A/N Hey! Thanks to CaptainForkz for pointing out that Blofis wasn't spelled Blowfis. Teehee. Enjoy and next chapter will be either Nico or Annabeth!
Percy's POV
After seeing me at war, Paul would not shut up about how cool it was, how awesome it was, how honorable it was, and how sad it was. Really, he was a nice guy and all, but I didn't want to talk about it. So I was pretty relieved when someone showed up out of nowhere and Paul had a new fascination to blabber about.
"Percy," My mom called out. "Do you mind getting the plates for me?"
"Sure." Anything as an excuse to skip math homework. As I came back with the silverware, there was a knock on the door. Better not be monsters. Paul was closest to the door so he opened it.
"Hey." I heard a familiar voice. "You must be Paul."
"Who-" Paul started to say. Oh no.
"One sec, Thalia! I'll be with you in a sec!" I hollered out to assure that Paul wouldn't accidently say something to offend a huntress and end up as a pile of ashes. I handed my mom the plates and came over.
Thalia was wearing what she typically does. Silver camouflage pants, a black Green-Day T-shirt, a silver sweater, Aegis in bracelet form on her wrist and there was a small tiara in her spiky black hair. I found them in the living room and Paul was standing uncomfortably to the side.
"Hey Pinecone Face," I greeted. "What brings you here?"
She shrugged. "'Was in the area. Besides, your mom's a great cook."
"Why thank you, dear." Mom came out of the kitchen. "And you're welcome here at anytime." She went back to cooking whatever she was cooking.
"Thanks. Artemis wants me back by six though."
Paul stepped forward. "Artemis? Pinecone Face?"
"Paul, this is Thalia, daughter of Zeus. She's the first lieutenant of Artemis." I introduced.
He still looked confused.
"Lady Artemis has a band of immortal girls that follow her on her hunts." Thalia supplied.
Now he looked awestruck. He even forgot to ask about the "Pinecone Face" thing.
Paul's POV
Whoa. Immortal. And a daughter of Zeus. Truth to be told, I was a little scared of her. Even as a mortal, I could still tell that she radiated power. Or maybe that was just because Percy was in the same room as her. They started talking about each other's quests and Camp Half-blood. I think they were talking about Annabeth too. And now... pinecone trees? Or music? Then they started to swear (I'm pretty sure they weren't talking diplomatically) in ancient Greek and I started to inch toward the kitchen and Sally. Cookies were sounding like a good option now, even if I didn't know why I was feeling so anxious to get away from them.
"Hello Paul," Sally said, then kissed me on the cheek. "Have they killed each other yet?"
My expression must have been pretty shocked because she laughed quietly. "Their fathers have a rivalry and two powerful demigods in a room will never turn out great."
"Umm, then should we, you know," I motioned toward the living room. "Don't you think we should keep an eye on them?"
"It'll be fine. Percy and Thalia know where to draw the line. Last time... never mind," Sally started to say. "Let's eat dinner now."
Dinner with Thalia was pretty entertaining. The meal itself was very good too, thanks to Sally. The two friends (or enemies?) were constantly arguing, and they usually ended up talking nicely to each other, then grab the same dish at the same time, and start another round of bickering. I asked some questions whenever there was a long enough pause, but that didn't happen very often. Thalia's intense blue eyes were intimidating and I couldn't exactly look her straight in the eye for a long time before getting shivers up and down my spine. It didn't help that they were surrounded by heavy black Goth eyeliner and makeup either.
"So, Thalia," I said and she turned to look at me. "You use to go to camp, right?"
She nodded. "Yep. For a little while before I was recruited by Artemis."
"How old were you?" That was a safe question, wasn't it? No.
She tensed and Percy did too. "Fifthteen," she mumbled.
There was an awkward silence that followed. Sally broke it by getting the dessert in the fridge: a seven layer chocolate dip and crackers.
"I GET FIRST DIP!" Thalia and Percy both shouted out, and then they started to cuss in Greek so that the teacher part of me wanted to butt in, only I didn't know what they were saying; just that they were doing some serious swearing in some seriously dead language.
Thalia's POV
"Eww! I'll rather stay with boys for the rest of my life then listen ta that crap! Green-Day kicks your seaweed filled brain!"
"Hey, I take offence!"
"Sure you do!"
"Has Annabeth ever taken your side for that Green-whatsit?!"
"YOU [Greek for *****************!]
"My girlfriend!"
"My friend first!"
And that's how our little, umm, accident happened. I swear on the Styx that we didn't do it on purpose!
Paul's POV
Those two were firing insults to each other faster than I could blink. It was almost a pain to the ear. Then Percy mentioned Annabeth and disaster struck. Literally; I didn't even know what happened until Thalia gave Percy a shock so big it made him jump a couple of feet back onto the couch and right after, lightning struck the building so the power winked a bit. Then, Percy yelled and I'm pretty sure a water pipe broke because water (not too clean, I may add) suddenly slammed into her and knocked her into a table (ouch).
"Percy!" Sally pleaded. "Please control yourself, we're INSIDE A BUILDING!"
After those three VIW (Very Important Words), they both calmed down a bit, enough that Percy evaporated the water and Thalia stopped sending out shock waves five metres out.
I was a little open mouthed. I've never seen Percy lose his temper like that before. Sure, during the war he was pretty amazing doing all those hurricane stunts and sword fighting, but that was in the war. A big difference. And Thalia? Whoa! I didn't realise that being a daughter of Zeus meant that she totally owned the shocking domain. Hey, one second, where did that bow and quiver come from?
#1 School Rule: No weapons.
"Ur, Thalia," I asked timidly. "Do you mind, umm?" I pointed to her bow.
"Oh, sorry Mr. Blowfish-Blowfis," she said, and with that, her weapon just disappeared.
(A/N that can actually happen; checked The Titans Curse :D)
I relaxed a little. "Thanks."
Then I went to get some drinks and blue cookies (hey, I don't know). When I came back, Sally was finishing up a little scolding speech and the two teens were looking pretty ashamed of themselves. But I knew they had no real problem; Sally wasn't known for holding grudges and really, she's been through this too many times. Or so she tells me. I barely put the tray down when Thalia jumped up.
"Oh gods! Artemis is waiting! Sorry, but I have to scram. Tell Annabeth I said hi, Percy!"
"Yeah, sure thing, Pinecone Face."
"Nice meeting you," I told her and Sally said that she could come in anytime.
"Thanks! Bye! Gotta go!" and just like that, she was gone in a silver blur. Silver and black blur.
"Dang it," Percy sighed. "There goes my reason for not doing math."
Sally went back to the kitchen to clean up our plates which left me alone.
Dang it. I got those drinks and cookies for nothing.
