Here's another chapter I will warn you this does have some sexual references so read this with caution. It doesn't exactly go into detail so it's a PG 13. Sorry about that...well I hope you guys enjoy and thanks to those who reviewed that's what keeps me writing. Read, Review, RawR, and Enjoy! :D

Thalia and I were walking around the mall when she stopped in front of Hot Topic. She practically owned every Green Day shirt the store sold but they just got a new one in. So me being the awesome friend I am stood there with her while she browsed the store and found the shirt she was looking for. Personally I hated Hot Topic because it was dark, sort of scary, and the dude who was always working there smelled like he smoked a pound of weed before he came to work.

"Luke do you think this one will fit me better?" she asked holding up one shirt, "Or will this one look better?"

"The first one looked better." I said.

She smiled and continued to walk through the store before deciding that she had what she wanted and went to go pay for it. Thalia and I then decided to go get something to eat, I never actually went back home after the sleepover and stayed with Thalia because my mom was going through another one of her episodes.

"Do you want Chinese, Sushi, Mexican, Italian, Subway, or Burgers?" Thalia asked.

"Burgers sound good." I said.

"Cool I'll go order and you can go find us a table." She smiled.

"Aren't you supposed to spend your weekends and breaks with your boyfriend?" I asked her.

"Not when he cancelled again." She rolled her eyes, "I'll be right back."

When she left to go order I found a table and then someone slid into the booth next to me. I looked over and found my friend Ethan who attends Othrys High, the rival school I used to attend.

"Hey dude what are you doing here? You alone?" he asked.

"No I'm with my friend Thalia." I nodded toward her.

"Oh that's the infamous Thalia that you're always talking about." He said.

"Yes Ethan that would be Thalia." I muttered.

"So doesn't she like have a boyfriend or something?" he asked.

I nodded, "Yeah but I'm not sure how much longer it will be lasting."

"Well you should come back to Othrys, we all miss you. Coach said that we need to get you back. Kelli was asking about you." Ethan said.

"Ethan I've already told you that you're not going to convince me to come back to Othrys." I shook my head.

"Just consider it man. Well I better go it was nice to catch up with you." Ethan said and walked away just as Thalia walked over.

"Hey were you just talking to Ethan?" she asked as she set the tray down.

"Yeah he came over to say hi." I lied.

She shrugged and grabbed her burger, onion rings, ranch, and strawberry milkshake. I had practically the same thing but I had a chocolate milkshake.

"Do you want my cherry?" I asked Thalia.

She nodded and I scooped it out and into her shake, "Do you ever think about going back?"

I looked at her, "What makes you ask that?"

"Nothing it just seems that you're miserable at school sometimes." She said. Obviously she had been thinking about that for a long time because her facial expression told me everything.

"No I don't want to go back I like it at Olympia." I said.

She nodded and took an onion ring out of her basket, "Just asking."

"Well you don't have to worry about that." I tried to be reassuring.

She nodded, "Ok just wondering."

We ate our burgers and then we walked around the mall some more. I loved getting to spend time with Thalia. She kept me from thinking about my life back at Othrys. I had gotten into trouble with some of my friends when they caught me with some weed. I barely got back into Olympia. Somehow I got back as long as I was under strict watch for the first two years and now I was captain of pretty much every sports team there was.

We stopped at the movie theater and looked over at what they were showing. We decided to see some zombie movie and I paid for this one. Halfway through the movie as Thalia and I were laughing about the cheesy special effects we turned to get something and found our faces super close together. Then I totally gambled it and leaned in. I felt her tense a bit and her breath hovered over my lips. Then I did something that most people would consider stupid of me to do. I placed my lips on hers lightly and kissed her.

Thalia pulled away and got up, "Um I have to go to the bathroom."

With that she ran off and disappeared. So after about twenty minutes I went to find her. She was sitting in the food court when I found her.

"Thalia I thought you had to go to the bathroom." I called her out jokingly to ease some of the awkwardness.

"Oh hey sorry." She said her voice was distant.

"The movie was cheesy anyway. Hey do you want to go do something different?" I asked her.

She looked at me, "Sure sounds like fun."

"Thals is there something wrong?" I asked her.

She shook her head, "No let's go. What do you want to do?"

"Just walk around the mall I guess." I shrugged.

"Sure." She said as she got up from the table.

We walked around the mall and Thalia was really quiet which wasn't like her and I know I had probably made things really awkward when I kissed her. Finally we decided to call it a night and I took her back to her place. She looked at me as I pulled into her driveway and smiled awkwardly, "Thanks tonight was fun."

"No problem I'll see you later." I shrugged.

"Are you going to go home or do you want to stay here again? Annabeth's going to be over at Piper's." Thalia asked.

"Sure if you want me to." I shrugged.

"It's fine if your mom's still in one of her episodes then you can stay it's not a problem." She shrugged.

We walked into her house and she flipped on the lights. There was the sound of Jason up in his bedroom what he was doing I didn't want to know. Thalia plopped down on the couch and I took the spot next to her. She was really close to me and I could tell that she was still trying to stay away from her.

"Thalia are you ok?" I asked her.

"I'm fine do you want to watch a movie or something?" she asked.

"Why don't we play Just Dance." I suggested.

Thalia smiled and set the game up. Just as she was about to select Raining Men, the doorbell rang. She went to go answer it and who was standing there with a bouquet of roses? Well none other than Nico freaking diAngelo. Didn't he know that she hated roses? Was he aware that she liked red carnations or irises? Probably not it wasn't like he cared anyway.

"Thals I'm sorry." He said as he stepped forward and handed her the bouquet. Something went down between them and they weren't talking to one another. They were apparently going to make up.

She took the flowers from him and hugged him tightly, "You're forgiven."

He kissed her and they held it for what seemed like eternity and I just stood there awkwardly while said kiss happened. Thalia finally pulled away when I coughed awkwardly.

"Are you busy?" Nico asked.

She looked back at me, "Luke and I were about to play Just Dance, you can join us if you want to."

I looked at Nico who looked back at me, "Thals I think I should get going. My mom is probably ok by now and I think that she would like to see me."

Her face fell, "Ok."

"Thanks I had a lot of fun tonight." I said as I grabbed my keys and my jacket and headed out to my beat up pick-up.

I drove to go see my friend Ethan who I had run into at the mall today. I knocked on the door and a girl in practically nothing but some skimpy lingerie, "Luke?"

I looked at her and realized that I was looking at Kelli. Kelli was the one girl over at Othrys that I was ever mildly interested in. She smiled at me and let me in.

"Hey Ethan, Luke's here!" she called.

Ethan stuck his head out of his kitchen, "Hey man I figured that you would stop by sooner or later."

"What's up?" I asked.

"Nothing but I scored some stuff today, you came at the right time." He grinned.

"Ethan I'm not going to be doing any of that. I just stopped by to say hi." I rolled my eyes and shrugged my jacket off.

"Suit yourself, Kelli would you mind making me a drink?" Ethan asked.

Kelli rolled her eyes and then looked at me, "Would like anything Luke?"

"A beer if you have any." I shrugged.

"I'll be right back." She winked.

After about seven beers I was quite intoxicated and the last thing I remembered was crawling into bed with Kelli. When I woke up in the morning I found out that sometime during the night our clothes had apparently come off and Kelli and I were spooning.

I cursed silently and snuck out before she realized that I was gone. The rest of the day was a fog. There were ten messages on my phone from Thalia. The phone rang again.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Luke are you there?" she asked.

"What?" I asked it came out a little snappy.

"I was just wondering if you were ok you didn't answer any of my calls last night and you kind of just left." She said her voice sounded hurt.

"Nothing happened to me Thalia I'm fine." Again my voice was snappy.

"Well I'm sorry that I care about you." She said defensively.

There was a click on the other end and I knew Thalia had hung up. There was another ring so I answered it.

"Luke you just left?" she asked.

"Kelli, I had to get home before my mom freaked out." I lied.

"Whatever, I'll see you around."

The rest of the day I tended to my horrible hangover and I didn't hear a word from Thalia. Thalia usually called or texted me throughout the day to let me know what was going on. Thalia was definitely mad at me, hell I was wondering what the heck happened last night.

That night there was a knock on my bedroom door. She stood there with her arms crossed over her chest and she didn't look happy, "Where were you last night and why do you reek of alcohol?"

"Is that really any of your business? How did you get in anyway?" I asked her.

"Well your mom let me in and you usually don't snap at me." She hissed.

"Well where I was is none of your business and last I checked I didn't need to tell you everything I do." I snorted.

She looked at me and glared, "Well then I'm sorry I ever cared. I left your present under the tree."

With that she stormed away and just as she was about to get into her car I chased after her and stopped her. She looked at me and glared, "What do you want?"

"Thalia I'm sorry." I whispered.

"Sorry for what Luke, sorry for being an asshole to someone who cares about you?" she asked her voice was dangerously venomous.

"Thalia I didn't mean to snap at you." I said.

She looked at me, "Apology accepted, I have to go."

With that she got into her car and pulled out of the driveway. She didn't once look at me and I knew she was still mad at me. I watched her until I couldn't see her car anymore.

I met up with everyone at the mall and I still wasn't up to facing Thalia yet. She hadn't answered any of my calls or texts. She was definitely mad at me. She was standing by Nico who had his arms wrapped around her. The sight just made my blood boil. Thalia deserved someone who knew her way better than he did. I know her so well that she's literally like my other half.

I love Thalia. There I said it and yes I meant it. I never got the chance to tell her because she started dating Nico when I came back to Olympia after four years at Othrys.

Obviously I was jealous of Nico and I couldn't stand to see the two together. So I walked over to Piper who was looking over at Jason and Reyna. She looked up and me and raised an eyebrow, "Hi Luke?"

"Hey." I greeted her.

The decision was made to split up into groups and go walk around the mall. Apparently later we were going to meet up later for food or something. I unfortunately got stuck in a group with Thalia and Nico, and then there was Riley.

Thalia and Nico walked hand in hand leaving Riley and I to walk awkwardly behind them. This was just lovely three and a half hours of my life that I'll never get back. Thalia kissed Nico and then I tried to ignore the rest of the night.

Before I knew it I was at home sitting in my driveway. I decided to go to Thalia's to apologize to her. I just wanted to talk to her so badly that it hurt. She answered the door and looked at me.

"What do you want?" she asked.

"Thalia I want to apologize." I said.

She stepped out onto the porch and shut the door behind her, "Well then get on with it."

"Thalia I'm sorry." I whispered.

"I already told you that you were forgiven last night." She said.

"Thalia I'm begging you. I'm sorry you have to forgive me." I whispered.

"You're forgiven." She said, "Now if that was all you needed you can leave now."

She opened the door and was about to walk in when I grabbed her arm and did something really stupid. I kissed her. I kissed her long and I kissed her hard. She froze and didn't kiss me back. Then suddenly I felt her lips press ever so slightly. She was kissing me and then she pulled away. She grabbed for the door and pulled it open. I grabbed her once again and I kissed her.

This time however she kissed me back. She kissed me and I was lost. She wrapped her arms around my neck and lets just keep the rest of that night between her and I. Let's just say that I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I know that Nico probably wouldn't be very happy to hear about what happened that night.

The next morning Thalia and I woke up in her bed. Her clothes were scattered and so were mine. She looked over at me, "We can't tell Nico about this."

"Why he's probably done this a million times already." I whispered as I kissed her neck.

She pushed me away, "Luke this is wrong."

"No it's not." I whispered.

I was kissing her neck softly, "This is completely right when he's out doing the same thing with Riley."

Thalia flipped over on her back, "Luke I'm serious once was enough."

"Thalia." I whispered as I leaned in and kissed her passionately, "You're beautiful."

"You're lucky I'm not a virgin." She muttered and then she kissed me.

This was exactly the kind of thing that got us into trouble in the first place. This was what caused the second Trojan War. This was mostly my fault but hey like I said Thalia belonged with me.