Chapter 3 Fair princess

Nico knew that his dad would be really upset with him if he ever found out that he would hangout around the windows when he was home alone, but he would really be angry if he ever found out that a boy had climbed the tree outside of Nico's window to talk to him. But Will had seemed really nice and he had said that he wanted to be Nico's first friend, so would his dad be angry over that? It was probably best not to tell him anyway, just in case. Nico didn't want to get Will into trouble.

Will had told him that he would come back again when Nico's dad wasn't home so that they wouldn't get caught. After all they were friends now so they should get to know each other better. Maybe now Nico wouldn't feel so lonely when his dad was away.

Nico used to hate when his dad would leave, he would feel all alone in the big house and wish that he had someone to talk to. But now he looked forward to that time alone because that meant that Will would be able to come and see him, and he would have a real friend.

He didn't feel so alone anymore and he always got to learn something new when Will told him stories. Sure when his dad got home from his work he would bring Nico gifts but they didn't really make him happy, they were just meant for him to pass the time with while he was alone.

Will had kept his promise and came back anytime Nico's dad was away and he would sit in the tree chatting away each time. This went on for a couple of months.

The next time Minos had left he had told Nico that he would be gone for three days, and had left enough food for him to eat. He reminded him that he needed to be sure to take his medicine and get plenty of rest.

Nico hated that he spent so much time sleeping, if he didn't feel so tired all of the time maybe he could spend more time talking with Will. Maybe if he wasn't so sick he would be able to go outside and be a regular kid instead of being stuck inside all the time.

Will had told him about times when he was sick and how his dad always took good care of him until he was better, but would Nico ever get better? He sure hoped so; at the very least he wanted to be able to remember things from before his accident.

Nico was pulled from his thoughts when he heard a tapping sound from outside his bedroom window. He smiled knowing only one person that could be out there. He ran over to the window to open it and found Will sitting on his usual perch in the tree just outside. This time he was holding something in his hand and smiled broadly at Nico as he held the thing out for him to take.

Nico took the thing and looked at it. "What is it?" he asked turning it over and looking at the odd shape and buttons on it.

Will held up a matching one still smiling. "They're walkie-talkies; we can use them to talk to each other without you having to open your window or me to climb the tree, though I might still do that since it's so fun to sit in the tree while talking. Try it! You just press down on the button here when you want to talk into it, see?" he held his close to his mouth as he held down the button, "Testing, testing one two three."

Nico looked down at the walkie-talkie in his hand when he heard Wills voice come through it. "That's so cool! Let me try!" he said with a huge grin on his face and closed his window then stood on the other side of his room before holding down the button. "Can you hear me Will?"

Will waved to him then used his to answer back, "Loud and clear out here!"

Nico told Will about the latest movie his dad had bought him and about what book he was reading, Will smiled at his enthusiasm about the characters and the great adventures they would go on. Not being able to leave the house himself, Nico really enjoyed seeing the world through the character's eye even if they were made up worlds.

"Wouldn't it be cool to go on amazing adventures fighting monsters or exploring the world?" Nico asked "The characters in these books go on awesome quests to save the world! I wish I could be a hero, but locked up here I'm more like a princess in need of rescuing." he said a little disheartened.

"Well I guess I'll just have to be your knight in shining armor then, won't I?" Will asked with a huge grin on his face.

Nico looked at him confused. "What do you mean?"

Will moved closer to the window. "I mean fair princess, that I Sir William shall rescue you from this tower and take you on an adventure of your own! What do you say?"

Nico wasn't sure how he felt about being referred to as 'fair princess' but since it was Will, he didn't let it bother him. "Well Sir William how do you suggest getting me out? Dad always keeps the doors locked and I'm on the third floor right now."

Will smiled back. "We can just climb down this tree and when it's time to get you home we'll climb back up!"

Nico looked doubtful. "I've never climbed a tree before that I know of Will, what if I fall?"

"You'll be okay, I'll be right there to catch you so don't worry!"

After a moment to think it over he decided that the idea of leaving this house and going on an adventure with Will was too good to pass up. So he set down his walkie-talkie on his bed and walked over to the window and opened it. He wasn't afraid of heights; he spent much of his time home alone looking out the top floor windows, more so now, now that he had Will to talk to. But he had never climbed out of a window to climb down a tree before and that did make him a bit nervous. But Will had promised he'd help him so he wasn't too worried, he fully trusted Will.

So he opened his window again and with a deep breath for courage he climbed up onto the window sill and sat on it in order to slowly edge out onto the tree branch where Will waited with his hand out stretched for Nico to hold onto for support and helped him slowly make his way to the trunk of the tree and showed him where to hold on so that he wouldn't fall.

"Just follow my lead, I'll climb down first and wait for you at the bottom and that way I'll be there to catch you if you fall."

Nico nodded as he watched Will descend the tree. When Will got to the base of the tree and looked up at him Nico took another deep breath and started climbing down the way he watch Will do it. Once he was nearly to the ground Will helped him hop off the tree and for the first time since the day he came home Nico was standing outside. He looked around in awe trying to take in everything around him. He didn't even have any shoes because he never needed to leave the house so he was standing out here with bare feet which Will noticed.

"Don't you have shoes?" he asked looking at Nico's feet. Nico shook his head "I haven't worn shoes since dad brought me home after the accident, I couldn't go outside so I never needed any."

No matter how many times Nico told him that he wasn't able to leave the house Will just couldn't wrap his mind around it, it seemed.

"So you couldn't even go outside to play in the yard? You haven't left your house ever in two whole years?"

Nico nodded again. "Dad says I'm too sick to be outside," he took a deep breath "but I feel fine. Maybe I've gotten better?"

Will shrugged. "Maybe."

Will seemed to think something over and then smiled "I know! We'll go to my house and I'll give you a pair of my old shoes so that you'll have some when you go outside next time!"

Nico looked a little confused at that. "Next time?"

This time Will nodded. "Yeah! The next time your dad's gone for a long time I'll help you leave your tower again, my fair princess." he did an exaggerated bow and Nico's cheeks heated up a little at once again being referred to as 'fair princes'.

"Well I guess that'll be okay."

Will beamed at that. "Great! Let's go to my house then, it's not that far." he paused for a moment then walked up to Nico and crouched down next to him. "Here hop on my back I'll carry you so that you don't step on anything."

Nico looked a bit skeptical though. "Are you sure?"

"Sure I'm sure, like I said it's not that far to my house, and you don't have anything on your feet so I can't let you walk."

After a couple of heart beats Nico walked over to Will and climbed onto his back.

Will stood up and made sure that Nico wouldn't fall, "Alright then off we go! Hold on tight!" and with that he started running down the block carrying Nico who had to wrap his arms around Will's neck to make sure that he was hanging on but soon enough eased up on his grip slightly, and they were both laughing as Will ran all the way home.

And chapter 3 end!

Well we're back to more the plot of Rapunzel but that's okay. I hope that you are enjoying reading this as much as I am writing it! Thank you all for the reviews, they really make me happy to see.

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I hope things weren't too repetitive.

My aunt read this story and really liked it so far. She told me that I should show it to our aunt since she's a published writer.

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