Authors Note: (Press B to jump, and Start to skip the Author's Note)Alrighty munchkins! It's time for another radical addition of this story. Whoopdeedo. Let's get this over with so I can go skydiving or something cool like that. (I would never actually go skydiving) So once more, enjoy...

Thalia was still depressed, but she sure as Hades wasn't gonna let Percy and Annabeth know it.

Thalia slumped into Percy's apartment, not fully aware of her surroundings and called, "Uh, hello? Anybody here? Percy?" Thalia heard some big crash, like heavy bricks falling down, from down the hall.

"Percy? Percy!" She scrambled down the hall, as fast as humanly possible.

Suddenly Percy called back in a dazed voice, "Uh, I- I'm okay." Thalia let out a sigh of relief and anger.

She stormed into the room and yelled, "Don't scare me like that kelp-for-brains! I thought you got attacked by some monster!" And she punched him hard in the gut for good measure. Of course, after a certain bath in a certain river, he didn't feel it as hard as he should have.

"Sorry. I was cleaning up the room for you, and I opened the closet door..." Percy explained, looking around at the big heap of junk. "Long story short, I got most of his stuff to the head."

Thalia gave him a look of fake pity. "Oh no! More brain damage? I didn't think it was possible." Now, she was saying that, but what she thinking was how cool it was of Percy to let her stay, let alone to go to all this trouble.

"Whatever. Listen, I'll clean this stuff up, and you can go into the kitchen or something. Nico'll be here any minute anyway." Percy said picking up a squeaky toy that must've fallen out of the closet too.

"Nico? Why?"

"He lives here. Hades is making him finish high school, at least. He had nowhere to go, and I figured as his cousin I should help him out." Figures. That's just like Percy to help someone. Thalia thought.

So she went to the kitchen to give Percy some time to sort the room out. About two minutes after she finished the sandwich she'd made herself, Nico and a girl walked in. The girl looked about Nico's age-14- and had caramel coluored hair with smouldering brown eyes. Nico was slightly taller than her. Nico had his hands over his ears and the girl was chewing him out, "Nico, you can't keep doing stuff like this. You're going to get yourself expelled!"

But Nico didn't wanna hear it. "La la la, I'm not listening! La la la!"

"And besides," The girl continued, "you had no reason to-"

"I had plenty of reasons." Nico said confidently, still holding his hands to his ears.

"Alright. Name one good reason why you nearly blew up the Principal's office." The girl challenged.

Nico thought for a moment, and then replied, "Monster. There was a huge monster in his office. With-uh ginormous fangs, and um, deadly laser beam eyes!"

"No there wasn't. I was there, remember? I was the one telling you to stop?"

He muttered a weary oh yeah...under his breath. "But there's a better reason...uh..."Thalia thought Nico really should've planned this out better. Nico smirked and snickered quietly, trying to contain it. "...'Cause I thought it'd be funny..." He admitted.

"Nico, you can't just go around doing things because you thought they'd be funny."

Nico was still chuckling. "...His f-face, heh heh heh..."

"Nico, you're not listening to me!"

"-And his temper tantrum! Cl-classic! Ha ha!"

The girl sighed, then took Nico's hand off his ears, and held them in hers, and put on a puppy look that would've made starving orphans feel sorry for her. "Listen to me, Gum Drop. If you get in trouble one more time, the Principal is going to expel you for sure. And then you'll have to go to summer school," Nico softened. She knew she had him. "And I'll be ever so lonely without my Sugar Daddy"

Nico smiled warmly, and it was all Thalia could do not to hurl out her vital organs. "Okay, for you, I'll try."

"That's all I wanted." She said content. He kissed her on the cheek lovingly and Thalia was about ready jump off a nearby cliff. Anything to get away from this lovey dovey garbage.

Then Nico noticed Thalia making fake gagging noises. "Thalia? What are you doing here? Why aren't you with the Hunters?"

"That doesn't matter," Thalia snapped, but she caught herself. "Long story, I'll tell you later. Who's this?" Thalia asked, nodding over to the girl he was holding hands with.

Nico straightened proudly. "This is my girlfriend."

Thalia rolled her eyes, "I can see that, Casanova. I meant what's her name?"

"Rose Charis, daughter of Demeter, and the luckiest girl in the world." Nico said smugly, pointing to himself with his free hand.

Rose just rolled her eyes and smiled. "Whatever you say, Peachy Pie." Thalia almost actually threw up at this point. It was making her fiscally sick to her stomach to hear this stuff.

After Thalia introduced herself as the lieutenant of Artimis, she regretted it. She wasn't anymore. She'd just have to get used to that.

Looking over to Rose and Nico, Thalia could tell she'd been quiet for too long. So, she made up an excuse."Ugh. I can't take any more stupid pet names and gooey moments. I'm going to help Percy clean up. Nice meeting you Rose. See you later, Gum Drop." Nico scowled at his pet name being used by Thalia.

"Whatever, Pine-Butt." Nico muttered.

After Thalia's fake gagging noises got fainter as she walked away, Nico remembered something. "So, when do you wanna leave for Camp?" Rose had this guilty look in her eyes. "You are coming to Camp Half-blood this year, right?"

Rose looked down sadly. "I can't. My dad is so stubborn. He says he could do a better a job of protecting me then some camp."

Nico wasn't buying it. His eyes softened. "This is because of me isn't it? Your dad can't stand you hanging around a "delinquent." Let alone the son of Hades himself." Nico remarked.

Rose sighed. "I'm sorry, Gummy Bear. He's just overprotective, that's all. And can you really blame him? With your track record I'd be scared, too. That is, if you weren't so sweet." She said squeezing his hand extra tight.

Nico thought for a moment, then decided,"Then on Friday, before I go, we'll go out and have a big dinner at the Red Lobster. Just you and me. How's that sound?" Nico proposed.

"Wonderful! I've gotta go before my dad figures out I was here with you. Bye Gum Drop." Rose said kissing him on the cheek.

"Bye."Nico said with a stupid, lop-sided grin on his face.

When the door ceiled shut, Nico sighed happily, then went to integrate Thalia on why she was here.

Alright. There it is. Sorry for the corny pet names, but I'm setting up Nico for a big fall later on. Plus Rose is a big enabler. And just so you know, Nico put cherry bombs in the Principal's office. Now that I think about it, that would probably get him expelled instead of just distension (Which is why he and Rose came so late. Because remember, Percy already had enough time to fall asleep after school). Anyway, I have decided something important. POWER WALKING IS JUST ABNOXIOUS PEOPLE'S WAY OF SAYING "LOOK AT ME WORLD! I'M A JERK WITH AN OVERINFLATED EGO!" I decided this because I watched this hilarious video on youtube of this guy Power walking (in a speedo) to this really epic music. God darn it, I can't keep a straight face watching that... Just thought I'd let you know.

P.S. Power Walking...X)