I walked up to Kayla Friday after school, because we have lockers near each other, and I didn't know where Will was. 

"Hey Kayla. Where is Will." 

Kayla grinned at me, slamming her locker shut and flipping her green hair. "OoOoo, you looking for Willlllll?" she giggled. 

I rolled my eyes, and blushed. "Yes Kayla. Where is he?" I asked. 

"He's in the gym at practice. C'mon, I'm going there." She said, walking down the hall.

 I quickly followed after her, anxious to see Will. We entered the gym, and Kayla ran over to Will who was talking to a bunch of other cheerleaders. He looked really stressed. 

Kayla ran over to him yelling "Willllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!! Nico wants to talk to youuu!!!!!!!" She shrieked. 

The cheerleaders giggled and Will ran over to me. "Hey Nico. Let's talk outside because y'know." He motioned to his friends. 

"Okay." I said.

 We stepped outside and he smiled at me. "So." he said. 

"So." I said. 

"Um, you kissed me." he said awkwardly. 

I nodded. "Yep. So like, is that a bad thing or..." I asked nervously. "

Oh no no, it was.. Good." Will said. 

I stared at him. This was officially the most awkward moment I have ever shared with someone. He obviously didn't like me back. What was I thinking, coming to high school all confident? Nothing changed since last year. I'm still the confused boy who doesn't know the difference between boy clothes and girl clothes. 

"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have kissed you!!" I said, quickly turning away. 

"Wait!" Will exclaimed, grabbing on to my shoulder and whipped me around so fast I almost fell over. 

His arm was around my waist, our faces inches apart. "I like you Nico. A lot. I'm crazy about you. Kayla told me to play it cool, but obviously I didn't do a very good job." Will said, letting a small smile on his lips at the last part. 

All a sudden, all my confidence came back. I smiled and whispered, "Obviously." then, I wrapped my arms around his neck, and kissed him. 

Not like before, this one was different. It was intense and full of passion. He put his hands on my waist, pulling me close. Our mouths moved together in sync, and we probably would've kept going if Lou Ellen hadn't walked out of the gym.

 "Will.. oh. Oopsie." Will and I jumped, and Will dropped me on the floor. 

I fell down, banging my elbow. "Ow. Shit. Really?" I grumbled. 

"Sorry! " Will squeaked.

 He helped me up, and Lou Ellen cleared her throat, reminding us that she was still there.

 "Um, we need you inside. We have news." Will nodded, and looked down to me. 

"Wanna come?" he asked. 

"Sure." I said.

 I followed Lou and Will back into the gym where Austin stood with a grim look on her face. 

"We lost 3 more to the Titans." he said. 

"Shit." Will groaned slapping his forehead. 

"Hey, um, guys, care to explain what's going on." I said. 

Cecil cleared his throat. "Well, we're the best cheerleading team, but lately, or team members have been leaving us to join the Titans our rival school's team. We know don't have enough members to compete." Will sighed, and Kayla wrapped her arms around him. 

"Oh fuck. That's horrible!" I exclaimed.

 "Do you happen to know anyone who could cheer for us?" Austin asked hopefully. 

"Ummm, I'll ask my friends. But also... I'd be glad to.. Try." I said. 

Will raised his eyebrows. "You can cheer?" he asked. 

"Um, I not really. But I can do this..." I said. I took a deep breath and raised my arms and... (insert impressive gymnastic moves here). 

I landed on my feet and turned around to see all of the teams shocked faces. I blushed. "That was bad. Sorry." I said nervously. 

"Holy fucking shit Nico. That was SO good!" Cecil gushed. 

"Oh my god... you can help us!" Will exclaimed rushing over to me.

 I grinned. "Yay!" I squealed.

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At lunch the next day I hatched a brilliant plan to get my friends to join the team. Step one: Tell them about Will. I sent Will away to go sit at his table like normal, and I approached mine. 

"Hey Nico." Jason said, moving so I could sit next to him. 

"Hey." I said. I smoothed out my skirt, and looked at my friends. 

Everyone was there except Piper. "Where is Piper?" I asked.

 I needed there at once.

 "Oh. She's talking to Lacy... oh she's coming." Percy said. 

Piper walked over grinning, hers eyes not once leaving me. 

"So Nico. Did you have fun yesterday after school?" she asked. 

I Narrowed my eyes at her. "Wha-what do you mean?" I asked suspiciously. 

"Lacy just told me that you and Will were making out in the hallway after school!" She said grinning. 

The 7 +Reyna gasped, and I took a long sip of my water. 

When I set it down I look Piper in the eye and said, "Will and I." 

Yes queens. I corrected her grammar because I'm spicy like that. Of course Percy and Jason started squealing and Hazel clapped her hands excitedly. I smirked. Step 2: Will. If Will were paying attention he should be coming soon... ah, here he comes. He made his way across the cafeteria, (almost) everybody staring at him, practically drooling. He came by me, putting his strong arms around my waist. He acted like he didn't see my whole table staring at him. 

"Hey baby." he said, kissing my cheek. 

I tried not to turn red or squeal. I gave him my cutest most flirty smile and said, "Mi amour." 

Annabeth's mouth dropped open, and Hazel made this strange sound like a dying duck or something. 

"Oh. My. God." Percy gasped. 

"I think I might die from cuteness!!" Jason exclaimed. 

I bit my lip and blushed lightly. 

"Awww." Calypso sighed. 

Have I ever mentioned that I can be very cute when I want to? 

 "May I sit with you guys?" Will asked the other dudes. 

"Of course! Move Percy." Hazel said. 

Percy moved over and Will sat next to me. I began the first faze of stage three.

"So Will. Did you get any recruits?" I asked. 

Will sighed and shook his head. "No. I guess cheering just isn't cool anymore." he said. 

"Wait wait wait wait. Recruits? Cheering? What are we talking about?" Leo asked. 

I tilted my head to the side, in a way that I'm sure is adorable. "Oh. Will needs more cheerleaders or else his team won't be able to compete. A bunch of people left to cheer for the Titans.." I said sadly. 

I scanned all my friends faces. "If only there was a group of 9 people we know that are strong and pretty good at gymnastics." I said flatley. 

"Oh hell no." Piper said. I pouted. 

"Piper pleaseeeee? Will needs your help! Actually, so do I because I'm on the team now!" I exclaimed. 

"Well, if it helps my little bro, I'm in" Percy said. 

Will frowned. "Wait. Are you guys-" 

"No" I said, cutting him off. 

"I'll help too." said Hazel. 

"If Hazel's doing it, so will I." said Frank.

 "Peer pressure. I'm in." Leo said.

 "Sure. Whatever." said Calypso.

 "Um, I guess." Annabeth said.

 "I'll do it too." Jason said. 

"Well, everyones doing it soooo. Sure." Piper sighed. 

We all looked at Reyna expectantly. "Ugh. Fine." she huffed.

 "Yays!" Will exclaimed. 

I smiled happily. "now we can compete! Let's go tell the others!" I said. Will and I got up and went to his table to spread the good news.