Chapter 9- About TIme

So Thalia invited me over to her place today and I'm standing in front of her door, knocking.

After a few seconds, the door opens and I see Thalia. She still has the crazy black hair that's all over the place, her blue eyes are so bright she might even be on drugs or something. She's still skinny and dressed in mostly black and denim.

When she sees me she smiles and pulls me in to her apartment, hugs me and says, 'So good to finally see you.'

I pat her back. She still uses that pine scent her high school boyfriend got her. Hm.

'Same. I missed you.'

Thalia pulls back and smiles. She pushes her hair back and then I notice it. The ring.

I grab her hand and exclaim, 'Holy shit! How did this happen? Tell me everything.'

Thalia blushes a bit. 'Um, Luke proposed last summer, we're getting married in January.'

My jaw drops. 'Luke as in Luke Castellan? From high school?'

She bites her lip. 'Uh huh.'

'I am honestly so happy for you. You guys have been together all this time?' I'm seriously in awe.

Thalia nods. 'Yeah, we actually made long distance work.'

I raise my eyebrows. 'Seriously? How'd you do that?'

'Weekend dates and late night Skype calls. It was so hard to be away from him. As soon as we graduated, he proposed and we bought this place. We both have good jobs and the pay's more than decent.'

'That's amazing Thals. You beat the odds! Long distance supposedly never works.'

'That's what people say when they're scared of committing, scared to give somebody everything. But I guess it doesn't work with everyone. Luke and I are in love. Like, seriously. It's not a 'for now' thing, it never was. I just knew from the start that he's the one. I know it sounds extremely corny and cheesy but it's true.'

I gulp. 'Yeah, well at least your love story has a happy ending.'

Thalia sits up straighter. 'Oh, so you met Rachel.'

I groan. 'Does he go around telling everyone about her?'

Thalia shakes her head. 'Not exactly, I'm a CA at the art college Rachel goes to. I ran into Percy when he came to drop her off. Then later on I asked her, and she told me.'

'Oh. But doesn't it suck how she's so nice and sweet? I mean, I cant even hate her!'

Thalia puts an arm around me. 'It's okay Ann. Look, you guys are still friends right?'

'Yeah, but it's gonna be super awkward now that I made an idiot out of myself.' When she gives me a confused look, I explain the codeword thing. After I'm done I say, 'That's basically telling him that I wanna get back while he's with someone, showing him in just two words that I missed him so much, that I'm still in love with him. Although he was super nice about it, it still hurt. It sucks because I cant even pretend to hate him for douchebaggery.'

Just then, the doorbell rings. It's Luke. He looks surprised to see me but happy. He gives me a bear hug, kisses Thalia and we all sit down on the couch, me hugging my knees across Thalia and Luke all cuddled up. They really are so cute together. It's just like old times, but Percy's missing. I get rid of the thought and Thalia and I tell Luke everything.

'Well, you know what this means right?' Luke smiles.

'What?' I ask, a bit curious.

'We need to get you back out there with someone new and get rid of this sad Annabeth. In fact, I know just who.' He turns to Thalia. 'Remember my friend from college Connor? Wont he be great for her?'

Thalia's eyes light up. 'Yeah, they'd be great! You're a genius sometimes. But mostly you're kinda stupid.'

Luke narrows his eyes and playfully punches her.

I laugh. 'But what about Connor? How's he?'

Thalia laughs. 'Yeah, we know. He's a lot like you actually and he's not bad in the looks department either.'

'In fact, he's asked us to join him for drinks. You wanna come?' Luke asks me.

'Well I've got nothing better to do, and it'll definitely get my mind off Percy.'

I can't help but be a bit proud of myself. After four years, I'm finally moving on.

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