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"My universe will never be the same I'm glad you came"

The Wanted


Ours

One Day At Home

By: Ary Hyuga

Beta: Sparkling-Iris


Leo's POV

"Please Reyna." I begged her again, she took a deep breath.

"Leo, I really think that's not a good idea." She insisted.

"Come on! Jason is out of town and Percy will be with Grover looking for a gift for Juniper." I tried to persuade her for the umpteenth time. Reyna sighed.

"Who will be there then?" She asked me.

"Frank, Nico, Charlie and Silena." I was going to put on one of the famous 'Valdez gamer afternoons.'

It was famous because they were amazing! A whole afternoon of GTA, Halo, Call of Duty, Need for Speed and even some Super Smash! This time I really wanted Reyna to come over because…well she was the only girl I knew that could kick my ass at Call of Duty; sad, but true.

"What will Hazel said when she finds out that her boyfriend passed the whole afternoon with me!?"

"She will say you are a lucky girl. Come on Reyna!" I said and she sighed again.

"Fine, pick me up at 5." I laughed.

"Oh no, I'll go for you at 1, because my mom wants you to eat with us." I added and she gasped.

"What!?" She practically yelled into the phone and I laughed.

"Hurry up." I said, "It's 12:50 already."

"Crap." I heard her say, and then she hung up. I burst out laughing.

"Is she coming?" I turned around and saw Nissa leaning on the door to my room.

"Yes." I answered and a pitting smile appeared on her face.

"She can't be prettier than Silena." And with that she left and went back to her own room, I just shook my head.

I took a quick bath, really excited about the afternoon that was waiting for me; I wore a black shirt, old jeans and my converses. I dried my hair and decided to wear a black cap.

I smiled to myself in the mirror; I had the feeling that it was going to be a great day.

I was in a very good mood when I walked into the kitchen, where Beckendorf was helping my mom with the food.

"Is she coming?" My mom asked when she saw me.

"Yeah." I answered, taking a seat in front the breakfast bar that was in the middle of the kitchen.

"I made fried chicken, potato salad and macaroni and cheese." She said looking at her dishes, and then she looked back at me "Do you think she'll like it?"

I beamed at her, "She will love it." My mom smiled back and I looked at the clock next to the refrigerator, noticing that it was about time I should get Reyna.

"I'll go to pick her up." I stood up and Charlie looked at the clock too.

"Let's go little buddy." He said, leaving the dishes that he was washing "We have to pick up our women."

I almost gagged at the dreamily smile on my mother's face when we got out of the kitchen.

"You shouldn't say that in front of mom." I said and he laughed, but didn't answer.

He got into his jeep wrangler 1998 and started to drive to the beach, because Silena's house was a fancy house near Rehoboth Beach.

I went to my old Camaro and drove in the opposite direction, on my way to Road 324, to Reyna's house. It didn't take me more than 5 minutes to get there.

I parked at the corner of Fairway Ave and waited for her to come. I was about to send her a message telling her that I was already there when my phone started to ring. My eyes widened in surprise when I saw Percy's name on the screen.

"Hey."

"Wassup buddy." He answered, completely happy.

"How you doing with Juniper's gift?" Percy made a weird sound and then he answered.

"I'm starting to think that we'll never find a gift." I laughed, "Anyways, I'll leave Grover alone for going to the gamer's afternoon." I could hear Grover reproaching him.

"Oh what a great friend I have!" Grover said sarcastically.

"Dude, just take a damn box of chocolates and let's get out of here." Percy told him.

"Oh really!? That's what you'd give Annabeth!?"Grover retorted and I couldn't help but laugh.

"I'd give her a video game of construction and she would be happy forever." Percy answered him making me laugh again.

"Hey guys, I'm a little busy now." I reminded them and Percy's attention returned to me.

"Oh sure, so I'll see you at five o'clock." He said.

"Uh, I don't know if that's a good idea Perce."

"Why?"

"I've invited Reyna." Just in the moment I said it, Reyna got out of her house.

She was wearing a white sleeveless shirt, denim short and a pair of converses… she reminded me of Jennifer and then to Thalia, but then she looked at the Camaro, and her eyes twinkled and her smile grew.

The prettiest smile ever…

Nah, she was even more beautiful than Thalia and Jennifer together.

Please, note that I'd never say that out loud.

"Oh that's great, is the only chance for her to go out without Jason." Percy said and I furrowed my eyebrows.

"What about you?"

"I'm amazing with her," He said "Don't worry, see ya then." And he hung up.

Reyna opened the passenger door just as I put away my phone. She got into the car and I realized that it was the first time I'd seen her with her hair unbraided, and she seemed very beautiful.

"Hey!" She greeted me.

"Hey!" I replied, "You're wearing your hair loose." She smiled.

"Yep, and you're wearing a cap." Reyna noted and I grinned, nodding, before started to drive back home.

I parked my car at the entrance of the house. Charlie's jeep wasn't there yet. I looked at Reyna and she smiled at me.

"Uh…maybe I should warn you about my sister" I said, she frowned.

"Warn me? Why?"

"She's so obsessive with girly things, and I know you don't act as feminine and so…"I looked at her. She had her eyebrows raised.

"I'm sorry," She started, her voice sounded offended. "Are you saying that I act like a boy!?" She asked. Suddenly, I felt terrified and embarrassed.

"Is not that, just…you are not like Silena and…" I didn't knew what else to say, she had one eyebrow raised and she looked like she was challenging me to say something else.

Again, I felt terrified.

"Well," She said "Let's see what happens." Reyna got out of the car and I did the same, I opened the front door for her and once we were inside I yelled;

"We're home!"

Immediately, I heard some footfalls on the second floor and just seconds after that I saw my sister walking down the stairs.

"She's Reyna?" She asked, still standing on the last few steps. She was wearing a pink shirt that said 'Paris' with gray letters, denim shorts and a pair of pink sandals, her hair was falling down to her shoulders and her eyes were glued on Reyna.

"You must be Nissa!" Reyna said cheerfully, "You're so beautiful! I'm glad you don't look like your brother."

"Hey!" I protested, but before that I could say anything else, my mom emerged from the kitchen.

"Oh Reyna!" She said, a bright smile on her face.

"Mrs. Beckendorf?" Reyna asked, suddenly shy.

"Oh no," My mom answered while smiling, "Please call me Esperanza!" Reyna smiled at her.

"Gods Leo! She's even more beautiful than you told us!" I felt my face blush when Reyna looked at me, luckily she spoke, bringing the attention away from my embarrassment;

"Leo told me you are still cooking." She lied, I hadn't told her anything, "Would you like me to help you?" My mom eyes shone with excitement.

"That'd be great, I'm preparing fried chicken, hope you like it."

"Oh, I love fried chicken." Reyna replied, following my mom to the kitchen, I took a breath. What the hell was Reyna doing?

I looked over to my side to see Nissa frowning with her arms crossed over her chest.

"What's wrong?" I asked, smiling.

"She is extremely beautiful." She said, sounding almost angry, and then she looked at me. "She's almost as beautiful as Silena! How I'm I supposed to decide like who I want to be like?" I laughed and hugged her.

"Forget about it, be yourself." She tried to push me away but, come on I'm stronger than a ten year old girl, so it didn't work. "Besides, you're already beautiful." This time I let her go.

"If you say so." Nissa muttered angrily, walking to the kitchen, I laughed and followed her.

"I've always wanted to learn how to cook fish." Reyna was saying to my mom. "It's my favorite kind of food."

"Well you can come any day you want and I'd be happy to teach you." My mom offered, Reyna eyes widened in surprise and happiness.

"Are you serious? That would be so great!"

"Sure! Just tell Leo to bring you here." They both looked at me and I just shrugged.

"So Reyna…"Nissa started, taking a seat next to me at the breakfast bar. "What do you usually do?"

I saw my mom smiling but Reyna looked at Nissa with interest, like if she was talking to a congressman or something like that.

"Well, usually I'm studying; I'm trying to get in to a really hard university."

"You don't go to parties?" Nissa seemed shocked.

"Parties are not my thing." Reyna answered, I wondered if she had been thinking about the beach party when she said that.

"But you like to go shopping, don't you?" Nissa was raising an eyebrow and Reyna smiled.

"Is there any woman who doesn't?" My mom laughed, "Yes, I enjoy going shopping, especially with my sister. She used to work on a spa and she's really into fashion and that kind of stuff."

That impressed Nissa.

"And you worked at the spa too?"

Reyna laughed shyly before to answering. "Yeah, not as much as Hyllia, but I did." Nissa's smile got bigger.

"So you know about beauty! Can you give me some advice?" She didn't wait for Reyna to answer; just dragging her out of the kitchen to her room. My mom laughed at the scene, still cooking something…probably the macaroni.

"She's so nice Leo." She commented. I nodded.

"Yeah…she is."

"And she is the one that you CAN'T date?" I swear I saw the hint of a mischievous smile on my mom's face.

"Yes mom, she is."

"That's such a shame…she seems to like the family." I breathed out, frustrated.

"Don't even start with that, I've told you that-"

"Easy Leo," My mom interrupted me, "I'm just saying." The smile of her face didn't disappear, she was mocking me.

"I can't understand why you cause so much drama if she is just your friend." She said, I rolled my eyes.

"I don't want you to scare her away or anything." I said, "My amazing charm can't make up for my crazy family." My mom laughed.

"Sure honey," She turned back to look at me, "But there's no need to joke with me, I know you're afraid to lose her." My eyebrows drew together.

"How can I lose her if I don't even have her?" My mom raised an eyebrow.

"You have her friendship. Isn't that enough?" I felt my face blushing, for the first time my mom wasn't talking about us like a couple, but I had.

"I guess it is."

"Now go and rescue her from your sister, tell Nissa I want her to help me. We'll eat when Charlie and Silena arrive." I nodded and walked to Nissa's room. I could hear them chatting about beauty products when I got to the top of the stairs.

I arrived to Nissa's room and leaned against the door frame.

"And that's it, you have a pretty braid." Reyna said, tying the braid that she'd just made for my sister, "You can put some flowers on it and I'll look even more beautiful."

"That's a great idea!" Nissa seemed so excited that I couldn't hide my smile. "I'll show it to mom!" She stood up and ran down the stairs to the kitchen, ignoring me when she passed by my side. I saw her go downstairs and Reyna walked over to me.

"She's so sweet." She said with a smile.

"Yeah, she is." I answered, still looking at the stairs. Reyna laughed.

"Remember when you said that seeing you in love would be so funny?" I looked at her, confused.

"Yeah, what about it?"

"I think you're already in love with your little sister." I grinned.

"It's impossible to not love her!" She gave me a sweet smile and then looked into the hallway.

"So, which is your room?" I pointed at the wooden door in across from Nissa's room, and Reyna walked inside.

I followed her inside when she opened the door and gave a quick gaze around the room. Mentally, I thanked my mom for picking up the dirty laundry that was scattered haphazardly on my floor this morning. Except for that, my room was in a fairly good condition in cleanliness.

In the wall at the back was my closet. A white wardrobe without doors (I didn't liked the doors so "accidentally" broke them) was covering almost the whole wall. It was full of my old projects, especially the ones from the last science fairs, like the little solar system that Beckendorf helped me to do in 3rd grade. It was amazing because all the planets moved and so…

Also was there the little wall-e, the one that we (Beckendorf and I) used at the contest for "engineers family day" at my dad's company and… well, the list went on and on.

In a smaller quantity, there were also my clothes and some shoes.

The right wall was covered of posters, almost all of them for video games and some bands, also a few photographs (Piper forced me to paste them up there) of Piper and me when we were really little, and a few new ones of my friends. My favorite ones were the one of my family when Nissa was born and the football team's photograph at the beginning of the last season. Against the wall was also my bed, with the plain gray sheets that I loved.

In front of my bed was one of my two desks, my favorite one, in fact. It was a black drawing table, with a lamp in the right corner and a pencil container on the left one. It was just the perfect place to do all my sketching, and I just loved to pass my free time over there.

And in the wall on the left side of the door was the other desk, on it was my laptop and a lot of things that I preferred not to move because…well I'd probably lose them. This white desktop was full of incomplete projects, movies, chargers, papers, some school notebooks and various other things. It was a pretty big desk.

"For being a boy's room…" Reyna said after surveying my whole room, "It's not that bad." I laughed.

"I wonder how your room looks like."

She walked to the bed and sat on the edge of it.

"Like any other girl's room." She replied, then leaned back on her elbows, "Wow, your bed is really comfortable." She was right, it was pretty amazing.

She lay down and hugged the pillow, resting upside down.

I saw her back going up and down with her breathing, her hair had moved to the sides so I could see the back of her neck, I followed her white shirt through her whole back until that pretty curve level with her waist and those denim shorts that she was wearing were making it hard for me to control myself…I surprised myself by even thinking of how damn sexy she was looking right there, lying innocently on my bed.

I heard Beckendorf's jeep park outside and those sounds –thankfully– took my mind out of the gutter.

"We should go down." I said, "Silena would like to meet you."

Reyna just moaned. Crap! Why did she have to moan? I felt my face blush inadvertently.

"I don't want to wake up, your bed is so soft…"

"Uh, Reyna, come on." I insisted, and she breathed out. I felt so much better when she stood up and walked to the stairs.

Since that moment, I've never seen my bed in the same way.

Beckendorf was closing the front door when we got down the stairs.

Silena looked at Reyna and smiled to her, "You must be Reyna." She said with her charming smile, Reyna smiled back and held out her hand.

"Reyna Bellona" Reyna answered, shaking Silena's hand.

"Silena Beauregard, I've heard a lot about you Reyna." She said, Reyna gave me a quick glance and then directed her gaze back to Silena, smiling.

"Hope they were good things." She said.

Silena laughed throwing in another introduction, "Oh, and he's Charlie."

Beckendorf held his hand out to Reyna and she shook it, "Charles Beckendorf, I'm this little bug's brother."

Reyna laughed and answered; "Nice to meet you."

"So Reyna, you already know Mrs. Esperaza?" Silena took Reyna's hand and started to drag her to the kitchen, talking like if they'd been friends for their entire lives.

Beckendorf laughed when they got into the kitchen, leaving me and my brother in the front entryway.

"Good job Leo, she is so much better than your last lover." He said and I rolled my eyes.

"Oh, crap Charlie" I said in a very bad imitation of Silena, "You are so funny!" Beckendorf laughed even more and started walking to the kitchen, I followed him.

When we got inside we saw the girls laughing about something.

Charlie sat at the breakfast table and I leaned on the wall next to the door.

I looked at Reyna, there was a little smile on her face, but I knew that look in her eyes. She was concentrating, paying close attention on my mom's every move while she finished the macaroni. I couldn't help but think on how right it felt to have her there.

She looked at me and smiled over; again that pretty smile. All I could do was smile back at her.

Dinner turned out pretty good, in fact; it was funny that my mom insisted on telling the girls about embarrassing childhood moments. I was a little nervous when mom started to talk about any of them concerning me, because of Reyna's reaction, but she was fine about it.

After we ate, mom took Nissa to her swimming class, so just Silena, Charlie, Reyna and I stayed at home.

I didn't wanted to go back to my room because of those creepy thought from earlier, and Reyna didn't wanted to see "The new Cinderella" with Charlie and Silena so I took her to my favorite part of the house.

Reyna eyes opened with surprise when she got in to the garage.

"What is this?" She asked.

"Our garage." I answered like if it was the most obvious thing in the world. But the truth was that our garage looked more like a mechanical workshop.

There were some little cranes with motors hanging from them. A really big table was covered almost entirely with tools, planes, and little pieces of machinery.

The paradise for any mechanical engineer…

"Wow, do you know how to use all this stuff?" Reyna asked me, pointing at one of the cranes.

"Yep." I replied. She looked at me, her eyes full of surprise and something else, I couldn't recognize.

For the first time I felt I'd impressed Reyna. I tried not to blush at the realization.

"So, Miss Bellona, my little learner, have you ever considerate to get your own car and stop using me as your driver?" I joked, she was going to reply with something, but I added, "Not that I'm complaining." She laughed softly.

"Yeah, my mom is looking for a car for me." She said and I nodded.

"Well, none of my friends, especially the ladies, can drive if they don't know at least what the alternator is." I said. She raised an eyebrow.

"So, I'd have to pass the driving exam and also your mechanical exam?" She asked. I knew she was mocking me but still I humored her.

"Exactly!"

Time just flew while Reyna and I were at the garage. I taught her the basics on car engines, their names, functions and how to know if isn't working properly.

Reyna was a very good listener and she learned extremely fast. She was so interested in our "class" that she even was annoyed when Charlie got in to the garage to tell us that Frank and Nico had arrived.

After twenty five minutes of GTA, Nico gave up and had to resign to the fact that Reyna just kicked his ass with a Porsche 911.

Reyna and Silena ended with being a murder machine at Call of Duty, and like always, Charlie and I destroyed everybody at Super Smash Bros.

At the middle of the game between Brazil and Argentina on the PES 2012, Percy and Grover arrived.

Ok, I'll admit I was so nervous about Reyna's reaction right then. I didn't know why, but I was expecting her to start yelling something at Percy or to suddenly get all serious and ask me to take her back home or something…

But she was so busy with Beckendorf while he taught her how to play that she didn't even note when Percy arrived.

When she finally took notice of his presence, she just looked at me while raising an eyebrow. I shrugged and she rolled her eyes in return.

We played every single game that we had. When my mom got back she brought us fried potatoes and popcorn.

Nico made the mistake of saying that "girls weren't made to play videogames" and Silena and Reyna went all the way in making him lose in every single game big time. To be fair, Charlie and I helped them with that.

It was about 8:30pm when Reyna's cellphone started to ring. She left her controller and went outside to answer, but we kept on playing Halo.

A few minutes later, I noted that Reyna still hadn't come back and that Percy had suddenly disappeared.

Without thinking, I left my control and went outside where Reyna had went to answer her phone.

I found her in front of Percy, they both were laughing, but both were keeping their distance. Percy smiled at me when he saw me coming.

"Hey buddy, come here." He said. I gave a questioning look to Reyna but she smiled encouragingly.

"I just was apologizing to Reyna because…" He looked at her and shrugged, "because of everything."

Reyna gave him a sincere smile and I realized with happiness that it was completely friendly between the two. Reyna didn't have feelings for Percy anymore.

"Well…I'll be inside then." I said, about to head back in, but Percy stopped me.

"No, it's ok. I'm done here." He said, he gave me friendly smile and walked inside the house. I looked at Reyna and she was biting her lower lip, trying not to smile.

"What's going on?" I asked and she just shook her head.

"Nothing, repair boy." She said, "I'm just…happy."

I got closer to her and she hugged me. It felt so natural…so right.

"Thanks for inviting me." Reyna said a moment later. I laughed softly.

"Thanks for kicking Nico's ass." I said back, and now she laughed, "Since now you and Silena are going to be our special guests." I said and her smile grew.

"My mom called," She went on to say. "It's getting late, I think it's about time for me to leave."

"Fine, but say goodbye to my mom, or she'll kill me." She laughed.

We got inside the house again, Reyna said goodbye to all of the guys and Silena decided it was her time to leave too.

I joined them while they went to the garage to tell my mom they were leaving, and my mom invited the two to come back next day, Silena accepted but Reyna said her mom was going to pass a day at home so she couldn't come. My mom seemed disappointed so Reyna promised to come back some other day.

I opened the Camaro's door for Reyna and then I got inside, starting the engine to take her back home. She smiled during the whole drive.

"Do you had a good time?" I asked her once we were on the corner of Road 324 and Fairway Ave.

A big smile on her face appeared before to answer me; "I had one of the best times of my life. Thanks for inviting me."

I was so glad, so happy, that she had enjoyed the day at my house. I honestly couldn't wait to pass another amazing day like that with her again.

"I'm glad you joined us." I answered.

"Would you mind if I take some cooking classes with your mom?" She asked me shyly, I pretended to look hurt and offended.

"So you only want to come back because of my mom and not because of me!?" I asked and she laughed.

"Of course I don't mind, Reyna" I answered honestly, looking into her eyes. "I'd love you to have you come over to my house for the whole summer if you wanted."

She blushed and smiled at my answer. Then she approached to me and kissed my cheek. I felt my face blush a deep red and my heart beat faster.

"Thanks, Leo. See you then." And with that she got out of the car. She ran to her house and looked back at the Camaro once she was at the front door.

I stood there, shocked, trying to process what just had happened.

She had kissed my cheek.

"She kissed my cheek…" I said out loud to myself. I smiled, feeling the happiness blossom inside me, and started to drive back home.


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