Hell no!

Chapter 9 An English project with Nico (Will)

The morning was very uneventful, just basketball practise, and Percy and Jason wanted to talk about those new girls Annabeth and Piper. They definitely have a thing for them. Then it was time for lunch and they wanted to sit down with Piper and Annabeth, so I sat down next to cute Nico. On my other side was Hazel, talking with Frank. I think they like each other.

''Ugh.'' Nico said when I sat down.

''Ah, someone is in a bad mood!'' I said playfully.

''Yeah, because a fuckboy just sat down here.'' he answered. Auch, that hurt!

''That's not nice, you know.''

''I know.'' he said to me, while he was eating a sandwich. I didn't know what to say to him, so I thought about it for a minute or so.

''You know, Nico, you could at least try to be nice to me.''

''This is me being nice to you, Solace!'' he said, sounding annoyed.

''Now we're getting somewhere! At least you don't insult me anymore, so just say my first name instead of my last, and we're going to get along great!'' I said cheerfully.

''Whatever, Solace!'' he went back to his lunch. He had a cupcake, and it looked really good. I so want to taste that, but I'd probably better ask him first…

''Can I have a bite? That cupcake looks really good!'' I ask him. Because it does really look good.

''No you cannot have a bite of my cupcake!'' he said sounding very angry. I saw Hazel look at us, and then at the cupcake. She has one too. Family recipe?

''Stop asking about his cupcake, he doesn't want to share! Here,'' she said, while breaking a little bit of hers off, ''you can have a little bit of mine. Now stop bugging my brother!''

I accepted the piece of Hazel's cupcake and ate it. O gods, that is so delicious! It's the best cupcake I've ever had! ''Hmm, really tasty!''

''Yeah, our mother made them, and she's Italian.'' Hazel said, before Nico could say anything. She shot him a look, as if to say, don't you dare say anything, Nico! I really don't understand them…

Then the bell sounded and me and Jason and Percy made our way to English. When we waited there, I saw Nico and 6 of his friends walking here too. But Nico had a look of complete anger on his face when I smiled at him. I overheard him and his sister talking.

''Nico, be nice. You probably don't even have to talk to him! Just sit with us and you'll be fine!''

''But Haze, I –''

''Nico, no, just sit with us. No excuses.''

''Fine, but only because I love you, Haze!'' Then she hugged him.

When the class started our teacher, Miss M., said we'd be doing a project in duo's. She said she had already made duo's and that she'd be announcing them.

''First duo, Jason and Piper.'' They both looked very happy about this. ''Second, Percy and Annabeth.'' They also looked happy. ''Cecil and Lou.'' Well they're a couple, so they'd probably be very happy. ''Frank and Hazel.'' They looked at each other and blushed. ''Emmy and Lana.'' Okay, who am I paired with? A lot of people already knew their partner. – ''And lastly, Will and Nico.'' I was happy about it, but I also saw the look of thunder on Nico's face. Well, he's not happy… But maybe this can help me, maybe I can become friends with him!

''Now, each duo has to give a presentation about a book or a person. You can all choose a book, not a Harry Potter book, but more along the lines of an autobiography, like Martin Luther King. Now, discuss your book choice with your partner and come tell me which one you want.''

I walked over to Nico. ''Hey partner!''

''Ugh, let's get this over with, Solace.''

''Okay, what book or person do you want?''

''I don't know, maybe JFK?''

''That sounds like a great idea, he's super interesting! Do you wanna tell Miss M. or should I tell her?''

''Whatever!'' He didn't want to tell her, so I went up to Miss M. and told her we were going to do it about JFK. She agreed and wrote it down.

''Alright class.'' Miss M. said near the end of the lesson. ''This project is going to take a lot of time, so you probably should work on it at home, as well as in class.''

''Okay, Nico, when should we work on it? Because it's a lot. Maybe we could work on it today, after school?''

''Whatever. Where?''

''Yours?'' I said carefully.

''Whatever. Just take the bus with us or something. Just need to ask Hazel first.'' He walked to his sister and they talked for a while, while she pointed at Frank. Then Nico walked back to me. ''Sure, you can take Hazel's place in the bus, she's going to Frank to work on their project.''

When the bell rang, I got my stuff out of my locker and walked towards his. He was standing there with Piper and Annabeth, who were laughing.

''Jason and I have decided to work on it tomorrow, as he couldn't today and I can't on Friday. You Anna?''

''Percy asked if I could come over to his place Saturday afternoon to work on it. He gave me his number and said he'd text me his address. How 'bout you, Neeks?''

''That jackass is coming over today, so he's riding with us on the bus. Is that okay?''

''Sure!'' the girls said. ''And Hazel?''

''She's going to Frank's place today.'' That made the girls giggle. Seriously, why do girls giggle so much?

''Hey, Nico. Hi Annabeth, hi Piper. So which bus do you take?''

''Just follow us, idiot.''

''You're still not nice, Nico.''

''Still don't care.''

We walked to their bus and got on. The girls sat down next to each other and started talking about my friends. Well, now I can tell Jason and Percy that these girls are totally into them. Nico sat down next to the window and I sat down next to him. I tried to make conversation, but he was just staring out of the window. Well, okay then… First Annabeth and Piper got out, and the stop after that Nico got up.

''We need to get out here, Solace.'' He said grumpily. So we got out.

After a couple of minutes walking we arrived at quite a big house. Nico opened the front door and we walked in. I followed him to the kitchen, where he took a bowl with cupcakes from the top shelf, which he could just reach when he stood tip toe. He got out two cupcakes, placed them on the counter and put the bowl with cupcakes back on the shelf. Then he got two glasses.

''What do you want to drink?''

''Eh, just water is okay.'' I answered. He filled the glasses with water and put one in front of me with a cupcake. He sat on the other side of the table with his glass and cupcake. He looked at the cupcake sadly, and I don't understand why. Cupcakes are something to be happy about… ''Mmm, this cupcake is delish.'' He said nothing.

''So how are we going to do this?'' I asked after finishing the cupcake. ''We need to make a presentation about JFK. You have a laptop or computer?''

''Yeah, in my room I've got a computer.'' he said. Then he stood up and walked to the door. I just followed him. He's so silent and mysterious and interesting! Stop, focus Will!

Upstairs there were a couple of bedrooms I saw. We walked into the one with a picture of four girls and Nico on it with underneath it 'Nico's Room' in a beautiful font. His room was dark. Black and white walls, grey bed, some figurines on the nightstand, a desk with a computer and a bookcase with glass doors. On the top shelf of the bookcase was a green cap and a stuffed bear with some pictures. I was about to take a better look, when Nico called me to the computer.

''Yo, computer is here, idiot!''

''You could at least try to be nice. I just want to be friends with you guys, you know.'' Damn, I should have said that differently!

''Whatever, Solace.'' he said. I walked to his computer, and the screensaver was a picture of Nico, smiling, with a girl. That girl looked a lot like Nico and she had a green cap on her head.

''Who's that?'' I couldn't supress my curiosity. He looked at the picture for a little too long just to be looking what pic it is. What's that about?

''My sister Bianca. And I'm not going to set you up with her! Just stay away from my sisters!'' he said angrily. He looks cute when he's angry. No Will, stop that. You need to talk about something else and start with English!

''Just curious. And I'm not interested in Hazel. She seems interested in Frank though.''

''Stay out of my sisters possible relationships!'' Damn, I said the wrong thing.

''Okay, let's just start with JFK.'' He seemed to calm down a little. We worked on the presentation for about an hour, when the front door slammed.

''Mom's home.'' Nico said, and he saved our work and walked out of his room, so I followed him.

AN: Well, I have another chapter.

Ahw, Will's trying to be nice, and Nico strongly dislikes him... :'(

Well, I'm going to write some new chapters, though I've got chapter 10 almost ready to upload, and maybe some more...?

But right now, I'm going to eat and then after, I'll upload! :)

AN2: Once again, checked, corrected and uploaded.