•Will•
I groaned, pulling back the covers of my bed. I smacked the alarm clock and stretched as I stood up.

A stack of towels sat on the floor outside the hall closet so I grabbed a yellow one and stuck the rest on a shelf. In the bathroom I turned the water on and got undressed.

When I couldn't waste anymore time by singing and just standing under the water, I cut the water and stepped out.

I looked through my closet to find that perfect "first day" outfit. I care a lot about first impressions, which is probably really stupid, seeing as they rarely go well. After digging through my entire closet I came out with a white NYC shirt, jeans, a yellow hoodie, and yellow Vans.

I walked downstairs and my dad was in the kitchen making pancakes. "Morning dad," I said, grabbing two glasses out of the cabinet.

"Hey Will, breakfast is almost ready. Are you excited for school?" He asked. Shrugging, I got the orange juice and poured it into the cups. My dad put the pancakes onto two plates and handed one to me.

We sat down and I handed him one of the glasses. Sitting down across from him, I began to eat my pancakes. "Will," dad said. "I'm sorry about this. I know it's not easy having to start over, especially with the age you're at." I swallowed my food. "Dad. It's fine, really. Does it suck a little bit? Yes. But it also wasn't something you could help. You got promoted, which is good. I can survive two years in this terrible weather." He nodded with a smile.

After breakfast I helped clean up the dishes and then grabbed my backpack, which was light blue, and headed out the door. "Bye dad!" I yelled. "Bye Will!"

I walked outside and noticed a dark grey house across the street. Well more specifically, I noticed the person coming out of it. A girl followed him out the door and they started walking towards the direction of the school.

I walked up to them and noticed the boy had earbuds in. The girl smiled at me though. "Hi, I'm Will. I'm your new neighbor. I live in the yellow house over there," I said, pointing to my house. "I'm Hazel," she said.

She elbowed the boy and he looked at her, my heartbeat speeding up. He was, for lack of a better word, hot.

He had shaggy brownish black hair, pale olive skin, and dark brown eyes that were almost black. A black t-shirt , dark jeans, worn out converse, and an old aviator jacket made up his look. I don't think he noticed me and he put his head back down.

Hazel rolled her eyes and yanked his earbuds out. "What?" He said, glaring at her. She nodded towards me and he looked up at me, I was a lot taller then him. "I'm Will," I said, smiling. "Nico," he said, putting one earbud back in.

I noticed how close they were standing and something shifted in my chest. The girl Hazel had frizzy golden brown hair, cocoa skin and golden eyes. She sighed and said,"Sorry about him. My brother can be a little, shy." Brother and sister, huh? They looked nothing alike. "That's okay, I'm sure he's nice," I said, now walking alongside them.

"Are you guys juniors?" I asked, hoping to have a few friendly faces today. "Yeah, Nico I are both juniors," she said, taking his earbud again. He scowled at her and took it back.

"So, Nico," I said. "What are you listening to?" He glanced at me and said,"Panic! At the Disco." I smiled and nodded.

"Brendon's the best, man. What's your favorite song?" He looked at me a little surprised and said,"Uh, probably Impossible Year or Nine In The Afternoon." I nodded in agreement.

The rest of the walk was filled with friendly chatter, mainly between Hazel and I, but soon I saw the school. The sign read Goode High. I waved goodbye to Nico and Hazel before looking at the schedule I'd received in the mail yesterday.

Solace, William: Locker 394, (12-7-46)    Grade 11
Calculus
Biology
Art
Lunch
History
Gym
Honors English

I stuffed it into my pocket and found my locker after a lot of searching. Next to it I saw Nico, a boy with black hair and green eyes, a blond girl with gray eyes, and a scrawny Latino kid with curly hair and pointy ears. I walked to my locker, trying not to interrupt their conversation.

The boy with green eyes said to one of his friends,"Who's that?" I looked over said, "Will Solace." Hopefully they were talking about me. He grinned and said,"Cool, I'm Percy Jackson, this is my girlfriend Annabeth Chase, curly over here is Leo Valdez, and that's Nico di Angelo." I smiled back and said,"Cool, but Nico and I met already, we live by each other." Nico suddenly seemed very interested in his locker and Percy smiled.

I put the rest of my stuff in my locker and pulled out my calculus book. I closed my locker and said,"Are you guys juniors?" Percy nodded his head and said,"yeah, we all are." I gave him a thumbs up and said,"Cool. Well, I gotta get to class."

I started walking but Annabeth called out,"Will!" I turned and she glanced at Nico,"Why don't you sit with us at lunch." I grinned and nodded, walking to calculus.

I sat down in the back of the classroom, the tables were in groups of four. I was with Leo, a kid named Jason, and a girl named Piper. Jason and Piper we're holding hands under the desk, I saw it when I reached down to get the pencil I dropped.

Calculus was actually pretty fun because the teacher, Mr. Walker, was either deaf and blind, or didn't give a shit about the stuff going on at our table. Leo had pencils in his mouth like walrus tusks, and Jason, Piper, and I were trying not to laugh.

The bell rang and I walked to my next class, biology.

I had it with Annabeth and a guy named Frank, who was apparently Hazel's boyfriend. It wasn't as fun as calculus but Annabeth is really smart and she helped me out with what we were doing.

I walked to art with Annabeth and we were met by Percy and Nico.

I couldn't help but smile. I sat next to him, he looked a little annoyed, but he sorta already looked annoyed. Reyna was on his other side, Annabeth was on my other side and Percy on her's.

We didn't have an assignment since it was the first day and everybody just sort of did whatever.

The bell rang and finally, lunch was upon us. I walked to the cafeteria with Percy and Annabeth, who pointed other things out to me on the way, like the gym and bathrooms. I entered the cafeteria and lost Percy and Annabeth through the throngs of people.

My stomach growled as I got in line, getting a tray of whatever 'food' was being served. I grabbed a water from the cooler and paid for my lunch, walking into the seating area. There was an indoor area, but also an outdoor area for warmer days.

I saw Percy near the back and he waved me over. The table consisted of Reyna, Jason and Piper, Frank and Hazel, Percy and Annabeth, a girl named Rachel, and Nico. There was an open spot between Rachel and Nico, I sat there.

Nico wouldn't look at me, I felt like I did something wrong. Did I stare at him a second too long? Did I scare him away with my questions? Did I freak him out by just casually walking up to them like we were old friends walking to school? I don't know.

"Will?" Reyna said, pulling me from my thoughts. "Yeah?" I asked. Piper raised an eyebrow and said,"Tell us something about you." I nodded and said,"Erm, my mom and dad and I moved here from California. I want to be a doctor, a pediatrician specifically. And I love surfing."

"Can you guys tell me about yourselves? I don't know much about any of you." They all nodded and started going around the table. Rachel said,"I want to be an artist. My favorite band is Imagine Dragons, and I love video games."

Piper was next to her so she went next,"I-uh, love playing matchmaker. I hate the color pink, and dresses, even though that isn't a color. And they all call me Beauty Queen for some reason." I laughed at the last part and then Jason went. "My nickname is Sparky. I tried to eat a stapler one time. And I don't like clowns." I laughed,"Who does?"

He chuckled and then Percy went next. "I love surfing and swimming, I want to be a marine biologist, and I love my girlfriend, like, a lot." He kissed Annabeth on the temple of her head and my inner fanboy was squealing. Annabeth smiled and said,"I love you too Seaweed Brain. Anyway, I love to read. I want to be an architect, and I have a brother named Malcom, and two stepbrothers named Bobby and Matthew."

Leo was on her other side so he went,"I'm Leo as you know. I have a girlfriend, contrary to popular belief, her name is Calypso, she's sick today though. I'm going to be an engineer. Oh, and they call me Leo the super-sized Mcshizzle, bad boy supreme, Valdez." Piper rolled her eyes and said,"shut up Repair Boy." We continued doing this until it was Nico's turn.

Hazel yanked his phone away and he scowled at her. "C'mon Nico, you can go ten minutes without listening to Panic! Now, share three things, or else...." she said sternly. He looked mad but I don't even think I would stand up to Hazel, she was scary for being like five-foot nothing." Nico sighed and said,"Fine. My favorite color is black. I-I like playing Call of Duty. And I don't like being forced to do things." He sent a look towards Hazel on the last part. I was about to say something but the bell rang, signaling lunch was over.

I waved goodbye to everyone and walked towards the history classroom that Percy and Annabeth showed me earlier. The rest of the day went by, I had the rest of my classes with Nico. I was walking towards the front of the building and saw a flyer for archery club. Frank appeared beside me and said,"Thinking about joining? It's really fun. I've done it since freshman year." I nodded,"It sounds cool. I'm pretty good at archery, but have never done it outside of the woods or my backyard." He smiled and said,"Well, let me know man. I'm the boy's team captain so I have a access to the equipment outside of school hours."

He walked away after patting me on the shoulder. He seemed cool. I shook my head and headed outside, grabbing a flyer.