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Thalia's POV

MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT.

"Luke, what is this for?" I asked. The elegant picnic dinner he'd laid out involved two torches, a little table with a blanket and an arrangement of food.

"You, what else would it be for?" He said. I looked back at him.

"But, you didn't have-"

"Yes I did. The least you could do is enjoy it, though." He said. I sat down on the blanket, the black night broken by the torches made it all romantic and stuff. I looked at Luke.

"Why'd you do this?" I asked.

"Because I love you." He said. I made my way over to him, scooting along on my hands and knees, my feet waving around in the air. He looked down at my face as I crawled over. One hand moved up to my forehead where he brushed hair from my face.

"You didn't need to do this. I'll love you no matter what." I said.

Luke had been here for a month now. I was surprised Chiron even let him in, seeing as he did try to destroy Manhattan, not to mention the Gods, but that was also Kronos's doing.

"I'll find a way for everyone to forgive you Luke. If they'd been there they'd have known how brave you were." I said. Luke looked at me, pain welled up in his eyes.

"I know this sounds selfish but I feel like it would've been easier if you all had let me die." He muttered. I looked at him, I shot off my hands and rested on my knees.

"Don't ever say that Luke Castellan, never again." I placed a hand on his cheek and another on his neck and kissed him. "Not as long as I love you." I said. He kissed me and my hands slid around his neck.

"Okay I won't." He replied. When we returned from our picnic on the beach adventure Luke walked me back to the Zeus cabin. I looked at him and sighed. He furrowed his brow at me. "What?" He asked.

"Travis and Connor have been so nice to you." I whispered.

"Yeah, I know. I'm really grateful." He said.

"Do me a favor and stick with them okay. I don't want anyone being a douche to you." I told him. He looked at me and saw the hurt in my eyes. As much as I loved him he had hurt me so deeply and as much as he means to me he was still on the road to recovery.

"I will, I promise, and don't forget I can still fight my own fights." He said.

"That's the point, if anyone challenges your loyalty then they can get you to be aggressive and make you look... I don't know... I guess like the way you were. I just don't want anything to happen to you." I whispered. I had a hold on the button edge of his shirt. I shook it slightly, staring at the black t-shirt covering his ripped body.

"Okay then. That's fair." He said.

"And one more thing." I mumbled, he turned around. "I love you." He smiled and returned the feeling, and his words weren't empty.

He meant it.

Luke's POV

"STOP IT!" THALIA SQUEALED.

"Why should I?" I said, tickling her sides. She wiggled around, giggling and breathing hard in between fits of laughter.

"Because it hurts." She giggled. I let her go and she rolled around. Her chest flat against mine. She pushed my arms out, her fingers interlocked in mine, they were stretched out on the ground. I pushed my head up and our lips touched. I rolled over, she was on the ground now. Her hand found its way into my hair, the feeling of her fingers playing with each strand as she kissed me felt good.

This was our form of celebration. Our way of celebrating that more and more people were starting to trust me. Thalia laughed and pushed against my chest. I propped myself up on my arms, pinning her.

"Aww come on, things were just getting fun." I teased.

"Cool your balls Castellan, you've still got a long road ahead of you before you get a home run." She said. I fell back against the wall, my back hitting hard against the marble sides. I breathed heavily, in and out and in and out.

"Well, second base is pretty good." I chuckled. She smiled.

"Yep, count yourself lucky Daddy's Boy, you're the first guy since I turned into a tree. Which makes you the first all together." She said. I fell onto the floor, my back hitting the ground as I stared up at the freaky statue of Zeus.

"Something wrong babe?" She asked. I looked at her.

"No, nothing at all." I said, a smile cracking along my face.

When Thalia had asked to leave the Hunters of Artemis I was sure that Artemis was going to blow her to bits. Instead she asked who it was, when Thalia explained she nodded and said, "You have served me well, and because I know you really love this boy I will let you go. But I will be taking away your immortality." Thalia had agreed and once relieved of her maiden-ness she made a run for me. I'd never seen her so eager to hug someone.

Morning dawned and I made my way to the mess hall. Chiron greeted me.

"Good morning Luke, how are you on this fine day?" He asked. I looked around at the sky for a second.

"Still haven't figured that one out yet, but it is a fine day." Chiron nodded and went to leave but I stopped him. "And Chiron, thank you for letting me return." I said. He nodded.

"You've almost redeemed yourself Luke, you were just a hurt boy who made a mistake. And when you realized that it was too late to stop." Chiron said. I smiled and sat down next to Travis and Connor.

Thalia's POV

HIS BLOOD WAS PUDDLED ON THE FLOORS OF OLYMPUS. Pools of it everywhere. Tears slid off my cheeks. I felt a hand on my shoulder. I wiped away the tears and turned around.

"Thalia, you okay?" It was Percy.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be Seaweed Brain?" I said, failing to mask my grief.

"He's down at base, Annabeth'll show him to you... if you want." Percy said. I looked at him, and nodded. I wanted to say good-bye. So slowly I made my way to base and then Annabeth showed me to the hotel room that Luke's body was in. I opened the door and walked over the bed that Luke's body was lying on. I grabbed his hand and all of a sudden he rolled over.

I screamed, his eyes opened, outside I could hear snickering, must be the Stoll brothers.

"Thalia?" Luke muttered. I stopped screaming and looked at him.

"You're alive?" I said, totally astonished.

"No, no. I don't think I was." He mumbled, his strength slowly returning to him.

"What do you mean?" I whispered.

"I think I was dead for a few minutes. I think Annabeth did something." He said. I looked at him. Tears started streaming down my face, I covered my face with my hands and sobbed. Luke reached out and touched my hands. "Don't do that to me, stop crying." He whispered. I didn't stop, in fact it got worse. I tried to breath, only taking in wet soggy air.

"Why did you-" sob, "-do this to me." I said, barely making out the words.

"I know I shouldn't have, it was a mistake. A mistake that cost hundreds their lives." He said, his voice cracking.

"A mistake? A mistake, Luke, is when someone writes an order down wrong! This was inexcusable!" I shouted, my face shooting from my hands. Tears were still clogging up my breathing passages.

"I know!" He shouted back, wincing as he moved slightly.

"THEN WHY DID YOU DO IT?" I screamed.

"FOR YOU!" He screamed over top of my scream.

I was stunned.

"I thought that the Gods were doing this to us. Wreaking havoc over our lives. And when we were dying of starvation and dehydration and when monsters almost killed you when we tried to get to Camp Half-blood, where were they? That's what I kept asking myself, especially after you were supposed to be dead. And when I found out you were alive and that you were okay, I knew this was too far, but there was no turning back." He said, his voice gave way at the last sentence. Tears started working their way down his face and it hurt me to see him cry.

"I-I..." I couldn't say anything, I was speechless.

"I'm so sorry." He said. And sorry shouldn't have cut it. Sorry should've been the least he could say but the pain, the holes he'd dug in my heart started to mend. I let the last tear fall off my eyelash. I leaned forward, took his head in my hands and kissed him, but I pulled away. He looked at me, his expression told me he knew I wouldn't be able to kiss him.

"We'll find a way for them to forgive you." I whispered and started to leave the room.

"Thalia." He said, I stopped.

"I never meant to hurt you, I just wanted you to come back to me. I only wanted somewhere safe because I love you." I nodded but I wasn't able to say that back to him, not yet. Not after what he'd done.

Luke's POV

THE PAIN IN MY CHEST HURT LIKE HADES. It burned, but not because I had just been revived, but because I realized how many people I'd hurt. It hurt my heart to know I'd totally betrayed Thalia and Annabeth, it hurt to know that Percy had looked up to me and I'd betrayed his trust.

"Why did I do this?" I asked myself.

"Because you were lost." Someone said. I looked up, it was Annabeth.

"I shouldn't have felt lost though." I whispered.

"Thalia was, at the time, dead... or so it seemed. Look Luke, I understand, the Gods hurt you. And I'm not saying what you did wasn't wrong but I am saying that if you know you did wrong you may be able to fix some things that you broke." She said. I nodded.

"Is Percy okay?" I asked. She blushed.

"Yeah, he's fine." I looked at her, her cheeks bright red at the mention of Percy's name.

"You like him don't you?" I asked, I felt weird giving the girl I thought of as my little sister dating advice but if she were to like anyone, Percy was a great guy to like. She nodded. "Take care of him, don't let him drown you or anything." I said. She laughed slightly and then recovered as if she remembered who she was talking to.

I felt awful.

"I hurt you beyond belief didn't I?" I asked.

"Luke, your henchman made me hold up the sky for a week." She snapped, but she collected herself and regained her tone. "I'm sorry, that was mean."

"No, I deserve that. I should honestly be dead, that's what I deserve." I said.

"No, I don't want that. Percy saved you so don't let it go to waste." I nodded. "Now get some rest." She left the room. My body ached know that what I'd done was inexcusable.

And I had to fix that.