Thalia's POV

"Hurry up, Thalia!" my brother, Jason, laughed as he jumped from tree to tree. We were children of Zeus (well, Jason was a son of Jupiter, the Roman counterpart of Zeus, but he preferred to call himself a Greek) and had powers over lightning and air. We had mastered most of our powers but I still couldn't fly and since it was sort of embarrassing to have my little eighteen year old brother teach me my own powers we were practising in the Camp Half-Blood woods, where no-one could see us.

"Just let the air envelope you and lift you off the ground," Jason encouraged as he floated off the branch he was standing.

I took a deep breath and tried to do as Jason said. I gasped as I felt myself being lifted from the branches. Jason was delighted.

"Well done, Thalia!" he congratulated. "Now let's try-"he cut off abruptly.

"Jason?" I asked. I was worried but I didn't let it show. "What's wrong?" I noticed we had gone through the entire forest all the way to the beach. Jason was staring at something near the water. I followed his gaze and gasped. Sitting there was Jason's best friend, Leo and Jason's girlfriend, Piper.

They were making-out.

I looked at Jason in panic. He looked like he was dying. His eyes were wide and glassy and his mouth was open. He seemed to be having trouble breathing.

Leo and Piper broke apart and stared at each other lovingly.

Jason let out a strangled scream. Then, suddenly, his face was wiped off all emotion. He tilted his chin up.

"Romans don't show their feelings," he murmured as he jumped down from his branch and marched towards Leo and Piper. I was shocked. He hardly ever showed his Roman side. Jason continued marching until he was a few feet from the couple.

"What's going on here?" he demanded. His voice was strong and didn't betray any of the hurt I had seen before.

Piper's jaw dropped when she heard Jason. She whirled around and stared at him. She was horrified but then she looked determined, which made me scared for my brother.

"Me and Leo were not kissing" Piper charmspoke. For a moment Jason looked confused but then his expression hardened.

"You've charmspoke me so many times I've built up an immunity to it," He said. Piper looked shocked.

"Now," Jason began. "You are going to tell me, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" Then I heard someone coming toward me. I jumped down in front of the person and scared the life out of Percy Jackson. He fell backwards with a yell.

"Hades Thalia," he muttered. "Don't do that to me." Then he saw behind me. Leo was on the ground and Jason and Piper were screaming at each other. He frowned.

"What's going on?" he asked. I swallowed.

"Piper cheated on Jason with Leo" I blurted. Percy's eyes widened and stared at me. Then he moved past me and walked up to Jason.

"C'mon, Jason" Percy said softly. "They don't deserve to talk to you anymore." Jason looked at Percy and nodded. He walked back to me with Percy by his side.

"C'mon guys. We have better things to do," Percy said to me and Jason. He threw his arms around my shoulders and Jason's. I looked over at Jason and saw tears rolling down his face. His Roman façade had broken. My heart broke for him. I may be a hunter but I still care about my brother.

"It's going to be okay," I said soothingly. My sympathy seemed to insult him.

"I know," he whispered. He wiped at his tears, lifted up his chin and said confidently, "Romans can get through anything."