Ok I know I probably didn't keep it very secret but here's the sequel! I hope you guys like it! Yes Luke and Terra will be back! Oh no! Anyway let me know how you guys like it and if you're going to flame it keep it to yourself...please. Don't waste your time reading something you're not going to like...it's both irritating and kind of stupid on the hater's part. Anyway I love you guys! RawR and enjoy :D~RawR
Thalia walked through the door after a long day at work. I had the day off so I decided to make the night special because I had a plan. We had been living together and dating for about a year now and I wanted to take our relationship to the next step. I planned on proposing to her that night over a nice Italian dinner that my mom helped me make earlier. All I had to do was stick the lasagna in the oven, toast the bread for the bruschetta, toss the dressing into the salad, and chill the gelatto.
I heard the front door open and Thalia's boots clacked on the hardwood floors, "What smells so good?"
"Dinner." I smiled as I poked my head out of the kitchen.
"Smells great, did you make lasagna?" Thalia asked.
"Of course I did." I said.
Thalia walked into the kitchen and smiled, "This looks amazing, is there any special occasion?"
I laughed, "What makes you think that?"
Thalia shrugged, "I don't know you usually don't make lasagna unless there's something big going on."
"Come on, dinner will get cold." I rolled my eyes and handed her her dinner.
Thalia smiled and gratefully took her plate. She grabbed a bottle of her favorite wine and I grabbed the glasses and we enjoyed our wonderful Italian candlelit dinner. After dessert I decided that I had to do it. Thalia looked over at me and smiled, "I'll do the dishes tonight."
I shrugged, "Leave em, it's a Saturday tomorrow we'll just do them tomorrow."
Thalia laughed lightly, "What's up Nico, there's something up."
I took a deep breath, "Thalia we've been together for a significant amount of time and we've known each other even longer. You know that I love you very much and you know that I would give anything to see you smile. What I'm saying here is why don't we spend the rest of our lives together in this still I awkwardly love thing. What I'm trying to say here," I got down onto one knee and pulled out a black ring box, "is, Thalia Grace will you do me the honors of becoming my wife?"
Thalia smiled there were tears in her eyes, "Of course I will!"
She practically tackled me and kissed me, "I love you."
I laughed, "Yeah but I still awkwardly love you."
She laughed and rolled her eyes before kissing me again, "Mrs. Thalia diAngelo, I think I like the sound of that."
I smiled, "I think it sounds better than Miss. Thalia Grace, hey I think I want some more gelatto."
Thalia smiled and agreed. She stood and was about to walk into the kitchen but I stopped her, "One more thing," I said as I slid the ring onto her finger, "you need your ring."
Thalia smiled and kissed me, "Thank you for not proposing in public like Percy and Jason did."
I laughed, "It's not a problem. Besides I know you prefer to keep things private."
"I love you Nico." she whispered.
"I love you too Thalia, I still awkwardly love you." I grinned.
I met up with Annabeth for lunch the next day. We made plans to meet at Moe's since it wasn't too far from where we both worked. I had told Annabeth over the phone that Nico had proposed so I already know that she was waiting for the whole story.
Annabeth and I pulled into the parking lot at the same time and she grinned, "Thalia I want to hear every detail about this."
I smiled, "I won't spare anything."
After we ordered and paid we found a table that was farther from the chatter of the lunch rush. I finally opened my own photography business while still writing my column for the magazine I work for. So I was busy working there taking pictures of seniors for their senior pictures.
"So how did he propose?" she asked. There was a huge grin plastered on her face that made me begin to think she knew about it before I did.
"Well he made a really nice homemade dinner with gelatto and everything. Then after we had a couple glasses of wine he got down onto one knee and pulled out the ring." I smiled showing her the ring. It was a black and blue diamond ring, I wasn't even going to wonder how on earth he was able to afford it but it was gorgeous.
"Did you guys do anything anything afterwards?" She asked with a grin.
"If you really want to know we had obnoxious sex." I rolled my eyes.
Annabeth laughed, "I'm not sure if that was sarcastic or not."
"Oh it was sarcastic. We did however have sex if that's what you're wondering." I laughed.
"I'm glad you're happy with him. You deserve it." she smiled.
I rolled my eyes, "Now I have to start planning the wedding...I don't want to plan another wedding after this." I sighed as I popped a chip into my mouth.
"I think Nico will be a lot more help than Luke was." Annabeth added as she popped a chip into her own mouth after dunking it into to queso dip.
"You're right, Nico was already starting to talk about it last night before we went to sleep. The only thing he said he refuses to help with is the dress because it's bad luck." I shrugged.
"Did you guys talk about a possible date for it?" she asked in between sips of her pop.
"Um actually we were considering a December wedding or possibly a Halloween wedding." I said.
"That sounds adorable." she smiled.
"You're going all high school girly girl on me here Annie." I rolled my eyes.
She smiled, "I'm just really happy for you two. You guys are just so cute together that I can't see you with anyone else."
"Oh so now you're going all gushy love guru on me?" I asked.
Annabeth laughed, "Maybe."
After lunch with Annabeth I had a few errands to run. So I was walking down the produce aisle of the grocery store with the list I made of this things I needed. Did I expect to run into Luke while I was there? No not at all. I wasn't expecting to see him at all.
"Thalia?" he asked as I picked up a tomato.
I looked up and I was shocked, "Luke?"
He smiled, "How have you been?"
"Um good I guess." I said, "How have you been?"
He nodded, "Busy, the bars opening in a month you should swing by and we can catch up over a drink."
I shook my head, "I'm really busy, I'm running a photography business and I'm planning a wedding."
"A wedding eh?" he smiled bitterly.
"Umm yeah, Nico proposed last night." I said.
Luke nodded, "Well the best of luck to you two. I honestly hope things work out for the two of you."
"Thanks I think things are going to work out." I smiled.
"Well maybe another time on the drink, you'll know where to find me." he smiled.
"Umm yeah, maybe some other time." I smiled awkwardly.
"It was good to see you, you look good." he smiled.
"Thanks umm you too." I replied. With that I got on with my errands and finally got home by four. I looked through the fridge and wondered what I was going to make for dinner that night. Nico walked in, he was home early.
"Thalia you home?" he called.
"I'm in the kitchen trying to figure out dinner!" I called.
Nico walked into the kitchen and smiled, "Why don't we just order something in?"
"Sounds like a good idea, I don't want to cook tonight."
Nico wrapped his arms around me and kissed my cheek, "You left your searches open on the computer, I think you should get a lace dress."
"I was planning on a lace dress." I smiled.
"You look good in lace." he winked.
"Are you trying to be dirty or serious?" I asked knowing that I owned quite a bit of clothing items that were made out of lace.
"A little bit of both." he whispered.
I rolled my eyes, "So what are you in the mood for?"
He thought for a moment, "I think we should order some tacos or something."
I shrugged, "Sounds good to me but I just had Moe's for lunch."
"Hmm what about pizza?" he asked.
"Sounds good." I nodded.
"I'll call, are you in the mood for wings?" he asked grabbing the menu out of the menu drawer.
Later that night I looked over at Thalia who was reading a book and smiled to myself. I got a really good idea, "Hey Thalia."
She didn't even look up from her book, "What Nico?"
"Do you want to snuggle?" I asked her.
"Sure." she replied and marked her page in the book and set it on the nightstand. I held out my arms and she snuggled into them resting her head on my chest and an arm lazily draped over my stomach, the other was next to her head on my chest.
"I love you Thalia." I whispered. She didn't reply because she was already asleep. I chuckled and kissed her head softly and then drifted off to sleep myself after turning off the lamp. I was never going to get over how amazing she is.
