Guess who had oral surgery today? *raises hand meekly* IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE END Thanks to: ERIK THE VIKING: Thanks! KORYANDRS: Thanks! I know, but I'm just followed along the lines of the music, and that's where the song 'Benny's Dispatch' ends! SONOFTHETRIGOD: Aw, thanks! I didn't get to see it live either D: IT WENT OFF TOURING IN 2008 WHY DIDN'T I LIKE BROADWAY BACK THEN?! ALEXANDRA JACKSON ROCKS HADES: Thanks! SEABREEZE DAUGHTER OF POSEIDON: Aw, that means so much to me. You are amazing, lemme tell you that. I'm getting teary, see? We are getting sappy together D: AGREYMOOD: I know, right? GUEST: Totally!

Enjoy:

Reyna walks down the boarded down streets and avenues of Half-Blood Heights. She knows that she'll be walking down real streets with expensive tar and… stores with windows that aren't cracked.

The elevator train crackles loudly, but Reyna isn't fazed. She's been dealing with the rattling screams since she was a little girl, and it doesn't disrupt her dreams. The elevator train distracts her from her drunk sister waiting for her at home so she could binge the money REYNA earned at the salon to buy liquor.

Others walk fast, holding their ears like the elevator was some monster than would destroy their minds (and their hearing) if they didn't get away from it as fast as they could. But Reyna doesn't mind one bit.

Once in a while, Reyna will find a guy that seems fairly mature, and he'll take her out to some cheap Chinese restaurant, and they'll walk along the avenue. They'll act like the noise is murdering him, and beg to turn around. They'll walk the other way, but Reyna won't call him again.

Call her immature, but when she finds the guy who isn't defeated by a simple elevator train, she might give him a chance.

One day, she'll be running to that elevator train, and going away. It won't be long now.

Reyna continues to walk down the streets, ignoring the crude wolf-whistles and repulsing hollers they send out from their rusted pick-up trucks. Their 'manly' attitude doesn't stop her, however. If she wants to get a boyfriend, it won't be with some cocky guy who whistles from his Chevy because he has nothing good to say.

One day, she'll be hopping in a limousine and riding away.

The neighborhood boys begin to corner her near Leo's bodega, and before she knees them all in the groin, she slams herself against the wall and mumbles through the window; "Ay, Leo. SOS."

Their plan was put into effect; Leo strolls out of his stand, a water gun painted black sitting in his back pocket. He approaches the other guys and hold out the water gun; pretending to put it into safety.

The guys back away slowly, hands up in surrender. "Sorry, bro."

Nico glares at Leo to keep talking to her.

"Reyna! If it isn't the loveliest girl in the place." Leo says quickly, and puts on his best smile. He (hopefully) discreetly turns to Nico, who is grinning with both of his hands in thumbs up.

Reyna smiles, and then wrinkles her eyebrows. "Uh, you've got some schmutz on your face." She reaches over to wipe it off his face.

Leo blushes bright maroon, and all of the Heights could probably hear Nico burst of laughter. Leo looks to his cousin for help, who just smirks.

Nico strolls out of the bodega and yells, "Good morning!" He then looks to Leo, and he nods his head in response.

"Good morning!" They repeat in unison. Reyna rolls her eyes but smiles.

"Reyna…" Nico starts dancing (slightly weirdly, if you ask Leo, but Nico can pull it off.)

"Reyna…" Leo loosely echoes, but refuses to dance with him.

Piper from the salon next door interrupts Nico's little dancing session by screaming, "Rey! I'm thirsty! Please hurry!"

Reyna looks to Leo sheepishly and asks, "Can I get a Pepsi and some packing tape?"

Leo jogs into the bodega, and Nico decides it's time he takes this opportunity into his own hands.

"Uh, Reyna? My cousin's been meaning to ask you…" Nico begins, and Leo peeks his head through the delivery window.

"Yes?" Reyna motions for him to continue.

"What would a lady such as yourself be doing tonight?" Nico smiles, he put it perfectly. Meanwhile, Leo is ready to go and drag Nico back inside.

"Does your cousin dance?" Reyna asks, hoping he won't say he dances like Nico.

Nico smirks again. "Like a drunk Chita Rivera." Leo has had enough, he walks through the door nonchalantly, like he hadn't heard a thing.

Reyna begins to walk away slowly to the salon. "Well, we can check out a few clubs after Annabeth's dinner and maybe we can go see the fireworks. After all, it is Fourth of July, Leo. Have you forgotten?" By then, Reyna's already at the salon, and the bodega owner is flabbergasted.

"See what I can do?" Nico says, and Leo stays against the bodega door. A few minutes later, he breaks his silence.

"Oh my god, what just happened? Nico reaches a hand out to help him up, but Leo scurries away from it like its poison.

"Don't touch me, I'm really hot. See what I did there? YES!" Leo babbles, grinning uncontrollably. "What happened again? I'm going out with Reyna to-nite! This is awesome! And you'll know… Everyone will know! Don't stop-"

Nico wishes he could say that he walked back to the bodega after Leo's little love spaz attack but he kinda basked in the glory of Leo's victory. "-We'll still continue!"

"Did you see me?"

"Freaky-Freakit!" Leo and Nico shout. Nico rolled his eyes at himself, but it's for Leo so…

"What a way to begin the weekend? Nico, go in the bodega. Anything you want is free, man! And my dearly beloved Mexico, I haven't forgotten-"

"You!" Nico continues.

"Gonna see this honey, make a little money, and one day I'll hop Jet-"

"Blue!"

"But until that fateful day I'm grateful I've got a destination. I'm running to make a home and home's what Reyna's running away from."

The two head back into the store and Reyna walks along the streets, smiling.

She works for the salon, the hub for all the ladies to gossip and get the best makeover east of the Bronx. Reyna will cut their hair, as they'll chat about the brand new and broken couples of the Heights. Piper's salon doesn't pay her the money that she really needs, but she doesn't mind. She'll be leaving soon anyway.

Walking down the streets and avenues, she hears the jumbo jets soaring through the sky, and she knows that she'll be on one of those soon.

All the years she's been trying, and soon it'll be time to collect the reward. Reyna will walk to JFK and… fly.

It won't be long now.

Any day.

IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE: MY STORY PLAYLIST IS GOING TO HAVE A SEQUEL WITH OCS. THE FORM IS ON MY PROFILE UNDER ALL THE CRAP ABOUT THE DAUGHTERS OF OLYMPUS AND BRIDES, ONLY ACCEPTED THROUGH PM SO MY STORIES DONT GET REPORTED. ALL WILL BE ACCEPTED. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE :)

THANKS, DAISY XOXO