Hell no!

Chapter 10 Project with Solace (Nico)

Well, for English I got paired with Solace. Fuck! Hazel said it'd be okay and that I should just stay calm. Well, easy for her to say, she got paired with Frank. And then Solace came over to me being all happy and cheery. So annoying. Unfortunately we'll have to work on it at home according to Miss M., so we were going to go to my place. Ugh, now he'll know where I live. Next time we're going to go to his place. Then the bell rang, so I walked to my locker with Annabeth and Piper. We were standing there talking about the stupid project.

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

''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!'' they said.

''And Hazel?'' Annabeth asked me.

''She's going to Frank's place today.'' I answered and they giggled. Why do girls always giggle?

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

''Just follow us, idiot.'' I said to him.

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

''Still don't care.''

The girls looked at us, or mainly me, with raised eyebrows.

We walked to our bus and got on. Annabeth and Piper sat down next to each other and started talking about Jason and Percy. I sat down next to the window and Will sat down next to me. He tried to make conversation, but I just ignored him and stared out of the window. Annabeth and Piper got out at their stop, and the stop after that I got up.

''We need to get out here, Solace.'' I told him. So we got out.

In the kitchen I got us Bianca's cupcakes and a glass of water. Bi's cupcakes make me sad, but happy at the same time, it's kind of hard to explain. They make me sad because I miss her, but happy because they remind me of good memories with her.

After the cupcakes and water we walked up to my room and he was looking around. His gaze stopped at my bookcase, at the top shelf with my stuff for Bi. So I told him, rather harshly that my computer was at my desk.

''Yo, computer is here, idiot!'' Luckily he walked over.

''You could at least try to be nice. I just want to be friends with you guys, you know.''

''Whatever, Solace.'' I said. Why would he want to be friends with us, or me for that? He and his friends are the popular kids at school! He then saw my screensaver, a picture of me and Bianca when we were in Italy last summer. We were both smiling at our parents. Bianca had her green cap on, like she always had. That had been a great day, and Hazel had loved Italy.

''Who's that?'' he asked curiously. I hesitated, but decided to block any questions about Bi, and I answered rather harsh.

''My sister Bianca. And I'm not going to set you up with her! Just stay away from my sisters!'' I told him angrily. Why is he so curious? Ugh, so annoying. But he does look cute. No, he's annoying, let's keep it at that!

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

''Stay out of my sisters possible relationships!'' I told him angrily. Damn, I should have phrased that differently. He looked taken aback. Kinda cute when he's scared. No, stop it, brain!

''Okay, let's just start with JFK.'' He said, and I calmed down a little. Talking about Bi is still hard, but I don't like talking with an idiot like him about my little sister either. We worked on the presentation for about an hour, and then the front door slammed. Mom.

''Mom's home.'' I said, and I quickly saved our work. Then I walked out of my room and Will followed me downstairs.

''Hey mom!'' I said when I saw her. She smiled at me. Then she saw Will.

''Who's this?''

''Will Solace, ma'am. We're working on a project for English together.'' Will said cheerfully.

''Haze is too, and she's at Frank's. I'll text her to ask when she's home.''

''Well, I need to go,'' Will said. ''I have to make dinner today and my parents are going to be home in about an hour. We'll work on this another time, okay?''

''Whatever. Just search for some info about JFK and we'll put it in the presentation.''

Will waved and then grabbed his backpack. He then walked out the front door. Finally.

''He's cute, Nico. Is he your friend? Do you like him?''

''Mom!'' I said loudly. ''No, he's annoying and I do not like him.'' With that I closed the subject. Then I took my phone out of my pocket and scrolled to my chat with Hazel.

Me: Hey Haze, how's it going with your project?

Little sis: Good, Frank and I got a lot done. How's yours?

Me: Solace was annoying and kept looking at pics of Bi. I shut him down and we got quite a lot done after that…

Little sis: Good. You weren't to rude, were you?

Me: No! I just didn't want to talk about Bi.

Little sis: Okay…

Me: Are you coming home for dinner?

Little sis: Eh, no, Frank asked me to stay for dinner and then he'll drive me home. Sorry…

Me: NP, have fun

Little sis: Thxx

''Haze is having dinner at Frank's. And dad?''

''He's having a dinner party at work, so it's just me and you, sweety. What do you want to make?''

''Some sort of fish dish?''

Mom laughed. I love it when she laughs. ''Sure sweety.''

We made a small dinner together and sat down at the table. Then we ate while mom asked me some questions about school and our new friends. I answered them and after dinner we ate one of Bianca's cupcakes. Mom looked sad, just like me, but she could hide it better. She hugged me, and I immediately felt better. After cleaning up, mom went to the living room to watch the news and I went to my room to make my homework. Half an hour later Hazel came home and I heard mom talk with her and Frank. A couple minutes later Hazel came to my room.

''Hey big bro!''

''Hey little sis!''

''So how was that studying with Will?'' she wiggled her eyebrow.

''He's annoying and started asking questions about Bi, so I told him to stop hitting on my sisters…''

''That wasn't what I meant!''

''What did you mean?'' I asked her, a little confused.

''He's cute, if I might say so, and he's the type of guy you have gone for before. Blonde, tall, smart –'' she started.

''Annoying is more like it!''

''You can't deny he's cute.''

''Fine, he's sorta cute.'' I agreed, but quickly followed, ''But I don't go for looks alone! And he's probably straight, so that won't work out, even if I did like him, which I don't!'' Hazel just laughed.

''He constantly wants to spend time with you!'' she said suggestively.

''He said he wants to be friends with us… I don't know.'' I answered, a little uncertain.

''Okay, Neeks, whatever. But if you want to talk about it, I'm here for you!'' she laughed and left my room.

I don't like him, do I? Nah, he's far to annoying! I kept thinking like that for a while, and then I went to bed. I was tired and sad. I miss Bianca. She'd know what to do.

AN2: Checked, corrected, re-posted.