Chapter 1

Nico's POV

7 years ago Nico di Angelo was given a watch for his 12th birthday. This was no ordinary watch, this watch counted down. It counted down the seconds until he would meet his soulmate. At 12 of course Nico didn't really care, that's gross why would he want to be with girl that wasn't his family? As the years went on Nico slowly started to care.

This watch was not just for Nico, everyone got one on his or her 12th birthday. It came in many different styles, pocket watches, wrist watches, locket watches, small, big, diamond encrusted, you name it someone had it. However, knowing when you would meet "The One" didn't stop people from hooking up or having relationships. They went into them not expecting anything more from it. Nico never understood why people would want a relationship for a few years when they knew it wasn't with their soulmate. Then again Nico never really understood anything that kids his age did. He was never in the popular crowd and was considered a loner. He never willingly volunteered or hung out with others, he stayed away from human interactions. Well as much as he could.

There were 2 exceptions to the no touching rule, Bianca di Angelo and Hazel Levesque. Said girls were family and he didn't mind it too much. Growing up Bianca was always super protective of her baby brother, so naturally when Hazel came into the family Bianca was wary of this new half-sister. This wariness didn't last long though.

The 3 siblings were all close in age, Bianca was 2 years older than Nico and Hazel was a year younger. The 2 girls became Nico's best friends; the three of them shared everything, and even something Nico did NOT want to know. Man was he glad he was not a girl. So naturally when Nico started to have certain feelings toward some boys in his class, Nico ran straight to his sisters. At first he didn't want to tell them for fear of rejection. He was afraid they would not accept him and try to "fix" him.

"NICO!" Hazel yelled at her older oblivious brother.

"Wha…What?" said brother stammered, snapping out of his thoughts.

"Like I was saying, Bianca and her new husband will be arriving at the airport soon. Your mom just left to pick them up. What were you thinking so deeply about anyway?"

"Nothing much, just how the two of you reacted when you found out I was gay."

"We told you there is nothing to worry about; we love you no matter who you love. You know that, and if anyone has a problem with it then they have Bianca and me to worry about!"

"Yeah and I love the both of you for it" Nico said as he accepted the rib crushing hug Hazel gave him. He could not NOT accept affection from his sisters. He tried at first but eventually they told him to get over himself and accept it. As a general rule no one touched him or they would either end up in pain or with a death glare that he perfected years ago. People in general were scare of his signature glares, it made them uncomfortable. This glare rarely worked on his family. It used to work on his cousin, Jason Grace, and his friend, Percy Jackson. After about a year or so the glares didn't work on them. Nico could still inflict pain when they touched him without his permission, and he NEVER gave them permission. That didn't stop them though.

The doorbell rang pulling Nico from his head once again. With a sigh he got up to see who was at the door.

"Jason, Percy what are you doing here?" Nico asked a little surprised to see the two of them at his door.

"You don't remember do you?" Jason asked

"Uh… I wouldn't be asking if I didn't know. What did I forget this time?"

At this point Percy's grin was about to split his face in half. He couldn't hold back his laugh any longer. "Pfft, nothing! We're kidding. We just came by to see what's up and see your sister when she gets here."

Jason shot his elbow out and got Percy in the side. "Well yeah…. What he said."

Nico sighed not amused, "Come in."

Later when Bianca and the others got home they all hung out in the living room watching TV and movies. After a while the boys, not including Bianca's husband, went upstairs.

"So we are all 19 almost 20, which means that some of us will be meeting The One soon" Percy stated with stars in his eyes. Of the three boys Percy was as bad as his sisters looking constantly at his watch. By this point he knew exactly what day it would happen, Jason wasn't as bad but he still looked forward to it.

"Shut up Jackson" Nico said annoyed.

"Aww come on, you are just upset that I will meet my soulmate first."

"No I just don't want to hear about how you have what 3 weeks left."

"It is actually only 2 weeks and 2 days, not that I am counting."

Jason pipes up then, "Really? I have 2 weeks and 5 days left!"

Nico's cousin and best friend continued on like they were high school girls fangirling over the newest boy band. Nico lost himself in his thoughts again; he still had close to 4 months left. Everyone he knew was going to meet their soulmate way before him. Nico was so lost in thought that he didn't notice that the other two boys had stopped talking and where looking at him.

"Man he sure can space out. We have been staring at him for like 5 minutes now" Jason stage whispered to Percy.

Snapping back to attention Nico glared at his friends until they squirmed. Nico smiled to himself at this. He knew his stare didn't have as much an effect as it used to, but at least it still had some effect.

Clearing his throat Jason was the first to speak, "So like we asked earlier, how much longer do you have?"

"I don't want to talk about it" Nico huffed as he plopped onto his bed. This did nothing to deter his friends from coming and piling on top of Nico's bed. Grunting to show his displeasure of having unwelcomed guests on his bed Nico buried his face into his black pillow.

"You do realize that we are not moving until you tell us and if you don't we will have to resort to searching through your entire room until we find your watch" Percy said with a smirk on his face.

Nico sighed and rolled over, but still said nothing. Taking this as him not wanted to talk Jason stood up and started looking through the things piled on Nico's desk. Sighing again Nico sat up, "Fine". Jason stopped looking and turned around.

"I still have a little over 3 months" Nico mumbled.

"What was that Nico? This time don't mumble" Jason said from across the room.

"I said that I have over 3 months!" Nico practically shouted at the other boys.

AN: So hey, did you like it? This was my first story ever... Let me know what you liked and what you didn't. Also please comment on who you think Bianca's Husband should be. I have not decided yet...

The more comments I get the faster I will be inclined to update.

I hope you all enjoyed this.

That's all for now, HAPPY READING!