How are you guys? I hope your day is going well. By the way...

Okay so is anyone like super duper annoyed when your reading a good story and then the next chapter is something like 'sorry never posting again'? Like I'm just like ._.

Anyway, story time!

I caught my breath as the Cotton-Eyed Joe song turned to the 5th round. I walked over to the buffet table and got a drink of water. I was drinking when Leo said 'boo!'.

I put my cup down, unfazed.

"Leo. That would've been really bad if you had scared me."

He laughed.

"I knew you wouldn't get scared. That's why I did it."

"Hmm. Well I'll be back. I've gotta use the bathroom."

"Works for me."

What do you think? Should I do Leo's POV? I'm gonna try it.

Leo's POV

I was having a great time. Except for the part that I could feel Calypso's eyes boring into my back. Goodness. She needed to let go. I had a flashback to our first date.

"Open your eyes!" I pulled my hands back from Calypso's face, revealing the picnic date I had set up for us. It was set up under a big oak tree that had many roots, but two of them formed a big heart that we ended up sitting in. You could call it a cliff, since on one side there was a drop down to a river.

"Leo! It's beautiful. I love it." I grabbed the picnic basket and we unraveled the blanket and sat down. We finished fairly quickly, eating apples, sandwiches, and having sparkling cider. While I cleaned up, Calypso sat on the edge of the cliff and dangled her legs over the river.

"Leo! We should go down there. Dip our toes in the river." She started to climb down.

"Okay. I'll be down in a second." I packed up everything then climbed down. She dipped one of her toes in, then her whole foot, then the other foot. Suddenly a huge current swept in and Calypso was literally swept of her feet as the water carried her downstream.

"Leo! Help!" I personally didn't think the current was that strong but went after her all the same. I dived in and swam with the current, reaching her easily. She hopped in my arms before I could pick her up, and I hopped to the grass on the side, heading back up the hill to the oak tree. She asked if she could have the picnic blanket to dry off, so I gave it to her.

"That was fun, right?" I liked swimming.

"No! It was not fun! The current swept me downstream and I couldn't do anything."

"Well, when that happens, go to the side where the grass is, or, this is optional but recommended, bring a hot hunk like me so I can help you out."

Calypso growled, which caused me to laugh.

"What's so funny? I don't really think that was funny."

"Do you need to cool off? I know a great plac-"

"NO! Leo. No. I'm just gonna go now. See you at school." She trudged away with the blanket, and after she was gone, I laughed even harder.

Well, that explained it. Almost every date I had with Calypso went wrong one way or another. At Chic-fil-a, they served her the wrong food. At the Library, they were out of stock of all the books she wanted. And she blamed all of it on me.

I saw Reyna walk in from across the room. I couldn't focus on the past. I ran over to meet her.

Reyna's POV

Leo ran towards me. But he wasn't alone. I saw Calypso speed-walking behind him, hurrying to catch up.

"Leo..." I whispered when he caught up. "You've got company."

He turned around and saw her.

He looked back and took my hand.

"Please dance with me before she asks."

"Fine." And we went to go get buried in the crowd.

-After the dance in the car-

"That was fun! Did you enjoy it?" Hazel asked, looking back at Leo and I in the backseat.

"Definitely. Tons of fun." I said.

Leo nodded.

"I really liked it."

"So we'll drop Leo off first." Hazel said, then continued to give Frank directions to his house.

I blinked rapidly. My eyes were getting droopy. Before I could do anything about it, I let my head fall to what I'm pretty sure was Leo's lap. I was about to get back up when I realized how tired I was. It didn't matter. Tomorrow would be different.

-Tomorrow-

I drummed my fingers on the table. I looked a couple seats down and saw Leo spinning his pencil. He caught my eye and smiled. I returned the smile. He held up a folded piece of paper, then passed it to his left, which just happened to be Percy. Percy nodded at Leo and handed it to me.

I carefully opened it, trying not to make a lot of noise. It read:

Dear Reyna,

Thank you for going to the dance with me last night. It helped me in front of Calypso, and I had a lot of fun! And I noticed you liked the jellybeans a lot. I think thats cool- I do as well! I'm sorry if you got pulled into any drama with Calypso, and I'll do my best to get you out.

Your friend,

Leo

I was just about to write a note back thanking him for his note when the teacher called our attention.

"Alright students! Our student council leader, Callie, is going to give us a talk on relationships. Act appropriately, I'll be in the bathroom." Mr. Matrek speedwalked out of the classroom, leaving Calypso with the spotlight.