Going back to school was no problem, but seeing his crush married? huge problem. Leo sat in the corner, motionless as he thought about his comma.
"Leonadro, honey are you okay?" Esperanza knocked on the door
Leo sighed "I'm okay, mom"
"You've been in that room for the whole day, do you want to talk about it?"
Leo stayed silent "Yea" he said
Esperanza walked in the room, her dark brown curly hair was in a ponytail, she was wearing grey sweat pants and a white shirt with slippers
"Do you love me?"
"Hijo I love you with all my -"
"If I was diffrent will you still love me?"- he looked deep in her eyes for an answer
" Diffrent as in... sexuality?"
Leo nodded
she sighed "I was like that too. Bi actually. I loved this girl but my mother said it was just a faze so I thought it was and I gave up on her. It was the worst mistake of my life. I couldn't sleep or eat without thinking of her" she blinked a few tears away "but I met your father and fell in love" she smiled at me. "So yes, if you were gay or bi I would still love you"
Leo smiled at her, he truly loved his mom he was better than Hephaestus after all. But.. he didn't truly know Hephaestus, that was all in his imagination. I guess I'll never meet my dad he thought "Mom, can I have some alone time?"
she smiled and nodded. she left the room and shut the door behind her only to have it open again to say "Oh I forgot to mention, Calypso's coming over"
~~~~ 3 hrs later ~~~
Calypso laughed historically "I was so crazy!" Leo told Calypso about the comma
"You weren't crazy" Leo said "you were insane"
"Don't forget obsessed" she chuckled "Why do you call it 'The last battle'? why not revenge of the exes?"
Leo laughed "I like your sence of humor!"
Calypso smiled showing her dimples "so how are you gonna get prince charming to be yours?" she asked
Leo shrugged "I dont know"
Calypso gasped "Lets built a robot that looks exactly like Nico!" she smiled
"No can do, pretty face that requires alot of time, work, and effort, not too mention tools"
Calypso pouted, usually she would blush and maybe giggle when Leo called her pretty face but this is all coming from a friend. "Fine." she said "When does school start?"
"9:30"
"That late?"
" the later it is the more time that son of bitch could fuck with my Nico"
Calypso smirked "Nico won't be 'his' anymore"
Leo smiled at her "so how are we going to do this?"
"I don't know. drug him, kidnap him"
"yea your the same evil Calypso"
"I'm not evil"
"yes you are"
'no I'm not"
'yes you are" it got to the point where their noses were touching
Calypso smirked, neither of them blushed, and pushed him away "personal space"
Leo chuckled "I should get to school" Leo said as he fixed his shirt
"But I'll be alone..." Calypso whined
"You'll survive"
"Alright but don't expect me to not plan our robot"
Leo rolled his eyes and left the room "I'm going to school mama" Leo called out as he shouldered his back pack. he raced out of the house to school until he felt someone grab the back of his shirt causing him to fall backwards. he saw none other than his best-yet terrifying when they want to be- friends.
"Wait for us" Piper said as Annabeth helped him up.
"Did Pipes tell you" Annabeth said as she smirked, she couldnt help smirking
"Tell me what?"
"Annabeth!" Piper groaned, a blush across her cheeks "Shut up"
"Aww but he's our best friend" Annabeth smiled "She has a crush on the guidance counselor named-"
"Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano?"
Annabeth and Piper looked at him "how did you-"
"lucky guess"
"You know we don't have to go to school. Percy and I are friends I'm sure he'll just change the attendance for us"
"No its alright" Leo said "I want to go"
"Leo your my best friend. it'll kill me if you witness your crush in the arns of another"
"Annabeth, I'll be alright" Leo was obviously lying, he could feel tears starting to form but blinked them back. "So what's our first period class?"
"Sex ed with Mrs. Zhang" Annabeth, Piper, and Leo walked in the class in silence. when they arrived Mrs. Zhang gave a warm welcome to them
"Okay class today we will be learning about the organs in the human body and how they w-" she stopped short when a woman, in her mid 20's walked in. she had shinny olive skin, wavy black hair, and eyes like dark charcoal.
she sighed "Bianca"
Bianca grinned and putted her hands up in surrender "I'm just getting paper" she said as she collected blank pieces of paper next to the printer "So Jason's taking Nico out on a date"she smirked
"Shut up! Percico will happen!" Hazel spat. this scared Leo. Hazel's supposed to be a sweet, quiet, and delicate person. Ships do change a person
"I don't remember Percy putting a ring on Nico's finger" she smirked
Luke spoke up "Aren't we supposed to learn-"
"Shut up Luke, ships are more important!" Hazel said as she glared at her older sister
~~~~ time skip to lunch ~~~~
Leo sighed in annoyance. Luke and Annabeth were making out and Piper and Octavian were having a conversation. Piper senced the sadness in Leo's eyes so she stopped talking to Octavian and turned to Leo "Don't worry Leo, you'll get him" it was useless to say it but she couldn't think of anything else to say to comfort him.
Leo gave her a weak smile that said he appreciated her trying to help, he stood up and mumbled "I'm going to the bathroom" he said as he left the cafeteria. He was just going to wonder the halls until school was over. he studied the floor as thoughts filled his heads. He was surprised he bumped into someone causing him to almost fall backwards until he felt a skinnny hand grab onto his wrist and pulled him up. Nico
"Sorry about that" he apologized and gave a nervous smile
Leo blushed. His love, his teacher, his one reason to breathe, was standing right infront of him, oblivious of the feelings Leo kept bottled up "It's alright" he smiled
"So.. what are you doing outside the cafeteria?" he questioned
Leo shrugged "I'm taking a walk"
"mind if I join you?"
Leo blushed, sure it was just a 5 letter question, but it's enough to make Leo blush dark red "uh.. no no not at all"
Nico smiled at him "thanks" And they walked side by side "How are you holding up, kid?"
Leo sighed at the nickname kid. he definitely wasn't a kid, he was just two years apart from Nico, that isn't much. It hurted him hearing this by his crush. "I'm fine" he said
Nico smiled at him, causing Nico to turn red "Wanna go outside, Red?"
"Red?" Leo questioned.
"Yea, i mean, you turn red every time I'm around you might as well call you Red"
"Well that's not fair, I need a nick name for you" Leo thought over the nicknames. He was thinking of death breath since everytime he talked or looked at him, it made him want to die right their out of nervousness but he was afraid Nico might take it as the wrong way "Mr. Perfect" he decided
Nico couldn't help but smile "I'm not perfect"
"As far as I've seen you are. So Mr. Perfect, what should we do today?" Leo asked
"Well Percy has to teach the kids in after school to swim and go through drills, And Jason has meetings with principles from other schools" he pouted
Leo sighed in relief, he was free "Can we head up to the library?"
Nico smirked at him "Book nerd?"
Leo blushed "shut up"
~~~ a few minutes later ~~~~
"Why can't all men be like Augustus Waters?" Leo wondered out loud. he layed down on the library floor as he held up the fault in our stars in front of him, he was reading the passage where they went on the date
"So you've found a new Mr. Perfect?" Nico smirked. he sat criss crossed next to Leo while reading 50 shades of Grey some of the teenagers are horny little basters who won't read anything unless it has sexy time in it. so ofcourse Jason allowed it and parents, of course, had no idea what was in the books. as long as it kept their children reading it they were happy.
Leo blushed "No.. I.. I didn't mean-"
Nico laughed "I'm just playing with you, Red. You're too cute"
Okay, Leo had to admit, being called Cute by your crush is the best possible thing that could happen. And the worst thing? having the bell ring indicating it's time to go home. Screw you Bells.
"I have to go" Leo said awkwardly as he putted the book where it was and sat up.
"Before you go.." Nico took out a crumpled piece of paper and wrote something on it then handed it to Leo "Call me" he blushed at how awkward he sounded " to help with homework, of course"
Leo blushed crimson red and smiled at him "Thanks" he smiled then walked away to the exit he looked at the paper and wanted to fan girl the papesr not only said Nico's phone number but a message that said "You already know I'm not going to help you with your homework, Red"