"Zero to zero!"

Thalia watched as Piper McLean served the volleyball. It soared over the net. Nico bumped it back over, sending it flying towards Drew. She hit it.

"That was a carry! Our ball." Annabeth announced.

"Rotate!" Percy yelled.

Thalia rotated in and took over the serving position. Before she could serve, Lou Ellen and her sister called time out, huddling in a close bond and whispering. Thirty seconds later, they were back to the game with a look of mischief evident on their smirks.

Thalia served the ball.

"Mine!" Shouted Jason, setting it up in the air. Piper saved it and bumped it back over. Diving, Percy sent it back over the net at a safe speed.

That's when things went wrong.

Just as it was about to fly into Drew's ready hands, it swerved, and landed out of bounds. The Hecate sisters high-fived.

"Whoa. Time out." Nico called. His team huddled.

"Am I the only one that saw that? What they did. You saw that, right?" Thalia asked.

"I saw it," Nico stated.

"So did I."

"Yeah, I knew it wasn't supposed to swerve like that."

"That's cheating."

"So not fair."

"Guys, guys," Annabeth intervened, "I know it was cheating. But this is demigod volleyball. No one settled standards before the game started, so technically, it's allowed."

The team murmured in disagreement.

"You know what? Fine," Thalia said. "If they want to play dirty, we'll play dirty too. Time in."

They got back in position.

"Since you guys totally ruined that play," Lou shouted, "we'll let you serve again. Just for the heck of it."

Leo, next server in line on the opposite team, rolled his eyes and sat back down.

Thalia eyed Nico and winked. He grinned evilly.

She threw the ball in the air. Before her palm collided with it, she summoned an electric charge and let it settle on her hand. When she hit the ball, the charge transferred from her hand and went flying with the ball towards the Hecate sisters.

Magenta, Lou's sister, called for it. As soon as her fingertips touched the leathery surface her hair stood on end and her body gave a violent shake.

"Whoa!" Lou said. "Not fair. You used your powers. That's cheating!"

"Actually, no one called standards before the game. It's allowed." Nico yelled back. Percy and Nico high-fived.

Helping her sister up and flattening her hair, Lou rolled the ball back over and cracked her neck. "Okay. Bring it, Grace."

Smirking, Thalia served the same way, except it flew towards Jason.

Damnit, she thought.

Jason bumped it back over with no problem. It sailed towards Grover, who bleated and went to fatal position. The ball swerved again.

"Thalia! Look out!"

That was all she heard before the ball collided with her nose, and she fell into the sand unconscious.

Thalia cracked an eye open. "Where am I?" She tried, but her voice came out weak and scratchy.

"The infirmary. They broke your nose." A deep voice replied.

Thalia opened her eyes all the way and found the voice belonged to Nico. "Damn Hecate bitches..." she murmured to herself.

Nico chuckled. "Don't worry. Chiron put them on Kitchen Duty for two weeks. And he banned them from the volleyball court for a month. Besides, sending a lightning-charged volleyball over the net was way cooler than making it swerve out of bounds."

Thalia blushed. Then realization came over her, and she cursed under her breath. "Kitchen Duty? Am I on that too? They would have told him that I used my powers, and-"

"Thals. Calm down." He insisted. "Yeah, they tried, but since Mag didn't have any injuries they didn't have proof."

"What about the others? They saw what I did."

"Well, yeah. But they're your friends. They didn't snitch. Except Drew, but Piper used Charmspeak on Chiron and got you off the hook."

She felt relieved. "Remind me to thank her later on."

Nico chuckled again. "Will do. Here, eat this." he handed her a square of ambrosia.

She nibbled on a corner of it. "So where are the others?"

"Outside, still playing. You've only been out for like, ten minutes."

Thalia nodded. "And why aren't you still playing?"

Nico blushed. "Uhm, I needed to help you."

She poked his side. "Nuh-uh. You wanted to be with me."

"No I didn't. You needed help getting here."

"Then why'd you stay?" She popped the rest of the ambrosia square in her mouth, and her nose fully healed.

Nico cursed. His blush deepened. "Uhh..I-"

Thalia cut Nico off by kissing him. At first, she was afraid he'd been telling the truth, and she'd made a mistake. Then he started kissing back. As soon as she needed air, she pulled away and saw that Nico's cheeks were tomato-red.

"Will you go out with me sometime?" He blurted out.

Thalia laughed. "Sure, Dead Boy. Now come on. I hear there's a game going on without me."

A/N: There you have it folks. The first chapter in my collection of drabbles. Most of this will be Thalico, who knows, maybe I'll add some Jasper and Percabeth in here too. I'm kinda new to , and I've never written a chaptered story before, so I have no clue how the fuck you add chapters. I have to experiment with this. Bear with me. xD Yeah. Volleyball's my sport, and I kick ass at it so that's why I know a lot about it...yeah.

Now, I have a question here. I don't mean to be blunt, and pardon my language, but HOW THE FUCK DO YOU PRONOUNCE THALIA? IT'S FRUSTRATING ME.

...Alright. Well, I've heard it a lot of ways. Taw-lee-uh, Thaw-lee-uh, Thay-lee-uh, Thuh-lie-uh. Like, wutt. How do you pronounce it. I'm just curious, and yes, I DO feel really stupid asking a question like that. But it's my story so DEAL.

Anyways. Review and tell me what you think, please! It's greatly appreciated! :)