Bonjour! Ok so this chapter was supposed to be posted earlier but my stupid internet wouldn't work so sorry you all had to wait! I have a separate chapter for the ball. This chapter was getting long before the ball so I made the ball a separate chapter. Thanks! I don't own PJO!

I wanted to forget everything that happened last night with Alexander but it was hard to. I couldn't get the thought of me having feelings for him out of my mind. This morning we didn't have a formal breakfast because everyone was prepping for the ball tonight. Then the thought occurred to me that it was my birthday. Percy and I were going to be seventeen today. I wanted to go see Max because he always makes me feel better. I walked downstairs to find all of my friends except Thalia dressed. Then I saw my mother and Armand.

"Happy Birthday Carter and Percy!" Armand said.

"Yes happy birthday Demitra!" my mother said.

"Thanks!" I said.

"Yeah thanks also ." Percy said.

"Oh please call me Armand."

"So why are you all dressed its only 10am?" I asked.

"Well Percy and I are going to spend the day touring Athens if that's ok with you?" Annabeth said.

"Oh absolutely have fun!" I said so then why was everyone else dressed?

"Thanks see you later, happy birthday Carter!" Percy and Annabeth said. They each gave me a hug as they left. Then they walked out the door.

"So what about the rest of you?" I asked.

"Well Kat and I are also going to tour Athens for the day. Happy Birthday Carter!" Spencer said then he came over and gave me a hug so did Kat. Oh the nice thing about it being my birthday I got a bunch of hugs from everyone.

"Thanks have fun also!" I said then they left. I had a feeling everyone except Thalia was leaving for the day.

"Yeah sorry but Connor and I are also going to tour the city. Happy birthday though!" Sadria said. She ran over and gave me a hug then Connor did too. They also left.

"The rest of you leaving for town today can just leave now." I said. Clarisse and Chris left and only Chris said happy birthday to me. Then Nico came over and said happy birthday to me and gave me a hug which was shocking but I'll take it. Then my own boyfriend started to leave.

"Max you're leaving too?" I asked.

"Yeah Nico and I are going to go birthday gift shopping for you and Percy. Happy Birthday beautiful!" Max said and then he gave me a hug and a kiss. My own boyfriend leaving me to go with his friend. Great just great. At least I have Thalia.

"So are you going to leave me too?" I asked.

"No I am not. I already bought your present and I have nothing else to do in town. Oh Happy birthday!" she said.

"Thanks. Well at least I get to spend the day with my best friend." I said.

"Oh I am your best friend! That is so touching!" she said.

"Yes you and Annabeth are. So what do you want to do?" I asked.

"Hmm I don't know we could just talk. Hey you have an indoor pool don't you?" she asked.

"Yeah we do. Armand had one built when I was three. Want to go swimming?" I asked.

"Sure! Let's go." Thalia said. We both got our suits on and headed to the pool.

"So what do you want to talk about?" I asked.

"Well first I heard someone in the hallway last night and I assumed it was you. So what where you and Max doing?" She asked with a grin.

"Well first of all it wasn't Max it was Alexander." I said.

"Alexander? Carter you're not really falling for him are you?" she asked.

"Well that's what I need to talk to you about. So I dated Alexander 6 months ago and well I broke up with him. I didn't date anyone after that until I got to camp and met Max."

"So you might still have feelings for Alexander?" she asked.

"Maybe just a little. Last night he took me down to the courtyard and then he kept making me feel the way I felt six months ago. Then he kissed me and it took me a minute to pull away. I don't know why I was so week last night I really love Max."

"Well Alexander is just a jerk. You know I felt that way about Luke when he was evil. I wanted to tell him I didn't love him but something made me still love him. I got over it and you will too. Max loves you and you love him so just ignore your feelings for Alexander because he is an asshole. Also that night you got drunk and slept with a guy, it was Alexander wasn't it?"

"Yeah it was. I suppose your right. I will just ignore my feelings for Alexander." I said.

"Good. So now I need to ask you something. Would it be weird if I liked a guy in our friend group?"

"As long as he isn't dating someone then no. OMG you like Nico! (A/N I am a Thalico supporter so sorry if you don't)"

"Maybe, kinda, yes." She said.

"Oh the two of you would make a great couple! Oh try to dance with him tonight!" I said.

"I will try. Thanks Carter." Thalia said.

"Sure thing." I said. We swam and talked a little bit more. Nobody returned by the time we were done swimming so we went and went and watched a movie. Before I knew it, it was three and that meant I would need to start getting ready in an hour. I hope my ball tonight goes well!

So that is just a fillerish chapter. The next chapter will be the ball! Thanks