A/N~ So. I finally got this chapter up. Sorry it's been a long time. I've been having some issues. I'm back with my mom, my friend who was in that big fight is now my friend again, and I'm still behind in school. Yippee. -.- Anyway, I hope you guys like this chapter. I wanted it to be longer, but I didn't want it to be like… I guess choppy? Well. Anyway, hope you like it. :3

Disclaimer- I do not own the Percy Jackson series. Curse you Rick. -.-

Chapter Six- Falling Apart.

Percy POV-

I finally crash through the woods to an opening and find myself facing Thalia and some other girl. Thalia gives me a cold stare and the other girl stares down at her shoes. I take in the girl standing by Thalia. She's pretty. The things that stand out most are her necklace, a dragon wrapped around a blue orb and her eyes. They're an electric blue, just like Thalia's.

"Um, hey?" I say with an awkward wave.

Thalia glares at the ground, refusing to look at me. "Hey. This is Marisa. Daughter of Athena."

"Oh. Hi, Marsia. Nice to meet you. I'm Percy Jackson, son of-"

Marisa cuts me off. "I know exactly who you are. The great son of Poseidon. The guy who seems to save the world all the time, no?" She glares at me, her words sting. This is not how I want people to think of me. The gods' little good boy who gets all the glory.

"Um…" I really have no idea how to reply to this.

Marisa's gaze softens, as does her voice. "Sorry. I don't have great people skills." She goes back to staring at the ground. "Uh.. . I have to go." And with that, she's off, fighting her way through the branches.

"Might I say, that was weird." I grin.

But, my grin slowly fades as I see the expression Thalia is giving me. A look of pure annoyance, if not hatred. "Why are you here, Percy?" She says it with venom.

"I.. um… wait… I saw you crying and I was just making sure you were okay…?" This is weird. Just this morning, we were joking around, now she's trying to murder me with her eyes.

"Well. I don't need your help, Percy. You don't always have to be saving someone. Seriously. Think I can't protect myself? Solve my own problems? Huh?"

I throw my hands up. "Whoa, Thalia, calm down. I never said any of that!"

"Well, you may have not said it, but everything you do suggests so. Stop trying to be the big hero with me."

I start getting angry. She knows perfectly well I'm not trying to be the big hero with her. I see it in her eyes. "I'm trying to be a good friend! I'm trying to show you…." No, it's obvious that she doesn't like me. Grover must have played a trick on me.

"Show me what?"

"Never mind. It's obvious you would never like the idea." With that, I start walking back to camp.

Thalia POV-

I stare at where Percy left. I stare at it for what seems like hours. I was cruel and I know it. I just… I guess I was trying to protect us both from everything.

The thing that hurts the most is that he didn't tell me that he likes me… he almost did. I know it. But he thinks now that I could never have those feelings towards him.

I bit my lip to contain a scream. How could we just be joking around this morning? How could I have found out that Percy likes me, just a few hours ago? It seems like years later from those moments. Now all I have is my thoughts, which seem to want to make me feel even worse than I do.

I plop down on the ground with a sob.

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