"probably right inside the forest," she said.

"sure," thalia said. She picked up some pine cones and twigs.

"Alright." Nico said, lets get these to the fire pit and wait for the others, and maybe get to know each other better, I feel like I barely know you." he said. And he wanted to be able to talk to her too.

"Yeah, probably, maybe we'll be lucky and find a pile of rotting wood that's be there for years, we could use that and get that going easily." Percy said.

"ok," thalia said walking back to the fire pit.

"good idea," anabeth said.

"Yeah, it would burn well too, with the termits being dormaent in there too." Percy said.

Nico walked back to the fire pit and dropped his load next to it, looking at Thalia in an admiration and adoration the whole way, he probably couldn't express just how much he liked her yet.

"true," anabeth said.

"ok you wanna tell about yourself first or will i," she said.

"I want to hear about you a little bit first, if you don't mind." Nico said. Nico sat down by the fire pit and looked up at her, there was an old tree trunk her and it was surprizingly dry and clean.

He saw some rotten wood, not piled up but it was rotten, he could tell by how it looked, holes and stuff. "Over there." he pointed. "If we need to get more we know where to go." he said.

"ok," anabeth said pcking up some.

"Well i used to live with my mom until i started getting attack by monsters. Then i had to run away. I used to go to a good school and get good gades too," she said.

Nico listened intently, he found this interesting, and also that he did find it good she had survived the attacks.

Percy got a good armful of it and looked at her." this should be enough for a while." he said to her.

"yea it should," annabeth said.

"Thats pretty much it," thalia siad.

"Ah, I see." see he said. "What do you like to do?" Nico asked her curiously.

They walked back. Percy had moved his arm to inbetween her side and arm and held onto his load on the way back, the proximity made him blush some.

"you blush a bunch," anabeth said.

"I like practicing sword fighting. I get lost in it. I also like reading sometimes," she said.

"I'm just not used to feeling like this, it's a wonderful strange feeling." Percy said. "You are gorgeus, you know that right?" he said.

"Same here." Nico said. "It practicnig sword fighting, also makes me feel so in control of what happens, I think I might be able to use the skeletons that I can summon to help me as a kind of practice dummy, maybe even a spraing partner." he said.

"yes i did but i like hearing it from you," she said.

"that is cool," thalia siad.

Percy smiled at her. "My pleasure." he said to her.

Nico smiled at her.

Thalia smiled back.

Anabeth smiled at percy.

"I don't really remember much about my past before getting here after a monster attack, then coming here to safety after killing one and another coming at me." Nico said. "I know I had family and friends and a normal childhood, but not exactly what happened, and I know I fought monsters too." Nico to be honest with himself felt lost and lonely, not knowing his past exactly,the feel of a mother's love in detail. Nico noticed Percy and Anabeth returning with wood.

Percy saw the fire pit and smiled at the two by it.

Thalia noticed percy and anabeth.

Anabeth smiled at the two too.

Nico smiled at them too.

When Percy got to the fire pit he dropped his load by the pit and started getting the fire going. "Getting the pinecones and twigs was a good idea." he said as he put some in to the middle of the teepee.

"yeah it was," anabeth said sitting down.

"yeah good thinking nico," thalia said.

"I do do that sometimes." Nico said. He leaned into Thalia and wrapped an arm around her.

Percy got the fire going easily, and had it a blazing inferno of warmth quickly. Percy found a log next to the one that Nico and Thalia were on. He sat down and smiled at Anabeth.

Anabeth was sitting on the ground and leaned against his legs.

Thalia leaned on nicos shoulder.

"WHo wants to tell camp stories?"Nico asked.

Percy was enthusistic wanting to scare them. "I do." he said.

"yeah lets hear what stories percy thinks is scary," anabeth joked.

Thalia laughed a bit at what anabeth said.

Percy laughed and kissed her cheek. "If you think you have better ones why don't you tell them?" he said jokingly.

Nico laughed at this fun time with his friends. "Yeah, Percy tell us one of your stories." he said.

"yeah we want to hear a good one," thalia said to percy.