Hey guys, how are you doing? Well as you can see I decided to upload a story for New Years Eve, the complete story, not just one chapter. Would this be called a story or a three-shot? Who knows! So this story just happens to be a Leyna one, a favorite couple of mine. I know, not an official couple but I love them, they've grown on me. So here it is I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: Don't own anything except for plot and words(in other words characters and things that were in the series belong to Rick Riordan, not me).
Oh and if the Spanish is wrong then I apologize, I got most of it from translators online and I double checked to see if they were right(typed in english, translated to Spanish, translated it back to English, fixed it up if it need it then put it up), so yea, on to the story!

Chapter 1
Leo's P.O.V.

We had arrived at camp Jupiter a week ago and we were scheduled to head to Rome in three weeks. It's been a pretty fast week, everything was like I blur, landing the ship, meeting the camper, touring the camp, meeting the Roman demi-gods, activities, meals, sleeping, it was just a swirl of random things, I could barely remember any of it. But out of all the events the one's I can remember the most were the ones with a certain someone in them. Reyna, praetor of the twelfth legion, daughter of Bellona, and sister of Hylla, Queen of the Amazons. I remember the first time I met her.

*Flashback*

I was steering the boat while watching to see if anyone or anything was below us and so far the coast was clear. After a couple minutes I finally caught sight of the camp as well as the, give or take, two hundred demi-gods standing in front of it, armed and dangerous. Well, that's reassuring, I thought as I brought the ship down and announced through the speaker that camp Jupiter was in view. Annabeth, Jason, and Piper entered the hanger room where we were going to leave out of and watched out the window as the camp got closer and closer.

I finally was able to land the ship about a hundred yards away from the demi-gods and sighed as I pushed a button that made the ramp go down so they could get out. I shut the ship down before bolting out of the room and down the hallways. I made it out of the ramp right as the rest of them stepped onto land and a second later I was walking with them towards the 200 or so scary and armed Roman demi-gods, no weapon on me whatsoever. I turned, grabbed a button out of my pocket, and pressed it, turning to face them again as the hanger door closed. That's when I saw her. A tall girl about 16 with long black hair, tan skin, and cold, calculating dark brown eyes and in that second I fell in love. She was amazingly perfect, different from any other girl I've met and in that second I realized that I could never act on those feelings because she was completely and totally way out of my league, not attainable at all. Those thoughts passed through my mind but I kept my expression the same as before so no one would notice it. I looked over as Piper stepped out.

"Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite, Venus to you." She introduced before stepping back as Jason stepped forward and gasps of shock broke out as people started whispering.

"Ah, Jason Grace, son of-" He stated awkwardly but was interrupted by Reyna.

"There's no need to introduce yourself Jason, we all know you and were glad to have you back." She stated emotionlessly thought under that mask I saw that she was extremely happy and relieved he was back. Next Annabeth stepped up.

"I'm Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, Minerva to you." She answered and Reyna nodded before moving to me.

"Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus or Vulcan to you." I stated seriously and respectively, making Piper, Jason, and Annabeth raise their eyebrows at me, surprised that I was being serious and respectable, not my usual goofy and jokester attitude they're used to. She nodded in acknowledgment before turning to looked at a boy who was holding a knife and a teddy bear which I have to say was weird and very random and I made a silent vow to stay away from this dude. Plus the glare he was sending at me was practically yell: I hate you, I want to kill you but I'm being forced to stand by! Go rot in Tartarus you Greek!

"See Octavian, Percy," She gestured to a boy with sea-green eyes, messy black hair, tan skin, and about 6 foot who was wearing a purple toga and a purple cape and I realized, with a shock, that this was the famous Percy Jackson, hero of Olympus, Annabeth's boyfriend and judging by the way he was smiling at looking at Annabeth I'm guessing he remembers her, "Was right, they are only here to talk, they have no weapons that we can see and are being serious and respectable." She stated and he nodded obediently though glared harder at us and I held back the urge to glare back, that would probably make him even more angry, "Well, why don't I give you a tour around the camp along with Percy." She decided, gesturing to Percy who was now kissing Annabeth but hey, he hasn't seen her in eight months, I would've done the same thing with my girlfriend, if I had one. We nodded and headed out to look around the camp.

*end of flashback*

She was amazing; she was smart, strict, loyal, strong, strategic, disciplined, emotionless, and her beauty was just a plus. She had long black hair the color of a raven's wings, dark brown eyes, and tan skin. She was like any child of a war god or goddess strict, mean, cold, calculating, prideful, snide, disciplined, and an amazing fighter.

But like all of the other war children, she had a soft side, the side that completed her whole personality. She was caring, loving, kind, calm, comforting, funny, sensitive, thoughtful, and so many other things. Sure, people didn't really see or believe this but I've always had a gift to see past people's out layers and see their true selves, the real them. I don't know why but I think it's because I've always had a different personality than my true one and I've been living with it my whole life so I'm used to them. Since my mother died and I was given to my first foster family I've always tried to appear as the jokester, the class clown, the prankster, the kid who makes the mood and emotions different by cracking a joke. The second people started to see through my outer exterior I did the same thing, I ran. I've been with six foster homes since I was 8 and I never felt like I fit with them, they had their own life and it just felt like I was interrupting them so I ran.

I now had an actual family with camp half-blood especially Jason and Piper but I still don't feel like I fit in. I'm different, I'm not as burly as the other Hephaestus/Vulcan children, not as smart as the Athena/Minerva kids, as handsome as the Aphrodite/Venus kids, as mischievous or funny as the Hermes/Mercury children, or violent as the Ares/Mars children(though Franks an example that not all of them are). My whole life has been like that, I've always been left behind, unnoticed by the crowd, like a rock stuck in the wheel of life while all the other rocks move along, not even bothering or touching me.

When I found Piper and Jason I thought all that had changed, I thought I had finally found my true friends, my family. But ever since they got together I've been pushed out of their lives and left all by myself. I don't see people much and when I do they only stop by to say hi or ask for my help, other than that I'm alone. I try to act like I'm busy I fix the ship, add things onto it, check and recheck it's progress, build random contraptions and everyone seems to believe I actually am, even Piper and Jason. But I'm not, I'm an outcast, a loner and I've been one my whole life, nothing's going to change that. I sighed as I picked the wrench from my pocket and tightened another one of the bolts in the engine room to prevent any leaks of gasoline because that wouldn't be good. I have tightened over 14,597 bolt so far -that one being 14,598- and let's just say it got annoying at three but what else can I do? My head whipped around as I heard the hanger door to the engine room open up and I froze as I saw Reyna walk in. I cleared my throat quietly and unfroze so I wouldn't make a fool of myself.

Leo?" She asked in that beautiful voice of hers and I peeked around the engine so she could actually see me, she probably couldn't from the crack I had seen her through.

"Hey Reyna, do you need something?" I asked politely, jumping down from the engine block, pulling a towel out of my belt, and cleaning my grease-covered hands but it wasn't much of a difference considering my whole body was covered in grease. She looked over at me as I walked towards her and I thought I saw an emotion pass quickly over her face but it disappeared a second later so I figured I must have imagined it, the quiet and loneliness must really be going to my head, "Reyna?" I asked after a couple seconds of silence and she seemed to realize she hadn't answered me yet.

"Oh sorry, what did you ask again?" She wondered and I raised an eyebrow at her but did what she said.

"Do you need something? Is a machine not working properly or something?" I repeated and she shook her head.

"No. Actually it's nothing like that." She said as I put my towel away, "You see, I decided to take the day off and go out into San Francisco but the rules state that I have to have someone else with me so will you come?" She asked and I'm not ashamed to admit I was shocked at that, she wanted to spend her day with me? Why?

"Me? What about Percy or Jason, you probably know them more than me. Or Hazel, Frank, Dakota, Annabeth, or Piper. They're just as close to you as I am, even more probably." I added, voicing my thoughts.

"Percy went out on a date with Annabeth into the city and I didn't want to be a third wheel, Piper and Jason are doing the same thing," I was surprised to see no pain or heard any pain from her, not even past her fake attitude, from what I heard from other campers, she loved Jason, "Hazel is busy trying to find out any information on Nico's whereabouts and Frank is helping her, and Dakota is have a huge Kool-aid party with his siblings." She finished and I nodded in understanding though I couldn't hide the pain that I was the last person she was friends with to bring along. But I covered up that pain and smiled at her.

"Sure, but I should get cleaned up first." I remembered, looking down at my grease-covered clothes and body and out of the corner of my eyes I saw her smiling as she surveyed all the grease and oil covering me.

"Meet me at the hanger doors in thirty minutes and we'll head out." She stated swiftly before turning away and walking out of the door. I sighed and put away my wrench before walking out of the room and getting to my room. After about five minutes I made it to my room with 25 minutes left. I put my dirty clothes it the washer(that I made myself as well as the dryer!) -it could get any stain out, especially grease and oil- before taking a twenty minute shower(I was covered in grease after all, it's hard to get off your skin, especially when there's a lot on you) leaving me five minutes to get change and get down there.

I got changed and a minute later I ran out of my room and raced down the corridors. I stopped right in front of the door leading to the hanger room with thirty seconds left and calmed my breathing so it wouldn't seem like I had run the whole way there. After taking a deep breath I pressed the button that opened the door and walked in right on time to see Reyna standing by the hanger doors who smiled warmly at me.

"So, you ready to go?" She asked when I reached her. I nodded and we headed down the ramp. After about twenty minutes we finally made it to San Francisco and I asked her what she wanted to do first and she thought for a second before grinning.

"Why don't we head to the park, I haven't been there in a while." She decided and I nodded as we headed towards there. When we got there I was surprised as how huge and beautiful it was. There were plush hills all around the park, the greenest I've ever seen, big Waikato trees and apple trees. In the middle of the park was a huge lake where families were swimming. I felt a pang of sadness remembering all the time mom and I had went swimming, I still wasn't over her death after 8 years and I'd probably never be. I looked over to where Reyna was to see she was gone. I panicked and started to search around the park when I saw her. To my shock, she was swinging on a swing at a little playground where a lot of kids were running around while their parents chatted about whatever parents like to talk about.

"Never took you as a swing-loving girl. Ya learn something new every day." I stated, sitting down in the swing next to her, rocking back and forth as she laughed lightly.

"I've always loved the swing; it was my favorite playground thing as a kid." She stated and I started at her in mock shock, "What?" She asked in confusion.

"You were a kid? When?" I teased and she rolled her eyes in annoyance though I could see the corners of her mouth lift slightly which made me happy, I almost made her smile.

"Haha very funny but yes, I was a carefree and innocent kid once." She stated and I got an idea.

"Swinging contest?" I asked and she grinned.

"You're on." She stated.

"Ready, set, GO!" I exclaimed and we both started swinging, getting higher and higher each second. After about a minute I claimed defeat as she got high than me and we stopped swinging.

"I win." She gloated, grinning smugly and I sighed.

"Even I have to admit defeat, your swinging was just too hard for me to beat, oh glorious praetor." I mocked, adding onto it by bowing down to her. She laughed, rolling her eyes, before reaching out and pushing me backwards off my swing, "Woah!" I exclaimed and landed on the ground with an "Oof!" and a groan of pain. Reyna gasped and stood up from her swing to come to my aid.

"Oh gods, I'm so sorry Leo, are you alright?" She asked in concern but I just started laughing, sitting up and shaking my head to get all the sand out of my hair.

"Yea I'm fine." I reassured between laughs, grabbing her hand that was held out to help me up. We walked away from the swings as the kids swarmed the swings, taking turned pushing and swinging. Suddenly I felt a slap on my shoulder and I looked over at Reyna to see her bolting away yelling, "Tag, you're it!" I raised my eyebrows in disbelief before bolting after her, deciding to join in the fun. We raced around the play ground, went up into it and down the slides, and even got all the kids to join in and let me tell you it was probably the most fun I've had in months.

It was my turn as it again and I was targeting this little four year old kid named Alex who was the only person who hadn't been it because he was sneaky and slippery, not to mention very short so he could crawl under our legs to avoid getting tagged. I looked around the park for him when I saw a girl of about 6 sitting on a bench, staring at her feet that were swinging in the air and I decided to ask if she wanted to join in the game. When I reached her she looked up in surprise before smiling slightly.

"Hi, my name's Leo. Do you want to join our game?" I asked and she stared up at me incomprehensively before speaking.

"No sé lo que estás diciendo.("I don't know what you are saying.") She stated sadly in Spanish and I smiled reassuring at her.

"No te preocupes, te entiendo. ¿Tan ustedes quieren unirse a nuestro juego? ("Don't worry, I can understand you. So you want to join our game?")" I asked and she looked at me in shock before smiling brightly.

"¿Sabe español?("You know Spanish?")" She asked happily and I smiled back.

"Toda mi vida.("All my life.")" I answered. She smiled again at me before glancing at the other kids that had been playing who were watching us along with Reyna who was staring at me with raised eyebrows, wondering what I was doing. I turned back to the girl, "¿Tan, cuál es tu nombre?("So, what is your name?")" I asked and she smiled shyly at me.

"Mi nombre es Saria.("My name is Saria.")" She introduced and I smiled.

"Hola Saria, mi nombre es Leo.(Hi Saria, my name is Leo.")" I answered, holding out my hand and she shook it, giggling, "¿Tan ustedes quieren unirse a nuestro juego?("So you want to join our game?")" I repeated and she smiled shyly.

"¿Cuál es el juego?("What is the game?")" She wondered.

"Es el legendario juego de etiqueta.(It is the legendary game of tag.")" I answered and she giggled before nodding, "¡Venga en!("Come on!")" I exclaimed, jumping up and holding out my hand. A second later she grabbed it and jumped off the bench, walking with me towards the other kids and Reyna who were still watching us with curiosity. When we reached them I stopped, "Hey guys, this is Saria, our new player for tag." I introduced and they all said hi.

"Hola!" She exclaimed and I saw everyone didn't expect that, not even Reyna.

"Now, she speaks Spanish so if you hear her say "Etiqueta." That means tag and someone else is it, ok?" I questioned and they all nodded, even Reyna which I grinned at and she blushed, shocking me even more. I knelt down to her.

"¿Desea ser el etiqueta persona?("Do you want to be the tag person?")" I asked her and she nodded enthusiastically, "Ok, Saria's it!" I exclaimed and all the kids screamed and separated. Saria laughed and ran after Angelica, a little four year old girl with curly blond hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. I realized that Reyna was staring at me and smiling and I met her gaze, "What?" I asked consciously and she laughed lightly.

"You're amazing." She complimented and I blushed(hey, I don't care if it's manly or not so go away!).

"Um, t-thanks." I stuttered, smiling sheepishly back at her.

"Etiqueta!("Tag!")" I heard Saria exclaim and I looked over to see that she had tag Alex so now everyone had been it.

"¡Bien hecho saria!("Well done Saria!")" I exclaimed and she smiled brightly before running away from Alex who was now chasing after her, "We should probably get back to the game." I realized, looking over at Reyna to see she was still smiling warmly at me which made me blush even more(don't care, shove off!) About ten minutes later it was my turn and I decided to make Reyna it. I snuck around the playground before spying her across from me, her back facing me. I snuck up to her and slapped her on the shoulder before sprinting away and up into the play ground yelling, "Tag you're it!" I yelled, pointing to Reyna for Saria's benefit who smiled appreciately at me.

"Hey, you snuck up on me!" Reyna yelled but I just laughed.

"Nothing in the rules says I can't!" I exclaimed. I hid up at the top of the play ground right next to the slide just in case Reyna came up. I heard footsteps walking up but I sighed with relief when I was it was just Jonathan, an eight year old boy with brown hair and brown eyes. I looked down around the play ground when I suddenly felt a slap on my shoulder and I turned to see Jonathan jumping down the slide yelling, "Tag, Leo's it!" I stood up and glared down at Reyna, "You tricked me!" I exclaimed and she laughed.

"Nothing in the rule book said I can't!" She yelled up to me and I laughed lightly before jumping down the slide and running after Alex instead. After about another thirty minutes of running around and the kids have to leave though they all groaned and whined, they were having just as much as Reyna and I were but it was already almost 6:00. I said by to all the kids and it was only Saria, Reyna, and I left. Soon Saria's parents came and took her home, her telling them both about her day and they smiling gratefully at me before waving and getting in their cars, driving away. When the car was out of sight I stopped waving and turned to find Reyna smiling and staring at me again and I hid a blush(Seriously, get a life people and stop teasing me!).

"So, what do you want to do now?" I asked and she grinned.

"Well, I'm hungry so why don't we find some food." She suggested and I nodded in agreement. After about ten minutes we found a burger king, bought some food, and I followed Reyna because she said she knew the perfect place to eat. After about twenty of minutes of walking we finally found the place. Reyna handed me her food before climbing up the tree in front of us and I looked up to see an actual tree house up in the tree. When Reyna was in I climbed up after her, being extremely careful with the food, and gave the two bags to her as I jumped into the tree house.

"How long has this been here?" I asked and she smiled.

"I made it a long time ago as a kid, it was my safe haven, the place where I could be myself and wouldn't get judged." She admitted and I smiled at her, touched(shut it!) that she told me that, it was definitely very personal to her. I bit into my burger as I watched the sunset, illuminating the sky in a brilliance of colors, "So, how long have you been able to speak Spanish?" She asked and I smiled sadly.

"Since I was born, it was my first language." I admitted and she nodded, surprised.

"Even before English?" She asked and I nodded.

"Yea my mom taught me young, she was raised in a Spanish-speaking family and wanted it to be like that with her and me." I stated, remembering all the times we had talked together using Spanish and Morse code.

"Where is she now?" Reyna asked and I froze as the memory of the fire appeared in my mind and I flinched.

"Dead, she died when I was eight." I answered swiftly and she covered her mouth.

"Oh gods Leo, I'm so sorry for asking, here let's forget I ever asked!" She exclaimed worriedly and in panic but I just chuckled sadly.

"It's ok to ask Reyna, it's about time I got over her death anyway." I reassured but she was still guilty and continued to apologize. Finally after ten minutes she stopped, realizing I actually had forgiven her(not that I was mad in the first place). I looked over to see her crumpling up her trash and standing up, walking over to the trash to throw it away, grabbing and crumpling mine in the process. She turned to face me and was about to speak when suddenly the tree house shook and she fell forward, landing on me and I was pushed onto my back and I stared into her eyes. I don't know how it happened but a second later we were kissing. I felt her reach up and wrap her arms around my neck, raveling her fingers in my hair while I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer, deepening the kiss. I brought one of my hands up and raveled in her hair, pushing her neck closer so the kiss would get deeper and it did.

After about a minute we pulled away, breathing heavily, and I froze as I realized what I had just done, oh no…what have I done? Oh gods, she's going to kill me! Why did I kiss her? She's completely and utterly out of my league, she could never like me! I thought in panic as we stared into each other's eyes. Reyna stood up from me and I jumped up from the floor, rubbing the back of my neck awkwardly. After a couple seconds of silence Reyna spoke.

"Um…it's getting late, we should probably head back to camp now." She stated awkwardly and I nodded quickly before turning around, practically running across the tree house to the door. I climbed down the tree and landing onto the ground, waiting for Reyna to come down. When she did we silently headed towards camp, not saying or uttering a single sound. When we made it to camp we saw that no one was around so we said a brief good-bye before she headed to her praetor house and I headed towards my room in the ship. When I made it to my room I changed into my p.j.'s, turned off the light, climbed into bed, and fell asleep thinking that tomorrow was going to be one awkward day for Reyna and I and I hope we would be able to get through it because I don't want to lose our friendship no matter what happened.

Well there you go, there's the first chapter, click next to get to the second chapter!