----Time skip to Middle school years--
A year had past, the Di Angelo’s mother had gotten better, and they stayed with her, well Bianca did at least.
One week Maria got upset with Nico and grounded him from seeing Leo. Nico stomped his foot, even though the boy wasn’t that heavy the ground cracked a little, his mother winced from the crack as he stormed up into his room. Maria watched her son as she did so, her heart became heavy and her eyes filled with sorrow, she was in this trance until Bianca patted her shoulder “mammina?” Maria blinked and looked at Bianca “che cos'è?” the girl shook her head a bit “you look worried mama” her mother stared at her for a moment before Maria moved and kissed her head lightly and then walked away.
After a few days into Nico’s grounding Leo found his way over to the Di Angelo’s house hold, where Nico opened the door with a small grunt, Leo smiled wildly and flung his arms around Nico “Nicy! I thought you died!” Nico couldn’t help but smile a bit, and shake his head “No mama grounded me” Leo moved back some and raised an eyebrow, slightly confused “she grounded you from me?” Maria appeared in the living room after Leo finished his sentence, clearing her throat she looked at the boys “yes I grounded him from you, now will you leave he’s got four more days of his punishment”
Leo pouted a bit “C’mon Ms. Di Angelo! You're punishing me too!” Maria shook her head a bit and crossed her arms some “Leo, I’m not going to unground Nico because it seems like I’m punishing you too” they both had a staring contest, until Nico hugged Leo lightly “Leo go I’ll be ungrounded in for days just wait”
“But Nicy!”
“Leo..”
“Nico..”
“Would you want me to argue with your mom?”
“...Not really”
“Then don’t argue with mine, so please go”
Leo frowned a bit as Nico moved to head back upstairs to his room, Maria looked at Nico for a moment and then let out a small breath “Three days” Leo blinked and looked at the others mom, his head turned to the side some. “What?”
“You may come over in three days I think he’s learned his lesson” Leo smiled some more and moved to hug Nico’s mother tightly “yay! thanks!” he laughed some and moved to run out the Di Angelo’s house hold, shutting the door quickly behind himself.

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Three days passed quickly, at least for Leo, when his mother woke him up that morning he practically tackled her from excitement, he got dressed quickly and then he ran out of his house with his mother calling after him, he ignored her though and ran to Nico’s house, by the time he got there he was panting on the porch, when the door opened, there standing was Nico with a suitcase in hand. Leo stared at his friend with confusion plastered on his face “Nicy..?” the raven haired boys instantly darted to the ground with a small frown on his face “Leo..” it was quiet for a moment.
“Your leaving..?”
Nico dropped his bag and nodded furiously “momma got a job in New York..so we have to go..”
Leo looked as he was about to cry. “B-but Nicy..Were suppose to finish school together! Those weird boys! Remember?” Tears began to stream out of Nico’s eyes and he nodded softly moving to hug Leo “I remember! I remember...” he pressed his face in the other’s neck, they were both silent, Leo didn’t let one tear slip, while Nico on the other hand was crying.
After a minute Leo pushed Nico back and stared at him, there was hurt and anger in the Valdez’s eyes “Nico I hate you! I hate you so much! You lied to me! You said you’d be here forever!”
Nico’s eyes widened, and he fell to his knees “Leo! You don’t mean that! Do you!?” Leo nodded a bit.
“Yes! I hate you” Leo moved off the porch and ran back to his house, leaving Nico there in that state, and no matter how much he wanted to he didn’t go back to comfort his friend not once. Only when he was home did he run to his mother, bury his face in her shirt and cry, she smooth down his hair and comforted him as best as she could.
That day Nico eventually got himself together and helped his mother and sister pack up their things, and then they moved out of their house, Nico whined when they passed Leo’s house, his worried his mother but didn’t say anything.
Soon they were at their new house in New York, they unpacked their things, and settled in, ever since they moved Nico was never as active and social as he was with Leo.
Back at the Valdez’s house Leo had became sad from the loss of his friend, his mom was worried about him, but he always told her not to worry.
That’s how it went with the two boys at their houses, they always told their mothers not to worry, and they’d be fine. Which they were, but inside they were dying because they couldn’t see each other any more.

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