3 days and beyond.

Chapter 34. 'Death Glares' and disappointment (Will)

I woke up after a dream about our vacation from when I was 5 and when my brother and sister died. I still have those nightmares sometimes, but less and less as time goes by. So I got up and got dressed. My usual attire of something bright and sunny. I got my favourite light blue jeans, but the knees are a little worn. I put on my orange shirt with a Pegasus on it. I got it from mom and dad last time we were in New York and we went to go horseback riding on Long Island. The manage was called CHB, whatever that means, and their logo was the Pegasus. It is by far my favourite. It's kinda like the Pegasus from Greek mythology.

Anyhow, I got up and ate breakfast with mom and dad. Dad was only home because last night he had a very late shift so he could come a bit later today. The breakfast together was nice. Normally we don't get the time to eat all together much, mostly because of my father's job. But the breakfast was nice. we talked about school and we, meaning my father asked a lot of questions, talked about 'cute' guys. I didn't answer much. But mom had a lot to say. About that Nico seems like the guy I would like. That Nico seems very nice and proper. That he had been through a lot. But I told them that he is a friend but that at first he hated me. So even if I did like him, which I don't, at least that's what I told them, he would never like me back, even if he is gay, which he isn't.

I almost missed the bus, which never happens, and sat down with Jason and Percy, a little out of breath.

''Hey Will, what's up?''

''Why're you so out of breath?''

''I ran here,'' I deadpan.

Percy rolled his eyes. ''We can see that, dude!''

''I had breakfast with my parents and it took a little longer than I expected.''

''Your dad was there, he nearly never is…'' Jason answers. His father is a lot alike mine, but his doesn't care much about his children, only to pressure them into following him in their careers, which they don't want. My dad lets me choose my own path and gives me quite a lot of freedom. He gives me advice and cares a lot about me.

''Yeah, he had to cover for someone at his job and then he worked late, so he got the early morning off. Because of that, we all had breakfast together. It was nice. Only they kept asking questions about if I like someone, which was annoying. I just told them I don't like anyone.''

''Which is a lie~!'' Percy sing-a-song-ed.

''Hush, Perce! You cannot tell everyone!'' Jason whisper-yelled.

''Sorry, sorry,'' Percy answered. ''Geez, don't make such a fuss!''

''Percy, please, be quiet. I don't want everyone to know I'm…''

''Sorry!'' Percy said again.

''It's okay. But you do like, you know…?''

''Yeah…'' I say, very softly, hoping no one heard. I might have blushed a teeny tiny bit. Okay, I blushed. ''But I don't wanna talk about it. I like, you know, but well, they are never gonna like me back, because, you know, reasons.''

''You couldn't have been more vague.'' Percy told me.

''Thanks, now could we discuss something else, like, for instance, Jason's date this evening?'' I ask them.

They happily talked about Jason's date this evening, so I had time to think. I thought back to my mental to do list.

* Find out if Nico is straight/gay/bi/pan/whatever

* Try to figure out if he might like me (maybe ask Hazel or Piper or Annabeth?)

* Figure out a way on how to tell Nico I like him

Well, I still am at the first point. The second point would be coming after the first and the third probably too.

But before I could get to think too much about it, we luckily arrived at school. I got to my locker, grabbed my stuff for Biology (Yay!) and we went to the room.

Miss J. was soon explaining our experiment. Luckily we have a double period. That means we have all the time to work on it relaxed. We first had to choose a fruit. I choose the strawberry, as nearly no one choose it. That meant I had to work alone. My weirdo friends worked together and choose a kiwi. Those two had a lot of fun nearly destroying the kiwi. I on the other hand just followed the instructions miss J. had given. After about fifteen minutes the DNA became visible to the naked eye, which was really cool. The DNA was driving on top of the squashy liquid-y substance. So it was really well visible.

Yet somehow Percy fucked up his and Jason's experiment, so they had to choose. To start over with the entire experiment, and quite possibly ruin it again. Or to finish it with someone else and write the report all together. So they choose the second option and decided to invade my experiment. They are now partnering with me and we have to write our reports together. We have to describe the experiment and then explain what we did per person. They were very grateful to be a part of my very well documented Strawberry DNA experiment.

We decided to work on it on Sunday and finish the entire report. When the lunch bell ringed we went to the cafeteria to eat lunch with our newest friends and their friends. Which means we're sitting with Nico, Piper, Annabeth, Hazel, Frank, Lou, Cecil, Katie and the Stolls. The Stolls were talking with Cecil, Frank and Nico about something and the girls were also talking all together, apparently about the date between Jason and Piper. Me, Jason and Percy mixed with the guys and we all talked. Nico told Jason that he'd better be good to Piper, or he'd have to deal with him. He was really threatening. He was very protecting of her.

Jason promised to treat Piper well and to not break her heart. Nico sneered at him one last time, what I would call a 'Death Glare'. Then he went back to his lunch, as if nothing ever happened. Some people at other tables were looking surprised at what Nico had just done, and how scary he could be. They probably also remembered the Monday we first met, when we had that huge argument. He can be very, very scary. I don't know if I ever wanna, no I definitely never wanna, receive a 'Death Glare' and I don't want him as my enemy. So I added that to my to do list. That now makes with this addition:

- Find out if Nico is straight/gay/bi/pan/whatever

- Try to figure out if he might like me (maybe ask Hazel or Piper or Annabeth?)

- Figure out a way on how to tell Nico I like him

- Don't ever piss off Nico di Angelo, he'll kill me for sure.

After that scary lunch, I went to the gym for Basketball. Today we were training for endurance. We were all running and dribbling. It isn't much fun, but we need to train for endurance. It is very important to train for that. After Basketball I got a quick shower and then me and he guys went to the bus and to our homes. Jason had to prepare for his date and Percy had something to do with his parents.

At home I went to the kitchen and made some cookies (mom had made some dough ready, I only had to form the cookies and put them in the oven). They tasted great and I took some up to my room. I grabbed my pyjama's and put them on. With those on, I decided to watch a movie. This movie was great, I only had to sit back, eat cookies and relax. Then, mom came home, we made lasagne together. After dinner I helped with the dishes and told mom about the day.

Then I saw, as I went to my room, I had a text from Nico.

Nico: Will, I am so sorry, but my father decided I have to go somewhere tomorrow all afternoon. I argued with him because I have something planned already (movies) but he won't budge. How about we watch some movies on Sunday?

He argued with his father just so he could hang out with me?

Me: Sorry, I can't. Sunday me and my dumb lab partners are going to work on Biology. Meaning I will have to do nearly everything as my partners are Jason and Percy and they will be fucking everything up…

Nico: Sorry, how about some other time?

Me: Sure

Nico: See you Monday, I have to go argue with my father…

Me: Okay…

Nico: Bye

Me: Bye Nico

Well, now I can't become better friends with Nico, and I want to do that so much. I wonder what he's got with his family. I hope he's okay, that his family is okay. I can't help but wonder if it may have something to do with his sister Bianca.

I watch some more television, just zapping, and then I draw some more. I try to draw Nico from memory, but I'm just not that good with drawing people or drawing from memory. So I throw it away and start drawing some scapes. Mountains, some city scapes. Then I saw it was late, so I went to bed.

I was tired, sad, worried. But I pushed it all away and went to bed and then fell asleep.

AN: Super sorry for not updating for almost two months. I was very busy, sick a lot, and I got kicked out of my sort of not really school thingy. So I've had a crappy few months.

But I worked about writing new chapters, and I wrote half of one and edited the one before it. I did write some chapters to work out my writers block. Most of them are mortals meet demigod shorts. Perhaps I'll make a story with every chapter being a new short, but I'm not sure yet.

I'll tell you all later.

I have to babysit and it's Carnaval here, so there isa lot of partying, meaning not much peace and quiet. And I will update again as soon as possible, perhaps some of my mortals meet demigods chapters, so see you all later!

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