The death of my best friend

Before I start this excellent second chapter *note sarcasm* Just a heads up, I will be gone from the sixth to the tenth of this month, and thats why I am updating like crazy. I never would write three chapters in one day, so yeah. By that, this is the second chapter of the death of my best friend. Its going to be a weird twist.

Another note, I'm skipping a big part. So im skipping the part where Piper tells the dates, this is where Piper won miss new york pageant.

Piper pov

As they crowned me, 'Miss New York' for two thousand and twenty, I was only thinking one thought. 'I can't wait to tell everyone including Leo' Well, of course I was ecstatic, but I just was so proud of myself. This meant one thing. I had to compete for 'Miss USA'. This time I was sure Leo would show up. As the day and the paparazzi went by, I had only one thing on my mind, besides my boyfriend Jason. I wanted to visit Leo.

Jason said it was okay and dropped me off at his so-called home. It was basically just a work shop, but he lived there. I still had my tiara in my hair and took it down. I'll just show him when I get inside. I knocked on the door. As I was waiting I look to see my boyfriend leaning against his pick-up truck. Leo didn't answer. I opened the door, hoping maybe he was just sleeping. It was ten o'clock, he could be working on a machine, I mean the lights were on. I looked at the machines, only noticing that they were...destroyed. That was weird, he never destroyed them like this. They were smoldering as if he burnt them. Why would he do such a thing. He's a son of Hephaestus for crying out loud, he never ruins his work. Especially if hes studying engineering.

I picked up a crumpled piece of his 'work' and looked at it. It was a...Bracelet and a matching necklace(a/n cheezy, I know, I have writers block). What made me gasp and stare at awe, was the wording on it. Inside the locket and the charm had engravements of 'I'm so proud of you Piper, and I mean it, love Leo' I started to smile and it turned into a frown quickly. I wondered why he would throw it away. The locket wasn't able to close and the chain of the bracelet was broken and smashed like a five year old would if it wasn't working.

I dropped it on the ground when the door slammed open.

It was Leo, carrying a bag of groceries.

Who is outside my house, he's staring like im an long enemy-" He stopped short when he saw me. His eyes widened when he noticed what I dropped on the ground. I bit my lip and decided to speak.

"Hey Leo, I was just looking for you." I said. He sighed.

"And I'm guessing that's Jason he said pointing his free arm torward the truck." He said trying to smile.

"Yep, I just came to tell you something..." I faltered.

"So" He said holding out the 'o'.

"I won for Miss New York" I said trying to make him proud of me. He just chuckled.

"Yea yea I heard on the news..."He said if it reminded him of something bad.

"Oh, well I better get going...Oops!" I said as I tipped over a bottle of a liquid.

"Ahh" Leo exclaimed trying to find a mop.

"Leo what's wrong" I asked as he started desperatley trying to find something to clean it up.

"Oh, its nothing, it's just you spilled the bottle of gasoline" He started shouting. I stared at him.

"Why, would you have a bottle of gasoline in your house?" I yelled.

"I don't know" He shouted. He slipped on the gasoline causing me to trip with him. I fell on his stomach. He made a sound which sounded like an 'ooph' And started blushing like crazy. Then everything went wrong.

"Leo!" I yelled as an wall of fire erupted near the door. The only door. Leo started to get up and push me to the other end of the room.

"Stupid emotions..." He mumbled. I realized what he meant. His emotions caused him to burn up. He tried to get a bucket of water and dump it on it, but it just made it worst. There is no way out. that was the only door, and the windows don't open. This is a nightmare. Little did I know, this was Leo's most worst nightmare of all. He was basically reliving his past, and his past was not a dream, trust me.

He put his arms around me protectively from the flames and fumes. I liked it, but Jason would not tolarate this one bit. Jason. He's outside, he would have seen that we were in trouble, if only he was fire-resistant. In less than a minute, the fire was consuming more and more machines, causing the place to be filled with smoke. Beside me Leo was breathing heavily, and it wasn't because of the smoke.

"No, No...No" He kept muttering. I finally understood why. It was because of his mother. His mother died this way. This was his past. He was reliving his mothers death, except I was the one who wasn't fire-resistant. He kept shaking his head, and breathing abnormally. I looked at his eyes. They were holding back tears and were filled with pure sadness. He was depressed.

"Leo..." I muttered. I coughed some more, unable to breathe oxygen. I was breathing smoke and gasoline. Leo saw this and took out a clothe from the nearest table. he handed it to me.

"Breathe into this, it'll help a bit..." He said, trying to avoid any eye contact. A tear rolled down his cheek, and that's when I new everything had changed. As if I knew his pain and past. Leo never cried, he was usually the one cheering us up. I understood way now. His past. His past has caused this, and made him like this deep inside. I've experienced the real Leo.

Now I was getting light-headed. There wasn't enough oxygen entering my body. I rested my head against his chest. He wiped the tear from his cheek and pulled me closer to his chest.

"Leo, cotrol your emotions, you can do it.." I muttered.

"I'll try..." he faltered.

"Stop..." He said trying to make the flames die down. It just mad it worse. The fire was coming closer, but I heard a siren from the distance. It was probably my imagination due to the lack of oxygen.

"Stop!" He yelled. Amazingly, the fire died down just a bit. I smiled faintly.

"Do it again.." I managed to say. He nodded.

"Stop!" He yelled louder. The fire started to turn into small flames. Lights flashed into Leo's now ruined house. Leo sighed.

"Wait here" He said, setting me down softly in a corner of the house. He opened the door, and let people with masks and weird suits with what looked like a hose. I heard a muffled scream and lots of talking and murmuring, then I heard a crash. Thats when those weird people grabbed me and got me out of there. I kicked and punched and screamed with the last bit of energy. I will not leave Leo, He told me to stay there. I would be hurting him. I would be doig what I have done for the past fifteen years. Treating him like a grain of salt. I would not do that to him again. As soon as I got out of the door, and I was relieved to breath oxygen again. I opened my eyes to only see Leo sitting near a ambalunce. I realized why when I saw the blood. The crash must have been a machine falling on him because they were bandaging his head. It had blood seeping through the bandage.

"Here, another one" They said setting me down near Leo. He avoided eye contact.

"Are you Leo Valdez?" Someone asked. We both looked up. It was a cop. Leo nodded. In a quick movement, The cop grabbed Leo from his arm and handcuffed him.

"Your under arrest for attempted murder." He said. I was speechless. This couldn't be happening. Not to Leo, he can't be arrested. I didn't even say sorry.

"Why?" I asked the officer. He looked at me.

"This young man said he witnessed the whole thing, and said that has tried to kill you with his little 'stunt'." I gasped, no one was here. They couldn't have watched the whole thing. It's impossible.

"Who?" Leo murmered trying to be polite.

"Him, of course."The officer said. I gasped at who it was. There standing guilty of getting Leo arrested, was my boyfriend, Jason Grace.

So this was a bit diffucult to write because I do not now how people get arrested(I'm twelve!) So yea, I love this storyline, of mine, just not my writing... So don't be suprised if I end it short, because I think its junk. (I have a very low self esteem) so yea Enjoy(if you can) and review!

~Percabeth17~