Hey Guys! Wow. Thanks for all the reviews, I love reading them. I didn't think I was going to have to update so soon, but oh well(:

Okay, so Tratie will be happening, but I am going to focus more on Percabeth and Thalico first.I already have the next few chapters planned out. But since you all want Tratie, I will be making more of an effort to add them in. I'm so sorry, I didn't realize she wasn't going to the swim party until I was already done with the chapter.

This chapter is mainly about Luke and Thalia. I'm not going to give away spoilers, but I just want all of you to know that in the end, it will be Thalico. So don't worry.

Now. Presenting Chapter 11!c:

Disclaimer: I only do this thing because I have to.


Chapter 11: 2nd Chances

Juniper's POV

Once we kicked all of the guys out of the house. We decided to watch them until they disappeared. Afterwards, we went into the family room to think about what we were going to do first. Annabeth recommended that we go back in the pool, but that was already getting kinda boring, so we ditched that idea.

We ended up playing the Wii. We started off playing some good old Just Dance 3, and to my surprise Thalia had some nice moves. She and Piper seemed to get really serious over the competition, whereas Annabeth and I just kinda stood back and watched them. It was hilarious when Piper 'accidentally' slammed into Thalia, just so she messed up on a gold move. That got Thalia pissed, so we ended up switching games. Instead we played one of my favorite games ever; Guitar Hero!

Thalia and I volunteered to use the two guitars Annabeth had. Piper went and got the drums, which meant that Annabeth had to do the singing. You could tell she was nervous, and didn't want to do it.

"Fine, I'll do the singing for this song, but we will be switching positions each song, okay?" we all agreed and we picked the first song. I was surprised at how well Annabeth could sing! I was just expecting her to not really try or anything, but she got into it! Once the first song ended, we made her do singing again because she was so good. I'm pretty sure that's her secret talent.

After a while we all got bored of playing the Wii so we decided to go up to Annabeth's room to get it ready. When we entered already on the floor were some air mattresses. Awesome! Annabeth left the room quickly to go get sheets to cover them. After much difficulty we made the beds. What? You don't think making beds are difficult? Okay, maybe they aren't normally, but they are when Thalia's with you. We had to keep hitting her off the mattress because she kept falling on them and just staying there. It wasn't until Annabeth threatened her,

"Fine Thals, I guess I'm just going to have to take your phone and call Nico." She ran out of the room to go get it, while Piper and I were laughing our heads off. As soon as Annabeth ran out of the room, Thalia realized what she said and had gotten up and was sprinting to catch up to her. While Thalia was off killing Annabeth, Piper and I thought it would be best if we finished making the beds.

Annabeth and Thalia walked back into the room. Annabeth's hair was a disheveled mess, which only means one thing; Thalia succeeded.

"I would've killed her, but that wouldn't be a good thing to do to your host." She said while laughing.

"That is NOT cool Thals. If I were you, I'd watch your back while you sleep." Annabeth grumbled. I know she wasn't mad, she was just faking it. That's a great thing, none of us take things to personally, so we are able to get a good laugh in at times.

After the beds were made, Piper took Annabeth's iHome and turned on the radio. She had turned the volume up all the way, and at the moment One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful was on, so we all decided to dance to it. We did bazaar dance moves, and basically just looked like drugged up hobos. We just danced and sang until the commercials came on, and even when they came on Piper pretended to impersonate the dude. It was hilarious.

Annabeth quickly left the room and came back, holding Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 and 2.

"Movie Time!" she said as she put part one into the DVD compartment.

"Yes! I love Harry Potter." I said. I love Annabeth because she understands my weird obsessive love for a book series. When I tell most people, they just look at me like I've got problems but hey! It's not my fault I've read Harry Potter a good 4 times, maybe it is, don't judge. Anyways, as we were watching Part 1 Piper randomly decided to pause it and say,

"Ok, seriously. We are wasting valuable gossip time. I mean, we can watch Harry Potter later." I swear Piper could be a child of Aphrodite. The girl has these moments where she goes from tomboy to gossip girl. It's super weird.

"Okay, I was curious Piper," Annabeth started, "I thought you and Jason got off to a pretty good start."

"Seriously. We were just talking. No problem there." She meant it to end the conversation, but it came out nervous and choppy, which totally gave it away.

"Okay, yeah, sure…talking." I said while doing air quotes at talking.

"Shut up Juniper. You have no idea what we we're even doing." She replied.

"Did you enjoy it when he licked your feet?" Thalia asked.

"Thalia. That is disgusting. How about you, did YOU enjoy it when you licked Nico's ear?" she shot back.

"What!? No, I didn't, if you weren't paying attention, which you probably weren't. You were probably paying too much attention to Jason." She said.

"I was not!"

"Just admit you like him." Thalia said.

"Fine, I will, but only if you admit you like Nico!" Piper said.

"I DON'T LIKE NICO DI'ANGELO!" she said.

"Well, to be honest, you do act like it at times, and I'm pretty sure he likes you." Annabeth said.

"Chase, bow about you? You seemed to enjoy YOUR time with kelp-head. Am I right? Or am I Right?" she said, looking to the rest of us who in turn nodded back.

"That was nothing." She said while crossing her arms.

"Yeah, I mean. You just had a hot guy sitting on your lap for a good 10 minutes, that's totally nothing." Piper said.

"No, guys. She just must have forgotten all about Percy." I said, and after I winked at the others, so Annabeth couldn't see it.

"Yeah, exactly what Juni said. I just forgot about him." Annabeth said.

"Oh my Hades, you do like him!" I said. I kinda already knew that, but she was basically confirming it.

See, I don't get why she's trying to hide it from all of us. The only thing we'd do is tease her for a little while, but then we'd try and help her actually get with Percy. She should know we only have her best interest in mind. To be honest, I'd love to help Percy and Annabeth get together, seeing as Percy helped Grover.

The great thing about already being in a relationship is that you don't have to worry about all the crap. I mean, if your with a guy, it's kinda obvious you like him. You don't have to worry about getting nervous around them, or try to hide anything, or have your friends constantly harass you about getting with them. Annabeth had it coming to her. It's just she has too much pride to admit that she has a crush with a guy. Like somehow admitting she likes Percy will ruin her pride? Whatever, hopefully one day, soon, she will come to her senses.

"Whatever, I'm just going to put Harry Potter back on." She grumbled.

We all ended up falling asleep sometime during the 2nd part of Deathly Hallows.

The next morning I awoke to Thalia screaming,

"WHAT THE HELL IS ON MY FACE!" I looked to see what the problem, and I saw whipped cream all over her face, and Annabeth standing next to her with the canister, laughing her ass off.

"CHASE, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" she screamed as she got up and went to the bathroom.

"You can't, remember? You said it wouldn't be polite to kill the host. Plus, I did say you were going to pay for what you did to me last night, so HA!" she said while sticking her tongue out.

Thalia didn't kill Annabeth. Thank goodness. The only reason she didn't though is because Annabeth was holding a box of Pop Tarts in front of her. We all ate, and before we knew it, our parents were there to pick us up. Well, Thalia's weren't, but that's just because she lives right up the street. She was going to ride home, but not before helping Annabeth clean up. I think this was probably the best sleepover ever!


Thalia's POV

Well, since I live right up the street from Annabeth's, I thought I'd help her clean up. I also had something I wanted to talk about with her, and it's regarding Luke. See, he really wants to come back, even if it's just to apologize for what he's done in the past. He told me that he really wants to be my friend again, and he wanted to know if we can be friends again. I've been really conflicted over it, so I thought I'd ask Annabeth about it and see what she says.

As we were folding up the blankets on the air mattresses I decided to ask her,

"Hey Annie, Luke wants to come over to my house just to talk and apologize."

"Yeah, and?" she asked.

"And I was wondering if you think I should let him." I said.

"Well, I think if he really is sincere and wants to apologize you should let him."

"Yeah, it's just, I don't know. What if he wants something else? I wouldn't know if I would want to get back together or not. He said he wants to be friends again, but I'm just not sure. I don't want to lose him again." I replied honestly.

"Well, if you want to be friends again, then invite him, but if you start feeling uncomfortable, don't be shy to tell him how you feel. Send him away even. But you need to tell him how you feel if you want to be friends again." Annabeth said.

"But what if, I don't know, he wants to get back together?" I said nervously.

"Just listen to what he has to say. If it's true, what you say, that he sounds sincere, then try and hear him out. But if he does anything you don't like, tell me. And I will get Percy and the others to beat the crap out of him." She said seriously.

"Haha, you know me Annie. I'd be able to beat him to a pulp without the other wimps." I said laughing. She also started laughing.

"Okay, but if I find out, then I don't know how long I will be able to keep it away from the others." She replied seriously.

"Okay Annie, I'll be a good girl." I reply.

We finished folding all of the blankets and I texted Luke telling him that we could hang out today if he wanted. He said he'd be over to my house in about an hour. Perfect, that's enough time for me to get home and go shower. I said goodbye to Annabeth and rode home.

I got home, and Jason was sitting on the couch watching SpongeBob. I was very tempted to go sit down and join him, but I remembered that I had to go take a shower and go get ready for my date with Luke. Wait. It's not a date. It's more like a get-together, or, you know what, I have no idea what it is. It's so confusing. I just hope I will be able to figure it out.

My shower was a good 15 minutes long and super refreshing! I stepped into my room and decided to pick out my outfit. I decided to wear a pair of my jean capris. They had a bunch of rips in them and were light colored. I wore a black belt with little spikes on it and a black crop top shirt with the words, Don't mess with me in white. I decided to wear my black converse shoes. Perfect. Now I look tough, like I could beat up Luke if I wanted to. I finished off the look with some mascara and eyeliner along with my chap stick.

When I walked downstairs Jason turned to look at me,

"And where are you going young lady?" he asked.

"I'm going to go hang out with Luke." I reply. Jason and I are close, so I don't have to lie with him.

"Oh. If he gives you trouble, I will kill him for you." He said smiling.

"Thanks brother dear. It means a lot to me." The doorbell rung. "Okay, Bye Jay!" I said before turning to the door to go greet Luke.

When I opened the door Luke was standing there. He's so handsome. I thought. Shutup! I said back. Luke has blonde hair like Jason, but his hair isn't so uniform. It's short cropped, but unlike Jason's hair you can actually style it. He has blue eyes and he is pretty muscular. He was wearing jeans with Converse shoes that were red to match his red shirt.

"Hey Thals, it's good to see you." He said.

"Hi Luke, it's good to see you too." I reply.

"How are you doing?"

"Not bad actually, how about yourself?"

"I'm doing pretty good. So where do you want to go?" he asks.

"Umm, I don't know, do you have any good places to go?" I ask.

"No, not really. I was hoping you'd have a good place to go."

"Well, we could go to the park." I said.

"That sounds like a great idea. Do you want to drive there?" he asks. Oh, I forgot. Luke is a good year older than me, so he can already drive. I saw his red Toyota Tacoma parked on the street.

"Nah, why don't we just go on a nice long walk." I say.

"Okay." He says. We start walking, and it's really awkward because neither of us are saying very much. I really wish we could go back to how we were before he moved, and before he started ignoring me. But I can't ignore the fact that that is what happened, and I can't change it, I can only work with it. We ended up walking about a block down when he suddenly stepped in front of me and turned to face me.

"Thalia. I know I've been such an ass to you. I messed it all up, and I know you don't deserve it. I don't deserve you. But I really want you to forgive me. Please, I didn't realize what I was giving up until I had given it up. There's nobody else like you."

Whoa, that kinda really took me by surprise. I was not expecting that. First it took me a second to process what he said, and then another minute to come up with a good reply.

"Luke, I do accept your apology and I forgive you, but I'm not about to forget what happened, and what you did to me." When I said that it came across as very harsh, and I don't know why. I didn't mean to be rude or anything. Maybe this whole time I was over thinking it and it was as simple as Luke not realizing me.

"I know, and I don't expect you to forget, and I will never forget what I did to you. I was such an idiot." He said.

"Don't worry about it," I say, "We all make mistakes."

"Thals, I was wondering if you want to get back together with me. It would make me so happy. Can we please try one more time?" he's practically begging me.

"Listen, I don't want to shoo you away or anything, but to be honest, I still have feelings for you. But I have no idea what to do about them."

"I'll be here, please, just give me a second chance Thals." Okay, now he was begging. I don't know why I didn't just accept it. If it was a month ago, I probably would have been the one begging for him, so I have no idea why I'm so hesitant. He looks so innocent, and even after what happened I still trust him. I know, that sounds stupid, but he's my first love, and I don't want to give up on that so easily.

"Fine. But listen, I'd rather we go slow. I mean, after all we've missed, I want to make sure we get it right." I say.

"Okay. Thank you so much," He grabs my hand and interlaces our fingers together, "I'm so glad you're back. We're back."

I can't help but smile. I will admit that I have missed being with him. While we were talking, I had hardly noticed that we had made it down a few blocks and basically looped the neighborhood, so we were a few houses down from my house. Wow.

He walks me over to his car, so we are standing beside the truck, and I'm leaning against it. He has his one are extended and he's leaning on the truck, so its him, then me facing him, then the truck. I smile, and he leans in next to my ear and whispers,

"Why slow?" He leans down into the crook of my neck and starts to slowly kiss it. I let him do it for a few seconds, but then I stop him.

"Because, I told you, I need time. Please understand me. I don't want to hurt you or hurt myself." I say. I lean in and kiss him on the lips before walking up to the porch. "Maybe we can go out to the movies or something soon?" I ask

"Yeah, sure. I'd love that" he says.


[Annabeth-Bold Thalia-regular] Phone call

Ughh Annabeth, I can't believe I took him back. I mean, I'm happy I did, but still.

Then why do you seem so upset?

I don't know. You make a good point. Don't yell at me or anything, but he seems like he really has changed.

As long as you're comfortable with it.

I think I will, I mean. It's him, we used to be so comfortable around each other .

Well, since I'm your best friend I support you, and I know your responsible.

Yeah, I told him I want to go slow. To catch up everything we've missed.

That sounds like a really good idea. Maybe you could get him to hang out with us one night.

Okay. I'd like that. I don't even know why I'm afraid of this whole thing.

I'm guessing it's because you don't want this to mess up again.

Yeah, I guess so.

Just try and relax around him. You did say he sounded sincere, so believe him.

Okay. I just feel like I over think things WAY too much.

Oh my Gods, that sounds exactly like me.

Shit! I'm turning into Annabeth. That's not good.

Are you kidding me? I'm fricken awesome.

Yeah, I'm going to have to think about that.

Whatever Pooper Scooper. Hahaha.

Hey, I got to go. Text me tho.

Okay. And Thalia.

Yes?

I'm sure everything will work out for the better in the end.

I sure hope so. I just want everything to settle down for once, instead of drama and relationship crap. My life feels like one of those stupid teen drama movies. And I hate it!

Haha, oh gosh. Thank goodness my life's not like that. I've got nothing to worry about.

Yet. Haha. Hopefully Kelp Head gets the guts to ask you out sometime soon, otherwise I'm going to have to go talk to him.

Thals I'm fine. It'll happen when it happens, I don't want to force it.

Yeah, sure whatever. Cough cough bullsh*t cough cough. Bye.

**END CALL**

Nico's POV

Okay, so there I was just enjoying my life in my room and playing video games. I love hanging out with my friends, but summer's also about playing video games! So that's basically what I was doing. Usually, once I start playing my games, no one can distract me, except for this one exception. I realized my phone was buzzing, that must mean someone's calling me. I paused my game and reached over to look at the caller ID and it was Thalia.

Okay, I won't deny it, I kinda like Thalia. So when I saw her name, my heart did a skip-and-a-jump and I had to calm myself down a little before I answered the phone.

[Thalia-Bold Nico-italics]

Hello?

Hey Nico. I wonder what she wants right now.

What's up?

Oh, nothing much. I was just bored and I wanted to talk to someone, so I thought, who better than you.

Oh, well you made a good choice! Haha, You're lucky im in a good mood, otherwise I probably wouldn't have even answered.

Well that's good that you're in a good mood. Cuz I have something to talk about, and I really think you could help me out.

What's up? Maybe she wants to tell me she has a crush on me! Suddenly I became very very very excited to see what she had to say.

Well, it's just. Last year I was going out with this guy named Luke Castellan. But he randomly disappeared, so I was really sad and I kept wanting him to come back. But now, he's back, and he's asking for me back, and it's just I'm so nervous about everything that's happening between him and I.

Oh. Was literally all I replied with. I felt my heart drop. Because Oh was all I was thinking. What was I hoping for anyways? I knew that wouldn't be it, so why am I suddenly all depressed. I suddenly got angry at Luke. I don't even know him, and yet I'm so angry at him. How he can just come in and take her heart after all he's done. Maybe it's not only anger, but it's jealousy. As much as I hate to admit it, I wish that was me she was going crazy for, but at least she trusts me enough to tell me this. Because something tells me that she probably doesn't trust too many people. I guess I should just be happy for her, because if she's happy, then I guess that's all that matters.

Well, why worry? If he seems sincere then go for it. But don't be so outgoing, because I don't want him to hurt you again.

Don't worry. I won't let him do anything stupid, plus, I know if he does hurt me, you'll be there to help me beat the crap out of him. That makes me feel good.

I don't think he'd make it out alive. I guarantee he won't have kids.

Haha, well, you're a tough kid, you'd be able to beat him up in a matter of minutes.

I don't even doubt it!

Thanks Nico. I'm glad I could share this with you.

Anytime. Thals, you can tell me anything, anytime. I'll be there for you.

THIS IS NOT A DRIVE BY-Y-Y-Y.

Haha, good one. I totally didn't think about that! ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A STREET I KNEW.

STOOD A GUY THAT LOOKED LIKE YOU….

We just ended up spending the next 45 minutes just talking about the most random crap and acting like total idiots. It was so fun! Even if it's just as friends.


Wow. That was hard. See, i didn't have this chapter written before, so I had to write this whole chapter in a day. I know ur probably upset im putting thaluke together, but it will change, I promise. Next chapter is entirely Percabeth! C: yes, you heard me right, entirely Percabeth

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