"When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear." – Mark Twain


"PERSEUS" she yelled and ran to give me a huge hug.

It was Calypso.

"C-Calypso." Percy choked out. She let go of him and stepped back, smiling. "You're…you're here. How?"

She laughed in a clear, bell-like voice. "Because of you, dear hero. Your wish to have me freed from Ogygia. The Fates have lifted all the curses placed on me."

Freed from her curses? There was no mention of curses in her myth. A look of comprehension dawned on Percy's face, and I realized that he knew something I didn't. I cleared my throat.

Percy turned around. "Uhm…er…Annabeth, this is Calypso. Calypso, Annabeth." He muttered while waving his hands between us.

Calypso raised an eyebrow and looked over me. I suddenly felt self-conscious. Calypso had light brown hair braided over her shoulder with gold, chocolate-brown eyes that twinkled as she looked at me, and was wearing a flowing white Greek chiton. She was beautiful.

"Hello," she said, her voice abruptly changing from sugary-sweet to... contemptuous?

"It's a pleasure to meet you." I held out my hand, trying to keep my voice level. I glanced at Percy, who was staring at me nervously, so maybe I wasn't doing a very good job.

Calypso looked at my hand, but didn't shake it. "You as well."

I put my hand down.

"Let's uh, sit down." Percy said. Calypso sat down on the large chair, while Percy and I sat on the sofa.

"So Calypso," Percy began. "Not to sound rude, but what are you doing here?"

Her voice went back to normal. "I…I didn't really know where to go after being freed. All I knew was that I was definitely not staying on that island, and this was the first place I could think of." Her perfect brown eyes widened, and her eyebrows pulled together. She looked so forlorn and pitiful that even I felt like comforting her. "I'm sorry if I'm interrupting something."

"Oh no. Nothing, me and Annabeth were just hanging out." Percy said.

My temper flared. Just hanging out? We were on a date. And me and Annabeth wasn't proper grammar.

That's when I realized just how angry I was. Call it nerdy, but I always noticed even the smallest mistakes in grammar when I was infuriated. I unclenched my fists in an attempt to calm down.

"Yeah, we were just hanging out. So, Calypso, do you have any plans as to what you want to do now that you're freed?" I heard a sharp intake of breath and glanced next to me. Percy's eyes were wide as he stared at me. What had I said?

"No, not really. The first thing I thought when Lord Hermes told me the good news was Percy. I suppose I will have to see where it goes from here."

I was starting to like her less and less. No plan? The first thing she thought of was Percy? I mean, really, are you kidding me?

"Uh, so do you have any place to stay tonight?" Percy stammered.

"Well, no actually." I light blush crept up her cheeks, which only made her look more pretty and vulnerable, but I could see the smugness still on her face.

"Uh well," is starting all of his sentences with "uh" going to be a new thing? "Me and Annabeth," there he goes again,. "were going to go to camp next week, but we wouldn't mind going a few days early, would you Annabeth?"

I bit my lip. "Of course not."

"C-camp Half-Blood?" Calypso stuttered. Her smug demeanor faded a bit. "Am, am I allowed to go there?"

"We'll see." Percy stated simply. "You can stay here tonight if you'd like. I'm sure my mom wouldn't mind."

"Thank you Perseus!" she cried, fluttering her eyelashes.

"Uh, you're welcome."

"I think I should be getting home now." I broke in, standing up and grabbing my jacket.

Percy glanced at me, as if just remembering that I was still there. "Sure. I'll drop you off."

"I can walk," I nearly hissed. I tried to control the venom in my voice. "You shouldn't leave Calypso alone. It's not that far."

"But it's the middle of December." said Percy blankly.

"You don't want to be rude to your guest." And with that I walked out the door, into the brisk cold of New York.


Ok, ok, so maybe I overreacted a bit.

I knew the story about Calypso. That she fell in love with just about every hero that came across her island. But none of them stayed, and neither did Percy.

So there was nothing to worry about, right?

Wrong.

Percy and Calypso were headed off to camp tomorrow, and I had just realized that I couldn't go until next week because of the Olympus project. Who knew what could happen in a week? But once again, I'm probably just overreacting.

Still, Calypso said something about being "freed from her curse" or something. Maybe she was talking about the fact that out all of the times she had fallen in love, it had always been left unrequited. Now that curse was broken. What if Percy fell in love with her again?

No, that was unlikely. Aphrodite thought that Percy and I made "such a cute couple", so she wouldn't break us up. Hopefully.


Please disregard the fact that the Chinese food they ordered never came. I couldn't really figure out which to part to add it in, so I just dropped it altogether. R&R!