It all started the day after Luke and Thalia had found me in that alley. Luke had gone out to get food and Thalia had taken me to the local thrift shop for new clothes. I always had a thing for thrift shops because you never knew what you could find. Plus, the discount days were a great way to get cheap books.

Thalia had left me in the book section while she got in the mile long line. It had some of the best condition used books I've ever seen. The pages weren't held together by tape and the binding was still in great shape. The one that looked worse for wear got my attention though. The pages weren't connected to the bind anymore and they had some soda damage. It took me a while to read the cover with my dyslexia, but I was still at the same reading level as Thalia and Luke. After a second, I made out Tuesdays with Morrie. Once I read the back, I decided it was worth getting and ran off to find Thalia.

She was near the front of the line, but still a few minutes from checking out. I could see the sparks jumping in her hair as she held pants, shirts, and a new coat for me. I tugged on her leather jacket to get her attention. Thalia whipped her head down and her frustration softened at the sight of me, kids are her kryptonite.

"You okay Annie? Are there any you know whats around?"

I shook my head no and pulled the book out from behind my back. Thalia took a minute to read the title and looked back to me. I gave her my best puppy dog eyes.

"Please Thals! I promise I'll never ask for another book again."

Thalia sighed. "You're lucky it's only 75 cents. Anymore and I would have to say no."

I fist bumped into the air and danced around happily. Thalia rolled her eyes as we made it to the cashier who didn't question two kids being here alone. I couldn't wait to read it.

I was 3:00 P.M. and I had just finished reading the last sentence. It had entertained me and taught me valuable lessons on family, emotions, culture, and so much more. The only problem was that this retained to the mortal world. I was a seven year old demigod and these topics effected me in different ways.

I mean, feeling sorry for yourself? I don't feel self pity for my situation, anger maybe, because there's no time. Same with regrets, if you regret what you did then your probably dead or someone else is. The live expectancy of a demigod is sixteen for powerful, twenty average, and everyone who makes it past thirty is lucky.

I wanted to live my life like Morrie did, half blood style. So I went to talk to Thals who was setting camp. I could have Luke be Morrie but he's watching for monsters and it seemed right to talk to Thalia since she's known about being a demigod longer.

Thals just finished setting up the trash bags over tree parks and started on the walls. I ran over to help her and we finished soon enough.

"Thals, I finished reading the book."

Thalia's eyes widened. "I thought it would last longer than a few hours Annie."

I put on my thinking face. "Some of the lessons got to me Thalia."

"Don't tell me I bought you a textbook."

"No, it's about a dying man teaching his old pupil how to live his life and show him that work isn't everything. It was based on a true story Thals."

"So, I did buy you a textbook?"

"Again, no. The problem is it's for mortals and I'm a demigod. Some of the messages are different for me, so I was wondering if you could answer my questions."

"Does it look like I'm dying to you?"

"Everyone is technically dying slowly as they live, but I just want answers."

Thalia sighed. "As long as their not about puberty or babies then I'll do it. Remember, we are a busy group so you might only get one question a week."

I smile up at her. "I'll ask you on a Tuesday each week."

She smiled back down at me. "Girls day out."

"Meet the Press."

"Ditch Day."

"Tuedays with Thalia."

I would like to state that I don't own PJO, HoO, or Tuesdays with Morrie, which is a great book I read for my Honors English 9 class a little over a month ago. While I was bored, I pondered what kind of life lessons demigods should learn and this story was born. I'll be taking requests for topics Annabeth will ask. I know for certain I'll be doing family (mortal, immortal, the trio, etc.), the future, death, love, betrayal, regrets, and hopefully more will come from all of you. I'll try to make this as heart felt as the book that inspired this, but I'm no Mitch or Morrie. I can't promise anything about updates, but I'll try. So, sit back, relax, and read on as much as I have up.