Nobody

High school mortal AU: Will has just lost his brother in a horrible accident and his family has decided to move and start a new life away from all of the painful memories, but things aren't going well at home and Will is trying to find some way to escape his grief. He goes to school and feels a strange connection to a boy that he bumps into, as if something they have in common is pulling them together. When his new friends tell him about the boy he only feels surer of that connection and plans to see where it will take them. Upon over hearing a couple of students picking on Nico, the boy he can't stop thinking about, Will does something impulsive and somehow lands himself a date.

This one is going to be pretty angsty but don't you guys worry I know the difference between Angst and Tragedy so this will not end with death, so if the Angst part has you worried I hope that clears it up for you. Also there will be no mentions of suicide or cutting in this because I have had WAY TOO MUCH personal experience with those subjects and would like to avoid them as best I can. There is going to be a lot of hurt in this but I hope to make up for that with plenty of comfort later on because I know that Life sucks and Life is hard but that doesn't stop me from wanting to make it happy any way that I can so I make sure to have all of my stories end with a happy ending no matter what.

Chapter 1 Fresh start

Will hated having to start at a new school but knew he didn't have a choice in the matter, he only hoped he'd be able to make friends there. Things had been hard at home lately and the whole family had agreed that it would be for the best if they just started fresh somewhere new while they worked through things. Will wanted to laugh though there was no humor in it, he didn't think that there was anything that could be done to fix this mess; some things just couldn't be fixed no matter how much you wished otherwise.

Will looked at the main doors to the building he was going to be spending a lot of his time in, there was nothing really special about it but he supposed that was just fine so he walked in and headed towards the office where he was to pick up his schedule for his classes.

The halls where filled with students standing by lockers and talking, or walking with friends. At least the atmosphere wasn't heavy like it was at home; maybe school would be something that he would look forward to after all.

He was brought out of his thoughts when he bumped into someone while walking around lost in his own head. The person he had bumped into fell to the ground and Will hurried to help them up.

"Oh I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention and I didn't see you. Are you okay?" Will held his hand out and the boy he had knocked over looked at him questioningly before he finally accepted Will's help and Will pulled him to his feet.

"Again I am so sorry about that, I'm new, and don't really know where I'm going. Could you um tell me the way to the office?" Will was kind of flustered because the guy that he had literally just run into was drop dead gorgeous and he felt like a total idiot for not shutting up but couldn't stop the word vomit that he was spewing.

The guy was covered from head to toe in black or grey and he had such deep dark eyes that Will couldn't help staring.

"It's down there." was all he got as a response, at least the guy hadn't insulted him or yelled at him for not paying attention to where he was going and running into him but Will was a little disappointed that he didn't say more.

"I'm Will by the way, nice to meet you." He held his hand out to him again. "And you are?"

But the guy just stared at his hand like some weird enigma and started walking away. "Nobody." And then he was gone.

Will wasn't sure why but he had felt a sense of pain around that guy, something similar to what he knew. Maybe he was just reading too much into the whole dark clothes, moody teen thing but he wondered if maybe they had something in common with each other though they didn't even know the other. He shook those thoughts off.

You're just trying to find someone else who knows what you're going through, it's a part of grieving to want to know that others know what it's like. Stop assuming everyone's hurting the way you are, it only leads to more pain.

He found the office and got his schedule, as well as set a meeting to talk with the school councillor later. He then headed to his first class and talked to his new teacher, he seemed nice enough so at least he wouldn't hate his first class of the day.

When class ended Will gathered up his things and was about to head out to find his locker when someone came over and started talking to him.

"Hey, your name's Will, right?" it was a girl with green eyes and brown hair with purple streaks in it.

"Yeah that's me." Will said kind of confused as to why she was talking to him.

"My name's Lou Ellen, but you can call me Lou; this here is my friend Cecil. We thought that since you're new and all we should show you around."

Well that was nice, he did have some trouble finding his way around and had no idea where his next class was. "Uh sure, do either of you know where the science classes are? I have Bio next and I need to find my locker which they told me was close to my next class." Having transferred in partway through the semester he had been assigned a random available locker that wasn't near his homeroom but luckily was still close at least one of his classes.

"Sure no problem, I have Chemistry next so I'll show you the way." Lou smiled and the three of them headed out of the class together. "So what brings you here in the middle of the semester like this?" Lou asked as they walked.

"Yeah, it's like something out of an anime or something." Cecil laughed and Lou elbowed him in the ribs "Ow, hey don't get violent there woman." he said as he rubbed the now sore spot.

Will just laughed. "My family just needed a new start so we moved here, nothing to exciting. At least I hope I don't go home and find out that I'm going to be some crime fighting teen hero or turn on my computer and end up in some alternate universe."

Cecil just smiled cheekily at Lou as if to say See? He gets it.

"Well at least we know that we'll get along just fine. Though if that does happen and you need an alibi then we've got you covered." Lou said and Will was happy that he had made friends so soon and that they would understand his interests and play along with anything to do with them.

They said goodbye to Cecil as he headed off to math class after they found Will's locker and he had promised to meet up with them at lunch.

Will got to his class and sat down in an empty seat and started flipping through his textbook to find the page that was written on the bored when he accidentally knocked his pen off of his desk and when he reached down to get it someone had already picked it up and was holding it out to him. "Oh thanks." he said as he took it and sat back in his seat.

"You're kind of clumsy aren't you?" asked a familiar voice and Will's eyes snapped back to the person seated next to him and the words died in his throat.

It's him again! Will's heart thumped in his chest but before he could manage a reply the teacher called for everyone's attention and Will kind of spaced out as the teacher did role call but managed to respond when he reached his name.

Will met back up with Lou and Cecil in front of his locker at lunch and as they were making plans to sit outside while the weather was still good Will looked over and saw a familiar face.

The guy from earlier was standing at a locker across the hall and over a few from Will's and he felt his heartrate increase slightly as he continued looking, Lou noticed that his attention was elsewhere and asked what was up.

"Who's that?" Will asked as he continued looking at the dark haired guy as he finished pulling books from his locker.

"That's Nico di Angelo, people think he's a Goth or emo but I'm pretty sure that he's stuck in perpetual mourning after his sister died." Lou said, she didn't sound judgemental or anything, but her voice did hold some emotion Will couldn't quite place but did recognize.

"When was that?" Maybe that was what had caused the feeling of pain he had thought he'd picked up from Nico earlier.

"Four, maybe five years ago now? I can't imagine what it would be like to lose someone close to you like that." Lou's voice was more remorseful now, but Will was glad that he didn't pick up on any hit of pity in it.

He hated pity.

"I can." He hadn't meant for the words to come out but though he had said them quietly his new friends were standing close enough to hear him.

"Huh?" they both looked at him curiously now so he didn't see any reason to hold back now that he had brought it up.

"I lost my older brother a couple of months back; it's not really something you can get over. Especially if it's someone you were really close too."

Lou and Cecil both looked at each other not really sure what to say to that until Cecil spoke up.

"Never really thought about it like that."

Will felt bad about bringing the mood down to such a depressing level so he put on a bright smile and changed the subject as best he could. "Enough about that for now, where's the best spot to eat lunch around here?" he was happy when his new friends accepted the change of subject and led the way outside to a shaded area with picnic tables where they could sit and talk about the latest episode of their favorite anime together.

I just really needed to get this idea out of my head, I shall continue working on all stories as the ideas come to me so don't worry. I sit here everyday with each one open and try to add more to each of them.

Please let me know what you think.