Author's Note: School is out! This means I will now update more. Thank you to Blah Read this Now, StarlightShivers, and meggymiss for all the reviews, alerts, and favorites. On another note, to those who do not think this story is incredibly romantic, do not worry. The goddess of love herself will be making an appearance next chapter to speed things up. Without any further adieu, here is the next chapter!
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Thalia POV
"Lieutenant, we have a disturbance." Meredith, one of my hunters, told me.
"What is it Meredith?" I asked.
"A boy shadow traveled into the middle of the camp. Do I have permission to shoot him?" She asked hopefully.
"No Meredith. If anyone is going to shoot the idiot, it will be me." I said rolling my eyes and walking towards the scene of the disturbance. As I reached the middle of the camp, I saw a big group of my girls surrounding none other than Luke Castellan.
"Thalia, could you please tell them all not to shoot me? I came to talk." He asked.
"If anybody is going to shoot you it is going to be me, now what are you doing here?" I asked.
"As I told you…" he started, but was interrupted by Artemis coming out of her tent.
"What is your business here, son of Hermes?" She asked calmly, but her anger and irritation were present in both her body language and her eyes.
"As I was trying to tell your Lieutenant, I am here merely to talk. I mean no harm Lady Artemis." He said.
"I think you should leave now." She said. take him to a more private place.
"Milady, I will just talk to him. That is the only way he will voluntary leave and I have been looking forward to this." I said. She seemed to like my tone so she allowed me to lead him away from the angry mob of girls glaring daggers at him.
"What are you trying to do Castellan? Get yourself killed?" I asked.
"I guess I should be flattered that you actually care. I was afraid you would kill me yourself." He said.
"I thought about it, but curiosity stopped me." I said.
"Well, if you must know this was Annabeth's idea. She said in order for you not to hate me we needed to talk. She then later translated that as waiting for you to chew me out and hoping that I do not die." He said.
"Smart girl." I said curtly.
"I guess what I am trying to say is I am sorry." He said and I began to laugh.
"Sorry? What are you apologizing for? Is it for poisoning my tree and almost killing me or betraying me and anyone else that ever cared about you by selling your soul to the dark side? I loved you and I woke up to find out that the person I could always count on, the person I gave my life for cared more about his vengeance than anything else. Why in the heck are you smiling? This is not something to smile about." I yelled and all he did was sit there and smile.
"You said you loved me." He said.
"Do not flatter yourself. It was a past tense verb. That ship sailed a long time ago." I said.
"You do not hate all guys. This I know for a fact. Could you learn to tolerate me like you tolerate Percy or even Nico?" He asked.
"Percy is my best friend's boyfriend and Nico is 13. I have no reason not to tolerate them. You are quite a different story." I said skeptically.
"Could you try? I want to try to be your friend, or at the very least be on speaking terms with you." He said. He sounded so sincere and so broken that I felt sorry for him.
"Truce?" I asked, holding out my hand.
"Truce." He said as he shook it.
"Ok, now get out of here before Artemis turns you into a guinea pig." I said and he left. I walked back to a group of expectant hunters.
"Disturbance handled." I said and they went back to their duties.
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