CHAPTER 11

They went to their rooms to change into their bathing suits. Everybody had reached down at the beach and was preparing to go into the water. Except Thalia, who was still in her room. Annabeth said that she had to take a call.

"I'll go and call her down." Nico said and headed to the hotel. He went upstairs and knocked at Thalia'a door. Her voice from inside told him to come in. he opened the door and Thalia was there, standing in her bathing suit and just hanging up the phone.

"Come on Thals, everybody is waiting." Nico said. Thalia picked up her sunglasses and said, "Sorry, some cousin called. He was saying something about a party. Let's go!" They headed down together and then everybody jumped in the water.

They played many games. They decided to divide teams and have a water fight. Whoever gave up first or could not attack their opponent for 10 second lost. Leo, Connor, Katie, Piper and Calypso were on one side and Percy, Thalia, Nico, Annabeth and Travis were on the other.

The game started. Leo's team lost horribly. Connor was pelted with water by Annabeth. Leo was under the water by Thalia. Katie had surrendered to Nico's splashes. Calypso lost to Nico. And Piper was held by the waist and been pelted with water by Percy.

"All right! You guys win! Let's play by partners now." Piper said when Percy left her. The pairs were-Leo, Calypso; Travis, Katie; Connor, Piper; Thalia, Nico and Percy, Annabeth.

"That's unfair. Annabeth and Percy are a really strong team. With water being Percy's element and Annabeth being Annabeth and never losing a game." Leo complained. Calypso hit him and said, "Don't cry now. We will win!"

They did not. Percy and Annabeth won fair and square. The sun was starting to go down now. They went out of the water and sat on the beach with a bonfire between them.

"All right now. We have had it! Now it's time for Truth or Dare!" Travis shouted. Everyone had to oblige. They were on a vacation. And it wasn't a vacation with one of these games.

"Percy can start, being the birthday boy." Katie said and Percy nodded. "All right, Piper truth or dare?" he asked the girl. Piper was confident, "Dare." Percy grinned and said, "Call Jason and ask him out on a date."

Everybody 'oohed'. They had been trying to get Piper to ask Jason out since forever. Now was a great opportunity. Piper sighed and picked up her phone. "On speaker, Piper." Nico said and she put it on speaker while it rung.

Jason answered, "Hello?" Piper said, "Hey, its Piper." She somehow managed to blurt out. "Hey, Pipes. What's up?" Piper nearly died at her nickname. She stuttered, "I was, um, just wondering if you would, um, like to grab, I don't know a coffee, sometime, maybe?" they could feel Jason smile on the other end.

"Sure. How about Tuesday?" he asked and Piper said, "That would be great. See ya!" piper hung up and breathed deeply. Percy was smiling, "Thank me Piper. You two would be getting married because of me."

The game continued. Piper dared Travis to go and flirt with some girls who were hanging out a little far away. They flirted back at him and Katie looked like she could murder somebody right now. Three of the girls gave Travis their numbers but he teared them up when he came back. Kissing Katie on the cheek he said, "You're the only one for me, Katie. Those girls are irritating." Katie looked pleased.

Calypso picked truth and Travis asked her to list all her crushes from grade 1. They were a little surprising. They played for about an hour. By the time they had finished, Thalia had kissed Connor, Nico had prank called his ex, Katie had scored a date with one of the bellboys and Annabeth was sitting on Percy's lap. They all were some crazy dares.

They had a great dinner and then all went to Percy's room to talk. They all talked till 2 in the morning when slowly people started to go and sleep. The only ones left were Percy, Annabeth, Thalia and Nico.

"Alright, I am really sleepy now. I am going. Happy Birthday Percy, again." Thalia said as she got up. Nico got up too and said, "I'm going too. We've had a long day. Bye Perce, Annabeth." They went out.

Percy and Annabeth talked and talked. It was 4 in the morning and they were laughing, from Percy's joke and from exhaustion. Annabeth fell asleep on Percy's bed only. He put a blanket on her and then went to sleep on the couch.

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Thalia was up early. When she went down to eat something, she found Nico there too, eating waffles. "Hey!" Nico said as Thalia sat down next to him. "Hey! Why are you up so early?" Thalia asked. "I was hungry." Nico shrugged and ordered another plate for Thalia.

They ate and then went out to the beach. They walked for a while. "You know, it's weird. You're about to be 18 and you have had only two girlfriends." Thalia said. "Hey, I have had three." Thalia narrowed her eyes, "Your kindergarten girlfriend doesn't count." She said. Nico shrugged and said, "Yeah, you're right. She was annoying."

"Why do you like no one?" Thalia asked. "I already told you. There is someone." Nico said, hands in his pocket. "Alright, wait. Stop." Thalia said. Nico stopped and looked at her. "I am finding out right now who your mystery girl is. Tell me." Thalia commanded. Nico laughed and said, "You don't wanna know Thals." "I do, I do. Tell me." Thalia persisted.

This went on for fifteen minutes before Nico finally said, "All right. All right. I'll tell you." Thalia smiled and urged him on. Nico took a deep breath and said, "It's Reyna."

Thalia's face fell. She stuttered, "Um, Reyna?" Nico nodded. Thalia looked around, not knowing what to say. "Well, if you, if you like her, um, you should, you know, tell her. If you want to." Thalia looked a little sick.

"But if you feel like you are not, um, you're not ready, then you should wait. Waiting is good. Wait, you should." Thalia was having trouble forming sentences.

Nico was smiling. Thalia looked at him and asked, "What, what? Why are you smiling like that?" "Thalia, it's not Reyna." Nico said. Thalia looked shocked.

"It's you Thals." Nico said.

Thalia threw herself into him. She kissed him. When they separated for air, Thalia hit him on the head. "That was for tricking me." Thalia said. Nico smiled and said, "How could I miss such an opportunity? You should have looked at yourself. You were stuttering and-"

He was cut off by Thalia kissing him again.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Yay! Thalico has happened! This was a fun chapter to write. Next chapter in their last day in Montauk and then back to New York. Hope you liked it. Read and Review.