TPOV:
He's got to be kidding me! After what happened last night he's off flirting with the whole freaking Aphrodite Cabin. That is exactly why I had sworn myself off if men in the first place! Gods why is this making me act like this?
I was helping Piper with her archery when I noticed him sneaking around in the shadows. Oh gods here we go again with this crazy crap that he was pulling. Piper pointed him out as he began to walk over to us. I just rolled my eyes and continued helping her out.
"Thals can we talk for a second?" he asked.
"No because at this moment I happen to be busy." I said not letting him know I was agitated with him. I continued to help Piper with properly knocking the arrow.
"Please Thals." He pleaded giving me the puppy dog pout. I'm not sure if I was totally ok with him using my nickname yet but I don't think there was any stopping him. He was probably using it out of habit.
"Go ahead I can handle this." Piper assured me.
I followed Luke into the woods and we stopped in a small clearing. Luke sat in the grass and stretched out then patted the space next to him, "Sit down."
I sat cross-legged next to him and he smiled, "See this isn't that bad now is it?"
"Well considering that it was not my choice to follow you around no this isn't completely terrible." I shrugged as I began to stretch my own legs out.
"Look Thalia there's something I need to tell you." He grinned like a madman.
I raised an eyebrow and gave him a funny look, "What do you possibly need to tell me Luke?"
"Well Thalia I need to tell you something very important."
He was still grinning like a madman and honestly it was driving me a little crazy, "Will you get on with it already?"
"Thals I love you." He whispered.
BOMBSHELL! What the hell was he thinking? I sighed and closed my eyes considering my words before I said anything, "Luke why waste your time?"
"Because I will win you back Thalia." He whispered as he leaned closer to me.
"Luke I'm being serious you're wasting your time just by thinking that!" I sighed.
I could smell his spearmint mouthwash on his breath, "Do you really think that Thalia?"
"Luke I'm going to introduce you to a nice little concept called personal space." I said before pushing him away from me slightly.
"You know you want this." He grinned like an idiot.
"Luke are you on drugs or something?" I asked him.
"Thalia we both know that answer." He said as if it were obvious.
"Well I can't tell if you're just high or you're really this stupid." I raised an eyebrow.
"There's the old Thalia." He grinned.
I rolled my eyes and we continued to carry on a conversation that didn't constantly consist of him pissing me off and me offending him. It was like old times joking and talking about anything and everything.
"You haven't changed have you?" I blurt without thinking.
"And now she realizes." He smiles. Oh gods it's the smile. Oh Sweet Baby Apollo here comes the smolder. Why the heck am I thinking like that I shouldn't be thinking like that.
We're sitting Indian style in the grass and I noticed that we were gradually leaning closer to one another. His face was literally centimeters away from mine. Before anything could happen I scooted back a little and he frowned a little.
"Luke I should really get going." I lied and ran back to the archery range.
"Thalia wait!" he called but I kept running.
Piper looked at me quizzically, "You okay there Thalia?"
"Yeah I'm fine how are you doing with the archery?" I asked trying to hide the fact that I was about to kiss Luke.
"Thals are you sure you're ok?" she asked me with her eyebrows raised.
"I'm completely fine." I lied.
Then there he was running out of the woods he tackled me and we rolled down the hill. He landed on top of me and he looked down at me. He was grinning like an idiot and now I was beginning to get a little ticked off with him. He leaned in closer and pressed his lips to mine softly. I know I'm going to regret this later but I found myself kissing him back. Unfortunately just as I did Natalie, the one huntress who absolutely hates me and is always trying to find ways to get me kicked out, saw it.
"You're in so much trouble." She cooed before running off to go tell Artemis through an Iris Message.
Luke looked at me and smiled sheepishly, "I'm going to guess and say that you hate me a lot right now."
"No honestly I don't." I whispered I was surprised with myself that I wasn't mad with him at all.
He stood and helped me back up and his smile returned, "Well then what does this mean for us?"
"I'm not sure." I admitted.
"Your dad's going to be pretty ticked." He whispered his grin set in place on his face.
He pressed his lips to mine again and things became clearer to me. I never really enjoyed the Hunt; it was just something I busied myself with so I didn't have time to think about my feelings. Thunder rumbled in the distance I know I was pissing off a lot of gods but at that moment I really honestly didn't care at all. Luke pulled away and rested his forehead on mine and smiled.
We were picking up on the part of our lives that never really got the chance to happen. It just felt natural to be in his arms.
LPOV:
Thalia and I were finally there, I finally won her back. My dad was probably throwing some sort of party and Zeus most likely wasn't very happy hence the thunder. Thalia smiled at me and I smiled back at her.
"Ehem." We turned around to find Artemis standing there.
Thalia pulled away for a moment and bowed her head, "M' lady, I know I'm kicked out."
"Well I have no choice but to but I will offer you a proposition." Artemis said with the hint of a smile.
What would that be?" Thalia asked.
"If this boy ever breaks your heart you're welcome to come back to the Hunt as your old rank." Artemis smiled.
"Thanks for the offer I'll keep it in mind." Thalia smiled and then turned to me.
"At least wait until I'm gone to go kissing him." Artemis laughed.
Thalia smiled and wrapped her arms around my neck before kissing me again. It was definitely different from where we were two days ago, let alone a month ago. I definitely kissed her back and I knew that everything was how it should have been awhile ago.
