This is totally not a filler chapter dedicated to my faves, Theyna. Not at all.

5:15 pm, Wednesday, November 16th, 2010

A knock at the door pulled Sally Jackson from her ignoring the world around her, stopping her from continuing to hyperfocus on her computer screen.

"Coming!" she called as she rushed to the front door. She opened the door to see, much to her surprise, Thalia Grace and Reyna Ramírez Arellano in her doorway.

"Girls!" she cried, throwing her arms around her son's cousin and close friend. "What brings you here?"

"Sorry to impose Mrs Jackson, we just got back from a quest and we need a place to bunk for a night," Thalia said.

"Oh, that's fine! You're welcome here anytime. But if I may ask, why couldn't you go to camp?"

"I don't have a cabin, and Thalia doesn't want to sleep in a cabin alone," Reyna said, rolling her eyes.

"You don't know true fear until you sleep alone in cabin 1. And I don't want to sleep in cabin 8 if the rest of the hunt isn't there. It wouldn't feel right." Thalia defended.

Sally laughed. "We have plenty of space. I will warn you, Paul has a dinner meeting with some of his colleagues tonight. And it's here." Sally gave them a slightly pained look.

"I'm guessing that why your son, his girlfriend, my brother, and his girlfriend aren't here?" Thalia said, glancing around the abnormally quiet house.

Sally laughed. "You would be correct. Partially because I don't think they want to see their teachers any more than they have too, but we can't risk them overhearing anything. Not that they would do anything with what they may hear, but the teachers don't know that."

Thalia smiled. "Gods forbid Percy Jackson sees his teachers out of school. It's already hard enough for his English teacher to also be his step-father."

Reyna elbowed her, "Be nice."

"I am nice!"

Reyna gave her a look.

"If you two are done, would you like to help me cook dinner? Gods know I could use the help." Sally said, giving them her mom look.

"We would love to," Reyna said, smiling at the older woman.

Sally directed them around the kitchen, ordering them to grab bowls and the necessary ingredients. She heated up the stove and set a pot of water on to boil.

It was Thalia who asked, "What are you making?"

"Pasta with beef, melted cheese, and some basil. It's a recipe I learned from an old friend of mine. With some white wine, and brownies for dessert." Sally told them, pulling out the brownie mix from a cupboard.

"That sounds delicious," Reyna said, looking longingly at the brownie mix.

"I'll make you two some servings."

"No, you don't have to!" Thalia cried, not wanting to impose on Sally even more than she had to.

"Don't worry. I already have to make seven servings for the teachers, and it would be easier to make ten, and us three can eat as well. And you are growing girls, so you need to eat good full meals." Sally told them, pointing her spoon at the girls at the last part.

Reyna laughed, "Yes ma'am!"

The three women talked about all sorts of things as they cooked. At some point, Paul came in and joined the conversation and helped taste test the food before Sally shooed him away and told him to get ready for the meeting.

Reyna set the table as Thalia told Sally how they had started to date on their quest. Sally had smiled that motherly smile of hers and told them that it was about time they got together.

At some point, people started to arrive. Dr Revell, head of the History department, then Ms Sherald, head of the science department. Then the principal, Mrs Childs, followed by the head of the math department Mrs Trevalt. The head of the art department, Mr Ford, arrived with the director of the board, Miss Quentis.

Paul, who was the head of the English department, cordially greeted his colleagues and introduced his wife. Thalia and Reyna stayed in the kitchen, quietly talking.

They grabbed their own plates and retreated to the living room before the teachers and Sally entered the kitchen to grab their food.

They sat on the couch, right next to each other, legs pressed together. Sally joined them a few minutes later, sitting on one of the plush armchairs. Sally looked at them with a small grin.

"You two are adorable," she crooned.

The girls both went red, but didn't move away from one another.

Eventually, their plates were cleared, and the girls retired, wanting some alone time. Sally smiled at them as she told them where the guest room was, and where the bathroom they could use was.

They heard the teachers leave as they were sat on the bed. They heard the footsteps of Sally and Paul outside their door as they were sharpening their weapons, and heard each other's breaths as they fell asleep, still in their day clothes.

I would like to clarify: I am well aware of how Rick interprets the Hunters of Artemis, and that Reyna is ace.

I am ignoring the 'no romance at all' stance he took for the HoA and going with a different view. I personally am writing it as the hunters being able to have relationships with each other and other women, just not men, kay?

And for Reyna being ace: Ace people still can be in relationships. Its that simple.