Here's the request that Bhavyakriti asked for! I hope you like it and enjoy!

My head shot up when I heard my name.

"What?" I said, my mouth dry.

"Nico, you will be going to help at the orphanage with Reyna for your project." The teacher said.

I froze in shock and.....happiness? I glanced over at her. Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano. Oh god she was the most beautiful girl in the whole world. Her raven black hair was in a perfect braid over her shoulder and her amazing sparkling chocolate brown eyes met mine. I felt my face go bright red and I looked away.

"Now you will be going off to your projects for a week and we will be paying for your meals and things like that. I will give you a permission form to give to your parents..."

The teacher drabbled on as I daydreamed of what was to come.
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REYNA'S POV

Oh. My. God. I was going to an orphanage with Nico di Angelo?!

I smiled to myself when his name was called. I watched as his head shot up. Wow, he is just so cute. Dark black hair fell over his eyes and his dark obsidian ones met mine. He blushed furiously and looked away.

I smiled and fiddled with my pencil.
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THE FIRST DAY

I was told that a taxi would come to pick me up. I got dressed into my purple tank top and jeans, with my dark blue Converse. I left my hair out, it going down in waves to my waist. I looked out the window to see a New York cab waiting outside through the drops of rain. I grabbed my bag and ran down the stairs to my step-mum. Yes, I'm an orphan. I was a bit nervous to be going to the orphanage.

"Bye mum!" I said and hugged her tightly. My step-dad came out of the lounge room.

"Safe travels, sweetheart." He said as he hugged me.

I nodded and kissed him on the cheek. "I will. And I'll call you everyday. Bye!" I started walking out the door.

"Don't forget your toast and we love you!" I spun back around and grabbed my toast, calling to my parents, "Love you guys too!"

I ran to the cab and climbed in to see Nico on the other side.

"Hey." I said, putting my seatbelt on.

"Hey." He replied, slightly humming to music on his ipod. It was silent for a while until I finally said, "What are you listening to?" He looked up.

"What?" He paused his music and took out an earphone.

I chuckled a bit. "What are you listening to?"

'Demons by-" "Imagine Dragons." I finished and saw Nico with a confused face.

"I love that song! Who doesn't know it?"

A small smile played on his face.

"Yeah I know. Wanna listen?" He asked, holding out an earphone for me. I smiled.

"Sure."

I put it in and hummed along for the rest of the ride.
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NICO'S POV

"Hi! You'll be staying at the house next door and learning to live like an orphan."

The girl, Lizzy, told us. She had frizzy red hair, around 14, which is our age. Her eyes were a baby blue and she had a splash of freckles across her face.

I already know what it's like! I thought. I was an orphan because my mother had died in a car crash and my father left me.

I looked at Reyna and she had a pained look on her face. I'll have to ask her about it later.

Lizzy stood extra close to me. "And I think you'll have lots of fun!" I stepped away uncomfortably.

"Right this way!" She said, walking off and swinging her hips. I sighed and Reyna looked like she was about to murder someone.
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Over the next few days, we worked and did chores that the other orphans did. We met a boy called Ryan, who was a refugee from Africa.

On the fifth day, I was sweeping the huge dining room when Reyna walked in. Wow. She looked amazing.

She was wearing black shorts with a white top and her hair in a rough ponytail. She had mud smudged on her face from where she had been helping with the pigs.

"Earth to Nico?" Her beautiful voice shook me out of my thoughts. She put her hands on her hips with an eyebrow raised.

I'm not usually the cheesy type, but she looked like a Disney princess. "HELLO, ANYONE HOME?" She yelled in my ear.

I shook my head and turned to face her. "Uh, yeah."

Reyna laughed, but it didn't sound very genuine. "I've finished my chores for now, so I decided to come and see how you were."

Reyna and I had become quite close. I realised something was wrong. I could see it in her eyes. "Reyna? Are you okay?"

She looked at me and then out the window to the children playing in the fields. She sighed and sat down on a nearby seat. "It's just...this place, it-it reminds me of when I was a kid."

I sat next to her. "I know. I feel the same."

She stared up at me in surprise. "What?"

I breathed deeply. "I-I used to be an orphan, along with my sister, Bianca."

A look of surprise splashed across Reyna's face. "I am too. My father died. I a-accidently s-stabbed him with a k-knife. Mother was angry and vanished, leaving my sister and I as orphans." She said quietly, looking at the ground. A drop of water fell to the ground in front of her. Then I realised she was crying.

"Oh Reyna. Come 'ere." I said softly and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her into my lap.

She cried into my black shirt, as I rubbed her back. "It's okay Reyna. You have good parents now, don't you?"

She nodded and looked up at me.
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REYNA'S POV

I looked up at him through blurry and watery eyes.

I fell lost in the darkness and loneliness within his eyes. They were full of sorrow and pain, and looked like they had seen too much.

Just like me.

He bent his head and I closed my eyes. Our lips met, and it was as if the world had stopped turning. His lips were soft and sweet, like sugar. My hands flew to his hair and my fingers tangled themselves in it. His hands snaked around my waist as we kissed.

I think that Lizzy girl walked in and ran off crying or something? I can't remember and I don't care, because it was just me and him.

When we pulled away, he whispered, "Don't worry, you have me."

And reached in for another kiss.

There we are my demigods! Thank you for reading and remember to vote and comment! :)