There was a request for a Caleo chapter, so here you go! This is for hollyhobbit101. :)


Leo POV: Set after the House of Hades/during the Blood of Olympus

"Leo, you're spacing off again."

That voice pulled me out of my thoughts, and I flicked my gaze around, finding Piper calling for me. Her eyebrow was risen high on her head, her multicolored eyes looking at me expectantly. I knew Jason thought her eyes were pretty, but I much preferred a different set of eyes. Dark, almond-shaped ones.

"Sorry, Beauty Queen, I was just admiring my reflection again." I gestured to the glass in front of me that my palm was wrapped around, my face pulling into my signature smirk. Of course, that wasn't what I was thinking about. But I wasn't going to tell her who I was dwelling on; the teasing would be endless.

Piper rolled her eyes, shifting in her position snuggled up against Jason. "Well, Percy asked you if you were going to finish your taco."

I glanced towards Percy, who was waiting like a puppy for food. "Nah, man. You can have it."

Percy grinned lopsidedly at me, then dove to my plate, gobbling up my extra taco, much to Annabeth's disgust.

The seven were sitting around in the kitchen of the Argo II, everybody relaxing. We had just finished off a few monsters that ambushed us, so we had been hungry. But most of us had eaten our fill already. Percy was the only one still chowing down food (that guy can pack, man). The others were probably thinking of home, or what life will be like after the war. If we survive, that is. I, however, was stuck to thinking about a girl. A girl I'd left back on an island. A girl that I wanted nothing more than to see right then.

I felt a pair of eyes trained on me, and I turned to see Jason looking curiously over to my direction, his arm wrapped around his girlfriend. I was glad the rest of the seven had the one they loved with them, but whenever I saw them, I just got jealous. I wanted to be able to do that with a specific girl, but that wasn't possible at the moment.

"What?" I asked my friend , reaching into my tool belt to draw out a few miscellaneous items to mess around with.

"You just seem… off." I frowned at Jason's reply, but the son of Jupiter continued before I could say anything. "I don't know, you just keep staring off into nowhere with a distant look. You okay?"

"Pfft, I'm fine," I reassured him with a wave of my hand. The others were looking at me as well, but I pressed on. "Seriously, guys. I'm just thinking about how we're going to repair that dent in the hull." They glanced between each other, but shrugged and continued with their own conversations.

Lies. All lies, my mind mused.

Of course I wasn't fine. I missed someone. A lot. But I wasn't going to tell them that. Besides, I had to focus. The war was almost here, and we really needed some battle strategies.

I had suggested that when we meet the monsters, I just run to the middle of the fight and yell, "LEO'S THE FREAKIN' MCSHIZZLE!" and all the monsters would probably freeze from my pure awesomeness.

But they didn't like that plan, for whatever reason. I thought it was great. I just think they cared about me too much to let me do something that dangerous. Yeah, that was definitely it.

After a few moments, my hands had constructed something out of wires, duct tape, and oil. What else do you need in this world, right?

I set it on the table, and everybody's eyes turned to it. I twisted one thing, and it started up.

It was a mini fountain, with wires instead of stone, and oil instead of water. A round base supported the spout, which reached up and twirled around in an intricate, unique way. This all could fit on the palm of my hand. Don't ask me how I did it, I just made random things when I had a lot on my mind.

"That…" Percy trailed off, narrowing his eyes at the fountain. "That looks familiar."

"Does it?" I asked, feigning surprise. I lifted a shoulder. "I don't know, I was just messing around. I have no idea what it is." Yet another lie.

You see, this fountain was the exact replica of one that I had seen before. The one that was on Calypso's island. The girl I'd just been daydreaming about, as well as wistfully wishing I could see her. Seeing this fountain brought me back, my mind going to the days I spent with Calypso. Her and I hating each other at first, then growing together slowly. At first it was her charming attitude (total sarcasm) that got my attention. Then the way her mouth curved as she smiled when I did something stupid. Then her eyes, the way they sparkled when she talked about something she loved. Then her laugh.

Before I knew it, I was all over this girl, never getting enough of her grins or funny faces she made. I meant it when I promised I'd go back to get her. I was planning on it, and it would happen- no matter what. She had me wrapped around her finger, and the best I could do was just follow my heart. Yeah, go ahead and laugh at my cheesy line, but it was true.

The day before I left, I had taught Calypso one thing in morse code: I love you. Whenever my mind drifted towards her- which happened very frequently- I always found myself absentmindedly tapping out those three words. On my knee, on a chair, on the wall as I walked down the hallway. Just now I saw my fingers doing it on the table, taps that would mean nothing to someone else, but everything to me and Calypso.

I knew it was a slim chance, but I hoped, with all I had, that Calypso hadn't forgotten me.

And that somewhere out in the world, Calypso was doing the exact same thing.

I needed to get up and start working on repairing the ship, but for the moment, I was lost in my thoughts.

Stop thinking about it, I told myself. You're just going to bring your mood down even more. I sighed, my fingers repeating the message one more time before I got up.

I love you.


Gotta love Caleo, huh? :)

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