A/N: Hello! Thanks for all the reviews! Here, in chapter six, we focus mostly on Thalia and Nico's disaster date. Oh, and the popcorn zappy thing WILL become something…later on.

OH! And everybody, this story takes place two years later, when Annabeth and Percy are eighteen. I'm sorry for the confusion! I think I said the wrong ages. ANYWAY: Percy, Annabeth, Travis, Katie, and Rachel are all 18; Thalia is still sixteen (hunter, remember?), and Nico is fourteen, so it's not too bad of an age difference.

IN AVATAR KATARA AND AANG KISSED AND SHE WAS TWO YEARS OLDER THAN HIM! (: SO, as you can see, this happens other places too. Anyway, onto the disclaimer!

I don't own PJO (: Or Avatar: TLA which I mentioned last chapter. Heh. I love that show. OR Green Day. Now onto the story!

Chapter Six: Thalia's Disaster Date

It was six thirty. Annabeth nodded in approval of what Thalia was wearing.

"Ugh. I feel…girlie." Thalia groaned.

"Thals, you barely look it." She had on black converse and black skinny jeans. Her shirt was also black, but had the Green Day cover of 21st Century Breakdown on it. "How do you feel girly?"

Thalia pointed to her face. "I hate makeup. Except eyeliner."

"Thalia, you barely have any on. Eyeliner and mascara. YOU LOOK FINE!" she said with a smile on her face.

"Whatever. I should go now." Thalia said.

"Need a ride?" Percy asked, walking in.

"No. No I do not. I'll walk eight miles. Of course, Kelp Head." Thalia said with sarcasm.

Percy rolled his eyes. "You could say it nicely, Pinecone Face."

Annabeth grabbed his hand and they walked towards the parking lot. "Come on, Thalia! We're not the ones going to the movies,"

"Well, actually we are too." Percy said. "You're making me go see that Midnight in Paris movie."

Annabeth smiled. "It's romantic,"

"But you…don't like romance movies." Percy said.

"Not most of the time."

Thalia got in the backseat and crossed her arms. What did she just get herself into?

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Nico waited by the doors to the movie. It was six fifty nine when he decided to just go in without her. He sat in the way back, behind many people. There were only two spots left in the whole theater: Both beside him. Apparently this was a "world-wide phenomenon" movie. Well, so was Harry Potter, but no one took him to see that.

There's two doors to the theatre; one on the left, one on the right.

Thalia walked in the left, looking around.

Kate walked in the right, grinning.

And they both found Nico at the exact same moment.

Thalia walked up the left stairs to the back, while Kate walked up the right.

Holy Hera, was Nico scared.

"H-hey girls," he said.

"What is SHE doing here?" Kate fiercely whispered.

"The better question is what are YOU doing here?" Thalia asked, crossing her arms.

"Nico di Angelo, did you ask Gracie here on a DATE?" Kate asked.

"No! Kate, why would I do that? I'm on a date with you," he said.

Thalia looked murderous. "WHAT? No, he's on a date with ME! AND MY NAME IS NOT GRACIE!" she said.

"Wait…what? What's going on here? Is this some sick joke? I mean, really, guys." Nico said.

The girls didn't listen.

"Listen here, Gracie. I am—" Kate began.

"My name is Thalia NOT Gracie!"

"Whatever, Gracie. Nico here is going on a date with me. I asked him out FIRST!"

"What? No way! Aphrodite told me that Nico asked her to ask him out!" Crap.

"Aphrodite? You're MENTAL Thalia. Aphrodite doesn't exist! Greek Mythology is a LIE! MYTHology, Thalia. Why don't you go check your mental health?" Kate snipped.

"Oh, gods." Nico whispered, putting his face in his hands. More than half the theatre was watching the two girls now, and they had all heard Thalia say "Aphrodite".

"My…Aunt's name is Aphrodite! Duh, Kate. I'm not mental, unlike you."

"Me? Mental? How?" she asked fiercely.

"Well, for one you—"

"Excuse me, you two. Could you please leave the theatre and take this somewhere else? You're disrupting the film." A movie boy with a flashlight said.

"I was just leaving anyway." Thalia said, turning around. Kate sat with a satisfied smile and grabbed Nico's hand, snuggling into him.

He watched as if it were in slow motion. Cheesy, I know, but really, it felt like his heart had been torn in two. Again, cheesy, but Nico didn't know why. He couldn't possible like Thalia, could he?

No. Zeus would electrocute him silly.

But then again…

He got up, yanking his hand away from Kate. He gave her the popcorn. "Enjoy the movie." He said, and walked away.

He saw Thalia running out the door of the theatre. "Wait! Thalia!" he ran after her.

"Nico, just go away." She said fiercely. "Go enjoy your date."

"But I can't." he said.

"Okay, cut the crap, Nico. This isn't some romance movie where you'll run after the girl and sweep her off her feet. I don't even like those movies! This is real life. I shouldn't even be here! I shouldn't…I can't go out with you, Nico. Go have fun with Kate, I don't care anymore! If this had been a real date, do you know what would've happened to me?"

Nico stood in silence.

Thalia continued talking. "I'd be kicked out of the hunt, Nico. Did you know I should be twenty something right now? That I should probably be married and have a family? That I should…ugh! Nico, you just…go." She walked out the door, but Nico followed her.

"Did you know I'm supposed to be about eighty right now? That I should be married and have a family? That I should probably have grown up grandchildren?" Thalia turned around.

"So what? You aren't, neither am I. But I'm staying like this forever, Nico. You are going to get older, and have a family. I never will!" She said.

"You act like you want out of the hunters! Why don't you quit? You could have a normal life then."

"You don't get it Nico. I did this for Olympus. Percy was the prophecy child. Not me. Now, I'm pledged to a goddess. I can't break a vow, Nico."

She walked away from him, over to Percy's car and leaned against it. She turned around, only to see Annabeth running outside the theatre, looking rather winded. Percy was behind her, Riptide ready.

"Good. You two are out. A little hellhound decided to give us a visit." Annabeth said.

Percy capped Riptide and put it in his pocket. "Any idea why, Nico?" he asked his friend.

"No. Not really." He walked away.

"What was that?" Annabeth asked.

"Let's just go home." Thalia said.

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The next day, Thalia and Nico avoided each other as much as possible, minus the one time at lunch. Their eyes locked for a brief nanosecond, and then were drifted away from each other the next.

Aphrodite was depressed. How could her plan not work?

"…Well, in all honesty, it wasn't the best plan ever." Athena said, using her fork to move around her lunch that passed as food. "You could always ask me for planning and such help. I can strategize anything, really."

"You could have him win her over with poetry," Apollo said.

"Sure, sure. Whatever, Apollo. Be a sissy. Get him to have the guts to actually ask her on a real date. That might work." Ares said. "Or, he could "accidentally" hit her with a sport equipment of some sort and…never mind. She'd kill him. Don't do that last one."

"Why don't you have him take her to an aquarium? I could have all the fish get in an order so they spell "I LOVE YOU" or something sappy like that." Poseidon said.

"I know a good one." Artemis said. Everybody looked at her with a quizzical face. "What? Just because I'm against it doesn't mean I can't help. One way or another, Thalia is going to break the vow. I knew that from the minute I met her in person. She wasn't the prophecy child. Anyway, why don't you have Nico attach a note to an arrow, and he would use archery to deliver the sappy note to her."

"What if he hits her in the—who is that?" Apollo asked, looking over.

A teenager with light black hair and greenish-brown eyes came walking towards the six, with her arms crossed. Behind her lagged a girl with the same black hair, but multicolored eyes, arguing with a boy with a dark black hair and cold, hard black eyes.

"No way…" Poseidon said. "Zeus sent more gods."

A/N: Three guesses who the three people are? Anybody? Come on…It's quite obvious. Well, let me know what you think!

(You're probably right ;))

~Suzie: Who wants to know your guesses! (: