Nightmares (Solangelo)

Chapter Two: A Makeover? Really?!

Nico's P.O.V

I woke up from a surprisingly... Happy dream... I hadn't had one of those since Tartarus, and now, listening to someone's heartbea-

Wait. What?!

Then I remembered... The movie... Will... I guess that's why I felt so warm. I still refused to open my eyes... I didn't want the warmth to go away... I didn't want more nightmares. Then an even more terrifying thought occurred to me... What if he's awake?! Being a son of Apollo, he probably is... And he's just waiting for me to wake up!

So... I faked still being asleep, and turned to my other side, shifting myself off of him. I waited a few moments, going he'd get up and leave, and, eventually, he did.

I let out a breath of relief as he closed the door to my room. "Finally..." I told myself. "Now I can leave this dull, white place... And go back to my dull, black cabin..." I frowned at the thought of the place... "And maybe I can go to a furniture store, while I'm at it..."

I got up slowly, and walked across the room, to my closet. I opened the door and... "Great. My unwashed pants and a brand new, blindingly orange camp shirt..." Courtesy of Will, for the shirt, I guessed...

I put on the clothes, seems how they were all I had, other than my pajamas, and looked at myself in the mirror.

Why? I don't know. I always looked like a sick, pale, ghost, who has insomnia. Now I just looked like the normal pale, sick and ghostly, but with a bright orange t-shirt that looked ridiculous on me...

I walked out the door, and into the infirmary, it wasn't too busy today, just me, Will, and a couple of patients, one of which was on their way out, and the other was eyeing me. Probably scared of me.

Will was standing a couple of feet away from me, and I definitely could've strangled him from the distance, and yet he smirked at me. "Nice shirt, Di Angelo." I glared at him. How is he not scared of me like all of his siblings...? "How did you sleep?" Really, Solace? You know perfectly well how I slept! I used you as a pillow for frick's sake!

"Eh, okay... I guess. You?" I answered... It's not like I could tell him that for the first time in forever I had a happy dream... Besides, he would've started singing Frozen...

He smiled at me, looking extremely way-too-happy for his own good. "Pretty well, actually... Thanks for asking..." Then his smile melted into an embarrassed look, "and, sorry I fell asleep in your bed..." He said sheepishly.

"Ah, no.... It's nothing... Don't worry about it...." I said, trying not to stumble over my words. Saying a snarky comeback? No problem. So why was this so hard for me..?

"Oh, okay..." He said, relieved. "Well, I gotta give you one last checkup before you leave." He gestured towards a small table for me to sit on, and I did.

The son of Apollo did a quick checkup on me, gave me a couple of shots, and told me I could leave. I said bye to him, and he made me promise to visit more often, before I headed up to the pavilion to eat breakfast.

Percy had suggested to Chiron that there should be a suggestion box, so he could suggest more things. When Chiron refused, he just followed Chiron around all day until he agreed to ease up on where everybody sat at meals, allowing them to sit with friends. Most campers remained with their siblings... And then there was Percy and Jason.

As soon as I got my food and sat down at my table, Jason and Percy left their tables and sat across from me. I looked up at them, annoyed. "What are you two doing?" I asked.

"Chiron's letting us throw a party down by the beach!" Percy smiled as he said it... Thank goodness he's over the while not-my-type thing. Annabeth probably explained it to him...