Sorry that updating this took forever, I'm still working past this writer's block! I get an idea, run with it for awhile, and then suddenly it sounds pretty stupid. Sorry to keep you guys waiting, I'm glad you have liked the previous ones, I'll try to update more frequently. Thanks for the reviews and favorites, it really does make my day! So enjoy and let me know how you guys like this one, maybe I'll update again later today or actually publish something else!~ Bolts and Trees :D

D is for Dare...

Luke, Travis, Connor, and Chris sat around the Hermes cabin thinking about something to do, which wasn't coming easily because it was pretty boring at camp that day. So Travis and Connor suggested that they dare each other to confess their love for someone publicaly.

Chris raised his eyebrows, "You do realize that Clarisse and I are publicly a couple right?"

"Well you can be the ref of sorts." Connor shrugged.

"So you're saying that you want to humiliate one another publicly by telling the girls you've been crushing on for ages that you like them?" Chris asked.

"Whoa, I didn't agree to this." Luke shook his head.

"Well you agreed to the dare, and this is the dare." Travis smirked.

"Fine, but we'll draw straws for the order." Luke sighed.

Straws were drawn, Travis was first, Connor second, and Luke was last. He was glad that he didn't have to go first and he'd have a little time to get to think what he was going to get to say to Thalia but still it was nerve racking to even think that he had to say it to her anyway.

That night at the bonfire Travis serenaded Katie with some country song. Katie was shocked at first but she threw her arms around Travis and kissed him. Thalia looked over at Luke, who had been awfully quiet that night, he seemed almost nervous.

"Well, I guess they're finally together then?" Thalia laughed.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Luke laughed nervously.

"I wouldn't know what to do if someone did that to me." Thalia shook her head and then took a bite of her s'more.

"Neither would I." Luke agreed. She still thought he was acting a little funny though but she let it drop.

The next night at Capture the Flag, Connor set his sword down and stopped the entire game. Lavender King, the daughter of Aphrodite Connor had been crushing on for awhile, looked sort of confused when Connor approached her. His helmet in his hands, so she could see his face. Luke noticed Chris and Travis smirking off in the distance.

"Lavender King, I'm absolutely in love with you!" he shouted so the entire camp could hear.

Lavender looked completely confused, "What?"

"I'm in love with you Lav, I had been for awhile now, and I needed to get it off my chest." Connor said dramatically sweeping Lavender off her feet and carrying her off the field.

Luke looked over at Thalia who was cracking up, "That was the cheesiest thing I've ever seen."

"If only you knew what was coming your way tomorrow night at the fireworks." Luke thought miserably. Thalia was going to do one of two things; either she would laugh in his face or she'd get extremely angry with him.

"Yeah, that was pretty cheesy." Luke smiled nervously.

The next morning Luke walked over to the Hephaestus cabin, Leo, Beckendorf, and Jake were all discussing how they wanted to do the 4th of July fireworks.

"Morning Luke." Beckendorf smiled at him as he walked over.

"Ok, so I have a dare with Travis, Connor, and Chris, I have to publicly profess my love for Thalia, and I was wondering if you guys could put it into fireworks?" Luke asked.

Leo grinned, "We could for a small fee and a video of Thalia beating your ass."

Luke swallowed nervously, "I can give you fifty drachma and I guess if you really must I can get Chris to video tape if."

Jake laughed, "You can count on us."

"Thanks." Luke said sarcastically. Thalia was going to hate him so much after tonight.

Everyone was settling in on the beach, Thalia and Luke were sharing a blanket, Percy and Annabeth were right next to them. Luke was extremely nervous, but hopefully everything was going to go as planned. Jake, Beckendorf, and Leo were probably the most skilled pyros Luke knew, they were bound to make it amazing. This was going to be way over the top, this would put both Travis and Connor to shame and Luke was definitely going to beat them.

The first fireworks shot off into the sky forming the shapes of things around camp. Luke's heart was racing, his palms were sweating, and Thalia was sitting extremely close to him. Her hand was just barely brushing his and it was making his senses go haywire, being around Thalia did that to him and he couldn't control it.

Finally the moment he'd been anxiously awaiting happened after the finale; a set of fireworks created a picture of when Luke first came back for his second chance, Thalia had flung her arms around him and given him a fierce hug. A firework that was made to look like Thalia and Luke sparring, and lastly in bright blue, "I LOVE YOU THALIA GRACE!"

The next thing Luke knew was Thalia had tackled him with a fierce hug and she was grinning ear to ear, "I love you too Luke Castellan."

Everyone around them was cooing and going on about how cute that was but Luke knew he'd probably hear something from Chrion in the morning.

"You liked it?" Luke asked her.

"It only took Travis and Connor to dare you for you to say it." she smirked.

"You knew about that?" Luke asked, he was mortified.

She nodded, "Yeah, I knew about that."

She pressed her lips to his, and Luke couldn't resist kissing her back, after all he had been waiting for that for ages. He had Travis and Connor to thank for his moment, with out their dare, Thalia wouldn't be his.