While waiting for the other two campers within Zeus' cabin to open the door, Will rocked back and forth on his heels as he glanced around him at the end of the Great War had made everything a bit too peaceful to a group of people who were fueled on the act and now they relished for any type of entertainment to change the dullness that took over their camp.

"You don't save my kid brother, well it won't be pretty if I have to lead the rescue mission," Conner called from the front of his cabin. The whole Hermes cabin was preparing, eagerly for a rescue of Cecil.

"Since when is this love spat any concern of the children of Hermes?" Lacy called from the Aphrodite's lot.

"That's all talk, Lacy!" Jeremy from Ares said called out. "The children of Hermes have every right to save their brother and if the Aphrodite's brats try to prevent them from the Rescue Cecil Operation than it will be my brothers and sisters you will need to fear."

"We are not going to battle over this," Piper quickly spoke up and rolled her eyes when her cabin groaned. Since the war, Piper had proved that the Aphrodite's children were a powerful force and should not be underestimated and they were all eager to show the rest of the campers what they were learning. "We are not." She repeated.

"You can speak for your siblings, Princess." Travis gave Piper a smirk as he rubbed a polish gloss onto his blade. "But not mine."

"There isn't going to be any battles," Lou Ellen addressed the campers. "We will get Cecil out unharmed. Jason and Nico will be normal again and life will go on."

"I thought they were doing tonight's dinner entertainment!" An Aries' daughter spoke up. "Couldn't you hold off with the antidote until after the show?"

Will cringed at the idea of spending hours in the hospital cabin with possible injured campers while in this state of boredom. They really need to figure some kind of new entertainment out for the campers. And what was taking Nico so long to answer the door? He wiggled the doorknob but it was locked.

Inside Jason raised his eyebrows and Cecil titled his head as they watched Nico ran around the cabin. First he made the cot he had slept in and while he stood back to admire the no wrinkle mess, he threw his hands in the air, "No. I will not have him think that I did not sink into sleep if a bed looks as I hadn't slept but counted sheep." So he rearranged the covers as he had just woken up and smashed the pillows so there were wrinkles on the cases. He rubbed the back of his head as he admired his work. That was when he realized his hair stood up on ends.

"My hair!" Nico looked over at Jason with both hands placed on top of his head. "Static had slept in my bed as it worked into my head and now it looks as I don't care!"

"Fine is your appearance, Nico." Jason mustered after witness Nico panic about his appearance, something he never thought he would ever witness from the younger boy. "Don't worry so or it will be an interference."

All three turned to the cabin door as a louder knock interrupted Nico's frantic state, their eyes shifted to the doorknob as Will attempted to enter but Jason had locked it to keep the other campers out.

Cecil mumbled as he nodded his head to the door and wiggled his fingers in the air. In his mind, he was telling them to open the door so he could be free but….

"I think he has to pee," Jason said as Nico and he watched Cecil wiggle more. "Let us hurry for it will be something I do not wish to see if his bladder breaks and on the floor it leaks."

Nico smoothed his hands over his head once more trying to tame the dark locks before going to the door and opening it enough to allow Will through.

His beautiful Will. He is as graceful as a tiger with all the beauty of a summer day. Will and Jason were both tall, blue eyed blondes but they looked so much different. Jason's hair was a pale blonde that was nearly white when he was out in the sun while Will's hair looked as golden as sweet honey. Where Jason's eyes were a colour of the shell of a robin's egg, Will's eyes were a cool island ocean blue. Jason's built was more so military bulk while Will's was agile and sleek. And their smile was completely different. When Will smiled, everything in the world seemed to light up and…

"Hey," Lou Ellen glared at Nico who was hanging on the door drooling over his boyfriend as Ellen struggled to get inside. "I'm with him for back up!" She stated a bit huffy and it was enough to knock Nico out of his trance and compose himself as she slinked between him and the door.

Will had stopped in front of Nico, his smile widen on seeing Nico's untamed head of hair. It stood up like with twisted chaos and all Will wanted to do is run his hands through the hair. When Nico finally made eye contact with him, his heart melted at the sight of those milky chocolate eyes. And those lips...

"You had brought proper portion of the potion that will cease my mouth from forming contortion of words or shall I just bring out my swords?" Jason had placed his body in front of Cecil and Nico had to admit, he looked intimidating and unaffected by Will's sexiness as Nico had been.

Lou Ellen giggled and both boys infected with the Apollo curse glared at her. She held her hands in the air to ward off the evil glares. "Sorry. Just having tough guys rhyming takes the seriousness out of the situation."

"I brought what you wanted," Will took out two flasks he had stored in a medical pack design to keep things cool. He held both of the flasks out towards the two boys who eyed the swampy green liquid with vile. "You don't have to take it," Will frown down at the liquid. Honey was the antidote to unlock the rhyming curse but it was a secret of the Apollo's children kept to them. To avoid others realizing how easy it was to break the curse, they would doctor the sweet liquid up by the use of a food processor, adding sour gummy bears that were boiled into liquid, a lot of salt, and vivid green food colouring. "The curse will end on its own in a few more days."

Both boys quickly grabbed the flasks and Cecil, having been on their end of the charm more often than he cared for, and winced as they brought it to their lips. Lou Ellen quickly went behind Jason to cut the duct tape away from Cecil and the chair he was bound too.

"By the gods!" Jason face crumbled into a sour looking face and he held his hand at the base of his neck. "This is horrible!"

Nico slammed his flask on the desk, coughing as the liquid burned down his throat, his eyes watering from the salty, sour sweet liquid. "I want…," Nico coughed again, slamming his fist on his chest as he tried to recover from the antidote. "What the hades did I do to deserve that…curse!"

"Oh you know very well what you did," Lou Ellen said behind the chair Cecil sat on, she was working feverishly trying to cut the tape that held him in place.

"I didn't ask you," Nico growled at her before looking back at 'his' main attraction. "Keep your tongue in your mouth or I'll cut it off!"

"You don't need to be mean to her," Will spoke up with his counselor voice. "She is a concern friend and doesn't need to be treated that way."

"And what did you do to my 'concern' friend but make a mockery of his speech!" Nico flung his arm out, catching Jason in the chest.

Jason rubbed his chest while giving Nico an uncertain look. "Dude that hurt."

"I was the one that came to him for help. It was me that sent him to you to figure out what on earth was going on!" Nico ignored Jason's hurt expression. "And you punished him. Is that what you are teaching your brothers and sisters? To punish others that help a friend?"

"Of course not! ,I cursed him because he wouldn't mind his own business," Will gave Jason a quick glance.

"Nico's concerns are my concerns and that makes it my business," Jason informed him folding his arms in front of his chest like a bodyguard. "And I am again making it my business."

"I wouldn't had cursed him if you hadn't sent him to apologies to me for you," Will told Nico. "If you're sorry, man up to it and don't send a friend."

"I told you not to apologies," Nico glanced as Jason who gave him a brief shrug.

"Just trying to make your problem go away quicker," Jason explained.

"I don't even know what I am supposing to apologies to you about! I didn't do anything wrong!" Nico growled, ranking his fingers through his thick hair. Why did dating have to be so complicated?

"You stood me up and went to practice wall climbing with Bill from Iris' cabin," Will told him eyeing Nico's fingers in envy, he really wanted to touch those soft dark locks.

"He's jealous," Jason mumbled to Nico.

"I'm not jealous. Bill likes girls," Will told Jason and gave a bit of smirk. "He really likes Piper."

"What?" Jason's eyes flashed to the door.

"I didn't stand you up. When was I supposed to meet you?" Nico asked.

"After my shifted ended," Will lean against Jason's desk. "I told Cecil to ask you to meet me by the lake. You didn't show up and when I went searching for you, I found you with Bill on the climbing wall."

"Jealous…"Jason whispered again earning another death glare from Will.

Cecil leaned close to Lou Ellen and whispered, "Turn me into a crow so I can go…"

"Wha…," Lou Ellen's narrowed at her long time friend and realizing what he hadn't done. "Oh Cecil…"

"Come on, please Ellen." Cecil's hazel eyes begged for her mercy.

Nico was careful when he spoke, his mind going over the day he had spent climbing the rock wall with Bill. "I never got the message. I don't recall even seeing Cecil…"

Unnoticed, Lou Ellen slowly reached into her jacket to what appeared to be a compacted make-up kit. She opened the circular compact, held it up to Cecil's face and softly blew dust into his face. He coughed twice before his form of a boy changed into a large black crow. He fluttered from the floor to her shoulder, his familiar perch as this was not the first time he had begged to be a crow to get out of a confrontation.

"It was right before lunch," Will try to jog the memory in but Nico just shook his head, it didn't ring any bells.

"Cec…" Will blue eyes locked with the eyes of his now feathery friend. Lou Ellen stood with a 'what are we to do' look on her face as Cecil quickly took opportunity to fly up the small chimney and to freedom.

"I think you owe 'me' an apology," Nico smirked at his boyfriend.

Will looked defeated, which Nico found to be an adorable look on the boy. "I suppose I do."

Jason and Lou Ellen looked back and forth between the boys that wore matching stupid grins.

Lou Ellen rolled her eyes knowing her dear friend enough to know things were going to get sickly sweet. "Come on, handsome." Lou Ellen tugged on Jason's shirt sleeve. "Let's give the boys some alone time to solve their issues."

"This is my cabin…"Jason tried to loosen Lou Ellen's hold but she was stronger than she looked.

"Don't you have a girlfriend that you hadn't seen for a few days?" Lou Ellen pulled the door shut behind her so no one saw the smile on Nico's lips as he closed the distance between him and Will. No one saw him grab the front of the waist line of the jeans Will wore to pull Will roughly against him. And no one heard Will's 'I'm sorry' get muffled from Nico's kiss.