She stood and watched him play from a distance.

She wasn't the only one doing so, there were other girls too, screaming and swooning as he occasionally shouted "GOAL!" and winked at them.

All she did was roll her eyes.

The boy, Leo was thin and scrawny, but somehow muscular at the same time. He was taller than her by an inch or two. You could call him a player, he seemed to have a new girlfriend every day, except for the fact that he had been single for the last month, after breaking up with Khione. Strange? Most girls behaved as if the world had stopped rotating on it's orbit. Leo was probably the most popular guy in her grade, mainly because he cracked the most hilarious of all jokes. Despite being a non-dating person, even she had to admit that he was sort of cute.

Rumors had been going around that he had a crush on a girl from their grade.

The main reason while she watched him was because he was excellent at the game of soccer. The other reasons? Well...

What could she do anyway? It was PE and she had a broken leg. ( Which had almost healed but the doctor insisted that she shouldn't be doing any physical exercise.)

Bummer huh?

The coach finally blew the whistle and everyone stopped playing and assembled in the court.

"Yo Leo!" someone called. She looked up at Leo to find him looking at her. Her heart beat immediately sped up. His eyes were utterly sincere and his dark, chocolate brown hair was ruffled up.

"Why?" was the ridiculous question her brain asked her heart, which had seemed to give away it's subtlety by beating fast.

-line break-

After the line dispersal, she and her friends had to walk up the stairs. Her injured leg ached with every step but the elevator was under maintenance and the teachers would take forever to understand.

"So much despite the recommendation made by my doctor." She mumbled. As she was climbing up the staircase, her friend went on about her not-so-important trip to the mall, while she followed her own thought line, completely unaware of the puddle in front of her.

What happened next was totally predictable.

Her foot slipped over the surface of water, causing her to loose her balance and fall. "A mighty concussion and a bruised and probably broken leg."She thought.

But before her head could come in contact with the ground, arms wrapped around her and brought her back to her feet.

She was vaguely aware of the person walking behind her. She turned around wishing to see one of her friends but instead stood a very flustered and sheepish looking Leo Valdez.

And her face turned redder than tomato soup.

"Oh Gods!" was all she could think.

Leo immediately let go of her. "Look, I-I'm sorry" he stuttered, which wasn't like him. He was never nervous around girls-ever!

"I couldn't possibly let you fall" he blurted out suddenly. "I mean...not with your broken leg and... all." he added meeting her eyes, but then looking away in less than a millisecond.

Her condition, however was even more bizarre. Her brain was bursting with all sorts of questions- Why is Leo acting so weird?, What if Khione saw them?, What if her friends saw them (Of course they did!) and what would they think of it?, What if her teacher saw them?

Oh My Gods!

"So..." Leo said nervously.

Calypso suffered internal battle and it was between two of her most important organs. Her brain was like "SKEWER HIM" and her heart was begging, "Kiss him."

For once in her life she actually listened to her heart. She stepped closer and kissed his cheek, then whispered,"I appreciate it."

She walked away with as much confidence as she could muster with her shaking legs.

Let's just say, Leo Valdez stood there for an entire half an hour, until one of his friends nudged him, telling him to move on.