Dedicated to all you couples out there, or just single pringles, like me. Also, for Octachel shippers.

Rachel's POV
Today I was walking through my finishing school, and saw all the other "proper ladies" texting and squealing on their phones like they normally did.

I just couldn't figure out why they were doing it with more enthusiasm as usual.

Since this was an all girls school, no boys (or boyfriends) were allowed on campus so they made up for it with social media.

I was fine with that, but still, guys who aren't total jerks can be fun to hang out with.

I went up to a limo and got inside.

The driver, Charles, grabbed my bags and put them in the back.

"To the airport my lady?"

"Yep."

I was actually excited because I was going to camp for the weekend and I would get to see all my friends.

I mean, my friends here at this school were awesome, but I didn't get to see my camp friends as much.

I had befriended a couple of people.

I liked them because they weren't giggly rich girls like the rest.

The first was Shelby. She was a punk/goth girl, sorta like Thalia.

She was very independent and believed in speaking for your own opinions.

She helped me with some of my projects to help save the wild, and liked photography.

Her parents had made her go here to help "finish" her like me.

The other girl was Chloe. She was more girly than us, but she liked saving the wild and was a vegetarion. And she liked painting.

She was also pretty shy, so it took a while to get her out of her shell.

Her mother had sent her here to help her get a better life, because her mom hadn't had the best growing up.

Moving on, we arrived at the airport.

I had to go through all the luggage stuff and whatnot, blah blah.

Then I was seated in first class next to some couple.

I could tell because they got in little fights every five or so minutes.

A lot like Annabeth and Percy.

Sometimes I felt a pang in my heart when looking at them.

And no it wasn't because of Percy.

I didn't mind being single for my Oracle job, but it could get lonely sometimes.

A couple of hours passed by, and we were landing in New York.

I could've just taken a Pegasus or some other demigod transportation to camp, but eh, it was fine to travel like a normal mortal.

When I walked out of the airport, I looked for a familiar van with a Delphis Strawberry Farm on it.

I could tell right away which one it was.

Besides being huge, it was blasting music that kept changing like people changing the radio station.

Also, there were windows rolled down and people arguing, laughing, and being demigods.

I ran up to it and opened the door.

Inside, this is what I saw: Annabeth driving and Percy shotgun, arguing about radio stations. Apparently Percy wanted a rock song and Annabeth wanted a sad song.

Piper and Jason were watching them with interest.

Frank and Hazel were in their own little world, cuddling up next to each other.

Next was Leo and Calypso. Leo was making little pictures with his flames like butterflies and animals, while Calypso laughed.

Last but not least was Nico who was sitting in the corner looking really annoyed and like he wanted to murder someone.

I felt sorry for him, with all the couples so I sat down next to him.

"Hey Nico."

"Hey Rachel. These guys are gonna kill me soon."

He started banging his head against the wall.

I patted his back awkwardly.

"We'll get to camp soon."

The others didn't notice me until then and they screamed hi.

"Hey Rachel!"

"Sup Rach?"

"Hey guys."

Then Annabeth put in a CD with music that I liked(I gave the CD to her), slapped Percy's hand away from the radio, gunned the engine and we were off.

"So how's it goin Rachel?"
Percy said.

"Good I guess. Just at my school with rich squealing girls. They were being more giggly and checking their phones more today, I don't know why."

"Well your school is all girls right?" that was Annabeth.

"Yeah."

"Then they were probably texting their boyfriends, due to the special day."

"What day is it today?"

I hadn't thought it was anything special.

"February 14."

Oh! Valentines Day!

I didn't really care about the holiday much, seeing the relationship status I was in, so it wasnt a big deal.

"Hmm, I forgot that was today."

"Yeah."

"So what did everyone get?"

"Well, let's see I gave Percy a big blue bag of blue expresso jellybeans from the old candy store Sally used to work at. He got me a big stuffed owl that had "You're my Wise Girl" on it and chocolate."

"I got Jason a teddy bear with a Superman tshirt on the bear. He got me a bouquet of Gomphrenas? It's a strange name but it means immortal love. How I know that, it's an Aphrodite thing."

"I gave Hazel a huge stuffed panda. She got me a panda too."

"I gave Calypso a necklace that has literal fire inside, but it's pretty. She got me some mechanical parts I've been wanting."

"Cool."

"Well were here!"

My face broke out into a smile.

I jumped out of the van before it parked and ran out to the dock, one of my favorite places in camp.

I waved at the nymphs, and then went to my cave.

I had been wearing my uniform all day and wanted to change. I didn't like the skirt anyway.

I parted the curtains and went inside.

I kept a change of clothes inside, a pair of tattered, paint splattered jeans and an old tshirt.

Then I put on some tennis shoes and laced them up.

I was about to go out when I noticed something on the ground.

I walked over and picked it up.

It was a beanie baby bear. It had a note with it that said
"I love your smile."

Hmm, so I had a secret admirer?

I looked ahead and there was another one, a penguin.

This one said "Your eyes are green like the forest, grass, and trees."

Then I saw a trail of them.

I had to see where this went...

There were all kinds of stuffed animals that kept getting bigger, and notes.

When I finally felt like the trail was almost over, and my arms were full, I saw that I was at part of the lake, near where not many people went.

The last stuffed animal(a pillow pet) I had picked up said

"Look behind the rock."

There was a huge rock by the beach, I'd seen campers climb on it.

Then I stumbled because of all the bears, and fell.

There were arms that caught me.

I looked up, there was a certain blonde haired blue eyed boy there.

"Octavian?!"

"Umm, h-hey Rachel."

"Are you...?"

"Er."

"Are you my secret admirer or something? And don't you usually shred these?"

I said gesturing to the pile next to me.

His face was getting red which would've been cute but he had a Panda pet in his hand and was shredding it to peices.

"No! I'm not."

"Oh really? Well I guess I go now..."

I was teasing him a bit.

I mean, he was cute, but when I had met him, he didn't give the best first impression.

"No wait! Er, yea all those bears were from me."

"Oh?"

"Umm yeah."

"So... you like me?"

"Well, er here take this."

He grabbed a huge human sized bear from behind the rock and handed it to me.

I look on the front, it was holding a red heart, and saw "Will you be my Valentine?"

I felt my face getting hot.

Then I jumped forward and hugged Octavian.

"Thanks Octy!"

He scowled.

"Octy?!"

I smiled.

"Yep. That's your new name."

"Fine then, Red."

"Mkay."

Then I leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek.

"I will."

His face broke out into a cute smile, and he said.

"Happy Valentines Day."

Then he grabbed my face and kissed me on the lips.

AN So Happy Valentines Day everybody! 😘😋❤️💗💘💌💖💕💞💓💛💙💚💜You know, I didn't really used to like Octachel, but after writing this, I'm sorta warming up to them. So yep.
Also, thanks for all the reads, follows and votes! 1k!

Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!