dedicated to DandelionsAndDaydreams because A. she sent me the LONGEST review I've ever gotten, and it was sweet and critiqued me and just had overall everything I'd like to get in a review! and B. In this review, she brought up a good point: where is Leo in my story chapters?

Let me explain it to everyone: I used to hate Leo. I thought he was annoying, and his jokes weren't that funny, and I felt like he was trying too hard to be funny. That being said, I've reread TLH a few times since then, and he's grown on me. Now, this is recently, so I haven't quite found a place for him in these chapters yet. Until tonight! But IDK how IC he is, just because through alot of the book I would skip over whatever Leo said, I disliked him THAT much. But I'm trying to put him IC, I hope I did him justice. c: I also want to apologize for not putting him in here sooner, that's kind of selfish of me to not put him here just because I didn't like him. I put Percy/Reyna, and, to be fair, I'll try putting more Leo.

ha, I'm supposed to be getting ready to go bowling with friends right now. My friend has decided to double date, so she's setting me up with a "secret Mr McDreamy." should be interesting xD

aaaanyway, enjoy!

8. Innocence

It felt weird to pull pranks with Leo and Jason. To feel like everything was normal, even though it was far from that.

Now Jason didn't remember those times where they stood and watched as Coach Hedge tried to figure out who had put vanilla pudding in his shampoo (he knew it was the three of them when Leo had earlier asked him if he'd put something new in his shampoo because it smelled really good. Way to blow our cover, Piper thought.) Or the time that Leo had stuck whoopie cushions under the Coach's feet while he was asleep, causing quite an uproar when he woke up and was so surprised by the noise that he fell out of his chair.

Now they all three knew about their godly parent.

Now they all three knew that those memories were fake.

To say it was weird to pull pranks at Camp Half-Blood would be an understatement. But to say it was fun was definitely true.

Knowing that those fake memories were gone, Piper had gotten a new thrill when Leo had ushered the couple behind a large rock to watch the fireworks-literally- go off.

"Hid a few in a jacket of an Ares kid." He winked at Piper. "Should be explosive."

She laughed, then ducked down further behind the rock when a couple of Aphrodite kids passed them. Wow, they looked like... well, snobs. Most were, but Piper had found a few of those in her cabin that weren't so bad. She was finally growing accustomed to Camp Half-Blood life. But if you hang out with the wrong crowd, you'd end up like the rest of them: a pretty snob.

Piper was more than that.

"Oh, here he comes, here he comes!" Leo pulled Piper out of her reverie. His face was lit up like a kid on Christmas. He really got too much enjoyment from pulling pranks. Jason, on the other hand, looked incredibly nervous, like he thought this plan would completely backfire.

Jason looked over at Leo. "Wait- did you say it was an Ares kid that you hid that firework in?"

Leo kept his eyes on the target, a burly boy walking around with a sword in his hand, probably going to sharpen it. "Yeah. Why?"

Jason looked anxious but simply said, "Oh. Okay. Just so we're clear, I had nothing to do with this."

Piper bit back a smile. He'd probably never pulled something like this at Camp Jupiter.

Leo held up a little remote with a big red button that said 'DO NOT PUSH'. He grinned at his friends. "I just couldn't resist."

Leo pushed the button.

All three heads looked forward at the chaos as a roar of explosions came out of the boy's pocket (don't be a perv xD). Apparently, one of the fireworks had stayed inside the boy's pocket, while the others launched in all different directions, crackling and sparkling in a wonderful array of colors.

The boy was panicking, dropping his sword and trying to outrun the firework, which didn't work. Piper couldn't blame him though; she'd be freaking out too if her pants were on fire.

But, since it wasn't happening to her, Piper couldn't help but laugh a little. Leo was literally rolling on the ground laughing. She turned to see how Jason reacted, but he was no longer beside Piper.

She looked up, and he was already jogging over to the guy, who was now rolling on the grass, trying to get rid of the fire. Jason helped him up, then held up his hands in a gesture of apology.

The Ares camper stormed off, obviously angry. Jason walked back over to them and glared at Leo. "He asked me if I knew who did this. You're lucky I didn't give you up. You so owe me your dessert tonight."

"What!" Leo gaped up at his friend. "Aw, c'mon man! You know I need my sugary sweets!" Piper rolled her eyes at this. Gods knew that boy did not need any more suger.

"If you really want your piece of cake, I'm sure I could go tell Dennis-"

"No, no! Fine. Take your stupid pudding."

The boys continued to grumble, but Piper ignored them, lost in thought.

Well, one thought, actually. The thought made her smile.

Jason, you are such an innocent.

Hope you enjoyed! sorry if it's not as much Leo as some may have liked, I just wasn't sure if I could do him justice in his POV. I'd rather write from another POV about him. c: Like I said, I'm only just getting used to him, he used to annoy the snot out of me, so I hope that didn't show in this chapter!

gonna go get ready for mystery date, but feel free to review, and SA, AA, and all that!

Blegh. School starts Aug. 6, and I still haaven't finished my summer assignments :C not good