Holy crap. He's back, what do I do, he actually came back, wow okay. I cross my arms and he's coming here, coming back, whooping like a holy terror. How long did it take him to get here? It seemed like forever, but it's worth it. He kind of lands his… dragon, and flies face-first into the sand. I feel like laughing at him.

"You're late," I say instead, and his nose is on fire as he looks up sheepishly. I almost laugh at him. I'm so ready to leave I'm practically bouncing with joy, but I keep my calm and don't move from my spot.

"Sorry, Sunshine. Traffic was murder," he says, and I can tell. Oh, but he's here, and he's alive, and nothing else matters. But…

"You are covered with soot. And you managed to ruin the clothes I made for you, which were impossible to ruin," I cock an eyebrow at him, and he grins.

"Well, you know," he shrugs and I feel myself smiling. I quickly compose my face, glad he wasn't looking at the moment. "I'm all about doing the impossible."

I hold out my hand and pull him up, taking an inventory of his state. Ugh, he smells bad. I wrinkle my nose and say "You smell-"

"I know. Like I've been dead. Probably because I have been. Oath to keep with a final breath and all, but I'm better now-"

I kiss him so he doesn't have to explain any more. He died just to come back to me, and he is all I care about right now, not how he smells, not how impossibly dirty he is, not how he can't land his metal dragon, just that he's here, and he's here for me, and I couldn't care less for him. "Leo Valdez," I say with awe as I pull back.

"That's me," he says, and I can tell he's trying to think of something to say. "So, um… you want to get off this island?" he scratches the back of his head awkwardly, and I grin at him. Stepping back, I wave my hand and my servants bring my two bags, setting them beside me.

"What gave you that idea?" I fight the urge not to kiss him again.

"Packed for a long trip, huh?" he's grinning back at me and I'm so happy that he's here, I can't think of anything else. How am I keeping cool? I wonder, but honestly, who cares?

"I don't plan on coming back." Ever. I look back at the path that would take me back to where I was supposed to spend eternity. I am so through with you. I turn back to him. "Where will you take me, Leo?"

"Somewhere to fix my dragon, first," he says, tapping one of his fingers. "And then… wherever you want. How long was I gone, seriously?"

"Time is difficult on Ogygia," I say. "It felt like forever." But forever wasn't too long a wait for you.

He was quiet for a while. "So once you leave Ogygia, do you stay immortal or what?"

"I have no idea." I hope not.

"And you're okay with that?"

"More than okay." Absolutely, positively okay. I wouldn't want to live without you, Leo.

"Well, then!" he looks at his dragon. "Buddy, are you up for another flight to nowhere in particular?" the dragon blows fire and limps.

Leo turns to look at me, so I decide to say, "So, we take off with no plan, no idea where we'll go or what problems await beyond this island. Many questions, and no tidy answers?"

"That's how I fly, Sunshine. Can I get your bags?" I think I'll be okay with that.

"Absolutely."

We grin at each other, and he grabs both my bags, quickly loading up his dragon.

"So, to nowhere in particular, Festus. Ready for this?" The dragon, Festus, makes a lot of squeaky noises and he climbs on the dragon, giving me a hand up. I wrap my arms tight around his waist, and squeeze my eyes shut.

"We haven't even left the ground, Sunshine." Gees, he's called me that three times. I'm really warming up to it if it hasn't bothered me yet.

"I know," I mumble into his back. "Just preparing for take-off." I know he's smiling as we lift off, and it's really jerky and fast. I scream and realize what I just did, biting my lip.

"Sorry, Sunshine. Once he's fixed it won't be so jerky." I open my eyes and he's looking at me, grinning.

"Eyes on where you are flying, mister, or the deal is off!" I yell at him over the wind, but a smile tugs at my lips.

"Whatever you say." he shrugs and turns back around, picking up the speed. I stare at the clouds, look above me at the bright blue sky. This is the beginning of the best times of our lives. I squeeze tighter on Leo, and he laughs. I am so ready for this.

Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed it! I wrote in the conversation Leo and Calypso had at the end of BoO. I do not own it, obviously. If you haven't read BoO yet, I advise you to, but if you are reading this, you should have hopefully already done that. (I've said BoO several times, it means Blood of Olympus.)

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