Okay, so I kind of realized what I did was cruel... I left you guys hanging. So I wrote the first chapter for everyone to enjoy. But this will be the only actual chapter I will post before The One That Got Away is completed. I understand if you guys hate me but please be patient. Review, Follow and enjoy :)

Percy POV

I walked the streets of New York, shivering. Damn it was cold here. Nothing like Los Angeles where the sun refused to leave the sky. I hurriedly rounded the corner and found myself standing in front of a little coffee shop. The outside was gray and had a little sign on the front that read "Help Wanted". The doorframe was pink and a little jingle bell was tied to the doorknob. Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone inside the coffee shop. A familiar girl with spiky black hair and a glare that could send you running home to your mommy. I grinned as I rushed towards the door and walked in.

Immediately I was hit with the sweet smell of freshly baked cookies and cakes along with the strong scent of coffee. The place was what you might call "cute". The walls were a lemon color and trimmed with a baby pink. The tables and chairs were white and made out of medal, like the ones you might see in a queen's garden. I found the girl I was looking for and tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around with an angry expression but it quickly turned into surprised.

"Percy!" She squealed, practically leaping into my arms. "What are you doing here, idiot?"

"Hey Thals," I replied, hugging her back. "I just moved here a few days ago."

"And you didn't call?" Thalia asked sternly, finally letting go of my neck. "What kind of person are you?"

"Excuse me, sorry to interrupt your little conversation with your boyfriend, but you were in the middle of taking my order," a young girl said from the table.

"Oh, I'm sorry Ma'am and this doofus isn't my boyfriend," Thalia replied.

The girl looked a little confused but finished ordering her stuff. A hot chocolate with a blueberry muffin.

"So Percy, what brings you here to NYC," Thalia asked after she situated the girl with her food.

"Mom got promoted and they transferred her here," I responded.

"How is Aunt Sally?" Thalia asked.

"She's good," I said. "She realty misses you."

Thalia smiled brightly, "Your mom is so cool."

"Thanks."

"So if you aren't busy tonight, do you want to go out for pizza? I could show you around and-" Thalia stopped talking, looking at the door.

"What are you..." I looked over to where Thalia was glaring.

A boy stood there. He had sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. He looked like your stereotypical jock. Thalia stood up and stormed towards the boy.

"What the hell Luke?" she practically screeched.

"Not allowed to come and visit you?" The guy named Luke asked.

"We both know fair well you aren't visiting me. You just want to get back together!" Thalia yelled. I looked around and noticed the entire shop was listening. "Well you know what, I'm done with you! There is no way I'm forgiving you… ever!"

"I know you aren't, but at least here me out Thalia. I feel terrible-" Luke started to say.

"Cut the bullshit!"

"Thalia," I said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Calm down."

"Shut up Percy!" She said, and I couldn't happen but notice tears were brimming in her eyes.

"Who are you?" Luke asked me.

"I'm Thalia's cousin," I responded.

"Just leave Luke!" Thalia said, giving him a shove.

"Thalia, please-"

"No, save it for Calypso!"

Luke's face turned red and he turned around and sailed through the door. Thalia slumped down at the nearest table and wiped a tear out of her eye.

"Hey, it's going to be okay," I said, kneeling down in front of her.

"No it's not Percy," she said, taking a deep breath. "Luke cheated on me."

"That's to bad for him. He just lost the most perfect girl I know," I said, giving her hand a squeeze. "Don't beat yourself about this Thalia. It wasn't your fault."

"But it is!" Thalia said. "I'm not pretty. I'm not sexy. To hell, I wouldn't let him get into my pants. He cheated on me because I wasn't good enough… because I was a prude."

I didn't expect that to come out of Thalia's mouth but I sighed, "You aren't any of those things Thalia. If anyone isn't good enough, it's Luke."

Thalia sighed but let me help her up. The whole café was now gaping at us but I couldn't care less.

"Thalia!" I heard someone yell.

Thalia jumped, "Yes?"

A girl with flaming curly red hair walked out from behind the cash register, "I know Luke is bothering you but would it kill you to get back to work? I just spent the last ten minutes taking orders by myself and someone needs to make another batch of whip cream!"

"Oh, yeah- sorry Rach. Percy, wait over at that table. My shift ends in twenty minutes," Thalia walked towards the back of the café where all the baked goods were displayed and started shuffling around.

I sat down at the table where Thalia had pointed and took out my phone. One missed call from mom. I sighed and listened to the voice mail.

Hey sweetie. I know you are out and about but do you mind swinging by the market and picking me up some eggs for tomorrow morning? Thanks. Love you. Be back before it get's dark.

"Hey, I'm Rachel," I jumped in my seat and looked up, sliding my phone into my pocket.

"I'm Percy," I said, shaking her hand.

"How do you know Thalia?"

"She's my cousin."

"Oh, that's cool. Can I get you something to drink or eat?"

"Oh, I'm not here for food."

"Okay then. Well I have to go serve some other customers but feel free to flag me down if you change your mind," Rachel smiled and then walked off to different tables, making sure the customers were good.

Twenty minutes passed by pretty quickly. I called my mom back and explained I had found Thalia and that we were going to go out for pizza. She just reminded me about the eggs and told me to be back before dark.

"Ready to go?" Thalia asked me, pulling on a scarf.

"Yep, you sure you're going to be warm enough Thalia?" I asked.

"I'm good," Thalia and I walked out of the door, waving at Rachel. "So you like New York?"

"Well yeah, I missed the place," I said.

"Oh right, I forgot you lived her five years ago," Thalia said. "I feel like you're always moving."

"Mom doesn't like to stay in the same place. She's always looking for adventure," I responded.

"Of course she is," Thalia said, chuckling. "How was LA?"

"Great. Everyone there was so nice. My best friend was this guy named Grover. He was super cool. I miss him but he was a couple years older than me so now he's off to college so it's not like we could have stayed together forever anyways."

"Mmmmm," Thalia said thoughtfully. "Excited about being a junior at Goode High?"

"Not really. I'm just going to be the new kid that transferred in the middle of the year," I said.

"Don't worry, I have a ton of friends in junior year that go to Goode," Thalia said. "You'll like them."

"Are you happy to be a senior?" I asked.

"I don't know little cuz," She said. "It feels weird to think I'm off to college next year, you know? But I'm sort of glad I'm going. Finally free, right?"

"Yeah…" We walked across a busy street, trying not to bump into any others. "So, who are your friends that you claim I'll like?"

"Well, let's see. There's Annabeth- my best friend in the entire world, Piper- she's a cool chick, Hazel who's the sweetest person ever and Reyna- she's pretty awesome but don't get on her bad side. There's also Jason- well you already know him, Frank and Leo… oh god. In my grade there's Rachel, Katie, Silena, Beckendorf, Connor and Travis Stoll, Bianca, Luke, Will and…. Nico."

"Woah, you have a lot of friends," I said.

"Don't act surprised Kelp Face," Thalia smirked.

"Who's Nico?" I asked.

Thalia looked at me quizzically, "Why?"

"Because you paused before saying his name? Should I be concerned?"

"Oh... he's only a friend," Thalia said friend as though it annoyed her.

"Thalia, what's bothering you?" I asked, nudging her shoulder.

"Nothing, geez Percy."

"Does your sudden change in interest of the ground have to do with Nico?" I asked, applauding myself with the good comeback.

Thalia glared at me, "No, actually it doesn't. I'm just thinking about how I should of punched the living daylights out of Luke today."

"He didn't hurt you physically, right?" I asked.

Thalia's cheeks flushed, "Are you asking me if he raped me Percy?"

"In a way I guess… Hey! Don't look at me like that. I'm worried. I want to make sure he didn't hurt you or I swear to god I will find him and kick him in the-"

"Okay I get the point Percy," Thalia said, but she smiled. "No he didn't hurt me in that kind of way. But he hurt me emotionally. A week ago I found him and this bitch Calypso making out in the school parking lot against a car."

"Oh…" I responded. "I'm sorry Thals."

"Well, I'm sorry to," Thalia grumbled. "I wish I hadn't gone out with the guy. Thank god we didn't make it to sex or I really would be really angry right now."

"Thanks for telling me that Thalia," I said.

"Man up Percy," Thalia laughed.

We walked in silence for a couple more minutes until we arrived at the little pizza place. I checked my watch, 5:58. I had pretty much an hour before I had to get back home. We walked inside and ordered right away. I got three slices of pineapple and Thalia got two slices of pepperoni.

"So Perce, got a girlfriend?" Thalia asked. I nearly choked on my cherry coke.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"You heard me," Thalia said, rolling her eyes. "Oh come one, don't act embarrassed."

"I don't have a girlfriend."

"Like anyone?"

"Not here."

"Back in New York?"

I paused, thinking whether I should lie or tell the truth, "Well there was this one girl but she was a senior at the time and I was a sophomore. It wasn't going to happen."

"What was her name?"

"Zoe."

"Do you know what college she's at?"

"I actually think she's at NYU."

"Wait…." Thalia closed her eyes for a second. "Does she have brown hair and blue eyes?"

"Yeah… how do you know?"

"Oh my god Percy!" Thalia giggled like a maniac. "Zoe is Jason's math tutor!"

"Wait, you know her?" I asked.

"Yeah. Jason always has trouble in math so my mom searched around online for a math tutor. She found Zoe who needed a part time job since she just moved to New York and now she comes over every Friday," Thalia said.

"Here is your pizza," We both looked up as our waitress set down the pizza. "If you need anything else, my name is Drew."

"Yeah whatever Drew," Thalia said.

"Oh, it's you," Drew glared at Thalia. "Nico will never like you Thalia."

Thalia stood up and was about to smack Drew but I held her down. When Drew was out of sight Thalia went back to talking, "Oh my god I cannot believe you have a crush on Zoe!"

"Hey!" I said defensively, taking a big bite of pizza. "Sfe ith oooo hoth."

"Excuse me?" Thalia asked.

I swallowed, "She is so hot."

"You like her just because of her looks?" Thalia asked disgustedly.

"No! She's really smart and athletic and her eyes are gorgeous. She doesn't judge people by their age, appearance or social rank. She's friendly and brave. Her smile warms the world. Everyone loves her. She's a legend and-"

"Okay, okay, you've proven that your not a complete jerk," Thalia said. "But, after hearing about your obsession with Zoe I now have figured out you type. The smart, athletic, pretty girl who stands up for what she believes in and others to and doesn't judge people on stupid things."

I smiled, "I guess."

"I have the perfect girl for you then. She's your age and fits into everything category you desire," Thalia said.

"Who?"

"My best friend Annabeth."