Don't Fade Away: A Solangelo Fanfiction 2

Chapter 35: Aftermath

The four, now five, of them stayed at Camp. It was really early, so Chiron offered to let them stay. Sally, Paul and Estelle stayed in a room in the Big House, while Percy and Annabeth slept in their old cabins. It was hard for Percy to part with his sister, even if it was just to sleep.

As Will lied in his cabin, unable to sleep, he thought about how grateful he was that Chiron was here. He didn't know if he would've been able to deliver a baby all by himself again. That was stressful and nerve-wracking, and he barely knew what he was doing. Chiron definitely did. Chiron did most of the work. Will was the first one to hold Estelle, though.

At around 2 in the afternoon, he got a knock on the door. He opened it up to find Paul Blofis standing there, holding Estelle in his arms.

"Hi, Will." He greeted him.

"Oh, hey Paul. What's up?"

"I was wondering if you could show me around Camp? I mean, this place is so crazy."

"I thought you couldn't see through the mist."

"I can't. But I think that being let into Camp has made me be able to see a little bit of the crazy stuff that goes on here. Because over there." Paul pointed to the right. "Is definitely a pegasus."

Will laughed. "Yep, it definitely is."

Will got dressed and met Paul outside. He started off in the direction of the Amphitheater.

"Thanks for delivering my daughter, by the way."

"Oh, it was no problem. Chiron did most of the work, anyways."

"Nonsense. I've never met a 15 year old that's delivered one baby. You delivered two! That's amazing."

"And stressful." Will added.

"Yeah, I bet it was." He sighed. "I just can't believe I'm a dad."

Will smiled.

Paul shook his head. "You know, I can't believe that my baby was born at a camp for half human half Greek god children, by The Chiron from Greek Mythology, and a 15 year old demigod son of Apollo." He paused. "Actually? I can."

"Yeah, I heard you're a huge fan of Greek history."

"You bet I am! I can't believe I got to meet Chiron, legendary trainer of heroes! Estelle was delivered by him! How many people can say that?"

"Yeah, your daughter is already basically blessed. Between Chiron delivering her, and her literally being born at Camp Half-Blood."

"This is just so crazy and wonderful!"

Will showed him the Campfire, the lava wall, the strawberry fields, and everything else.

"This place is just so cool! I mean, look at all of that Greek architecture! And all of the cabins! Just, wow!"

Paul Blofis was having the time of his life, holding onto his newborn baby and his eyes lighting up whenever he saw something cool.

Later in the day, Will woke Nico up. "Did you get enough sleep?" Will asked him as he pulled himself out of his bed.

"Probably not."

Nico looked at Will. "You did a really good job earlier."

"It was mostly Chiron-"

"Even if it was, you still helped deliver another baby. Plus, did you see yourself at the beginning? You were all serious and doing exactly what needed to be done. It was really hot."

Will laughed. "Well you looked adorable holding Estelle."

"I bet I looked really out of place holding a baby." Nico scoffed.

"You really didn't."

"Whatever." Nico kicked Will out so that he could change.

Once he was ready, the 2 of them walked towards Sally, Paul, Percy, Annabeth and Estelle to say goodbye.

"It was really nice to come back here for a day." Percy said, looking out at Camp. He looked as if he was trying to remember it all.

"It really was." Annabeth agreed.

"Well, thank you again, Will. You did amazing." Sally told Will, giving him a hug.

"No, you did amazing. You were a model patient."

Will shook hands with Paul, Percy and Annabeth.

"Will." Percy said, pulling Will aside.

"Yeah?"

"I don't know if this is appropriate for me to say, because of everything I put Nico through."

"Hey, Bianca wasn't your fault."

"It's not just that. I practically abandoned him, and then I was rude to him. I just, I wanted to say please look out for him. Please give him what I could never give him. Because he's been through so much."

"Percy, it's not your fault that you never thought about Nico that way. Nobody can control who they like."

"I know. I just feel bad. Nico had a crush on me for so long, and I just couldn't return those feelings. Even if it's not my fault, I indirectly caused him a lot of pain."

"Hey, it's Eros' and Aphrodite's fault. Not yours, okay?" Will assured him.

"That still doesn't excuse my behavior. Bianca told me to look out for him, and I didn't."

"You were like 13 or 14. No one is going to expect a 13 or 14 year old to take care of some kid. Plus, you were really busy trying to save the world."

"Just please be good for him. I know he really cares about you."

Will nodded. "Of course."

Percy smiled. "After everything we've all gone through, Nico is kind of like a little brother to me. Some people might think that that sounds weird, because of how Nico used to like me. But I don't think so. I mean, we aren't even biologically related to each other." Then Percy laughed. "If we were, then my relationship with Annabeth would be gross.  Anyways, I worry about him sometimes. I just want to make sure he's okay."

"He's....Nico is still working through a lot. He has a lot of trauma, but he's slowly getting better. He smiles a bit more. He tells me things."

Percy put his hand on Will's shoulder. "I'm glad. I also realize I never apologized to you."

"About what?"

"About Michael."

Will waited before he spoke. "What happened with Michael couldn't be helped. He told you to collapse the bridge, so you did. His death delayed Kronos' army. Don't blame yourself, Percy. You couldn't have done anything different. There are no hard feelings."

Percy looked like he wanted to argue, but he didn't. "You're a good kid, Will. I'm happy Nico was able to find someone as amazing as you."

Will smiled. "Thanks."

As he walked away, he said, "Thanks for helping to bring my baby sister to me."

Then the four of them were walking off towards Half-Blood Hill, baby in tow.