I know, I've been making Thalia a little bit of a bully but it felt right, just read the chapter and enjoy. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Heroes of Olympus in any way, if I did Luke wouldn't have died and it wouldn't be half as good as it is now.

After the dining pavilion Thalia walked to the arena. She had forgotten all about her promise to herself. Leo was so infuriating; she didn't care if he had a bad childhood she was going to kill him, or at least beat him up. She grabbed her sword and started slashing and stabbing a dummy that she imagined was Leo.

"You're right, he is annoying," said a voice behind her. Thalia yelled and whipped her sword around only to find a crippled, ugly man that she recognized as Hephaestus.

"Easy," he said to her, backing away, "I just came to talk to you."

Thalia laughed and put away her sword, "I'm sorry Hephaestus, I didn't know."

"Quite alright," he talked like a man from the 90's or something, "I'm glad you don't say 'Lord Hephaestus' that makes me sound old."

"I've gotten used to being told not to call gods that," she replied.

Hephaestus laughed a warm, hearty laugh, which made Thalia smile, "Yes, gods do have that hobby," then he stared at her, "I understand my wife came to see you about Leo." Thalia stiffened, so that's what you wanted, she thought.

"Yes, and?" she said getting annoyed two visits from a god/goddesses straight wanting to talk about Leo, was their relationship that popular?

"Well yes, your relationship is that popular, you're Zeus's daughter after all, you're one of the most popular channels on Hephaestus T. V. after Travis and Katie, of course and Percy and Annabeth," he said all suddenly like he heard her thoughts, "Leo is annoying, I admit that but he's got a rough life, I understand my wife also told you that?" she nodded and he sighed, "I really wish she would stop bothering my children's love lives. Look Thalia, you're a brave, kind and sweet girl but you can also be headstrong and tend to push people away. Leo's a special kid, and even me the blacksmith god who got thrown from Olympus by his mother because she thought he was too ugly can see that you and Leo have a special connection."

She shook her head, "No, Hephaestus you don't understand," she looked at him, "Me and Leo, well let's just say that we're the most opposite couple there is."

"The goddess of love told you that you were right for each other are you going to wait for Eros too?" Hephaestus almost shouted at her, "For Pete's sake, even Ares can see it! You two… just give Leo a chance, alright?" she sighed, "Alright?" he repeated so she finally nodded, "I'll be watching you, and... stop bullying my son will you? Oh, and remember opposites attract." Then he vanished like the way Aphrodite did last night giving her love quotes meant to help her but only led her more astray. She remembered what the god said, 'stop bullying my son will you? Had she really been a bully to Leo? She shook her head and decided to think about it later. She sighed and glanced at the clock. 11: 50. Leo should be almost here. She decided to practice more but this time imagined the dummies as stupid love goddesses and blacksmith gods. But now that she thought about it while training she has been a bit like a bully to Leo and she noticed that some things changed about him, he doesn't always have a goofy smile on his face, he doesn't tell a lot of jokes anymore and he hasn't been participating in any pranks as much as he used to. She realized Leo had changed, probably not for the better. But she liked this Leo better than the old one, the one that still makes jokes but not as much as he used to, the one who still plays pranks but not as much, the serious one, well at least more serious than the goofy Leo. She dropped her sword and went to find Leo to cancel the fight but before she could even go out, Leo stepped in. With a goofy smile on his face.

"Hey," he said to her, grinning, "Ready to get your butt kicked by Team Leo?"

Go Team Leo! Anyway leave a review or a suggestion on how I should do the next chapter because I'm stuck with writer's block. I mean, should I do a battle scene? 'Cause I'm not good at that stuff and I'm more good at conversations not battle.