Snowfall

Chocolate Covered Cherry

When Thalia walked into the Poseidon cabin with a small, white box in her hands, Percy wasn't sure what to expect. The huntress had a love for injuring him, so he wouldn't be surprised if it was a bunch of tiny bombs, but he doubted she could easily get her hands on those. Whatever it was, he was curious.

"You're welcome," Thalia said as she dropped the box onto the bed. Percy just looked at her incredulously. She raised an eyebrow and gestured to the box. "Well? Open it!"

He cautiously took the top off of the box and was surprised to see an array of what looked like chocolate balls, all carefully tucked into a sort of egg carton. Percy gave Thalia a confused look as she sat down on his bed. "Did you bring me chocolates or something?"

"Just try one, Kelp Head." Percy grasped one with two fingers and lifted it up to examine it, just in case Thalia had poisoned it. He wouldn't be very surprised if she had. She was just like that.

Percy shrugged. "Here goes." He threw the chocolate into his mouth and bit it in half. He was surprised at the explosion of sweetness that came with it. Thalia laughed at his face, taking one and dropping it into her mouth.

"Not denying that that tasted amazing," Percy said after swallowing, "but why did you bring me these?"

"Annabeth and Jason banished me from the little group gathering they seemed to be having, so I came here. Don't know why, I'm loads of fun!" Thalia complained, throwing her hands up.

Percy laughed. "Yeah, I was 'banished,' too. They're probably having some serious conversation about how to secretly exterminate us."

"You, I wouldn't be surprised about. You're only the boyfriend. But me? I'm their sister and best friend! Besides, they would've gotten some of these treats." Thalia took another chocolate sweet and popped it into her mouth.

"Yeah, only the boyfriend. Such an unimportant thing," He muttered under his breath. "What are these things, anyway?" He took another and savoured the sweet flavour. Chiron refused to allow sweets inside the camp, so whenever someone managed to sneak something in, it was treated like they just managed to defy physics.

"Chocolate covered cherries. Best thing ever created."

"Where did you get them? I wasn't aware Artemis got you guys sweets," Percy mused, taking another cherry.

"She'll occasionally give us some money and let us go crazy if we annoy her enough," Thalia answered.

"Artemis sounds awesome. Too bad Dionysus won't do that," Percy commented.

"An army of demigods charging off to the supermarket? Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen," Thalia chuckled.

"As if a bunch of man-hating archeresses is any better." Thalia waved her hand dismissively, making a noise of disagreement.

The duo sat in silence for a few minutes, eating the cherries, until Thalia decided it would be a wonderful idea to throw one at Percy. He yelped as it hit him right in the eye, making him fall onto his back more from surprise than the impact. Thalia burst out laughing.

"My gods Kelp Head, your reaction was hilarious!" Thalia managed through her fits of laughter.

"Yeah, yeah, laugh at my pain, will you?" Grumbled Percy. He kicked her in the shin. Her laughter died down.

"You did not just do that," Thalia scolded.

"Like hell I didn't." Thalia lunged at him, walloping at his chest and shoulders. Percy shoved her onto the bed beside him, sitting up and then falling back onto her stomach so he was laying sideways across her.

"Get off me, you idiot!" Thalia shouted, writhing beneath him in an attempt to remove his weight.

"I think I'll just stay here, actually. Quite comfortable." Thalia punched him in the side, which had no effect on him whatsoever. "Beat me all you want, I'm not moving."

Thalia pressed her hand against his side and sent an electrical shock through him. Percy jumped, rolling off of the violent girl. "Alright, alright, I'm up, now don't touch me!" She just gave him an evil grin that Percy decided to classify as maniacal.

Thalia grabbed the box, which now only contained four cherries, but Percy didn't comment. "I'll be leaving now," she told him, tucking the container under her arm.

"Bring some more of those next time!" Percy hollered after her. She didn't answer him, shutting the door as she left, most likely to rejoin with the hunters.

Thalia never missed a chance to bring chocolate cherries after that.