Ok this is something I've been thinking about as I was reading the Hunger Games...this is inspired by the whole Peeta/Katniss relationship thing. I was sitting there thinking that Thaluke could totally go through something like this. I hope you like this...let me know. Read and Review and Enjoy and most of all RawR! :D

"Thalia!" there goes my father calling for me once again.

I mumbled something that he probably wouldn't want me to repeat and then went to go see what he wanted. He was sitting on his throne with my step-mother Hera at his side. My father being king and all made me a princess isn't that just wonderful?

I stood in front of them and bowed, "You requested my presence?"

"Another suitor? You scared off another suitor? How did you manage it this time?" he asked.

"Well I don't know what you're talking about." I said innocently.

"Well you're last suitor just left in a terrified panic muttering something about you and a very sharp weapon." My father said looking at me disapprovingly.

"Well I was just throwing knives I wasn't trying to kill him or anything. He was the one who practically almost walked into the knife." I said trying to wriggle my way out of this.

"Thalia how many suitors has this been?" he asked.

"Well I think I've counted ten." I said.

"That's it I didn't want to have to do this but there's only one other option left." My father said he looked defeated.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"A forced marriage with the Titan heir Luke." My father glared at me.

"Whoa you're going to make me marry the enemy?" I asked.

"Did you leave me another choice?" he asked me.

"Yes I left you the choice of giving up on trying to get me to marry." I said hopefully.

My father just ignored my comment, "This marriage will be good for our nation and it will also hold the Titans over for awhile. This will temporarily put our feud with them to a draw."

Hera nodded in agreement, "This will be good for the kingdom."

"Hermes!" my father's voice bellowed through the palace.

My father's messenger entered the room and gave a quick bow and a smile of recognition to me, "You called my lord?"

"Yes I need you to send a message to Kronos about your son Luke." My father said.

Hermes shifted on his feet, "What about my son Luke?"

"Well I think it be wise, since he is the heir to Kronos's kingdom that we arrange a marriage between him and my daughter." My father said gesturing to me.

Hermes looked at me, "As you wish sir."

I stood there unable to make a sound, how could my father do this to me?! This wasn't supposed to happen, I know I shouldn't have done what I did with the knives but I didn't think that he would make marry Luke!

"Don't I at least get a say in who I marry?" I asked.

My father looked at me and shook his head, "Thalia I have given you many choices and instead of choosing the one you were to marry you chose to scare them all off. I'm sorry but this is my last choice and I think that it needs to be done."

"You're kidding me right?" I asked.

"Do I seem like I'm kidding?" he asked.

I didn't respond I stormed off to my room and sat there ignoring my name when I was called to dinner. I've seen many princesses be shipped off to marry someone she hated in order to save her kingdom but I felt like my father was making a ridiculously rash choice by making me marry Luke.

There was a knock on my door, "Thalia?"

I recognized the voice and I knew that it belonged to my long time best friend Annabeth. I opened the door and she walked in. She had just returned from her honeymoon and wanted to see me.

"Thalia I just heard the news from your father." She said. She was lucky she got to marry Percy from her kingdom's enemy but they seemed to get along great.

"Yeah well I'm not going through with it." I muttered.

"Your father wants Percy and I to coach you and Luke through the whole thing seeing as Percy and I were the same way." She smiled.

"I'm going to run away before I have to marry Luke." I muttered.

"Thalia you can't hide from this forever, you knew that this would one day happen." Annabeth said.

I stayed quiet for a moment and realized that she was right, "You're right and it would just start another war if I ran off."

Annabeth nodded, "That's exactly correct."

I sat in the throne room waiting for the flourish of trumpets to set off through the halls announcing that our visitors have arrived. My father forced me to wear a dress something that I wasn't at all happy about. I sat there and waited until the throne room doors swung open and in walk my fiancé's party and himself.

He kneels in front of my father, "It's an honor sir."

"No it's an honor to you." My father said motioning for him to get off his knee.

Luke stands to his full height which must be over six feet. I sit there with a bored expression and he bows to me, "It's nice to meet you Thalia."

"Charmed." I manage to get out through gritted teeth.

My father and Hera stood for a moment, "Well if you would follow me, I would like the two of them to become acquainted."

I watch as my father is followed out of the room by Luke's party leaving Luke and I alone in the throne room. The doors swung shut with a loud thud making it official I was stuck in the throne room with Luke, my fiancé, until god knows when.

I stand from my throne; it's not the most comfortable thing in the world. I could sense Luke's eyes on me as I paced around to regain the use of my legs after sitting too long.

Finally I stop pacing, "So how are you feeling about this whole thing?"

He looks at me unsurely, "I'm not so sure myself."

"Well then it looks like we have something in common." I rolled my eyes.

Luke looked a little offended, "You haven't even tried to get to know me."

"Why should I what makes you different from all of those others?" I asked him.

"Because I actually care for you." He said.

"You've never even met me!" I retorted.

"Yes I have but you don't seem to remember!" he snapped back at my retort.

"What's that even supposed to mean?" I asked.

"Do you remember that dragon when you were eight?" he asked.

I nodded slowly, "The one that killed my mother."

"Don't you ever wonder who pulled you out of that burning carriage?" he asked.

I looked at him, "It wasn't you."

He rolled his eyes, "It was too me Thalia."

"You were what ten?" I asked him.

"Doesn't matter I still cared about you." He said he seemed a little hurt.

"You left us though you were the one who didn't care!" I screamed at him.

"I didn't choose to leave!" he shot back.

"I'm sure you didn't now you're his heir and everything!" I scoffed.

"I did it to save my father's kingdom!" he bellowed his face was beginning to turn red with anger and I'm positive that mine was about the same color.

We stopped our argument when we realized that we weren't alone. Percy and Annabeth were standing by the doors looking at us with very disapproving looks. They began to walk towards us and Luke and I took a rest from the shouting match and opted for just glaring at one another.

"How do you two expect to sell this wedding and patch kingdoms if you two can't even get along for more than three minutes?" Annabeth asked.

Luke and I didn't answer we just looked at her. She rolled her eyes and took a deep breath, "We need to work on how you two will present yourselves to the public this afternoon."

There was a simultaneous groan from Luke and me, "The public?"

Annabeth nodded, "The public and it will be broadcasted for everyone to see in the kingdoms."

"This is just wonderful!" I muttered under my breath.

"If the two of you would just put aside whatever you two are arguing about and just forget about it this will be easier to appeal to the public as a young loving couple." Percy said.

Luke and I both glare at each other but we don't say another word to one another. There was no way that this would ever be convincing enough to save my father's kingdom. I know that the conditions were that I really must be in love with Luke. So now I had to make it look convincing as well because I didn't love him. There wasn't a stitch of respect for him after what he did.

Percy and Annabeth sat us down in chairs that were side by side and forced us to listen to them lecture us on how to act like a lovesick couple for the public audience.

"First off you two can't grimace when the other touches you." Annabeth said I know that was most directed at me.

"Second you two have to keep your tempers under control. You can't blow up on one another making it look like a tornado just met a hurricane." Percy instructed. It was true Luke and I both had some pretty terrible tempers.

"Third you have to hold hands, hug, kiss, show affection towards one another." Annabeth said.

"Fourth when you're at dinners or parties, no discreetly hurting one another because someone will catch you." Percy said. That ruled out kicking his shins under the dinner table wasn't that just lovely.

"Fifth you need to act like you can say more than one syllable words to each other." Annabeth said, "You have to carry on a conversation."

"Sixth you must always stay by the other's side." Percy said, "It won't be convincing if you two distance yourselves from one another."

"Seventh look into one another's eyes and make it convincing when you're around the cameras." Annabeth said.

After about an hour of rules Annabeth and Percy set us free to meet with our designers. I paced around my room as my designer Mitchell chattered on and on about something that seemed pointless over the lace he needed to find for one of my dresses.

"Thalia I need you to stop pacing and to stay still." Mitchell said. He was a fairly new addition to the castle but he knew what styles looked best on me and I wasn't about to argue with him about anything because he was usually right.

I looked at myself in the mirror as he added the last touches to my outfit. Today was the day that we were to sit in an interview that of course is broadcasted to all the other kingdoms to announce our wedding. My outfit was simple yet beautiful which was just the way I liked to look. I didn't like anything too overly extravagant. It consisted of a simple royal blue dress that took on the traditional fashion of my kingdom. It was flowy and light; there was an empire waits line that had a simple beading design on it. To top it off Mitchell adorned my feet with beautiful silver gladiator sandals.

He brushed through my hair and decided that it looked better natural but he did pin it back with the only thing I had left of my mother; a simple silver hair pin that had a jewel encrusted lightning bolt on it.

"There you look beautiful. Now for you make-up." He smiled. I was shocked when he told me I was done. I wasn't wearing much make-up at all. There was a little blush added to my cheeks and a thin coat of clear gloss on my lips. Mitchell had turned his focus to my eyes. They were lined with thick black eyeliner to make them pop with a tail that slightly curled out at the ends of each eye. This was all the rage in the kingdom and Mitchell had done it perfectly.

Mitchell hugged me tightly, "Best of luck to you princess."

I nodded, "Thanks for another amazing dress."

He smiled, "You go out there and show them who you are even if you are getting married."

"Thanks Mitchell." I smiled.

Before he could get another word out I was called out by one of my father's guards and directed to a car where Luke was waiting for me. His stylist Silena who works with Mitchell must've collaborated with Mitchell on the out fits. Luke was wearing a classic white suit with a royal blue vest and bowtie. His shoes were silver and the white really made his polar blue eyes pop out.

The interview took place on a stage of a talk show. The talk show was run by a somewhat perky girl named Drew Tanaka. She was from one of the neighboring kingdoms and she was always on top of all the latest fashions. Today she wore a tight bright pink dress that was embellished with different gems; her heels were seven inch killing machines that were as well encrusted in shiny gems. Her make up was bright; there were fuchsias, magentas, and hot pinks everywhere. Her lips were bright as was her blush and eyes shadow. What got you attention though was her hot pink eyeliner that sparkled in the light and framed her chocolate brown eyes.

"Welcome to the show Thalia and Luke and I understand that you're here for a very special reason." She smiled.

I could see Percy and Annabeth standing behind the curtains urging Luke and I to sit closer together. I scooted closer to Luke who placed his hand over mine as I rested it on my knee.

Luke spoke, "Yes we do have something to announce."

"Well we'll announce that in a moment. I want to talk about you two and how this whole relationship was so low key." Drew said her voice sounded like she was genuinely interested in the scandalous relationship between Luke and I.

"Well we met when we were younger. I used to help my father with his routes and we'd stop by Thalia's kingdom all the time. My father used to enjoy a long talk with her father and we began to get to know one another from there." Luke began.

"So this has been starting since you were young then?" Drew asked.

I nodded, "We were five and seven."

"So Thalia we all know that Luke isn't in his father's kingdom any longer we know that he is now the heir to your father's kingdom. How do you feel about that?" Drew asked.

I didn't answer for a moment allowing myself to think through what I was going to say because knowing myself I would say the first thing that came to my mind. Finally I decided that I had the answer, "Well when you love someone the qualities that others find undesirable become something that you can brush off."

Drew squealed obviously pleased with the answer, "Now Luke we all want to know how you came to realize that you were in love with the enemy's daughter."

Luke looked down at me with what almost seemed like endearing blue eyes, "Well I realized that I loved her when I was ten. There was a dragon and it was attacking the carriage she and her mother were in. I managed to save her but her mother was already gone. I knew from that moment that I was in love."

I looked into his eyes and tried to tell whether he was telling the truth or not but I couldn't tell. The audience let out a sigh and I could tell that they were already beginning to buy into the whole love scheme.

Drew was dabbing at her eyes with a, you guessed it, pink handkerchief, "Well that's very touching. Surely Thalia you realized your feelings at the same moment."

I smiled and laid it on thick, "Of course I did. I was barely conscious but I remember his blue eyes and the tears in them when he thought I was dead. I remember the smile and grin on his face when he realized that I was alive."

There was another collective sigh from the audience and more tears from Drew, "Do you think that you can give us some information on what you were going to announce then?"

"Well recently I have taken it upon myself to propose to Thalia…" Luke didn't even get to finish because the whole audience began to squeal.

Drew tried to quiet them down but it didn't work because they kept squealing for awhile longer. Finally when Drew had regained control she smiled back at us, "So you're getting married…do you have any form of set date?"

Luke and I looked at one another, "April first." We blurted it out at the same time.

"Well that would be a lovely spring wedding then." She smiled.

Luke nodded, "We were planning on having it at night when the moon was out. Thalia looks stunning under it's light."

I blushed and bit, which was completely unintentional, and that caused the crowd to go wild.

"You two are so adorable together look at her blushing like that." Drew cooed.

Luke smiled and wrapped his arm around me pulling me in closer to him, "Thank you it means a lot to us coming from you."

Drew looked at her watch on her wrist, "Well I'm sorry to say but that's all the time that we have for our lovely young couple. We'll expect to see you to back though."

With that the lights shut off and the curtains closed. Drew stood and smiled at us, "Well it really was lovely getting to chat with you two and I would love to see you back on the show."

Luke stood pulling me up with him and smiled, "Thank you Drew."

"It was my pleasure dear." Drew said.

Their conversation carried on for another moment but I tuned it out and found Percy and Annabeth who were nodding approvingly at me. Well at least this went a little better than I had planned it to go. Luke said goodbye to Drew who hugged us and then he walked us back over to Percy and Annabeth his arm still tightly wrapped around my waist.

"We'll talk about this in the car." Annabeth said in a hushed tone and then we followed them.