Troubled Olympians

Underneath my sleeves

Apollo felt like absolute crap.

the Olympians were eager to find out what happened to Artemis that night and they were getting closer and closer every minute. it didn't help that they had Athena on their team, being the wise one she and Annabeth came up with many possibilities as to what happened. The half-bloods spend many afternoons and weekends at the condo, helping of course. And Aphrodite was being the Barbie bitch, having no care in the world about Artemis. In fact the investigation process gave her more opportunities to pair up Thalia and Nico, much to Zeus, Hades, and Artemis's dismay.

"You hungry?" Nico asked Thalia after 4 hours of helping Athena with theories.

"A bit," Thalia admitted "Lets take a break" She said, nodding towards Athena. Hermes nodded.

"Yeah I'm starving" He confessed as Ares walked towards the kitchen to pull out whatever junk food he could find.

"So..." Aphrodite began, causing Artemis to groan. "You two...close?"

"Uh sure, I guess." Thalia shrugged

"How close?" Aphrodite asked as Zeus began to bang his head against the wall.

"I mean, we've only known each other for a bit, sometimes we get along, sometimes we fight." Nico said.

"What!? Why would you fight?" Aphrodite asked, upset that her current OTP fought.

"Because Thalia's impulsive." Nico said.

"Hey! I am so not impulsive!" Thalia defended herself.

"Yes, you are." Nico insisted.

"And stubborn, you don't ever listen to anyone, you're incredibly bold and over-confident-" Percy was cut off by Thalia's glare.

"Okay, okay I'm impulsive and all that other stuff Percy said. Now shut up." Thalia grumbled. Poseidon laughed, the three reminded him of Him, Zeus and Hades. Back before they fought over ever little thing. He could see that Zeus and Hades were thinking the same thing.

"Potato Chips!" Ares called and threw three packets of Lays chips at the table. The Stolls grinned and eagerly opened up a bag of chips, causing Katie to giggle and kiss Travis's cheek. Demeter looked like she was ready to destroy Travis. Hermes just chuckled, remembering his deal with Demeter. Thalia, Percy and Nico reached for the same bag of chips.

"Mine!" Thalia called.

"No way, Pinecone face!' Percy said, and tugged on the bag.

"We can share it, you know?" Nico said, rolling his eyes. Thalia groaned, but didn't argue.

That's when Zeus caught a strange mark on Thalia's wrist. It was...a scar? Thalia quickly pulled the sleeves of her wool sweater to cover it, which made Zeus suspicious. Apparently, Zeus wasn't the only one who noticed because soon Annabeth was asking questions.

"Thalia...what was that on your wrist?" Annabeth asked, concerned. Thalia winced.

"N-nothing." Thalia stuttered, looking away. Percy soon began to worry as well.

"Thals, show us your wrists." Percy said.

"Why?" Thalia glared at Percy, but Percy could tell there were fear in her eyes.

"Thalia, if it's nothing just show us." Percy said soothingly.

"No!" Thalia said. Nico grabbed her wrists and slide the sleeves up her arm, revealing cuts on Thalia's wrist. There was a long silence. Thalia stared at the ground. Annabeth was the first to break the silence.

"Thalia...why didn't you tell us?" She asked.

"I don't need you condolences." Thalia spat back, and hid her wrists again with her sleeves.