Third Person POV:

Nico had gotten kicked out of the Underworld. So trashing Persephone's garden hadn't been the best idea, but she had turned him into a dandelion, again. So his dad had basically kicked him, telling him to let his step mother cool down before he came back.

So now he had to find a new place to live while his step mother was angry at him. Or until summer. Probably until summer. He could go to Camp- Half Blood, but he had never felt like he belonged there, so he didn't want to live there the whole year. Or he could stay with Percy.

And that is how Nico wound up in the middle of the Jackson- Blofis living room on Sunday morning surrounded by Percy, Annabeth, Thalia, Sally, and Paul. "What are you doing here, Nico?" asked a very surprised Paul, who would never get used to Nico teleporting (he remembered Nico called it shadow traveling) into his apartment.

"Well… I was wondering… sorry to ask this but…" Nico said, looking extremely uncomfortable

"Oh just spit it out already," Thalia snapped

"I got kicked out of the Underworld, and I needed some place to stay, so…" Nico trailed off

"Of course you can stay here," Sally said, much to Nico's relief, "you can sleep in Percy's room," she turned to Percy, "you don't mind sleeping on the air mattress, to you Percy?"

Seeing no other option Percy said, "Okay mom."

"Why don't you go show Nico your room," Sally told her son

So Percy showed Nico into his messy room. During the next few hours they cleaned enough of the floor to put up an air mattress, blew up the air mattress (which was hard because the pump for it was missing), emptied some of Percy's drawers, and put Nico's clothing into said drawers. Needless to say neither Percy nor Nico enjoyed it. While they were cleaning Nico told Percy how he had gotten kicked out and Percy told Nico that Thalia and Annabeth were staying in the guest bedroom and going to Goode High School this year. Percy also explained why Thalia was going to high school instead of hunting.

During Lunch

"… she wasn't very happy that her garden was destroyed, but she had turned me into a dandelion. She deserved it!" Nico said defensively. Nico had somehow managed to get roped into telling the story of why his dad had kicked him out, since Annabeth, Thalia, Sally, and Paul hadn't heard it yet.

"I have good news, Nico," Paul said, when Nico was finished speaking, "I managed to enroll you in Goode High School. You are a freshman, right?"

"Actually no… but I'll be fine, really," Nico finished quickly.

"You're sure you'll be fine? We can find you a middle school if you'd like," Sally said, concerned

"I'll be fine," Nico repeated. And with that Percy and Thalia somehow got into an argument about who had had the worst Science teacher and Sally told Annabeth about the book she had recently written.