Nico knew that whatever Jason had in store was probably bad. He never had any good ideas. He was a smart kid, just not very good with planning. That's when Nico had to take over, but of course he wouldn't tell Nico what was going on. It was the weekend, he should be doing whatever he wanted to do, not what Jason wanted.
He was pulled into a big park. There were a bunch of other teens from their school there, but they looked like the nerd group. Nico didn't usually hang out with the nerds. Not that he wasn't smart, he just didn't know any of them. They seemed plenty nice, but he wasn't the most social person. He knew almost everyone, but they didn't know him. He had friends that were popular, but that was as close as he was going to get.
Under the tree was Rachel, an artist, and Annabeth, one of the smartest girls in the entire school. Usually Octavian Simmons was with them, but he was nowhere to be seen. Then there was Grover and Juniper, probably the cutest couple in the entire school, besides Silena and Beckendorf. It was hard to beat them. Then there was... no.
It was that asshole he ran into in the hallway. He had been late to his next class because of him. The boy caught his eye at the same time, the smile he had immediately turned into a snarl. He got up and walked over.
"Oh, Percy! This is my friend, Nico di Angel-" Percy was right up in Nico's face again, completely ignoring Jason.
"Thanks to you I got a detention, but I got to meet Leo so, so I guess I forgive you." Percy crossed his arms. Nico gave a small growl.
"Well I was late too, but it wasn't just my fault. You ran into me too. We should just forget about it." Nico tried diplomacy. He didn't want this guy to think it was all his fault. He could have looked up too.
"But it wasn't my fault." Percy pointed out. What did this boy think he was playing at? Jason slowly stepped away to join Piper and the others that were joining them.
"You could have looked up too. Can we please just drop this and pretend it never happened? Please?" Percy could hear the strain in the other boy's voice. It was obvious he was sorry, but he wanted more than to just forget about it. Percy sighed.
"Fine. I'm Percy Jackson. Nice to meet ya." Percy tried his best to sound sincere, but it was just a lost cause. Nico nodded and held out his hand. What was it with these people and shaking hands?
"Nico di Angelo. Let's go join everyone else now." Percy nodded and walked over to the shady oak tree.
"What's up with your group hanging with my group anyway?" Percy questioned. Nico just shook his head and motioned to Jason. Said boy was beaming down at everyone. Piper went and sat down next to Annabeth, and they soon fell into conversation. Reyna sat down with them just listening. She had missed the first week of school, still on vacation in the Caribbean. Nico sat down next to Jason who was talking with Grover about their football team. Percy was talking to Leo and Frank about joining the football team.
"If you guys had a swimming team I would join that, but since you don't, I guess football will have to work." Percy shrugged. Frank raised his eyebrows and Leo laughed. Leo had become good friends with him pretty quickly, which made Frank worry. Leo was pretty gullible, and he didn't want anyone taking advantage of him. But Percy seemed like a good guy.
"Leo, are you on any team?" Percy asked innocently. Frank let out a loud laugh that mad everyone turned around. Noticing everyone looking at him, he immediately shut up and hid his face in his knees. Leo patted him on the back. Percy smiled at the two.
"The answer is no. I am a stick. It is impossible to get me to do anything of the athletic nature. I will crumble up and die if exposed to the sun for too long." Leo explained, his hand still resting on Frank's back. Percy turned back around and saw Octavian missing, he excused himself and went over to the girls.
