Do You Remember Me? (sequel to How Did I Fall For Nico di Angelo)

CHAPTER 2: AMBER

I am sad and feel like absolute crap. I woke up last night with no recollection of how I passed out, or where I was before. I only remember waking up in the arms of a familiar face.

Nico di Angelo.

After that happy reunion where I told Nico that I only remembered that I had a crush on him, he walked me back to my cabin. As soon as I shut the door, I heard a faint voice. I had to strain my ears to hear it but what it said astonished me.

"I love you," Nico said. I put a hand over my mouth and backed away from the door. I sat down in my bed, thinking.

What did I not remember?

I knew nothing about Nico. Only that I had a major crush on him. But hearing that, I wondered if Master Nyx had taken some of my memories. I didn't remember that boy with the dark hair, or the girl who looked a lot like Nico. But I did recognize Percy and Meghan and Nico. But Nico was only a face, a name, and one measly fact in my head.

I had taken a quick shower and changed into pajamas. I found my glasses in their case on my nightstand, thank Nyx. I would die without them. Hypothetically speaking.

I quickly fell asleep, the first time I had slept since...I can't even remember. I'm pretty sure it was when I was helping Hunter get to Camp Half-Blood. Speaking of which, I would have to look for her tomorrow.

I'm getting off track. Stupid ADHD.

Anywho, the dreams were haunting me as I slept. I woke up four times, sweating and breathing hard. They weren't so much dreams, more like memories that I was reminded of as I slept. They were mostly of my time with Master Nyx, when she was training me. It was like torture, except not as bad and I was doing it willingly. Although I fought back, she would still hurt me badly.

It was the fifth memory that made me wake up and not fall back to sleep. It was horrible, I didn't even remember it though, but I knew for a fact that it was real. Call it an instinct. I don't want to explain it to you, it was so terrifying. But it was basically me being torn out of Nico's arms as he and those two people I didn't know were caught in a freefall off of a cliff. In Tartarus.

I had gone to Nico's cabin that morning, woken him up, and ended up sleeping in there for a few hours. I woke up realizing that my arms were wrapped around him and went into the bathroom. I was really in there so that Nico didn't see me blush. After that, I walked back to my cabin, told Percy that I was hanging out with Nico for the rest of the day, and grabbed my Polaroid camera. I then headed back to Nico's cabin.

I walked in as he finished tying a pair of Doc Martens onto his feet. I was smiling for a reason I didn't know and saw Nico look at my wallet, an eyebrow raised. I explained the camera but not the wallet.

It was for an emergency trip to Wendy's.

We walked out of his cabin and towards the beach. But along the way, I turned away from the water and headed towards the woods. Nico moved closer towards me once we entered, probably just being careful for monsters, right?

"Here we are," I said and pointed to a lone willow in an open clearing. Nico's eyes widen as he stared at the willow, taking in it's beauty. I took this chance to take a picture of him, getting a photo of him in his natural state. The one that isn't pretending to be something he's not just because he was around others. But him just being himself.

I took a good look at the picture. It was magnificent. Nico was...I can't even think of a word to describe how amazing he looked. The sun caught his hair, turning it a golden black color, and the way he was looking at the tree...it was just...wow.

"How did you find this?" he asked astonished. I smirked, grabbed his hand, and pulled him towards the tree. He allowed me to tow him along, but every time I tried to pull away my hand, he would grip it tighter, as if I would slip away if he let go.