Hey guys! I'm going to try to update more frequently so y'all won't get as mad at me, but like I said, I'm making this story my own and changing it a l'il bit, so just bear with me. Also, I have a Deviant art account; my username is EverafterDemigod, check out my drawing of Annabeth!

Chapter 7:

I Cannot Believe You Two!

Thalia's POV

"And... well, it's been bugging the Hades out of me," I concluded.

I'd just told Grover the entire story, not skipping a single detail. We had walked as we talked, so right now we were sitting on the canoe lake pier.

"Wow," he murmured. "Y'know, I've been noticing things like that too," he said. "Percy and Annabeth don't, like, actdifferent or anything, but their emotions are different when they're near each other," he explained.

"Different how?"

"Well, they both seem to be thinking about... sometime that they'd kissed?" His statement came out sounding like a question.

I frowned. "But, if they had, wouldn't we know about it? The Aphrodite cabin isn't exactly secretive."

He nodded in agreement. "When I read emotions, Thalia, I know quite a few details about what a person is thinking," he explained. "Annabeth and Percy keep on thinking about some time that they kissed on Mount St. Helens. I don't know anything more about it, just that it happened on Mount St. Helens."

This was actually starting to make sense. "Of course! You guys and Tyson had all gone on a quest last year, right? In the Labyrinth? But then you sensed Pan, so you and Tyson left, leaving those two alone?"

His eyes widened in realization. "Oh my gods, that's it! And Percy had caused an explosion on Mount St. Helens after Tyson and I had left, when Percy and Annabeth were alone! That must've been when they kissed! Sometime before the explosion!"

"Yep," I said, pleased that their little secret was finally out.

"Oh my gods, why didn't they tell us?" Grover sounded hurt.

"I'm not sure," I said, anger in my voice. There was no reason for them to keep it a secret! Everybody knew that they were just a couple of lovebirds! "I'm going to go ask Annabeth right now," I growled. "And I think I'll beat up Percy for kissing her, too!"

Several Minutes Later, still in Thalia's POV...

I pounded on the door of the Athena cabin. Annabeth had some serious explaining to do.

One of Annabeth's younger brothers opened the door. "Can I help you?"

"Is Annabeth here?"

"Um, no, but I saw her walking with Percy," he said.

"Okay, thanks," I said, running away.

I ran around the camp, in search of the two. Finally I found them, battling in the sword arena.

Percy stabbed at Annabeth's stomach with Riptide, but Annabeth deflected the hit off the blade of her dagger. Percy had on no armor at all, since he was invincible, but Annabeth was wearing a bronze breastplate.

"You're gonna have to fight harder than that, Seaweed Brain!" Annabeth exclaimed, jabbing at his ribs.

Percy deflected the hit, then went for her stomach again.

Their blades connected, and Annabeth twisted her knife, trying to disarm Percy. It worked; his sword clattered to the floor. She smiled triumphantly, and pointed her knife at his throat. Percy held up his hands in surrender.

"I win again," she smiled, bringing her knife back down.

"Okay, that's enough, you two," I muttered, walking in between them. They both looked surprised to see me. "Annabeth, you have some serious explaining to do," I snarled before either of them could say anything. "I can't believe you guys!" I shouted, barely containing my anger.

"Thalia, what's your problem?" Percy demanded, stepping between me and Annabeth. Oh, great. Now he was defending her. How cute.

I turned on him. "You know exactly what my problem is, Fishface!"

"No, I don't!" he yelled back, anger in his voice. "So you better tell me what the Hades you're talking about!"

How dare he yell at me! "I cannot believe that you two kissed and didn't tell anybody!"

Chapter 8:

Idiots

Annabeth's POV

"I cannot believe that you two kissed and didn't tell anybody!" Thalia roared.

Percy and I were speechless, and we were both blushing madly. How did she know about that?

"Um... no we didn't," Percy lied, oh so convincingly, after about three minutes of silence.

Anger blazed in Thalia's eyes, and I was surprised that she didn't drop a lightning bolt on Percy. She looked like she wanted to. "Don't lie to me, Kelp Head! You know you did!"

"How did you know?" I asked.

"You two don't hide things very well," Thalia growled. "It wasn't that hard to figure out. Now why didn't you tell anybody?"

"Uh, I don't know. We wanted to keep it a secret," Percy said.

I sighed. "And we didn't succeed for very long."

Thalia stared at me in disbelief. "What do you mean, you didn't succeed for very long?" she demanded. "A year is a pretty long time to me!"

Huh? "Thalia, did you hit your head or something?" I asked. "It wasn't a secret for a year. It was only a secret for about half a day!"

Suddenly, the anger and disbelief vanished from her expression, replaced by confusion. "What the Hades are you talking about?"

Was she messing with us or something? Before I could reply, Percy mumbled, "Thalia, we kissed this morning. If we barely got together this morning, then how could it have been a secret for a year?"

For a second, Thalia seemed even more confused. However, two seconds later, anger became her dominant expression again. "YOU TWO WHAT?"

Uh-oh. "Well, wasn't that what you were talking about?" I stuttered.

"I was talking about Mount St. Helens, you idiots!" she screamed at us.

Percy stepped in between Thalia and I, protecting me. "Don't call her an idiot!" he yelled, straight up in Thalia's face.

Uh-oh. I thought he would've known better than to yell at Thalia. "Don't you dareyell at me, Seaweed Brain!" she screamed, her eyes full of pure rage. I'd never seen her this angry; it was starting to scare me. What if they started fighting?

"I'll do what I want!" he screamed back, not noticing Thalia's anger.

Thalia looked about ready to kill Percy. Thunder rumbled in the distance, shaking the entire building.

"Knock it off, you two!" I screamed at them. But it was too late.

Thalia screamed, and a huge thunderbolt broke through the ceiling, striking Percy straight on.