Call me maybe

I had this idea that Will falls hard for Nico and after trying to come up with ways to get his attention and failing one day Nico comes into the coffee shop where Will works and Will decides to write his number on Nico's cup, it doesn't go quite the way he plans.

Chapter 1

Will was at the mall with his friends for the day and since there's a fountain near the food court so they decide to throw a coin in each just like you would a wishing well because it sounded like fun.

So when it came to be Will's turn he fished a quarter out of his pocket and smiled to himself as he tossed the coin into the air aiming for as close to the center where the water spouted up from as he could get. He couldn't help thinking about how in movies this was the part where people usually wished to find true love or a lifetime of happiness or something totally cliché like that.

But just as he thought that, he caught a glimpse of something, or more accurately someone across the fountain just as the timed spout turned off before starting back up again like a geyser. His breath caught at the sight of dark feathery hair and an olive complexion, the boy seemed close to his age and was dressed in dark clothes. Before he could get a good look at him though, the water was blocking his view once more.

"Hey Will, let's get going." Kayla said as the others grabbed their bags from the table that they had been sitting at.

Will blinked and snapped out of his daze and went to grab his things as well. He made sure to walk by the fountain on the way out of the food court so that he could try and get a better look at whoever it was that he had glimpsed. This time he was able to get a better look, the guy definitely looked about the same age as him, his dark hair fanned out with curls at the end kind of like batwings; he was sitting on a bench in front of the fountain with his headphones on as he scrolled through his phone with his backpack sitting at his feet.

He was looking down so Will couldn't get a good look at his face but he knew that this guy somehow seemed familiar to him for some reason. This was going to bug him now.

Will realized that he had managed to fall behind his friends and hurried to catch up with them.

…

The next day while at school Will was standing in the hallway during break with his friends talking about not really anything at all and laughing at random jokes.

Will needed to head off to his next class though so he said goodbye to his friends, but as he turned he ended up knocking into someone and they ended up falling to the ground.

"I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" Will asked as he knelt down to help the person he'd knocked over pick up their books that they had dropped.

"It's fine, I wasn't paying attention either." The other said and as Will helped pick up the books he'd dropped when they collided.

Just then Will got a good look at him and he thought his heart was going to stop in his chest.

It's him! Will thought as he saw the same black hair and olive complexion he'd seen at the mall the day before. Now that he got a better look up close he knew that he was right in thinking that this guy was totally cute- scratch that, totally HOT!

He was dressed in ripped dark jeans, and a faded black band t-shirt, he had a leather jacket on over that and he looked so amazing Will was surprised he was able to speak coherently.

"No it was my fault, I'm sorry about that. Here are your books by the way." Will said as he handed the books over. He wanted to say more but then the bell rang and he realized that he was going to be late if he didn't hurry. "Gotta go, again I'm sorry for knocking you over." Will said before rushing off to his next class.

Now he wasn't going to be able to stop himself from thinking about that guy for the rest of the day. The biggest problem was, even though he'd found out that they attended the same school, he still didn't know the guy's name or what grade he was in or anything! Now what was he supposed to do, hand out fliers or make a student broadcast?

"Hey, shout out to Mr. dark and handsome that I ran into in the hall! This is Will Solace asking you '"Will you go out with me?"'

Yeah no, that was definitely out…

Will closed his eyes and tried to block out anymore thoughts like that for now, not that he was succeeding.

…

A couple of days went by and Will still didn't know anything else about this guy except that he was pretty sure that they were in the same grade. He'd seen him around school a few more times and really wanted to talk to him again but what would he say?

"Hey it's the guy who knocked you over in the hall the other day that you said maybe two sentences to, want to go out this Friday?"

He wasn't even sure why he was so fixated on this guy, it's not like they'd actually talked before, though now that Will had gotten a good look at him he was almost sure that they may have had a class together a year or two ago, but for the life of him he couldn't place a name to the face. He was so frustrated that he couldn't remember him any better; he could even admit that he had gone through his previous yearbooks to try and find him but had no luck with that either.

…

It was Saturday and Will had to work, they had the usual rush around the time that everyone gets off work and were heading home but after that things had quieted down a lot and Will had pulled out his books to work on his homework to kill some time.

There were a couple of people still in the café just sitting quietly with their laptops or books in front of them while they sipped their drinks. Percy, Will's co-worker was cleaning the machines and humming along with whatever song was playing on the radio. Will wasn't really paying attention; his thoughts kept drifting between his assignments and trying to work out why he remembered that guy but couldn't find any record of him.

The bell above the door rang as someone entered, Will closed his textbook that he's barely glanced at and headed over to the till.

"Hi, what can I get for you today?" Will said in his best customer service voice.

"Hi, could I get a large latte with an extra shot of espresso."

Without looking up Will punched the order into the till.

"Okay your total comes to $5.50." he looks up and freezes when he sees who the costumer is. He realizes that he's staring and quickly gets back to work. "Can I get a name for the order?"

This is his chance to finally learn this guy's name and he wasn't going to waste it!

"Nico." he says as he gets his change back from Will.

Will takes a cup and writes 'Nico' on it but as he turned away Will quickly scribbles his number on the cup, taking a chance to do something bold because his stupid brain kept giving him scenarios where he tried to ask Nico out all week so he was going to do this. After writing his number he draws a sun with a winky face under it before placing it on the counter for the order to be made.

Will wasn't sure what he had expected to happen exactly, but he knew it wasn't what came next.

After the drink was made Percy came over and started chatting with Nico, apparently they knew each other, and when Percy handed Nico his drink he read,

"Okay, latte with an extra shot of espresso for Nico, 555- 2… Hey Will isn't this your number? ... Oh!" Percy said as he read the name on the cup as well as whatever else was scrawled on there, likely out of habit but it had Will wanting to face palm using the wooden counter, he knew that his face was red because he could feel it burn like crazy.

Nico was also bright red as he took the drink from Percy.

"Uh thanks Perce, and uh… Will." he said.

Will half-heartedly waved because there wasn't much else he could do at this point really; he couldn't even look at him.

After Nico left Percy turned to Will who was still debating if should see how much force it took to merge his head with the counter top.

"Dude I am so sorry! I wasn't thinking!"

Will just waved it off though.

"It's not really your fault. It was dumb anyway; I've barely even talked to the guy. How do you know him anyway?" Will asked once he pushed aside his embarrassment though it took some effort.

Percy rubbed the back of his neck.

"Still, I could have helped a little better. He's my cousin, and if it's any consolation I think you still have a chance."

This got Will attention.

"What? Really?" he hated how hopeful he sounded. "Why's that?" he was dying to know.

"Well for one, he is into guys so that's good news. For another he actually talked to you, he's more of the quiet type and doesn't usually say more than he needs to. Not to mention he was blushing like crazy, maybe as much as you."

Will felt his spirits lift despite the heat returning to his face.

"You really think so?" he really hoped that Percy wasn't just messing with him, but Percy was a pretty nice guy so probably not. Will could feel his heart hammering away in his chest.

"How about I try and help you?" Percy asked and Will looked at him a bit confused.

"Help me?" his brain just didn't want to cooperate right now.

"You know, with Nico?" Percy said with a grin.

Will wanted to say something but all he could do was open and close his mouth with no words coming out so he settled for nodding his head instead.

"Great! I'll talk to him later, see what he thinks. Maybe I'll tell him some stories about you from work."

Will wasn't so sure.

"What stories?"

Percy shrugged.

"Hmmm, you know this and that."

Now Will was worried.

"What stories Percy, please tell me you're actually going to help me not to look like an idiot." They had worked together quite a bit so he wasn't really sure if he liked this plan.

"It's okay to look like an idiot; I mean Annabeth still admits openly to going out with me!" Percy laughed as he thought about his girlfriend.

"Yeah but you're not really an idiot; and you said that the two of you were friends for years before actually going out. I need to make a good impression! I only talked to him because I accidentally knocked him over in the hallway at school and then there was just now, I'm not exactly looking good here…" Will crossed his arms and pouted a little, why not right? Things weren't going great for him at the moment so he could sulk couldn't he?

"Relax Will; I'm sure you'll do just fine." Percy said as he clapped Will on the shoulder.

Will hoped he was right.

Okay I've been thinking of doing this for a while now, it was going to be a one shot but the idea keeps growing so we'll see how long it goes for, anyway I like the idea of Percy trying to play wingman for Will and I was trying to keep to the song but after this things might change up a bit.