Chapter two! Thankyou to all who reviewed. Lovelots. Enjoy. =**

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"Oh I'm so sorry!" Thalia hastened to stand but failed. She slid back. "Please don't be angry." She smiled softly.

"I'm not." Perseus grinned and helped her up. They stopped midway and stared into each other eyes. Sea-green on electric blue*. A killer combination.

"But I am." A stern voice spoke up. They both turned to find the hurt face of Princess Annabeth.

"Oh my Lords, I am so sorry." Thalia scrambled up and breathed nervously. "It was an accident M'Lady!"

Annabeth looked hurt and angry. "Please go to your quarters. I won't be seeing you tonight."

Thalia started to protest, but Annabeth held up her hand. "Just go."

Thalia left, head hung low and angry. She walked briskly to the maid's quarters.

After she left, the tension in the room rose to the heavens. It was as thick as her Aunt Demeter's special maple syrup. Perseus coughed uncomfortably.

"Hello Princess Annabeth. It's great to see you." It was an awkward greeting, but it seemed to relax Annabeth.

"It's great to see you too." Annabeth flashed him her best smile. "I'm sorry our meeting had to start this way."

"Don't be. I rather have a knack of err, hitting maids. Like in King Hades' castle, I almost pushed his servant off the balcony!" Perseus grinned, and Annabeth laughed.

"Well my servant Thalia really fell of the balcony! Thank the gods George was pulling mattresses underneath or she would have been a goner!" Perseus laughed and Annabeth grinned.

"Well I feel sorry for Thalia. Her name sounds great though. Is she a princess?" Perseus asked inquisitively.

Annabeth stiffened. "No." She answered curtly. The tension returned. Perseus shifted uncomfortably. He cleared his throat.

"Are you gonna take me to your parents?" Perseus asked, his brown hair gleaming in the midday sun.

Annabeth relaxed again. "Of course. This way my young gentleman." Annabeth fake-curtsied and giggled.

Perseus grinned. "Why thank you M'Lady."

In the maid's quarters, Thalia was fuming. She was accused of acts she can't even talk about. Cheating with the princess's potential husband? It was far too... too... too lascivious.

She stomped angrily and complained to Silena Swiss, her cabinmate/servant bestfriend. She was the dressmaker in the castle and usually the one people talked to when they had problems. Silena bit her lip and nodded at the right places when she talked about what happened.

"... And I tripped so he helped me up. Was it my fault his eyes reminded me so much of Johnathan? No, right? I don't know why she went jumping into conclusions! I hate her." Thalia took a deep breath.

Silena smiled softly as she spun the needle in the cloth. In, out. In, out. "Maybe you did look really cute. Or sweet. She must have misinterpreted it. I've seen Prince Perseus once and he's a hunk."

Thalia looked stumped. "What's a hunk?"

"Oh, it's a new world term. Joanna said it meant a really good looking guy. Like, Prince Perseus, King Poseidon, Prince Nicholas, Beckendorf..." She blushed mid-sentence.

"Beckendorf? Beckendorf is a hunk?" Thalia looked at the verge of amazement/amusing/disbelief. Her shoulders shook with laughter.

"No! I mean..." She trailed of, her cheeks reddening at a rapid pace.

"Never mind." Thalia rolled her eyes and grinned. She hopped off the tables and slept.

Meanwhile at the Court Room...

King Zeus sat in his throne, his dark purple coat fanning out on his throne. His dark eyes shone happily when he saw Prince Perseus.

"Perseus! It's so great to see you." He smiled happily.

Perseus bowed deeply. "It is an honor King Zeus." He smiled and faced the Queen. "Queen Athena."

Athena nodded. "Perseus."

Zeus coughed and looked at Perseus. "So Perseus, I think you're tired really. It's 3 in the afternoon and I think you must rest."

Annabeth looked bewildered. "Father! He just got here. I think we could talk, have some tea..."

"Darling, dinner will be served soon. I hate to spoil our appetites and we could all talk during dinner." Zeus silenced Annabeth with his reply.

"All right." Annabeth rolled her eyes.

"Now Perseus, you should go rest. Vienna, take him to his chamber." Athena told Vienna, a servant.

Vienna nodded and led Perseus along. Annabeth smiled and waved goodbye to Perseus.

Before they were out however, Athena clucked her tongue. "Really dear, must you be so obvious that you like him?"

Annabeth turned tomato red. Perseus blushed.

"You best be going Vienna." King Zeus sent her a really obvious get-out-of-here stare.

Vienna merely nodded and left the room.

"So Prince Perseus, do you like Princess Annabeth?" She asked once they were in the hall.

Perseus blushed. "Of course."

Vienna shook her head. "No, I mean do you really like her?"

Perseus blushed once more as they turned left. He turned silent.

After an awkward pause, he asked Vienna a question.

"So, Vienna, who is this Thalia?"

"Thalia is a servant." Vienna paused and turned right.

"Oh." Perseus looked disappointed. He had hoped Thalia was a princess so he could at least legally be friends with her.

"Well here's your room." Vienna opened a huge mahogany door and there was Thalia, refreshed from her nap, with her back turned dusting the shelves. "Would you like me to call the servant out?"

"No. I would do that myself. Thank you Vienna." He smiled at her and Vienna bowed out of the room.

Thalia hummed cheerfully and turned around and she almost dropped her duster.

"Prince Perseus." She looked embarrassed.

"Oh hello. You must've been the girl who so clumsily tripped with me earlier." His eyes crinkled with amusement.

"Yes. That was me. Unfortunately." Thalia rolled her eyes grinning.

"Don't worry. It's all good." Perseus smiled and Thalia felt her heart beat a million a minute.

"Thanks." Thalia smiled gratefully.

"So anyway, I never knew your name. What was it?" Perseus smiled. He grabbed a sandwich on his bedside table.

"Thalia. My name is Thalia Scarlett Grace." She smiled and straightened her back.

Perseus choked on his sandwich.

Thalia blushed.

Ok guys, hope you liked that! I just updated because unfortunately, I can't update much next week cause I'll be busy. Just go immerse yourself with these two chapters. Don't forget to review! =))

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