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Soothing Silence:

PoV: Hazel

Hazel couldn't keep from being shocked. She worried a tremendous amount about Will. And Nico. She clutched Frank's hand tighter to her chest. She was pretty sure she was cutting his blood circulation. Yesterday night the storm had been so loud and vivid that she hadn't heard Will stumble and fall in front of her cabin. She couldn't keep from thinking it was partly her fault that Will was now in the infirmary.

"It's not your fault." Frank told her for the millionth time. "None of this had to do anything with you, you were just an unlucky bystander."

Hazel nodded, through her tears that had apparently slipped from her eyes. Those damn traitors. She put her head on Frank's shoulder. He traced invisible circles on her palm with his thumb. It soothed her.

Lunch had ceased to exist today. As had breakfast. Hazel, Frank, Nico, Piper, Jason, Annabeth, Percy, Leo and Calypso sat together in cabin 1. A plate of cookies was perched on Leo's knee. Blue cookies, mind you. Percy refused to eat any other kind. It suited everyone just fine. On the bedside table stood a platter full of cups and a large pot of tea still steaming.

Annabeth cradled a big, chalk colored mug to her chest. "Should we go see—" Annabeth was interrupted by Piper.

"Beth, the amount of times we see him won't make him better. Or happier." Piper took a tentative sip of her cup of tea. Testing the temperature probability.

"I know, but it might." Annabeth sighed and rested her head on Piper's shoulder. Their legs dangled uselessly from the top bunk closest to the door. Percy lay on the bottom bunk of the one next to theirs nibbling on a cookie. His third. Or fourth. Maybe even fifth.

The gloomy atmosphere in the room wasn't one that anyone wanted to linger. "Hey, Will 'll be alright. It's just hypothermia. He'll be fine." Jason said.

Percy chimed in, "Yeah, that's the spirit, man." He said giddy from the sugar high. He tried for another cookie but Leo wisped the plate away from his reach.

"I think you've had enough dude." He simply said. Percy shot him a withering look. Leo seemed unfazed as he stuffed the rest of his blue cookie in his mouth. Percy mumbled a trace of something from which Hazel caught a few unpleasant words.

She buried her face further into Frank's chest, like a small child. She was tired. She'd woken up at 4:00am. Someone had shrieked. Really, very loudly. It had woken both Hazel and Nico. Although she suspected Nico was already awake as Nico was out of bed in a matter of seconds and had yanked open the cabin door. The thunder storm was still going on. It had started somewhere at 4:00pm the day before. Kayla from the Apollo cabin had run from cabin 7 to something right in front of cabin 13.

At first Hazel couldn't see what it was. Then with a startled shriek she realized it wasn't and it but Will. Will. He lay in checkered pants and a blank shirt. He was drenched. Absolutely and totally soaked through to the bone. It was absolutely terrifying. His hair was not crispy blonde but brown with mud. His shirt and pants muddy too. His face turned towards the cabin. His eyes shut, blotchy around the rims. His eyelashes muddy. His lip was bleeding. His left foot missing a slipper.

Kayla was calling Will's name over and over. Nico had just stood there. Staring at Will. Hazel had left him there as she raced down the five steps of her cabin to help Will. He was so cold. A few minutes later Austin reached Will too. A timeless amount of time had stretched with varies camper running to Will's aid. Eventually Chiron had showed up. Austin, Damon, Kayla and Jasper had carried Will's body to the infirmary. After that Hazel had tended to Nico, who still stood in that infuriating position. Staring at the point where Will's body had lain.

She had ushered him back inside the cabin. He hadn't spoken. He hadn't spoken all day. Even now at 3:00pm he hadn't uttered a single word. He still wore the same gob smacked expression. He probably was. Gob smacked, that was.

Now Hazel listened to slow, steady beats of Frank's heart. Soothing her.

"Let's play a game." Piper suggested, stroking Annabeth's hair with her free hand. As no one objected she took this as a yes. "Frozen Wombat it is." Leo perked up at this.

"Frozen Wombat?" He laughed, "What the hell is that?"

"I say a word and then you have to say another word linked to that word, you following?" Piper asked. She gestured with her hands to everyone. No one really seemed in the mood for a game but Piper thought that she could lift the mood with a game. When Piper thought, Piper did.

"Okay, I'll start. Caterpillar." She chirped happily.

"Morphing." Annabeth offered.

"Butterfly." Percy added. He was still glaring at Leo for not giving him a cookie.

Leo seemed unfazed as he added to the slowly forming word chain, "Insects."

"Beautiful." Calypso uttered as she was busy braiding a piece of Leo's hair. Half of Leo's curls were braids. Calypso kept on adding to them, braiding more and more. Leo didn't seem to mind.

"Piper," Jason mumbled. His eyes were closed, his back slumped against the wall, his feet pulled up against his chest. Hazel didn't even think he registered what he said. Until. Until registration dawned on him on what he'd just said. He opened his eyes, cheeks bright red with blush and a sheepish look directed at Piper. Piper wore a matching expression.

It was Nico's turn as he sat at edge of the bed Jason occupied. Nico, however didn't answer, either he wasn't in the mood, or he was simply to lost in thought to bother with his surroundings. Both were equally possible.

"Friends." Hazel said after a few awkward moments of waiting for the son of Hades. Okay, perhaps what Hazel said was a bit cheesy. But it was true. Very much so.

"Us." Said Frank, still tracing circles on Hazel's palm. His heart still beating in steady, even beats. All though that last part was necessary for Frank to stay alive and highly logical. Never mind that, Hazel thought. It was still soothing.

Piper, her blush slightly ebbing, but still there said, "Half-Bloods."

"Demigods." Annabeth corrected.

"'t Sucks." Percy said, reaching for a mug of tea.

"Monsters," Leo said biting into yet, another cookie. Percy glared at Leo some more, Leo smiled at him triumphantly, front teeth covered in blue food coloring.

"Claws." Calypso was still braiding Leo's hair.

"Lions." Jason had closed his eyes again.

Again moments passed where Nico was allowed to insert a word. The pale boy kept quiet.

"Fearless." Hazel murmured.

"Courage." Frank added.

"Brave." Piper voiced, playing with a piece of Annabeth's hair

"Gryffindor." Annabeth said taking a sip of tea.

"What the hell is that?" Piper asked, disrupting the game.

"It's from a really good book series, Harry Potter. Haven't you read it?" Annabeth asked skeptically.

"You have?" She questioned rolling her eyes.

"Naturally, she isn't Wise Girl for nothing." Percy chimed in. A sheepish smile broke over Annabeth's lips as she fingered a small silver pendant on her beaded necklace.

"On with the game." Piper commanded.

"Books." Percy said, trying the steaming tea in his mug.

"Smart." Jason mumbled, nodding off again.

"Not Will." Nico suddenly burst. The whole room abruptly silenced. A flame alight in Nico's eyes. He got up from where he sat perched on the bed. "By all means," He spat, "Continue this amusing game." And with that Nico left all of them stunned.

PoV: Nico

Nico knew he shouldn't've burst like that, but he really didn't care. He could already here Hazel chastising him later that evening.

What's wrong Nico?

Can I help you Nico?

Don't give me the silent treatment Nico!

Please, Nico!

Nico shuddered; the thoughts made him agitated. He shrugged it off as he entered the infirmary. There stood a chair placed next to him. Next to Will.

Nico still couldn't get over what he'd seen this morning. He was sure. Sure that Will had come to look for him. He had it coming too. Nico had avoided and ignored Will for the past week, simply because he hadn't the slightest idea what to say to him.

Nico sank into the uncomfortable chair. The white tiled floor and the spotless walls made Nico uneasy. The only thing that gave a slight hint of color to the place was the large pin board by the entrance door. On it several different flyers, posters and important dates were pinned. And the windowsills covered with plants and flowers.

Nico was such a moron; and idiot and a twat and an asshole and a fuck up. Yup, that summed it up pretty well. Why couldn't he just work up the courage to just say "Hey, how are you?" or some handy come back like he usually could. It was really, very provoking.

Nico starred at Will. His seemingly sunray woven hair was streaked with mud. His features were relaxed, however his eyes fluttered briefly every few seconds. And the tips of his ears were red. Like an elf. Nico dismissed the ridiculous thought.

Like an elf? Seriously?

The monitors seemed a bit over the top in Nico's opinion. It was—like Jason had said—'Only hypothermia.'

The Beep, beep, beeping of the heart monitor was soothing to Nico. It made him sure that Will wasn't gonna die. Besides there was no aura of death or whatever around Will either.

Nico still felt stupid as he remembered himself just starring at Will. Then afterwards at the place where Will had lain. It was just, so heart wrenching. Will was the doctor, the healer for gods sakes. He wasn't supposed to be sick, or unwell.

The heart monitor stuttered a beat. Nico jerked up to see what was wrong. Will's cheeks had pinkened ever-so slightly, but Nico noticed. Of course Nico noticed. Will's eyes flew open.

"Nico?" Will croaked, his voice hoarse and a little hopeful, "Where am I?"

"The infirmary." Nico replied tersely. Nico touched Will's hand tentatively. Testing the waters before he jumped in. The water was too cold. Will's hand was too hot. He had a fever.

Nico couldn't do this. Not now anyway. Will was too weak for any of it to mean something. So Nico withdrew his hand. Stepped away from the water. "Where are you going?" Will asked, trying to pin Nico to the wall with just his eyes.

"Away, I'll be back." He wouldn't be. Well not until the fever broke anyway. On the way out he saw Kayla.

"And?" She demanded.

"Will's awake." Nico said, stalking off to heavens knew where. Nico heard her question Will. Well, he just had to save himself.

School is gonna start again so….

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