"Fine," I start, "I'll go, but let it be said that it is not because of you."
"I can't imagine why it would be because of me, It's not like I can make you go."
"I think that we both know that you very well could," I was starting to get kinda irritated, I mean haven't we just saved our world. So why should we start now on saving Theirs.
"But we also both know that I very well wouldn't."
"Of course you wouldn't, Beauty queen, because you've never, ever done that before," where did Valdez come from? "Please note the sarcasm."
"Where did you come from, Repair boy?"
"Ah, Pipes, see, I've been here the whole time." Embarrassment. I feel embarrassment and guilt. Guilt. He was Guilt tripping us. It was working. The whole time, I must have noticed him. I look over at Piper. Her face also shines red with discomfort.
"No, surely you hadn't been," she looks at me. "Right, Sparky, he hasn't been here the whole time," Piper pauses and turns back to Leo, "you're just messing with our minds to prove a point." She sounds so confident I almost believe her. With a look at Leo, you can tell that he does to. Almost.
His usual smile flickers for a second, and he almost looks hurt, but then it's gone, and replaced with a smirk.
"Well, you guys were boring me anyway, and I have a dragon to pack so I'll leave you two little lovebirds alone."
"Festus?" Piper looks concerned. "You can't bring Festus."
"Ah, but you ruin the fun."
"No."
"Yes?"
"No"
"I'm just hearing 'yes'."
"I don't care exactly what you're hearing , you can't bring him!"those last words were laid heavily with charmspeak.
"Well you can't stop me"
"We'll see about that"
I figured that I should intervene before things went a little off, so, with a look at Piper, I told Leo to go pack his things, and Piper hers. Once they left I finished packing up mine, and thinking about just how freaking unfair this whole ordeal was, but, if Chiron wants us to do it, I can't fail my duty.