Title: What I Do For Love
Author: MorganLaFye
Beta/Bunny-Handler: none
Pairings: Eli and Cynthia
Disclaim Here: I claim all rights Eli and this story…that's it. Cynthia belongs to a good friend of mine, and the Percy Jackson World obviously isn't mine.

It was another sunny day at Camp Half-Blood. The year round campers were enjoying the peace and quiet that came after the summer campers left. Today was just like any day, including the normal archery training with the Apollo kids. Yet though everyone was filled with excitement at getting a chance to hit the targets, there was still one person who was exactly a happy camper.

"Ready, aim, FIRE!" Shouted a disembodied voice from somewhere in the distance. Once again, she hits the target I thought. Why can't my girlfriend be normal and miss it at least once? If she even messed up a little, I could go and do the whole cliché "Hey let me help you" gimmick and nonchalantly put my hand on hers to "steady" the arrow. Unfortunately, Cynthia happened to be a daughter of Athena, so this never happened.

"Eli, is something wrong?" Cynthia, the love of my life and beautiful girl friend asked. She looked at me with worry and confusion in her emerald green eyes. Her fire red hair framed her face, and even though she was slightly sweating from intensive archery training, I still thought she was gorgeous.

"Oh its nothing," I lied waving her off. What was the point of being a son of Hecate, if I can't even put the moves on my girlfriend? Then I was hit with a sudden idea. I'm a son of Hecate! Slowly and quietly as possible, I got out my magic kit. It was my weapon of choice, though a tad bit cliché. I pulled out the wand and waited for the right moment.

There! As Cynthia pulled her arm back ready to fire another arrow, I flicked the wand cause her arm to jerk up just as she fired the arrow. "Finally!" I shouted as the arrow hi the ground. "I mean…oh no Cynthia, what happened?" hey, I had to sound confused right?

"I'm not sure. I had my arm in the precise place, but I had some kind of spasm or something." Cynthia replied, utterly astounded. "It was almost like…magic." She added, looking slightly defeated.

"That's okay Cynthia; everyone messes up at some point. Here let me help you" I said, maybe a little bit happier than I should of. Just as I was placing my hand on hers (you know to "help") she looked at me like she had just realized something.

"Just like magic…you sabotaged my bow! She shrieked, glaring at me with anger in her eyes. She started advancing on my, arrow tip on my throat.

"But, but…I did it with love" I stuttered, trying to weasel myself out of this situation. "Oh look, Cyrus finally hit the target!" I yelped, distracting her.

"Really? Good for you Cyrus!" She said as she turned to face her brother's direction. And in that split second, I made a choice and ran for my life. As I sprinted away from the archery grounds, I could hear Cynthia shouting thing like…well maybe I shouldn't repeat them. As I hid behind a tree for safety, I heard her footsteps run past me. And I thought to myself, oh, the things I do for love.