I love the friendship between Jason and Nico. It's probably my favorite friendship in the PJO universe. :-) Enjoy.

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.

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Nico POV

Our quest was finally underway. I was happy that Chiron had forced us to wait a while before going. We had needed some time for our injuries to heal. If it wasn't for him everyone probably would have set out the day the Argo was repaired. Still, after over 3 months of waiting, I was quite ready to start our quest.

I was getting reacquainted with the movement of the ship. After a few months of solid ground, the slight rocking motion made it hard to walk. I felt bad for Hazel. My sister was already sea-sick, or air-sick, as the case may be. Frank had led her below deck to lie down for a while. I knew that her illness would lessen slightly after a few days.

Ryan was also clearly feeling the effects. His skin had a slightly green hue, and he clung to the side of the ship like a life line. Who would have thought the child of the sun god wouldn't like flying?

I shook my head as I watched Piper trying to lead Ryan down to his cabin. She had to use charm-speak in order to get him to release the railing.

Everyone seemed to have a slight problem at the beginning. For the first two hours we all stumbled around like idiots. The only one who seemed immune to it was Percy. I smiled to myself, figures the son of the sea god wouldn't have any trouble with ships... even if it's a flying one.

My eyes drifted to Percy at the helm and my breath caught in my throat. He looked so confident steering the ship. The way his hands rested on the spokes, the relaxed manner in which he stood, the way the wind was blowing his black hair, he looked as though he had just stepped off of a movie set. He was completely in his element... it was breathtaking

I had never really seen him on the ship before; he rescued me and then fell into Tartarus and right after he escaped, I left to deliver the statue to camp half blood.

He spotted me staring and gave me a 100 watt smile. I looked away and tried to keep the blush from my face. I was used to secretly stealing glances whenever I could. I knew he didn't mind my staring but it was difficult to break the habit that I had for years.

None of us had much time to speak to each other in the last two days. Getting the Argo ready had taken all of our efforts. The only opportunity we had to speak was at the campfires and that was no place for private conversations.

I was desperate to speak to Percy, I had so many questions that I needed answered. We hadn't really spoken about anything since the conversation in his cabin three days before. Though I wanted the answers, I was also scared to hear them.

I hadn't known about Calypso. Percy had always said that Annabeth had been his only girlfriend. He had told us the entire story. They may have never been in a true relationship but they had clearly had something between Calypso and him. I knew it was foolish but I couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

Speaking of jealousy... I felt myself smile. I couldn't stop thinking of Percy's reaction to Ryan. I knew that logically I should be thinking that Percy was over reacting, after all we were just talking, but all I could think of was the fact that he was jealous over me. After being jealous of Annabeth for so long, I rather liked the idea of Percy being the one who was envious for a change. It proved to me that he really did seem to like me, if he didn't he wouldn't have cared.

I thought back to our almost kiss. I was glad that Piper interrupted us. Well kind of... if she hadn't then we would have been kissing in the middle of the deck where anyone could have seen. I would rather my first real kiss with Percy be in privet. That way if I passed out from lack of oxygen, no one would know. I felt my smile grow as I imagined how his lips would feel against mine if I wasn't frozen...

"Hey Nico, what's with the grin?"

I felt myself blush as I turned around to face the son of Jupiter. "What do you want Grace?"

Jason smiled at me, "I was wondering if you wanted to chat. We haven't gotten a chance to talk in a while."

I looked away. I should have known he would want to talk. I was certain that my behavior over the last few days would have confused everyone.

The more I thought about it the more I realized that talking to the golden boy might actually help me. "Okay."

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"Alright, now tell me as to what's gotten into you?"

I sighed as I closed and locked the door to his cabin. I was surprised he made it into his room before he broke down and asked me. It was a little cruel but I couldn't help playing with his head a little. I faked a frown and looked into his eyes. "What are you talking about?"

Jason laughed, "Don't play dumb, it doesn't suit you. What exactly happened to you? You've been going around actually smiling at people... it's freaking everyone out."

I raised an eyebrow. "It freaks people out that I'm happy?"

"Well ya, everyone is used to you being all doom and gloom. I'm fairly certain most people at camp weren't aware that you knew how to smile."

I scoffed and rolled my eyes. "Oh, well doesn't that make me feel all warm and fuzzy."

Jason chuckled at my reaction. "You know what I mean. You're not exactly the cheeriest person most days. Now quit dodging my question. What happened?"

I couldn't keep a straight face any longer, I smiled. "Percy happened."

Jason's brow furrowed in confusion. "What are you talking about, what did he do?"

I sat down on Jason's bed. I wanted to tell him, but I had also enjoyed keeping the conversation to myself. "I don't really know where to start."

"Last time we talked you told me that he kissed you. So start after our last conversation."

I looked down and took a deep breath. "Well Percy found me the next day when Ryan was asking me out and..."

Jason made the letter 'T' with his hands like he was calling a time out, "Rewind and freeze, Ryan as in the son of Apollo who's travelling with us?"

"Yes."

"He asked you out? When did this happen? Did you say yes?"

I sighed, "As I've already said, yes he asked me out. It happened three days ago. And why would I possibly say yes?"

"Well if you didn't say yes why are you so cheerful?"

I ran a hand through my hair, "If you would let me finish I would tell you."

Jason smiled and sat down on the bed next to me. "Fine, I promise to be quiet until you tell me you're finished."

I chuckled, somehow I doubt that. "Anyway, Percy and I went back to his cabin to talk. He apologized for kissing me," I saw Jason open his mouth to interrupt, and covered it with my hand. "You said that you would let me finish." Jason closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He nodded at me and I removed my hand. "I told him that it was fine and he told me why he did it..."

"He better have a dam good excuse." I gave him a disbelieving look, and he covered his own mouth, "Sorry."

I took a deep breath, "Percy... Percy has a crush on me." I could hear the incredulous note in my own voice.

I turned and saw Jason staring at me with an open mouth. I vaguely wondered if that was how I had looked when Percy said it. Eventually he managed to croak out a single word. "What?"

Yep, I definitely looked exactly like that. I felt a small smile appear on my face. "That's exactly what I said."

I tried my best not to laugh but after an entire minute had passed with no response I gave in. My laughter seemed to wake Jason out of whatever kind of stupor he was in.

He looked at me with a serious gaze. "Percy has a crush on you?"

I tried to speak but the way he was looking at me made me freeze. I just nodded my head.

"And Percy actually told you this, in words?"

His gaze was making me nervous. I had to force myself to speak, "Yes."

He blinked twice and the biggest smile I had ever seen spread across his face. "NICO THAT'S AWESOME!"

Before I could even respond he jumped up and wrapped me in a hug. Usually I would have pulled away and taken a swing at him but I was too happy to care at the moment. Somehow telling Jason had made Percy's confession seem all the more real.

"Nico I'm so happy for you!" Jason was chuckling but I couldn't respond because I was laughing just as hard. "I can't believe it!"

I shook my head, "Me either."

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It took a while but eventually we calmed down enough to continue speaking. Both of us still had gigantic smiles on our faces.

"So that's why you've been so happy these past two day." I nodded to the son of the sky god. "Actually that explains something else too..."

I felt my eyebrows pull together, "What does it explain?"

"Well a few hours ago Piper told me she saw the two of you kissing."

I felt myself blush, "We weren't kissing." Out the corner of my eye I saw Jason giving me a disbelieving look. "Well... we almost kissed, but Piper came along."

Jason started to laugh. "So I'm just going to go ahead and guess that's what you were thinking about up on deck when you had that dreamy look in your eye. Am I right?"

I felt my face get even warmer and I looked down to hide my blush. "Not even close."

"Sure I'm not. And that's why I could fry an egg on your face at the moment, right?"

I buried my head in my hands. How is it possible that one's best friend could embarrass one so much? There should be a law against it. "Shut up."

Jason laughed shook his head in disbelief. "Seriously though, I can't wrap my head around it. I always thought Percy was straight... But I would be lying if I said I wasn't happy that he's not. You deserve a chance at love."

I felt myself blush. "I haven't exactly told him how I feel about him yet."

Jason looked shocked, "What, why not?"

"I didn't want to freak him out. He has a crush on me, and though that makes me happier than I could possibly put into words, he's not in love with me. If I told him exactly how much I care for him he would run. I will not lose this chance."

Jason looked at me for a moment and nodded. "Well then, you know what we have to do right?"

I raised an eyebrow, "What?"

"We have to make him fall in love with you."

I looked at the golden boy in surprise, "We?"

"Yes we, I'm not going to let you do it alone."

"Forgive me for saying so, but how are you going to help? I appreciate the thought, but neither of us are what anyone would call love experts."

"True, but I'm dating Piper. Whether she tries to bury her instincts or not, she's the daughter of the love goddess. I'm sure she has those abilities in there somewhere." Jason smiled at me, "Nico, it's time to call in the reinforcements."