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"Oh c'mon, Thals! Me, Annabeth Chase and skiing? Really now?" Annabeth asked sarcastically. "Chase! Don't you dare chicken out on me! We are going to this winter resort because I, your beautiful, talented, loyal best friend deserve a nice vacation! Clear?" Thalia Grace yelled. "Crystal Clear", Annabeth murmured dejectedly, "Guess I can always stay cozy indoors with a nice cup of hot chocolate." "Or a hottie to cuddle up with!" chimed Piper McLean from the doorway. "Seriously, Pipes? Romance is the last thing on my mind right now. Plus I've got to submit my project on the architectural style of the Parthenon after Winter Break. I really need to focus!" Annabeth pulls at her hair in desperation. Piper and Thalia each grab one of her arms, pull her to her feet and declare in unison, "That's exactly why you need this break!"

Thalia's POV

Phase One worked. Just like I always knew it would! I smirked evilly to myself. Now for Phase Two of 'Operation Winter Romance'...

"Jason Grace! You better get your butt down to Dad's winter condo in Snow Valley!" I shrieked into the phone. "Oh and get Percy along," I added trying to sound like it was a casual afterthought. I saw no need to fill my twin in on my matchmaking schemes for our dear cousin, Percy. Oh and for him too.

"Dad's condo? Are you sure he's cool with having his teenage kids, their cousin and a couple of friends out there? Alone?" asked Jason incredulously. "Well, duh! We're all nineteen. Not kids anymore. Now are you gonna be there or not?!" "Yes Yes, okay. No need to yell, Thals!"

Annabeth's POV

I felt like a princess in a Winter Wonderland. Snow sparkled like crushed diamonds everywhere. The air was chilly and carried the welcome scent of hot chocolate and cookies drifting from the resort cafe. I was feeling silly about my earlier outburst and planned to make it up to Thalia.

I turned around only to see Piper and Thalia whispering and giggling amongst themselves. "Hey you guys! Quit gossiping and let's go get some hot chocolate!" I yelled. They stopped at once, gave each other that infuriating secretive smirk and yelled, "Sounds good, Chase! Why don't you go get us some? We'll tidy up the place."

I had no choice but to set off by myself to the cafe.

Piper's POV

I had to admire Thalia's stellar plotting skills. Between the two of us we decided what Miss Annabeth Chase needed was some good old fashioned romance and then Thalia had a brainwave. She said her cousin Percy was just the guy for Annabeth. So, we decided to get the two of them together for Winter Break.

"Thals, did he text you yet?" I asked worriedly. I mean, Annabeth would be back with the hot chocolate anytime now and there was no sign of Percy or Thalia's brother, Jason. Jason. Oh just thinking about him makes me shiver. I've heard so much about him over the past couple of months that I felt like I sort of knew him already. "Shhh, Piper!" I scolded myself. There was no way in hell I could tell Thalia that I was slowly developing a crush on her twin brother. I mean, I haven't even seen him yet. How ridiculous does that sound?

At that very second, we heard a knock on the door. "Could you get that Pipes? It's probably Jason," Thalia yelled from the kitchen. Slowly with my heart beating steadily, I opened the door. And my heart stopped beating for a second. I swear. There was a tall, blond, hunk of a guy standing in our doorway. He coughed and I snapped back to reality. "Uhm hey, come on in. I'm..." "Piper McLean", he said. "How... How...", I muttered stupidly. "How did I know your name? Oh, Thals talks a lot about you and Annabeth," he ran a hand through his gorgeous blonde locks. "Oh well, nice to meet you, Jason Grace. Yeah, she talks about you a lot too", I laughed, the tension all but forgotten as he stood there smiling at me.

Jason's POV

Wow. Winter Break sure looked a hell of a lot better now that I knew I was going to be spending a lot of quality time with the gorgeous Piper McLean.

"Hey, Sparky! Good to see you again!" Thals yelled. And then she looked behind me and saw Leo. "Leo!" she exclaimed. "What's up, Thals?" He high fived her. Then she glanced at Nico, stared and didn't look like she was going to stop anytime soon. "Thals, stop drooling!" I leant down and whispered in her ear. She straightened up immediately. "Nico, this is Thalia, my sis. Trust me, you don't want to get on her bad side", I warned him. He just laughed. "Hey Thalia, nice to meet you," he said and shook her hand.

"Where's Perce?" she asked. "Oh! I sent him down to the cafe to get us all some hot chocolate, like you told me," I shrugged. She winked at Piper and said, "Oh right! Silly me! I totally forgot and sent Annabeth to get us some too."

Right. I totally believed her. Not. So judging from what I know of my evil plotting sis, I guess she decided to play matchmaker and set Percy up with Annabeth. Well, we'll just have to wait and see what happens...

A/N: Please review! My first fanfic! The more reviews I get, the faster I'll update ;) get ready for this story to really heat up :D