Thalia
"He doesn't look that bad for someone who kept a bubble strong enough to hold the weight of fifty warriors afloat in the water," I commented
"I wonder if he was sleeping underwater."
"How's that even possible?" I wondered.
"When we were underwater, after the ship landed, he fell asleep on me and there was no difference to the bubble. Good gods, he must be so tired. Two battles, and now this. All in one day."
Thalia nodded her head. Even she, who had once been on the run from monsters with two others to take care of- Luke and Annabeth- had never run into such situations often. Percy sighed in his sleep and Annabeth smiled. Then he gripped Thalia's hand so tight she would have soon lost blood circulation and whispered Annabeth. She shared a look with Annabeth full of suppressed laughs, pried his hand off and tossed it carelessly at her. She caught it and set it gently on her knee.
When they reached shore, Leo and Frank offered to carrying Percy to the Fifth Cohort barracks. Annabeth wouldn't have agreed if it wasn't for her being too tired to carry him. But she stayed by his side the whole time. Thalia felt sorry for her. She obviously cared for him beyond anything else and now they were going straight into a war which would probably leave them dead. They might end up in Elysium… but what could beat being plain alive?
I walked over to my brother, who was sitting on the beach, looking quite lost. Some distance to my left, I saw Piper, who turned away immediately when she saw me, and unfortunately for her, bumped right into a spying Reyna. In my head, I threw up fireworks. I loved having that effect on people. Both girls mumbled a sorry and headed off in opposite directions.
My brother must have noticed me and my gaze, because when I looked at him again, he was staring back and forth between Reyna and Piper with a pained expression.
"What's up lil' bro? Girl trouble?" He cracked a smile and nudged my arm.
"Technically, we're pretty much the same age now."
"Actually, lil' bro, my tree years count. So I'm still bigger than you. Anyway, do you want some advice or what?"
"On what?" he asked innocently.
"Oh, you know, the two lovesick girls you're torturing with your every move. Look, I'm no Aphrodite, but those two like you, and it's about time you made a decision." Jason looked at Thalia like she wasn't human…which in a sense, she wasn't completely.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Thalia said defensively. Jason just shook his head like, I can't believe we are related… But he was smiling, so Thalia decided not to kill him.
"So who do I choose?" Jason asked stupidly.
"Who do you like?" Thalia replied, talking deliberately slowly, just to annoy Jason.
Jason scowled and said, "Umm…."
"Yeah well, Umm is not an option. Have fun lil' bro! Oh, and please, call me when you dump her so I can get her slapping you on tape!" Her voice was cheerful, and clearly meant to annoy, but Jason knew she was just trying to break the tension.
Thalia, clearly disappointed in his figuring out her trick, walked off, toward the Fifth Cohort Barracks; Annabeth would need an old friend.