A/N: Here we are again! CH. 7! I'm writing this almost exactly after I wrote chapter 6, so yea. I hope y'all enjoy! I've also thrown out my outline, but that's okay, it was all a rough draft anyway, I don't need it. YOLO!

BEFORE WE START THIS STORY, I released a new one! It's called Live, and it's honestly my favorite story idea I've written so far. Please, go check it out, and leave a review if you think I need to change anything!

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN PJO OR HOO, THOUGH IT'D BE DOPE.

LEO

I wake up with a start, pulling my head up from my work bench. I look around, finding nothing out of the ordinary. I sighed deeply and stood up. I pushed aside my keyboard. On my monitor was a small command prompt. I've been trying to get into the schools' servers all weekend, but it wouldn't click. I had to have been missing something, but I was drawing blanks.

I looked out my window, looking at the kids playing at the park across the street. It was relatively early, but 9 is early for me, so maybe it's just me. I walked to the bathroom and splashed water on my face, picking my head up, and looked into the mirror.

What I saw looking back at me, I was relatively proud of. I had messy brown hair that suited me, as well as chocolate brown eyes that fit well. I had relatively clean skin, occasional oil smudge, but no acne so woo!

I pulled on a

-Line Breakakakakkakakakakakakaakkaka-

It's been another 3 hours and I still haven't gotten into the server. I pushed away from my desk, leaned back in my chair, then put my hands on my eyes, rubbing my strained eyes.

I keep my eyes closed for what feels like 5 minutes when I hear my phone go off. I pick it up absentmindedly and take a peak at who it could be that was texting me. Surprisingly, it's Jason. He's asking if I wanted to go see a movie with him, Piper, Percy, and Annabeth.

Desperate to get out of the house and focused on something else, I send a quick reply. I pick up my yellow pullover, slip on some black sweats, and a pair of black running shoes, then make my way to the garage. Before I leave the house, I write a note telling my mom and dad that I'd be out.

My wallet and keys are still in the car. It's in a garage, why pull them out? I take a glance at my old beat up Toyota truck, then hop in with a small grin on my face. Flashbacks of piecing this thing back together from the junk yard was definitely a project, but I loved every second of it. The inside was all custom and looked a lot newer than the outside of it.

I'll buff it out later I'd say, ignoring my dad's pleas. To be honest, I loved the rough exterior. It was kind of like me I guess. A little rough on the outside, but pure awesomeness on the inside.

I hop in and start the engine. I put on my seatbelt and wait for my console to pop up. As if on cue, the monitor turns on, showing a small golden dragon in the top right corner.

"Good Afternoon, Leo," the AI spoke, "How are you today?"

I got one of my old friends to voice it, and it was probably the last thing I had to remember of him. He moved away a while ago, and we haven't texted since. One day, I guess. I had started designing a model of Festus that would link to my phone, laptop, and watch so I could bring him anywhere, but it was taking a bit of time. Bluetooth would do for now.

"Hey, Festus!" I reply cheerily as always, "I'm great. Can you sync the address that Jason sent me and pull up the directions?"

"Done."

In what seemed like 5 seconds, the directions were pulled up to the monitor, and we were on our way to the theater.

-Line Break :P-

JASON

I dragged my hand down my face and rubbed my eyes. Currently, we were all arguing over what movie to watch.

"Why can't we watch Shazam!?" Percy questioned aloud. Annabeth was rubbing her temples in annoyance, not ready to let up.

"I'll tell you one last time," she replied, nearly fuming, "You learn nothing from that mind-numbing movie. In Apollo 11, you actually learn facts about the rocket itself."

"I agree with her on this one, bro," I replied, shrugging, "I'd rather learn about something interesting than just another origin story. Isn't that right Piper?" She was quiet for a little bit, like she was making a decision.

"I'm gonna have to go with Percy on this one," she said, flattening out her shirt, "We learn all day, every day, why not do something fun, watch something a little mind-numbing?"

"Yes!" Percy cheered, raising his arms above his head. A few people looked, but no one really cared.

"You didn't win yet, Seaweed Brain."

"Shush, Wise Girl, let me have this."

"We're tied," I say, interrupting their squabble, "Who do we call?"

"Leo!" Percy exclaimed. Him and Leo we decent friends, and had very similar personalities, so I could see why he was the obvious choice. It was almost guaranteed that he would pick Shazam… Almost. What he didn't realize though, is that Leo loved machines more than he loved anything else, so he would be going with Apollo 11.

"Fine," Annabeth started, realizing the same thing as I, "text Leo to come see a movie with us."

And so I did.

-Line Break-

LEO

I walked up to the theater with my hands in my pockets. I looked around at some of the local shops while I walked, but nothing interesting popped up. As I got closer, I saw two familiar blondes, and two familiar colourful eyed dorks next to them.

"Ladies, ladies," I say in a joking tone, "No need to fight, Leo McShizzle is here, and we can share."

Annabeth and Piper rolled their eyes, and the guys laughed with me.

"Dream on Leo," Piper said jokingly, "I'm into blondes.

"Oh," I say, feigning a confused look, "You thought I was talking to you? No no no sweet heart, I was talking to them." I pointed at both Percy and Jason, gaining a boisterous laugh out of Percy, while Jason snorted out his soda. Annabeth's and Pipers eyes both widened in shock. Well, Pipers did, I think Annabeth was more ready to fight than anything else.

Percy tried walking over to jokingly touch me when Annabeth pulled him back and held on to him for what seemed like dear life. It was now clear who the possessive one was.

"Awe," I say with a sickening sweet voice, "Percy, I think she likes you!" Percy chuckled then put his arm around Annabeth. Though I didn't like Annabeth as anything more than a friend, I was slightly jealous of them. They were both happy. I wanted that more than anything. One day…

"So, what are we watching?"

"Well," Jason started, glaring at Piper and Percy, "Right now it's between Shazam and Apollo 11. You're the deciding vote."

"I see," I said, scratching my chin, "Then I pick How To Train Your Dragon 3."

Everyone looks at me shocked, eyes wide. Annabeth looked especially shocked. I knew they would think I would pick Apollo 11 over anything, or that Shazam was a super hero movie so I'd pick that, but to be honest, Dragons were dope. I've loved Dragons since I was a child, and my mom and I would always read books about dragons. It's actually where I got the idea of Festus.

"W-What?" Annabeth asked, "You don't want to see Apollo 11?"

"Nah, I watched it already."

"But you also don't wanna see Shazam?" Percy asked curiously, yet also disappointed.

"No thanks, Billy Batson annoys me."

Everyone looked at each other and sighed. I just grinned then pulled them over to the ticket line, and we started talking about our weekends.

I gotta say, Jason had it rough. Being adopted is brutal, and then I promised to make him happy tomorrow during school with a prank. Piper and Jason had apparently been secretly dating for a while now – or so they thought – and just went public. They were cute to be honest.

I had zoned out by now, looking at Annabeth and Percy. Percy had his arm slung around Annabeth's shoulder, draping his hand over her arm, which Annabeth willingly held on to. They were definitely cute together, but I couldn't help but think Annabeth had a feeling of sadness in her eyes. It seemed like she was waiting for it all to fall apart. Percy on the other hand looked on top of the moon. He was ecstatic. I had to watch these too, or I'd be a godfather soon enough.

"What about when Percy started singing?" Jason mentioned, clapping Percy on the back.

"C'mon! You're the one who recommended it, can't we let it go?"

"I thought it was cute," Annabeth said, making Percy change his attitude.

"You want another one?" Percy asked, reaching for a guitar that wasn't there. Everyone simply laughed, and Annabeth slapped his chest. Leave it to Percy to get the group laughing.

I turned to look at the girl in front of us. She had caramel hair tied up into a messy bun, glasses, a clearly oversized knit sweater, and a pair of blue jeans on. It had a couple of rips on the legs, as well as a few black smudge marks. She was struggling with her debit card and the cashier was becoming angrier by the minute.

"I-I'm sorry," she stuttered, pulling out another card, only for it to also be declined.

"Listen, either pay now, or I get security," the cashier said sternly. The girl flinched from the yelling, and it pissed me off. I recognized the Cashier now that I looked at him, his name was Harold and he was a senior from my Workshop class. He was one of the better mechanics, but still not as good as me or Beck.

I walked up to the shy girl, and put a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to me with bright turquoise eyes. If I wasn't about to go to war with Harold, I would have stared at them for hou- Wait, what? You don't even know her name and you think that? Jeez…

I shook myself back to the present then looked at Harold. He smiled at me, recognizing me. Everyone in that class did. I turned in some crazy projects.

"Hey Leo," he greeted, "What's up?" I shrug giving him a sickly sweet smile.

"Oh you know, nothing," I say calmly, "Just curious as to why you're yelling at this hot mama right here?" I could feel Annabeth and Jason face palming while Percy and Piper laughed. I gave a small smirk. I turn to the left and saw the girl was blushing HEAVY. It's as if she was part tomato. I look back at Harold, and he just looks stunned.

"She's holding up the line," He says bitterly while looking at her, "She's making the other customers-"

"I don't care if Donald Dump is behind her," I interrupt abruptly, taking Harold by surprise, "That is no way to talk to a woman, or a customer at that."

"Well," Harold said, somewhat shocked, but still angry as he was before, "What are you gonna do about it? You might be a great mechanic, but at the end of the day, you're still scrawny and little."

"Are you threatening me?" I ask with a small smirk.

"Yea, and if you don't get your little brown butt out of here with this stupid girl, I'll kick you out myself."

Percy and Jason step forward, but I raise my hand, signaling them to stop. I pull out my phone and run a program, allowing me access to the security cameras of the theater.

"That's funny," I say, showing him the video. The audio repeats, and he goes pale, "because this video says otherwise. I wonder what MIT would say about their incoming student threatening two customers. It'd be a shame if this hit the net and a link was sent their way. Who knows, maybe the cops would come too?" I shrug.

"You wouldn't.

"You're right," I say, putting my phone away, "I won't if you stop harassing this girl, sell us our tickets, and behave in class."

"Fine," he says, grumpily, sitting down and printing out five tickets, "5 Tickets will be $28."

"You're forgetting one."

"Uh, there's only five of us Leo," Percy says curiously.

"Nah, we have a new friend here!" I say, putting my arm over the new girl, "What do you want to watch?"

"Y-you don't have to do that," she said quietly.

"Nah, don't worry about it," I say giving her a warm smile. She smiles back but still looks a little wary.

"How to Train your Dragon 3?"

"Chica we're gonna be great friends. What's your name by the way?"

"C-Calypso."

"Howdy, I'm Leo, Big Blue over there is Percy, Blonde and brainy is Annabeth, Superman over there is Jason, and feather girl is Piper."

"Very descriptive, Leo," Annabeth said with a small grin.

"He's not wrong though," Percy said through a chuckle.

"Nice t-to meet you all."

There was a chorus of hi's, hello's, and introductions being passed around. Calypso slowly started opening up in the group but was still a little shy. I stuck by her side the entire night, and she would often look back at me and offer warm glances. I had made a new friend, and I couldn't be happier.

Everyone had decided to grab a bite to eat first, we went into the theater and watched the movie without a hitch.

"That movie was great!" I exclaim when we walked out. Calypso was still next to me, Percy, Annabeth, Jason and Piper all following with us.

"I liked it," Piper said happily, cuddled into Jason's Varsity Jacket, "It was cute!"

"I can't complain," Annabeth shrugged.

"It was good until I lost my jacket," Jason grumbled. Piper chuckled and kissed him on the cheek, making his mood better.

"It's alright Jace," Percy consoled with a smile, "Annabeth took my favorite t-shirt last night."

"I did not!" She exclaimed with a red face, eyebrows furrowed.

"Let me see your backpack then."

"Screw you."

Everyone laughed, Annabeth included. It was around 7:30, and I wanted to get into the school system before tomorrow.

"Well, it was fun guys, but I'm gonna head home. The McShizzle needs his awesome sleep."

"How humble of you, Leo," Percy said with a smile.

"You know me," I say, laughing back at him, "The great Leo is always humble." Most of the group facepalms, and we start heading our separate ways. I start walking with Calypso, making sure she gets to her car safely.

"Thank you, Leo," she says kindly.

"For what?"

"For hanging out with me, for getting me in the movies, for being funny," she says with a small grin, her turquoise eyes shining in the sunset, "to name just a few."

"No need for thanks, Sunshine," I say with a bigger grin, "You're a dope person to hang around."

"Oh really?"

"Yea!"

"Then h-how about you take my number," she says, pulling out a pen and writing on my arm nervously, "and we hang out again?"

"Are you asking me out on a date?" I ask with a devious smile.

"I-I mean, it doesn't n-need to be a d-date-"

"Cal, calm down, I'm kidding, I'll text you later." I slip the pen from her hand start writing on her arm. We both look at our new arm "tattoo's," and laugh. We wave our goodbye's, and I get to my car. I start her up, and I make my way home. I couldn't tell you why, but I was happier than I've been in a while.

Oh yea, and I got into the school's server.

A/N: That's gonna cut it for today guys. I kinda wrote myself into a slight hole with this chapter while I was trying to develop Leo's character, but I promise the next chapter will be better. We see our Favourite red head again! School drama to the max! Sorry for the late upload lol.

See y'all next chapter!

-Rocke