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Chapter 14: Mini-Golf and Life
Thalia's POV:
Wow, so it's Thals here, and let me tell you something about life; it sucks. And what sucks even more, is that it's a trap, and there's absolutely no way to get out of it. And you wanna know what happens at the end of the suck-fest we all call life? You die. Great, huh? I thought so too. What's taken philosophers years to figure out has taken me 10 seconds. Well, on that cheery note, let me tell you more about my 'life.'
It seems like every night I make or find time to call and talk to Nico. The great thing is we could be talking for 2 hours or 2 minutes and yet we never run out of conversation topics. Usually with most people you talk to them for a good 5 minutes, and then you feel awkward, because there's nothing else to really talk about. Yeah? Well it's the exact opposite with Nico. We talk about EVERYTHING! From school, to Doritos, to spiders taking over the world( don't ask).
He's such a good friend. He's always there for me, no matter what. Even if it seems like I'm a terrible person, he'll find some reason to justify what I've done. He believes everything I say, and vice versa. And I don't have to lie to him, so I don't. We usually just straight out say what were feeling to each other. Even if it might come across as a little offensive.
As for Luke, we've been texting. That's about it. Even then he has moments where he won't reply for a good 20 minutes. I just shake it off though, because I know he's got a busy schedule. He's in football, and they've started training every day, so I don't blame him when he forgets to reply. Finally after about 4 days he called me. He asked if I wanted to go mini-golfing with me, and of course I said yes.
Despite the fact that everybody tells me to watch out around him, I don't really seem to follow that when I'm around him. It's like I forget about it. I was actually starting to believe I finally got Luke back, and it made me feel super happy. As soon as he hung up with me I pushed the speed-dial to Nico. Yes I have him on speed-dial…
(Nico-Bold Thalia-italics) Phone call
Hey Nico!
Hey Thals, what's up?
Nothing much. Guess What?
The spiders have started taking over the world?
No, silly goat!
Then tell me!
I'm going mini-golfing with Luke tonight!
Oh. I swear I could hear disappointment in his voice when he said that. It was as if a hundred pounds of brick dropped out of nowhere and landed on his head.
What's wrong Nico?
I-I just don't know if you should trust him, I only want the best for you. I mean, he never calls you, only once in a while, and- he kept talking, but I started drowning him out. There he goes again, on another anti-Luke slur. He always says that. Like what? Does he not trust my judgment or something?
I mean, at first I was okay with him telling me to watch out, because I knew it was true. I knew I should watch out, but now, it's like he's trying to control who I should and should not date.
Why do you always say that? You don't even know Luke, and yet you're judging him.
No Thals, it's just that after what he did to you the first time, I'd hate for it to happen again.
So it's not him your judging, it's me?
I never said that. Now you're twisting my words.
But it's true! You seem like you don't trust my judgment. Is that it? I understand.
No Thals-
Well I don't need sergeant Nico governing every boy that steps into my life. Jason can do that. And he doesn't seem to mind too much about Luke. He knows I'm stronger than I look, because I am. Do you think I'm weak and can't handle it? Because I'm definitely stronger than you think.
I know you are Thals, you're probably the strongest girl I know, without a doubt. It's just that I care about you, and would hate to see you hurt. I'm sorry it came across as differently.
I decided to just stay silent. I didn't want to reply, because I'm pretty sure I'd just lash out at him again, and he sounded like he was making a sincere effort to apologize. So I'd let him talk. He waited to see if I was going to reply, but when I didn't he just sighed and continued talking in a calm voice,
I didn't mean to get you all worked up. I know you're super excited for your date with Luke tonight and I am too. I really am. He paused, I knew he was waiting for me to reply, but when I didn't I could almost see him thinking about what to say next,
I hope you have a great time with him tonight. You deserve it. But you're gunna have to call me after and tell me how it went, because I want to know. I'll leave you be now so you can cool down and go beautify yourself for the date. Have fun Thals. I-
He was hesitant for a moment, as if thinking about saying something, but decided on not saying it, and he just hung up. Even after he hung up I stayed in my seated position on my bed, legs crossed, with the phone still up to my ear, as if I was expecting to hear his voice again, but I knew better.
Gahh! I don't know if I'm still mad at him, or if he just became the best person ever. He's amazing, and now I feel bad that I just gave him the cold shoulder. I'm such an idiot, and a terrible person, and so many more horrible things. And yet I know if I were to tell Nico that, he'd still try and tell me differently.
I'm so heartless. How could I do that? He only wanted to make sure I was okay, and I snapped at him. I need to apologize, but I think I need a break for now. I will call him after the date. I'm not going to disappoint him. After about 20 minutes of just sitting there I sighed and went to go get ready.
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I hear the door knock at 5 o' clock and I knew it was Luke coming to my door. He texted me at about the same time saying, "Hey, just got here. Come out." So I decided to reply and tell him I'd be out in a few minutes.
I've been getting ready for a good hour. I had finally picked out my outfit, I was wearing a red crop top shirt with black cursive writing on it and a pair of jean shorts with a little black belt. I was wear regular black converse as well. I would have worn jeans, but it was a little too hot out for them, so I put the shorts on against my will.
I had put on my usual amount of eye-liner and mascara, along with a few other things to touch up my face, and finally, some nice lipstick. It was probably my most favorite lipstick. It is red, but it's not like a 'oh-my-Zeus-I-just-killed-someone' red, but more like a 'wow-its-the-perfect-mix-of-pink-red-and-orange-and-looks-like-the-perfect-sunset.' Wow, I really need to stop talking about this. I bet none of you even care what lipstick I wear.
I would like to say I was pretty successful with picking out my outfit and makeup, especially since I only had an hour. Why did I only have an hour might you ask? Well cuz I spent a good 50 percent of my time laying on my bed thinking about Nico. Even after I got up and started getting ready he was the only thing on my head.
I shook my head in frustration as I started down the stairs and to the front door. I paused really fast, pulling my shorts down, and readjusting my shirt, then about ten seconds later I opened the door,
"Hello there," Luke said in his charming voice. All thoughts of Nico flew out of my brain like that.
"Hi." He reached down and hugged me.
"You ready to go beautiful?" he asked. I nodded and we walked over to his truck.
Wow. It seems whenever I see Luke, I forget everything else that's going on. I forget I have a brother, I forget to close the door, I forget my name, and I even seem to forget Nico. It's not like I mean to, it's just, whenever I start thinking about them, it's as if they can't co-exist. Its either Luke OR Nico. Not both. It's like they aren't compatible or something. Which is extremely weird because Nico has never even met Luke, and vice versa.
Part of me wants to ignore Nico whenever I'm around Luke, because I know Nico would be telling me to watch my back, or not to trust him and whatnot. I want to prove him wrong, because Luke is a good guy, and Nico never seems to get it. I mean, everyone makes mistakes. It's not like Luke did anything terrible to me. I mean, he disappeared, but he later told me it was because his mom moved hospitals, and it happened to be one 3 hours away.
Another part of me wants to consider Nico whenever Luke's around. I'm always comparing one to another, as if that's fair. Sometimes Nico is way better than Luke, but other times I just want to be with Luke. It's so confusing. And at least I know Luke likes me. For all I know Nico could just be that nice to every girl he knows, and I'd have no idea. Maybe he's got someone else on his mind, someone better than me, and he's just saying nice stuff to make me feel better, cuz my life is so messed up.
After about 20 minutes we finally got to the mini-golf place. Luke and I had been holding hands the whole car ride. Once the car stopped he got out, and I got out too. He didn't come open the door for me, but whatever. The place wasn't just mini-golf. It had laser tag, a bunch of videogames, bowling and outside was the mini-golf and it was huge. I walked around the truck to him, and once I reached him he put his arm around my waist while we were walking. Once we got to the door he started ushering me in, which was fine with me. I had no idea where to go.
The inside was crowded. And I mean crowded. There were so many people it was crazy. I felt Luke's hand creep from my waist to my butt as we started walking through the crowd. I could barely look back, so I just decided to keep going forward as he guided me to where we had to go.
Once we finally got through the building to the mini-golf I was so relieved. It was a good ten degrees cooler outside, and there were a lot less people. Apparently mini-golf isn't too popular these days. Whatever.
We went over to the intermediate path because both of us already knew how to mini-golf, but we weren't that good. I started laughing when he went, and when it was my turn I pretended to be terrible at it, whacking it the wrong way and what not.
"Having trouble there Thals?" he was laughing.
"No! I'm definitely sure I'm doing this right." I said seriously. He came up behind me and fitted my body with his, he put his big, broad hands over mine, and started showing me how to swing. After practiving a few hits with his hands on mine, he moves his hands to my waist. I was a little uncomfortable, especially since I already knew how to golf, but whatever.
Nico wouldn't do this, I thought. I instantly became frustrated with my head. Shutup! This isn't Nico! This is Luke. Two fricken different people, stupid brain. Because I was angry at myself, I totally ignored what Luke was doing, even if I knew deep down inside I knew what I was denying was true, He's only doing that to feel me up.
We were golfing for about an hour before we decided to go back inside the building to go eat, since we were both hungry. We waited in line to order our pizza, and after we went to sit down. We just ended up talking about unimportant irrelevant information till we got our pizza. We ate, and by the time we finished it was about 8 o'clock, and we decided to go home.
Once we pulled up I didn't automatically get out. Why might you ask? Because we made out. I think I'm going to keep that general, and let you use your own definition of 'make-out' because I really don't want to explain. Whatever floats your boat ladies and gentlemen..I was just kidding! Gosh I'm not that bad of a person! I have some respect you know! He had his hands on my waist as I was leaning over the seat to his seat. I had my hand in his hair and was messing it up.
As we were making out, I noticed something. This whole scenario, in Luke's truck, for some reason didn't feel natural. Almost as if it was forced and I had no choice. I mean I wanted to, but every time we did, I felt something inside tugging inside of me telling me to stop. After about 5 minutes I decided to pull away, because I just wasn't feeling it anymore.
"Okay, Bye Luke. Thanks for an amazing night." I said pulling down my shirt. It only rode up!
"Anytime baby." He leaned over and gave me a quick kiss then I gathered all of my stuff and opened my door and walked to my front door. I reached in my purse, got out my keys and unlocked the door.
I turned around to look at him and waved as he started driving off. I watched till he got to the corner of my street, and then I walked in and closed the door.
No POV:
As Luke started driving away he caught Thalia waving back, so he quickly waved back. He didn't want her to know, but he was actually in a big hurry. As he turned the corner he quickly looked down at his phone and saw a text;
From: Calypso Williams [Hey babe, you coming?(; I cant wait to c u3]
He didn't like texting while driving, but he needed to tell her he was coming over. I mean, this was freaking Calypso Williams we're talking about. She's like, the hottest girl in the school, and Luke wondered why she picked him of all the guys at the school. Whatever, he wasn't going to complain about her decision.
To Calypso Williams [yeah, just a minute baby(; ]
He knew he was going out with Thalia, but to be honest, she wasn't delivering in the way he thought she would. I mean, the girl used to love him, so he thought when he came back she'd gladly do anything to get him back. So when he met up with Calypso one day at school(he had football, and she was in cheer practice) and she asked for his number, he couldn't help but really start to want Calypso.
Then after a few texts, they decided to go on a date, and BAM! Anyways, Luke really needed to get over to her house. He sped down the street to Calypso's.
Nico's POV:
I hung up the phone, really disappointed, and started playing videogames. She must really be pissed. I had hoped that near the end of our phone call she would say something, anything really, but when she didn't I just decided to end the call. I'm such an idiot. Why do I keep telling her that? I should just let it go, I mean, she's already with Luke, so why am I being such a downer about it. I bet she was really excited, and she decided to call me because she was happy, and I just ruined her mood.
Wow. I knew I could never have her, so that's why I settled being her friend, but now I've messed that up too. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't call me later on after her date to tell me what happened. Why should she?
I started playing my videogames, lately I haven't been though. For one Percy's been teaching me a little bit of guitar and singing, and that's fun. And also I'm always on the phone with Thalia. I bet when my phone bill comes my mom's gunna be really surprised. Well, anyways, as I was playing videogames I heard a knock on my door, "Hey can I come in?" it was Percy.
"Yeah Sure."
He walked into my room, "What's up Nico?!" I sighed.
"Nothing."
"You know, when you sigh like that and say nothing, I know something's up. Dude, just spill it, I won't tell. Plus, I'm going to give you a piece of confidential information too." Well he seemed pretty happy at the moment.
"Fine. Well, I think you've already figured out I like Thalia," he nodded, "It's just so stupid how she's going out with Luke. He's such a jerk. I know he's gunna do something bad."
I was shaking my head, he just sighed and nodded,
"Yeah, life can really suck at times. Maybe one day, soon," he added, "she'll realize you're much better than him, and she'll go out with you. You're always on the phone with her anyways." I blushed.
"I don't know. I just feel like it's my priority to watch her and make sure she'll be okay. And it sucks when those feelings aren't reciprocated."
"I know. But you'll get your chance soon, I just know it!" he said. I sighed in return.
"Whatever. So what did you want to tell me Perce?"
"Okay, ready for it? Here goes…" he paused for a second, probably dramatic effect. He looked nervous, and I swear he was blushing, "I'm going to ask out Annabeth!"
He was grinning like a clown, and my mouth momentarily opened in shock. I couldn't believe it.
"Wow Perce! It's about time lover boy." We both started laughing. I was so happy for him, my sadness went out the window for a few minutes, "I'm happy that you finally grew the balls to ask her out."
"Yeah, I know. I was such a loser back then. But now, I'm going to ask her. I'm just trying to think of a good way to ask her. It can't be ordinary. It's gotta be huge! I want her to be really happy, and to never forget the moment."
"Well, you could alwa-" I was cut off by my phone ringing. I looked across my bed at it, and saw it was Thalia calling. I quickly went over to and answered it, "Hey Thals!"
I signaled for Percy to leave my room, and mouthed to him something like, 'I'll help you tomorrow, I promise.' He nodded and left my room, closing the door behind him.
Phone Call
(Bold-Nico Italics-Thals)
Hey Nico. Listen, I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have snapped. You only had my best interest in mind, and I responded by being a jerk. Please forgive me.
Thals I was never mad at you in the first place. If anything it was me who was the idiot. Anyways, how was the date?
She went on telling me everything. I could tell she was trying to sugar coat it, or hide some of the stuff that actually happened, but I didn't really care at the moment, I was just glad she was talking to me. I'd figure out what Luke really did later, there'd be plenty more phone calls to figure that out.
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