p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Nico?" asked a female voice, one that sounded very familiar./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Yes?" he replied finally tearing his gaze off of his customers./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Did you hear a single thing that I was saying?" Bianca asked him slightly accusatorily./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You want the honest answer? Not really?" he said slightly ashamed. He looked away from his sister and glanced around at the little coffee shop he had been working at for the last few months, trying to pay for his apartment while attending class at a nearby community college. It was cozy with little tables surrounded by armchairs./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What's going on, Nico? This isn't like you at all. You're jumpy, and don't talk much anymore. To anyone."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Well that is what happens when you lose your sister and you find out that your father is Hades, who then gives you back your sister for reasons I don't know./em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Nothing's going on."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Do I hear sass, little brother? I know that I raised you better than that."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Sis, just please leave me alone, I don't want to talk about it."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Excuse me?" A blonde teen, with blue eyes came up in line. "Can I have a black coffee, with . . ."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Black coffee with two sugars and a blueberry muffin coming right up!" Nico beamed, already pulling out a blueberry muffin from the stack. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Wait . . . did I just?/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Nico, did you memorize his order?" Bi asked shocked./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"It's Will. We both are from Camp Half-blood and just so happen to go to the same school. Why wouldn't I remember?" he style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;" Please buy that, please buy it./em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Ahuh" she said, raising an eyebrow./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanSo Nico had three options at that moment: the blonde was too busy fidgeting around, was too nice to say anything, or was oblivious. He wasn't sure which one was the best option. He also didn't really want to find out./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Here's your coffee," Nico said, handing out Will's cup. Now normally Nico wore plastic gloves because of work, but this time he had a hole in his glove. Upon grabbing the coffee, they touched and a small tinge of feeling went from his hand and straight into his brain. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Wow . . . THAT'S not normal./em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"So what do you study, sir?" His sister asked./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Please, don't call me sir. Makes me feel old. Call me Will."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Okay, em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Will/em, what do you study?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I'm currently studying nursing. So, sister I take it?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Yeah, that's my dorky brother alright!" Bi said smiling widely./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Sis, please don't tell me that you called me dorky to em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"another/em costumer. You might as well just make a sign in the middle of Manhattan that reads "I am Bianca di Angelo. My brother is the biggest dork in the state". Please, Bianca." He said, rolling his eyes at her. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Why? Why can't I have an oblivious sister like Thalia's brother?/em He then caught Will's gaze and smiled. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"I hope I don't look like trash right now . . . wait. Is he . . . ? I'm so stupid. Dammit! I cannot stop it! And he's smiling back! WHY?/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanAnd he was, a stupidly happy, carefree grin that lit up his face and made him look unreasonably happy. Nico saw it as well as everyone else in the place. It only made him look more handsome. Nico felt a rush of blood come into his head. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Oh no . . ./em But Will said nothing, just dropping a ten still with that ridiculous smile, and sat instead of his normal table, at the bar. Nico was busy for a good while of the morning, but he saw him leave, his jacket still on the back of his chair./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Wait! Will!" he called, but Will didn't turn around. So, ignoring the customers that were in line, Nico snatched Will's jacket and ran after him. "WILL!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanWill turned around and said "Yes?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You left this."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Oh, OHH. Thanks. I appreciate it. So, I um, well, see you around?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanA strange feeling came over Nico, which could be the only reason he asked "Want to hang out some time?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanA smile came to Will's face. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"That same dorky grin. Why does he affect me like this?/em "Here's my number." He pulled out a piece of paper out of his pocket, along with a pen./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Just put it in my phone." Nico said, smiling at him, handing over his phone, already putting in Will's name./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHe put in his number and said "Text me," as he walked away./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanNico turned style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;" Did that just happen? Did I just get HIS number? Is this a dream?/em He walked back into the Java with the largest smile that Bianca had ever seen./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Yes?" he replied finally tearing his gaze off of his customers./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Did you hear a single thing that I was saying?" Bianca asked him slightly accusatorily./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You want the honest answer? Not really?" he said slightly ashamed. He looked away from his sister and glanced around at the little coffee shop he had been working at for the last few months, trying to pay for his apartment while attending class at a nearby community college. It was cozy with little tables surrounded by armchairs./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What's going on, Nico? This isn't like you at all. You're jumpy, and don't talk much anymore. To anyone."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Well that is what happens when you lose your sister and you find out that your father is Hades, who then gives you back your sister for reasons I don't know./em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Nothing's going on."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Do I hear sass, little brother? I know that I raised you better than that."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Sis, just please leave me alone, I don't want to talk about it."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Excuse me?" A blonde teen, with blue eyes came up in line. "Can I have a black coffee, with . . ."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Black coffee with two sugars and a blueberry muffin coming right up!" Nico beamed, already pulling out a blueberry muffin from the stack. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Wait . . . did I just?/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Nico, did you memorize his order?" Bi asked shocked./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"It's Will. We both are from Camp Half-blood and just so happen to go to the same school. Why wouldn't I remember?" he style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;" Please buy that, please buy it./em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Ahuh" she said, raising an eyebrow./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanSo Nico had three options at that moment: the blonde was too busy fidgeting around, was too nice to say anything, or was oblivious. He wasn't sure which one was the best option. He also didn't really want to find out./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Here's your coffee," Nico said, handing out Will's cup. Now normally Nico wore plastic gloves because of work, but this time he had a hole in his glove. Upon grabbing the coffee, they touched and a small tinge of feeling went from his hand and straight into his brain. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Wow . . . THAT'S not normal./em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"So what do you study, sir?" His sister asked./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Please, don't call me sir. Makes me feel old. Call me Will."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Okay, em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Will/em, what do you study?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I'm currently studying nursing. So, sister I take it?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Yeah, that's my dorky brother alright!" Bi said smiling widely./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Sis, please don't tell me that you called me dorky to em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"another/em costumer. You might as well just make a sign in the middle of Manhattan that reads "I am Bianca di Angelo. My brother is the biggest dork in the state". Please, Bianca." He said, rolling his eyes at her. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Why? Why can't I have an oblivious sister like Thalia's brother?/em He then caught Will's gaze and smiled. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"I hope I don't look like trash right now . . . wait. Is he . . . ? I'm so stupid. Dammit! I cannot stop it! And he's smiling back! WHY?/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanAnd he was, a stupidly happy, carefree grin that lit up his face and made him look unreasonably happy. Nico saw it as well as everyone else in the place. It only made him look more handsome. Nico felt a rush of blood come into his head. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Oh no . . ./em But Will said nothing, just dropping a ten still with that ridiculous smile, and sat instead of his normal table, at the bar. Nico was busy for a good while of the morning, but he saw him leave, his jacket still on the back of his chair./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Wait! Will!" he called, but Will didn't turn around. So, ignoring the customers that were in line, Nico snatched Will's jacket and ran after him. "WILL!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanWill turned around and said "Yes?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You left this."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Oh, OHH. Thanks. I appreciate it. So, I um, well, see you around?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanA strange feeling came over Nico, which could be the only reason he asked "Want to hang out some time?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanA smile came to Will's face. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"That same dorky grin. Why does he affect me like this?/em "Here's my number." He pulled out a piece of paper out of his pocket, along with a pen./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Just put it in my phone." Nico said, smiling at him, handing over his phone, already putting in Will's name./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHe put in his number and said "Text me," as he walked away./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanNico turned style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;" Did that just happen? Did I just get HIS number? Is this a dream?/em He walked back into the Java with the largest smile that Bianca had ever seen./p
