Hell no!
Chapter 19. Spill (Nico)
I woke up late, as Sunday is my day to sleep in. I woke up at 12 and went to the kitchen, where I found Hazel. But that was a disaster waiting to happen, so I quickly helped her. After saving the eggs, and throwing out the burned toast, we made some new and called mom and dad.
''What smells so burned in here?'' dad asked.
''Hazel burned the toast, dad. So I threw it away, but I guess you can still smell it…''
''I think it's sweet of you two to make us breakfast, Nico. Thank you both!'' mom complimented. We then all ate while dad jokingly said that we should just cook more often together. Hazel said she could try, but that there would be a lot more burned food if she did. We all laughed at that comment and Hazel promised not to cook anymore except if I helped her.
After lunch, or for me it was also breakfast, I went to my room and saw my phone. I checked the messages and saw that Will had sent me one about five minutes ago.
Will: Hey, Nico. Yesterday was really fun. I've never met another 'HTTYD nerd' as my friends call me. Wanna hang out again some time?
Me: Sure, sounds fun. And did you just call me a HTTYD nerd?
Will: Well, my friends call me that all the time…
Me: Okay…
Will: Did you like the pizza mom made?
Me: It was okay, not like the pizza I used to make with my grandmother, but it was good nonetheless.
Will: I didn't know you were from Italy, by the way.
Me: I don't tell people much, because I've lived most of my life in America anyway.
Will: Oh…
Will: We still need a date for English to finish it. When?
Damn, we still need to finish it. What do I say? Wait, what date?
Me: Tuesday after school?
Will: Sure. My place?
Will: O, my mom called me for lunch. See you tomorrow!
Me: OK, your place Tuesday. Bye!
I breathed again, that went rather well. And he called me a 'HTTYD nerd'? I can see where his friends are coming from, but still, it's kinda weird. Then I checked the group chat with Annabeth and Piper, which had a couple of new messages.
Little sis: Hey Anna, how was your afternoon with Percy yesterday?
Annabeth: Great! His mom and stepfather seem really nice. His room, where we were working, was kinda weird, everything was blue. And I mean literally everything, his bed, his books, his laptop, even his stuffed animals!
Annabeth: But for the project, he didn't do too much, he was, if I'm correct, staring at me a lot.
Piper: He's sooooo into you, girl!
Annabeth: :)
Piper: And how was your DATE with Frank, Haze?
Little sis: It wasn't a real date, it was a study date and it went great, and we're going on a REAL DATE next Friday after school :P
Annabeth: And Nico approved?
Me: Yes, Frank seems nice and he seems to genuinely like Hazel.
Piper: Hey, Neeks! Wait, you're awake already?
Me: Pipes, it's almost 1 in the afternoon, we've even lunched. Although that almost ended in a disaster…
Little sis: Nico!
Me: What, you burned the toast!
Little sis: OK, true…
Annabeth: So how was your day yesterday, Nico?
Me: In the morning we went to the churchyard and in the afternoon I watched HTTYD.
Little sis: With Will!
Me: HAZEL!
Piper: Wait, hold on. You hung out with Will Solace?
Me: Yes…?
Annabeth: But I thought you hated him
Me: We got along okay when we were working on JFK for English and we found out we both like HTTYD, so he asked if I wanted to watch it together sometime.
Little sis: And he had dinner there!
Me: HAZEL!
Little sis: :P
Piper: Spill!
Me: It's true, but only because it was late, and mom and dad were out to dinner and Haze was with Frank. And Will's mother asked me if I wanted pizza, and I can't say no to pizza…
Annabeth: Yeah, you love pizza, just abnormally much!
Me: I do not!
Little sis: You do! Just admit it big bro!
Me: Fine, but I'm gonna go now, need to make homework and I wanna draw some stuff. Bye!
Annabeth: Bye Nico!
Piper: See ya tomorrow Neeks!
I put my phone down and made my physics homework. When I'd finished it I started on a drawing of me and Hazel. It looked quite good and I hung it on the wall behind my desk, where I'd also put the drawing of me, Bianca and Hazel from Italy. That wall consists of my drawings and photos from family vacations, some are really old, others more recent. There aren't much drawings, and I've only started hanging all those photos and drawings there today, as a reminder of the good days. I'd spent some time yesterday morning, before we went to the churchyard, to collect some pictures to hang there. I like the result, it's a compilation of pictures and drawings I really like. I looked at the picture of me, Hazel and Bianca where we were making weird faces. Mom had taken it on the last day of summer break, when we'd gone to eat an ice cream at the mall and we were just joking around.
''I miss you, Bi,'' I whispered. Then I heard a knock on the door, and Hazel walked in. When she saw my wall, her mouth hung open wide.
''N-Nico, that's-that's beautiful.'' she said while she walked closer. Then she saw my drawings. ''Nico, you should show those drawings to your art teacher, I'm sure she'd love them!''
''O-okay Hazel. I've got arts on Tuesday, so I'll bring them then.'' She looked at my wall again.
''I miss her too, Nico,'' she whispered to me. I noticed now, she was wearing Bianca's earrings. I hugged her, and we stayed like that for almost five minutes, until mom called us for dinner.
Dinner was simple today, just pasta with cheese sauce and tomato salad. But it was good nonetheless. After dinner, Hazel walked with me upstairs.
''Nico, I think you should tell the guys and Lou about Bi. I know you've told Katie at art class, Piper told me, but you should tell the others too.'' I looked at her as if she was crazy.
''I can't Haze, I'm not strong enough. I just can't, not yet. I will, I promise, but not yet.''
''Nico, they're your friends, you should tell them.''
''I'll think about it, okay?'' She rolled her eyes at me, but nodded. Then she went to her room, probably to text with the girls, and I went to my room too. Then I noticed a text on my phone. Frank.
Frank: Uhm, hi Nico. I wanted to ask you if I could take your sister on a date this Friday. I wanted to ask you because you are her big brother and all and I wasn't sure if you were okay with it, so: Can I take Hazel on a date this Friday?
I smiled at his goofy, nervous text. Of course I was going to tell him he could take her on a date! They are great together!
Me: Of course you can take her on a date, Frank! She told me she's really excited for it, so why would I tell her, or you, not to go on that date? You two make a cute couple!
I smiled and then went to zap through some series, not watching anything in particular, before going to bed, because I was really, really tired!
AN: I am also thinking about giving Nico some American relatives (Hades never telling them he has brothers, who have children of their own or something) Oh, gods, I am going to make Percy and Jason and Thalia their cousins. But none of them knew that they were cousins, like, fuck everyone, plot twist! (Maniacal laughter because I am Satan!) :D
In the next chapter some people will find out about Bianca, but who? And how?
As for the later update, I haven't had much time these last couple of days. I hope I can update this story more, but I have horrible headaches and stuff, sorry...
I hope you like this chapter, let me know.
AN2: Check, correct, re-plublish, repeat.