Annabeth's POV
So much had happened lately, I was beginning to get homesick. I wanted to talk to thalia, I needed an explanation of what was happening and who this Tink girl was.
I was stood out on the balcony from the kitchen. It was the next morning, I cradled a cup of coffee in my palms and rested on the barrier. I heard percy open the glass door behind me and slot his arms around me. He whispered in my ear.
"guess what nico told me." I turned so that our faces were closer. He inched closer, kissing me softly.
"what?"
"Thalias found herself a love interest. You should ask her about it." I smiled, suspicious of what he wasn't telling me.
"where is she?"
"dunno?"
"what happens now?"
"we go home, well camp Jupiter" I heard reyna's voice behind me. She continued. "We thought that these kids were dangerous. They aren't. Not even barely at threat. So I will go. Stay if you want." She turned and walked back inside.
Thalia's POV
I woke up, wiping the sleep from my eyes. Tink lay next to me, her hair covered her face entirely. She looked a bit like a mop. I slid my phone from the bedside table and quickly snapped a few pictures before walking out onto the landing. I called down.
"anybody awake?" annabeth walked out into the hall and leaned against the banister.
"they've gone. Just me and percy." I thinned my eyes.
"everyone?"
"yeah, but you're my best friend so I felt I couldn't leave. Plus percy is interested in his sister." I thundered down the stairs and into the kitchen. Expecting it to be a joke that they had left. I turned back to annabeth.
"she needs our help, she is way to proud to admit it but if she doesn't get help then we are screwed, not just her." Annabeth looked up the stairs and then back at me.
"Percy said that you had a 'love interest'" she made the quotation gesture with her hands. Then she twisted her head to one side and stared at me. She folded her arms like a questioning mother. "who?"
I didn't want to tell her, not yet. What do I do?
"is it luke?" she giggled. I panicked
"yeah. I like luke. But I don't know if he likes me back." She burst into laughter.
"I honestly thought you were a lesbian."
"it's a common misperception, I have no interest in girls at all." I heard the landing creak. Tink was awake. I wondered if she had heard that.
I walked into the kitchen behind annabeth and began to make some breakfast. After a while tink came down, she was dressed in a big blue jumper, light blue jeans and snow boots. Her hair was messy and her eyes shone through it.
She didn't even look at me. No acknowledgement.
"did everybody leave?" she asked annabeth. Annabeth nodded. She looked just as interested in Tink as I was. Percy who was leaning on one of the counters piped up.
"now that we have you, you need to explain. What do you want? Or did you just want to fuck us around until we all hated each other?" with every word he got more angry. Spitting them at tink. She didn't shrink back. She opened her mouth, about to argue back when the door shot open and max ran in. He grabbed tink by the ribs and hugged her hard.
"happy birthday!" he shouted and hugged her again. Percy instantly shrunk back on himself.
"um.. sorry.. I didn't…" she pursed her lips and smiled.
"don't worry." Turning to max. "what are we doing then?" he crinkled his nose.
"nothing, as usual. Been a bit crazy." She smiled anyway and grabbed a piece of toast from the table. Turning back to the rest of us.
"I should call my mum. You know let her know that I am alive." Percy pushed off the counter.
"you have a mom?" She turned back.
"What don't you?" he nodded but persisted.
"so you live here, far away from your mum and never see her, for what?" she pushed him back.
"mind your own business." She turned on her heal and headed out of the house, blue following her. I glanced at annabeth and then sprinted after Tink.
"Hey." I shouted down the steps, she was already at her car. She looked up as she opened one of the doors.
"what?" she yelled back
"Can I come? Trying to avoid the questions." She threw a glance at me and nodded. I sprinted down the steps. I was still in my PJ's just with the boots on my feet and Tinks aviator jacket tugged on. She watched me get into the car next to her.
"I…." she broke off. "luke?" it took me a moment before I realized that she had heard me and annabeths conversation at the bottom of the stairs.
"no." I glanced at her "hey one of our first conversations was about how much I apparently loved him according to you. And you can read people so…." She rubbed her nose and studied my face.
"okay, how do I tell you that it's a lie." I burst into giggles.
"I don't care." I straightened my neck and stuck my chin up. "where are we going?" She shook her head.
"I have no idea."
