Chapter 4
Thalia POV
I woke up in my bed and stretched, I wondered why I was in bed because I didn't remember actually going to bed. I noticed I was still wearing my clothes from yesterday so I figured Percy had carried me in . Percy was still a sleep in his bed and I had to laugh when I saw him, he was facing me smiling contently but there was a little wet spot on his pillow meaning he had been drooling. I went and took my shower before heading down the hall where I noticed a new door on the wall. Curious I entered to find it was a kitchen already fully stocked with food and appliances on the counter I found a note that said
"Dear Thalia and Percy
I noticed that I had forgot to give
you a kitchen so here I got you one.
I hope you two are getting along and
just so you know I may send you other
stuff from time to time
Love Hera"
I decided to make Percy breakfast as an apology for being so moody the last few days. It wasn't his fault we were in this mess but I was treating him like it was and he was still being super nice to me so I figured I owed him a bit. I never really learn how to cook but I thought 'how hard could it be' a half hour later I realized exactly how hard it was. The pancakes I made were way too bitter, the eggs were burnt, the only thing that actually looked ok was the hash browns but they still had a lot of cooking to do. "What the heck" I heard someone say behind me.
I turned to see Percy standing in the doorway with a confused look on his face "have we seriously been here for almost a week and not noticed we had a kitchen" he asked bewildered "no" I said handing him the note "it was a gift from your mom" "oh cool" he said putting the note down "so whacha you doin". "Well I wanted to say I was sorry about the way I had been acting the last few days so I was trying make breakfast for you" I said "but I kinda failed at it" "c'mon it can't be that bad" Percy said taking a bite from one of my pancakes.
Percy POV
I took a bite out of the pancakes sitting on the table and I had to force down my gag reflex. "Wow" I said "you can spit it out I know it tastes bad" she said, I put it in the trash before going back to where she was "thank you trying it means a lot now why don't go get cleaned up" I said since she was cover in pancake batter. "You're probably right" she said looking down at her shirt then to the dishes "don't worry about the dishes I'll take care of them" I said she tried to protest saying she dirtied them so she should clean them but I shooed her out of the room. I had noticed a dishwasher when I first walked in so I tossed them in and started it before making a fresh batch of blue pancakes and eggs. I also added some sausage to the hash browns and finished them right as Thalia walked back in "foods ready" I said.
Me and Thalia sat down and started eating "when did you get so good at cooking" Thalia asked enjoying her food "Mom taught me" I said "which one" she asked "Hera" I said "and just for future reference when I say mom I mean Hera, If I'm talking about my birth mother I'll say Sally" Thalia nodded. After we finished eating we cleaned up and went down stairs where Piper and Jason were already standing in the living room, Jason was grinning like an five year old kid in a room full of free candy. "Hey you two ok" he asked his smile not once leaving his face "we didn't see you at breakfast" "we're fine" Thalia said "just enjoying the kitchen" "you guy's have a kitchen?" Piper asked "yep" Percy said making a loud pop at the p Piper went to ask a follow up question but changed her mind. "So are you guys just here to check up on us or was there something else" Thalia said.
"Well there was one thing" Piper said flashing her hand "Jason proposed, we're engaged" "congrats!" I said as Thalia went over and hugged them. We talked for a while but I wasn't really paying attention. After they left Thalia walked over to me "what's wrong Percy" she said "Nothing just thinking".
Thalia POV
"Well don't hurt yourself we don't want you to over use those two brain cells of yours" he rolled his eyes and smiled "hahaha" he said heading up the stairs "I'm going to the beach you want to come" he called down "sure" I called back. I knocked on the door to our bedroom a few minutes later, we had made this required because of an incident on the first day where I had walked in on him while he was getting dressed, thankfully his shirt was the only thing missing "your good" he called. I opened the door to see that he was already in his swim suit. I blushed a bit, he wasn't wearing a shirt and I could clearly see his six pack "I'll wait downstairs for ya" he said walking past me.
I threw on a one piece swimsuit and a pair of shorts before going down the hall and seeing Percy standing at the foot of the stairs. I started to going down but about half way I tripped and fell Percy managed to catch me but as my body stopped my head was still going and my lips barely brushed his. I stepped away from him blushing "thanks for catching me Percy" I said and started heading to the door behind me I heard him say "I'll always be here to catch you" I spun to face him "what?" I said "that sounded a lot less cheesy in my head" He said.
When we got to the beach we spent the first few hours there just playing in the sand like we were kids. We made sand castles and buird each other, I constantly felt my thoughts wander back to that tenth of a second when our lips touched. 'knock it off Thalia' I kept saying to myself, at around noon we took a break to eat lunch which comprised of PB and J's. Afterwards we took a walk on the beach, I was still nervous around the ocean so I would move away when the waves came in. "You ok Thalia" Percy said noticing my behaviour "ya I'm fine just still nervous around the ocean you know" "its ok Thalia my dad gave you the all clear remember" he said "I know but still" I said. At first I braced myself expecting Percy to try to be funny and drag me in but he left me alone. We walked
to this little cliff it was just a few feet above the water but Percy said it was very deep there "that's the important part" Percy said "why's that?" I asked "because then I can do this safely" He said picking me up bridal style and jumped of "Peeeercccy you are so d..." the end of my sentence was cut off as we hit the water.
I knew how to swim so I was fine but was still scared, I broke the surface and took deep breaths before looking at Percy who was standing on top of the water with his hand out which I took. As soon as I was out I gave him my best death stare and chased him we made it to the shallows next to the beach before I caught him tackling him to the ground. "What the Hades was that for" I said raising my voice "just showing you that you don't need to fear ocean any more" he said and I realized that I had completely forgotten I was out here, heck he could have let me drop through the water as I was running on if he wanted. "Don't you ever do that again" I said deathly calm it was just for show but I thought it would work "ok" Percy said blushing "um Thalia" he said after a moment "ya" I said "you can get off now" he said and I realized when that I was sitting on his gut and lets just say he had a good view of certain things. I blushed and got off "thanks" he said getting up but I shoved him back down.
"Thats for throwing me in" I said and got a mischievous look in his eye so I ran only to get tripped by some water a few feet away. It turned into a full on splash war, it had been years since I had that much fun right than weren't boyfriend girlfriend we were just friends having fun. Eventually it got dark, we dried of and went home still laughing, we changed before turning on a movie which I admittedly fell asleep about half way threw.
I woke up in the middle of the night still on the couch but I was laying against Percy's chest (who was also asleep) with his arm arm around me I removed it and went to the bathroom we had found downstairs, coming out I noticed the TV was just static so I turned it off and sat down on the couch with a blanket deciding to sleep there, it was a big couch after all. I kept moving around trying to get comfortable but couldn't, I looked at Percy who was still out like a light remembering how comfortable I had felt when I woke up. Both hesitantly and carefully I laid my head back on his chest and snuggled against it, I laid there for a minute before feeling like something was missing so I pulled his arm around my shoulder and went to sleep.