Hey guys! Check It out! I'm almost to 100 reviews! This week was a pretty good week... My homeroom class got a hedgehog as a class pet that we named Sega and on Thursday I was on a field trip all day and when I got back, I went to watch my alma mater (middle school) play volleyball and destroy then got to play our game and destroy. Then today, I totally killed my speech presentation! So all in all, I'm in a pretty good mood so... Here new the next chapter! :)

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Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Percy Jackson and the Olympians... Obviously since I am in no way, shape, or form Rick Riordan.

Thalia was fed up with these two. Both Percy and Annabeth were acting like little children and it was seriously pissing her off. It was Sunday morning and she was on her way to Annabeth's house because she had gotten a wake up call from said woman saying that they needed to talk and that it was extremely important. Once they had hung up, Thalia thought she could squeeze in five more minutes but then her idiot cousin called saying that he needed to talk to her. She groaned a response and told him that she would be there that afternoon. Unable to fall asleep again, Thalia dragged herself out of bed and got ready to play therapist.

After turning on to the right street and locating her destination, she pulled over to the curb in front of her best friend's home. Getting out of her black Mustang and locking it, Thalia made her way to the front door and rang the doorbell. She could hear the familiar tune ring throughout the interior and the array of footsteps moving toward the door. Thalia waited for a few seconds before the door opened revealing a harassed looking Annabeth. Her hair was up in a messy bun but there were so many strands that have escaped that it might as well have been down. Her blue Columbia University shirt was crooked on her small frame and one pant leg of her grey sweatpants were rolled up to her knee while the other covered her full leg. "What the hell happened to you?" Thalia asked.

"Percy happened," she frowned. Thalia groaned and rolled her eyes exasperatedly.

"Do you have food?"

"Yes."

"Then let's go." After breakfast, Annabeth told Anthony that she and Thalia would be in her study and that he could just watch TV.

Once Annabeth led her best friend into her study, she began to clean up some of the clutter that seemed to inhabit the whole room. Thalia was amazed. Her head pivoted around the room, taking in all of the blueprints tacked to the walls and the thousands of rolls of more blueprints stacked in each corner. "So... What did my idiot cousin do this time?"

"Ugh... What didn't he do?" Annabeth walked over to the couch she had positioned along the wall that wasn't completely covered by the blue sheets and took a seat. "I'm sorry... I just... He recently found out that Anthony is his son and has been insistent in becoming a father and... I don't know... He's been really weird." Thalia's eyes warmed as her confident demeanor softened. She took a seat by Annabeth on the soft, black couch and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey... Calm down, take a breath, and tell me everything," Thalia placated. Annabeth took a deep breath and told her everything. She recounted every event from the last week up until Saturday, the week before.

"And last Saturday," she continued, "he showed up to the house because he promised Anthony that they would go to Coney Island and he was in a pretty good mood. He helped me finish preparing breakfast and offered to clean up after we had eaten so that I could get ready to go but when I told him that I wasn't going, he came up close and started speaking in this deeper voice while he massaged my shoulders. I mean, I don't get it. He tells me that all he wants is to be with Anthony and then he does all of that." Annabeth paused to gather her thoughts once more before finishing. "Anyways... We go to Coney Island and everything is fine. Everyone is having a good time until Percy gets a call. It wasn't anything serious," she ensured seeing the look on Thalia's face. "It was just an update from his job at the Aquarium and when he told Anthony, we just had to go. While we were there, I did kind of snap at him for worrying about me too much and his mood just kind of dropped. Then, as we went out to the exhibits and habitats, Percy was pretty Ok. Then, some guy came up and gave me his number and Percy was just plain sour after that and for the rest of the week but he was still really great with Anthony and acted like nothing was wrong." Annabeth put her head in her hands. "I just... I don't know what to think," she sighed, looking at Thalia for answers.

Unlike her best friend, Thalia knew exactly what to think. It was blatantly obvious that Percy still had feelings for Annabeth even though his original intentions were not to get back together with her. Thalia debated with herself on whether she should just tell Annabeth the truth straight or just let it play out. It would make things a whole lot easier for everyone for sure if she just told her.

Thalia wondered why Annabeth hadn't caught on to Percy's feelings yet especially because she was the only one who could ever figure out that Kelp Head. Making up her mind, Thalia said, "Well, Percy always was a strange one. Sorry but I can't help you there. You're gonna have to figure it out all on your own." Then a thought struck Thalia. "What did you do to the guy's number?"

"What?" Annabeth cocked her head to the side in confusion.

"The guy from the Aquarium," Thalia specified. "What did you do to his phone number?"

"I don't know... Um... I think I still have it somewhere in one of my pockets," Annabeth said, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Well, are you gonna call it?" Thalia sat up a little straighter as if to look interested but really, she could care less about the dude.

"I'm not sure..." Annabeth bit her bottom lip.

"What do you mean you're not sure?"

"I mean, I haven't really dated since Percy and that was because Anthony was in the picture and I couldn't really leave him alone," Annabeth explained. "And, let's face it Thalia, no guy really wants a single mom as their first choice for a girlfriend, especially one that has been divorced."

"Well he obviously chose you."

"That's because he doesn't know that I'm a mom! Andy was watching the sharks while I was kind of off by myself," Annabeth argued.

"Well, you won't know if you don't try." Thalia really didn't want Annabeth to go for this guy, whoever he is, but it's the only way for Annabeth to dig herself out of the deep hole she's put herself in and for Percy to realize that he's got to get a move on if he really, truly wants Annabeth back.

The two women continued to argue about it until Thalia finally convinced Annabeth to take a chance and call the guy. Annabeth dug through all of her dirty jeans until she finally found the crumpled piece of scratch paper. "Put it on speaker," Thalia said as the Annabeth tapped the screen, dialing the number.

Annabeth rolled her eyes but obliged. The caller tone rang four times before a masculine voice answered. "Hello?"

"Hello, Mark?" Annabeth was nervous. She had never done this kind of thing before.

"Speaking," he replied. Annabeth didn't know what to say and was utterly lost until Thalia gave her a good nudge on the shoulder.

"Uh... It's Annabeth."

"Who?" Thalia faced palmed then motioned for her hopeless friend to elaborate.

"The, uh, girl from the Aquarium. You know, last weekend?"

"Uh... OH!" Mark laughed warmly. "Sorry, it's just, you never gave me your name so I was kind of confused."

"Uh... Yeah..."

"Yeah... I was starting to think that you weren't gonna call."

"Heh... Yeah... Sorry about that..." Thalia snickered because Annabeth probably wouldn't have called if it weren't for her. Annabeth smacked her arm hard to get her to shut up.

"So... Anyways, I wanna get to know you better," he said, changing the subject. "Do you think we could go out sometime?"

Annabeth bit her lip but Thalia was going crazy with the hand signals and gestures to get her to say yes. "Sure," she finally said.

"Cool! How about Friday night at seven?"

"Sounds good."

"Alright, see you then." Mark hung up the phone after that, ending the call.

Thalia punched the air and Annabeth punched her best friend. "Ow!" she complained. "What was that for?"

"For getting me to do that!"

"Oh calm down," Thalia said waving her off.

"You have to babysit when I go out with him on Friday," Annabeth said trying to get back at her ex's cousin.

"Oh no I don't, Percy will be here right?"

"What?! Are you crazy?! Percy can't watch Anthony while I'm on a date!"

"Why not? You did say that he was solely focused on Anthony right? So... what's another couple of hours gonna do to him? And, why should he care about what you do?" Annabeth huffed a response.

"I hate it when you're right," the grey-eyed blonde muttered.

"I always am," Thalia joked while gathering her things. "Now, I have to go."

"Go where?"

"Just places..." Thalia trailed off leaving Annabeth to interpret it anyway she liked because she really didn't want to tell her that she was headed off to Percy's now.

Annabeth, thinking her best friend was referring to her fiancé, simply smiled and nodded. "Well thanks for coming. I just really needed someone to talk to."

"Anytime Annie."

"I've told you countless times not to call me that."

"And I've told you countless times that I don't care." Annabeth rolled her eyes and led the way back down to the living room where Anthony seemed to have fallen asleep watching the Disney Channel. Thalia went up to the young boy and kissed his temple before meeting Annabeth at the front door. "Bye. And good luck with your date."

"Shut up Thalia." Thalia laughed and hopped into her car. With one final wave, Thalia sped down the street, heading back to Manhattan to go deal with her cousin.

•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•

At around one in the afternoon, Thalia pulled into the parking lot for her cousin's building. She located his blue Benz and parked in the vacant space right next to it. Once she had secured her car, Thalia made her way up to his apartment. She stepped into the elevator and pressed the number three causing the button to light up, the doors to close, and the whole elevator to shift upwards as it made its way up each story, searching for the correct floor. Finally, the bell dinged and the doors opened allowing Thalia to step off and make her way to Percy's unit. She walked up to the door and knocked, loudly, three times and waited. She listened to the shuffles from the inside become louder as Percy approached the door. Percy opened the door looking no better than Annabeth had earlier that morning. His hair was tousled and pointing in every direction. Thalia knew that it was usually like that on a regular basis but the way it was in front of her at the moment was a different kind of messy that did not work at all. His pajama pants hung loosely from his hips and his T-shirt was all wrinkly on his torso. "Hey cousin," He greeted.

"Jackass," Thalia smiled, referencing the last time they had talked.

"Still on that huh?"

"Oh yeah."

"Great... Come in." Thalia followed him in and took a seat on his couch.

"So... What is it that you want?" Thalia asked, getting straight to the point.

"I need help."

"Obviously," she muttered under her breath. Sadly, it didn't go unnoticed by her younger cousin as he shot her a look. "Sorry," she said, not truly meaning it. "So... Does your problem, whatever it may be, happen to do with a certain blonde haired, grey eyed, best friend of mine who also happens to be your ex wife and the mother of your son?" Thalia asked as she gave her green eyed cousin a smug look.

"Yes," Percy admitted hanging his head in shame.

"Oh, look up would ya?" Percy followed Thalia's orders and looked up into her electric blue orbs. Thalia noticed how much her cousin had seemed to age as his physique was not as confident as it usually was. It occurred to Thalia that he must truly be mentally and emotionally exhausted. He practically had just about given up. Immediately, Thalia softened her tough attitude and pulled her younger cousin into a hug (something she would deny later on). "What's wrong?"

"It's just... I found out that I have a son two weeks ago and as I spend everyday with him and Annabeth, I find myself falling. I tend to berate myself every chance I get because I know that they are a family and although I have a biological connection to them, I'm still just an outsider." Percy hung his head down as if he were embarrassed of the next thing that came out of his mouth. When he looked back up he continued, "And every time I see Annabeth, I find myself falling for her again but I know that it would never happen because why would she choose the same guy that betrayed her and left her again?" Closing his eyes, Percy suppressed all of the emotions that were building up in the pit of his stomach. Once he was sure he was fine, Percy opened his eyes once more and continued. "Now, I bet she's dating that guy from the Aquarium and once he's in, I'll be out. They won't need me anymore because they would have a happier life without all of these complications."

"Well... I talked to Annabeth recently about what happened and I won't tell you what she said but... Don't you think you may have overreacted to the situation?"

"I probably did," he confessed. "But, I mean, how would you feel? I already felt terrible and mad at myself for what I did to her and I love her. I guess that despite the fact that I knew that we would never get back together, I still had a sliver of hope that it could happen. Seeing her and Mr. Preppy Prick together just through me over the edge." Percy seemed to have confused himself by the way his eyebrows furrowed. He paused then continued saying, "I guess what I'm trying to say is that I was more mad at myself that day than at Annabeth." There was a moment of silence as Thalia took in this newfound information.

After connecting all of the dots and putting the story together completely, Thalia really felt bad for her younger cousin. "Do you really love Annabeth still?" she asked him after a moment of silence. Percy stared at her, wondering what was going on in her mind.

"Yes," he replied without hesitation.

"Then I say who cares if she dating someone or not. They're not married. You definitely still have a chance and because of the fact that you are her son's father. You have a better advantage because the way to a single mom's heart is through their kid. You love their kid and they love you back, you're in." Thalia lifted Percy's head with her hands once more because it had once again drifted so that he gazed at the floor once more. She made him look into her eyes before she went on. "I want no more of this self-pity thing you've got going on because it just doesn't work." Thalia stood up. "You say that you care about her and that you love her but you also say that you have pretty much given up on any chance of you two getting back together. Don't tell me you're trying to do the whole 'if you love her, set her free' shit because that is the corniest, drama-queeny-ish bunch of crap that I've ever heard."

Percy stayed in his seat when he asked, "So what do I do?"

"Simple," Thalia answered. "You fight and you never give in no matter how bad it gets. Got it?"

Percy nodded, showing that he understood. Thalia made her way to the front door with Percy at her heels. "Now, It's been real fun playing therapist but I do have a fiancé coming to pick me up in four hours for dinner."

"Thanks again for coming Thalia."

"Anytime Kelp Head." With that, Thalia sauntered down the hallway, back out to her car, and began the drive back to her apartment.

And there's chapter 10 for you! :) I hope you liked that breath of fresh air with having Thalia's point of view. I know some people wanted her back and it was really easy for me to write with her since I relate to her so much.

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