Leyna week, September 1-7
" Leo come on! We need to get the place unpacked!" Reyna shouted at her fiancée Leo. Yes that's right. She hasn't killed him yet. Key word: Yet.
" Relax Reyna I'm coming." Leo groaned. He was trying to carry two boxes up a flight of stairs since luck would have it, the elevator was broken.
I her heard Reyna sigh and run downstairs. She grabbed the top box and almost ran up the stairs. When they got to the apartment and set down the boxes, did it really sink in that this was actually happening.
" I can't believe it. Did you ever think we would make it this far?" Reyna asked.
" Nope. I thought you would have killed me before I could even ask." Leo said.
She laughed but kept her back turned to him. " It just all seems like a dream. And that I'll wake up any second back in my villa."
And with that she went to unpacking the boxes. While Leo was double checking that everything was okay and up to his standards (Which were extremely high) she unpacked their room. They had already moved all the heavy stuff into the apartment like couches, beds, bookshelves, etc.
She picked a box and saw it had all the pictures she had from Camp Jupiter. She smiled sadly as she looked through them having a minute to remember each one and when it was taken. The first one was when she had just gotten there. They had to take her picture for back round information.
" Reyna can you please smile a little?" The guy asked.
12-year-old Reyna just glared at him and waited for him to take the picture. She hated getting her picture taken because it was pointless. Why does everyone else need to know what she looks like? Can't they just read about her instead or something more productive than looking at picture of her and guessing what her name was or even what she did? And of course the guy treated her like a little kid.
He kept trying to get her to smile the smallest bit but she refused. She hadn't talked to anyone since she got here and she was not going to break that streak to just to tell him off and give him a piece of her mind.
" Reyna I have all day to wait for you to smile? Come on. The sooner you smile the sooner you can leave. So please even a fake one would be good."
Reyna glared at him and hissed. " Take the damned picture before I break that camera."
He laughed. " Like you could tell me what to do. You're just a little girl." He said.
Reyna's glared hardened even more. " I am not a little girl. Take the fucking picture. Because trust me it will take a hell of a lot more than that if you want me to smile. So you will take this stupid picture now or never get one. Am I understood?" She hissed.
The guy's eyes widened over how quick she had turned form a slightly shy girl to a to the making for a killer. He quickly told her to look at the camera and took the picture. When she walked out she saw a blonde boy laughing on the side of the building.
" Excuse me what is so funny?" She asked.
The boy looked up and smiled. His eyes were extremely blue. " You. Normally Kyle gets everyone to smile. But you just tole him off. And he just sat there and took it!" The boy stood up. " I'm Jason by the way."
" Reyna." She said. She smirked a bit remembering what she just said.
" So are you new here?" He asked. They started talking as they walked away from the building.
Reyna put that picture in a drawer in her nightstand. No way was Leo ever going to see that. She went back over to the box to just find random pictures that had no real importance to it. Just pictures she liked and bought at a store before leaving camp.
Reyna walked into the photography shop. She was leaving for New York in a few weeks and realized that this might be the last time she see any of her favorite places. Like she had promised Leo she would come live with him in New York. She looked around and started picking random ones. She even picked one of the aqueduct she always meant to get fixed. But she liked that it was broken, it became a landmark almost.
She stopped in front of one. It was of her villa. She picked it up and looked at it. Everything about was the same as it was now. But when she turned it over she was shocked to see it was the picture of her when she was twelve. The first one she got taken was on the back. She walked to the cash register. And waited for some one to show up. And it was the one and only Kyle. The same guy that took her picture.
" Preator. How have you been?" He asked.
" Fine. Just want to buy these pictures before I leave." She said.
He nodded and scanned the pictures.
" You know my favorite was the one of my villa." Reyna said.
" Yeah I like it too." Kyle said.
" Do you know what I like the most? The picture on the back."
Kyle's face paled a bit.
" Yes Kyle I saw that you plastered my picture on the back. And I am still Preator for three weeks. Which means I can still do things like punish people and tell them what to do."
" I am so sorry. It was a joke I made. I never thought you would by one of those. I just thought it was funny and-"
" Quiet!" Reyna shouted. " For putting such an ugly picture on the back and mocking me I want you to do me a favor." He was almost as white as a sheet. " I want you to retake my picture. I look terrible and I think a smile wouldn't kill."
Reyna could tell he was relieved. He took her to the back and re-took her picture this time with her smiling.
" Are you okay Reyna?" She jumped at the voice. It was Leo. He was leaning against the door frame. Leo was worried because for once Reyna looked ready to cry. And she was a bit. He sat down next to her and wrapped his arm around her waist pulling Reyna closer to him. She leaned her head against his shoulder.
" Yeah I'm fine Leo. Just looking at some old pictures. Remember this one?" Reyna geld up a picture of the two of them. It was from some cheap photo booth they had found and took a picture in. It was one of those were you get a little strip with four pictures.
" Reyna come on this will be fun!" Leo said. They were at a small fair and thought it would be fun to do a photo booth. She smiled and followed him in the booth. Once they figured it out the counter showed up for the first picture. There were five seconds in between for poses.
The timer started. When it was at three seconds Leo took out a black velvet box an showed it to Reyna. She was stunned. This couldn't be what she thought it was. No it had to be something else. The booth took their picture.
" Reyna, will you please marry me?" Leo asked. He opened the box to reveal a small diamond on a white gold band. She better like it and say yes. It took him a month to make this stupid ring and if she didn't give the right response. It was going on eBay. Another picture was taken and the timer started again.
" Yes." Reyna said breathlessly. Leo pulled her close and kissed her. There was a flash and they had one picture left. Leo pulled away and put the finger on Reyna. She held it up for the camera as Leo kissed her again. They both pulled away. Leo had a silly grin on his face and Reyna was just to happy to even comment. On the screen was an option to email the pictures to people. She quickly put in all of their friends emails and sent it out and had the machine print three copies of it.
" If you said no I was selling the ring on eBay you know?" Leo said. Reyna shoved him.
" Than I would have killed you for sure."
" Yeah I know." Leo sighed. He pulled her in for another kiss. It was soft and it was perfect for the moment. Considering all they had been through and how much they loved each other. It really wasn't a surprise that they had fallen in love as hard and fast as they did.