A Battle For Love

Nico//twenty

Jason and I jump down from Mrs. O'Leary's back. She stopped right outside the Big House so we over-looked the camp where not many campers roamed. There's a few Hermes kids having a small snowball fight near the volleyball nets. Down by the Athena cabin a camper is making what looks to be a base os Athena herslef out of snow. A girl in a sliver parka is coming out of the Atremis cabin, who I think is Thalia.

"Hey Jason, isn't that Thalia?" I nudge him with my elbow.

He perked up and smiled, "Yeah, I havent seen her in a long time. Thalia!" Jason yells through cupped hands.

Thalia stops walking and turns around to face us. She waves us down, "You go, I'm gonna go find Will."

"See you later then, Nico." He smiles and winks at me.

"Bye." I mumble and walk towards the Apollo cabin.

I glance up to see Jason and Thalia hugging and couldn't help the twinge of jealousy that pangs at my heart. That could be Bianca and ma. We could be laughing right now and be drinking hot chocolate. On Christmas, she'd come here with Thalia and we'd give each other our crappy Christmas presents that we made. But we can't. And she's not.

Sometimes I wish that I had a normal life. A life where I wasn't in danger most of the times, or a danger myself. A life where I grew up with Bianca normally, without an ungodly parent, not that Hades was there for our childhood anyways. A life where I had Bianca right now, to enjoy Christams time with. Not just Christmas, though; Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter. All of the holidays...

As I was walking with my head down, I didn't see anything but the ground in front of me and so I natrually bumped into someone. With a grunt, I fall down onto my back and into the snow with my bag. "Ugh!" I don't try getting. I hear the person walk around me and stop right by my ear.

I'm guessing it's Will. With a few more minutes of crunching snow, he speaks, right by my ear. "What's wrong?" He says it so quietly that I didn't even jump.

I open my eyes and look at him. He's laying in the snow too, his blue eyes filled with concern. Gods, I've missed him. To his blond hair, which is as soft as it looks, to his heartwarming smile. If there's any person who can make me feel as if thee is a stampede of Mrs. O'Learys in my stomach it's Will Solace. I know Bianca would have liked him. and if I can't have her, I'm glad I have Will.

I smile and grab his hand which was right beside mine. "Nothing. Not anymore, at least."

Will smiles and leans over to kiss me. I was expecting a long, slow kiss since I've been gone a week, but that didn't happen. No, the kiss was just a peck, not even five seconds! Or two! Will pulled back and started gawking at something behind me.

"Don't move." He instructed just when I turned my head to see.

Will reaches slowly for something behind me and before I know it, I have a face full of snow. Now, I'm not a huge fan of snow activites; it's cold, wet, and annoying. I don't like cold, wet, and annoying things, but I'm not just going to let someone stuff my face with snow and not get back at them. Especially Will, who, by the way, is laughing his butt off.

"Oh, you think this is funny?" I askand he nods his head, laughing too hard to speak. Seeing a golden opportunity, I make a snowball and throw it, aiming for his mouth. Most of it hits his nose but some snow lands in the desired location.

"Hey! I could've choked on that!" He cries.

I stand up and shrug. "It would've melted."

Will gasps and comes at me with a snowball. Well, not really a snowball. More like a handful of snow that calls itself a snowball. I begin to run away but couldn't as Will grabs the back of my jacket. He stuffs the snow in his hand down the back of my shirt, laughing as I jump around trying to get it out.