As much as I hate to say this, this is the last full chapter of this story. There is a sequel coming out after the epilogue, so don't worry. The next story will be titled "Six Months of Hell". Since no one got the question about Thalia's birthday correct, the summary will be after the epilogue. The correct answer for her Birthday was December 22, 1988. So she would be 23 right now. I have also found out I have been wrong for as long as I've written about Nico. He has Greenish-brown eyes, almost Hazel. My mistake. So, the song in here was going to be Last Kiss by Taylor Swift, but after I read MidnightRose24's one-shot on them, it just had to be that song. Surprisingly, no one got exactly the answer on Thalia's eyes, so no one won. So, here it is. The last chapter in Don't Steal Deaths Water.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Percy Jackson characters nor Two Is Better Than One by Boy's Like Girls feat. Taylor Swift. I don't own MTV either.

Nico's POV

The plane ride was extremely uncomfortable. Connor sat on the opposite side of the plane and sat by himself, not wanting to talk to anyone. Travis and Percy sat on either side of me, while Annabeth sat next to Percy and Katie next to Travis. Percy found it his duty to follow me everywhere, even the bathroom, which made me a just a little uncomfortable.

It was a long plane ride, and my ADHD went on overdrive. I got up every 15 minutes or so to calm it down a little bit. Then, I went and sat next to Thalia, telling Percy to stay there.

She sat by herself, not wanting anyone to talk to her. She had a notebook on her lap and was drawing random doodles all over the place. The one I noticed first was a shark clearly eating me, me getting zapped by lightning, and me falling off a cliff onto sharp rocks.

"That's one's a little harsh, don't you think?" I said pointing at the shark eating me.

"Just expressing my feelings." She told me, starting a new one.

I grabbed the notebook and pen from her and flipped to a new page. She looked at me questionably, but I just started writing to her.

Maybe in a few years, we can start all over. Just me and you alone. No tours, no band, no one. And the only people that would matter would be each other. I finished, handing it back to her. She read it quickly and started writing, the handed it back. But until then?I sighed and started writing. But until then, it would be best if we just didn't talk to each other. It would be best if we just ignored our feelings until we're, scratch that, until I'm responsible enough to handle a real relationship. I handed it back to her and she nodded, not writing back.

I stayed there until we landed in New York. As we got off the plane, paparazzi flooded us and covered our faces and rushed towards the limo as camera's flashed. We climbed in the back and sighed. It was a silent ride to rehearsal, and I was happy it was. I needed time to myself before I saw Thalia for what could have been the last time in my life.

Okay, so rehearsal is a little different than you'd expect. Mostly it was Percy, Travis, and Connor just playing the song we had scheduled. I didn't sing much because I had to hit some high notes that night and they didn't want me to strain my voice. Mainly I just sat there and looked over lyrics to make sure I had them memorized.

When there was about a half an hour to show time, they took us to wardrobe. The make up artist had come after we told her that I had a black eye. She could make it look like nothing was wrong with it. The opening night of our tour was going to be live on MTV that night and they brought a camera backstage and were filming us. They happened to come across me when I was in wardrobe waiting for the people to choose my outfit. So, basically I was standing in the middle of a giant room in my boxers and nothing else.

"So, this is what the wardrobe people get to see every night." I told the camera and smiled, making sure to throw in a seductive look at the end.

"What's it like to have everyone paying attention to you for a whole night?" the camera man asked me.

"One, they're paying attention to the band. Some people would be to differ that I'm not the hottest one." Everyone in the room laughed at that. "And two, I thought you just filming not doing an interview? So scoot! Go interview Percy, he loves the attention."

They left after that and I waited for my outfit to be chosen. The yelled after fifteen minutes, "Either hurry up or turn off the air conditioning! I'm freezing my ass off in here."

They came in about a minute later with a blue t-shirt that read, "Hater's gon' hate", a pair of black loose fitting jeans, and my custom pair of Converse. The Converse were neon orange, the inside lining, tongue, and heel stripe bright blue, the rubber sidewall, stitching and laces black, with a red racing stripe. They knew better than to get me a different pair of shoes for our first concert. They stood out a lot, of course, but they were lucky, and it was something I was known for.

Travis walked in right as I pulled my shirt on. "Did you know the tickets were sold out in the first half an hour?" he was ecstatic. "It's packed! They're has to be over 10,000 people out there!"

"Seriously?" I asked him and he nodded, leading me out to the curtain. There was still ten minutes to show time, so Travis and I executed our plan.

Travis had hacked air horn so when you pressed the button, it blew the horn but also it sprayed out silly string. We snuck up behind our manager, Christopher Daring, and blew it. He screamed and turned around yelling at us about how we should be getting ready. We did it to a few other people, got yelled at more, and then we had to go out on stage.

I'm skipping all the intro songs and just going straight to the duet because, frankly, I wouldn't have known what song it was if I didn't have my Bluetooth telling me.

"Alright everybody," they yelled when they heard my voice. "Calm down, calm down. We have a special guest to sing a, ah, special song. It may be a little different than normal, but you'll like it." I waved Thalia in onto the stage.

Some people gasped and others were confused, but someone yelled, "Damn!"

Connor and Travis started strumming as I got ready to sing the song of the night.

(Bold= Nico Italic= Thalia Bold and Italic= Both)

I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought
"Hey, you know, this could be something"
'Cause everything you do and words you say
You know that it all takes my breath away
And now I'm left with nothing

So maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
But there's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one

I remember every look upon your face
The way you roll your eyes
The way you taste
You make it hard for breathing
'Cause when I close my eyes and drift away
I think of you and everything's okay
I'm finally now believing

That maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
But there's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one

I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought, "Hey,"

Maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
But there's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking
I can't live without you
'Cause, baby, two is better than one
But there's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
But I'll figure it out
When all is said and done
Two is better than one
Two is better than one

By the end of the song we were standing almost face to face. She looked into my eyes and I looked into hers.

"Hey, Nico!" Percy yelled at me, "We still have the rest of the show left."

"Oh yeah, everybody, give it up for the one and only Thalia Grace!" I yelled into the microphone. They all cheered and she left the stage.

We finished the show and hopped into the Limo for us to drop Thalia, Annabeth, and Katie off at Camp. Thalia was silent the whole way there and looked out the window.

As we got there, they got out. I watched them walk up the hill through the open door. When they were halfway up, something told me, deep inside me, "Go after her." And that's what I did.

I ran up the hill to her, and when I got close enough to her, yelled, "Thalia, wait!" she stopped and turned around looked at me for the first time since the concert. The stars twinkled above us and the moon was shining bright.

"Nico, what could you possibly want now?" she asked me.

"Another chance." I told her, but before she could protest I started explaining, "I know it seems like an impossible idea, but let me explain. It seems as if no matter what, my whole day brightens up when you're with me. These past few days, even though they had they're downs, were some of the happiest in my life, all because of you. My life has changed because of you. You have no reason to believe me, but I beg of you to at least see my point."

She looked at me and then told me, "You've hurt me so much. You drag me in and then just leave me there. No one has ever hurt me as much as you have, not even my own mother."

I closed my eyes and took a shaky breath. I then replied, "Everything I have done was to make sure you would be safe; safe from me, safe from people, safe from forever thinking about me. It didn't work. I kept going back. When I see that you're in trouble or in pain, I can't help but go back to you, then pull away because I don't want to hurt you. I finally realized the only way to keep you safe is to never leave you, or never see you gain. The second option is not possible. Maybe Aphrodite is giving me these words but they are true. If something happens when I'm on tour, you can leave me in an instant. But if I come back in three months and Travis, Percy, and Connor can prove I didn't do anything, all I need to know is if you'd be waiting for me."

She looked me in the eyes and told me, "Exactly here?" I nodded, "Three months?" I nodded yet again. "Then," she stood on her tippy toes to whisper in my ear, "See you in three months." She stood normally and I smiled. I leaned down and kissed her. When we broke away, Annabeth and Katie could be barely heard saying, "Aww…" over Percy, Travis, and Connor yelling from the limo, "WHAT THE HELL?"

I walked away from the girl who changed my life; the girl who was my world. I finally had her, for once. I walked away knowing she would be waiting for me there. In three months.

Twist, was it not? So, was it sweet? Was it sour? Was it just right? Sour patch kids. Sour. Sweet. Gone. XD I loved this story, it is the one I am most proud of. The epilogue will be up in four days, tops. Anyway, one, I am a huge baseball fan so I got a Tops baseball card pack, and I got my favorite player on my team. My life is complete. Review or me and my cousin will go on YouTube and do some very bad things. Just kidding but please review!