What the hell do I do now?

Just so you guys know I decided to go with the lime. I'll give a warning but know that it's important to the story

Chapter 9
~Don't shoot the Messenger~

He couldn't tell Annabeth, at least not yet. He didn't know her well enough. Thalia however, the girl down the hall? He had to tell her. It'd break her heart but he absolutely had too.

Getting up off the bed with a grunt he made his way to Thalia's room. Coming this way was pleasant because she always had scented candles or wall plug-ins that smelled of the woods. She got them from Grover's 'girlfriend' Juniper-the hippie type girl that loved being outdoors.

Percy crossed the threshold of her room because the door was open and found Thalia with her back to him. Now, this sight he walked in on probably would've been embarrassing for most. But hey it was Thalia, one of his best friends.

He walked in to see Thalia in nothing but a crimson red bra and black short shorts. She didn't care if he saw her; hence the door being left open but he still turned his head and coughed to start the awkward moment to come. She was turned in that odd position girls use to look at their butts in the full length mirror. She didn't move her body but she frowned at the cough.

"Percy, am I getting fat?"

Shit! Really?

There was no right answer to this question. Luckily, he didn't have to lie. However, it did strike him as odd that Thalia asked it. Thalia really didn't seem like the type that would worry about that.

"Uh… Thalia, at least put a shirt on." He said tossing a hoodie to her. He noticed the NYU Water Polo logo on the sleeves and smiled. She had once again stolen one of his hoodies. He had hoped to lighten her mood by being goofy but the hoodie dropped to the floor and stayed there as his green eyes met her pleading electric blue ones.

"Alright, let's have a look." He spared a second before saying with a slap on her rear, "As usual, flawless." Then he winked at her, still no smile. He sighed and then said, "Thalia I don't know where this is coming from. I mean, normally you don't care about this stuff."

Thalia looked away from him and gave a sigh of her own, pulling on the sweatshirt. He noticed how well it looked on her. "Well, I was just thinking about how you looked at Annabeth last week. I want that Percy! You were completely lost in her. As if you were absorbing her. I've never been looked at like that."

Percy knew what she meant but this wasn't his Thalia. He wanted to see her smile. "So you want me to give you the oogly eye as well?"

Success! A small smile and a slap in the face with a pillow is what he received in return. "Sicko!"

He smiled, "I'm just kidding, Pinecone face!" It was a nickname he'd given her for her love of the smell. "But, Thalia, seriously...you are beautiful. No, that's not right," He smiled as her face went from a big smile to a frown. Then, he added with a kiss on her cheek. "Gorgeous is better, so much in fact that if I weren't a nice guy I'd have kicked Luke's ass a long time ago and made you mine." He finished that with a wink to which he got a slight smile from her.

He had been walking away, completely forgetting what he even went in there for. He was just about to leave when he heard her, "Percy, wait." He turned and made it back to the front of the bed she threw her arms around him in a hug.

The smell of cherries and pine was not lost from him. Must be using that shampoo again, he thought. He pushed her back a bit, but immediately felt horrible. She was crying. What the hell? Checking out her butt AND crying? What the fuck happened to Thalia?

"Thalia? It's alright, please don't cry. Luke…" The force that reminded him of what he was supposed to tell her slammed into his mind. "Well…Luke's a great guy. But he is super lucky to have nabbed a babe like you." He grabbed her into arms and had started to fall towards the bed with her as a joke.

*Bang*

At least, until her lips touched his.

(WARNING- QUESTIONABLE MATERIAL COMING UP.)

So incredibly soft, like velvet… Wait!

"THALIA! What the hell?" He said, pushing her off him. He shouldn't care but for some reason he knew, he knew he'd never forget that kiss. Especially, when she did it again…and again.

His brain stopped working when she slipped her tongue through his parted lips and into his mouth. Cherries! That's what it was! It was her lip gloss! It tastes incredible!" He came to his senses as she pulled off her hoodie.

"Thalia, wait. You're dating someone…" He was stopped as she crawled on top of him and straddled his legs. Leaving him face to face with that crimson bra and, well… what was under it.

He now knew something about Thalia. Thalia may not be a size zero or anything but she wasn't fat. Far from it. And he now knew where some of her weight went; her chest. He would've been okay with this but his 'friend' started to wake up. And now was at full attention.

It was hard to keep his mind distracted. He thought of depressing things like dying puppies, being cheated on by Rachel…the first time he and Rachel made love- Hold on! That isn't helping! He pushed with all his strength to get her off and then pain came rushing to his head.

He woke up. Thalia was above him with a frown on her face and with the sweatshirt still on. She was cradling his head, (which at the moment was blinding him from pain) but she was lightly pushing back his bangs while cradling his head to her chest. Like a protective mother.

Oh god, I had a dirty dream about Thalia!

Her worried frown turned to a kind smile, "Hey kelphead what gives? I kiss you on the cheek and you collapsed on the bed, hitting your head on the frame. Not to mention denting the wood!"

Percy tried to sit up but simply couldn't. His head hurt so much. He was about to say something when 'I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU!' started screaming from her cell phone. He wanted to grin, but it hurt. He was the one to put that song as Luke's ringtone. However, Luke got mad when he found out. He demanded Thalia change it but she couldn't because Percy had locked it.

He wanted to tell her not to answer because secretly he loved being held by her. He just pushed it off on the fact that he hadn't been with a girl in a while. At least since him and Rachel broke up. Thalia grabbed a pillow for his head then answered the phone.

"Hey Luke…going out tonight? Why would we go to the theatre there? That's way the fuck by Cornell!" Percy's heart sunk. He still hadn't told Thalia about that cheating bastard!

"Sorry Luke, Percy's not feeling well and I think I have it too, *fake cough* *fake cough* so you may as well call up Conner or Lee…It's alright…Yeah, I'll call you when I feel better…yeah you too." And she hung up. She seemed upset and the look on her face proved it.

However, when she saw Percy, her face lit up and smiled genuinely. He croaked out, a little startled how raspy his voice was, "There's my girl. There's my Thals."

She laughed and returned his head to her chest like it was before the call. It's just that I haven't had sex for a while…nothing to do with Thalia, he tried to convince himself.

"Percy, what do you have to tell me?"

To say he was shocked was an understatement. How the hell? I swear she can read minds.

"No Kelphead, I can't read minds, but you talk in your sleep."

Holy shit, she did it again! But she deserves the truth.

"Before I start, promise you won't shoot me or anything. I'm not the bearer of good news and it's going to hurt like hell."

Thalia just smiled. "Percy, you're too serious. Let me guess, you found out Luke's a cheating whore?"

His face fell, "Did you know?"

She grimly smiled, "I kinda figured it out last week. I'd thought about it for a while now. It just makes sense now. I heard you say 'gotta tell Annabeth, gotta tell Thals. Poor Thals.' Then you freaked me out cause you started moaning and well, you got a woody! Please tell me what your dream was about- I gotta hear this." She laughed out loud for the first time that day. She continued, though when she noticed Percy didn't find it as funny as she did. "I found out a few days ago when I finally cracked his text message lock. I found some really dirty messages to Annabeth."

Percy's face fell, though he didn't know if it was from finding out thatThalia knew or that it the texts were directed to Annabeth.

"Don't worry, Percy, she doesn't even know Luke is a cheater. She's totally falling for his crap. But your 'Thals' is a big girl. She's been hurt too much to not know when she's being cheated on, Percy. I started feeling this way two years ago. Remember when you and Grover were having your freshman orientation?"

Just hearing Grover's name made him feel a little ill.

"I wanted you all to meet Luke but he wanted to go to some party at Cornell. For his friend Caly? Anyway she told me about it later and it turns out he was hanging out with some blonde girl named Annabeth. I didn't think about it until I saw Annabeth last week and she said her boyfriend's name was Luke. He's been cheating on me for two years Percy. He fooled us all."

She took a deep breath then said, "Don't worry, Percy, I don't hate you or her- she's innocent. And we need to help her."

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Well there is chapter nine! I know short but it's all I had to put in this chapter.

Just a rare look at next chapter, the title:

Chapter 10 Thalia and …Percy?

Don't let me lose readers cause of this! I promise this is a Percabeth fic! I just need to get some drama in here. So the next chapter is necessary!

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