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Okay. Wow. I did not think I would make it this far to chapter fourteen. But I'm just improvising so hope you like it! Thank you guys for the awesomest reviews!

Alright for the recap. Last we heard, Percy and Annabeth ended up somewhere in the outskirts of town and have contacted Thalia who 'somehow' ended up with Luke in Portland. They agree to meet at the Sea Lion Caves at the coast of Oregon, which is where Annabeth suspected the caster of the spell was based on her dream. So far, no sign of Nico…

Chapter 14:

Thalia maintained the awkward silence and broiling tension between her and Luke as they wandered around town looking for a place to sit down and rest for a while until they had to drive down to the caves.

She occasionally sneaked a brief glimpse at Luke's subtle expression on his face. Luke knew exactly what Thalia was thinking, but buried the thought. Sighing, he looked up at the dim warming glow of the rising sun. It was still pretty dark outside, but Luke could see it was almost morning. He too had yawned in fatigue, having not slept well in days.

Thalia led him over to a silver luxury car. She looked around at the desolate streets, feeling the uneasy wind in the atmosphere, and spoke, "Here. Do your thing. We should get moving before anyone finds out we stole this car."

Luke grinned, "Okay." He took out a switch blade and began working at the lock of the car. Within less than a minute, he had gotten the door open.

Thalia had lied down already on a bench and fallen sound asleep while Luke was picking the lock. Luke looked over and saw her peacefully sleeping with her arms holding her knees to her chest. Luke picked her up gently and let her down into the leather backseat of the car.

Then he hopped into the driver's seat to work on the ignition. Luke attached a few wires and sparked a few, then the car finally started. He stepped on the gas, forcing Thalia to roll against the back of the seat.

Thalia let out a groan, "Ughh. Wha…?" she saw Luke in the driver's seat speeding the roads, realizing Luke must have carried her into the car. Her vision was blurry as she got up. "Luke…"

Luke turned around briefly, "Sorry about that." he apologized hesitantly and returned to focusing on the wheel.

Thalia crawled from the back into the passenger seat. She felt uneasy and untrusting of Luke, but somehow her feelings were changing. After running through the airport together, being stuck in the same town together… Perhaps Aphrodite had a little more work to do, other than just on Percy and Annabeth. She shook away the troubling thoughts , taking a deep breath.

"Listen. Luke… I…" Thalia couldn't bring herself to overcome the pain from years ago when the same man she was sitting next to now, had betrayed her years ago.

Luke gave her a smile, attentively listening, "Yeah?"

She paused, almost about to break down overwhelmed in confusion and love for Luke. "I just…"

Luke remained relaxed but driving at full speed, while listening to Thalia say something she had never dreamed she could probably say to someone like Luke.

She eased up and abruptly bursted saying, "I love you."

Luke was silent and his face still expressionless. He pulled over the car and turned towards Thalia.

"What are you…?" she had a puzzled look.

Luke confirmed, "You love me…" he grinned. The haunting memory of the kiss he had with Annabeth rushed into his mind. It reminded him, conflicted at heart he thought to himself, "I shouldn't do this… I love…" Something inside his gut brought him to give in to Thalia's sudden admittance.

"I love you too." he said unconsciously, pulling himself closer to Thalia. He kept a constant look into her eyes, feeling the nervousness in him subside.

Thalia smiled, breathing slowly, bringing her close to Luke till she felt his nose rub against her cheek. She hesitated, frozen at the touch of his lips against hers. And she felt Luke taking her breath away while she brought her hands around his neck.

It was a while till Thalia pulled away to catch her breath. Luke re-evaluated what had just happened in his head, and it seemed Aphrodite was successful. He pulled Thalia in for a quick kiss and started the car again.

Luke began driving and returned to his calm natured state of mind, occasionally sneaking a smile to Thalia. She blushed a deep red whenever he looked over.

It was nearly morning. Luke had completely lost track of what the time was, but with two days left, it didn't really matter; he just knew he had to kill the caster and reverse the curse before everything was going to turn to dust.

Luke was already seeing drastic changes around him. The sky was no longer its clear blue; instead it had become a sickly gray color. It was constantly raining and snowing, tornadoes could be heard from the distance and the wind around him was unusually warm and dry. Everything was out of place. He had a feeling Thalia was worrying about this too, as she stared out the window towards a dark sky with no lightning…

Eww… crappy ending. I tried to drag it out. Anyways. Thanks for reading!

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Oh. by the way, chapter 13, 14, and 15 are all happening pretty much at the same time just with different people. (this is all while they try to meet up at Sea Lion Caves) Like the scenario with Percy and Annabeth last chapter, and now Luke and Thalia, and NEXT will be Nico.