Hell no!
Chapter 35. Ruined plans and lying fathers (Nico)
I woke up because of another nightmare, surprise surprise. Bianca died in my arms after getting shot, this time not in the head, but in the chest. Her last words to me were that I should live proudly and that I shouldn't regret anything.
That is good surprise, I guess. She told me what she had told me before.
I dressed in all black again with my aviators jacket and went downstairs for breakfast. I was so glad I made up with Hazel yesterday, we could now just talk again. After breakfast and after packing the lunch packets mom had prepared we went to the bus. We got on and then sat together. Piper and Annabeth seemed relieved when they got on.
First we had Science and it was boring and totally not fun. I sat with Piper, who also seemed bored. Hazel and Annabeth actually tried to pay attention, because they're good students. I felt like dying would be more eventful. Luckily then we had lunch. The girls all sat together and me and the guys did too. Then Will, Jason and Percy sat with us. I, naturally, had to threaten Jason a bit, because Bianca used to threaten every boy/girl that wanted to date any one of us, being the oldest. Now, I am the 'scariest' of us all, being good in making death threats. Jason looked really scared, and it gave me some sort of fulfilment. I was able to scare a guy twice my size and three times as strong shitless.
After lunch I had study hour with everyone except Will, Jason and Percy, who had Basketball. We just talked a lot, about Piper and Jason's date and also about Frank and Hazel's date. I in the meantime, quietly made some Science homework, because that'd mean I have time to stalk Hazel and Frank's date this evening, as it is at our home and they'll be cooking and watching a movie. It would also mean I have more time tomorrow, when Will's coming over to hang out and watch movies.
After study hour I had physics, with Annabeth and Frank. It was a bit boring, but I don't really mind that much. The last lesson of the week is the one that means you can do whatever shit you wanna do, so that's a plus. At least I had no real work to do last hour of the week.
After school Frank went with us in the bus. He sat with Hazel, and looked very nervous, while I sat alone in front of the others. I was thinking about tomorrow, that it will be fun with Will. I am really looking forward to it. I am super excited about hanging out with him but hanging out with Will is really confusing. I don't know why exactly, but I am, very confused. About my feelings for him. I might like him as more than just a friend. But do I like him as a potential best friend or as a crush? I am so confused. But luckily we get to hang out tomorrow.
At our house Hazel and Frank went to the kitchen, to prepare dinner for themselves and also for us. Frank had brought some ingredients for dinner and put them on the counter. I think it's sweet that they are cooking together. I watched from the doorframe, making sure they didn't see me, for a while and saw that Frank blushed every time Hazel even complemented him or if they did something, like cutting the veggies together. He won't do anything to my little sister, he'll be good. So I decided to go to my room and draw.
I ended up drawing Will. I drew him as I thought he would look like if he was playing basketball. I have, of course, seen him in his gym clothes, because I have gym with him. I have seen him play basketball with gym too. It was therefore not too hard to imagine him playing basketball. I can imagine his muscles all tensed and him all shiny from sweating. Yeah, I am probably crushing on him. Not just probably, I am definitely crushing on him… I should stop before it gets worse… I probably can't though, I am in to deep, because I am friends with him, he knows more about me than Piper and Annabeth and maybe even more than Hazel.
I finished the drawing and put it in the map with personal drawings I don't want to show to anyone. In that map I have some drawings I don't wanna share. Not even drawings of Bianca I have in that map, they are on my wall, in my sketchbook, everywhere. In that map I have some of my drawings of my emotions, sometimes of my former crushes. Those crushes just didn't often last beyond about a week or something. But this thing about Will, it's different. Stronger.
Then I hear Hazel call me down for dinner. Mom is already here but dad isn't yet. Dad is to come home later. Dinner was great, Frank really knows how to cook. Lucky for Hazel, because she can't. Mom also told Frank he was a great cook and that the Chinese dish, whatever it was called, was great. Then dad came home.
''Good evening everyone. How was your day?'' dad said. ''And who is this young man?''
''This is Frank,'' Hazel said.
''He's our friend.'' I follow. Then I smirk. ''But he's with Hazel now.''
Frank gets red and extends his hand to my dad. ''Hello, sir,'' Frank said nervously, ''my name is Frank Zang. I go to school with Nico and Hazel.''
''Nice to meet you, Frank,'' dad said. But he sounded different.
''Honey?'' mom asked, ''What's wrong?''
''Well, tomorrow we are going to do something, me and the kids.'' I was confused. We never go do something with our dad. What could it be? I was angry too, I've got plans with Will tomorrow.
''I can't, dad, I've got plans tomorrow afternoon.''
''You both are coming with, we are going to meet up with two of your uncles and three of your cousins.''
''But I have plans!'' I nearly yell. Frank just sits there, not knowing what to do or what to say. He is probably scared he has gotten in the middle of a family argument.
''And we don't have any family living in the US. Only in Italy.''
''No, I have two brothers who want to meet you two. One of my brothers has a son about your age and a daughter who's older. The other has a son your age too. We are meeting them tomorrow.'' Dad tells us in a stern voice.
''And why haven't you told us about them before, dad?'' Hazel questions.
''That's a good point. Why didn't we know about them?'' I say.
''About 18 years ago we had a very big argument and even before that we didn't really get along. I haven't seen or talked to them ever since that argument.'' Dad explains.
''Why now?'' mom asks the logical question. He's telling us now? He could have told us earlier. I'm really not that interested in having more family. Hazel was a big change, it took me a while to get used to having more family in the first place.
''One of them reached out to us, wanting to let our children get to know each other and have a family. He proposed to meet tomorrow and I accepted. Some family here will be good for you. You two need some family.''
''But I had plans! Couldn't you have told your brother to do this meeting next weekend?''
''This weekend was the most convenient.''
I got up, mad.
''Where're you going?'' Hazel asked.
''I am going to my room, I need to text my friend that we can't hang out tomorrow!'' I yell at them.
In my room I lock the door and get out my phone, still very mad. I was looking forward to tomorrow, just hanging out with Will. Being normal. Now I feel so bad.
Me: Will, I am so sorry, but my father decided I have to go somewhere tomorrow all afternoon. I argued with him because I have something planned already (movies) but he won't budge. How about we watch some movies on Sunday?
Will: Sorry, I can't. Sunday me and my dumb lab partners are going to work on Biology. Meaning I will have to do nearly everything as my partners are Jason and Percy and they will be fucking everything up…
I have to make this up to him.
Me: Sorry, how about some other time?
Will: Sure
Me: See you Monday, I have to go argue with my father…
Yeah, arguing with dad. Maybe later, not now. I'm not very interested in doing that right now, maybe tomorrow.
Will: Okay…
Me: Bye
Will: Bye Nico
I get behind my desk and pick up a piece of paper. Drawing. That might cool me down. But what? What can I draw that'll calm me down enough so that I won't kill my father?
Will.
I'll draw Will. He's calmed me down before.
So I draw Will. Just how I imagine he is disappointed now. That he is sad that we cannot hang out tomorrow. He seemed to be looking forward to it a lot, being all excited and happy. He seems to genuinely want to be my friend, which doesn't happen a lot. People always seem to be scared of me, sure I can be scary, but I am still a human being!
The drawing was looking a lot alike Will, how he would look if he was sad. Not that he would ever be looking sad. He's far too happy. I stay in my room for the rest of the night. I started watching movies, Disney movies, until it was past midnight. I had heard Frank leave around half past 9 and mom, dad and Hazel went to bed around eleven o'clock. Around half past 11 my phone exploded, or well, in the figurative sense. Annabeth, Hazel and Piper started talking non-stop about Piper's date with Jason and Hazel's date with Frank. They went on for over an hour, but I wasn't into it, I just decided not to read it. Around 1 o'clock I got into my pyjama's and got my book out of the bookcase. I read for nearly an hour and then put it away. I put out the lights and went to bed.
AN: Sorry for not updating for a while. I was both busy and forgetful. And then I went on a short holiday. Rome. Rome was amazing! I particulary liked the Ara Pacis Augustae, the Colosseum and the Vatican Musea. It was just five days, but at least we had better weather there than in my own country, for here it was constantly freezing and there it was just raining.
But here's a new chapter. I hope you liked it. But the flip side is that I have almost ran out of chapters that I've already written, and I can't really write anymore, WRITER'S BLOCK! I'll figure something out. I have just started on writing 'mortals meet demigods' fics. They help with it a bit, I wrote about 5 sentences when I wrote 3 other stories, so it's not really effective.