Disclaimer: I sadly do not own the Percy Jackson series or it's characters. Or Heroes of Olympus for that matter. That belongs to rick riordan.

Aphrodite sat on her throne watching her favorite demi-gods sailing on their ways to the doors of death, through a one-way Iris message. She ran her fingers through her hair, which was now a sun kissed blonde. The message shifted from one demi-god to another. Piper and Jason were standing at the bow of the ship holding hands, looking up at the stars. They were naming all the constellations. Hazel was with Frank in one of the recreational rooms. They were cuddling with each other, talking about how they missed Camp Jupiter. The message shifted and showed the last demi-god on the ship.

Leo Valdez stood alone at the helm, fiddling with the controls. His mechanical bronze figurehead whirred and creaked. Leo sleepily rubbed his eyes and nodded. He pulled some machine oil out of his magical tool-belt and walked over to the dragon. He put oil on his hands and began to rub it into the dragon's cracks.

"There ya go, buddy," Leo smiled. He walked back to the helm to reprogram his dubstep soundboard. After a few moments, a small mahogany table walked up to Leo and nudged his leg. Leo looked down at the table, and tilted his head. One of the table drawers opened and inside was a can of Lemon Pledge, with extra moisturizing formula. Leo understood and brought out a clean cloth from his belt and began polishing the table.

When he finished, the table nudged his leg affectionately again and walked away. Leo sighed and continued on in his reprogramming work.

Aphrodite watched as he fell asleep at the controls. She may have been the goddess of love and beauty, but she wasn't air-headed or stupid, as most people assumed. Her godly mind quickly pieced together a plan to make Leo's love life a bit more interesting.

She summoned a pen and paper out of thin air, and wrote a note to the demi-gods aboard the Argo II. She folded the note into a neat little square, and put it on her lap.

"Eros!" she bellowed.

Her winged son appeared within an instant, and bowed before the goddess.

"Yes mother?" he asked.

" I have a job for you," she smiled.

Hazel left Frank to find Leo. One of the projections of Camp Half-Blood was malfunctioning. Although she had never been there in person, it sadden her to see on of the pictures was distorted.

She passed Jason and Piper in one of the halls. They were on their way to the dining hall to whip up a late night snack. They invited her but she politely refused.

She walked up on deck and shivered as a cold breeze washed over her. She walked to helm where Leo was slumped on the ground, with an arrow sticking out of his butt.

She might have laughed if Leo wasn't actually unconscious. Instead, she ran to the helm and pressed the intercom button and spoke into it. Her voice came out panicked and small but she got her message across.

"Uh, guys you need to get out here. Now."

Hazel rolled Leo over so he was face up. She studied his face, and his dark curls. It was odd seeing him not smiling or laughing. Hazel heard footsteps as everyone joined her.

"What's that taped to his chest?" Jason asked.

Hazel didn't even notice the small square note. She took it and unfolded it. Perfume wafted from it, and Hazel tried not to choke on it. The handwriting was cursive and practically perfect. It read:

My dear favorite demi-gods,

The seventh wheel had become the fifth wheel. You'll thank me for this later.

With lot's of love,

Aphrodite

Everyone read the note in silence. One by one, everyone looked at Piper. She covered her face with her hands.

"Oh gods, I am so sorry guys. My mother-," she began.

"It's not your fault, Piper," Jason said.

Piper pressed her lips together. She didn't know what else to say.

"We should just get him down to the infirmary and remove the arrow there," Jason suggested. He looked at Frank. "Uh, do you think you could…"

Frank didn't look too happy about having to carry Leo, but he agreed to anyways.

Hazel and Piper followed Frank down to the infirmary with Leo. Jason told them that he would stay above deck to watch for any attacks.

Piper carefully removed the arrow from Leo's bottom and placed it on a table next to the cot he was laying on. Frank looked incredibly uncomfortable so Piper told him to go on watch with Jason. Frank nodded and left the room. Piper searched for ambrosia, and cursed in Greek. They hadn't restocked the infirmary with nectar or ambrosia yet.

"I have some in my room," Hazel said. "Frank knows where."

Piper nodded and ran off to find Frank.

A curl had fallen onto Leo's face and Hazel pushed it back. Slowly, his eyes opened. He blinked and focused on Hazel.

"Leo?" she said softly.

He sat up on the cot and rubbed his eyes.

"Leo what happened?" Hazel asked. It wasn't like him to not speak. Leo looked at Hazel then did something that shocked Hazel.

Leo grabbed both sides of Hazel's face and smashed his lips onto hers. Hazel's eyes were wide open. She pulled away from his kiss and stood. She began pacing and muttering. She fanned her face frantically, like she did when something like this happened. Like that time Percy and Annabeth "fell asleep" together in the stables.

Only then did she realize Frank was standing in the open doorway.

A/N: I write in really short chapters sorry, but other than that, tell how it is? comments? Suggestions? I'm open to ideas! thanks (: