Darkness's Flower: Pulling It Together

Chapter 24: Small Surprises

~Lilly~

I pulled away from Nico and smiled through my tears. "I'm sorry. I really am. I can't believe I did that! But while I was out cold, the gods and goddesses were talking to me and stuff. They said it was odd with my thing with Jason, and I totally agreed. Then Zeus and Hades were arguing over me. Zeus wants me to be with Nick while Hades wants me with you. Finally, my mom spoke up, along with Aphrodite, saying that Nick would never happen and that it would always be you and me no matter what."

He smiled and put his hand on by cheek. "Nothing can ever come between us, no matter what happens to either one of us. We always find a way back to each other."

I quickly leaned towards him and kissed him hard. I could feel his smirk beneath my lips as he started kissing me back harder. I pulled back.

"We can finish tonight, Nico," I said softly.

"Awesome."

There was a small flash of green light and I started like floating. "Nico!" I couldn't tell what was happening until I was put back down beside Nico.

He checked me out. "Whoa."

I looked down. I was in a flowing green dress, about the color of very green grass, about the color of the green in my eyes. It was a strapless dress that went down to my knees, a brown belt around where my abs should be (because I don't have any, haha). I wasn't wearing shoes and a crown of white flowers was on top of my head, above my now wavy hair.

"What the Hades am I wearing?" I asked.

"I have absolutely no idea, but you look really hot, Lills," Nico replied.

I rolled my eyes. "You say that-"

"I know, about everything. But it's true, so I'll say it if I want to!"

I giggled. "But seriously, what is this? I don't even know, okay?"

I heard a voice in the back of my head. It's my gift to you, my daughter. You look beautiful and never forget that! I love you, Lillian.

I smiled and Nico looked at me weird. "Why the smile all the sudden, Lills?"

I kissed him on the cheek. "It's a gift from my mom, Nico."

"You look beautiful."

I kissed his lips softly. "Thank you."

He smiled and kissed me hard. Much harder than I expected, but I kissed him back anyways. Then he started kissing me even harder than that, and I pulled away.

"Save it for tonight, Nico," I whispered.

Nico smiled. I brushed my fingers through his soft hair and I looked into his dark eyes.

"I'm sorry, Nico," I said softly.

"It's fine, Lills. We got everything figured out! Sure, we fight sometimes, but it always brings us closer. We didn't break up or anything, it was just a big fight. Look, I could never, ever ask for a better girl than I have," Nico said.

"Aww, Nico!"

I hugged him tightly, resting my head against his shoulder. I pulled away from him slowly. Then an Iris-Message came through. I didn't know who would possibly be wanting to talk to me, but it was quickly cleared up. It was my father.