This is an alternative ending. This starts off where the last part starts off. Same story and words until Will's POV so just skip through if you've just read the other ending. The other part was the original but for those who wanted a happy solangelo ending...

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He brought me to the pond.

He looked extremely nervous.

"So why did you bring me here?" I asked, my voice prominent in the silence of the night.

His voice was soft and quiet. "There's something i want to tell you..."

He laughed without humor. "I don't even know how to say it."

"Nico... I'm not human..."

Normally I would've just played it off as a joke, but Will's face has no hidden humor in it. He was dead serious.

I gulped. "Then what are you?"

He didn't say anything. He just opened his mouth, and I understood.

There were two prominent teeth, sharp and long compared to the rest. I don't understand why I haven't noticed it before.

"I grind them. But they grow back in a day," He explained, as if already knowing my question.

I didn't say anything. I didn't say anything for the entire rest of the walk back.

He didn't come the next night. Or the one after. And I didn't really care.

~

I haven't been in the same mindset as I usually was lately. Granted, I did just figure out vampires apparently existed and the one guy I had been falling for turned out to be one.

I groaned and rolled out of bed. It was time for daily activities, like capture the flag and whatever other things they want us to do.

I brushed my teeth and looked at my reflection. I looked terrible.

Sunken eyes, pale skin, and greasy hair. My resemblance to a stereotypical vampire was almost funny.

My feet dragged as I reluctantly walked to the center of the camp.

Days just seem so much longer lately.

A flash of blond caught my eye and I spun towards it. Blond hair, blue eyes, different face. I silently chided myself for even thinking that. And of course my luck, the guy turned to look at me.

"You okay man? You look startled by me." He laughed lightheartedly.

"Yeah, sorry, I thought you were someone else."

"It's fine."

We continued the small talk. Jason, as I had learned, was a grade above me.

"Nico! You made a friend!" Bianca's taunting voice called from my left.

"Ha, ha, very funny."

Jason and I walked together, talking about our hobbies and interests. We didn't really have much in common, but I needed something or someone to keep my mind off of Will.

Jason looked so similar to him, it almost hurt.

Jason and I were put on different teams so I decided to go off on my own and not really participate in the game.

Leaves crunched under my feet, the sound contrasting to the quietness of the forest.

I heard footsteps and I turned, expecting to see someone from school.

Blond hair. Blue eyes.

Not Jason.

I panicked. I ran in the opposite direction.

I heard his voice call out.

"Nico! Let me explain! I just want to talk!"

I kept running. I didn't know where I was going, but I didn't think of that. My mind was set on getting away from Will.

I ran for what seemed like hours until I couldn't.

I wasn't fit. I usually sat under the bleachers during PE to avoid exercise.

I stumbled behind a tree, my back rubbing against the rough surface of the bark as I steadied my breathing. I turned to look whether or not he had caught up with me.

"Hey."

I screamed and turned. He hung upside down from the lowest branch.

He was smiling and all I saw were two pointed teeth, glinting in the darkness.

My face was probably priceless as he started laughing and dropped down, landing gracefully.

I was about to make a run for it again, but he reached out and grabbed my shoulders.

Then he pulled me into a hug.

I hadn't been hugged by someone besides my mom and Bianca in a while. It took me by surprise.

He stepped back after a few minutes and I saw he was still grinning.

"Are you gonna run again?" His voice was teasing.

I shook my head slowly.

"I just... wanted to explain."

His eyes lowered to the ground.

My jacket seemed almost suffocating. I felt uncomfortable.

He tugged at his sleeves.

"It's been a while." He started.

"It's been a while since I've talked to anyone... I miss it. But whenever I try, they run. I'm a monster, Nico."

The way he said my name made my heart clench. I silently cursed my feelings.

"And, I understand too. I was the same. I came to this camp too. 5 years ago? Same situation as you too." He smiled bitterly. "But, I fell in love with him. On the last day of camp, I told him and he said he could bite me and we could stay together forever." He smiled bitterly. "I agreed, blinded by love. And, when I woke up, he was no where in sight." His voice was strained as if he was holding back tears.

I stepped forward. Will tensed, expecting an attack.

I wrapped my arms around his form and he broke down, sobs escaping his mouth.

We stayed that way until his tears ran dry and he was lightly sniffling into my shoulder.

I pulled away slightly. "I should head back."

Will seemed upset, but nodded.

"Um," I looked around, "do you know the way back?"

He perked up, head swinging around frantically.

"Oh my gosh I'm sorry! It's all my fault. I drove you to run cluelessly." Will rambled.

I hugged him again, whispering it was fine. I felt him melt into the hug and I smiled. I realized I was taller than will, enough for me to put my chin on his head. I had never really paid attention to that.

As if on instinct, I gently kissed the top of his head. I blushed as I usually didn't do that kind of stuff. Will didn't react and I was slightly relieved.

Will pulled away. "Here, this is the direction we came from."

And so, side by side, we began walking back to the camp.

I felt my hand brush against his and Will tensed. I reached out and grabbed his hand in mine. I smiled as he relaxed, moving closer to me.

He was scared to do anything first, I observed. As if, he didn't want to push me.

All of a sudden, Will let go of my hand, looking around. "This isn't right. We've been walking long enough for me to know the way back. I've never seen this area."

I looked around again, realizing everything looked the same. Will sank onto his knees and started crying again, blubbering that it was his fault I was in this situation.

I slowly sunk down, my hand on his back. I whispered encouraging words, making small jokes to cheer him up. Soon, I began tracing small patterns onto his back.

"W-we should s-start looking for th-the way ba-ck. It's ge-getting dark." Will stuttered, still hiccuping from crying.

I nodded. People would be looking for me. I stood up and offered my hand. Will took it and I pulled him up. Wrapping my arm around his shoulder, I drew him closer and kissed his head again.

About an hour later, Will perked up and excitedly announced he knew the way now. I smiled at the way his blue eyes glimmered in the night and his face when he smiled. He was too cute.

And I fell, right then and there.

In love.

~

"Nico! I was worried sick! Where the heck were you!" Bianca tackled me into a hug.

I smiled softly. "Sorry, I got a bit lost."

Flashback

"It's just ahead." Will pointed.

"Thank you, Will."

"You're welcome, and I'm sorry."

I smiled softly. "I'm gonna miss you."

We were leaving tomorrow morning.

"I'm gonna miss you too, Nico."

My heart fluttered.-

I took him into my arms and placed my head on his chin, a silent tear tracing down my cheek. Will was crying again. No, sobbing. Clutching onto me, not wanting me to leave.

We hugged for another minute and I pulled away slightly.

"I love you." It was something I needed to get out.

He seemed shocked. Will pulled away and I knew the message.

"Goodbye Will."

Flashback over.

"Well, I'm going to bed."

Bianca nodded.

My feet dragged on the dirt ground. My head way down. A tear fell, the dirt becoming slightly darker.

Another tear. And another. And another.

I leaned myself on a cabin and sobbed. My tears coming down in streams and my sniffles harsh. Pain shot through my heart every time I saw his face.

What has Will done to me?

~

I looked back at the camp.

Last time I'll ever come.

I'll never see him again.

I turned away and stepped into the bus.

~

"Nico!" My mom crushed me in a hug once she saw me.

"Thanks, I'm here too." Bianca said bitterly, but jokingly.

My mom pulled her in too. "Sorry, it's just, the camp called and said that Nico had gone missing and I freaked out."

"It's fine I know."

~

BEEP BEEP BEEP

First day back.

My heart still ached.

I walked into school, avoiding all contact.

Classes went by slowly. My mind was occupied by the thought of a certain blue eyed, blond haired boy.

"Nico!"

I turned to see Jason, running towards me.

"You wanna sit with my friends and I for lunch?" His blue eyes looked hopeful, and glimmered in a familiar way.

I couldn't say no. He lead me to a table in the cafeteria. I generally avoided the cafeteria to avoid human contact.

"Guys, meet Nico. He's a grade below us." Jason introduced.

They all collectively greeted me.

I waved back.

"That's Percy, Annabeth, Reyna, Leo, Hazel, and Frank." He said, pointing to each person.

He took my hand and we slid in next to Percy.

He leaned towards me and whispered, "Percy and Annabeth are dating, so are Frank and Hazel. Well, we think Frank and Hazel are dating."

I smiled and nodded.

I had a good time with them and sat with the group.

I had made friends.

After a few months, my thoughts had drifted away from Will, and moved onto Jason. (I don't ship it just go with it, it's the story.) And Jason had asked me to homecoming three months after my newfound feelings.

I was happy.

WILL'S POV (sorry you had to scroll so much)

The pain of seeing him move on was... painful for lack of a better word. I've been watching him since I trailed that bus. Stalkerish, yes, but I truly loved him and I couldn't say that to him at the time from shock. I was hoping to pop in after school and he would brighten up and we would hug and kiss like a classic cliche movie. But life isn't a movie.

I put it off so much that his feelings for another became noticeable, and I just couldn't ruin him. So instead, I chose to watch. I've watched him for 6 months now, crawling beneath bushes, swinging in trees. So of course, I've watched him fall in love with him.

It felt as if a red hot spear pierced through my chest, leaving me just barely alive to feel the pain. Ha, alive. I'm not even alive.

Nico shouldn't love me.

No, he couldn't love me.

I was a vampire. A monster. Something that shouldn't even exist. Nico deserved better and if Jason was, then I would allow that, no matter how much it's gonna rip me apart. Maybe that's why I never replied to that three word phrase he had directed towards me. It was never meant to happen.

Upon that realization, I jumped from the tree I was in, landing with  a soft thud that hadn't alerted them of my presence. Then, I ran.

But not before a choked sob tore itself through me. Nico and Jason's heads snapped to face me and Nico froze.

"W-will?"

Crap. I bolted down the street.

"Will!" I heard his feet thudding against the sidewalk, chasing me.

Tears were streaming down my face, dripping down in a path on the concrete. My vision blurry from tears, I used my arms to wipe them away.

Maybe I unconsciously slowed down, allowing Nico to catch up because I knew he would be there. Or maybe he wanted to catch me so badly that he sped up to speeds even he didn't even know he could reach. Either way, I felt his arm on my shoulder, yanking me to a stop and into his chest.

"Will," He gasped.

His arms encircled my waist to stop me from running away again. Nico was breathing hard, the air reaching the back of my neck because of the height difference. And so I collapsed into the safest place I knew, my head pounding from the excessive crying.

We were on the sidewalk, his arms around me as I cried into his chest, for quite a while. And we could've stayed that way if Jason hadn't come.

I smelled him before he was even half a mile away. And I knew he was looking for Nico, who had suddenly abandoned him for some total stranger. And I knew he would be here soon. But I didn't move. I didn't want to move.

And when he found us, Nico's chin on my head, my face buried into his chest, he froze.

"Nico... who's this?"

Nico hadn't heard or seen him come near and tensed when he heard his voice.

"Jason, I, um, this is my friend. I hadn't seen him in a long time and so... yah?" He tried.

"But, he didn't really seem very happy to see you..." Jason replied skeptically.

"Oh! That's just a game that we play right, Will?" He looked over at me and I stared at him blankly as his eyes pleaded for me to agree.

"Nico's lying to you." I told him bluntly. Jason looked taken aback and looked over at Nico for him to confirm. But he wasn't looking at him. Nico was looking at me as if I had just killed his entire family.

"I- I mean, we're not only friends, we're cousins!" I stuttered, intimidated by the expression on Nico's face.

Jason sighed, relaxing immediately. "So you guys just run around, trying to tackle one another?"

"Pretty much." Nico replied.

"Isn't that dangerous?"

I cut in. "Yah, but it's ok since we usually try to aim for grass, that Nico this time didn't" I looked at him accusingly.

Nico chuckled nervously. "Sorry man, I just haven't seen you in a while."

Jason looked uncomfortable. "Well, I gotta head home. I'll leave you two to catch up." Then, he left.

Nico let out a breath he had apparently been holding.
"Thanks for the cover. Also, WHY ARE YOU HERE?!"

I flinched. "Well, um..."

"Yah?"

"I may or may not havebeenfollowingyousinceyouleft."

"What?" He asked.

"I may or may not have been following you since you left." I slowed down.

"Yah i heard that, but WHAT? OK SO I TELL YOU I LOVE YOU AND YOU IGNORE ME AND THEN YOU FOLLOW ME 100000000 MILES? WHY?" He screamed.

I shushed him. "We're in public, chill."

"Chill?! Hakassndihsjsuskahsbsishdjd..." he went on whisper yelling.

I didn't have any other reaction other than to laugh. "You're cute when you're mad."

Nico's face flushed and I laughed more.

"S-stop. I have a boyfriend."

My laughing cut off immediately. A frown overtook the smile. "Yah... I know. I just... I love you."

Nico's eyes went wide, but he wasn't looking at Will, he was looking behind him. Will turned just in time to see a flash of blond hair through the leaves of a tree before it disappeared.

"Wait! I can explain!" Nico scrambled after him and I watched helplessly as the guy I loved chased after another.

~

Nico's POV

Unfortunately for me, Jason was on track and I had the metabolism of a sloth. Luckily, tears seemed to slow him down and I was able to catch up to him. I grabbed him by the shoulder, pulling him to a stop before hunching over and coughing my lungs out.

"Gosh... you... d... do... this... everyd... day?" I said in between breaths.

After taking a minute to recover, I looked up at Jason and opened my mouth to speak.

"Who is he really?" Jason interrupted.

I closed my mouth and lowered my head. "He's someone I met at the camp we went to a while back. We were pretty close. And, um, I confessed to him and he never gave a response, so I ran. And now, we're here."

"Do you still love him?" Jason's voice was fragile.

I swallowed and looked up at him. "I-"

"Did you ever love me?" A tear traced its way down my face as I watched one fall from Jason's cheek.

"I... I don't know." 

Jason smiled at me, eyes red and puffy with quiet tears streaming down his face. "I think you know."

I lowered my head again. "Yeah."

"Thank you Nico. I really enjoyed this past six months. I'm sorry that you can't say the same. I'm really happy for you." His smile was genuine, but the tears on his face pained me.

"Jason, I really do love you. But, I think I love him more. I'm really sorry. I really enjoyed my time with you and I'll miss you." 

"I'll miss you too. Goodbye Nico." Jason started walking away but then stopped and turned towards me. "I love you."

I smiled sadly. "I love you too." And with that, Jason walked away, leaving me standing on a curb, sobbing.

"Nico?" His voice called out. I saw him through burred vision, running towards me. Will wrapped his arms around me and held me as I buried my face into his chest, tears staining his shirt. 

He didn't say anything but comforted me by tracing circles on my back and running his hand through my hair. Slowly, my sobs turned quiet and I stopped shaking. 

"Thanks." My voice was rough from the crying.

Will hummed in response, placing his chin on my head. We stood like that, ignoring all the looks we got, for a while until I pulled away.

"So, you love me still?" Will asked, a small smile on his face that was so cute, it wasn't fair.

I blushed and shoved him. "Shut up."

"You never answered me." He was just teasing now.

"Yes, gosh, I do. You happy?" I rolled my eyes.

"Extremely." Then, he kissed me. My eyes fluttered shut as I kissed back. 

I hate to say it, but sparks flew.

I'M SO SORRY GUYS I'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY TIME TO UPDATE. SORRYYYYYYY! I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS. LOVE YOU GUYS:)

Published May 29, 2018

Word count: 3189