Hell no!
Chapter 18. A slow day (Will)
On Sunday I didn't do much, except texting with Jason and Percy. I woke up like always, and finished my book from yesterday. Then I ate some fruit with yoghurt for breakfast and put on some music when I got back to my room. Around ten in the morning the texts started.
Jason: So guys how was ur day yesterday? I went to the mall with Thals, she wanted 2 do something with her 'little brother', she said. Was fun though
Percy: I worked on English with Annabeth in the afternoon, and my mom and Paul liked her. We, or more like she, worked very hard and we r almost finished
Jason: Cool! So are you going to ask her out some time soon?
Percy: I guess, not sure how… U?
Jason: Same
Jason: How was ur afternoon, Will, 'cause u promised 2 tell us about it!
Percy: True, spill!
Me: Ahrg
Me: Fine!
I typed for a while and then sent them about my afternoon.
Me: So we watched HTTYD and it was fun. Like, finally someone who also watches HTTYD and makes weird comments with me! After that mom made pizza and dad came home. The four of us ate pizza and we talked about school and stuff.
Jason: Who was that HTTYD nerd you spent all afternoon with, Will?
I doubted if I should tell them, but they are my best friends, and I tell them everything, so I told them.
Me: Nico
Jason: OMG! You hung out with Nico? How did you even manage that?
Percy: What the HELL! How?
Me: Thursday we were just texting and the topic somehow got to series, and I said I was watching the HTTYD series, but that it was kinda nerdy.
Jason: But how?
Me: Then he said he liked it too and asked, although I think his sister stole his phone for that part though, if I'd like to hang out and watch HTTYD on Saturday afternoon. So I said yes.
Jason: What happened then?
Me: Well, he came over and we watched some new episodes and the second movie. He stayed for pizza and mom and him were talking about Italy, where he apparently comes from.
Percy: He's Italian? Well, that explains his looks, I guess…
Me: He said he's half Italian, his mom is Italian. He also talked about his time there, with his grandmother, making pizza all the time.
Jason: So you are friends with him now?
Me: Yeah
Percy: That's a miracle, he hated u on Monday, so I don't know how u managed that
Me: Me neither, but I somehow did. :)
Jason: So… that's why u had a normal convo with him Friday
Me: Yeah
Percy: If u had said on Monday that u 2 would be friends by Friday, I'd've never believed you
Me: Me neither.
Jason: Oops srry, guys, gtg. Bye!
Percy: See ya!
Me: See you guys tomorrow. Bye!
I scrolled through my messages and group chats and stopped by Nico's name. Should I text him? Well, why not? We are friends now, so that means I can text him and it's almost half past 12, so he's probably awake.
Me: Hey, Nico. Yesterday was really fun. I've never met another 'HTTYD nerd' as my friends call me. Wanna hang out again some time?
After five minutes I got an answer.
Nico: Sure, sounds fun. And did you just call me a HTTYD nerd?
Me: Well, my friends call me that all the time…
Nico: Okay…
Me: Did you like the pizza mom made?
Nico: It was okay, not like the pizza I used to make with my grandmother, but it was good nonetheless.
Me: I didn't know you were from Italy, by the way.
Nico: I don't tell people much, because I've lived most of my life in America anyway.
Me: Oh…
Me: We still need a date for English to finish it. When?
Nico: Tuesday after school?
Me: Sure. My place?
Then I heard mom call me down for lunch. But I still had no answer from Nico...
Me: O, my mom called me for lunch. See you tomorrow!
Nico: OK, your place Tuesday. Bye!
I went downstairs for lunch and sat down with mom and dad. Mom had made us croissants, which we all love. After lunch I went to my room to draw.
I drew a picture, the picture of me, Michael, dad and mom, pregnant, when we were on the beach. Dad had asked a lifeguard to take our picture. Dad was carrying me and Michael in his arms and mom stood next to us. We all smiled. It was hard to draw that last moment of happiness with the four of us, but it looked better than any other drawing I've ever made of Michael. I want to give this drawing to mom and dad on their anniversary next weekend. They'll love it, even though it's sort of sad. After spending hours drawing, I went downstairs for dinner, I watched some YouTube and then went to bed.
I dreamt that night, but oh no, it wasn't good in a way…
AN: Sorry for the late update, or well, my opinion of late. I had a terrible headache and couldn't use my laptop. I did write out some idea's on paper for this fic. Still hope you like it. And thanks again for the reviews. :D
As to your question (sort of) Ruthie3, how I upload so fast and if I have a life, I have some extra chapters already written, but before uploading them, I edit them and check if they line up with the story. This makes it easier to upload more. But sometimes I cannot upload, or I haven't got any new chapters. I now have a few chapters already nearly finished, they also come in handy if I get writer's block. That way I get to work on the story so I get new inspiration. But I also change some parts after I have writen the original draft, to make the story better.
And as for your idea on Will seeing the grave of Bianca di Angelo, I might work that into the story later. But for now I have an idea on how to let everyone find out. I still think I'll use your idea of Will seeing the grave and telling Nico, who then gets mad/sad.
Wow, that was very wary, and very... not... well, whatever. I am just not very good in explaining something like that.
AN2: Checked and corrected yet another chapter, just a couple more to go. I will be posting a new chapter today, which I had planned to post, but then my laptop was loading for over 24 hours and I forgot that I had not yet posted it. Then I went on my vacation to France and now I am back in the Netherlands. Much better internet here, so I can actually post again. Thus I checked my old chapters, wrote a couple or new ones and wrote a new story as well. And I will be posting that soonish.