A/N: Hello everyone! Miss me? No just kidding, hahaha. Ok, here it is! The sequel to Words To Me!

And I'll be posting That's What You Get after the sequel is done!

Percy slammed the door of his Mustang and jingled his keys in his hand, glowering at the pavement.

When he walked into the apartment, Paul called from his office, "Hey Percy. How was your day?"

"Great." Percy shouted back, his voice biting the edge of what his mother considered "a tone fit for a slap in the face."

Paul had lived in the same place as Percy for long enough that he really shouldn't bother the half blood when he was in a rage to match a child of Ares.

Percy didn't even stop at the kitchen, just stormed to his room, throwing his backpack against the door of his closet.

He sighed and collapsed on his bed, now fixing his glare on the ceiling.

He hadn't been able to stop thinking about Annabeth all day. She'd always found someway into his mind, and that just made him angrier. Not about Annabeth…about the…he couldn't even think it. He'd never thought this would happen to him.

"Would you care to share what makes you all in such a rumple?" A feminine voice that was not his mother's sounded from by the window.

Percy shot up to meet the eyes of the woman, in a red velvet dress and white feather boa. She had a black wrist band too, oddly not matching.

"Uh-uh-Lady Aphrodite!" he stuttered. This was not what he was expecting when he came home.

"Oh please dear, it's just Aphrodite. I mean we are related!" she glided over to his dresser, looking with her dreamy eyes at one of the picture frames. Percy sighed when he saw it was the strip of photos him and Annabeth had taken on their first date in the photo booth.

"Tell me dear, how is your tragic love story?"

"Tragic."

Aphrodite clicked her tongue and tossed her blonde hair over her shoulder.

"How so hon?" she asked, sounding extremely innocent.

Percy gave the goddess a strange look. "Shouldn't you know already?"

Aphrodite didn't even flinch, just kept her expectant gaze on him.

Percy sighed yet again, slumping on the bed. "I think Annabeth likes another guy."

"Well now! Isn't that perfect!"

Percy couldn't stop the glare he shot at her. She just raised her eyebrows almost to her hairline, but didn't mention anything.

"What I mean dear, is it just adds the…spice to the relationship! It's like the cherry on top! There always has to be jealousy in a relationship dear."

Percy's glare didn't waver.

"Oh don't ruin your cute face like that!"

Percy rolled his eyes and lay back again. You're pushing your luck idiot.

Percy ignored the voice in his head, like he usually did.

And that's why you get yourself into all of these dilemmas.

SHUT UP!

The voice silenced.

"Well…" she said expectantly, still looking at all the pictures.

"Well what?"

"What's your plan?!" she turned to look at him, her face now excited.

"I don't have a plan…do I need one?"

Aphrodite felt like slapping her forehead. "You're the hero! You have to have a plan to win the girl back!"

Percy looked incredulously at the Goddess of Love. She was insane, he knew that, but this was just…he didn't have a word for it.

He looked at the strip of photos again, seeing Annabeth grinning at him, her eyes sparkling at him. He was going to see her tomorrow for their date. They always hung out on Saturdays, and today was Friday. He didn't even know what to feel when he thought about seeing her…

"Well…?" Aphrodite leaned towards him, her eyes wide.

"I…I don't know…"

Aphrodite actually did slap her forehead now.

"Percy, that's not exactly helping!"

"Um…"

"Alright. Percy, what does your mother tell you?"

"What?!"

"What does she tell you about Annabeth things like this? What did she tell you before that first date?"

"To…to tell her my feelings. But-"

"Exactly Percy!"

"But-"

"And you can just waltz up to her and it will be the perfect ending of a-"

"But it won't work."

Aphrodite looked over at him, from swaying around the room. "What ever do you mean?"

"Annabeth's…not like that…" Percy looked down at his clenched fist.

Oh. So this is the girl for him. This is the real thing… He's literally in love with her!

Aphrodite squealed with delight which earned her a strange look from Percy.

"Dear, well, it's not that hard. Just…listen to your heart! And have fun on your date!" she turned, gliding towards the window.

Percy couldn't help thinking that advice sounded like it was meant for a girl.

"But wait-"

"No more buts dear. Just do what you think is right! Gotta go! Emergency meeting! You know…God things. Ta!" And she was gone in a puff of rose petals.

Percy stared at the window where she had disappeared for a long while.

Great. She gives advice that doesn't even make sense, and then she leaves me a mess to clean up.

Percy sighed, and lifted himself off the mattress to go get the vacuum to clean up all the rose petals before his room started smelling like them.

-x-

She pressed end on her phone, and the name Nico flashed indicating the call had been successfully ended. Their conversation echoed in Thalia's ears.

"We've got another problem on our hands."

"What now? Why'd you call me?"

"It has to do with Percy and Annabeth."

"…oh. Now I see why you called me."

"Yup."

"Well, got any ideas?"

"Not really."

"Is that another reason why you called me?"

"Yup."

"…"

"Thalia?"

"Okay, just meet tomorrow. Same place as before. Get everyone else, but I'm not exactly sure what we're going to do, if anything."

"Got it."

Click.

A/N: SO here it is, the first chapter of Hold The Line! Hooray!

R&R, no flames please!