Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or HOO, because if I did, Percabeth wouldn't be in Tartarus :(
Hi :D So, thaaaank you so much for all the reviews, the favorite/following and for read it! So, remember that I was going to start 'It all started with a Love Song' when I finished this one? Well, SURPRISE! I started the story, so go now to read it! I really hope that story to be as good as this one…
I was seeing, the latest chapters where just Percabeth, and believe me, it will be keep like that, but for that I need to do this 'filler', I mean, this chapter will be about other pairings and about important facts, like… remember Thalia and Bianca fight? Well, like that one…
So I really hope you enjoy the chapter and don't blame me, it's for a good case! And I will make it up for you!
Love the Babysitter
Thalia watched Bianca from behind her locker. It had been a month since they had their 'fight' and they hadn't spoken since. Every time, Thalia had wanted to reach out to talk Bianca would go, ignore her or go to her brother.
"Another attempt?" a mocking voice whispered in her ear. Thalia turned to see Annabeth and Katie, watching her amusingly. Thalia looked at what they were wearing, just to see.
Annabeth was wearing a white blouse that had almost unnoticeable white flowers near the neck, dark jeans and brown sandals. Her hair was in a messy ponytail while some delicate curls were falling around her face framing it perfectly. Thalia sighed mentally, she wished that she could have half the beauty that Annabeth possessed.
Katie wore a cream colored top with a floral skirt, a pastel pink coat and white short heels. Her wavy brown hair fell over her right shoulder, and Thalia could see a little makeup.
Finally, Thalia looked herself. She wore a gray blouse with a white and blue checkered shirt underneath, the buttons done carelessly, shorts and black boots. Her hair fell down, barely reaching her shoulders.
"At least I'm trying," Thalia said, shrugging.
Annabeth frowned "I really can't believe she's been so angry to not talk to you for a month." the blonde placed a lock of her hair behind her ear "Nico told me that Bianca had been a little weird,"
"Nico?" Katie asked before Thalia could.
Annabeth looked at them confused "Yes, Nico. Why?"
Katie rolled her eyes "Well, one of the most popular boys in school talks to you, no big deal right?" Katie accommodated her backpack on her shoulder "I think you still don't understand that any girl would want to be in your shoes,"
Annabeth wrinkled her nose "It's funny how all send me dirty looks when I speak to any of them..." she smiled.
Thalia rolled her eyes "Really, that's the only funny thing?"
"Well, the boys are funny too, sometimes I can't stop laughing" Annabeth said absently, remembering sometimes she and the boys couldn't stop laughing at some joke or silly comment.
"Who have you been in that house?" Katie asked curiously.
Annabeth shrugged "Jason, Nico, Travis, Connor, Grover..."
"Ugh," Katie cut her off "You are a lucky girl." Annabeth rolled her grey eyes.
"Getting back to your topic…" she looked at Thalia and cocked her head towards Bianca, just as her friends were leaving and she was alone at her locker.
Thalia took a deep breath "Well, here I go." she turned and started walking.
"Good Luck!" "You'll be fine!" she heard Katie call after her.
Thalia walked slowly, thinking about what she could say 'Hey Bianca, I'm sorry for having a crush on your, oh so hot and sexy brother, forgive me? I have cookies.' She frowned 'Really?' Bianca would slap her.
She felt a hand rest on her shoulder, so she stopped and turned around to meet a pair of blue eyes looking at her sympathetically. Will.
"Hi Thals, how've you been?" he asked, smirking.
"Hey Will," Thalia smiled back "I'm fine, thanks."
"So, I was wondering if you were free today, because I seriously would like to get a coffee with you to, you know, get to know you better." he said.
Thalia raised her eyebrows, but eventually let a smile form on her lips "Yeah, I'm free."
Will smiled happily "Great, see you after school?" Thalia nodded, and he winked before walking away.
She walked up to Bianca. She brought her hand to her mouth and started biting her nails, as she does when she was nervous "Bianca." she said, and the amber eyed girl looked at her "We need to talk,"
"No, we don't." Bianca replied curtly, anger dripping from her words. She began to walk away, but Thalia grabbed her arm and forced her to look into her eyes.
"Yes, we do. Bianca look, I know what I did was wrong and all that, but those things happen: I didn't choose like your brother. I'm stupid and I admit it, and to show you that I don't like your brother anymore, I'm going on a date today with Will Solace and if you don't believe me go and ask him yourself, but please forgive me." Thalia begged, and she felt her eyes sting. She had lost one of her best friends and she wanted her back.
Bianca looked at her doubtfully, but then her gaze softened. Thalia waited for Bianca to say something, but she did nothing.
"So?" Thalia asked.
Bianca looked into her eyes for a moment, and Thalia really doubted if Bianca would forgive her. Then, suddenly, Bianca suddenly hugged her tight. Thalia was surprised at first, but slowly smiled and returned the hug with the same strength.
"You are forgiven," Bianca whispered.
-.-.-.-.-
Piper closed her locker exasperated and glared at Leo "Okay, I'll help with Lou if you stop bothering me now,"
Leo grinned from ear to ear "You're great Piper!" he said, but made no hint to leave.
Piper rose her eyebrows at him "Want to leave?"
He raised his hands in defense "Calm down, you're not going to get ugly because I'm here!" he yelled as he walked down the hallway. Some people looked at him like he was crazy, which was true.
Piper rolled her eyes at the stupidity of her friend, turned abruptly and collided with a guy's chest, sending her to fall on her butt on the floor.
"Ow," she moaned, rubbing her hip. She opened her eyes and looked up to see, nothing more and nothing less that Jason Grace looking at her with regretful face.
"Oh Piper, I'm so sorry" he apologized, extending his hand out to her to help her up. She took it and stood up "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Piper smiled.
Jason sighed "Oh, I thought I hurt you,"
"Don't be so dramatic," Piper rolled her eyes again.
Jason chuckled "So, how have you been? I think we haven't spoken since the spa,"
'Oh, so you remember me' Piper thought. "I've been fine,"
"Great," he said, wetting his lips "So, if I remember well, I think I owe you a coffee." he raised his blond eyebrows expectantly.
Piper tried to hide a smile as she said "You do remember well,"
Jason smirked "Great, so, see you after school?"
"Sure," Piper said, a silly smile on her face.
"Great, it's a date." Jason said, and he leaned over and kissed her cheek before walking away.
Piper felt butterflies flying wildly in her stomach, and a ghost of his lips was still on her cheek. She felt a smile even sillier than the previous one sliding on her lips unconsciously. And if there was a sure thing in which she agreed with Annabeth, was that the dirty looks that other girls threw her were funny in some sense.
-.-.-.-.-
Katie happily walked through the streets, heading towards the coffee in which she and Travis usually went to work on their project. The project was finished, and this was the last time they would meet to fix the details. To her dismay, there had been nothing between them. Only a few indirect flirtatious comments from Travis that she usually ignored with rolling eyes to maintain her nonchalance facade in front of him.
She had a major crush on Travis, and she vaguely wondered if she liked him. He was cute, there was no doubt about that, he was tall, funny and had blue eyes. He was the boy she had imagined since childhood.
She was half a block from the coffee shop when she saw it.
It was Travis, she was sure. He had one hand on the hip of a blonde. They were close, probably flirting. And that was when it happened.
Travis leaned over her and they started kissing wildly, and Katie was sure there was tongue.
She knew she shouldn't feel that way, but she did anyway. She felt a pain in her chest.
It was her heart breaking.
It hurt. She felt her eyes fill with water, and when she could not take it anymore, she ran away. She pushed people who would not let her pass, and with tears falling down her cheeks, she kept running.
When her legs were burning from running, she allowed herself to sit on the stair of an abandoned building. There were far fewer people there, and she thanked God for that. She hated it when people saw her cry, but all who knew her knew that she was very sensitive and cried for almost all tragic movies and any fight or delicate situation she had with someone. She always wanted to be strong like her mother, or Annabeth or Thalia.
She needed to talk to someone. She pulled out the iPhone from her pocket and looked at the numbers she had. Who could she call? Annabeth would be babysitting; Piper would be on her date with Jason... She decided to try with Thalia.
Ring, ring, ring, ring.
"Hello?" Thalia's voice sounded.
"Hi Thals, I'm Katie," she said, trying to keep her voice from breaking "You have a moment to talk?"
"Katie! Umm…" Thalia hesitated "Look I can't now, I'm on a date."
"A date?" she asked, really confused. Thalia, on a date? "With who?"
"With Will Solace." Thalia said.
"Oh, okay then." Katie felt that her voice was going to break at any time "Have a good time then. Goodbye,"
"Bye!" Thalia hung up.
Katie wiped some tears away before dialing Silena's number. Maybe she would understand better her situation. Yes, she definitely would. What was she thinking of calling Thalia for a love problem?
Ring, ring.
"Hello, Katie?" Silena asked. Katie noticed that she was breathing heavily, as if she had been exercising.
"Yeah, hey Silena." Katie said.
"Is something wrong honey?" Silena asked, concern in her voice.
"Actually, yes." Katie said, her voice breaking "Where are you? I really need to talk,"
"I'm in my father's shop, come here now." Silena ordered, and then groaned. 'Wait', Katie thought 'groan?'
"Alright. Why are you groaning?" she asked.
"Nothing, you just come here." Silena said, but Katie heard her whisper 'Charlie, stop!' followed by a giggle.
"Okaaay, see you there."
"Bye!"
With fewer tears streaming down her face, she walked to Silena's father coffee shop. When she crossed over the threshold, the smell of coffee and candy filled the her nose, but a scene that she didn't expect to see also welcomed her.
Silena was sitting on the counter, and Charles Beckendorf was in front of her. They were making out.
Surprisingly, there was no one in the store. Katie wrinkled her nose, because the scene was not the most welcoming, and it reminded her of what she had just seen a few minutes ago. She cleared her throat, and the two love birds separated and looked at her. Silena's face turned red, but not as much as Beckendorf's.
"Katie!" Silena said uncomfortably, jumping out of the counter and walking toward her "Hey, why are you crying?"
Katie hadn't noticed, but silent tears were still streaming down her face. Why does she cry so much? Travis wasn't even her boyfriend.
"For a stupid reason. Travis." Katie said, and explained to Silena what had happened. Silena turned out to be a good listener, but Katie thought it was probably because Silena was a love novel fan.
Silena grabbed one of her hands and stroked it "Oh honey, I'm sorry. I know you really like Travis-"
Katie interrupted her "I don't like Travis!"
Silena smiled sadly "Oh you're still in denial? Please, just admit it. If you aren't, why are you crying?"
That led Katie to cry even more. She rested her head on Silena's shoulder, who hugged her. Then the music of the song 'As Long As You Love Me' by Justin Bieber started to play and Katie knew that her phone was ringing. She left the hug from her friend, and wiping tears from her cheek, grabbed her phone and looked who was calling.
Yep, Travis.
She looked at Silena "I will not pick up that call."
Silena rolled her eyes "Hey, think about what Annabeth would say 'Stop crying and face your problems', although Thalia would say 'Break that idiot's face because if you don't, I will'." Katie let out a wretched giggle, but shook her head.
"I'm not answering,"
Silena sighed, and answered the call despite the protests of her friend "Hello, Travis?"
"Uh, yeah, is Katie there?" he asked.
"She's sick." Silena lied, and Katie looked at her confused.
"But I saw her fine at school…" he said, not sounding so sure.
"Yeah, it was a sudden headache and upset stomach," Silena said. Katie had to admit that she was a good actress.
"Oh okay, tell her to get better from me. Bye" Travis said, sounding really worried.
"Goodbye," Silena hung up.
"Thanks," Katie appreciated, placing a lock of her hair behind her ear.
"Anytime," Silena smiled.
"So," Katie said after a moment "Do you want to explain what you were doing with Beckendorf?" Silena blushed, but she started to talk anyway.
A/N= 2.250 words and 15 pages. Now, it was a long chapter.
So, don't hate me and wait for Percabeth in the next chapter and review, and follow/favorite it and read some books and my new story and be happy!
Unconditional love,
HappyOwl :3
