Today, is officially the end of my first 6 months at Camp Half-Blood.  6 months, since someone finally understood me and even now, I can't forget anything about him, Leo.  The image of his tan face still etched in my mind.  I still hold onto the hope that someday, he'll come to Camp Half-Blood and we can joke around with each other, smiling, laughing, training, enjoying ourselves.
"Bambi." Nico said pulling me out of my daze.  My nickname, Bambi, caught on and I love it when Nico calls me Bambi, because I can always tell that he means as a term of brotherly endearment.
"Yeah, Neeks?" I asked looking up at him.
"Get ready, it's almost breakfast." he said sticking his Stygian Iron sword in his belt.  Nico and I both got Stygian Iron swords, I keep my old Celestial Bronze sword under my bunk.
"'Kay." I said getting up.
"Remember, we're going to the Underworld today." he said looking at me over his shoulder.
"Oh yeah." I said remembering about our Underworld trip, it would be my first time down there, luckily I would be with Nico.  I walked over and gave him a sisterly peck on the cheek, before getting dressed with my torn black hoodie, CHB T-shirt, ripped jeans, and black high-tops.  I threw my hair in a messy ponytail as the conch shell for breakfast blew.
"C'mon!" Nico said, waving me over as he walked towards the door.  I missed his smile, Nico never smiled much.  In the 6 months I've been here, he's smiled twice.  First, the day we met and played Mythomagic.  Then, on my 10th birthday a couple months ago.
"Coming!" I shouted as he jogged out the door. 
I caught up with Nico and we just walked the rest of the way. 
"Neeks?" I asked as we sat down and started to eat.
"Yeah?" he asked looking at me.
"How come you almost never smile?" I questioned him munching on a piece of bacon.
"6 months ago, like, 5 days before you came, there was a quest that my sister and 4 others went on." he began sadly "Percy was also going on the quest and I made him promise he would protect Bianca, my sister.  When he came back he told me Bianca had d-d-d..." he seemed to get choked up.
"I'm sorry for bringing it up." I commented guiltily.
"It's fine."
"No, it's not."
"I swear, it's okay."
I slammed my fists on the table and multiple campers looked at me.  "No one deserves to be sad, to suffer, I'm sorry." I yelled tears welling in my eyes.
"Yesus." Will said wide-eyed.
"Fine, I accept your apology." Nico growled looking down at his plate.  I got up and went to the bathrooms.
I walked in and slammed the door shut.  The tears flowed.  "No one, not even Nico, deserves to suffer." I mumbled to myself pounding my fist on the wall of a stall.  I walked in and sat down on the floor, my back against the wall and just sobbed.  The door opened.  "Amber?" my friend, Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, called out walking in.  I locked the stall door and she walked up to it.  "Amber, c'mon.  Tell me what's wrong." Annabeth begged putting her palms against the stall door.
"GO AWAY!" I cried banging my head off the wall my back was against.
"Not happening." she remarked.
"Then you'll be here all day, wise girl." I commented scooting further away from the door.
"AMBER DAWN LAWSON!" she screamed "Come out, right now!"
"NO!"
"I will crawl under this damned door and drag you out of there."
"Try it."
"Fine."
Annabeth crawled under the door and squeezed my ankles.  She tried to drag me out, but I held onto the toilet paper holder.
"You wanna know what's wrong, Anna?"
"Yes!"
"Suffering."
"What?"
"Suffering."
"Suffering?"
"You heard me."
"Explain what you mean by that."
"No one, especially not Nico, deserves to suffer, but Nico is suffering, because of me."
Everything was silent for a 5 count.
"It's not your fault."
"I had to bring up why he didn't smile and he got choked up like he was about to cry, because he suffers!  No one, should suffer."
"Nico is sitting there alone, you don't him to suffer so go sit with him, comfort him."
"Fine." I stood and unlocked the door. 
I put my head against the door and pushed it open.  Annabeth practically broke my ribs with her hug.  I thrashed around trying to breathe.  When she let go I caught my breath.
"Gods, Annabeth, are you trying to kill me?"
"Maybe." she chuckled and we ran towards the pavilion laughing.