Oh my Gods, guys! I'm so sorry for not updating! I had a busy few weeks, and I hope you can forgive me. Anyway, have some nervous Will! I'm not the only one who loves nervous Solangelo... Right? I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 12

Will's POV

"Dude! Dude, wait up!" Will heard someone from behind him say. He didn't stop walking. He had to get to class in three minutes, and he left his history binder in his locker. The voice, which sounded female, kept talking. "Come on, Will! I just need to talk for a second!" She panted in between her words; she had obviously been trying to catch up to him for a while. "I need," She wheezed. "I need to talk about Nico!" He stopped dead in his tracks and turned around to face her.

"What?" He half asked, half demanded.

"I'm sorry, you're Will?" She returned. Her golden eyes sparkled in confusion as she pushed her caramel curls behind her ear. "Will Solace?"

"Yeah, that's me. Come on, we should keep walking. Tell me what happened to Nico; Nothing to bad probably. I was just with him at lunch."

"He was right," She muttered as she jogged to keep up with his long strides. "You are really tightly wound. Anyway, nothing bad happened to him. I'm Hazel, his half sister." She paused, giving Will enough time to raise his eyebrow. "I'm adopted. It's okay, I get that look from everyone."

"Right, uhh... Look Hazel, I have to get to class. I'd love to talk again sometime, but-"

"No it's fine," she reassured. "I just wanted to tell you that there's going to be a school dance three days from now. I'd love to see you and my brother there." She turned on her heels, but not before giving him a wink. Or at least, he thought she winked at him. Hazel had a kind of mysterious effect; she was a lot like Nico. He opened his locker, letting a note fall out. The crinkled piece of paper had only four words on it: You. Nico. School dance. -C. Cecil, no doubt. How did he know about the dance? Maybe they made an announcement he hadn't heard... He grabbed his history binder and ran to class.

"Alright, class! Let's get started! The other classes are quite far behind you all, so we have an activity planned for today. Now that we've established an understanding of the Greek Gods and their traits, I thought we should have a quiz!" The class groaned. "You have misunderstood me, my students! It is a personality quiz, to see which God you would be associated with. Now, please answer all questions honestly. Mr. di Angelo, will you pass out the tests?" Will watched as the short form of Nico di Angelo stood up to get the quizzes. The shorter boy leaned over Will's desk, handing him a test.

"Ten bucks I'm not Iris." He smirked before rushing to the next desk. Will laughed so hard he snorted, earning some strange looks from his class mates. He tore his eyes away from his friend and turned to the test. The questions were... Peculiar to say the least. One read:

It is valentines day, and you

A) Take your lover to an indoor water park.
B) Watch the sunset with your lover
C) What lover; I can't stand people
D) Do the most extravagant thing that comes to mind
E) Promise to take them skydiving

He circled C, trying to envision himself on valentines day. He and someone else were sitting on a roof, bundled up in warm clothing. He pecked the anonymous face on the cheek as the sun set. He shuddered at the thought, trying to remember the persons face. At one point, a long time ago, he had tried to convince himself that the face was that of a girls. He never would've dared to think that... That it could be someone else. He got up and handed his paper to the teacher, hitting Cecil in the shoulder as he walked by.

"Well that was the last one!" The teacher exclaimed. "My Gods, this class is quite diverse! Let's see, Mr. Jackson would be Poseidon!"

"Yeah! I'm the water dude!" Percy yelled from across the room. He could be kind of obnoxious.

"And my dear Lou Ellen, you would be Hecate. Cecil, oh lord, you would be Hermes. Always knew you were a little devil! Valdez, how do you say devil in Spanish?"

"Diablo," Leo answered

"Yes, Cecil. You're a little diablo. Anyway, Valdez, you would be Hephaestus, if I'm correct. And no- It's not because you think you're hot." The teacher spat. Will always found it interesting how Mr. Chiron was able to predict what people would say... Probably a strange coincidence. "Mister Solace? Get your head out of the clouds, my boy." Will felt the blush creep across his face. It wasn't his fault he was easily distracted. "Yes, speaking of head in the clouds, you would be Apollo. Shocking, actually, considering I've read some of your... Poetry, if you could call it that."

At that point, Will heard a muffled snort from across the room. All heads turned toward Nico di Angelo, who was smiling uncontrollably. Once he noticed people staring at him, he buried his head deep into his hoodie, hiding himself from the other students.

"Mister di Angelo, do you have something to say?" The teacher asked. Nico shook his head politely, lifting his eyes just enough to see the teacher. "Good. I believe you would be Hades, but I don't know. Your recent outburst leads me to believe otherwise."

"Sorry, sir." Will could see Nico fidgeting nervously, and he was slightly tempted to take the blame. No, that wouldn't work. Nico would just go off at him for treating him like 'some lost cause'. Could the kid get it through his head that he hung out with him because he liked him? Obviously not.

The bell rang, scattering Will's thoughts. He was about to run over to Nico, but as he turned around, he saw that Nico was already behind him. "Hades... I knew it. This shit is rigged, you know?"

"I don't know... You kinda scare me sometimes, Neeks." Will started. "I ran into your sister today... I didn't know you had one!"

"Yeah, It's funny. Neither did I. My dad adopted her last year, without me knowing. Anyway, what did she have to say for herself?"

"Not much," Will fidgeted. His foot started tapping to the beat of the last song he heard, an annoying habit. "She just mentioned this stupid school dance thing... She wanted to know if I wanted to go. I'm not sure I want to, though. I'll only go if... Never mind." And with that, he took off down the hall. For some reason, his face was completely red. He really had it bad.

Oh yes he does! He has it so freaking bad! Gah! Sorry again about the lack of posts! Leave a review if you feel like it, I guess... I missed you guys!