Annabeth's POV

Can I just say, that if you ever want to have a 'sleepover' with Thalia, do not bring your eight year old niece.

First, Thalia wanted to watch the Hangover. Then she wanted to watch a Saw movie. Finally, she decided on the Ring Two.

Not to mention the fact that she only had junk food. I get that it's a sleepover. But did she really have to buy licorice, popcorn, Mountain Dew, and Cookie Dough ice cream (which I find unfair, because Cookie Dough ice cream is delicious and Thalia didn't want to share)!

"Get your own spoon!" she yelled at me, pulling the ice cream tub away from me. I rolled my eyes. Valerie was somewhere in the kitchen, Thanks the Gods. My least favorite scene in the movie was on right now. Let the records show, that after I first saw the Ring Two, I never looked at water well's the same again.

"I don't know where the spoons are!" I yelled back. She shoved another spoonful of cookie dough mush into her mouth.

"So?" she asked, but it sounded weird with the ice cream in her mouth. I rolled my eyes and huffed. Thalia continued eating until I stole the tub and ran to the kitchen.

"Annabeth Chase, you suck!" she yelled chasing after me. Suddenly I was slammed to the ground with Thalia clutching for the ice cream tub over my head. I smacked at her hands and tried to turn over, but that's kind of difficult with a daughter of Zeus sitting on you.

"Thalia, let it go!"

"Never!" she yelled. I starting hitting her, and, might've accidently hit her boob.

"Holy Zeus! Jeez Annabeth, you hit my freaking tit! Watch it!" she yelled suddenly. We met each other's eyes and burst out laughing. Thalia was slapping the floor, and clapping, which looked like a mix between a mental walrus and some other type of seal. My eyes were tearing up and my stomach was hurting.

Finally, we both stood up, still chuckling. Thalia put the ice cream tub in the freezer, but not before stealing a few bites. She turned to me and shrugged.

"Wanna see my room?" she asked.

"Sure," I said, following her. We went down the hall, past the bathroom and she suddenly flung the door open.

"Tada!" she shouted, running forward and jumping on the bed. It was a simple room, with a medium sized bed, two dressers on either side of the wall and a bunch of water-bottles on top of the headboard. Not to mention the fact that clothes were, everywhere!

"Jeez Thalia, do you own a hamper?"

"No," she answered, her head popping out of a mound of black sheets.

"Why not?" I asked, climbing on the bed next to her and folding my legs underneath me. She shrugged.

"I just kind of pick up the laundry off the floor and wash it."

"Yeah well you missed something's," I told her. She rolled her bright eyes and shrugged.

"Whatever," she said, reaching down and flinging a random clothing article at me. I reached up to deflect it, but not on time, and was hit in the face by said article of black clothing.

I pulled it off my face and realized I was holding…

"Boxers? Eww, that's just gross Thalia!" I flung them back at her and shuddered.

"Oh chill, would you? These are mine," she said with an eye roll.

"You wear boxers now, Thalia?"

"No, they're just comfortable to sleep in," she shrugged.

"Mmmkay, still gross," I said.

Suddenly an earsplitting scream echoed from down the hall. I launched myself off the bed and sprinted to the kitchen. Thalia followed.

We found Valerie hiding under the table, clutching at the leg chair she was wrapped around, her eyes wide.

"Valerie! Are you alright?" I demanded kneeling by her.

"There was a face in the window!" she whimpered. I stood up next to Thalia and retrieved my dagger.

We both crept forward to the little window in the kitchen. I'm not sure how Valerie saw this face in the window, since it's above the sink, but whoever it was they were going to die.

"Hello?" I called out softly. Thalia slapped my arm.

Suddenly face appeared in the window, yelling out in rage.

Thalia and I both screamed, and I Iaunched myself into Thalia's arms. She ran to the living room, carrying me bridal style, before dumping me on the couch and springing over the loveseat. All I saw was the top of her head poking above the worn leather.

"Hey guys," a voice said from behind me. We both screamed again. Until we saw it was Nico. Percy and Peter burst through the front door.

"What the Hades is wrong with you?" Thalia shrieked standing up and storming over to Nico.

"You're just mad that we caught you two off guard," Nico taunted. Suddenly Thalia tackled Nico to the ground and starting hitting him. I clutched at my chest as Peter ran in the kitchen to get Valerie. Percy walked over to me laughing. I put my hands on my knees and tried breathing to slow down the fast beating of my heart.

"C'mon Annabeth, it was just a joke," he said, poking me in the side. I slapped his hand away.

"Well, it wasn't funny to us," I said. Then Percy did something completely unexpected. Suddenly his arms were wound tightly around me and he was squeezing me tightly to his chest. Before my mind could register what was going on, I buried my head in his chest and let him comfort me.

"Don't do that again. Ever," I said, fiercely clutching at his shirt.

"I'm sorry. I won't ever do that again," he muttered. I sighed in relief, even though he was only telling me what I wanted to hear.

Two sets of heavy feet padded into the living room and both shouted, "Gross!"

I figured they weren't saying that to us, so I turned around and rolled my eyes.

"Okay. Thalia, Nico, let's not make-out in front of the little kiddies," I said, walking over to them, and kicking Nico's leg.

"C'mon guys, the kids are here, and none of us want to see that!" Percy yelled.

"What's with the PDA?" Percy asked, nudging my arm.

"I have no idea. They've definitely changed," I replied.

Nico and Thalia stood up eventually. After I kicked Nico a few more times and yelled at them. They both trudged over to the loveseat with swollen lips and sat down.

"Sorry," Thalia shrugged. I rolled my eyes and sat down.

"Hey Perce, where Catalina?" I asked. His eyes widened and he ran to the door.

"Be right back!" he yelled as he slammed the door closed.

"Oh Gods," I muttered. He came back in a minute later with a sleeping Catalina in his arms.

"How do you forget your daughter in the car? Smooth Percy," Thalia said with an eye roll. I collapsed on the couch and looked to Valerie.

"How're you doing kiddo?" I asked. When I was younger I vowed never to call my nieces and nephews 'kiddo' but after Valerie turned five, it just kind of grew on me.

"Fine, I guess, Peter explained everything to me, so I feel better," she shrugged, sitting on the floor by my feet. Percy had sat on the couch next to me, with Peter at his feet.

"So why are you guys here anyway?" I asked. Nico shrugged.

"We wanted to visit you guys," he said. I rolled my eyes (which has become a bad habit of mine).

"Right, you wanted to visit us. Just kiss your girlfriend and go home," I said with a tired sigh.

"Harsh. How did you deal with her Percy?" Nico asked. I ground my teeth together and turn to Percy, waiting for his answer.

"I learned how to deal with it," he said, flashing me a smile and looking down at Catalina's face.

"We should watch another movie!" Thalia exclaimed. After a few minutes of debating, we decided on something called, 'The Back-Up Plan'. I kind of wish we hadn't chose that, especially with Valerie and Peter in the room, but it was pretty funny.

When the movie ended, we all went to the kitchen, because we were all starving.

Percy made some grilled cheeses' for the kids and Thalia, because she begged for one. I held a sleeping Catalina while balancing a turkey sandwich in my other hand.

"Do you know where my IPod is Thalia? I want to have it when we go back," Nico asked, halfway through the sad excuse for a meal. Thalia shrugged.

"Is it under your pillow? You were listening to it last night weren't you?" She asked, crinkling her nose and taking another bite of her grilled cheese. Nico went to find his IPod while the rest of us ate the last of our food.

"Thalia, I told you to stop putting my dirty clothes on the bed!" he yelled.

"OCD much? Jeez, is he always like that about dirty clothes?" Percy asked. Thalia sighed.

"Pretty much," she muttered, before yelling back at Nico, "Big deal! I'm gonna wash them anyway!"

Suddenly, something occurred to me.

"Those weren't your boxers, were they Thalia?" I asked, closing my eyes and pinching the bridge of my nose.

"Well," she said, dragging out the 'L'. I opened my eyes to look at her and handed Catalina to Percy.

"Gross Thalia! You could've told me!" I yelled, walking to the kitchen sink.

"You wear boxers?" Percy asked Thalia as I washed my face.

"No! Shut up, kelp head," Thalia grumbled. I heard Percy chuckle.

I looked at the clock as I walked back to the table. Nico was already sitting down again.

"It's getting late guys. Maybe we should go to sleep," I said, glancing at the kids. Percy sighed.

"Yeah, it is late. C'mon Nico," Percy said standing.

"Alright," Nico said with a sigh.

Peter sluggishly got up and walked to Percy's car, Nico trailing behind him. Percy was the last to leave, with Catalina already bundled into her car seat, via Nico.

"Night Annabeth," he said to me, as I was about to close the door. He was standing on the front porch.

We stared at each other for a moment.

Even after all these years, his sea green eyes still hadn't lost their spark.

I glanced at his lips and back at his eyes. Would it be wrong of me to kiss him? Would it?

The smarter part of my mind took over. Yes, it would. His wife just died, he just picked his daughter up. He had too much going on right now. I got an idea and smirked. I leaned over and kissed his cheek before stepping back inside.

"Night Percy," I said, closing the door on his very cute, shocked face. Priceless.

Thalia's POV

I was right.

It was a long night.

And Nico is an ass.

With a sigh, I turned over and buried my head in my pillow. Valerie had crashed on the couch watching some kid's movie, and Annabeth didn't want to move her. We both climbed in my bed and tried to fall asleep without laughing at something stupid.

It had been awhile since I had seen Annabeth, but it was like we had never been apart .

"Hey Thalia?" she asked.

"Yeah?"

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Not really giving me a choice," I said with a smirk.

"I'm serious, Thalia," she told me.

"So am I," I replied.

"Thalia," she warned.

"Alright, alright. What's your question?" I flopped over to talk to her.

"Is it bad that I might be falling for Percy again?"

"When did you stop falling for him?" I responded. She gave me a look so I sighed and continued, "Yeah, it's kind of bad."

"Figured."

"Then why did you ask me?"

"I wanted to know for sure."

"Annabeth, you're a daughter of Athena. Since when have you needed someone else's opinion?" I asked.

"When I realized it was bad that I was falling for someone who might not love me back."

"It's Percy, Annabeth,"

"So?"

"Maybe he's not the only one with seaweed in his head," I muttered.

I'm sorry that I don't know how to update! Anyway, I just had to add this chapter. Finally the tenth chapter! Wow, already the tenth. Crazyy!

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