Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. They belong to RR and JK... For now...

(I do own Jay and another OC you will meet soon though!)

A/N- I know I said that Jay was a first year last chapter, but he's actually a third year, OK? I just forgot.

Chapter seven

Nico POV

When I sat up in my dorm bed that morning, I was not expecting a third year boy with blue hair and green eyes to be sitting on the end of my bed.

"Wha- what are you doing?!" I shouted

"Oh, hi! Your up! It's Nico right? I'm Jay, remember?" the boy, Jay, told me.

"um, yeah, but wasn't your hair brown then?"

"yeah, it was, I'm a Metamorphmagus that means I can change what I look like, my dad was one too."

I could only imagine how useful that would be when trying to hide from Mor- no, Muggles.

"Sounds useful." I told him

"Yeah, my dad was an Auror, working for the Ministry of Magic."

"Uh, what's an Auror?"

"You don't know?!" his surprise was obvious.

Damn it. I need to think of an excuse for that... got it!

"No, they don't have Aurors in America."

"Oh, okay then, well an Auror is like, a dark wizard fighter I guess. There in the Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry."

"Okay, thanks." Nico wanted this boy of his bed so that he could get up, but this might be a way to get more information, now, how to keep the conversation going?

"What did you mean by your Dad was and Auror?"

Jay's smile faded, he looked like he was remembering some pretty bad stuff.

"Yeah, he uh, he died." the boy looked close to tears.

Nico wasn't sure what to say to that. 'Sorry' didn't seem to cut it.

"You want to talk about it?" he surprised himself by that, since when did Nico Di Angelo care about other people's problems?

"Not at the moment," Jay muttered, "we should get ready for breakfast, it starts in a bit."

He nodded and Jay went to his own bed to get dressed. Nico suddenly realized that if he got changed in here, with his other four dorm-mates, then everyone would see his scars, and he had lots. Even a son of Hades couldn't get through Tartarus unscathed. He looked around and saw a door that had 'Bathroom' above it in big black letter, with ancient Greek underneath it. He smiled to himself, Chiron seemed to have informed the headmaster that they were dyslexic after all. He got out of bed and grabbed his clothes, ignoring the Jay looking at him, and walked quickly into the bathroom. He locked the door, got changed, and then pulled a Drachma out of his pocket, he cast a spell that Chiron had told them made a rainbow, and through the Drachma in, saying Jason's name as he did so. Soon, Jason Grace was in front of him, smiling broadly, with slightly black hair.

"Hey little bro," he said.

"I'm not your brother Jason." Nico said exasperated, "I'm your cousin."

"Same thing," Jason said, still smiling broadly, "how you doing Neeks?"

"I'm good, how are you?"

"I'm good, Percy's been whining about Annabeth spending all her time working, but other than that and the fact that Leo set my hair on fire? Nothing's happened."

"So that's why your hair looks over cooked."

"Yeah," Jason smirked, "hey, is Will there? I need to talk to him."

"No, he's in a different house, but I can take a message for him?"

Jason shook his head, "Nah, that's fine, just tell him to call me back okay?"

he agreed and ended the IM. Then he turned to the door and sighed, time for his first day of school.

Jay POV

I liked Nico, not in a weird way or anything, I had a crush on someone else, but as a friend, sure, I liked him in that way. But I also felt like he had a secret, but then, who am I to judge him on that? His secret can't be as big as mine. Can it? Never mind.

I should have known better than to mention my Dad like I did this morning, I still can't believe that I won't see him ever again, I Never knew my Mum, so I have to stay at my Aunts this summer, and the next, and all the ones after that until I can get my own house. If I wasn't the way I am, then he would still be alive, then that Monster wouldn't have attacked me. I only survived because he saved me,gave his life for mine. Stupid Gods! I don't even know who my Mum is, My aunt told me about them, but only my Dad knew who my Mum was, and he never told me. So now I have to go to school, and act like everything is fine, when it's not, when I could be attacked at any moment. My life sucks sometimes. I even got ADHD and Dyslexia from my Mum! I may be able to speak and read ancient Greek, which is coo, and I'm stronger at magic than most kids in my year, she could at least tell me who she is!

"Uh, Jay, sorry, about earlier..." the voice trailed off, but it had already disturbed my train of thought. I looked up to see Nico looking at me awkwardly.

"It's okay, I over reacted. I just don't like talking about it is all."

"I understand Jay." Nico looked serious, " I've lost people too."

"Really?"

"Yeah, my Mum and my Sister."

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay, should we go down to breakfast then?"

"yeah."

we walked out the room together and had just reached the common room when a girl I recognized from dinner last night walked up to us and gave Nico a hug, I think her name was Reyna?

"Nico!" she said, "Did you I-" she stopped speaking when she saw me, "did you, uh, know they have these sweets that change your voice?"

"Uh, no, they good?"

"Yeah!" Reyna said a bit too over-inthusuacticly.

"I'm Jay," I stuck out my hand to shake, she took it.

"You were sitting next to Neeks at dinner last night right?"

"yeah." I said at the same time as Nico shouted,

"Don't call me Neeks!"

"You let Will call you it!"

"That's different!" was I imagining it or was Nico blushing?

"Really?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, then what were you talking to Piper about a few weeks ago?"

"..." Nico was Definitely blushing now, "Nothing!"

I decided that I would save him from the humiliation of whatever the hell was happening,

"Hey! Guys!" I shouted to get there attention, it worked. "Were going to be late for breakfast!" then I grabbed both of them by there arms, and dragged them to the hall, laughing along with them.

A/N- Thx for Reading! Pls Review, Follow and Favourite! It makes me really happy to read your views on this, pls tell me if you want this to be a series or if you want it to be a single story! XD

-Solangelo21