Ch. IV: Arriving at Half-Blood, a Fit of Laughing, and Throwing CTF

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Thalia

All in all, I zoned out 'til we got to my pine tree, at around eleven o'clock.

"Hey, it's Pinecone Face and her Prudes!" was the first thing I heard, and the next second, the first thing I felt was Percy and Annabeth tackle me with hugs. My Hunters (Yes, my Hunters, as I am the Lieutenant) were staring at us, mainly because there was "A boy" hugging me and getting close, and close behind is because they just got called 'Prudes'. I, myself thought it was funny.

"Seaweed Brain, Wise Girl! I haven't seen you in forever!" I exclaimed, genuinely excited to see some of my best friends, still very alive and not in burial shrouds. Wow, thinking of Nico makes me act like him. Creepy in extreme levels!

Once that 'scene' was over, I ushered the Hunters to the Artemis cabin, or let them go to their godly parent's cabin, if they had one. I, myself decided to go to the Zeus cabin. Once I had unpacked, and changed into my regular camp outfit that consisted of black skinny jeans, black converse with red laces, and to switch it up a bit, my 'I Keel You' T-shirt, not my usual Death to Barbie T.

Once I had some eyeliner on, and was convinced I look decent enough, it was already almost an hour until, normal lunch, but I assumed it would be an hour early. Then the conch sounded. Huh, I'm correct for once. So I ran to put my plan into play. I see Blaze trailing behind Nico, so I quickly run up, grab her, and hold her mouth shut, at least until she bites me.

"What the fuck, Thalia!" were the first words out of her mouth, and then, when she sees I'm headed the exact opposite of the Pavilion, "Where are we going? And why did you kidnap me!"

"Long story short, I need Annabeth and your help," I tell her. "You are the one who said if I ever need your help," I furiously whispered the word, "You would help me. So I need your help, and you will help me."

"Okay!" she pipes. "But Annabeth would be this way," she points to the (almost) opposite direction, and starts pulling me. My stupid know-it-all friend, who knows almost everything I don't know. So I follow her, and we—what she phrased as 'kidnapped'—Annabeth. Then I took them into my cabin.

"Okay guys, I know you're wondering what this is about, so I'll tell you." I take a deep breath.

"Nico." The know-it-all knows! What a surprise.

"Wait a minute, so this is about Nico! And I'm guessing you falling," Annabeth tells—it doesn't show in her voice, but she's asking me for confirmation—me. Wow, and she even knows what the term is called to drop out.

I sigh. "Yes, Annabeth, it is about me and Nico. Blaze already knows how hard it is being a Hunter, and to be in love. And how hard it is for me to stay with them, as she was like my sister, who knew everything I was going through, because she was going through it, too. She had told me everything, and I had told her everything. She was my confident, and it got a Hades of a lot harder when she fell, because I didn't have anyone to confide in." I finished my emotional rant.

"I am so sorry, Thalia!" Blaze almost crushes me with her tight hug she had pulled me into.

"Wait. So, Thalia, you are, how to put this . . . in love with Nico?" Annabeth asks, breaking the awkward silence.

I take a deep, shaky, ragged breath. I was pretty shaken up. "At least I'm pretty sure I am," I tell her. Then I remembered my dream. "Oh, and Blaze, you didn't happen to have a conversation with Nico about him getting laid, did you? While Linkin Park and Green Day was playing in the background?" she blushed deeply, bringing color to her bone white face.

"So that was you I caught a glimpse of yesterday! And yeah, I kinda did mention it. . ." she confessed. She looked like she was going into tears, and Annabeth looked like she was laughing her ass off inside.

So I punched Annie on the arm, and gave Blaze a look that said, 'It's fine, don't worry about it.' When she cheered up a bit, I asked them, "So what do you think I should do about this?" Wow, Blaze is so low. Because she started laughing her ass off.

"I (hahaha) am now (gasp) helping (giggling) both of (hiccup) you get with each other," she managed to get out before starting another fit of giggles. This time Annabeth joined in.

"Stop laughing at us!" was the last thing I could say before I lost my Poker Face façade. Blaze was just too contagious. I joined in laughing. Then one of my Hunters came in.

"Lieutenant, lunch is now over, and there was an announcement you missed," she informed me.

"And what would that be, Rachel?" I asked after I had my Poker Face, or at least attempted, back on.

"Capture the Flag at eight," she told me. Then she spotted Blaze. "Oh hey, Blaze! I see you are doing fine without the Hunters," she looked a little sad when she said it. They had known each other before they were Hunters, and joined together. No wonder she was kind of sad most of the time. Then she ran out.

"So there's a game of Capture the Flag you didn't tell me about!" I said in mock anger. But they knew I was faking, and it looked they locked eyes and came to a silent agreement.

"Throw it!" they said in unison, looking hopeful.

I sighed. "Okay, fine, but remember, it's only because you're helping me with Nico." Yes, I did just give in, but hey, they are helping me.

And then they went into plans for Nico and me to get together.

And chapter four is done! So, did you like? Or (hopefully not!) dislike? And the plan will become clear, hopefully, in future chapters.