Daughter of Hades (A Percy Jackson Fanfic)

8 -We're Not Pathetic, We're Teenagers-

Daughter of Hades
Chapter 8 -We're Not Pathetic, We're Teenagers-
[Sarah's POV]
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"I need to re-dye my bolt." Thalia muttered from her bed. She called the blue strip in her hair her lightning bolt. Now I knew exactly why.

She'd seemed a little off since the announcement of the dance yesterday. Annabeth was obviously excited and she often tried to discuss the various ways Percy might ask her with Thalia and Thalia tried to get into it, but was still distraught. Annabeth had reluctantly left her alone and decided to discuss her theories with Piper who was defiantly too enthusiastic about this dance. She didn't even have a boyfriend for God-wait-gods sakes.

Every time Annabeth tried to talk to Thalia about what was wrong, she'd just shake her head and mutter "not now."

It worried me to see her like this and I wanted nothing more than to try and talk to her but if she wasn't telling Annabeth, her best friend, she sure as hell wasn't going to tell me.

The day went by quickly. English was normal, history was boring, maths-well I wouldn't know, I never paid attention in maths-and we didn't play with chemicals in chemistry so I wasn't interested.

At lunch I noticed Thalia wasn't at her usual table with the others, she was at mine.

I almost didn't walk over there but Nico nudged me forward with his tray. "She obviously wants to talk to you." He said. "Don't take that for granted." The. He went over and sat at Percy and Jason's table.

I sat down in my usual seat. Thalia was one seat away and when she looked up, I contemplated scooting over, but didn't.

"Hey," I said softly. "What's up?"

Thalia scooted over herself and grabbed a tatter tot from my tray. She plopped it in her mouth. I smiled a little.

"I don't know." She said finally. "I don't want to deal with people and drama and Annabeth being all loving and concerned but I didn't want to be completely alone either." She shrugged. "You were the in between."

"Thanks." I wasn't sure how I felt about that. I handed her another tatter tot. She took it and ate it.

"Are you going to the dance?" She asked me suddenly.

I shrugged. "Probably not."

She nodded. "I'm not sure I want to go either. Who would I even go with?" She took another tot.

I shrugged again. "None of the boys here are appealing." I agreed.

She smiled softly like I'd made a joke only she thought was a joke.

"No," she smirked. "They're not."

We sat in silence for a few seconds, eating my tatter tots.

"Sorry if I'm bothering you." She said, she sounded sad and a bit lonely. This was a side of her I'd never seen before.

"You could never bother me." I said without thinking then almost choked when I realized what I'd said. "I mean, I don't mind."

She smiled again but it wasn't her full, usual smile.

"Is it the dance?" I asked, rebuilding my courage.

"What?"

"What's been bothering you, is it the dance?" I clarified.

She looked down. "I guess. I don't know why, and it really shouldn't be bothering me. I should just take what I want, you know?" She started to sound confident again but her words were still strung with doubt. "But I just can't. I can just third wheel it with Percy and Annabeth, or Jason and whoever he asks but I wish I had someone to share it with and I don't feel right going alone."