I don't really know what's going on around here. But one thing is obvious, the ladies love this Luke guy. I mean Annabeth, who for as long as I've known her, has only had eyes for Percy, has been talking about him non-stop. Then Thalia shows up and throws herself at him, which did not make Jason happy one bit. It wasn't really a secret what happened down there. Piper knew the second she saw Thalia, that she had sex with Luke. Being the daughter of Aphrodite it might as well stamped on her forehead.

Of course she told Jason, and Jason threw a fit and picked a fight with Thalia, and well now.. the whole camp knows. The one thing no one did know, was what it meant for her status as hunter of Artemis. I mean sure those chicks were cool and all but I mean come on... no boys? That's just horrible, especially when there's some studs like me available. Now I'm not saying it's completely by choice, but I am saying if I wanted I could have a few of them.

If you ask me I hope she cant be a hunter anymore, that just means she can stay here with us, and honestly we could really use her. There's never any lack of disasters around here and a daughter of Zeus would really help us out.

I pondered this while tinkering with some gears, they were having another one of their meetings and I tended to keep my nose out of them. Lately they were always about Luke and I didn't really know him so it felt wrong for me to judge him, or have a say in what we do with his life.

As usual it was Jason and Frank versus Annabeth, Percy, and Thalia. Piper, Hazel, and I were neutral. Percy slammed his hand on the table, "For the last time ! NO! We are NOT going to KILL him!" Jason's nostrils flared, "Look, I don't see why you're so attached to him. From what I've heard you don't have too many fond memories of him."

Percy closed his eyes and massaged his temples. "Jason I understand why you would have no love for Luke, but he was once one of us. Yes he made a few bad choices, but in the end it he made the right one when it truly mattered. And are you forgetting that he inadvertently is the reason your sister is not a tree?"

It was silent for a while, then finally it happened, one side caved. Jason slowly nodded his head in regretful surrender. "I guess you're right. I am thankful she isn't a tree, but it doesn't change the fact that she is irrationally in love with him. So much so that she would break a sacred oath. I think we should keep them separated until we find a solution to our current situation."

Everyone was shocked that a decision had finally been made after several weeks. While everyone was talking among themselves, I took this opportunity to talk to Jason. "Look man, I know you don't particularly like the guy, but really? Killing him seems a bit extreme. I know you're a black and white kind of guy, but whether you like it or not this is a gray area. We don't know him like the others do, they seem to truly believe there's a good guy in there. Sure he may be rooming with an evil deity, but that's more reason to try and help him."

Jason's shoulders tensed up, "That 'good' guy almost killed Percy, he wanted to kill us all. Then he comes here and takes advantage of my sister and... and..." I cut him off, "Oh my gods man, you know that wasn't actually Luke on the boat, and he didn't take advantage of anyone. I mean sure they had sex, but I'm pretty sure that was done out of mutual love. You have to get over it, all of it."

I patted him on the shoulder and walked out. I was planning on walking through the woods to my secret workshop. It was a beautiful day outside, but that's not uncommon for a camp that never rained. Sometimes I wished it would rain, just to change the scenery up a bit.

I had just reached the outskirts of the woods when I noticed her sitting there. "Thalia? What are you doing over here? Wait... are you crying?" She just sat there leaning against a tree staring in the direction of the big house. I slowly squatted down next to her, "Oh, don't answer to quick now." She just turned her head to look at me, "Why are you here?" Well she was just jumping straight to the point now wasn't she.

"Well I thought you might need someone to talk to, you know an unbiased ear. I know you got a lot going on right now." It took a few minutes but then she began to spill, maybe a little to much, but I wasn't about to stop her. Now I wont go into to much detail, because believe me most of it I wish I didn't even know. But here's the gist of it.

She was totally in love with Luke, in fact it was killing her that she wasn't even aloud near the big house let alone in the basement. Then she went into some rather sexual details, then she went on and on about how that made her feel. Then she wrapped it all up with, "Well I guess Luke has screwed me in more then one way. First he screwed me in the basement, then he screwed me out of immortality. Yeah you heard me, I'm out, I'm no longer a virgin and I'm no longer a hunter. Lucky me."

If I told you I didn't laugh I would be lying. Yes I know it was totally inappropriate and not the right time. But oh gods, I just couldn't stop myself. When I looked over I was happy to see that so was she. I'm pretty sure I just made a new friend, and I had a pretty good feeling Jason wasn't going to like it.