Thanks for the reviews! You people are great! I want to use the song Snuff by Slipknot but I don't know the whole song so just bear with me. I think that's it for now!

Disclaimer: I have a cousin whose name is RRick

The hours ticked by slowly as Leo coughed up the water he had inhaled. He should have known better than to try fixing the mast in the rain, especially after his injury from earlier that week. Every time he tried to breath, his chest hurt and he was trying not to let on that anything was wrong. He had stood on the railing of the ship, venting to nonexistent people about his nonexistent friends. They said they cared but he still had trouble believing it.

His head pounded from him being upside down so long, hanging off the edge of his bed. He was hoping that would make it easier to cough up the water. Nope.

He sighed and stumbled out of his cabin, to the engine room where the strings of a guitar and the keys of a piano spoke softly to him. On his way there, he thought.

About the quest.

About his mom.

About Calypso.

About life in general.

It seemed to make so much sense now. Why everything he had was taken away. He must be the weakest. Out of all of the demigods, he was the scrawny one. The outsider. The Repair Boy. He was easily broken, so, naturally, he was the first to lose what little he loved. The last to be broken were The stronger ones. But, then again, maybe he was the only one broken. The idea made sense to him. But it still confused him. Wasn't he supposed to be one of the most important of the whole demigod species? Maybe it wasn't him. Maybe he was just a filler. Like 'Hey, we can't find anyone else, so let's toss this fire kid in!'. Not cool, Fates.

Lost in his thoughts, he ran into the engine room door. For a minute, he layed there, wondering if the others would freak out if they found him here asleep. But then he remembered why he came and picked himself up, stumbling into the engine room.

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Annabeth walked to the kitchen, hungry enough to eat a Camel. She had't had much to eat. She was in her room. Doing... Things. She kept the door locked and gave only Piper, Hazel, and Percy the password. She would like to say that she was making some mastermind plan but she actually built a fort and read a book, occasionally talking to Piper and Hazel, who had started playing chess. Her hair wasn't brushed, and she was still wearing what she wore to bed. Annabeth was having a 'me' day. The only thing she had eaten was a very large stack of twinkies. Her main beverage was a package of juice boxes. The only time she exited the room was to pee or check on everybody else.

She was a mess but, Hades, did it feel good. Passing the engine room, she heard noise. So, being the curious child of Athena she was, she peeked through the door.

Leo sat with his back turned to her. He strummed the guitar slowly as he stared off into space. He sighed and set the guitar down, rubbing his eyes. A floor board creeked under her feet. Leo didn't bother turning around.

"You know you could come in instead of standing in the doorway." He said, breathing unevenly from his injured rib. Annabeth shuffled in and slid down on the floor beside him. He stared at the wall in front of him. She watched as his cheat rose and fell quickly. He took a particularly large breath and clutched his ribs, his eyes closed. She furrowed her eyebrows.

"Are you okay?" She asked. He chuckled weakly.

"Physically or emotionally?" He asked bitterly. She reached I to his tool belt and summoned a square of ambrosia, handing it to him. He ate slowly, still clutching his ribs.

After the square was gone, he visibly relaxed.

"What happened?" She asked, softly. He leaned his head against the wall.

"Felll out of the crow's nest earlier this week." She nodded. They sat in silence. A long and empty period of time in which they sat, side by side. She put an arm around him and pulled his small frame into her embrace. He put his head on her shoulder. His breathing became slow.

Annabeth layed him on his bed roll and covered him up. She kissed his forehead and left the room.

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Breakfast the next morning was tense. They all knew that Leo was struggling to keep his mask on. To convinice them he was okay. Jason looked at his friend, curiously.

"You have that look." He said. Leo tilted his head.

"You're in love." The others stared a Leo, expectantly. He sighed and began tapping his fingers.

"What do you guys want to know about her?" He asked. Jason thought.

"Everything." Leo nodded.

"So it starts as I'm literally falling through the air. I saw an island below me and hurried to build something to slow my fall. I still crashed but not hard enough to hurt me. There was a crater where I landed and I crashed through a dining table." The others gave him a look.

"So as I'm getting up, this girl comes up to me. And she flips out, upset that I broke her dining table. Who even puts a dining table on a beach? Anyway, we argued for a while. And then I went and made a little shack and started building something to get me off the island. She came to complain about the noise." Before Leo could continue, Hazel asked a question.

"What did she look like?" Leo looked at Percy with an emotion in his eyes that looked like anger.

"Percy can tell you exactly what she looks like. He met her once." Percy's eyes widened.

"You landed on Ogygia?" He asked, shocked. Leo didn't answer and went back to his story.

"The next day she came down wearing red, which I thought was odd because it happened to be my favorite color. She gave me some food and used her magic to get the thing I was making to work. I saw Reyna. And then she asked if she was my girlfriend. My Penelope. My Annabeth." Something clicked and Jason covered his mouth with his hand, his eyes wide.

"I told her, no, Reyna was not my girlfriend. The next day she came down, wearing jeans and a T-shirt and she helped me. A while after that, a magic raft showed up and she helped me load my stuff up. But before I left, she gave me a fireproof jacket, a fireproof bag and a crystal from her cave. Before I left, she.." Leo trailed off, his cheeks became red and he looked down. Piper gasped, and the others looked at her. Piper looked at Leo.

"She kissed you, didn't she." Leo looked down and nodded, his cheeks still burning. Piper smiled as Leo continued.

"Then she looked at me and said " That didn't happen." And then she walked away. As I floated away, I said "I'll come back for you, Calypso. I swear it on the River Styx."

Annabeth stood up.

"You met Calypso? The daughter of Atlas? The sorceresses?" She shrieked. Leo stood up, not even bothering to mask his anger.

"I don't care what the myths say! She is not just a wicked sorceresses!"

"She cursed me!" Annabeth argued. "When we met the arai, I received her curse! I thought Percy had left me!" Leo punched the table.

"I would have done the same!" He yelled. She stepped back, surprised.

"Leo, wha-" He cut her off.

"She carries a curse too! Every hero who comes to her island will always have a reason to leave! But they can't leave until she falls in love with them! Her curse is to always be alone! To have her heart stomped on over and over again! To love people who have to leave her!" He bellowed as every body stared at him, eyes wide.

"She has to fall in love with people like Percy! The savior. The hero. The cliche hero! That's why she cursed you, Annabeth! Imagine having three people almost exactly like Percy who you fall in love with, but they all leave for someone else or something else!" Leo turned away and rubbed his eyes, furiously.

"Her curse is to live like me. The only difference is that she's on an island." He walked away. Out of the room. The others stared at where he disappeared behind the doorway.

They were not expecting that.

Hi, guys! I really like this chapter because Leo is letting everything out. It reminds Mr of a quote that I read. I don't remember exactly what it said but it was really deep.

-R