A/N: Hey chickadees and Chickadudes! This is my next flash back chapter and there will be 3 more of these then back to the story, like I said I planned on making it long, plus I love writing how they met, oh and short story... Remember the swirly chapter and Leo wore a toilet shirt well I had sports practice once, I was changing in a bathroom stall and I dropped my shirt and a sleeve fell in the toilet, I had no extra shirt... connect dots, any who PLEASE review,favorite, and follow it means a lot to me and btw almost 250 views! You guys rock! Anyway thanks guy and Read on! :)

-Percy-

Percy finished his dinner and put his plate in the sink, "Thanks mom dinner was great." It really was she never made blue mashed potatoes unless she wants to get Percy in a good mood, like when Paul told Percy about the new sibling, so that's why they had blue mashed potatoes like they never do, because the only food Paul dosen't like blue is mashed potatoes, everything else he dosen't mind. Percy went into his room and turned on his Xbox and tv to play Call of Duty. None of his friends were online, so he played against a bunch of random people, "Ballistic knives! Yes!" Percy mumbled to himself, he continued to think of his never-ending question list and his friends, he could totally tell them about the Poseidon thing, right? He new Grover since pre-school, Annabeth and Thalia 7 years, Nico for 6 years, Rachel for five years, but he only knew Piper and Leo for four years and Calypso for two years. Did it matter how long you knew your friends, of course not Percy didn't think of it like that, but he wished he knew Calypso, Piper, and Leo in middle school like the rest of his friends so they can be in some of his best memories with his other friends, Percy thought about his other first meetings with his friends, they were a bit crazy.

-Flashback to 6th grade, middle school January-

The lunch bell rang and Percy was in his pre-algerbra class with Mrs. Dodds, Percy thought she looked like a bird, she had a really big nose and grey hair and always wore a jacket. Mrs. Dodds was by the door handing people their tests as they left their lunch, "Underwood." She passed a paper with a big red B- on it, man Grover was lucky, Percy thought, Percy tensed up as he walked towards Mrs. Dodds, "Jackson." She said with pure hate, Percy knew he was out to get him, like every other teacher in this school… Percy closed his eyes as she gave him the paper, he walked out the door and looked at Grover, "What you get Perce?" He asked walking quickly toward the lunch room, Percy walked slower, "C'mon man its enchilada day, if we don't get their quick there won't be any cheese enchiladas!" Grover pushed Percy down the hall, "G-man just get a chicken enchilada." Percy said trying to slow down.

"No man! You know I'm vegaterian! So what you get, on the test?" Grover asked still pushing Percy.

"I don't wanna look probably an F again." If Percy keeps getting grades like that he'll flunk out. Grover took the paper from under Percy's arm, "Hey!" Percy complained but Grover held it up higher than Percy's head, Grover was a few inches taller, Grover smiled.

"Perce, you didn't flunk it this time you got a C-!" Grover said, Percy grabbed his test and there it was a beautiful C-, thank god for multiple choice tests.

"Yes! OK now I'll run." The two boys went into the cafeteria line and there were still a few cheese enchiladas left, Percy bought one and Grover bought the rest. They took their trays outside since it was an outdoor lunch day, trying to get kids to be more active.

"Grover don't you think that's too many enchiladas?" Percy asked, Grover gasped and shook his head.

"There is no such thing as too many enchiladas!" They put there trays done on a table and began to Percy was facing the school and the dumpsters, sometimes you can see a cat there. Percy turned back to Grover who finished 3 of his 7 cheese enchiladas, for a scrawny guy Grover had quite the apeteite. Annabeth and Thalia plopped two trays down at their table, Thalia turned thirteen last October, so she was older than anybody in the grade, apparently she was held back in kindergarten but Percy didn't know why. "Hey why you guys late for lunch?" Percy asked, Annabeth took a bit of her apple then swallowed it, "Mr. Mills kept are class a little longer than the bell to pass back our tests, I got a hundred on mine." Annabeth said proudly. Annabeth and Thalia were in honors math because A. Annabeth is a genius and B. Thalia is really supposed to be in 7th grade. Thalia took a piece of Grover's enchilada, since she had a poorly made packed lunch by herself, "I got a C! Speaking of tests how'd you boys do?" She asked devouring her enchilada piece Grover looked a bit upset as she took a second piece from one, "I got a B minus" Grover said meekly staring at his piece of enchilada being eaten by Thalia.

"I got a C-!" Percy said putting the test on the table, "Good job Percy, see this is what happens when you use your noodle Seaweed Brain!" Annabeth and Percy laughed, Grover and Thalia were unfamiliar with the nickname, "It's a long story." Percy said, it really was a long story. Then Percy heard silence among all them and then the rest of the people outside. Percy looked around, and he didn't see anything strange. Then kids started whispering and pointing, some snickering. Percy followed the fingers and saw a boy in all black wearing an aviator jacket with messy black hair, he had a brown bag lunch. He continued to walk along the through the tables, people tripping him and some through food at his head, they missed, but one hit, Sherman flung a glop of pudding at the boy's face, the boy kept walking, he sat down next to a dumpster. Percy vaguely knew that boy, his name started with an' N' or something like Nathan or Nick. He was a perky kid that played with weird cards in the begging of the year and had an older sister in 8th grade, but she hasn't been around for months. There were rumors going around that their parents got divorced, or she ran away from home, or went to jail, or that the 'N' boy killed her. Percy doubted that she was dead, in jail, or on the run, maybe his parents were divorced and his mom or something got custody of her and moved out-of-state, but still why was everybody avoiding him, what he do? Wear black to school? What if some people prefer black, did anyone think of that? The kid looked lonely and depressed, he took out weird cards and little figures and bit a piece of his sandwich off shuffling the cards.

"Guys whose that kid?" Percy asked Annabeth hit him in the arm.

"You should know he's in all your classes!" She scolded, Percy shook his head and looked to Grover.

"G-man have you ever seen that kid in our classes?" Percy asked, Grover shook his head.

"I'm not so sure," He picked up his 7th cheese enchilada and Thalia took it and bit it, "Hey!" Thalia smiled her mouth full-out of cheese.

"Wow Grover your being really generous today, thanks! But think about it is he in the back of the class?" Percy and Grover starched their chins, Grover had a little stubble and a lot of acne, but Percy's face was like a baby's butt, zitless and hairless.

"Now that I think about it there's always a backpack in the right corner of every class like its reserved, I never see the kid though." Percy said.

"That's because we're banished to the front for eternity ever since the rigging the desks so they would fall apart incident." Grover chuckled staring at his last enchilada being eaten by Thalia, Percy laughed to at that, but then he looked back to kid, Percy stood up from the table and grabbed Thalia's arm leaving her enchilada on the table she got out of Percy's grip easily and kicked his shin, "What are you doing, trying to get your butt kicked?" Thalia said glaring at Percy, "No just follow me!" Percy said, all the kids watched them in silence walk over to the dumpster, the boy looked up immediately, "I don't have any lunch money, and I just got a new pack of Mythomagic cards so instead of bending them, you could either do away and be humane or run away being scared and screaming like the rest of them, he looked back down at his cards, Thalia and Percy looked at each other than back at the kid. "Look kid we don't want your money, or your cards, why would we be scared of you?" The kid shuffled his cards again, because im Nico Di Angelo, son of the guy who works at a funeral home with a bunch of dead people, so go on run away." He shooed them, Thalia was getting annoyed with the kid, "So your dad works at a funeral home what's so bad about that, it's just a job, at least you have a dad an-"

"Thalia!" Percy said, to calm her down, "We're not running see we're not scared and we don't want to beat you up Nico, we were wondering if you wanted to sit with us." Percy said smiling sticking his hand out, Nico pushed it away.

"Look Mr. Happy-go-lucky I don't need pity friends, and a pity invite to your table." Nico glared.

Percy put his hands up and kinda of shook them, "No, no, no it's not out of Pity!" Percy tried to explain.

"Yes it is." Thalia mumbled, Percy stepped on her foot.

"Ow!" She flicked Percy, and Percy flicked her back, it was a full-blown flicking war. Nico looked funny or something.

"Are you guys dating or something?" Nico asked taking a bite of his sandwich, Percy blushed unwillingly and Thalia pushed his face moving him three feet to her left.

"Never! Not in a million years would I date this moron!" Thalia laughed, Percy rolled his eyes.

"Okay bye now." Nico said.

"Why you rather by here alone." Percy asked, not believing this awkwardly laughing.

"Yup, pretty much."

"Ok." Percy and Thalia started to walk away until Percy stopped and stood Nico up and grabbed his cards and lunch and shoved them in Nico's arms.

"Hey what's the big idea!" Nico scowled, Percy laughed and smiled.

"Sorry dude you don't have a choice anymore, everyone needs a friend, whether they want one or not, for example me and Thalia!" Percy laughed and Thalia rolled her eyes.

"Please we're not friends per say, like bickering individuals who hang out with other people." Thalia tried to explain it her way. Percy pushed Nico to their table.

"Translation we're friends, and now your our friend, and you'll learn to tolerate us, trust me you'll have fun."

-End of flashback—

Percy turned off his Xbox and turned on the cable box to watch TV. He chuckled at the memory of meeting Nico, he laughed more thinking of middle school alone. But that's how he met his friend Nico, and yeah he can trust him too.

A/N: What you think? Nico always being forced to do stuff, but it always works out pretty well don't ya think? Anyway ever ate by a dumpster? Steal someone's enchiladas? Rejoiced over getting a C- instead of an F? ANyway Review, Favorite and Follow, or PM. And if you're a guest you can still review I don't care whether you have a account or not, anyway see you next chapter, hopefully it will be uploaded soon but guys, just remember uploading everyday is hard! So appreciate the chapters please :)