roommates; solangelo

009

"Okay, don't think about it was meeting your half-sister, think about it as a blind date, but with someone who is going to ask you a hell of a lot of questions about a topic you don't like discussing, and you won't kiss her or anything because, well--you don't really do that to sisters, uhm--this pep-talk has gone to crap. I'm just going to shut up now," Will was trying to comfort me, but was a stuttering mess. 

"Thank you, Will," I give him a nervous laugh. We were driving to the ice cream shop I was going to meet Hazel at.

"Never good at pep-talks, I was the captain of the Football team when I was in senior year, anyway, I would always have to give the team pep-talks, I let the co-captain do them for the rest of the season after a few tries,"

I couldn't believe what I just heard. "You played football?"

"Don't sound too surprised Death Boy," He laughed. I just scowled at him for using the nickname. I was about to say something but he stopped the car. "We're here," He sighed. I looked out the window. I didn't see a short, happy, looking girl anywhere, so I just assumed she wasn't here yet. "I'll be in here the entire time, call me or text me if you need me, do you need money? Ice cream costs money,"

"Will! I do not need your money! Anyway thank you for being here, do you want anything? I don't think she's here yet and--"

"Oreo," He smiled. I nodded and hopped out of the car. I walked into the store and ordered Will his ice cream. There was a small, what looked Latin, boy behind the counter.

"Hey! My name is Leo, what can I getcha?" He smiled. He had black curly hair, with dark brown eyes. He was fiddling with about a hundred things. I looked behind the counter. He had mini dragons built from paper clips and toothpicks. They looked pretty cool. "A large Oreo ice cream, in a cone please," I ordered. He nodded his head. He scooped up the ice cream, placing it in the cone, I took it and walked out the door. I walked over to Will's baby blue truck. I knocked on his window. 

It took him a moment to roll it down because his truck was so old it had a hand crank. I rolled my eyes and handed him the ice cream. He was going to say something but then out of a silver jeep, came out the one and only, Hazel Levesque.  He gave me a reassuring smile, then shooed me away so I would look normal.

I had on black skinny jeans. They weren't ripped as usual though. Along with that, I was wearing a dark grey hoodie. I was wearing black chucks, I looked way to emo for meeting my super-from what I can tell-bubbly half-sister. I walked awkwardly towards Hazel. I noticed her boyfriend, Frank, wasn't here this time. Maybe he was also hiding in the car. 

"Hazel?" I asked. She was wearing a yellow knit sweater. It was a bit oversized and hung off one of her shoulders. She was wearing white skinny jeans and had a tan bag. She wore strappy sandals and looked really nice. 

"Nico?" She asked, turning around. It was an awkward shuffle, we didn't know to hug, shake hands, nod our heads. I was already awkward with people with just regular interactions, this was a whole new level. We eventually decided on a small hug. It was quick and simple, but very awkward. I mean what do you say to a half-sister you've never met before. 

We were eventually seated, and I don't think the employee, Leo, even remembered me. We sat down on opposite sides of the booth. She put her purse to the side and we sat there awkwardly for a few moments. Soon we were handed our ice cream. I had ordered Mint Chocolate chip, and she got Rocky Road.

I didn't know what to say, and I could tell she didn't either. We couldn't just dive right into the deep stuff, like the obvious daddy issues, abandonment issues, the family problems-that stuff- we would just have to save for later.