind me. When I turned around I saw Percy walking with Frank and Hazel. Percy had a huge smile on his face as he started running towards the house. I turned around in time to see the oracle of Apollo wrap the son of the sea god in a giant hug. I couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy.

"Hey Red, did you miss me?"

Rachel started to laugh, "You wish, seaweed brain."

Percy smiled and stepped back. "So what's new O' wise and powerful oracle?"

"Not too much in my life water-boy," Rachel's smile faded. "What about you? How are you holding up?"

Percy frowned and looked away. "I'm getting better."

"You will be okay."

Percy gave her a sad smile, "Did you see that in a vision?"

"No, but I don't need to." Rachel looked at him and begun to wiggle her eyebrows. "By the way, I heard you and Nico are now an item, about dam time."

Percy blushed and then started laughing, "What do you mean 'about time'?"

She glanced to me and I felt my heart stop beating, Oh gods this is going to be bad. She turned back to Percy and opened her mouth to speak.

She was interrupted by someone clearing their throat. I had never been so happy for an interruption. I looked to my right and saw Chiron watching us. "I do apologize but we have things that we must discuss."

He turned around and we followed him into the house.

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Percy POV

I was excited to see Rachel. I hadn't had a chance to speak with her in over two months. She had been my friend for almost as long as Nico had.

"So what did you need us for Chiron?"

The centaur smiled at me, "I told you a few months ago that I would authorize the quest to free Calypso. The camp is mostly repaired. The only thing that is left to do is to finish the coliseum, and I believe the other campers can handle that without you."

I was shocked. I had known that our new quest was coming but I had thought that we would have to completely finish rebuilding first.

Jason thoughts echoed my own, "We get to go?"

Chiron nodded, "I have kept you here long enough. If you are ready, it's time for all of you to go and keep your oath. That is why I've called Ms. Dare. If there is to be a quest, we will need a prophecy."

The six of us looked at each other. Our wounds from our last quest, both mental and physical, were still fresh in our minds. The thought of leaving the safety of the camps borders was nerve racking, but we all knew what we would do. I looked at Rachel. "Well Red, what do you have for us?"

Rachel looked at us and smiled. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When her eyes opened they were green and filled with the spirit of the oracle. Her mouth opened and green smoke poured out.

"Seven demigods shall travel to where the sun is risen,

The goddess shall be saved from her eternal prison,

For an old love one's heart shall begin to yearn,

For a new love, a passion, shall begin to burn,

A choice to be made, a matter of heart,

To old love be true, or new love to start."

Rachel collapsed backwards onto the couch.

I had heard several prophecies before but I had never heard one quite like that. It almost seemed like two unrelated prophecies. The first two lines were about our quest but the rest was about love.

Hazel voiced what every one of us was thinking, "What does that mean?"

Rachel opened her eyes, "What did I say?" Jason repeated the prophecy back to her. When he was finished she frowned. "That's strange."

"What could it mean?"

Rachel sighed, "I have no idea. I just speak them, I don't know any more than you do until it comes to pass."

I cleared my throat, "Actually, I may know what it means." The entire room fell silent and looked at me. I felt a little uncomfortable. I had never told anyone about her before. "I've been to Calypso's Island. It's called Ogygia. I ended up there during the quest for the Labyrinth. I was injured and she nursed me back to health. She... she fell in love with me. She wanted me to stay with her and become an immortal, but I couldn't. I had to return to help stop Kronos. I... I think the last four lines are about me."

Everyone one was silent. Eventually Rachel broke the stillness. "Oh. That would make sense. So the last lines are about Calypso and Annabeth."

I winced. I missed her so badly. Every time I heard her name it was like someone had stabbed me in the heart. No matter what I did, the only thing that could keep me from drowning in my memories was Nico. It seemed as though I couldn't think of the two of them at the same time, they were mutually exclusive.

Whenever I did think of the two of them, I felt guilty. She had chosen to leave me but I couldn't get rid of the feeling that I was betraying her. But I couldn't stop caring for Nico any more than I could stop loving her.

I shook my head. I was giving myself a headache.

"Sorry Percy, I didn't mean to bring her up."

I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck. "It's okay Rachel; I'm interpreting it the same way."

"Okay, so now that those lines are figured out, who is going?" Piper looked around as she spoke. "Obviously it's going to be the six of us but the prophecy said seven so we have to pick one more."

Hazel frowned, "I think we should bring a child of Apollo."

I frowned and looked at her, "Why one of them?"

"Well the prophecy said, 'seven demigods shall travel to where the sun is risen', which means we would be better off with a child of the sun god right?"

Nico interrupted. "It probably just means that the island we're looking for is west of here."

Hazel shook her head, "I don't know. I have a feeling it's more precise than that."

I frowned. I hadn't had the best luck with children of Apollo, but I had a feeling that Hazel was right. "I have to agree with Hazel here. I may not want to spend extended amounts of time with a child of Apollo but I think we are looking for a specific place." The rest of the group reluctantly agreed to Hazels plan.

Piper nodded, "Okay so we all agree, but which camper do we pick?"

Chiron cleared his throat, "May I suggest Ryan? He is quite good with a bow."

I scoffed. I really didn't like Ryan, and it had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he asked Nico out, nope, nothing at all. "What about Will? He's really good at healing. I'm sure we could use a healer for our quest."

Jason shook his head. "Will is going home this weekend to see his mom. He's been talking about it all month. I don't want him to miss out on that just because of a quest. I don't really know Ryan that well but he doesn't seem too bad. Does anyone have a problem with Ryan going with us?"

I bit my lip. I looked at Nico. He was frowning at the wall. I wanted to step in but it wasn't my place. If Nico didn't care whether or not Ryan came then it wasn't my place to say anything. I sighed and nodded.

Piper nodded and smiled, "Alright Ryan it is."

I looked at Chiron, "So when do we leave?"