Ping!
Percy's eyes shot up, his mind was distracted by the noise for a second and this caused both stones to collapse down. Percy sighed, he turned to the notification that distracted him;
You have developed a new sub skill!
Carrying Multiple items, Lv-1 — Carry multiple items, Max— 2
Percy closed the box and turned back to the training at hand. He activated Telekinesis once again and this time he found that the stone had become easier to move. It seemed once he got a skill doing the thing it became infinitely more easier to perform the skill.
Percy smiled, 'time to become a mother fuckign jedi.'
A few hours later,
Thalia had just finished her dinner and was walking through the Forest in search of her.... boyfriend? It was night time already and she was worried about him. After their training session, Percy had stayed back inside the Forest to do his own training. Thalia expected to see him soon, but he hadn't shown up yet.
The daughter of Zeus had been feeling strange about the whole Percy thing. She hadn't really thought that she would ever find anyone for herself. It had always just been her, she was always alone.
She had Annabeth and Luke, and they were alright. But she always kept them at an arm's length. She knew Luke had a crush on her, but she knew that the son of Hermes couldn't walk the path she was meant to walk.
She never had an equal, she never had someone to look up to or someone who fought for her. In some ways she liked that, she wanted to be the one people looked up to, the one in charge.
The way the people she protected looked at her made her feel like she had accomplished something good in her life. But there had always been a part of her that regretted never having anyone to look out for her. She had always been the big sister, the one people expected to fight for them, they never wondered whether she even wanted that responsibility.
She never rejected her duty, no, she understood who she was and what was expected of her. But that didn't stop her from feeling alone. There was no one there who even thought to look out for her. Annabeth and Luke cared, and Grover did his best, but in the end it was her who had to die. It was her who was turned into a tree losing years of her life.
But then he came.
Percy Jackson, with his stupid hair and stupid eyes. Everytime she saw him Thalia felt her heart speed up and her head go numb. Gods sometimes she wanted to punch him in the face just to stop feeling like that.
The first time she meet him she screamed at him. She had just learned Percy had done a favour for Hades, and she was pissed. After all Hades was the person who was responsible for Thalia's death.
She tried to push him down, she fully expected him to cover in fear, she was the daughter of Zeus after all. It may have been an arrogant thing to think, but Thalia saw the way Grover and Chiron treated her. They gave her special treatment, whether it was because of her father or because she was powerful, she didn't know.
But Percy did none of those things. He stood up to her, he freaking ignored her and told her she was nothing. At first she hated him for it, maybe it was her pride but Thalia never considered herself second best at anything. She didn't trust Percy back then, what if he didn't care about the demigods like she did? What if he was an arrogant little shit who took his powers for granted?
And then she saw it. The way he cared for the demigods. It took her weeks, but Thalia finally managed to admit that Percy was better than her. That was he stronger, kinder and more caring that she ever was.
He cared for the demigods at camp, he saved 24 demigods, demigods he didn't even know, and he brought them back to camp. He had done more than she ever did, and Thalia finally realised that the spotlight wasn't on her anymore, it was on him.
She should have felt angry, most children of Zeus would have. But Thalia didn't, she was relieved. She didn't care for the attention, after all attention was the reason her mother abandoned her and her brother.
Thalia also didn't hate Percy anymore, he was worthy of her respect. He had taken the pressure of the spotlight away from her, that pressure had been lifted off of her shoulders and for that she was grateful. But she was still the child of the prophecy, and that burden remained.
She had carried it alone, Annabeth tried to comfort her, but the daughter of Athena never understood what Thalia was dealing with and she never would. Thalia was once again alone in this burden, but once again Percy came to save the day.
He told her what she had never heard, that he believed in her. He barely knew her, and yet he believed that she could save them all. No one, not Luke, Annabeth or Grover believed in her like he did. Sure they said the words, but they never understood the Olympic challenge Thalia had before her.
But Percy knew. He understood. He had faced Titan's before, and he had lived. He understood exactly what it meant to be the child of the prophecy, the responsibility of having the whole world on your shoulders. And anyone with a brain knew that Percy was the proper choice for the chosen one.
And so did Percy.
But instead of being angry at her for being weak, or telling her that she would be the death of them all, like she feared, Percy just said one thing, 'I believe in you.'
The boy who, for all intents and purposes, should hate her said he believed in her.
And just like that Thalia had someone to carry the burden with. Someone who swore to help her and so far he has kept that promise. She first had respect for him, but that respect soon turned
into a feeling of joy. They only ever shared a few short moments talking, but in those moments
Thalia found herself caring more and more about Percy.
And then somehow, without even realising it happened, Thaia realised she was in love with the demigod.
It wasn't something out of a romance novel. It didn't build up constantly for days and days until it exploded out. It was sudden, it was quick, and Thalia didn't see it coming. If she was to guess when it happened she would say during the concert.
Percy had trusted her and her alone with what he saw during his challenges. He trusted her with that information. He believed in her, he trusted her and she loved him for it. He then took her back home after getting blackout drunk and she did something so stupid, but luckily it turned out
to be the best thing she ever did.
It was a risk, but it was well worth it. Now she had someone, for the first time she had someone to call friend and equal. He trusted her,he believed in her, he would fight with her. Thalia smiled, 'I just might be the luckiest girl in the world.'
Plus he had a nice firm ass and a set of abs that made Thalia's brain stop working, so that was a big plus.
Thalia eventually found him where he always went to train, at the Fist of Zeus. Horrible name for a stone structure if you ask her.
Percy was sitting down cross legged with his eyes closed and all around him were stones flying around in a circular pattern. Thalia was dumbfounded, the stones looked heavy, 80 or 90 pounds. Some were big enough to cause actual harm if thrown at someone. After Percy was controlling all of them with his eyes closed.
Thalia walked up to Percy with a smile, "did you get jealous that Bianca could do something that you can't?"
Percy's face automatically turned into a smile at the sound of Thalia's voice. He opened his eyes and slowly reduced the moving speed of each stone around him before carefully putting them back down. He then looked at the notifications in front of him;
Telekinesis, Lv— 7 (80%)
The physic ability to move objects with your mind.
Range— 40 feet
Max weight— 100 Pounds
Cost -20MP
Carrying Multiple item, Lv-3 — Carry multiple items, Max— 6
Percy smiled at the levels he had gained via grinding and promptly closed all the boxes. He turned to see Thalia standing there with a smile of her face, "hey you."
"Hey yourself," Thalia said as she sat down next to him, "I missed you at dinner today."
"I wasn't feeling hungry," Percy explained as they both looked up at the cloudy night sky.
"I see..." Thalia said as an uncomfortable silence fell down between them.
"Annabeth gave me another lecture today," Thalia said breaking the silence.
Percy raised an eyebrow, "and....what did she say?"
Thalia sighed, "she just went on and on about how dangerous this could be. Zeus and Poseidon would flip out, the camp would probably accept us but....well you already know that you are super popular with the girls so I doubt they would be happy when they found out about us."
Percy chuckled, "I'm sure you can handle a couple of daughters of Aphrodite."
Thalia smirked, "that's what I said. Though....some thing she said really struck a cord."
"What? That we are too awesome?"
Thalia gave a sad smile as she shook her head, "no. She said that we barely know each other. She said that we barely knew the first thing about the other person and that this thing we have was.... Just a fling."
Percy sighed, "Annabeth sure doesn't pull back her punches huh?"
"From my personal experience, no, she doesn't," Thalia folded her legs pressing her knees up againt her cest suklking. "Though, she's not wrong."
'Is this really not going to last?' Thalia wondered in silence. She had just found someone, and already it was looking like they were destined to fail.
Percy could feel the depression roll off Thalia, and he didn't even have to use his powers of Empathy to know that.
"Look, Thalia," Percy turned to her with a smile, "Annabeth is right," Thalia sulked even further, "so let's do something about that."
Thalia looked surprised, "what?"
"Let's talk," Percy said with his smile growing bigger.
"Talk?"
"Yeah, Annabeth said we barely know anything about each other so let's talk. I'll go first," Percy cleared his throat, "hi, my names Percy Jackson. I'm the son of Poseidon, and Sally Jackson. I like my family and hate arrogant assholes. I love the colour blue, more specifically sea blue. And my favorite movie of all time is Star Wars: The Jedi Returns."
Thalia smiled as she crossed her legs opening up to Percy, "I'm Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus. Aah, I like my friends and my little brother. I hate my mom and ah... arrogant assholes. I love the colour black, though I'm starting to like blue too."
Percy smiled, "totally my influence."
Thalia giggled, "yeah, it is. And well my favorite movie if The Matrix."
Percy nodded, "so we both like family and hate assholes. I don't what Annabeth was worried about, we're perfect!"
Thalia threw a full blown laugh as the two began to talk more and more. Percy told her about his first quest. About going to Boston, meeting Ed and then fighting a demon.
Thalia was surprised at the fact that Fairies actually existed, but she got over it soon. Percy then told her about how he and the others saved a group of teenagers form a Nokken, about how they retrieved the shield of Ares obtaining rings of invisibility in exchange. About how they got to Los Angeles and how....how Luke betrayed them.
Thalia looked down in sadness, "so it's true huh. He really did turn his back on us."
Percy was hurt by Thalia's tone of voice. The girl sounded so defeated. Percy felt a pang of guilt of in his heart, Luke wasn't a traitor like she thought...he was a hero. And she deserved to know that.
"Thalia," Percy spoke causing the girl to raise her head, "Luke isn't a traitor."
Thalia's eyes went wide, "w-what do you mean?"
Percy sighed and he began to explain to her what happened. How Luke wanted to spy on Kronos for them. How he wanted to help the demigods in camp, the only people he cared about. Percy told her how it was because of Luke that he survived the encounter with Hyperion, how Luke helped save them all.
At the end of the story Thalia looked at Percy with a blank face. Percy wondered if she was angry at him like Annabeth was. He wondered whether she hated him for rejecting Luke's offer the first time like Annabeth was.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?" Thalia asked.
Percy sighed, "honestly....you had enough on your plate. There was no need to put the worry on your shoulders. You already had to deal with being reborn and the prophecy. It didn't seem right to make you worry about Luke as well. God's know I am."
Thalia's neutral face reminded, "why did you tell me this now?"
Percy scratched his head, "because....because you deserved to know. And....and I realised I had no right to keep this away from you. I don't want there to be secrets between us, and....well I thought you deserved to know."
Thalia nodded, "I see."
Percy sighed and lowered his head, "look Thalia I know what you must be thinking. I realise you're probably angry that I didn't tell you sooner but I didn't want-"
Thaila sent a punch right into his face knocking Percy's head back.
"What was that for?!" Percy asked holding his nose.
"For not telling me about Luke sooner," Thalia glared.
Percy opened his mouth to explain and just then Thalia lunged at him, pushing him down on the rocks. She then pressed her lips against his kissing him deeply. Percy was surprised, but he didn't protest. He wrapped his arms around thalia as he deepened the kiss, opening and closing his lips as she swept her fingers threw his hair.
Thalia slowly pulled back and looked at Percy. The demigod was still a state of semi shock. "What was that for?"
"For telling me now," Thalia said as she gripped his t-shirt tightly, "I get why you didn't want to tell me. And it's sweet that you wanted to protect me," Thalia's eyes went cold as the smell of ozone filled the air, "but never keep something so important from me again. Got it?"
Percy gulped, he was sure he could take anything Thalia threw at him. But that didn't mean he wanted to get turned into an electric rod, "yup. Totally got it."
Thalia smiled, "good boy," she then pressed her lips against his again as they continued their make out session.
Percy ran his arms all over Thalia's body, from the top of her shoulders to her lower back. He wanted to just grab her fat behind with both hands, but Percy didn't want to do something to piss her off.
Thalia for her part had one hand going through Percy's hair, it quickly became her favorite thing to do, while her other was rubbing his tigh. Thalia was pressed on top of him, she could feel the heat roll off of his body. She could feel his pants tightening and she would be lying if she didn't admit she was turned on as well.
Just as things were getting hot and heavy a bright light flashed out in the forest stunning both Percy and Thalia. Both demigods scampered to get into normal positions as they turned to see who or what had caused that flash of light. And standing in front of them was Artemis with a single raised eyebrow.
