Thalia's POV
I went home. I ate dinner. I went to bed. I did not dream of Nico…fine I lied. I hadn't seen him in a whole year so I guess I had blocked him from my mind. But no, I did not fall into some kind of depression, unlike that character from Light-Twi, Ella or something. I did date other guys, but it was really hard finding guys I wanted to date. No demigod guy would go out with me, they always went running off mumbling something about not wanting to "incur the wrath of Hades" as one Hermes camper put it.
And it was no fun dating mortals. I mean these guys tried to protect me! I'm a demigod! I even ended up killing monsters on my dates while I was in the "bathroom". So yeah, for me the dating scene's not been that great.
I thought about tomorrow and wondered if I'd see him around. Undoubtedly the redheaded devil would be clinging onto his arm. And the worst part was that her father was now my boss so I couldn't…you know accidentally have her lunch blow up in her face or something. Angst. Oh well, I've got a big day ahead of me tomorrow. GOOD NIGHT SELF.
-next day-
I once again woke up quite late and went through my morning ritual, though admittedly I used my daughter of Zeus powers to toast my bread instead of using my handy dandy toaster. I took a cab to Dare Enterprises and a secretary redirected me to my new office. I took a look at my surroundings. I had huge windows which gave me an awesome view of the New York skyline and ironically, the Empire State Building. Light flooded into the office, landing on a nice shiny desk. There were a few filing cabinets that had a few folders in them. There was a brand new computer waiting to be used. All in all, it was an awesome office.
I sat in the plush leather chair that had been provided for me and turned on the computer to see a few messages in my office inbox.
Ms. Thalia Grace,
Congratulations upon obtaining the position of Head of the Green Department! Attached below are your instructions to begin the…blah blah blah…long list of instructions…
Sincerely, Mr. J. K. Dare, CEO of Dare Enterprises
There were a few more emails from secretaries to inform me how things were run around here, where the bathroom was, where the café was etc.
At the very bottom there was an email from an Alexander Green. Curiously I opened the email:
Dear Ms. Thalia Grace,
Welcome to the Green Department! I'm your second in command and would like to meet you as soon as possible! Would it be possible for you to meet me at the café around noon?
Sincerely Yours,
Alexander Green
I looked at the clock; it was only 8 'o' clock. I typed back an email saying I'd be delighted to meet him. I hoped he wasn't a creepy old man or something. Now! Time to work!
-4 slavish hours later-
*Grumble* Thank you stomach for informing us all how hungry I am. That's when I realized I was supposed to meet Achilles or something! Maybe it was Ajax? I checked the email, nope just plain ol' Alexander. I checked the clock, 12:10! Crap, I was late!
I sprinted to the elevator at a speed that would have made Chiron proud and pushed the 1st floor button with enough force to actually jump start it with my own electrical powers. My bad. When the door opened I walked out slowly, trying to look professional as if being late was no big deal. I walked into café and looked around for Alexander Green.
"Um, are you Thalia Grace?" a masculine voice called from behind me. I whirled around to see a guy, maybe 6' 2" with lanky long legs and arms. He had brown hair with blond highlights (probably from the sun) that fell perfectly in his green eyes. Actually he was kinda good looking…okay who am I kidding, I almost died and went to heaven at that moment.
"Yup! That's me." I said holding out my hand, "Nice to meet you." He grinned a wide toothy grin and I instantly knew he was one of those easy-going guys who you could depend on.
"Pleasure. I'm Alexander Green, but you can call me Alex." He said, smiling broadly.
"What about Xander?" I said in a voice that came dangerously close to sounding flirty.
"Nope",he said popping the P, "Only my mom calls me that." I laughed and he directed me to a table. He even pulled the chair out for me like a gentleman. How nice.
We ordered lunch and spent maybe a half an hour just talking about ourselves. It wasn't even work related. I learned that the part about his mom really wasn't true, he met her only once or twice. That's sad, but I can relate being a demigod myself. His dad got him into gardening as a kid and he really grew to love the earth which is why he joined the Green Department. Apparently his favorite food was cereal, the only thing he had in common with his mom apart from being a tree-hugger. Huh. That's interesting.
"Whoa look at the time!" he said looking at his watch, "It's almost 12:30!"
I groaned, "I guess it's time to go back to that ridiculously irritating thing called 'work'?"
He laughed, "Sorry." There was a crash in the kitchen. I stood up immediately, on alert, my battle instincts kicking in. Then I remembered Alex was still here and he was a mortal. I had to protect him. And that's when we heard screams.
Alex's POV (Excited are you? ;) )
Wow this Thalia chick was awesome. She was pretty, smart, and funny. I literally spent telling her my life's story in a half hour and she actually listened, injecting her own random hilarious remarks. I mean I meant for this to be a formal meeting to meet my colleague but she ended up being really cool. And she was hot. I mean, smoking fiery Apollo hot, without being slutty. Her hair was black and spiky and I felt like her piercing blue eyes could see right through me.
"Whoa look at the time!" I said looking at my watch, "It's almost 12:30!" Too bad though.
She groaned, "I guess it's time to go back to that ridiculously irritating thing called 'work'?"
She's hilarious, "Sorry." I replied sadly.
There was a crash in the kitchen. I stood up immediately, on alert. Then I realized Thalia had too, but why? She's a mortal…I have to protect her. Before I could stop her she ran into the kitchen as if it was the natural thing to do so. I knew something was up then since no normal mortal girl would go toward the source of piercing shrieks.
I ran after her. The Minotaur was in there.
"Yo ugly, how many times does Percy have to kill you?" she taunted. Wait how did she know who Percy was? Like, the legit Percy Jackson. It roared at her, "Don't like that, huh? How about this?" I stood there, frozen.
She pulled a sword out of nowhere and slashed at it. She feinted and threw the sword into her left hand. She sliced at its arm and suddenly I realized that I need to do something. I pulled out a dagger and aimed for its heart. Well…sadly I missed. But I did give it the distraction for Thalia to stab it in the heart. It exploded.
"Yes!" Thalia crowed victoriously, "Wait…you threw the dagger? You can see through the Mist?" I guess I better fess up.
"Yeah I'm a demigod. And you must be one too?" I said.
"Daughter of Zeus, you?" she said casually.
"Son of Demeter." I replied.
OMG I SERIOUSLY WANTED TO END IT HERE BUT THEN I KNEW ANGRY REVIEWERS WOULD BE AFTER ME TO THROW ME INTO THE PITS OF TARTARUS SO I DIDN'T. YOU SHOULD REVIEW THIS STORY JUST FOR THAT REASON.
She snorted. "What?" I asked defensively. No one respects kids of Demeter! Apparently they think we're flower-planting ninnies. But trees can be cool too!...I think.
"Nothing." She said, "I should have guessed when you said cereal was your favorite food."
I laughed, "Why?"
She hesitated and then said, "Oh…I used to date a son of Hades. He told me about…erm…Demeter's little obsession with cereal." Her face closed up and her body language told me that this 'son of Hades' was a forbidden topic.
I nodded, "Well I guess we better get back to work."
"Yup." And she quickly walked out of there.
As I went back to my office her words rang in my ears. Oh…I used to date a son of Hades. I knew only one son of Hades, and that was Nico. I'll bet my favorite yellow tulips that he's the guy she used to date. Now normally I'm the kind of guy who gets along with everyone, but I really hate Nico.
Rachel and I used to be really close, practically best friends until he came into the picture. He stole her from me and besides I hated the guy. I personally felt he was depressing and that all his years of studying law made him an arrogant jerk. And after the promotion he got from Rachel's dad, he was insufferable. I tried to avoid him as much as I could but that meant I never got to spend time with Rachel.
Anyways, it's back to work.
AHHH THE NEW DEMIGOD IS ALEX, SON OF DEMETER! Did anyone else notice how much he sucked at fighting? That was intentional ;) (remember that for later) Thanks for the 17 reviews just for the first chapter! :)
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