I'm so so sorry this is late. But I finally got myself to sit down and write this chapter with the help of my cousin. She encouraged me to continue so she could be able to read it too. So, I did and now here is it.
it's kinda sucky, but enjoy anyway.
Chapter Three
Nico POV:
Nico walked across the empty road with his eye on the ball, well, on the coffee. He couldn't sleep a wink the night before thanks to Leo fucking Valdez and his chocolate curls. He pulled the cafe's door open and sighed when admittedly stepped into the line.
Underwood Cafe was popular to the student of Olympia High School and no one else. Sometimes when you come on the weekends you'll see those cute old couples bickering quietly. But today it's filled with the zombie students of OHS. And then Nico felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned to see it was Percy Jackson with his raven hair swaying over his sea green eyes. Nico's first crush and it was a hopeless crush at that.
Percy had always been in love with his girlfriend Annabeth, even before Annabeth knew she liked Percy. Beside his too cute to be healthy relationship, Percy is a cool guy. He's the captain of the swim team and the most friendliest person.
"Uh, what do you want Jackson?" Nico asked arching his eyebrow.
Percy pointed to the counter. "Coffee. I don't think I'm alive yet."
"Of course you're alive. Don't be silly."
"I'm not alive until I have my coffee. Neeks."
Nico pinched sea green-eyed boy.
"Ow, What was that for?" Percy pouted.
"Oh, good, you feel pain. You're alive!" He smirked.
"That's not funny."
"Actually, it was very funny." A voice said.
Nico turned to find Leo standing beside him grinning like it was a perfectly normal thing to do six in the morning. "Hey Leo." He said.
"Hello Nico." Leo grinned wider, if possible.
"You two know each other?" Percy said with a confused expression.
"We sure do." Leo wiggled his eyebrows.
"Excuse me, you're holding up the line." Another voice said behind Nico.
He turned said sorry, order a mocha, and walked over the booth table he sat in the day before on his date with Leo. He then looked up to find Leo staring at him from across the table just like their on date. He didn't understand why his boy was into, but wasn't going to complain.
Nico took a sip of his mocha watching Leo carefully. He didn't know he was going to see him so soon after their date. He thought he had at least until school before he seen him again, but not he's sitting right across of him. Things could be more awkward.
A few moments later Percy plop himself right next to Nico with his coffee in hand. Taking a sip he glance from Leo to Nico which made Nico very uncomfortable. "Are you finally alive?" He teased.
Percy nodded as he took a sip of his coffee. "So, how do you two know each other?" He asked.
Nico looked over at Leo who seemed to be too busy with his muffin to answer. Great, now Percy is going to pester him until he spilt the beans. What is this to tell him anyway? That him and Leo stuck in elevator a few days ago, Leo confessed that he had a crush on him and then they went on a date? He guessed might as well tell him.
Nico sighed and told Percy how they met in an elevator, but didn't mention they gotten stuck in it for a couple hours together and their date they had the day before. He figured it was too early in the morning drop that kind of of news on Percy.
"Oh, I see." He said taking another sip of his coffee, staring at Leo carefully for some reason.
Leo sat his half eaten on the table and stood up. "I gotta go. Some of my good friends are waiting on me, and if I'm late they will worry. They worry too much." He smiled a sad smile. "Talk to you later, Nico" And then he was out the door.
Nico felt like a jerk when he realized he might of hurt Leo's feelings for not telling Percy the whole story, but he really didn't want to confuse the guy it's the early morning after all.
Percy slid in the seat across from Nico looking at the door behind him. "What's wrong with him?" He asked turning his attention back on Nico.
Nico sighed, "I might have hurt his feelings."
"How?"
"Because I didn't tell you the whole story about how me and him met."
"What did you leave out?"
"Oh, just how we were stuck in the elevator for hours, then he confessed that he had a crush on me and asked me on a date."
"And did you go on date with him?" Percy asked then pursed his lips.
"Yes, I did. Is that some kind of crime?"
"No." He paused. "Well, kind of."
"How it is a crime to go on a date?"
"Well, when go on a date with a bad boy who could possibly be a psychopath. It should be a crime." He sat back with his arms over his chest letting what he said sink in to Nico's mind.
Nico have heard rumors of Leo's bad boy rep, but didn't think much of it, because let's be honest who would have ever guessed that Leo liked Nico? On the other hand the psychopath thing didn't make any sense to him at all. Leo didn't seem like a psychopath, but he could be acting to gain Nico's trust then do whatever psychopaths do. But Nico still can't wrap his mind around it. It just didn't make any sense. "You got to be kidding me. Who is he a psychopath?" He furrow his brow.
"He did burn down his mother's shop when he was eight, because she told him he couldn't go in the back." Percy spat out.
"That can't be true." Or was it?
Nico couldn't focused in Biology, because he was too busy worrying. He was worried that he might like a psychopath. Leo did have the mischievous smile down, but beside that Nico couldn't put a finger on anything psychopathy beside burning down his mother's mechanic shop.
The bell rings for lunch. Nico headed straight to the parking lot since he was allowed to leave for lunch. Starting the car he decided he will go to McDonald for a Big Mac. He figured he needed a greasy meal to clear his head which was filled with images of Leo sitting on top of a charred bodies with evil grin.
Shaking his head, Nico pulled out of the parking space. It still seemed too ridiculous to think that Leo was possibly a psycho, but thinking back to the night when he held him close he was convinced that Leo was anything but a psychopath.
Nico drives up to the speaker box in the McDonald's drive thrus. He ordered Big Mac combo with a medium drink and fries. The person told him to pulled up to the first window and he did. He paid from his order at the first window and pulled up to the second window to retrieve it.
Nico bit into the greasy goodness of his Big Mac. He took a drink of his soda as he shallowed. He repeated this process while watched other students chat and laugh together. Then there was a knock on the his driver side windows. Startled Nico glowered through his window to the person on the other side of the tinted glass. His features soften when he realized it was Leo.
Nico passed the unlocked button and waved Leo to enter through the passenger door. Shallowing the bite of his Big Mac, Nico watched him slide into the seat. "Hey." He said before taking a drink of the soda.
"Hi." Leo said in almost a whisper. He looked like he went through hell and back. What happened to him?
"Are you okay?" Nico asked, placing his hand on Leo's knee causing him to tense.
"Uh… What…" He paused, "What did Percy tell you about me?" He asked looking at Nico with wary eyes.
He sighed putting his McDonald's cup back in the cupholder. Squeezing Leo's knee, Nico looked into the guarded boy's eyes. He told him everything Percy said to him that morning after Leo left.
Leo breathed out a long sigh then looked over at Nico with red eyes. Is he about to cry? "Do you believe it?" He whispered.
"No."
"But why?"
"Because I believe you are nothing like a psychopath. If you did have anything to do with your mother's shop burning down. It has to be an accident, you were only eight years old."
Leo looked confused but gratefully at the same time, if that was possible. His body relaxed and a goofy smile spread across his face. "I'm glad."
"Care for a french fry" Nico pointed to the fries on her dashboard.
"I would love to have one, but I just had a huge lunch." He smiled.
"Fine. More for me." He said grabbing the fries.
