Nico's P.O.V
" Will please don't go."
"Nico, you know I have to do this. It's going to help me." He says.
"But... But. I'm going to miss you."
"Nico," he pulls me into a hug. He whips the tear off my cheek.
"Four weeks." He tells me. "I'll iris message you when ever I find time, okay?"
"Okay." I can't help but cry. He's going to be gone for four weeks. We live in Texas. Far away from everyone. Together.
He's going back to camp for some weird Apollo kid thing. I would go with him but I have to much to do here. I don't understand why or what. Four weeks is a lot of time. Alone. Without my sunshine.
"Promise me, promise you'll be back. And you'll be safe."
"Nico I'm going to camp." He smiles at me. "Of course I'll be back Death boy. What would I do without you?"
" good question." I hug him, burying my head in his shoulder.
A honk comes from outside our house.
"Well Nico, I love you so much. I'll see you in four weeks okay."
"I love you Will, remember that." I kiss him. He grabs his suitcase and walks out the door. I feel all the warmth leave my body. Without Will, it's all dark.
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"Three weeks. Four days." I whisper to myself as I look out the window. It's all rainy and gloomy. All I have been doing is working. Keeping my mind off Will being gone is all I can do.
Then an Iris message appears.
"Hey!" Will says.
"Hi Will." I say I sound like I'm dead.
"What's the matter Neeks?"
"Nothing. How was your day?"
"It was pretty good actually." Then everything goes into doctor and I'm left here thinking 'what the hell does that mean?'
"I miss you though." He says finishing about his day. He was all excited about it.
"I miss you too." I look back out the window.
"Hey Nico?"
"Yeah?"
"You know I love you right? I love you more than anything."
"I know. And I love you too. More than words can say William." I say more serious. I feel like crying. Gods.
"Well my love I have to go, goodbye."
"Goodbye Will." And the message fades away leaving me alone.
Dark and cold. Like I used to be.
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Will is going to be here in the morning and I'm pretty sure this is the most I've been excited in forever. I can't wait to feel his lips against mine, my hand in his, his warmth, his hair, his smile, his everything. I miss him. Four weeks is along time. I lie down and fall asleep.
Three days. It's been three days. I've tried to message him. It doesn't work. I check the mail.
I pull out three white envelopes. Bill, Bill, what the hades.
A letter from camp half blood?! Is it from Will?
Dear Nico Di Angelo, we, camp half blood, need you to come immediately come to camp. It's an emergency. Further details with be presented at your arrival.
My heart dropped so quick, like a cheetah on its prey. I got the next plane to New York.
Chaos. I walked through camp. But it was camp half blood chaos. Everything looked normal. Normal for camp, people fighting, training, being rushed to to the infirmary.
I saw Clarisse and waved, her face fell and she ran away. I have no idea what that was but okay.
I make it to the Apollo cabin. Will will probably be in here. I wonder what this big emergency was about. Everything looks fine. I peek my head inside. I'm good friends with the Apollo kids now. Especially the ones from my time at camp. I look around with a smile but it quickly melts off my face. Everyone sat in groups Holding each other and crying.
"Um hey guys." I say. All these people are the ones I know.
Kyah's head whips up. "Nico," she says in a shaky voice. No one will look at me. Only her.
"What's going on?" I ask her.
"Nico I'm so sorry."
"Why are you sorry?! Where's Will?"
"Nico, he saved a little boy from being ripped to shreds. There was an attack on camp. I don't know how it happened but three hellhounds got into camp. And one took interest in Jacob a Hecate boy. Will jumped infront of him and it was to late. Before Clarrise could kill it, it got Will." She says.
"No, no you're, you're lying!" I scream. I start for the door. I stumble out. I hear her call after me.
Will Solace is dead
It hits me in the face. I crumble to the ground. And stare blankly at the ground. Why Why Why Why why why WHY!
I'm dreaming this isn't real. Life isn't worth being here without Will. I won't live in a world without Will. He's 26 years old he's too young.
It's not fair. Why do all the people I love di....
I burst into uncontrollable tears. Sobs wracking my body. I scream. I could care less if everyone hears me. Every mussel in my body collapses. Kyah sits down next to me.
"Come on Nico." She grabs me hand and pulls me up. Her short blonde hair the same color as Will's. I fall back down. She wraps an arm around me and we walk. I don't know where to but eventually we stop. We're at my cabin. She opens the door and sits me on the bed.
"He said he loved you. He kept repeating it.
'Tell him I love him' over and over and over again. You probably don't want to hear this right now but he bleed to death. I was the one who cleaned him up. He said he would wait for you. He loves you Nico. And I am deeply sorry for your loss." She touches my cheek and left.
Oh my gods. Oh my gods. Please let this be a dream. This is the most excruciating pain I have ever felt. It's like being crushed flat. Being beaten to a pulp and being pushed over a cliff. Being ran over by a pickup truck. Having your ribs pulled out while your awake to watch. Having every organ pulled out one by one and then sewing them back in. My heart. My heart. Is scattered across the world.
That night when I went to sleep I didn't dream. It was just gray.
"Nico!" "Nico!" A voice hisses. I know that voice all to well. It belongs to Will.
My eyes shoot open. And there he sits, on the edge of my bed.
"Oh thank the gods! It was a dream, oh it was a dream! That was the worst dream I've ever had ever. Oh Will I love you so much!" I yell and sit straight up. I start to hug him.
But it's not him. He's translucent. He glows yellow and I can almost see through him. He's. He's a ghost.
He smiles sadly at me. "No please no I can't do this." I look him in the eye.
"Hello"
"Oh fuck me!" I scream and hit the sides of my head.
"I would if I could, trust me."
"William Solace. What am I supposed to do now huh?!"
"Your going to live your life. Find someone else. Be happy. And then you'll die and you will go to Elysium." He says.
"You know what! Fuck you! How dare you sit there and tell me to go be fucking happy! Will. You. Are. My. Happiness." I start to choke on my own words.
"Nico, stop being difficult." He says it so plainly.
"Am I in your Elysium?" I whisper.
"You are my Elysium."
"What do you mean?"
"My Elysium is flashbacks and memories of us Nico. When you die maybe it'll be the real thing. But I want you to try to move on."
"I will do no such thing William."
"Then I'll see you in sixty years."
" The hell you will! No way I'm not waiting."
"Nico. Don't even think about it!!" He yells making me jump a little bit.
"How are you even here?"
"Your father felt it was only right for me to say goodbye."
"When are you due back?"
"In about thirty seconds."
I feel the tears, they're everywhere by now.
"Please don't leave me Will."
"Goodbye."
"I'll see you soon I promise." And he fades away as if he was never there.
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"Hhm Nico Di Angelo!" The fury screeches. Lots of things on your plate!" I roll my eyes at the creature.
Well look who it is!! He shows his face once more!
My father appears. "I'll handle this ladies." He says. "That's not how it works Hades!"
He glares at them and they fly away in terror.
"I hoped I wouldn't see you here for quite awhile son. I already know."
"Can I... Can I just see him please?"
"You'll be stuck with him for the rest of eternity."
"I wouldn't want it any other way father."
"Very well, follow me." There wasn't much following to be done. He transported us to Will.
He sat on a bed. Staring into what looks like a completely black Iris message. Then swirls of color appear. It's our first date. I gasp. It fades away. I look over at my father. He puts a hand on my shoulder and is gone.
"Damn you Nico Di Angelo." He whispers. I run, I run right to him and throw my arms around him. He picks me up. I breathe him in. I run my fingers through his hair. His hands run up my back. I cry. He cries.
We fall back onto the bed. We hold each other. Knowing that we'll be together forever and nothing will ever separate us from each other. That thought makes my heart leap and I'm as happier than I've ever been before.
I finally got my happy ending.
