When Chiron declared that Camp Half-Blood would be hosting a New Years party the night of New Year's Eve, Percy questioned how good of an idea that was. Having a party going through midnight with at least a hundred demigods, all of which had ADHD, something was bound to happen.

No matter, though, since it was happening. Percy wasn't complaining, though, since it persuaded the demigods who weren't coming over winter break to come. All of them were still in school, though most were seniors and wouldn't be next year. At least half the Romans, except for the veterans, flew over to New York to join in with the rest of their friends. Multiple of the gods had declared they would be present as well. Zeus had banned any from coming, but most of the Olympians were sick of him and came anyway. Even the hunters joined in.

Piper had dragged the seven-plus Nico out to go shopping before the party. Despite the complaints, everyone ended up getting some sort of nice outfit. Percy settled on a simple dress shirt with black jeans, as did Nico and Frank, but Leo went full out in getting himself bright orange dress pants and shirt along with a red jacket. He forced Jason into going along, but Jason smartly refused to get any colours other than black and white.

All the girls ended up with a dress, though Piper refused to tell anything other than that. She had made sure that the girls and boys were unaware of what their partner had, even going as far as to send Jason away from the main group so she wouldn't know what he had. Percy thought that was a bit excessive, but Piper would hear none of it.

Finally, after a long day of preparations and shopping, it was ready. No one was entirely sure what all was included, there was too much for an ADHD demigod to process at once. Percy did know there was food, and that was enough to convince him it would be good. Even though he tried to be quick, he was probably one of the last ones to arrive.

His first stop was, of course, the food table. Percy grabbed as many cookies as he could hold and backed away, biting into the first one, to look for his friends.

"Yo Perce! Over here!" He turned to see Leo, in his flaming red suit waving him over with a crazed smile on his face. Percy grinned back and practically skipped over to the group. The seven, along with Nico and Reyna, were sitting on a large blanket with a plate full of food in the middle. Almost all the boys had something in their hands. Percy plopped down next to Annabeth admiring her in her pale blue dress that went to her knees.

He slung an arm over her shoulder and leaned over to whisper in her ear. "You look beautiful." Annabeth smiled and leaned into him.

"What took so long? Busy putting your makeup on?" Reyna teased.

Percy scowled playfully. "Oh, shut up." He pointed an accusing finger at her face. "As if we can't see all the makeup on you." Reyna stole a cookie from Nico and chucked it at him.

Percy ducked under the delicious projectile and gasped dramatically, clutching a hand to his chest. "What have you done? You just wasted something valuable! How could you!" Reyna raised an eyebrow and flipped him off. Percy flopped back and pretended to have died.

"Oh, get up, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth chuckled. "So melodramatic."

"Come on, Dictionary, use words we actually know!" Leo shouted. "My tiny vocabulary cannot handle it!"

"Maybe she should do it more so that you might actually get smart," Piper said, flicking Leo in the head.

"I am smart!" Everyone laughed at Leo's protest.

"I'm not missing out, am I?" The group turned to see Thalia Grace approaching them, a bag full of something clutched in her hand.

Percy set his gaze on her and couldn't tear it away. Her raven hair was spiked up, as usual, some of it falling over her pale face. Her electric eyes were brought out by a thick wing of eyeliner around her eyes, and her lips a bright red that looked like the colour of blood. She was in a strapless silver dress that fell to her feet, tight around her torso and illuminating all of her curves.

His eyes stayed on her as she settled down between her brother and Nico, placing the bag on the ground in front of her. Nico stole the bag, peering inside it, and looked at Thalia with wide eyes. She grinned, her red lips stretching out and curving upwards.

"Thalia, where did you get this?" Nico said in shock.

Thalia just shrugged. "Stole it from Mr. D. He won't miss it."

"Hold on, did you steal wine?" Annabeth said suspiciously. Thalia only smirked and pulled out a bottle.

"You do realise that all of us are too young?" Jason said.

"Too bad." Thalia took out shot cups, ten to be exact, and poured some wine into each. They were passed around the circle, and Percy had shaken out of his daze by the time his got to him. He took a small sip. The taste was strong and overwhelming, sort of bitter, but a welcome distraction.

"So, what'cha want to do?" Thalia asked, sipping from her glass.

"Truth or dare?" Nico suggested, staring at his untouched wine.

"No, someone'll end up dead if we do that," Annabeth said.

"Never have I ever?" Jason suggested. Nods of agreement were shown from around the circle, and so it was decided.

"Thalia, you start. You brought the wine," Nico said.

Thalia thought for a second. "Never have I ever been to Camp Jupiter," she decided. Everyone groaned. "All of you drink," Thalia commanded. Everyone sipped. Percy watched in amusement as Nico drank, his face crinkling up in disgust. Hazel was no different.

"Never have I ever used celestial bronze," Jason said from beside his sister.

"Targeting!" Percy complained, and the Romans laughed as all the Greeks took a sip.

"Never have I ever used imperial gold," Piper countered, smirking at her boyfriend. Jason scowled as he and the other Romans sipped.

"Never have I ever gone to Canada," Leo said. Percy, Hazel, Frank, Thalia, Nico, and surprisingly, Jason and Reyna all drank.

"When did you two go to Canada?" Frank asked Jason and Reyna.

"I went with the Amazons, Jason went on a quest," Reyna answered.

Annabeth carried on. "Never have I ever met Lupa." Everyone except for Thalia, Nico and Leo drank.

Percy thought about what he would say for a moment before deciding. "Never have I ever seen bunker nine." Leo gasped dramatically but drank, as did Jason, Piper and Annabeth.

"I need to show you!" Leo demanded, jumping up and grabbing Percy's wrist to pull him up.

"Alright, fine," Percy surrendered.

Thalia hopped up as well. "I want to see this too. Count me in." Percy kept his eyes off of her as he followed Leo, not wanting to get enraptured by her beauty once more.

It took maybe ten minutes before they reached the bunker. Both Percy and Thalia looked at the rock wall in awe, the carved lines that spiralled up and out from a single spot right at chest height. Leo pressed his hand in the slot and they all watched as the engravings lit up with light, the walls emitting a grating noise as they drew to the side to reveal the bunker.

Percy and Thalia went their split ways to explore while Leo went straight to Festus. They stayed for a long while as the two demigods traversed through the bunker.

Eventually, Leo called them both back. "Midnight's in fifteen minutes," he said. "I'm flying back on Festus. Either of you want a ride?"

Percy turned down his offer and was both overjoyed and nervous that Thalia denied as well. He wasn't sure he could resist her if he was alone with her.

Leo and Festus took off, leaving Percy and Thalia to walk back. They were both silent as they walked back shoulder to shoulder. It wasn't until he felt her eyes rest on him that he dared look at her.

Her eyes were on his face, half-lidded and relaxed as she regarded him. Her eyes strayed down to his lips before flickering back up, not seeming at all bothered by the fact that Percy knew she was staring. He was staring right back. He absorbed how extravagant she looked up close, the slight pink blush on her cheeks, the barely visible dark blue eyeshadow resting on her eyelids. His gaze dropped to her chest for a moment before rising to meet her eyes.

Thalia stepped closer to him, her eyes shining with lust. Percy hadn't realised before then, but they had stopped walking, now standing with barely a foot of space between them. She moved closer yet, so her chest brushed against his, and Percy couldn't bear it any longer.

He moved forward, capturing her lips with his in a rough kiss. Thalia stumbled backwards at his sudden advance, and he wrapped his arms tightly around her waist to keep her upright. She pulled back, breathing heavy, and Percy thought she would scold him and run, but to his surprise and joy, he smashed her lips right back against his.

Her hand tangled in his hair while the other curled around his neck. Percy slipped one hand under her shirt, feeling her soft skin shift slightly as goosebumps popped up under his touch. She arched her back, pressing further into him and making a soft sound in the back of her throat that only added to Percy's desire.

The drinks were settling into their blood. There wasn't enough to call them drunk, but enough to shift their sense of right and wrong. Percy slammed Thalia's back against the tree, releasing her lips to catch a quick breath before pressing them back again. Thalia shifted to nip at his lower lip, grabbing it between her teeth and tugging. He growled and pulled back, pressing hard kisses against her jaw and neck.

Thalia tilted her head to the side, a small moan escaping as he sucked on the delicate skin of her neck. Her eyes flickered open and spotted the moon directly in the middle of the sky. Midnight.

"Percy," she gasped. "Midnight."

He pulled away and glanced up at the sky. "We should go back," he mumbled, but neither moved.

Thalia looked at his face, at the sky, then back at him. "Fuck it," she said and pulled him down for another kiss. Both forgot about going back, the sound of fireworks going up as it hit twelve a sound only in the background.

Percy was aware, slightly, that this was wrong. She was a huntress and he had a girlfriend, but as he watched himself pull down the top of the dress to expose more of her soft skin, he knew he didn't care. This was now, and he would enjoy it.

No matter the consequences.