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THALIA

The week had been absolutely marvellous. Once we had the first day of presentations with Nico's dad's best friends, Poseidon and Zeus, the rest of the week was filled with slight alterations on the original plan and some work meetings. But mostly, it was filled with outings, home dinners, group breakfasts and nice evenings with Nico.

Poseidon and Zeus she found were great men. She knew that Zeus had been married once before, and had lost his wife, a son and a daughter due to circumstances that he wasn't ready to share. But Poseidon was still happily married to his second wife and Percy's mother Sally.

She had come to feel as if she was part of this family and once she got used to Nico's father and he got used to her, they got along better than anyone would have expected, especially Nico. Sometimes Nico forgot that his father didn't really trust Thalia and was having her background researched.

NICO

I watched as Zeus, Poseidon and my father argued about which was the safest way to travel over a long distance; Air, train, or water.

"They argue about this all the time, literally every time for the last twenty years" I commented dryly.

Thalia chuckled but took another bite of her dinner. "They have such different personalities"

I nodded, "they have been friends forever and I guess after that long, they are able to live with the differences."

Thalia continued to watch observe them arguing and I continued to watch her. Something struck me about the way she took sips of her wine and she watched them. She seemed to notice me watching and looked over at me. I smiled at her and she winked at me then continued to observe them.

Just then, Zeus took off his glasses and was observing Poseidon and my father still arguing and then he picked up his wine and took a sip too. There was an uncanny resemblance between them. I couldn't believe I hadn't noticed it before. The eye colour was exactly the same and the small smile that they both wore just accentuated the similarity.

My father seemed to have noticed this and he caught my eye and gave me a look. That meant we had to talk ASAP. Tomorrow was our last day together and we were leaving right after lunch so it would have to be tonight or tomorrow.

"So Thalia, what's on the agenda once you finish your degree, have you thought of what you would like to do?" Zeus asked, now taking a break from the usual argument.

Thalia smiled but refrained from glancing at me. We both knew what she would be doing but I don't think she wanted Poseidon, Zeus or my father to know about it. "I haven't made up my mind yet but I would maybe like to continue where I am but at a different department more suited to my qualification."

Poseidon smiled and glanced at me, "Why do you say that?" I had a feeling that question had more behind it that I realised. Thalia however just ignored any double meanings the question had or she didn't notice.

"I have enjoyed working at such a diverse company and working directly under Nico has given me the opportunity to see how it all works on general terms. I would love to actually be working within the company where my talents are suited."

Poseidon seemed satisfied with my offer and smiled even more widely, "My Company works more with the sea both in leisure and other avenues. Percy had the initiative to start a division that deals with Marine life and safety for companies who want to drill oil in any large body of water. That is where Pluto comes in, he drills for oil and gems and we protect his company from environment damaging mistakes but at a very high price. But my point is we have a very busy finance department and I have been impressed by your ability so far so, if you ever need a job, call me."

I smiled on the outside but I was panicking. "Now, now Poseidon stop showing off. Thalia my dear, we have space for you too at Olympus Airlines and services." Zeus added with a smile.

My father however, rolled his eyes. "I thought we had a deal about not poaching employees off each other. There is a reason for that rule you know."

Poseidon's eye's sparkled mischievously, "I know, but something tells me that this situation is going to be very different."

Zeus just chuckled but stood up to leave at which point Poseidon followed suit. "As much I would love to sit and chat with you lovely people. Poseidon and I have to be back in the United States tomorrow, the wives are hounding."

The rest of us stood up and took our turns bidding them goodbye. Initially, Thalia stood awkwardly to the side but once I had said goodbye to my two favourite uncles, they both looked around for Thalia until they noticed her standing off to the side.

"Thalia child, what on earth are you doing over there?" Poseidon asked, "Come here and give old Don a proper goodbye." Thalia seemed surprised as she shuffled over to him and gave him a hearty handshake and hug. She did the same with Zeus and soon the two men left the building with my dad following behind which left Thalia and I alone.

"They really like you." I commented as I walked to where she stood.

She kept quiet though and didn't answer me but she continued to stare at a spot on the floor. I observed her closely and soon I saw a tear glistening on her face.

"Thalia what's wrong, what's happened?" I asked. She shook her head and ran away from me.

Before I could follow her, my father returned with a concerned look. "Father, we can speak tomorrow, I need to talk to her now."

He looked like he wanted to protest but he nodded, "Go son, good night"

"Thanks Dad." I smiled at him and ran in the direction Thalia had gone. I found her in her bedroom lying on her bed and staring at the roof. I entered and locked the door behind me.

"It seems like I forgot to lock the door." She said. I could hear that her voice was thick with tears and that only worried me more.

I made my way over to where she was and lay down beside her. "Thalia, you know you can talk to me,"

She sighed and turned over to face me, "I've never had a father or much of a family, my mother passed away from a liver cirrhosis disease when I was 17 but thank fully she had some savings," she stopped to think for a second before continuing, "actually a lot of savings which helped me keep the apartment and get through college. I eventually sold the large apartment and moved into a smaller one and I was doing fine going through graduate school until Jason came into the picture. I don't regret it at all, it is nice to have some family but I had never had a father. Now I come here and there are three of them all at the same time. I guess I got a bit overwhelmed."

I nodded, "They really do like you and if you stick around, you might have just got yourself three new fathers." I winced because if my hypothesis about her and Zeus turned out to be true, I wasn't sure how she was going to take it.

Right at this moment however, Thalia cracked a smile and shuffled over towards me until there was no space between our bodies. "Well, considering our current deal, it seems like I'm going to be around for a while." And then she kissed me.

I kissed her back but my mind still lingered back to her last comment. So was that why she still stayed with me and planned on staying with the company even after she graduated, because she owed me and thus she felt she had to? I tried not to think of that as my hands trailed up her beautiful black dress.

We took our time, not wanting to send the other over the edge so quickly, we teased, we tortured but most of all, we felt and we enjoyed. The heat and passion were unmistakeable but I wasn't sure I wanted to point it out because I felt like that might take away the vitality of the whole thing.

After the intense sex, we lay there on our backs panting and staring at the ceiling. "That was…" she started

"Yeah" I said, not exactly sure how else to describe it.

There was this awkward silence as I lay there allowing my body continue to tingle and she just continued to stare at the ceiling until eventually we both fell asleep.

I awoke before her and slipped out of her room and into mine. Once there I noticed that the clock said eight thirty, our flight would be leaving at one this afternoon so I decided that now would be the time to speak to my father.

I slipped into a pair of sweat pants and a tank and then I made my way over to where I knew he would be. I stepped out onto the balcony and saw him sitting there talking urgently on the phone. He saw me and gestured to the seat beside him.

"Are you sure?" he asked. Someone on the other side of the phone responded and my father just nodded.

"Thank you for everything, the money will be transferred to your account before twelve." He shut his phone and looked at me.

"He's her father isn't he?" I asked.

My father nodded, "Her mother took them away and lied to Zeus about the whole thing. Changed their last names to Grace and changed her first name from Anna to Alexandra, changed the boy's name from Henry to Jason."

"But she left Thalia's name, why?" I asked confused.

"Who knows?" he shrugged, "Now the problem is what we are going to tell them and how. I can't even predict how either of them is going to react to this. Zeus pined for his family for a long time before he found new love in Arielle."

"I can't believe I didn't realize this before, after all the time I have spent with her, I should have seen the signs and the similarities." I placed my head in my hands.

"It's alright son, many men have fallen for such a ruse. We will sort this out as soon as possible." My father tried to reassure me. At that particular moment Thalia walked onto the balcony and greeted us.

I noticed my father stiffen and force a smile on his face. He stood up and gave Thalia two slight pecks on each of her cheeks. This had become normal procedure but even I could tell that the gesture was more detached and cold than usual.

I looked over at Thalia and it seemed like she noticed his strange behaviour. His phone then rang and he excused himself.

"What happened?" she asked as she sat down where he just was.

I looked at her for a second. Now that I knew who her father was, the similarities just kept coming but I finally broke out of my thoughts to answer her, "Nothing," I stood up and took her hand, "You need to go pack, we're leaving earlier than planned"

"What's going on Nico and don't lie to me," she pulled me to a halt and forced me to look at her.

I saw the worry and confusion in her beautiful blue eyes but I couldn't tell her, not here and not now. I had to cover this up for now, I bent down to kiss her softly, "Nothing Thalia," I whispered into her ear, "My dad just thinks its leaving it to late if we leave at one because we have work tomorrow and I don't want us to be jet lagged."

She shivered but looked into my eyes for any sign of dishonesty. Eventually she nodded and continued walking beside me.

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THALIA

I couldn't help but think about what I had heard this morning before I had come out on the deck to meet Nico and his suddenly cold father.

They had been talking about not seeing signs or similarities and he said something about me, I think. The plane ride had been quiet. Nico advised me to get some sleep because we would be arriving very early in the morning and we would have to go to work. But I couldn't sleep through the entire flight so I spent the first half of it watching him sleep.

I knew he had lied to me this morning when he said nothing was happening and I thought it was because it had something to do with me but I couldn't be sure.

Now I was at my apartment and it was five thirty in the morning so I decided a jog was in order. I ran through central park still trying to decipher what the two men had been talking about, but I couldn't figure it out. All I knew was that it was probably to do with me and it wasn't very good if Nico's father's attitude after words was anything to go by.

Over the next week and a half, I barely saw Nico. He was immersed in the planning for the Milan week and somehow it felt like he was avoiding me. But even I was busy ensuring that I was studying for my finals and spending some quality time with my brother.

I was at the office on the a few hours before the Milan week crew were due to depart. Everything was hectic around me but as I dug through my bag trying to find my cell phone, something caught my eye. Once I saw it I started counting the days but something didn't quite add up. It seems like I had missed my period.

I sat there confused, that made no sense, the only way that could happen was if I was pregnant but I couldn't be pregnant because I was on the pill. That reassured me for about three seconds because then I remembered the period in time where I had stopped taking the pill but I hadn't stopped having sex with Nico. In fact I was pretty sure that it was during the weekend I spent with him before we went to Milan.

Now I started to panic, for the love of all that is holy I couldn't be pregnant! I had exams in a few weeks. Suddenly my breakfast felt like it wanted to come up and out and I ran to the bathroom.

Fuck, I might actually be pregnant.

NICO

I came out of my office to ask Thalia for some files when I saw her make her way to the bathroom while clutching her mouth and her stomach. Everyone else was making their way to the bottom floor to get on the bus that would be taking them. Thalia couldn't come because of her exams and I couldn't miss the first part of the show so I had to go too.

I instructed my temporary assistant to get my things into my car and I ran towards the bathroom to make sure Thalia was alright before I left. I walked into the bathroom which was thankfully empty and I heard crying.

"Thalia, are you alright I saw you run towards the bathroom." I asked as I checked under the stalls for her.

"I'm fine, now go away." I was surprised at how normal her voice sounded. If not for the fact that I heard her crying a few minutes before I might actually have believed her.

"I am sorry but I can't do that so come out and tell me what's wrong"

I heard the flush of the toilet and Thalia walked out her face looked absolutely normal and she looked very sexy in her skinny jeans, fitted polo shirt and pumps. But I could tell she was angry.

"Do you want to know what's wrong Di Angelo?" she asked with a sinister smile. Something told me that this wasn't going to be good but I still nodded.

She walked up to me and wrapped her arms round my waist while kissing up my neck and pressing her body against mine. I felt her hands making their way to my jeans and she unzipped them and dug her hands into my boxers.

I stopped her before she could go any further and forced her to look into my eyes. "What is up with you Thalia?"

She yanked her hands free and walked towards the door. I did up my pants ready to grab her hand before she ran off.

She looked back at me and I saw a tear drop fall before she spoke, "I think I'm pregnant."