And You'll Be My Superman Chapter 8, a percy jackson and the olympians fanfic

Game night hadn't been as terrible as Nico had initially expected. The night had started out awkward enough, starting with him being late and escalating to seeing Officer Reyna again, but Jason's friends didn't make it weird. He could tell they were still hesitant around him, which given his parentage and his recent history, was understandable.

But it had been nice to be around a group of people that weren't interested in the aspects of his business for once. He was even a bit excited for next time, if he was invited again that is, he wasn't about to make any assumptions on that matter. He may even take Jason up on his offer to talk about Bianca; it wouldn't be easy by any means, but Jason had a point, and it's not like he was a stranger anymore, unlike the first time.

Nico glanced over at the clock on the wall and started to pack up, Jason would probably be here any minute.

The door to his office opened and he stood, but it wasn't Jason standing there.

It briefly reminded him of the first time he'd met her. She had managed to slip past all his security measures and into his office, instantly demanding answers. Why was he doing this? What did Hades want from her? In the midst of transfering accounts to his name a payment went unpaid, that was all it had taken. So he had told her everything. Of course Hazel hadn't believed him at first. But a few days later, after she had left, he received a call from her; her mother had confirmed it all.

"So I guess you're my brother." Hazel had said. "I've never had a brother before."

"I've never had a younger sister."

"This is a lot to process."

"I know." He had been prepared to never speak to her again. For fate to dangle the opportunity of having a sister again in front of his face and then cruelly snatch it away.

"Do you think-" she had paused for a moment before continuing. "Do you think it would be possible for us to get to know each other? I know I'm just a stranger to you, but we are family...kind of anyway."

"I'd like that."

Now she stood in his office as though she had done it a thousand times.

"Hazel?"

"Surprise!"

"It's good to see you, but… what are you doing here?"

"I was in the city and thought I'd drop by for a visit. I'm not interrupting anything am I?"

"Not at all, I just had some lunch plans."

It was then that Jason opened the door, he stopped halfway through when he saw them.

"Oh, am I early?"

"No, you're right on time." Nico assured. "Hazel, this is Jason. Jason, this is my sister, Hazel."

"Wait. Jason? As in Jason Grace?"

"Yes?"

"I've heard a lot about you!" She said with a smile. Nico had to admit he might have mentioned Jason here and there every so often when they talked. "You're Nico's partner right?"

Jason rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "Well I mean I've helped him with some stuff here and there, but I wouldn't call myself his partner per se. We're friends."

"Oh no, I meant you're his bo-"

"Lunch!" Nico cut Hazel off. Perhaps he had talked about Jason a bit too much. "We were going to get lunch."

Jason looked between them. "Your sister is visiting, I don't want to intrude on that."

"No, I'm just dropping by." Hazel said. "I didn't know that Nico already had plans. Please don't cancel on my account."

"It's just lunch, why don't you come too?" Jason said looking to Nico for confirmation.

Nico nodded. "Yeah you can come with us."

Their table was outside surrounded by foliage, giving it an air of privacy.

Most of of conversation was Hazel getting to know Jason better and vice versa. She talked about her major, her art, and about Frank, her boyfriend of three years. She told Nico about how they were thinking of moving to National City.

It left Nico with a mixed bag of feelings. On one hand he would love for Hazel to be closer, but on the other she might be put at risk should people find out who she was.

Jason's phone rang in his pocket and he excused himself to answer it.

"He's a reporter? You never mentioned that." Hazel said after he'd left. "Are you sure that's safe?"

"I understand your skepticism, I was skeptical too when I first met him. But he's a good guy...we're friends."

Before she could respond Jason returned, apologizing that he had to go, there was a work emergency. He told Hazel it was nice to officially meet her and told Nico goodbye before he left.

Hazel wrapped her hands around her half empty glass.

"So, what are we going to do?"

"What?"

"About...Hades…...dad?" Hazel was still getting used to the idea of Hades being her father, Nico could tell it was weird for her and she wasn't quite sure how she was comfortable referring to him yet. "His escape was all over the news." So was your arrest and release, went unsaid.

"I already have a plan in mind, you don't need to worry about it." He should have known Hades would escape before he was ready to deal with him, it should have been obvious a mile away. This was his problem to deal with, there was no reason Hazel had to get wrapped up in this; she still had a normal life, and Nico would do everything in his power to protect that.

"Of course I'm going to worry about it!" Hazel said. "You may have had to deal with all this stuff on your own before, but you don't have to anymore; I want to help any way I can."

"There's nothing you can really do. Besides, it could be dangerous."

"All the more reason to help." Hazel told him, she reached across the table and took hold of his hand. "We might not have known each other for very long, but you're my brother, you're stuck with me now. We're in this together."

Nico wasn't thrilled she was involving herself, but he had to admit that it was a bit of a relief to not have to worry about this alone.

"Sorry about earlier by the way." She said letting go of his hand. "The whole 'partner' thing. It's just, from how much you've talked about him, and the way you talk about him I thought you were together."

"I haven't talked about him that much, and I don't know what you mean about the way I talk about him."

Hazel leveled him with a look. The condensation on Nico's glass suddenly became extremely interesting. He sighed.

"It's complicated okay?"

"So you do like him."

"...Yeah." Nico said.

Since the first time they met, Jason had proven himself to be a decent human being and an even better friend. Nico had given Jason plenty of opportunities to betray him. Not once had he ever risen to the bait. Even when the entire city had been against him, even when there had been, albeit fake, video evidence of him committing a crime, Jason had come to his rescue and proven his innocence.

Nico picked up his glass to hide the smile tugging at his lips. "I've never met anyone like him before."

Nico di Angelo's Mysterious Lunch Date

Todd Crowder

With the recent escape of Hades still fresh in everyone's minds, it's unsurprising that Nico di Angelo has been the focus of many rumors. The first being that despite his quick release from custody, which is still a mystery to us, he is in fact responsible for his father's escape. Another mystery concerning the family has recently come to light.

Di Angelo was spotted having lunch with a young woman yesterday, and while we naturally assumed it was a date at first, some digging led us to a far more interesting conclusion. Despite the recent public scrutiny, the di Angelo's are still a family of secrets. Nico himself has revealed very little of himself to the public, leading to a lot of suspicion being placed on him.

As difficult as it was to find information on the mysterious woman di Angelo was seen eating lunch with yesterday, we did manage to find out what is perhaps the biggest secret the family has been keeping. Hazel Levesque. Levesque, (pictured above) is the illegitimate daughter of Hades, and Nico di Angelo's half sister.

We dug up everything you might want to know about her, and about the many other secrets the di Angelo's have been keeping.