4. Twister Disasters

"No—"

"Way," Percy finished. Sally took a step forward.

"You two know each other?" she asked, looking between us.

"No," Thalia said.

"Yes!" Percy countered. Sally creased her eyebrows in confusion.

"Well, technically we don't, but we've met," Percy corrected, smiling evilly at Thalia. Thalia rolled her eyes. Sally looked at her watch and gasped.

"Oh dear! I'm going to be late!" she gasped. "We'll talk about your pay when I get back around… 10 –ish," Sally said, as she ran out the door, leaving Thalia and Percy in silence.

"So—"

"Uh-uh," Thalia interrupted quickly raising her hand. She walked towards the living room and sat down. She pulled out her Nintendo; her now-deceased uncle had given her and started to play. In silence, Percy walked around the couch and sat down on the other end. He looked at her and she tried to ignore him; pretend he wasn't there. Minutes passed by, until Thalia exploded.

"What?!" she said, looking at Percy.

"You're a babysitter?" Percy chuckled. Thalia raised her eyebrow and leaned towards him.

"Yeah. Yours, remember?" she said. That comment wiped the smile off his face. Thalia chuckled and started playing her game again.

"Okay, fair enough," he said, pulling his feet up on an ottoman. "So, you're Thalia?"

Thalia sighed. "Yes."

"Well, now I know your name," Percy said cockily.

"And all because your mother doesn't trust you enough to leave you at the house alone," Thalia looked at him, "at seventeen."

Percy furrowed his eyebrows at her and Thalia lifted her eyebrows in triumph. He huffed and picked up the remote. He flipped through the channels, not staying on one longer than thirty seconds. Thalia managed to ignore the constant flipping of channels for about three minutes. She was about to say something when another kid came storming into the living.

"Percy! You left me alone to—" he stopped when he saw Thalia sitting on the couch. He then turned his gaze on Percy.

"You didn't tell me you were gonna have a date over!" he said, crossing his arms. Thalia quickly said something, before Percy could say something and make the situation worse.

"I am not his date. I'm your babysitter," she said, standing up to face him. He had big brown eyes and long jet black hair, like Percy's. He wasn't extremely tall. He was probably a few inches shorter than Percy; meaning he was about Thalia's height. He wore black clothing that gave Thalia some hope he wasn't as bothersome as his brother.

"I don't need a babysitter!" he said defensively. Thalia guessed he was Percy's age or only a few years younger, which would explain the fact he's so shocked at the idea of having a babysitter.

"Well, your mother thought otherwise. What's your name?" Thalia asked, crossing her arms and studying him more closely.

"Nico. You?" he asked, giving the same look back at Thalia.

"Thalia," she said. Percy stood up and finally contributed to the conversation, though Thalia had wished he never opened his mouth.

"She's the girl I beat in the car race today," he said, sending Thalia a cocky smile. Thalia scoffed.

"You wish you did," she said, turning around and sitting down again. "Just sit tight and don't make a fuss kids. I'll be out of your hair when your mom comes," Thalia said, as she picked up her Nintendo and started playing.

"Nico, since Thalia is new to our apartment, I think we should give her the test," Percy said evilly. Thalia raised an eyebrow, but she didn't say anything. She figured if she ignored them, they would go away. But no, they were like big dogs who wanted to play.

"Oh yeah Percy, we should," Nico said, catching on to Percy's train of thought. She heard his footsteps disappear and then reappear a minute later. Thalia heard sounds like someone shaking a Christmas present and trying to figure out what it was without opening it. Thalia dared to turn around and Nico stood there, holding a box for Twister.

"No way. Uh-uh. If you guys want to play, go ahead. But there is no way in hell I'm playing that," Thalia said, shaking her head and turning her attention back to her game. Percy and Nico laughed.

Ten minutes later, Thalia was cursing herself a million times silently.

"Left hand blue!" Nico said cheerfully. Thalia looked and realized the only way to reach that blasted blue circle, was to climb over Percy.

"Hell no!" she said, shaking her head. Percy laughed and wiggled his eyebrows.

"Come on Thalia, I won't bite…" Percy said. "Much." Thalia glared at him, but she knew if she didn't do it, they would hover around her like mosquitoes and invade her personal space. Somehow, kicking their ass at a game was better than that. As she moved her hand, Nico yelled out another order. Now, she had to put one arm and one leg over Percy.

She slowly shifted, until her body was hovering inches away from his. She looked up to see Percy's deep sea green eyes staring at her jokingly.

"You're really enjoying this, aren't you?" Thalia said annoyingly. Percy shrugged, as well as someone could with both hands planted on the ground. Nico yelled another order, that seemed almost impossible to complete, but she tried it anyways. Percy moved to find the color, knocking her foot from under her, which made her fall on him. Bad thing: she was lying on top of a boy she found incredibly annoying. Good thing: Neither of them won, so he couldn't gloat. Thalia quickly rolled off. Percy and Nico were laughing, apparently enjoying the little incident.

"When your mother comes, I will say so many bad things about you, you'll be sure to get punished," Thalia said smugly. Nico and Percy looked at her in shock.

"You wouldn't!" Percy said.

"I would," Thalia said with an evil smile.

"Fine," Percy grumbled.

"My turn," Thalia said, as she reached for the spinner. Nico handed it to her and both him and Percy positioned themselves at both ends of the mat, ready to begin. Now, Thalia always played honest with games. But these two were an exception. Every time she spun the wheel, she'd use her middle finger to slowly make the arrow point to a square that made the game that much harder. Thalia laughed loud on the inside, as the boys struggled helplessly to beat the other.

"Left foot yellow circle," Thalia called. Their eyes widened.

"Could you… spin it again?" Percy pleaded. Thalia shook her head. They both sighed and slowly tried to reach the circles. Their legs and arms shaking as they tried not to fall. Thalia bit her lip as she waited for the disaster. And then it happened. Nico tripped over Percy's foot and fell forward, grabbing a cloth that hung over a small table, dragging it down with him. Sadly, on top of that table, was a lamp. The lamp flew over the edge, landing on the back of Nico's head. Percy laughed, but the cord of the lamp snaked along the floor behind him. It pulled and snapped against his wrist, making him collapse right on his head.

Both boys rolled on the floor rubbing their hurt heads. Thalia couldn't contain herself anymore. She burst out laughing, and the boys, instead of being angry, joined the laughter.

"You guys looked like such idiots!" Thalia laughed. She clutched her stomach and for the first time, she was actually happy. Sure, they were both annoying, but their mistakes were good enough for America's Funniest Home Videos. Thalia tried to catch her breath. But silence immediately fell over them when they heard keys jingling against the lock.

"Shit! Pick it up!" Thalia hissed. The boys picked up the lamp and tried to arrange it back onto the table, as the door opened. Sally walked in, a smile fresh on her face. They jumped onto the Twister mat and tried to act normal, as Thalia called out a fake command.

"Aw, how sweet! I'm glad you guys got along!" Sally said, as she set her purse down and dropped her keys into a small dish on the kitchen counter. We smiled.

"Come on Thalia," Sally called, as she walked into the kitchen. Thalia walked in behind her and they spoke about her pay and if it was possible she could come again whenever needed. Thalia eagerly accepted, although she wasn't crazy about the boys. Sally gave her the money and she left the apartment. She was about to walk down the stairs when Percy called her to stop. Thalia reluctantly did and looked at him.

"Hey," he said, as he stopped in front of her.

"Hey," Thalia replied. Her voice sounded expectant, like she was implying "get it over with, I don't have all day."

"Would you like to go out… with me? Sometime?" he asked sort of nervously. Thalia didn't even think about it.

"I'm just your babysitter Percy," she said, before she bounced down the stairs and out the door.

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