Chapter 3 Fair princess

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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.

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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.

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