"Jason Grace?" Piper and I exclaimed at the same time. Thalia just nodded uncomfortably. We continued to stare at her. Thalia Grace doesn't have any good relatives.. She just has a constantly drunk mother and a father that disappeared to make millions. Weirdly, she doesn't have any aunts or uncles, which means she doesn't have any cousins. Thalia's never talked about her grandparents. She's an only child...I think. I've only known her since we both were on a kids show when we were eight. Thalia has never told me anything about the first eight years of her life, except for that her dad left them when she was six. Really, for all I know, she could have a brother.

"Yeah...I don't know anything about a relative named Jason," Thalia said. But something about the way she ducked her head down and didn't meet our eyes as she said it made me think she wasn't letting on some key things.

"Well, I guess we'll see him later. Annabeth, are you going to be released soon?" Piper changed the subject, aware of the fact that Thalia didn't want to talk about it anymore.

"Probably," I responded, going along with it.

Three hours later, I was standing in my hospital room with Thalia and Piper, fully dressed in real clothes and feeling better then ever.

Suddenly, a knock sounded from the door.

"Hey, guys!" A peppy girl with black hair poked her head in. She was dressed nicely-pink blouse, dark jeans and black flats-but her left ankle was wrapped in an Ace bandage, as if she sprained it or something.

Six other teenagers followed her in, staring at us in awe. I guess you don't have three international stars wanting to meet you every day.

"Hi," I stepped forward, breaking the ice. "I'm Annabeth Chase. This is Thalia Grace and Piper McLean."

My friends waved when I said their names.

"We are so sorry about the crash," Piper apologized. "Are you all okay?"

A guy with windblown black hair and green eyes caught my gaze as he said, "Yeah, we're fine. None of us were in a coma longer then two days."

"That's great," Thalia smiled, looking over all the boys in the group, trying to figure out which one was Jason.

"Now that you know us, we need to know you," I said. "What are your names?"

"I'm Silena Beauregard," The black-haired girl that came in first told us cheerfully.

"You can call me Leo Valdez the Awesome," A Latino-elf-looking boy with curly black hair grinned. For some reason, he had a tool belt wrapped around his waist. I had no idea that teenagers wore stuff like that.

"No one's going to call you that," A girl with a long brown braid and a leader-like attitude told him dismissively. Turning to us, she said, "I'm Reyna Smith."

"Charles Beckendorf," A muscle-y guy standing very close to Silena continued. "But you can just call me Beckendorf."

"Nico Di Angelo," An Italian boy with olive skin and dark hair said. He was dressed in all black-reminding me of a male Thalia.

"Percy Jackson," The boy that caught my eyes earlier nodded.

Finally, a boy with golden blonde hair and electric blue eyes said, "And I'm Jason Grace."

"Huh," Leo commented. "Isn't that funny. You and Thalia have the same last name!"

"Are you related?" Percy asked, looking at Jason.

"No-" Jason started, but Thalia cut him off.

"Yes," Thalia stared at him, her eyes widening with realization. "We are."


I was going to end it here, but I'm feeling really nice today...

"What? Jason stared at Thalia, looking totally confused.

"We're siblings," Thalia stated, not breaking her gaze.

"What?" Jason's friends repeated.

"What?" Piper and I exclaimed, surprised.

"We're not siblings," Jason said, not convinced. "We can't be. We look nothing alike."

"We have the same eyes," Thalia gestured up to her face. "Dad's eyes."

Jason seemed to consider that. "But you look nothing like Mom."

"Mom?" Thalia gaped at Jason. "How would you know what Mom looks like? She died five years ago."

"Mom?" Jason shook his head. "I saw Mom yesterday morning."

Thalia wrinkled her eyebrows. "Anne Grace? What?"

"No," Jason's expression turned even more puzzled. "Brenda Grace. Mom."

"Oh," I whispered. Thalia turned to me, looking bewildered.

"Your dad," I continued. "Must have remarried someone named Brenda. He must have told Jason that he and Brenda were Jason's birth parents, when really Anne and Zeus were."

Thalia thought about something for a minute. "Yeah...Dad took you with him, Jason, when he left me and Mom. No wonder Jason thought Brenda was his mother, Dad left when I was four-Jason was two."

"This is so confusing," Piper interrupted. "So Jason and Thalia are, like, siblings?"

"Yes," Thalia confirmed. "And I have a few things to tell my dear darling father."


Was it okay? I don't know what Reyna's last name is, so I kinda just used one of the most common in America...fun fact...

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-Kassidy :)