SO THIS CHAPTER IS NICO/THALIA.
WHO GUESSED THALICO?! NO-ONE REVIEWED WITH THAT COUPLE, BUT MAYBE SOMEONE HAD A LITTLE IDEA? ANYWAY, THIS IS MY FAVOURITE COUPLE. SO, ENJOY THE CHAPTER. AND PLEASE, ENJOY THE FLUFFY COUPLE LIKE I DO!
Thalia and Nico:
3rd Person:
Nico was standing at the punch bowl, with Piper about a metre away from him. They had long given up on small talk. Both were busy thinking about one of the Grace siblings. Piper was sipping on her punch, until Jason came to sweep Piper off her feet. That left the Son of Hades, dateless. But he didn't mind. He didn't like Piper in that way, although she was nice enough. She just wasn't Thalia. Like, he wasn't Jason. He found more aggravating than funny that the couple were both were head over heels for a brother and sister.
After a few more minutes of moping, Nico decided to seek out Rachel, who had been paired up with Percy. Now, he did find that pair hysterical. He knew Annabeth would be fuming about the couple, but maybe if Nico retrieved Rachel, Percy and Annabeth could sort out their problems in private.
It didn't take long for Nico to find the red headed girl. She and Percy were sitting at the edge of the pavilion on a bench. They were talking in hushed tones, and Percy looked distressed. Probably frantic over Annabeth. He had been watching her and Will all night. The jealousy was evident in his eyes, but he was more frustrated than angry.
As Nico approached the couple, Percy suddenly got up and left. He walked right past Nico, not even acknowledging him.
Nico turned and saw Will Solace running out of the pavilion, and Annabeth was moving towards another door too. He assumed that she was going to get some air, and that Percy was going to try and talk to her, whilst her date was gone. It didn't really take a genius to work that out though. Those two never argued for very long. They couldn't bear to be without each other.
Nico was about to turn around, when a girl suddenly rushed in through the doors Will had left through.
She had short spiky black hair, and was wearing black skinny jeans and a 'Death to Barbie' t-shirt. Hey eyes were outlined with black eyeliner, and she had a very 'punk' look about her. She looked totally out of place in the dance. Everyone else was wearing dresses and suits, and Nico was no exception. He was wearing black dress trousers with a black button down shirt. He had rolled the sleeves up to his elbows, but he hadn't bothered to style his hair.
Nico immediately recognised the girl, and his heart began to hammer in his chest.
She started to walk towards him, the most nervous she had ever been. And he started walking towards her, feeling confused and scared and happy.
They stopped, about five metres away from each other. Both without a clue as to what to say.
'Thalia?' Nico asked finally. 'What are you doing here?'
'I had to come to this dance.' She stammered. 'I had to talk to you.'
'What do you mean?' Nico questioned, bewildered.
Thalia paused for a while, before continuing, her voice quieter than before.
'Annabeth said that you were going to come, to this dance, with Rachel.' She told him, not quite looking him in the eye. 'I couldn't bear the thought of you with her.'
'I was only going to go with Rachel as friends, if we both didn't like our dates.' He explained. He was about to question her about why she was so upset about Rachel, but he was cut off by her immediately.
'Did you like your date?' Thalia asked, looking around for his partner. But Piper was busy slow dancing with Jason. Neither had even noticed the arrival of Jason's sister.
'Piper's nice enough, but I think she prefers your brother.' He chuckled. 'But, anyway. How are you here? Shouldn't you be with the hunters?'
'I quit.' She murmured. 'I quit for you.'
'What? Why?' Nico asked, bewildered, his heart doing somersaults at this point.
It was a while until Thalia replied, and at one point Nico thought she wasn't going to reply.
'Because...I love you.' She whispered, looking him right in the eyes. Her electric blue eyes meeting his almost black ones.
Nico was speechless for a few seconds, before it dawned on him what she had said. Thalia was about to leave, when Nico's face broke out into a huge grin. It was then Thalia's turn to look confused.
'I love you too.' He grinned.
Thalia almost squealed with delight, as he said this. Then, before he could do anything, she threw herself into his arms. She wrapped her legs around his waist, and kissed him.
Her fingers tangled themselves into his hair, and his hands were thrown around her waist. He tilted his head, deepening the kiss, and their tongues battled for dominance.
Finally, they broke apart. Both were breathing heavily, but they managed to laugh softly, just because they were so relived to finally let go of their emotions.
'You look nice.' She whispered into his ear, Nico still holding her up.
'So do you.' He replied, just as quietly.
'I feel really under-dressed.' Thalia admitted, glancing around at the girls in dresses.
'I feel really over-dressed.' Nico chuckled.
'You're not.' Thalia reassured him. 'You scrub up really well, actually.'
'Thanks.' Nico mumbled, as his cheeks turned a little bit red.
After a few more minutes, Nico placed Thalia's feet back on the floor, and the couple danced to the slow song that was playing. People around them were staring at them in confusion. But, neither of them noticed.
'Can we grab some punch?' Thalia asked suddenly. 'I'm really thirsty, I ran most of the way here.'
'You ran?' Nico smirked, raising an eyebrow.
'I wanted to make sure I got here in time.' She muttered, looking down at the ground. 'Before Rachel...' She said, stopping mid sentence due to a shortage of accurate words.
'Before Rachel, what?' He asked, suppressing a smile.
'I don't know.' She sighed. 'Kissed you, I suppose.'
'I think you're safe.' Nico chuckled, leaning in and pecking her on the lips.
'Good.' Thalia laughed. 'Now, can we please get some punch?'
'Of course.' Nico nodded. 'Anything you want.'
With that, the Daughter of Zeus grabbed the Son of Hades hand, and pulled him towards the punch bowl. When Nico thought no-one was looking he intertwined their fingers. No-one was looking, but Thalia couldn't stop a blush creeping on to her cheeks. Maybe the dance was making them into romantic saps, or maybe they just came to terms with their strong feelings. Either way, they grinned and laughed, smiled and chuckled, smirked and blushed all night.
Well, until a huge 'boom' caused them to rush outside with the rest of the crowd in confusion.
