A/N: Just a shorty here. I don't know if it will be another chapter or not.

Nico found the cinemas to be his favourite part of this 'futuristic' life he now lived in. The cinemas of today were so different from the one had had visited when he was…when his mother was alive.

Nico always avoided heart-felt movies that he was sure would leave him more depressed than he already felt. Usually these shows would be about a loss of a loved one, for whatever the reason, and it felt too raw for him. He experienced too much tragic in his young life already there was no common sense or reason to watch it on a big screen.

He was in awed with the realistic movements of computer animated showings and how life like the characters seems to be, all the while keeping the fantasy imagination intact. It was a dream world. These movies, he tried to watch every time they showed but he would always wait until the release date pass to view it in an almost empty room.

The horror movies were something of a reality show for him. A life of war, death, monsters, ghost, zombies, skeletons, torture, hell, bad guys, good guys, and so forth. These were all part of his world and seeing it visualised on a big screen was more of something to scoff at. To mock, which he did. The comical part of the horror movies were watching the normal public viewers and their reactions to a heart-in-the-throat surprise, which to Nico always seemed to be predictable.

Comical movies were amusing, easy to say but Nico had felt guilty if he enjoyed himself. His mother died, his memories wiped cleaned by his father's orders, placed in a time that never moved, plucked out of that time to adjust, his sister dies, the world is about to end and yet to sit down at a film and laugh? That was mad so needless to say, Nico usually didn't catch too many of them. Recently however, he found they weren't as bad as he thought. Not when you had friends to watch them with. Nico felt himself laughing along with his friends but it was Will's laugh that seems to draw his attention.

Nico glanced over at the boy sitting next to him, a large bag of popcorn in his hand that they were sharing between each other. The film's light casting shadows on Will's face but all it did was enhance the boy's best features, in Nico's opinion. As if sensing Nico's dark brown eyes on him, Will turn and gave him a quick wink before turning back to the show, his easy smile never leaving his face.

It was Jason's idea to go see the new comedy. He needed a good laugh, something to cheer him up, he had said. Camp was getting to him and he needed something different.

Piper, Jason and Nico were standing just under the tree line of camp, when Nico said, 'Sure. It might be fun to get out of camp for a bit." He didn't really want to go. He didn't want to be the third wheel but Jason was trying hard to make Nico feel accepted and well, the guy was mushy at times.

It was then that that Piper lightly suggested Nico should ask Will if he would like to go as well.

Nico gave her a hard stare before narrowing his eyes and turning the dark orbs onto the golden boy. Jason, ignoring the stare, had crossed his arms as he unsuccessfully pretended that the leaves on the tree were very interesting and not only was he completely innocent but also was oblivious to the conversation that Piper was having with Nico.

So Nico found himself sitting on a swivel steal stool watching Will stitch a small cut above the brow of a camper from the Hypnos' Cabin, who had fallen out of a tree while napping and batching his forehead against a jutting rock.

"It looks good, Wilbur" Will pulled a hand mirror up for the boy to see for himself.

"I'll have a pretty good scar, then?" Wilbur looked hopeful at Will.

"Well…um, the cut really isn't that long so you might have to point it out to people when it completely heals but it'll be there." Will smiled brightly at the boy who turned his head to examine the injury at different viewpoints.

Wilbur slowly put the mirror down and gave Will a soft, lazy smile. "It's the bragging rights that make this worth it."

"Yeah," Will agreed as he turned to a clip board to make notes on. "But this kind of injury needs looking after. You have to keep it clean but not wet."

"I kno-huh?" Wilbur pulled a confusing face.

"One of my sisters will show you how before you leave. Now there is a chance of a concussion with this type of head injury so I want you to stay in the ward overnight," Will's voice took a more serious turn, causing Nico to smirk.

"A concussion? Sleep here! Overnight!" Wilbur rubbed the back of his head. "I don't think that is necessary. I mean, I feel fine."

Will nodded his head slightly and pulled out a pen light to peer into the boy's eyes, "People keep forgetting that I'm the doctor, not them. Head injuries can sometimes be funny. Symptoms of a concussion may not start right away. You may feel fine now but in an hour, a few more, you may show the classic signs of a concussion. You're looking at headaches or neck pain…"

"I fell from a tree and knocked my head against a rock, of course I got a headache!" Wilbur looked over at the cots which were nowhere near comfortable as his overly stuffed bed in his cabin.

"You may also feel nausea…,"Will continued on.

"Staying a night here may do that to a person. Not exactly a five star righting this place, is it?" Wilbur grasped at the hem of his shirt, rolling the end into a ball within his clasped fingers.

Will continued to ignore him, "Ringing in your ears, feeling tired or dazed…"

"I'm always tired and dazed, my dad's Hypnos for Zeus sake!" Wilbur explained.

"It won't be that bad. We'll have someone make sure that your comfortable, Wilbur." Will gave him a reassuring look. "Look, tonight looks as its going to be a slow night. We only have a few campers that will remain overnight. So I'll tell you what. You be good, don't give the other healers a hard time about this and I'll have Clovis bring over your best blanket and pillow. I make a note to have them warmed up before you get them. I'll prescribe some warm milk, soft music, dim the lights and all you do is relax and let us care for you."

"Well…that sounds okay," Wilbur glanced around again.

"Better deal than what I had gotten," Nico told the boy. "Three days. They tied me down for three days."

"No we didn't," Will shook his head in disagreement.

"I had no pillows," Nico went on.

"He had three," Will replied.

"Not one blanket," Nico swirled around on the stool.

"He had two," Will held up two fingers. "But he refused them."

"Oh that's right. Wilbur, I was given two blankets that I did refuse. Very scratchy, these blankets were." Nico grinned evilly at Will.

"I agree that they were not the best blankets," Will glanced over at Nico before turning back to Wilbur. "We get donations, we get what we can but they weren't scratchy." Will informed them.

"I got hives from them," Nico whispered.

"No you did not," Will lightly smacked Nico's leg with the clipboard. "There were no hives."

"The lights, they kept them on all through the night," Nico nodded his head sadly.

"Medical purpose only," Will said defensibly.

"They had one of the younger trainees' sponge bath me," Nico shivered.

"That's untrue," Will looked between the two boys. "We offer showers to those that are able and you, Wilbur are able. He," Will pointed a finger at Nico,"He used the showers as well."

"They offer only cold showers, you have to take the sponge bath if you want to stay warm," Nico swirled again on the stool.

"Don't listen to him," Will shook his blonde head.

"The food was horrible," Nico grimaced.

"You ate what everyone else was eating on those days," Will rolled his eyes and went back to his clipboard.

"But I was ill and should had been fed better,"Nico huffed.

"Yeah, people that are ill should get fed better." Wilbur agreed.

"Our cabin isn't in charge of cooking," Will reminded them.

"But if it was for medical purposes, you can over-ride the menu for special patients. Was I not special enough," Nico asked.

"I think he has a point there." Wilbur blinked tiredly. "I mean about over-riding the menu."

Will opened his mouth to reply but instead laughed, "Please, ignore him. He's in one of his odd moods." The healer then waved one of his younger sisters over, who was in training, to take over Wilbur. He gave her the clipboard but repeated the 'special' treatment for Wilbur.

Nico watch the trainee and Wilbur head towards a cot already made for him but with reassurance of better pillow and blanket. After they were out of hearing distant, Nico turned his attention back to Will who was in the process of cleaning his area. Nico leaned forward, putting his elbows on his knees, "You tortured me…."

"Caring for Nico di Angelo is counted as torture, is it?" Will paused at putting his gauze away in a drawer to glance over at the boy of the same age. "Perhaps you should bring it up at the next Counsellor meeting, huh?"

"Maybe I will," Nico shrugged his shoulders. "When is the next meeting?"

Will shook his head as he closed the drawer, his area now orderly and perfect for the next patient. Will hopped easily up on the examiner table, swinging his feet back and forth while giving Nico his full attention. "In a few weeks, I think. It's on my calendar. Things are quiet for now so there aren't these unpredictable meetings popping up. Is that why you came to harass me?"

"No. No, it's not why I came in here. I thought you wanted me to drop by sometimes. Did you change your mind?" Nico asked, his eyes never leaving Will's blue gaze.

"I do want you to but I usually have to ask you to," Will smile faltered slightly when Nico turned to stare at the floor.

"Well…er, see Piper and Jason is going out of camp tonight. They want to see some stupid movie and Piper thought that maybe since you're in the infirmary duty last night and all morning that you know…maybe you might want to get out of camp for a bit as well and see the stupid movie too." Nico decided he could breathe now.

"What movie?" Will asked.

"Um…I forgot to ask." Nico rubbed the back of his neck.

"I guess it doesn't matter. I'm off duty at noon and have nothing planned." Will said.

"That's great!" Nico grinned nervously, jumping off the stool and almost knocking it over as he tried to escape. Will reached over to steady the chair. "Oops, sorry. I'll um.. go and tell Piper. Oh," Nico turned quickly around with while he snapped his finger, "I- I guess I'll meet you at um…how about Jason's cabin about seven?"

"Okay but if we can get out of here earlier we can get some pizza before the movie?" Will suggested

"Pizza? Um, yeah. That would be fun. I like pizza." Nico smiled brightly. "I'll tell Jason and Piper then."

That is how Nico found himself seated next to Will and sharing a bag of popcorn. Jason sat on Nico's other side and Piper was snuggled against Jason, their hands entwined. They whispered softly about the movie but their laughter was as loud as the rest of the viewers. Nico wasn't sure if this was considered a date or not but maybe before the night was over, he figure it out.