Sounds Of War

*Summary of Chapter In Two Words*

Frank:

I hate wearing a suit. Well, it wasn't really a suit, I didn't have a jacket. All of our outfits were a lot like Leo's but my dress shirt was grey, Percy's was navy blue, and Jason's was dark purple. I feel awkward. I have really broad shoulders and wearing whatever you want to call my outfit just makes them more noticable. Jason has broad shoulders too, but he seemed to make it work for him. Maybe because he wears stuff like this all the time.

Anyways, Reyna said it would be better if we got there early so we were at the restaurant by eleven forty five. At noon exactly Mr. Di Angelo walked over to our table and sat next to me and Jason.

"Hello, I'm Hades Di Angelo." He smiled kindly while shaking my hand.

"Pleasure to meet you Mr. Di Angelo. I'm Frank Zhang." I smiled back at him. We went around the table introducing ourselves and shaking hands.

He told us a bit about himself. He has two daughters and a son. He's been married to his wife for almost thirty years. Mr. Di Angelo seems like a cool guy.

Then he started asking questions.
Weird ones.

"Are any of you currently in a relationship?" We all shook our heads no.

"Are any of you gay?" Well that wasn't blunt at all. Jason choked on his water. Leo's and Percy's eyes widened.

"I'm gay, Leo and Percy are bisexual. Do you have a problem with that Mr. Di Angelo?" Jason replied with an aggressive undertone. I narrowed my eyes at Mr. Di Angelo.

"Oh don't worry. I have nothing against it, my son is gay. I like how quick you were to defend your friends though." He said smiling a bit at their reaction.

Everyone at the table smiled at Jason. "Yep that's our Jason! He's the mama bear. Percy is Bossman, we call Frank the Innocent One and I'm the comedy relief." Leo said putting his arm around my shoulders. Which was awkward because I'm like eight inches taller than him.

Mr. Di Angelo smiled again, "About the whole 'Mr. Di Angelo' thing. Please, call me Hades."

We nodded. "So, Hades, what made you want us to play your club?" I asked curiously.

"You manager called me and set a meeting. She showed me your music and I really liked it. I showed my advisor, wanting a second opinion, and he loved it. So I called Ms. Ramírez and told her."

"You really like our music?" Percy asked smiling.

"Yes, a lot. Speaking of which, who plays what?" Hades asked.

Jason put his hand up, "I sing."

"Really? I never would have guessed. You have a wonderful voice though." Hades said surprised.

"I play the guitar and Frank plays the bass." Percy said proudly.

Hades smiled, "The solos in the songs are great. You two look the type to play. So that means... Leo," he pointed to Leo and Leo nodded, "plays the drums, right?"

Leo smirked, "That's right."

Hades smiles a lot for someone who has a reputation of being 'harsh and unforgiving.' We ordered lunch and talked more. Hades continued to ask us more questions about ourselves and our friendship. After we finished eating we all pulled out our wallets.

"Nonsense, put those away. I invited you here, I can pay." Hades said.

"It's no problem, really. We can pay for ourselves." Jason insisted. I agreed with Jason, "Hades you've been kind enough, we got it."

"Nope. Money is no issue for me. You keep yours." Hades is a stubborn man.

"We'll tip the waitress." Jason said.