Broken, Not Shattered

Fallen Angels

~Nate's POV~

"Seriously, Percy?" I groan. "If you don't wake up this instance, I'll slap you up!"

"Mmph...sleep good for me." His face is buried in his pillow, causing his words to be muffled.

"You and I have girlfriends to see....do I have to tell her you're not coming?"

"Don't bring Annabeth into this!" Percy shouts sitting upright. "Chill, Nate. I'm up...I'm u-" he falls back down, face connecting with the bed. Looks like I've got a little more work to do.

--Le Skipo of Timey--

By now, Percy is ready to go to breakfast. As I burst out the door of Cabin 3, I spot Annabeth and Erin walking up to the pavilion. Soon enough, I've caught up to them and spin Erin around.

"Hey." She whispers. The dark circles under her eyes are back; I haven't seem them in so long. "Nate. I'm fine, just tired." She murmurs looking away.

"Okay, okay. I'm just worried."

"Are you my mother or something?" Erin whines, giving me a quick kiss. There's a gagging noise behind me from Louis.

"Seriously? Like we haven't kissed in front of you before?" I laugh at him.

"It's too early for that. Stupid cabin mates wouldn't put a cork in it...." Good ol' Louis. Grumpy as always. "Now. I'm hungry, let's eat. Mr. Chipper will be here soon." Obviously, he's referring to Brandon. And so, we do as Louis says.

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~Erin POV~

After breakfast, I has a little bit of adjusting to here and training. Now I've got a little time alone. I go down to the water and sit on a large rock. There's a presence around me, but I ignore it.

"Do you mind of I join you?" A voice says. I whip my head around. Standing there is a lanky boy with black hair and eyes dark as ebony.

"Yeah, sure." We sit there in silence once again. "What's your name?"

"I'm Nico. Nico Di Angelo. Son of Hades."

"Erin, daughter of Athena." I extend a hand cautiously, he looks at it and then gives it a firm shake.

"So, no last name?"

"I've got one. It's Libri. Personally, it's not needed to know who I am. Why do a bunch of people I don't know need to know that? I don't get it." Nico nods, as if he sort of understands were I'm coming from. "Sorry. Didn't mean to rant or anything to you." He shrugs and we sit. "Your name...." I blurt out...awkward much?

"What about my name?" He asks.

"It means angel in Italian."

"You speak?"

"No, I just...I knew a girl once who told me that. She was a little girl and walked up to me and just told me that. I promised her I would remember that fact for as long as I lived." (A/N: DING! Ding! Ding! Bianca came back and she just felt compelled to tell her that randomly. Random. But I needed a binding moment here!) Nico's thin lips curl up at the ends as if he knows so,etching funny or dear to him.

"Well, I should be going Miss Libri." He mock bows. (A/N: NICO CAN BE CHILDISH AND GOOFY. DEAL WITH IT. Thank you.)

I laugh, "Same time tomorrow?"

"Maybe." And with this, he disappears into the shadows. I think I just met a friend.

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A/N: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, it's my birthday. I felt I owed you an update. Sorry!

Anyway. Nico and Erin are just friends and will always be in this story. I feel they're a lot alike though and kind of have a mutual understanding......

QOTD: Favorite name?

AOTD: This is hard. I like the name Nate, and Nate himself (in-story and irl). I also have a tendency to name characters Ash or Ashlyn, so I guess I must like that name or something. I've also named a character Seraphima, but I don't know why.

Also, first one to figure out what Erin's last name means and what language it is wins a dedication!

Finally, thanks wisegirl686 for the ship name for Nate and Erin: Erite.

Bye guys! I'll update again asap.

-Erin (and Brandon who wants to say hi!)