Happy Birthday Nico!

I wake up in cabin 13 to the same sound I always do, the water turning on in the bathroom because Hazels showering. The only thing different about today is that it's my birthday. I told my friends not to make a big deal of it since I don't like being the center of attention, but I doubt that they'll keep that promise.
I get out of bed and put some clean clothes on and when Hazels out of the bathroom I go in and brush my teeth. After we're both done getting ready, Hazel and I go down to the dining pavilion and take a seat at the big three table. Chiron lets the seven, Reyna, Calypso, Will and I all sit at the same table even though the rules say we're not supposed to. I slide on to the bench next to Will and he says,
"Happy Birthday sunshine."
I respond by playfully rolling my eyes at the fact that he just called me sunshine, and give him a quick kiss on the cheek.
I start eating my breakfast when Chiron trots to the front of the room to make announcements. He says,
"Good morning campers, I would like to remind you that because it's Saturday, you may do whatever you like, there are no activities planned."
He gets some cheers from the campers and continues on saying,
"I would also like to give a friendly reminder about the rule that no boy and girl camper without the same godly parentage may be in the same cabin alone."
He looks over at Percy and Annabeth and the whole camp explodes into laughter because we all know who broke the rules.Then Percy says,
"So I can be alone in Tartarus with her but not in the same cabin?"
Chiron responds to him by sarcastically saying,
"Oh, I bet Athena loves you."
We all start to laugh again when an eagle the color of Annabeths eyes comes swooping into the dining pavilion and bites Percy's arm which is around Annabeths shoulders. All the campers laugh even harder, turning the camp into a chorus of laughter. All the commotion comes to a halt when Chiron stomps one of his hooves on the floor to make one last announcement,
"Last of all I would like to wish Nico di Angelo a happy fifteenth birthday. Would you like us to sing Happy Birthday to you Nico?"
"No thanks."
I say because as I mentioned before I don't like having all the attention on me. All the sudden Will says,
"You know, he said he doesn't want us to sing to him, but that doesn't mean we can't hum happy birthday."
With that the whole camp started to hum the happy birthday song to me, and I could already feel my cheeks turning red. I turned to Will and mouthed *I'll get you back for this Solace*. And he mouthed back *I dare you to try. *
When the song was over everybody went to do something for the day while Will and I went back to cabin 13 like we always do on free days.
We sit down on the couch next to each other and he puts his arm around me. We turn on the TV (yep, my cabin has a TV) and watch the Disney version of Hercules. It's not like we actually like the movie, we just find it funny that they got so many things wrong, and we each tear up from laughing to hard when a scene with my dads character comes on.
So we watch the movie while I try to teach Will how to play Mythomagic which he fails terribly at.
After the war I taught the whole gang how to play. Annabeth and Reyna always have a secret alliance whenever we play, Percy and Jason make it a point to try and beat each other and get way to over competitive about it (like always), Calypso, Frank, and Hazel all don't understand how to play and always lose, and Leo made a deck of Mythomagic cards that had all of us and all of our fallen friends/heroes instead of gods and monsters. The only thing I didn't like about the deck of cards Leo made for us is that on Wills card and mine it said that we were madly in love with each other, which I'm not saying isn't true, I'm just saying that we didn't need all of our friends referring to us as the couple that is madly in love.
Just as the movie ended the lunch bell rings. I start to get up from the couch but Will pulls me back down.
"I think we should go somewhere special for lunch today considering its your birthday. You up for it?" He says.
"Sure." I say. 'May I ask where you're taking me?"
"You'll find out." He responds.
We both get up from the couch and walk out the door, hand in hand. Will leads me past the dining pavilion and when Jason sees me walking in the opposite direction of lunch he gives me grin as if he's scheming about what Will and I are going to do together. We walk on the path through the woods just enjoying each others company until he says,
"Why do you never sing at campfires? I mean I know you're the son of death and all but does it really hurt to be happy and sing at a fire?".
He looks over at me with an expectant and curios look in those gorgeous blue eyes of his and I know there's no dodging this question like I always do.
"I don't really know. I've never sung in front of anyone before."
I say.
"Should I be the first one to hear?" He says sarcastically.
"In your dreams sunshine!" I respond.
He grins at me and says,
"So maybe your not the best singer ever, but your definitely better than me."
"Everyone's better at singing than you Solace, even though your Dad is Apollo, and your Mom is a famous singer."
We both burst out laughing because we're the only ones who've ever heard him sing and we both agree he's pretty bad.
"Are you sure you don't wanna sing for me Neeks? I'll do it with you."
He gives me that look he always does when we both know there's no way I'm getting out of this.
"Fine what song?" I sigh.
"What about 'This is Gospel' by Panic at he Disco?"
We both knew the lyrics to that song buy heart because we loved it some much. As he counts down from five, my anxiety grows. I don't know why, Wills the only person I feel truly comfortable around. He says one and we both start singing.
"This is gospel for the fallen ones, locked away in permanent slumber. Assembling their philosophies from pieces of broken memories."
Will stops dead in his tracks and turns toward me, his mouth wide open, and eyes full of shock.
I stop singing and ask him,
"Was I really that bad?"
"No Neeks, that was amazing. You're way better than any of my siblings and our Dad is the god of music. Will you keep singing?"
I reluctantly nod my head and continue singing.
When the song is over Will says,
"Well what do you know, the song of Hades can sing."
I smile. He checks his watch and says,
"Oh, it's four. We better get back to camp."
"I'll shadow travel us there."
"No underworld-ly magic, doctors orders."
"It's not that far away Will, I'll be fine."
"Fine"
I melt into the shadows and bring Will with me.
We arrive in front of the Big House where a very unexpected crowd stands before us. Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Frank, Hazel, Leo, Calypso, and Reyna all stand in front of the crowd with the rest of the campers behind them. Percy steps forward with Annabeth on his arm and says,
"Happy Birthday Nico, and welcome to your Olympus style party."
Right on que the music starts, playing all of my favorite songs, and to my surprise Chiron's the DJ. All the campers (even Mr.D) start dancing and singing along to the music. I just stand there shocked, wondering why anyone would ever do this for me, until Will pulls me out into the crowd and says,
"Maybe you should have a little fun at your own party."
We get swepped into the middle of the dance floor and start to sing and dance with the rest of the camp, having the time of our lives.
After we dance for hours, Chiron stops the music and says,
"Everyone to the beach for fireworks!"
We all sprint to the beach were the sun is setting and fireworks are starting to go off. All the couples lay in the sand together cuddling including Will and I. We both lay down on our backs and Will puts his arm around my shoulders while I snuggle into his chest.
The sun is a pale yellow and the sky has bits of orange, green, and purple in it.
The fireworks start, each one exploding into a vast sea of colors, and each one getting plenty of oh's and ah's from the campers. One of the fireworks spells out Solangelo with a heart at the end. I suspect that was Jason and Percy's work.
Will and I lay there for hours, enjoying each others warmth and company. Eventually the horns blows signaling that there's ten minutes before curfew, and if you're not in your cabin by then the cleaning harpies will eat you. So we get up from our spot in the sand and Will walks me towards my cabin. When we get there I instantly wished that this night would never end. Will says,
"Goodnight Death Boy."
And I say,
"Goodnight Solace."
We gaze into each others eyes, and then share a kiss. Not our usual quick good morning kiss at breakfast, but a deep, passionate kiss. I long for more as I always do when I'm with him, but the harpies will be coming out soon and I don't want to end this perfect day with my boyfriend getting eaten. So I turn around and head into my cabin where Hazels already asleep, and glance out the window to see Will heading back to the Apollo cabin fist bumping about our kiss. I laugh at how sweet the gesture is, like kissing me meant he won the life lottery or something. I get into bed just now realizing how tired I am. As I slowly drift to sleep, my last thoughts are of Will Solace. The tall and lean son of Apollo, with shaggy blond hair, and light blue eyes that I could so easily get lost in. The first person ever, that stole my heart, and didn't try to give it back.

Notes

In honor of Nico's birthday, I decided to make a fan fiction about the events that would happen on his birthday in camp half-blood. Nico is my favorite character so I thought it was fitting that he gets a birthday fan fiction. Happy birthday Nico di Angelo, son of Hades.
I just wanted to mention that all characters and settings belong to Uncle Rick (Rick Riordan). This was my first fan fic ever so I would love some feedback on how I can make my writing better for you guys.- Daughter_of_hades_23