Am I the only one who feels like jello around anything that had to do/reminds me of Thalico? ^-^ anyway, I have big plans for Nico and Thals. You'll just have to wait and read to find out. I have a few plot ideas that I can't decide on, so if you have any others, please PM me and maybe I'll use your ideas. (With credit, of course.)

This chapter is considerably smaller then my previous one. Sorry!

And, guys, don't get used to me updating this frequently. I only am because I spent a lot of one wilting this week when I was without wifi... My chapter uploads may be spaced a week or two. I'll try to upload at least twice a month, okay?

Well, here's chapter two!

Nico's POV

The ride to the beach was a long one, so Thalia and I rocked out to Linkin Park and Sleeping With Sirens while we drove. The music blasted throughout the car, and as Thalia sang, I couldn't help but fall into some sort of trance. She really did have a wonderful voice.

When 'Burn it Down' ended, Thalia paused the music and looked at me. "Guess what?" She said, smiling.

"What?" I asked, glancing at her.

"I got two front row tickets for Linkin Park next week. Rockefeller Plaza." She announced.

"Wow, Thalia, that's great!" I said. "How'd you score such good tickets?"

"I won them on the radio. 25th caller." Thalia looked pretty pleased with herself and I smiled.

"Nice."

"So, are we going?"

"We?" I asked.

"Yeah. You do want to go, right?" She questioned me, raising an eyebrow.

"Sure, yeah, that would be awesome. But don't you want to take Annabeth or someone else?"

"Why? They hate all of the music I like. You're just like me with that, though." She said.

I laughed. "Thanks, Thals."

"No problem, Nico."

We arrived at the beach about five minutes later. Annabeth practically threw herself at Thalia and immediately they started to catch up.

"Hey, man." Someone said and I turned to see Percy.

"Hey, Perce. How's it going?" I asked as I got the stuff for the beach out if the car.

"Pretty good." He replied, grinning.

The four of us walked down to the beach and set up. The Stolls and Katie showed up a few minutes after and started tossing a multi coloured beach ball around.

I found myself gawking at Thalia as she pulled off her shirt and shorts, revealing a tight electric blue bikini that match the dip dyed ends of her hair. She looked... How do I put it appropriately?

Sexy. That was it.

Percy smirked at me and I looked away, obviously red in the face.

Meanwhile, the Stolls were arguing over whether a dolphin was a fish or a mammal. I rolled my eyes an yelled, "mammal!" To them.

"I told you so!" Travis said, a triumphant look on his face as Connor scowled.

"Travis!" Katie said sharply, glaring at him. That wiped the look right off of him.

I laughed and then heard someone scream. It wasn't a scared or angry scream, but more of a surprised one. I looked over and saw Percy carrying Annabeth over his shoulder into the water and forming a mini hurricane around them.

Thalia smirked and gave Annabeth a thumbs up which Annabeth returned with a much more profound gesture. Thalia just smirked more and waved me over. I walked to her. "Yeah?"

"We're going to play match maker. It looks like Percy and Annabeth are a couple, right? Well they're not. The denial is strong here." She explained.

Thalia had a mischievous glint in her eyes I had seen many times before. She wouldn't stop until Percy and Annabeth were conjoined at the hip. I smirked. "What's the plan?"

"Hey, everyone! It's time to play Spin the Bottle!" Thalia sang out a little too cheerfully.

"Tone it down." I mumbled, which earned me a glare from her.

Everyone mumbled an 'okay' and we sat in a circle. As Thalia sat down last, she passed around 'friendship necklaces.' Annabeth's had an extremely strong magnet it it, so it would attract the bottle to spin towards him.

"Percy, you're first." I announced, nodding to her.

"What? Why me?!" He asked, frowning.

"Because I said so. Now spin."

Percy mumbled some weird insult under his breath and spun the bottle. Obviously, it landed on Annabeth. Both of them blushed fire red ad sat there, unmoving, while the rest of us smirked. Thalia and I were barely keeping our cool.

"Um..." Percy said, and I could see the panic in his eyes.

"We don't have all day, Perce, just kiss her already." Connor said and Travis nodded in agreement.

Percy looked at Annabeth and she nodded slightly. They both nervously leaned in and he kissed her.

"Score." I whispered to Thalia and she beamed.

It was a little more than we had expected, but soon Annabeth and Percy were wound together, still red, but now from lack of air.

"Get a room!" Travis yelled and the two jumped apart like they had been electrocuted. Then Annabeth smiled shyly as Percy took her hand.

Mission accomplished.

"Katie, now you." Thalia insisted.

Katie bit her lip but didn't protest. She gave the bottle a quick spin and it landed on Travis.

"No way in Hades!" Katie said, her eyes wide.

"It's obviously fate." I said, just to mess with them.

Katie sighed and turned to Travis. "Let's just get this over with." She said quietly.

They shared a small kiss, but I swear Katie smiled just a little afterwards. Nothing compared to Travis' huge grin, though.

"Alright, that's it." Thalia said, taking the bottle and standing up.

"Not everyone went yet." Annabeth pointed out.

"Well, too bad for them." Thalia replied briskly. I glanced at Percy and he shrugged as if to say 'girls.'

After our game of Spin the Bottle, we decided to have lunch. The Stolls built a fire So percy and I could cook over it. Annabeth, Katie, and Thalia got out chips, drinks, and paper plates and cups.

Percy placed a rack over the fire and I used a rings to set out hotdogs. "So, you and Annabeth, huh?" I said.

Percy shrugged. "I guess, I mean..." He looked around and made sure no one was listening. "I really like her and all, but in not sure if she likes me."

I rolled my eyes. "Dude, come on. She was all over you earlier." I reminded him.

Percy grinned at the memory and laughed. "Yeah." He said.

"Are you just going to let her get away? Go do something." I said, pushing her towards the girls who were collecting sea shells.

Percy nodded. "Thanks, man." He said.

"No problem." I said and continued to cook the hotdogs. I watched out of the corner of my eye as Percy approached and asked Annabeth something. She agreed and they began walking away, Percy saying something that was probably seriously socially awkward.

"Nice job."

I looked away from Percy and Annabeth to see Thalia standing in front of me.

"It was all your idea, you know." I said.

"Yeah, but do you really think Percy would have acted on this without you telling him to?"

The girl had a point.

"The hotdogs are on fire." Thalia said.

I looked down. Sure enough, they were all in flames. I must have been distracted a while to let them get like that.

"Damn you." I said and Thalia laughed.

"What did I do?" She asked me innocently.

"You're a huge distraction." I removed the hotdogs one by one, flinging ten into the water. I hoped Poseidon didn't blast me for littering on his turf.

Thalia smiled. "Get used to it." She said.

I watched her walk away. She always left me wondering.