Hey everyone! Once again, on a strict time limit. But I wanted to say, some kids at school today said some really awful things to me. Like I was ugly, desperate for a boyfriend, failing at being funny (Humor's a big part of my life so...), stuff like that. If anyone ever does that to you, feel free to PM me. I don't want anyone to feel alone. Thank God I have such a great mother.
Nico di Angelo wanted to cry. But no, he couldn't because he was a fourteen year old guy. Of course.
He walked through the same halls he did with Bianca. The same ugly yellow lockers with the various scrape marks, the rotting wood floors, and the old, annoying teachers who hated him back then and will probably hate him now.
The other kids stare at him like, Look at the Emo kid!
Nico heard whispers of Goth and wannabe hipster, but he ignored them. They're more mainstream than he'll ever be.
His new locker was on the opposite side of the school. Made sense. He was a different person now.
He smiles a small bit, putting up the pictures in his locker. He was happy this summer. Why couldn't that summer last forever?
Nico suddenly feels himself pushed against the cold, sharp metal of the locker door. The brawny kid was growling at him. But Nico notices that in his eyes, there's confusion. Why isn't Nico squirming?
Nico dryly grins and snaps his fingers. The shadows move from the corners and drags the bully away. The son of Hades smirks and walks away.
Finally, three minutes after the bell rings, Nico di Angelo arrives at homeroom.
Mr. McClary glares at him, pot belly the same as it was four years ago. "Di Angelo, is that you?"
"Yes." He grumbles, and Nico trudges to his seat.
McClary looks confused, like he's wondering where the little hyper boy had disappeared to.
"And Bianca?" Bianca was a major teacher's pet, McClary, as moody as he is, would remember her.
"Not here." Nico scowls.
"Oh. Well then. Will you tell her I said hello?" McClary says, like he knows he's treading on glass shards.
"Bianca's... Bianca won't be returning to Westover." Nico looks down, surprising tears sparking in his brown eyes. "But my other sister Hazel might visit."
McClary still looks confused but begins attendance.
Nico zones out multiple times, but he can't help but think he sees Percy fingering a ballpoint pen, Hazel grinning at him, and even Bianca, her comforting smile reminding him to be brave.
How'd you like?
