Living up to the expectations of everyone else was my main point in life, up until Bianca died. I realized that no, I don't want to be a billionaire snob like my father. I realized, no I don't want to be straight, like everyone else I knew. I wanted to break boundaries. I wanted to jump off tall buildings and survive from pure luck and a little superhero powers.

When Percy and I broke up, we vowed to be friends. He said his soon-to-be-wife wanted to meet me. I didn't believe him.

That was until Percy texted me, asking if we wanted to meet up anywhere. Annabeth was dying to meet me.

I texted back saying I shouldn't. Percy came over and asked me why. I said it was awkward.

I just don't think he understands that we used to date. We had sex. We knew eachother from the inside out. We couldn't just 'be friends'. I told him this. I told him it'd be too awkward.

"Nico. It's only awkward if you want it to be, Nico. We'll be at that diner across the road from the University if you want to come, tomorrow. Bring your doctor, if you want," I smiled slightly. Will and I had just made it official, and we were in that stage where we just don't stop talking to each other. Percy and I never had that stage. We just did whatever. I grabbed my phone and quickly typed out something to him.

We're dating.

"Who? You and Will?" I nod, and Percy nods. I can tell he's a bit wary of it. "Since when?"

Last week. Percy smiles, nods and then grins.

"Called it. You guys are great. Will you bring him?" I shrug.

If I come.

Percy left when someone buzzed at the door. It was Will. They nodded to eachother and Percy left. Will kissed my cheek and took off his beanie and layers upon layers of jackets.

"Hey, what was that about?" I shrug.

Percy wants me to meet his fiancé.

"Does he realize how awkward that would be?"

I don't think so.

"Well... just go. Meet her. The only bad thing that can happen is that she's a bitch and Percy is marrying her for the money," I crack a smile and Will wraps his arms around me.

"And he smiles!" He cheers. I put my head on his chest.

We talk for a bit, Will makes hot chocolates and toast smothered in melting Nutella.

When Will passes the plate to me, I set it on the coffee table and lean back on the couch, my hot chocolate sitting on my chest with my hands wrapped around it. Will pulls me to his chest and we watch Christmas movies. Will gets Nutella on his nose, like a toddler and I wipe it off with my finger. He laughs and kisses me. We both taste like chocolate. But Will has an underlying taste of pineapple.

Every time I kiss him, I can taste it. I love it.

Why do you taste like pineapple? Will raises an eyebrow and puts down his cup and plate.

"Do I actually?" I shrug and nod. "I don't know. I eat pineapples for breakfast. So that's probably it. I love them."

They're too happy looking.

"Exactly!"

Well at least I know where you get your happiness from, then. Will snorts and nuzzles his face into my shirt.

I watch him watch the television. His blue eyes light up when the show flicks back on from ads, he grins when something funny happens and frowns when something sad passes.

"Hey, Neeks. What are you doing for Christmas?" I groan and shake my head, burying my face into his soft shirt. "That bad?" Nodding and shrugging have become my thing. I nod.

I have to go back home, to LA, and try to not kill all my cousins and aunts that I hardly know.

"Ouch,"

Tell me about it. What about you?

"Pretty much the same thing, but I'm off to California,"

Cool. So... we won't see eachother on Christmas?

"I guess not," Will looks stumped. I push back some of his blond hair and smile. "I'll Skype you. I'm coming back New Years Eve,"

Me too

"We'll see eachother for the ball drop, okay?" I nod. "My place or yours?"

Do you want to watch it live? Will's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. (How appropriate).

"Yes! I've never been there, live. I always felt so lonely because I never had a date,"

Well now you do. Will leans forward and captures my lips in his. I set down my phone and hot chocolate so I can wrap my arms around his neck. I can feel his doctor hands pushing me forward, from my back. I lie down instead, bringing him with me. I can feel his heart beating against mine.

I notice that whenever we kiss, he's so gentle. I find it refreshing to know that he's gentle not because he thinks I'll break, but because he's a doctor, and it's second nature for him.

I can feel him tracing patterns on my back, and I shiver under his touch, even though he is warm. I can feel him smile as I shiver. We part for air, and I'm breathing deeply. In. Out. In. Out.

I close my eyes and I feel his lips on my collarbone. I thread my fingers through his hair, and tug a little. He groans. When he lifts his head to kiss me again, we make eye contact. My eyes flicker to the door to my bedroom.

"Bedroom?" Yes. Gods yes. We stand up and his hands are on my lower back as we kiss and shuffle backwards. We stop at the door and he backs me up against it.

This is way better than when I ever did it with Percy. It's like when Percy and I did it, it's like we had to. We went through the motions. He kissed me, I kissed back because I had to.

With Will, it's a whole new experience. It's rough, but gentle too. I feel his hands brush against my hips and he lifts me up when his hands are on my legs. He's stronger than he looks. I wrap my legs around his waist and attack his neck as he pushes us through to my room. We land on the bed with a huff.

I yank his shirt off, he takes mine off a little more gently. I unbutton his jeans and I can feel his muscles tense when my fingers brush against his lower belly. I look up at him, and he smiles. I lean up to kiss him and he takes his pants off in one go.

Just as Will's unzipping my pants, there's a ring at my door. We both ignore it, until it becomes more insistent. Will groans and falls on me, nuzzling his head into my neck.

"Don't go," But I'm already sliding out from underneath him and zipping up my pants. It's probably my father. I grab my shirt and toss Will his. My eyes say maybe next time.

I open the door to reveal a beautiful girl standing in front of me. She has chocolate brown skin and fuzzy brown hair. When I open the door, she smiles.

"Hi! You must be Nico!" I nod. "My name is Hazel Levesque," I shake her hand, and I feel Will behind me. "Did I interrupt something?" Will shakes his head but I nod. "So I um... saw your story on the news, a couple months ago. Almost a year ago, I guess. Your last name is di Angelo, right?" I nod and Hazel frowns. "Is your father Haden di Angelo?" I nod warily and grab a pen and paper, which I keep near the door.

How do you know my father? Hazel swallows.

"I think... I think he's my father too," My eyes blow wide, and I look behind me to see Will with a similar expressions.

I think you should come in.

Will makes coffee, and Hazel sheds her coat. She brings out a piece of paper with a hospital name on the top. "I did a DNA test, maybe six months ago. I really wanted to find out who my father is, when my mum died. I know someone in the police force and he owed me a favour. My DNA has approximately 25% the same as you, so we're half siblings," Will enters again, and I give him the sheet. He scans it and shrugs.

"It's legit,"

"Are you a doctor or something?"

"In training, yeah,"

"Oh. Cool. So once I found out we're siblings, I figured I'd google you. You are everywhere on google. I didn't really read much of it, thinking most of it is false anyways. I just read that your father is a billionaire or whatever. So I figured you'd want proof on the matter,"

You have no idea how many people pretend to be my sister or brother. I wrote. She smirks.

"Yeah. Well... yeah, don't really look the part,"

How old are you?

"I'm 17, turning 18 in a few months," Oh.

I don't need to do the maths. I know. I was right.

My mum died when I was 6, and my dad went a little crazy with the women, after that. I guess... Hazel smiles and nods.

"I know. My mum said he came to Atlanta for a meeting, and they met,"

I remember when he came back from that meeting. He uh... he was really upset when he came back.

"So... yeah, hi!" I smile slightly. I think I like Hazel. She seems nice.

I think you should tell my dad.

"He seems... scary,"

I think he'll like you.

"He doesn't know I exist,"

All the more reason to talk. He's coming over Sunday to check up on me, as you've probably heard, so you can talk then.

"What? No? Why is he checking up on you?"

Oh... you don't know. I was in a car crash. I guess... I look over at Will, who is sitting in a chair opposite us, watching with wide eyes. I motion for him to come over and he slips next to me on the couch. I sit in his lap, and lean my head against his chest. I can see Hazel smiling.

I look up at Will. "You uh... had a sister." Will says softly. "She died in the crash. His father comes in and sees Nico every Sunday, because Nico has been uh... mute... since."

"Oh,"

"Yeah,"

Still want to know my family?

"Yes, I really, really do," She smiled, but it was a sad smile. "Here, here's my number,"

The rest of her stay was smooth, we exchanged numbers and she told me where she's staying. I told her to come back in the morning on Sunday. She nodded and left.

I turned to Will. "Well. That was a major plot twist, am I right?"

Not really I typed on my phone, as he read over my shoulder. 'I knew my dad slept around a lot when my mum died. That's how he coped. I was waiting for this ever since I knew what 'sex' meant'

Will snorted and nodded, burying his face in my hair. "I've got to get home. My roommate will trash the apartment if I don't get home soon," I nod and he slides out from underneath me. I lean up to kiss him, and he holds my face between his warm hands.

"I'll text you when I get there, okay?" I nod and grab his hand, following him out to my door. I walk him to the elevator as he talks about random things.

It's almost second nature when I step into the elevator with him. "And so I'm getting her a tie, just to see her reaction," I laugh, and he smiles at me.

We reach level seven of the block of apartments when the elevator splutters a little and stops. Will pauses in his talk about narwhals and curses. I kick the doors and huff. Will presses the help button a few times before a beep comes up and a cracky voice talks over the radio. "How many people are in there? We have ears but no eyes,"

"Just two," Will sighs.

"We're calling the elevator company now, but it's late so it may take a while. Do either of you have an medical issues that we need to keep in mind?"

"Yeah, my boyfriend was recently in a car crash. He experiences spasming if aggravated or hungry,"

"Oh,"

"Better hurry up, tick tock,"

There's a click and the intercom is off. "I may have exaggerated a little," My eyebrows shoot up, as if to say 'you think'. "But if they think they have someone in here that could have a fit at any given moment, they'll work faster. Even if they don't mean to, subconsciously they do,"

Oh.

I slide against the wall and sit down, stretching my legs. "Well... you know what we could do in here?" Will waggles his eyebrows and I snort. I whip out my phone and type quickly.

Our first time will not be in an elevator, waiting for someone to save us.

"That'd be great to tell the cousins. 'So Will, you have a boyfriend, aye? Have you guys done it yet?' Yes, Uncle A, we have, it was in an elevator. Fascinating story," I smile and shake my head.

You're ridiculous.

"You misspelled amazing," I actually laugh at that one. I turn and lie down, leaning down so my head is in his lap. I can feel him play with my hair when I close my eyes.

This kind of reminds me of that elevator horror movie, I forgot what it's called.

"Oh gods. Don't. That movie was horrifying,"

I so knew it was the old lady, the whole time.

I eventually somehow fall asleep, but before that, Will slid his baggy hoodie off and slipped my arms in it. It was almost triple my size, seeing as it was too big for him, so I make him wear it too. It was nice, like being wrapped a large burrito.

I fall asleep against Will's chest.

We both awake when the intercom flicks on. "Sorry for the wait, gents. Have a nice night, gentlemen,"

"Thanks, you too," Will grins at me as we get up, somehow not falling over and still being wrapped in the burrito jumper.

When we reached the automatic sliding doors, Will turned to me. "You know I love you, right? Like I thought at first that was way too early to say it, but then realized it doesn't matter, as long as I mean it," I smile and nodded. I gave him a lasting kiss that did indeed involve tongue.

I typed on my phone a quick response. When I get my voice back, I'll say it to you. Not until then. Will's entire being softened at that and he hugged me so harshly I couldn't breathe for a second or two.

"I'll wait,"

Saturday rolled by, and in the morning, Will knocked on my door. When I say in the morning, I mean as in 7 o'clock in the morning.

I slither out of bed, wrapping my blankets around me in an attempt to still stay in sleep mode. When I open my door, I find Will bouncing around as if it's midday. When I just stare at him open mouthed, he grins. "I'm a morning person,"

I let him in, and he kisses my cheek. "Hello, Morning Breath," I lean over to grab a sticky note from my coffee table and write messily.

MAKE. COFFEE.

"Baby," I just groan at him and shuffle back to my room, grab some clothes and go back to Will. "Ooohh... can I join?" Will winks. He's too perky in the morning. Ugh.

I stay in the shower longer than I probably should have, and hopped out, wrapping a towel around my waist. After I brush my teeth, there's a knock on the door. "Are you decent? I'm opening the door, honey bun," I raise an eyebrow. When he opens the door, and grins, I shake my head.

"I'm going with new nicknames. Honey bun? No?" No. Gods no. Yuck. Open my mouth to tell him I sound like a slutty female easter bunny, and no words come out. At all. Not a peep. I frown and look at Will.

"It's okay, Neeks. You'll get there," I'm not so sure. Will comes in and kisses me, long and hard. I feel his hands on my back, but they slide around because I'm slippery and wet. When we pull back, he grins at me. "You know, I was kind of half hoping that the towel would fall off. I applaud your towel knotting skills," My facial expression told him he's weird.

After a couple hours of me fretting and wondering if I'm being too low key with my clothes or not, and worrying over what seats we are going to be sitting at the diner, and oh my gods what if she hates me and Percy will hate me after because his new love hates me?

"Nico. Calm. Down." Will grabs my hand as we're walking to the diner, and when we actually reach the diner, he stops me at the door. "Breathe. Deeply, in and out, breathe." I take one deep breath in, one out. "Better?" My nod is assuring. Will leans down and kisses me quickly. "You'll do fine,"

They're there when we go inside. I think they saw us when we were outside. Annabeth's (well I'm guessing it's her) eyes are blown wide as she watches us approach. He says something to Percy, and Percy seems shocked. He shakes his head. I falter in my steps. Will pulls me along.

"Hi! You must be Nico!" I nod. "I heard you don't speak. That's alright. We don't have to. But... I think we've met before," I raise an eyebrow and look at Will.

"Really? How?" Will supplies for me. Annabeth frowns.

"I was best friends with his sister and cousin, I think. Way back when. In middle school, I think," I raise an eyebrow. "Percy, you never told me your ex-fiancé last name. It's di Angelo, isn't it?" I take a weird, involuntary step back. Will keeps his hand on the small of my back. I take my phone out and quickly text Which Cousin?!

"Thalia,"

And Luke?

"Yeah. I used to come to your family reunions up until your mum died and you actually moved to America,"

"Can someone fill us in?" Percy piped up. Annabeth nodded.

"Thalia and I had a pen pal, she was Nico's sister. Nico is related to Thalia, by both their mother's- Thalia doesn't know her father- and we used to talk all the time. We taught her English, she taught us Italian. She already knew English, so we mainly just taught her slang, but I would always used come to their family reunions and stuff. I used to feed Nico sugar cubes, like a horse," We sat down in the booth and Annabeth started talking about good old times with Thalia, Bianca and I. I flinched everytime she said Bianca. "So, how is Bianca, anyways?" Percy stopped mid bite, with his French toast and I snapped my eyes over to him.

YOU DIDN'T FUCKING TELL HER?

"i didn't exactly want to bring it up! Don't swear at me!"

"Bring what up?"

I couldn't. For some strange reason, the room seemed more crowded. It felt like the conversations died down just to hear me. I couldn't deal with it. I pushed Will gently out of the booth and I walked towards the bathroom. I could hear Will on my tale.

I slammed the cubicle door shut. "Nico! Nico," I heaved in a deep sob and crumpled to the floor. I could see Will's shoes walk past my cubicle, checking each one, he even muttered a sorry when he opened one cubicle, and then came across mine. I saw him plonk onto the floor outside my cubicle. "I'm gonna stick my hand under. Don't like, bite it," I grabbed his hand and held it tightly. Lucky he has long arms.

"You okay?" I shook my head. "I'm presuming you shook your head. Do you just want to sit here in silence for a bit? Squeeze once for no, twice for yes," I squeezed his hand twice.

We went through about three minutes of silence until someone opened the doors. I could hear crying. "Nico, Will you open up for me?"

"Two for yes," Will said softly. I squeezed once. "He says no,"

"Please, Nico. I just want to sit on the floor and cry, too. I'd rather do it with you," I snorted at that, and she heard me."I'll even slide under, if I must. I'll do it. I swear, I'll burn these clothes but I'll do it," I stood, letting go of Will's hand, and unlocked the door. I saw Will nod at me and smile, before exiting. Annabeth slipped in.

"It really is gross, in the men's bathroom,"

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