Chapter 4 Relax

After an entire day and a half of Cecil constantly going on and on about what might happen on Will's date and Will rolling his eyes at him to the point he was getting a headache, it was finally Sunday and after Will gets back to Cecil's house around noon the day finally catches up with him and Will is suddenly feeling really nervous about what would happen.

"Dude, relax! Just act all cool and sure of yourself like you did when you asked him out and you'll do fine! Although, if you've changed your mind I can always tag along. Look I've even got a disguise!" Cecil held up what seemed to Will to be the worst 'disguise' he'd ever seen.

"Cecil that's the hooded sweatshirt you wore on Thursday and those sunglasses look like you fished them out of the trash, that's not a disguise." Will sighed as he leaned back on the bed and pressed the heels of his hands to his eyes as if he had a bad headache. "And the answer is still no to you tagging along. Why are you so obsessed with this anyway?" Will didn't know how many times they had been over this but he was still wondering about it.

Cecil shrugged. "Like I said before, I'm nosy!" Cecil smiled as he leaned forward. "Besides Love and friendship are just important to heroes as justice!"

Will rolled his eyes. "Okay Sailor Moon when you're done inhabiting Cecil's body I'd like my friend back thanks." Will said with a slight smirk.

"Haha." Cecil said but from the smile on his face Will knew he wasn't offended. Just then the doorbell rang and for a split second Will bolted up and looked around in a panic as if he expected Nico to be the one at the door and he wasn't ready yet.

Cecil obviously knew what must have been going through his head because this time it was his turn to roll his eyes. "Take a chill pill Will, it's only Lou. She wanted to come by and make sure that you were ready to go be prince charming."

Will let out a breath and let himself calm down, of course it wasn't Nico. He didn't know where Cecil lived or that Will would be here and they had promised to meet up at the library around 4:00 and it was still just passed noon. Will still had plenty of time to prepare, or panic as he was doing right now.

While Will calmed himself down Cecil had gone to let Lou Ellen in and led her back to his room so that together they could give Will the pep talk he so desperately needed. When they got to the room Will was feeling a little better.

"So are you ready for today?" Lou Ellen asked as she entered the room and sat down in the chair that Cecil had vacated moments before. Will collapsed face first onto the bed and let out at groan and Lou Ellen looks over at Cecil who shrugs at her.

"How are you with disguises?" he asks and Lou Ellen smirks and nods at him while Will can't see that she's onboard with Cecil's plan.

Hazel was trying to calm Nico down because for the past half hour he had been pacing around his room trying to figure out what he was expected to dress like for a study date that turns real date after because he's new to this and is really nervous even though Hazel has told him about a hundred times already that everything would be just fine.

"Come on Nico just relax. I'm sure he won't care what you wear as long as you actually show up, but if you keep pacing a groove into the floor like you are, you might just be stuck here and miss your date altogether." She teased and he stopped instantly. "There that's better. Now just relax and I'll find you something to wear." Hazel laughed as Nico fell backwards on his bed and covered his face with his hands.

"But what if I screw this up? I mean you weren't there, he was so confident about it I didn't know how to react! What if I do something weird?"

Hazel looked at him over her shoulder from where she stood in front of his closet. "Like what?" She asked curious to know what had her brother so freaked out about this date.

He groaned and pulled at his hair. "I don't know… I'm the emo loner loser kid that only a handful of people actually talk to. I don't know how to really interact with anyone else, what if I make a fool out of myself or freak him out? He's still new around here and doesn't know many people but what if he's heard weird rumors or something?"

Hazel let out a sigh as she got out a light weight leather jacket that Nico could wear in the warm weather and tossed it at him. "Here put on that band shirt you have over on the dresser and you'll look fine. As for weird rumors I doubt there are any, plus if he put in so much effort to ask you out the least you could do is go."

Nico let out a huff that she took as a sign that he was done with this whole 'What if' game he was playing solo. "Besides, Annabeth said he was really charming, so Cinderella let's get you ready for the ball."

Nico rolled his eyes but complied.

"And one more thing." She said as she was about to leave the room.

"Yeah?" he asked a bit hesitant.

"Relax." She said with a smile before closing the door behind her.

Well that was shorter than usual (I think, I usually try for 1000) but I hope you liked it. And as you know I own nothing recognized, all rights reserved for actual owners and all that.

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