Wahhhh! I just had to update, ohmygodohmygodohmygod, isn't the Mark of Athena's ending the best! And when they got in trouble for sleeping together, (not that way you pervs) I practically died!

The three followed the boy through the crowd and onto the sidewalk, chasing him until he looked behind to see if they were still there and slammed into a telephone pole. Jason grabbed the back on his shirt before he could get away, and dragged him to the girls, kicking and yelling the whole way.

"Let me go, damn it! Put me down and fight like a real man!" he cried, trying desperately to get free.

"All right," Jason said angrily, "Give the ribbon back you little ingrate."

"No!" the boy cried desperately, hiding it in his fist, "I need it!"

"It's mine!" Drew shouted, "Give it back! GIVE IT BACK!"

"Shut up!" Piper yelled, effectively silencing them all. She bent down in front of the boy.

"What's your name?" she asked quietly, searching his brown eyes.

"Leo."

"Leo then. Where is your mother, or your father?"

"Dead," he said tightly.

"Who's taking care of you?"

"I don't need anyone."

"Do you have a home?"

"I ran away. This is the," he stopped to count on his fingers, "Sixth time."

Piper and Jason shared a glance. That explained why he was stealing things instead of buying them.

"Why did you take my sisters ribbon, Leo?"

"Because I can't make one."

Piper raised her eyebrows.

"I mean what are you going to use it for? Boys don't usually need ribbons."

"I need it to wrap a present," he said shiftily.

"A present?"

"For my friend, Reyna."

"Is it her birthday?"

"No. She's sick, so she's going to the hospital. But she doesn't like the hospital, so I'm making her lots of presents to make her feel better. But I can't make ribbons, or oranges. She likes oranges the best."

"Awww." Piper was touched that he would go to such lengths for his friend. She turned to Drew.

"Drew, honey, do you think you could let him have just this one ribbon? You have plenty more at home."

"No!" Drew stamped her foot, "That's my favorite one! I want it back!"

Piper looked at Leo, who was clutching the ribbon protectively, and back at Drew who was smirking, sure she would get her way.

Finally, Piper decided. She stood up dusting herself off, and said to Jason, "Let him go."

Jason released his collar and Piper kissed on the cheek, murmuring in his ear, "Help him while I get Drew back to my mothers house, and then meet me back home." Then she took Drew's arm in a firm hold, and dragged her away, ignoring her shrieks, attempts to kick and bite her, and all the people on the street that were staring at the spectacle.

"So I can keep the ribbon?" Leo asked Jason nervously as the girls raised voices died away.

"I guess so," Jason sighed, running a hand through his hair. He watched as Leo struggled to tie the ribbon around the orange. His tongue poked put out of the corner of his mouth, and his eyebrows scrunched together in concentration.

"Can I help?" he finally asked, and swiftly knotted it in a bow.

"Thanks," Leo muttered sheepishly.

"No problem," Jason said easily, "And here." He took out a pen and paper and wrote down his number on it. "Call me if you ever need anything."

"Okay," Leo agreed, pocketing the paper, and then headed down the street, leaving a bemused Jason watching him go.

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