Everything is Changing

Willow

Nico's Point Of View
I drag Maggie along so I can show her the surprise I have for us. After so much chaos this is needed. And thanks to Percy it will be perfect. I'm glad I told him. He was a nice help. I can't wait to see her reaction.

Maggie's Point Of View
I realized after two minutes we are on our way to the willow tree. Our willow tree. It was so big underneath that you could fit a couch and a king-sized bed. We arrive. Nico pulled back a section.
"After you madam." He bowed.
"Thank you sir." I walked in.
In front of me was a full-sized bed, a blanket on the ground with a picnic basket on it, a speaker, and a blue gift bag. It was medium sized. Nico came up behind me and put his arms around my waist.
"Do you like it? Or is it too much?" Nico asked me. My jaw was still on the ground.
"Oh my gosh. No, it's perfect." I was still stunned. Why would someone do something like this for me? "You did this for me?"
"Of course I did, Maggie. You deserve this and so much more." He started. He turned me around so we were facing each other, not letting me go the whole time. "I can't give you a lot of what you deserve. You deserve the world." He looked to the top of the willow tree. He had strung up fairy lights. They were sparkling.
"Hey! Look at me!" I put my hands on his cheeks and turned his head so he was looking me in the eyes. "You already have given me the world." He laughed and looked at me confused.
"How?" He asked.
"You are the world to me. When no one could understand me, YOU did. When everyone was against us, YOU snuck into my room to make sure I was okay and YOU stayed with me to make sure I had someone there if I had nightmares. YOU fell into Tartarus with me. YOU were willing to die for me. If anything I own YOU the world." I said, tears gathering in my eyes.
"But you're my world too. YOU brought me out of my slump. YOU made me feel something for the first time in a while. YOU fought to be with me. I don't deserve you Maggie." He had tears in his eyes too.
"No. I don't deserve you."
"Maggie, you deserve someone who everybody likes. Like that Aaron. You can go out in public without getting dirty looks." He was crying now. I wiped away a tear.
"Listen, Nico. We were made for each other. The dirty looks, I love them! It's because we are different. I need you because I can be different and unique with you. I need you because you get me. I just need you Nico!" I was crying now. He wiped away one of my tears.
"Maggie, I need you too!" He said. We both laughed. We would look like a mess to anybody else but to us this is perfect. He leaned down and I leaned up. We kissed. It sent chills down my spine and up my arms. It felt like the first kiss and the thousandth at the same time. Nico pulled away.
"Okay. Well I have an afternoon planned for us. Follow me."
He pulled me over to the picnic blanket. He sat down then pulled me down on his lap. He grabbed the blue bag and handed it to me. I opened it and grabbed the gift wrappers. I saw two books on the bottom of the bag. The first one was "Highly Illogical Behavior" by John Corey Whaley. The second one was "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman. Two books I've wanted for a while.
"How did you know? How did you get them?" I asked, astonished.
"Well, Percy came back to ask Will if he could have an ice pack, he hit his shoulder off the bleachers by accident, Will told him to go to the sink and just heal the pain. I asked Percy if I could do something special for you and he said as long as it was appropriate. I told him to go ask Chiron if we could shadow travel to Books-A-Million! and get you books. I remembered that you told me about books in our letters. So I went to the ship and got them, they're back at the Hades cabin now, and I looked for the books. Then we went and got back. We brought up this bed and I packed a picnic for us." He explained.
"I really can't believe you did this for me. I love you so much!" I turned around and kissed him. "Now, what food do we have? I haven't eaten since yesterday."
"Well. We have chocolate chip pancakes and grilled cheeses with Pepsi Max for our drink." He said in a funny, fancy accent. "And for dessert, we have Twix, Oreos, Hershey Cookies and Cream, and Cookie Dough Bites."
"Thank you so much!" I said.
"You're welcome. Now digging in!"
We started eating. It was all amazing. Nico is a great cook. He made the pancakes just the way I like them. Light but a little dark. Same with the grilled cheese. And candy is good so. After dinner we put the leftover dishes in the picnic basket. Nico stood up and held out his hand.
"Would you like to dance?" He asked, bowing.
"Yeah. What song?" I asked, standing up.
"You'll see." He walked over to the speaker and hooked up his phone then walked back over and grabbed my hand, putting his other hand on my waist.

(A/N: Just listen until the end of the song after you see **. Thank you!! Love you so much!!)

"I love this song." I said.
"Me too." We both laughed.
"I love you Maggie." He leaned his forehead against mine.
"I love you too Nico." I closed my eyes. I didn't want to leave this moment. **
Soon the song ended.
"Want to lay down?" Nico asked.
"Yes."
We walked over to the bed and got in. We cuddled under the covers. I eventually drifted asleep in Nico's arms. He never let go of me.