A/N: Calling all Thalico lovers! Yes this is my short story of a Thalico story, now i ship these to characters with other people but I love ThaliaXNico! But over time, PJO couple short stories like this will show up, but for now here is the story of Thalia and Nico.

WARNING: This may be very sad so be prepared.

DISCLAIMER: Don't own any of the PJO stuff.

Thalia's POV:

It happened after one agonizingly painful year it's over, forever. We won! Gaea is asleep, the giants are dead, peace is restored to Olympus, Percy and Annabeth didn't die in Tatarus! The Romans and Greeks are friends. A happy ending for once in our sick twisted lives, that's what I thought at least.

Peace, sweet peace. The hunters and I are 3 minutes away from Camp Half Blood for a huge celebration, both Greek and Roman! It's finally over. After 6 years we're done. And I get to party with my friends for it, which we deserve oh so much. And we're here I dash up half blood hill, even though I'm exhausted. I pass my pine tree, and walk over to the cabins. Immediately Percy and Annabeth, who are now by the way always in eyesight with each other since Tatarus, greet me.

"Thalia, we won, finally!" Annabeth hugged me.

"I know after all these years we're not dead!" I laugh.

"Hey do I get a hug" Percy says. Annabeth and I hug him. Then Leo, Piper, and my baby bro Jason run up from behind and hug us. A few scrapes and bruises, but they were good.

"We won! That dumb earth lady was annoying us forever, but we put her back to beddy-bye!" Leo yelled in triumph. Oh Leo.

"We're alive, I'm still in shock I thought I was dead." Jason said.

"Me too!" Piper said.

"Yeah, you're welcome." Yup us hunters came just in time to whoop monster booty. Then I look behind me I see the hunters, I gesture for them to join in the hug, they hesitate. "Come on these boys don't bite, it's just a hug, Lady Artemis will be cool about it," they don't move I rolled my eyes, "As lieutenant I order you to join in this hug." they awkwardly move in.

"Daw, you see one big happ- wait where's the tinny girl and the Asian kid?" I say forgetting their real names, what? Don't judge, I just met the kids like two days ago, while fighting a giant.

"Frank and Hazel are in the infirmary." piper said.

"They'll be fine though, in a few hours." Jason said then put his arm around Piper. She nuzzled his neck. Aww, my baby bro got a real girlfriend who he cares about, still so cute, must be nice, hmm what am I saying, blah. I push the thought of girlfriend out of my head.

"C'mon girls let's settle in the Artemis cabin." and we marched off. Everyone walked in but before I could I was stopped by Nico. He smiled in his cute emo-in-non-cutty-way. I gave him a hug. He winced.

"Ah watch the chest," he exclaimed I laughed, "Cyclopes make marks!" He rubbed his chest.

"Oops sorry dead boy!" I say tussling his hair.

"It's okay cause we won, no more trouble at least for a little while." He moaned.

"Hopefully a LONG while." Thalia said going up a step to the Artemis cabin.

"Yeah we all hope so, but who knows." Nico shrugged.

"Well gotta get back to the girls, bye Nico." Thalia said, opening the cabin door a bit.

"See ya pine cone face." He saluted and disappeared in the shadows. Always creepy. I walk in the cabin and get frowns and weird stares from the girls. I put my hands on my hips.

"Hunters it's okay to TALK to boys if they're your friends." they stopped glaring. Oh I've taught them well, sarcasm and no boys. And suddenly a hear a voice

"Thalia go to the woods" she heard almost a whisper.

"Girls I'll be right back." I walked out the cabin and jogged into the woods.

Even the dryads were happy about the win, they were all dancing, Thalia past a pond and stopped.

"Hello lieutenant Grace." I hear a voice from behind me say. I turn around, It's Artemis.

"Lady Artemis," I kneel, "Why have you summoned me?"

"I have come to reward you for your valiant efforts and leadership."

"Thank you, Artemis"

"one if you wish I will allow you to age slowly, and two I have a great quest for the hunters which is very honorable."

"Why that is very gracious of you"

" I know so would you like to age slowly" she asked. I thought about it immortality or mortality, it's a lot to choose.

"Umm… I think… yes I would like to age?" I said a bit unsure.

"Very well" Artemis snapped her fingers, and my shiny silver jacket, turned to a white jacket. It actually looked cooler

"And what is this quest?" I said politely.

"It is a secret and you must not tell anyone outside the hunters only that it is a quest." Okay that is kind of weird, I tell my hunters everything.

"Of course your grace, but may I ask when do we leave?"

"In three days time" the goddess said.

"What no way!" oops, that just slipped out.

"Lieutenant grace!" Artemis said appalled.

"I'm sorry Lady Artemis" I said quickly, please don't turn me into a squirrel.

"I shall forgive you but you must realize that this is a once in a hunters lifetime opportunity, so do you choose to accept." she asked. I wanted to say no but I have to think about the hunters, they would want this.

"I accept this quest on behalf of the hunters."

"I knew you would, now go enjoy your three days Thalia." the goddess smiled at me, I shielded my eyes and she vanished. Well better go tell the news.

I told the hunters who were very excited. And then told my friends.

"But… but… you just got back from a war!" Annabeth complained.

"That's so unfair!" Leo yelled.

"I know guys but it's once in a life time." I really am second thinking this seeing their faces.

"What's so special about it?" Nico snapped, he seemed the most up set, huh.

"I can't tell she said it was top-secret." Thalia twiddled her thumbs.

"That's bogus." Jason said

"Really dude, 'bogus'!" Percy said.

"What?"

"That's so lame." Percy chuckled.

"Shut up" Jason pushed Percy.

"You shut up!" Percy pushed Jason.

"Boys, look on the bright side she's here now for 3 days and we won ANOTHER war!" piper said.

"Exactly so we'll party for three days." I said.

"Party hearty!" Leo said. Oh Leo. And that's what we did. Around two am that night I went back to the cabin and found a flower on my bed with a note. But it was my favorite flower a carnation but it was electric blue. I read the note, "I'm really gonna miss you so have a flower" I wonder who it was from. I checked the hand writing, not Nico's his writing is much curlier, it was more jagged I remember a note hanging out of Leo's tool belt in battle. Same writing. No clue why it was there though. So it was from Leo. Dumb Leo probably a joke. Haha.

TIME LAPSE

I sleep most of the day today and tonight we had a campfire and sang normal songs and danced and sang. My favorite was when we all danced to Gangum Style played on reed pipes the music was as horrible as our dancing, except for Nico. That night I got back to the cabin before the hunters again and there was a long velvet box on my bed with a note. I opened the box it was a necklace. It was a silver necklace with a charm in the middle it was an emerald pine tree. It was beautifully designed with an inscription 'to the coolest girl ever' so again I look at the note in Leo's handwriting. 'I really hope you wear this on your quests so you can think of me.'

This was now frustrating. I go to sleep and wake up at ten am and march to the Hephaestus cabin and bang on the door. A camper opens the door, I think the boy's name is Jake, he yawned.

"May we help you"

"Where's Leo?"

"One sec, HEY LEO A GIRL WANTS YOU!" Leo comes running to the doorway.

"Hey super girl what can my fine self do for you." he winked at me and I punched him in the eye.

"Ow fine what you want."

"Why do you keep sending me gifts?!" I yelled grabbing his shirt.

"What are you talking about?" Leo said furring his brow, I take out a small dagger from my boot and put it against his throat.

"Tell me or I'll make sure you can't talk" I sounded intimidating but I was really bluffing.

"Whoa whoa don't go all psycho on me I didn't send you any gifts." Leo bent his eyes down at the dagger.

"Then what about these notes" I shoved the notes in his face.

"Probably forged I did not write those so please let's just calm down and I can run away and hide from you." He said I removed the knife from his throat and he dashed out the door. Now I'm really puzzled it's our last day before this big quest and someone likes me, but who?

I was still uneasy around 11:30 at night. But I tried my best to enjoy my self. We danced sang played truth or dare, I made fun of my friends just like old times then I saw Nico walk off. I excused my self from a conversation with Grover about Mexican food and followed him. I lost him when I came to a clearing in the woods. Giving up I looked at the sky and found Zoe then stared at the full moon.

"Pretty isn't it." I turned around and it was none other than Nico Di Angelo.

"Why'd you leave?" I say continuing to look at the moon.

"Because I knew you would follow" then I put the obvious set of puzzle pieces together.

"It was you, with the notes and the gifts!" I pointed at him, he frowned.

"Guilty is charged" he shrugged, and put his hands in his pockets.

" But why?" I asked, he took a step closer to me.

"Wanna dance?" He said holding out his hands.

"You just completely ignored my question." I frowned, why is he ignoring me, if he keeps doing that I'll slap the smile off his face.

"If you dance with me, I'll tell you." It was tempting because I wanted to know.

"With no music?" I said.

"Ah but that's the best kind" he grabbed my waist and then my hand and we began to waltz. I suck at dancing, I looked up from my feet and at Nico, and laughed.

"Who knew you could dance?"

"I took lessons at the lotus flower casino." Just then, I stepped on his toes.

"Ouch! For the daughter of the skies you're not very light on your feet." he chuckled.

"Shut up dead boy..." I scowled at him and there was an awkward silence. "So… why'd you send the gifts." I asked looking at my feet trying not to fall.

"Because I've always had a crush on you, I guess I like things I can't have, its weird." he said. Shocked shocked shocked gahhhh do I like Nico? He likes me? I'm a hunter. Have I always secretly loved Nico, so many factors! No I didn't love or like Nico, he was the kid who liked Mythomagic, he was the kid who had a sister who I let die, and again he was a kid

"What?" I have such a way with words.

"Before you say anything I just need to know, will you ever quit the hunters?" He asked. What? What? What! But… I'm so confused! Will anybody just give me time to think? Sighing I closed my eyes and then I found the answer.

"No."

"Ok, just wondering." He whispered then he leaned in and kissed me. And yup I am melting. His eyes were so beautiful they looked sparkling with happiness. I was mad at him and his pretty onyx eyes, I stepped on his foot hard and on purpose, but then regretted it.

"uhhhhh..." Wow I'm just quite the speaker tonight.

"You don't have to say anything." he whispered again.

"But nic-" he put his finger to my lips, okay that was annoying though.

"shhh it's fine, i just wanna tell you I'll never forget this moment."

"ni-" he stared at me and I stopped.

"I'm sure I'll see you soon but for now goodbye Thalia." He disappeared in the shadows. Leaving me a confused angry mess.

"I love you Nico" I whispered. No what was I saying but… I…I love him? And then a beam of moonlight shinned in one spot in the clearing and Artemis appeared, she looked pissed, Thalia was scared of her pissed face.

"Lady Art-" she cut me off kneeling

"How dare you! Kiss a male and say those three hideous words!" she screamed.

"I sorry Lady Artemis." please do not turn me into a chipmunk, or anything else she could kill me with one arrow.

"You better be sorry because your on probation! Now gather the hunters and leave at once!" the goddess demanded.

"Yes lady Artemis." she shimmered and I covered my eyes. And she was gone I started to walk back to camp crying to myself.

A/N: What you think? I'm uploading the second chapter about right now so enjoy, oh and tell me about cool PJO stories that i should check out, see you next chapter.