Author's Note: (To skip this part and go to the future, take the Blue pill now)Alright, here it is, Chapter two! Wow, I`m so enthusiastic, even though my story sucks so far. It`ll get better, I think. But I guess that really depends on what you`d call better. So, once again I say enjoy, oh and by the way... HAPPY TOAST DAY! For no reason what so ever I have decided that June tenth is INTERATIONAL TOAST DAY! So, buy your loafs early so you can give that special someone a meaningless piece of toast. Or give it to friends, neighbours, teachers, random woodland animals, members of congress, or your friendly neighbourhood emu. EMUNESS. Wait, what am I taking about again? Ah well, just read while I get medication. (I don`t really take medication, but I probably need to)

Thalia could barely hold it in anymore. Tears were rushing out like niagra falls from her eyes. She had been bawling into the base of a willow tree for almost an hour now. She had been travelling most of the day, her thoughts clouded by her misery and shame with tears slipping out here and there, and finally she just broke down. She couldn`t take it anymore. But she knew this was just wasting daylight. And frankly, Thalia hated letting her emotions rule her. It happened entirely too often. It was the reason Luke was able to get inside her head, that little weasel ... and ... and inside her heart. No, no she wouldn`t even think that. It wasn`t true. It couldn`t be. But that wasn`t what she had to worry about now.

Thalia sat upright, furiously wiping her puffy, red eyes. She sighed, blowing out her frustation with herself. She had to get to Manhattan before sunset. It wasn`t one of those things where if she didn`t get there before the deadline, her fairy god-mother would terminate her wish, but a demigod travelling alone at night was an awesome bedtime snack for a monster. Her being a daughter of Zeus just added to the danger. She had already faced two griffens and a really angry python today.

She got up and surveyed her surroundings. She hadn`t realized she had walked straight into a park in the Liberty Park in New Jersey. Surprisingly, there wasn`t that many people around, but Thalia guessed most would still either be in school or at work. (I don't know anything about Liberty Park or how many peole there usually are)The ones that were there gave her strange looks for crying into a tree, and Thalia`s combat boots got a lot more interesting when they did.

The tree sat pearched on a river bank, so Thalia crawled to a sparkling river, and dug around in her pockets for golden drachmas. She had decided to Iris Message Percy first before going to his apartment, because going there without an invitation could mean she could arrive too early while he was still at school, and frankly, she didn`t even know where it was.

She checked around for mortals then threw the drachma she found in her jean`s pocket into the river. It landed with a plunk and Thalia muttered a prayer to Iris, "Percy Jackson; New York, New York." Thalia realized she didn`t know what the Hades she was going to say. But what was she supposed to say? Oh hey Percy, I got kicked off the hunt today, what a shock! Can I mooch off of you while I raise enough money for therapy? No. She`d just have to wing it.

The person in the mist was a familiar sight. Percy was sleeping on a lumpy, brown coach. A small line of drool trickled out of his mouth. He was wearing a sky blue shirt, baggy light grey jeans, and his hair was all messed up (But that was normal). Percy`s breathing was strange. He took short, labored breaths, like he was being chased... Thalia decided he must be having a nightmare. "Percy. Hey Percy, wake up. Wake up, Kelp Head! WAKE UP! Aarghh..." Thalia grunted. She was going to have to use drastic measures. "PERCY! APHRODITE TOLD ATHENA THAT YOU AND ANNABETH WERE SOULMATES, AND NOW SHE`S COMIG ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE TO TORCHURE YOU!"

Percy`s eyes flung open. In his panic, he fell off the coach rambling apologies to Athena.

That got him up.

"Wha- uh, where`s Athena? Wait, Thalia? What`s going on?" Thalia smirked. Still the same old Kelp Head.

"Uh, well, I-uh, kinda, sorta, got kicked out of the ...Ahem!" Thalia cleared her throaght, not wanting to explain her utter failure.

Percy, being the Kelp head that he is, cocked his head sideways in a concerned way, and reapeted, "Thalia, what`s going on? What`s wrong? You can tell me."

Thalia studied her shoes again, "I`ll tell you later. Listen,I need to come over to your place, can I?"

"Of coarse."

Thalia smiled at this. "Thanks. Where is it again?" Percy gave her directions and told her there`d be a bed waiting for her there. That`s just the way Percy was, Thalia decided. Caring, thoughtful, and always willing to help. She used to be like that. When she was still a little kid, whose hopes hadn`t been crushed that someday daddy would come, swoop her up in his strong arms, and never let her go. How stupid could I get? Of course he wasn`t coming back. Any dude with a brian could see that that place was a Styx-hole. Besides, what Dad would ever want me as a duaghter... It was sad, but true. Thalia truely felt that one of the reasons her father wasn`t there, (and I mean besides being king of the gods) was that no one could ever love her. Luke was the one exception, she had once thought. But she soon reilized he was a lying, betraying scumbag! Wait, I`m sorry, that`s an insult to scumbags everywhere.

A tear trickled down her cheek at the thought of Luke.

Stop. Thinking. Like. This. Gotta Focus. Thalia reilized focusing wasn't her strong part, with her ADHD and all, but this was important. Gotta get to Percy`s. Then, I`ll have to think up an ultimate insult for Luke. The little... the little... uh, I`ll work on it.

So Thalia made her way out of New Jersey and into New York. And soon enough, she made it to Percy`s apartment.

Okay, I didn`t mean it to be when I was writing it, but this kind of feels like a filler chapter to me. I live up in Canada, so stuff like how long it takes to get from Liberty Park to New York is total guess work. Thank you Google Maps! Anyway, I think you`ll get to meet Nico`s girlfriend in the next one, so get ready for another cruddy Ooc! (I seriously have no idea what that stands for, I just know people use it when they make a new character) Please review, and I`ll update when I update, soooooooooooooooo yeaaaaaaaaah... akward...

P.S. French Vanilla Ice Cream!