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Thalia was packing up her stuff. It was probably going to be a while before she saw camp again.

She was joining the hunters and all and it was a pretty sweet deal. Immortality in exchange for the promise of a life as an eternal maiden. Why not? Boys sucked anyway, all they ever did was let her down. But there was one person she was probably going to miss. She quickly pushed that thought out of her mind.

But the thought didn't want to leave her mind and the boy manifested himself at her door.

She flinched hearing him walk in. He never knocked. She looked up at him.

"How many times do I have to tell you to knock." She scolded him.

"Let's get married."

Thalia's heart stopped for a minute. "What the hell are you talking about?!"

Nico grasped her hand pulling her into him. "I love you. And you love me. We love each other. So why are you doing this? Was it something I did? Did I not understand you?"

"I don't love you." She lied pulling away.

He let her go, frowning. "You're lying." He said quietly.

She pushed a lock of hair out of her face. "Nico, I'm going to level with you. We can't get married."

"Why not?" He asked.

"Well in the first place, my hair isn't naturally black."

"Doesn't matter." His face remained unchanged.

"I smoke! I smoke all the time!"

"I don't care."

"I can never have children!"

"We can adopt some."

"Well, I have a terrible past. For four years now, I've been a pine tree."

"I forgive you."

"But you don't understand, Nico! Ohh… I'm a man!"

"Well, nobody's perfect!"

"Nico, we can't be together! I've already made my choice; I can't go back on my promise to Artemis."

"To Hades with the gods, who needs them? All I need is you Thalia. We can run away together. Wherever you wanna go, I'll take you there. We can get married and start our own family."

Thalia snorted. "You're being ridiculous; we can't do any of those things." She said shutting her suitcase. She was done packing.

"I have to go now."

"Is this seriously how you're going to end this?" Nico chuckled.

She didn't respond and instead made a bee-line for the door.

He cut her off and stood in her way. Thalia didn't say anything, she felt like her heart was about to burst out of her chest.

He cupped her face in his hands and leaned in kissing her slowly. She dropped her bag and wrapped her arms around his neck. Her body reacted of it's own accord.

The kiss intensified and he pushed her against the wall. Thalia pulled him closer. She felt his cool skin against her own. Her body was on fire.

His lips moved from her lips to her neck. And her hands moved from his neck to stroke and play with his hair. He nibbled on her neck lightly and she let out a breath she'd been holding.

"Stay for the night… please." Nico whispered.

"Okay." Thalia breathed.

Nico rolled out of Thalia's bed. "Thalia." He called for her groggily. He hoped that she reconsidered her decision after last night.

She was gone. He jumped out of bed and searched for his clothes. He threw them back on before running out in a pathetic attempt to catch up to her.

But she was already long gone.