I rushed into work kinda late by a few minutes. I clocked in and threw on a purple apron walking out to the front of the cafe. "William Solace, late? Wha- who's the occasion?" Piper asked. She and I didn't work together often but when we did it was usually pretty fun.

"I know, I stayed up too late watching tv and didn't realize the time," I said complaining at my own stupidity and ignoring her comment. I knew I had to be up extra early because today I had the four am shift.

I was worried about my last exam all morning almost burning myself with very hot coffee . . . twice. I didn't like exams though I don't think anyone does it's just when it comes to the last one I loth them. It's always the most difficult to pass in my opinion.

I worked hard for my grades and had a passion for what I was learning but for fuck sake do not give me a question with five of the same answers on it. It's almost like all the questions you have to decode or something, I mean that'd be fine if I were in a computer class but I am not.

"Dude you are out of it today," Piper said finishing her last order. The morning rush was over and we had a little time to clean up the shop and what not.

"I know," I grumbled. "Yeah, no moping around mister. You have one more exam left and you're done for this year. Man up!" Piper said somewhat dramatically and it was hard for me to take her seriously.

"Fine, I'll just push the exam to the back of my head till its too late to ignore. Better?" I asked. She nodded and I walked off to clean off the tables. After a few minutes, I swept the floors and the place was as good as new if I do say so myself.

The door opened and three people walked in. "Hey, guys," Piper said happily like she knew them. I knew the girl, her name was Reyna and she was there when I first looked through the house.

The other two I didn't know though the one guy with a purple shirt looked familiar. I shrugged and walked over behind the counter to help make their drinks or whatever they ended up ordering.

"Will meet some cool peeps, this is Reyna, Percy, and Frank," Piper said pointing to each person when she said their names. "Guys, this is Will," she said patting my head which was difficult because I was taller than her.

"Hey nice to see you again, how's it going living with Nico?" Reyna asked with a smirk. I didn't know why and did not want to ask. Before I could answer the guy named Frank said: "Wait you're the one living with Nico?"

I nodded, "Why?" he shook his head and the other guy Percy said something this time. "Oh he's only scared of Nico because he's dating his sister," Percy said laughing.

"I'm not scared of him," Frank said in response.

"Oh you're Hazel's boyfriend," I said. I was kinda shocked honestly they didn't look they would be a couple he was twice as tall as her but at the same time, their difference is what made them cute.

"Yeah they have it bad for each other," Reyna said rolling her eyes. We talked for a few minutes then they ordered their drinks. I helped Piper make them and for some reason, Percy wanted his caramel frappuccino 'bright ass blue.'

I clean the blenders after making the drinks and Piper and I said bye to them. "They seem nice," I said to her. "Yeah they are, the longer you know them the weirder they get, man." I laughed at that comment.

I could see what she meant by it though. I sat outside for lunch enjoying a grilled panini on a picnic table. Outback of the cafe there was a small garden and a picnic table up against the brick building. Most people came out here to smoke, enjoy the view, or eat. It was fenced in so you could only get out there by going out the back door of the shop.

It was like a private paradise. Calypso always made sure the plants were watered perfectly. There was not a single weed in sight only vegetables, fruit, herbs, and flowers (edible of course).

My mom would have loved it here because she liked to garden in her free time. I remember helping her pull weeds and then see a snake and run away. She on the other hand simply picked the snake up and took it away somewhere else so it wouldn't bother us. I don't understand how people can be so calm with things like that.

I brush the thoughts away and finish up my lunch break before heading back inside and working again. It was always busy at this time and not that I minded the people or even the rushing around aspect of this job it was just annoying when things were busy as you could imagine.

A few hours had passed and everyone had left the cafe. Piper and I closed up the shop at eight or at least till the next people came by in an hour or so. I set the chairs on the tables and cleaned the floors then cleaned the counters. Piper was washing the dishes and restocking the new things for the people who worked after us.

We remain quiet while we worked my mind too focused on the exam I had yet to study for. I closed the curtains after I finished washing the windows. "Ready Pipes?" I called. Within a few minutes she finished up and we clocked out and left locking the doors behind us.

"Good luck to you ya on your exam," Piper said before getting into her car and driving off. I tiredly got into my truck and drove home. I ate the dinner Nico left for me in the oven. Some form of lasagna but mixed up with different flavors. It was garlicky and cheesy so it was delicious of course.

After an hour of procrastinating and winding down from work, I got my books and notes ready to study for thankfully my last exam for this year. I couldn't wait till this was over and I didn't have to worry about it anymore.

"What does that even mean?" I asked myself looking blankly at the textbook. I hadn't even been here for more than four minutes and I was so confused. How was I going to become a doctor if I couldn't even remember the names of the arteries in the heart?

I must have been there for a few hours because the next thing I knew Nico was standing next to me. "What the shitbiscts? When did you get there?" I asked clearly not noticing him. It was like he appeared out of the shadows.

"A few minutes ago." I shake my head and looked confusingly down at my book. "How long have you been working on this?" he asked sitting down on the chair beside me. He was eating a pomegranate which I had no idea where be got.

"A few min- wait what time is it?" I asked not remembering. "Three," Nico said as if it were obvious. "How I-I just sat down?" I was seriously losing my mind at this point.

"You look like you're almost done. Need any help?" Nico asked finishing the pomegranate. "Well if you could help me remember anything to do with the heart that would be great. For some reason, I can't remember anything."

He rolled his eyes at me, "It's easy. What part are we talking about?" he asked. I thought he was joking about the help, but no.

"The names of the arteries," I said. "Okay, easy. There are eight arteries which are called?" he pointed to a spot on the page with an image of the heart. "Aorta," I said surprised I finally remembered something.

"Yep, then this one is the posterior interventricular artery also known as?" I thought for a minute before I spoke, "PIV," I said confidently. He nodded and we finished up the chapter in twenty minutes.

"See you knew the stuff. You're just working too hard on trying to remember it," Nico said. I was surprised that I didn't remember it before he had sat down I couldn't get any of it. He made it easier to remember and I don't know why.

"Thanks," I muttered as I cleaned my stuff off the dinner table. "No problem," Nico said and walked off to his room. I washed the dishes that were left over for dinner and went and got a quick shower.

I felt so much better not only was I clean and smelled of oranges, but I finished my studying. I was happy, to say the least. I got into bed and set my alarms and drifted off to sleep.

A/N: Extra chapter for this week. It's going to get more interesting here soon. I kinda just want to post more to get to the solangelo parts. Anyway hope you all have a great day/night. - Mason