"But why?" I asked, close to tears.

"I don't know how it happened, Haze. One minute we're fighting, next were kissing," Leo tried to explain.

"We didn't mean for you to find out this way. We were going to tell you tomorrow." Frank said.

"I-I just need some time to think." I mumbled, rushing away from my two best guy friends and out on to the steps leading up to the library. I plopped down and started playing with my ring. It has a jade sphere in the middle on a silver band surrounded by little emeralds. It is the only thing I have left from my mother. I sighed. "What am I going to do?" I suddenly became furious with myself. "Hazel Marie Levesque! You didn't get into Harvard for nothing!" I scolded myself, earning strange looks from passer-bys.

"Now, now Hazel. We don't want you bore everyone to death do we?" Taunted a masculine voice.

"Go. Away. Stoll." I growled through gritted teeth.

"You sound like Kates." He threw back.

Katie Gardner is my best friend. "I'm glad. She's awesome," I stated.

"Okay, what's up Levesque?" He asked. "One moment you can barely stand me, next you're tolerating me?"

The last sentence sounded much like Leo's that I turned around and buried my head in his chest, balling my fists in the material.

He stood there for a few moments shocked. Slowly, he lifted his arms around me. "It's okay Haze. Whatever it is, it's going to be fine." He whispered in a quiet, soothing voice. Then, to my surprise, he started rubbing my back. After a few minutes, I stopped crying.

"Leo and Frank are dating." I mumbled into Connor's shirt.

He seemed to hear it because he said, "That sucks." I just nodded. "Hazel," he said, lifting my head. "You are an amazing, smart, beautiful young woman. Any guy would be lucky to have you. As a girlfriend or just as a friend."

When he said 'girlfriend', I realized how close we were. Heat rose to my cheeks. From someone passing by it would look as if he was about to kiss me. I looked up again only to find him blushing too. I looked in to his eyes. They're such a pretty blue. We both leaned in and our lips met.

"That's some thinking going on there." Leo commented coming towards us, Frank following behind him, their hands linked.

I stepped away from Connor and turned to Leo. "Leonardo Valdez." I jabbed him in the chest. "If you and Frank aren't out of here in 10 seconds, you will see just how creatively I can think." I threatened.

"Come on Frank. Hazel needs to get back to 'thinking'." Leo teased using air quotes, dropping Frank's hand. Then, with an impish smile, grabbed Frank's hand a bolted away.

"You heard what he said Hazel. Time to get back to 'thinking'," he said with a hopeful smile.

"Hmm..." I said, pretending to think. "How about no!" I shouted while running down the steps to the park by the library.


Disclaimer: Don't own PJO. [insert disgruntled sigh]

Author's Note: So this has hints of past Frazel and Lazel. Some Cazel and Freo. The ring that I'm trying to describe is Mary Margaret/Snow White's from the show "Once Upon a Time".

Edited: 4/22/2014