Author's Note: Okay, I haven't updated in forever and I'm actually putting this on HIATUS. At least, until my other story, The Princess, the Key, and the Secret (serious story, would appreciate reads...) is finished or Truth or Dare has gotten at least 3500 reviews (I'm a long way off...). But if I get inspired occasionally, or have nothing to write, I MIGHT update. (Don't kill me, please?)

Anyway, I hate how I wrote this during Exams Preparation Week (this week...) -_- But, I hope it's worth it! :D

Enjoy at long last!

Fact 4: When you go out to dinner with a girl, DON'T pick the cheapest restaurant.

"OH MY GODS! OH MY GODS!" Nico ran into the room, disrupting Percy and Franks chess game.

"What? WHAT?" Leo asked eagerly, relieved from his boredom of watching Percy and Frank move tiny black or white thingies around on blocks. (If he had his way, he'd have the chess pieces REALLY beat each other up like the ones in Harry Porter- sorry, he meant Potter.)

"You have to guess!" Nico smirked triumphantly, all of them could see he was bursting to tell some BIG (and fresh out of the oven) news by his red face and panting.

"Let's just skip the guessing. So?" Jason said abruptly with an anticipating grin.

Nico took a deep breath.

Unconsciously, the four others held their breaths and crossed their fingers.

"I, Nico di Angelo, have gotten a date with Thalia Grace!" Nico announced proudly.

With manly squeals of delight, the five gathered into a group hug, jumping up and down, slapping each other's backs, and giving high fives.

Then, the finally successful was bombarded with questions and comments.

"How did you manage to do that?! She nearly fried me the last time I asked her out!" Leo asked curiously.

"You mean the last and ONLY time you asked her out." Jason sniggered slightly then congratulated Nico, "Well, congrats, man! Even though it'd be gross that you're dating my sister, you'd make a better brother in law than the reincarnation of Chronos."

"Congratulations, Nico! Hazel would be very proud!" Frank patted Nico on the back happily.

"You, sir, have some guts. I mean, are you really alive?" Percy touched Nico's face jokingly just to make sure.

Nico slapped Percy's hand away, laughing with annoyance, "Well, basically, I asked her out, she said yes, and now we have a dinner date tomorrow night."

Jason frowned, "You make it sound so easy. It took me YEARS to have the guts to ask Reyna out on a date."

Percy sighed and shook his head sagely, "That's because you're pathetic, Pikachu."

"It took you five years to realize you love Annabeth so shut up, Squirtle," Jason stuck out his tongue at his Greek counterpart.

"Wait, where are you taking Thals tomorrow?" Frank asked urgently with a worried expression.

"I'm taking her to...I- don't know." Nico faltered drastically.

A devious smile lit up Leo's face.

"What, Leo?" Percy asked suspiciously.

"I have an idea for where Nico should take Thalia..." Leo motioned them closer to whisper the top secret location for Nico's dinner date.

"It is..." Leo whispered the location with a huge grin.

Percy and Jason burst out laughing. Frank was chuckling nervously, imagining the scene, "Are you trying to get him killed?"

Leo shook his head with a grin that said otherwise.

Nico crossed his arms, "Huh, I think a good ole Italian restaurant would've done the job."

Leo put an arm around naive young Nico, "Listen, my apprentice. Sappy romantic candlelit dinner for two is overrated and just plain old. That's a big no-no in dating these days."

Nico wanted to point out that Leo doesn't have much right to say that but Jason cut in with a sly grin, "Besides, do you think my sister is really the type for roses and hearts?"

Nico shook his head slowly with a conflicted face, "I still think an Italian restaurant is better."

Percy sighed with laughing sea green eyes that Nico could learn to hate, "Well, it IS your turn."

Nico picked up Thalia around five forty pm. He gulped when he saw Thalia wearing a black and electric blue off shoulder top with torn black skinny jeans. "Um...hey." He managed with his best smile.

"Hey," Thalia tugged them hem of her shirt slightly. Nico looked very good. There's definitely a difference between him and the midget she met all those years ago. Looking at him, the 'Italian suave' in him was more pronounced than ever.

"So, should we get going?" Nico asked after realizing it was rude to stare.

"Um, yeah, sure."

So they walked down the streets of New Rome together, starting to converse as they became more comfortable around each other as they forgot about the electricity in the air around them.

"I'm so proud of our little Nicky. Look at him, he's growing up," Leo fake-sobbed quietly onto Percy.

"Shut up and let's see what happens!" Jason nudged his best friend.

"But-"

"Overruled," Frank interrupted as they followed Nico and Thalia Bond-style.

"So what are our plans tonight?" Thalia asked curiously, taking a glance at Nico.

Nico was intimidated by how she wasn't acting like a sister to him and that she wasn't trying to convince him that 'he is an idiot and should bow down to her awesomeness'. "Well, I was thinking dinner and maybe we can go to the Tower of New Rome afterwards if you like."

Thalia gave him an 'I'm scared of heights, idiot' look.

Nico mentally slapped himself, "Or...we can go prank Octavian?"

"Very romantic," Percy sniggered from a safe distance.

Thalia grinned wickedly at the thought, "Sounds good to me!"

"Impossible," Frank murmured a few minutes later when Nico and Thalia's hands spontaneously entwined.

"How did Nico get this good with girls?! Even Jason, son of practically the god of womanizers (no offense), doesn't have this much luck with girls!" Percy hissed loudly.

Jason glared at Percy indignantly and said, "It must be the legendary 'Italian Suave'..."

It seemed to be going all too perfectly, whether it was to Thalia, Nico, or the four crazy stalkers.

At least, Thalia didn't mind being seen in public, holding hands with Nico di Angelo, until they suddenly stopped.

In front of McDonald's.

Thalia looked around in case there was an Italian restaurant near. Oh, Poseidon's bushy barnacle-filled beard.

She cleared her throat and asked disbelievingly, "Um, so...this is it?"

"Yeah, we're eating at McDonald's!" Nico grinned brightly.

Thalia just stood there, gaping at Nico.

Like an atomic bomb, she exploded, "I agree to go on a date with you and you take me to MCDONALD'S?! WHAT THE HADES IS WRONG WITH YOU?! OR WHAT THE HADES ISN'T WRONG WITH YOU?! WHAT SORT OF GUY WOULD TAKE A GIRL TO MCDONALD'S ON A FIRST DATE, HUH?! ANY GUY WITH HALF A PINT OF COMMON SENSE WOULD KNOW BETTER! AND EVEN APOLLO, THE GOD OF IDIOTIC WIMPY STUFF, WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN ME TO MCDONALD'S FOR A DATE! DO YOU HAVE ANY APPRECIATION FOR THE FACT THAT I AGREED TO GO ON A DATE, HUH?! AND IT IS A UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED TRUTH THAT YOU DO NOT TAKE A GIRL TO THE CHEAPEST RESTAURANT IN THE WHOLE WORLD ON A FIRST DATE, OR ON ANY DATES FOR THAT MATTER! You, Nico di Angelo, are a complete, utter, UNIVERSALLY CERTIFIED IDIOT." With a huff, Thalia stormed out, resisting the urge to dedicate a certain finger at Nico.

Nico turned to four failed super-secret agents who were howling with laughter with a very hateful expression, "I hate all of you."

Percy failed to keep a straight face as he said smugly, "Well, it was your idea that we experiment in the first place..."

Fact 4: Unless you also want to be a UNIVERSALLY CERTIFIED idiot, please bear in mind that this fact is TRUE.

As a girl: Unless, the cheap restaurant actually holds a special meaning to you two (maybe you met each other there) or she LOVES the food in the cheap restaurant. It might be acceptable for casual dates, but is a big no-no for anniversaries (unless it holds special meaning). Girls in general like to feel appreciated. Being taken to the cheapest restaurant in town during the first date doesn't really make people feel particularly appreciated.

Well? Did you like it? XD