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When I woke up I found Calypso sitting next to me. When she noticed that I had woken up she shifted her body so that she was facing me. She stared at me intently, her long, brown hair falling down her shoulder and large, dark brown eyes sparkled with sympathy. She leaned over to me and put her hand softly on my shoulder.

"Hey, Leo. Can you hear a little better now?" She asked me. I could tell she was still trying to project her voice louder than normal.

I nodded. Her voice was still low and there was still a dull ringing in my ears but it was a little better. "Yeah, a little."

She smiled happily. "That's good. How are you feeling?"

I nodded again. "A little better."

Calypso smiled sweetly. She slowly leaned over and gave me a tight hug. "I'm glad you're back," she said, her voice cracking a little.

I hugged her back tightly. "Yeah, me too."

After a couple minutes she finally pulled back and looked at me again. "What do you say we go back to the cave?" she asked. I nodded and she reached her hand out to me. I took it and we walked back hand in hand.

Once we got back she sat me back down on the bed and went over to grab another vile of that yellowish liquid from before. She handed it to me and I swallowed it quickly. She put the vile away and walked back over. She sat down on the bed next to me and grabbed my hand.

"So what happened? After you left Ogygia and everything. Did everything turn out okay? I'm assuming you guys defeated Gaea, right? Is everyone okay? And how did you manage to find Ogygia again?" She asked curiously. I took a deep breathe and explained it all to her- where I found myself after I left, how we sailed on, how we managed to get Annabeth and Percy out from Tartarus, how we sailed back and arrived in the middle of a war between the Romans and Greeks at Camp Half-Blood Hill, how Gaea woke uo and how we put her back to sleep. I vaguely went over the explosion. I left out all the pain and the voice of my mom. Calypso could tell I was leaving things out but she didn't push it. I told her how I landed here, a mess and deaf.

Calypso smiled and squeezed my hand. "I'm glad you're back, I really am. I can't believe I finally get to leave this terrible holding cell," she smiled at me brightly, her eyes shining. "I'm just so glad you're here."

I smiled back but my smile wasn't as bright as usual. "Me too, Calypso."

Calypso scooted closer to me, closing the gap between our faces. She slowly leaned in, giving me time to pull back if I wanted to but I didn't want to. I really liked Calypso and I wanted to be with her and love her but a part of me was afraid that I wouldn't ever be able to love her properly. A part of me was afraid that I'll be too broken myself to be able to give her what she deserved. Despite my doubts I didn't pull away. Her soft lips touched mine and I was thrown back to the first time this happened, when I was leaving. My head buzzed with delight. For a little bit the world seems to disappear and my problems float away. Then she pulled back and they all came crashing down on me and suddenly I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders again.

Calypso looked at me with a wide smile. I tried to smile back just as wide but I couldn't seem to do it. I couldn't understand why. All my life I had been able to smile my way through all the pain and trouble. My grin was always mischievous and cunning. I was always joking and there was always some kind of sparkle in my eyes, even if it was small. Now it seemed as though all the light in my eyes were gone and my grin couldn't even be forced anymore. It was like I had finally broken to the point of no return. It worried me.

If Calypso noticed she didn't seem too worried about it. "So, how about we pack, fix up Festus a little and tomorrow we can head out and back into the real world?" She asked with a smirk. I nodded and we got up to do exactly that. Calypso packed up her things while I checked on Festus who, surprisingly, didn't need that much fixed. He seemed okay enough to make it back to New York without any major problems. I was glad he didn't need any major renovations. I wasn't sure I was in the right mind to do it.

When the sun was starting to set we sat down and ate some vegetable soup Calypso had made. As we sat around the table Calypso talked happily. "I can't believe this is my last night here. I finally get to leave Ogygia. Oh, it's been so long, I can't wait to see what the world looks like now. I wonder has much has changed since the last time I saw it."

"A lot," I remarked. Calypso stuck her tongue out at me playfully and I tried for a smile back but it didn't work. Calypso looked at me concerned but I turned back down to my soup and stirred it around. I hadn't really eaten much. I had mostly just sat there and played with my food. I wasn't very hungry, I couldn't find the motivation to eat.

Calypso stood up and grabbed our bowls and put them back in her sink area. She frowned at all the soup still in my bowl but didn't saw anything. I changed into a pair of pajamas that Calypso had made for me the last time I was here and she changed into hers. I was wondering what the sleeping arrangements were going to be when Calypso said that the only place to really sleep was the bed. She offered to make a nest of blankets on the floor for either me or her if I felt uncomfortable with sleeping in the same bed as her. I shook my head. I was fine with sleeping in the same bed as her, in fact I kind of wanted to. Not because I wanted to do anything else with her but because I was afraid. I was afraid of the dark. I was afraid that if I went to sleep that I might never wake back up. I was afraid that I would stay in that dark forever. I was afraid that I would have another panic attack in the middle of the night with no one around to help. I was afraid that I would hear my moms voice again and never want to come back and join the rest of the world ever again.