Oh my Gods you guys, I'm so sorry about not posting! I've been really busy with my instagram cosplay account, and the time just flew right past me. Thank you to the people who aren't totally pissed at me.

Chapter 11

Nico's POV

"And here you are, Mr. di Angelo..." Mr. A mused. "You did a great job, highest score in this class actually. Not the whole grade though, Annabeth did a great job... She managed to introduce a new theorem to me in this test. That blonde has a brain, unlike your friend, Solace."

"Thank you, Sir." Nico mumbled as he took the paper. He glanced down at the red 101% on his test, shaking his head. Will couldn't have done that terribly, right? Scratch that; based on the look on his friends face, he inferred that he did, in fact, do that terribly. The bell rang, and Nico scrambled to be the first one out of the classroom. If he could avoid awkward eye-contact with his friend, that would be a good thing. Alas, he had no such luck.

"Nico!" Will screamed. The blonde ran at him through the crowded hallway, ignoring the people he bumped into. Now, normally if he saw a six foot tall, angry looking guy running at him, he would run. But he didn't; he just rolled his eyes and waited for Will to come to a halt.

"What?" He asked as Will came closer.

"It isn't even possible to get an F-!" Will yelled, shoving his test in Nico's face. "I mean, at least I tried! Shouldn't I get at least a D- for effort!"

"Did you read the note he stapled to this?" Nico chuckled. "It says, 'Drawing cat faces when you don't know the answer is unacceptable'. Don't you remember the formula I taught you? Come on, Will! You have to at least try! And cat faces? Really? You might actually be more gay than I am."

"I tried to remember! I swear, I even asked Cecil for help! I'm just really bad at math, that's all. The numbers just get all jumbled up in my head..." Will defended. "I- I guess this means we'll just have to..."

"What?"

"We'll just have to have more library study sessions, that's all. We should probably get to class, wouldn't want to be late." Nico jogged to keep up with Will as they made their way to class. They walked in the door, just as the bell rang.

A small serving of whatever-the-hell-they-served-in-the-cafeteria was placed on Nico's plate. He tried not to look at it as he made his way over to his usual lunch table. Percy and Jason were waiting at the table that usually seated four. As he walked up to them, he realized why their table looked so off. "Wait a second, where's Leo?" He asked as he sat down.

"The infirmary," Jason and Percy groaned in unison. "He burnt himself pretty badly last night; I'm not really sure what he was doing." Percy continued. Suddenly, someone appeared behind him.

"Mind if I sit here today?" Will asked, making Percy jump.

"Sure," Nico answered. What? It wasn't like he was going to tell Will to take a hike. The blonde sat next to him, oblivious to the looks that Percy and Jason were giving him. Nico could've sworn he saw Percy wink at him...

"Hey," Jason interrupted. "I think I'm actually going to sit with Piper, see you guys around." He walked off in the other direction, but not before mouthing 'Go get him, tiger'. Percy waited a total of five seconds before breaking the silence.

"You know, Jason has a point. I should probably go sit with Annabeth... She looks lonely." Percy muttered. "Later, Nico." He nodded. And then, he was all alone with Will. He took a second to wonder if this was planned; but then again, it was Jason and Percy. Of course it was a plan. He stared down at his plate, trying not to notice how close Will was to him.

"I..." Will sputtered. "I don't t-think your friends like m-me very much." The blonde took a sudden interest in his shoes.

"I don't know if they don't like you, or if they're just acting weird. Don't take it personally, you can never tell what they're thinking. I don't even want to know what they're thinking." He reassured.

"Are you sure? Because Jason didn't seem to like me when we were talking. You know, before he mad us 'talk it out'."

"He might've been having a bad day," Nico argued. "Or maybe he just didn't want a dude who he barely knew in his room. It might be that."

"I still don't get it," Will confessed. "I mean, did I do something wrong? So what if I broke into his room? So what if I spend a lot of time with his best friend... Now that I'm hearing myself say it, it does sound kind of bad."

"Kind of bad? It sounds like a felony. Don't take it personally. I'm serious; they act like this around every guy who I- who I'm friends with..." He chased his food around the plate with a fork. "Were you serious?"

"Serious about what?"

"You know," Nico started. "What you said a few nights ago?" You know what I'm talking about, you dumbass.

Will looked confused, trying to figure out what he meant. "About believing in the Greek Gods?"

"No, you idiot! You know exactly what I'm talking about." Nico suppressed the urge to slap Will senseless. He was going to save that for later.

"Oh! You mean, do I really... Umm... You? Yeah, I-I guess I do. Do you still...?"

"I think I do... I'm not really sure though... I mean, I definitely do, It's just that I'm not ready. Well, I am, but not really." Nico tried to explain.

"You do realize," Will grinned. "That that statement was just a bunch of jumbled up mixed messages?"

"Shut up, Solace."

Basically some writing I did at like 11:45 last night... Sorry if it sucks, my brain just wasn't working.