Ah, beautiful bloody British accents are wonderful. Updating twice in one night, go me! I'm actually being productive! Well, today I got to hold not even week old puppies so, my energy and productivity levels are at a high. Also, in this fanfic I decided to burn Caleo and let Calypso stay in Ogygia and die a lonely death. Lela forever! REVIEW!- Queeny
Isla's POV
CtF, also known as Capture the flag. Ace dragged me down to the Armory to suit up for the big, oh-so-mysterious game. I had heard many things about it. The Oracle walking down, Percy getting claimed, all the spiel.
"You have to play, Isles, it's mandatory," Ace said.
"Since when is my nickname Isles?" I asked, trying to change the subject and possibly slip back to the Shack to play my uke.
"Better than Izzy. Don't try changing the subject on me, I'm like Loke, the god of Mischief," He said, a sly smile on his face as he helped me pick my sword, armor, and generally anything else I needed for the game.
The dreaded conch blew, and we gathered toward Chiron (AN: How do you guys say Chiron? I say it She-ron.).
"Alright, demigods, time for capture the flag!" He exclaimed.
"CTF!" The campers cheered, throwing their fists in the air and hollering at their beloved game.
"Alright, alright. Settle down. Here's the list of teams: For Blue team, Poseidon cabin, Demeter cabin, Iris cabin, Hephaestus cabin, Hades Cabin, Nemesis cabin, Nike cabin, Tyche cabin, Aphrodite Cabin. For Red team, Zuess cabin, Athena cabin, Ares cabin, Aphrodite cabin, Hermes cabin, Apollo cabin, Dionsysus cabin, Hypnos cabin, Hebe cabin, Hecate cabin. Please form with your teams and go over your plans. The game will start in a half an hour. Dismissed!" Chiron let us form into our teams. I was the only one on red team, while Chloe and Sam were both on blue team.
"Alright, guys, Athena cabin already has a plan, you see-" Annabeth went over the rest of the plans. The only part I payed attention to was my own.
"Isla, you will be posted on the outskirts of the area around our flag, since your new, most people don't go that way to get to the flag." After that, I spaced out the rest of the time until the conch blew and Annabeth showed me to my post.
"Okay, so, you'll be standing here. Just make sure not to let your guard down, we used this plan once before a while back, and nobody came this way, but just in case," and with that, she left me to my post.
For a little while I hummed a couple AJR songs, the intro to one or two Fall Out Boy songs, until I heard something move in the bush right next to me. I hadn't been paying quite as close attention as Annabeth would've liked me to have been. I jumped from the noise, then poked the bush with my sword to see who was there. I made sure to poke hard.
"Ouch! Holy Hades, don't impale me!" Yelped what sounded like a male voice. A familiar boy with curly hair stepped out of the bush.
"Sorry, Leo," I said, my hand over my heart from being scared so badly.
"For what it's worth, you scared me pretty bad," I said.
"Sorry, Izzy," He said.
"It's Isla," I corrected, slightly annoyed.
"Sorry," he apologized again. He seemed nice.
"It's fine. I guess you could call me Izzy," I said, shrugging it off.
"Alright, Izzy," Leo had that rediculous grin on his face yet again.
"What are you thinking? Your grinning like a wild one," I said, slightly giggling.
"Maybe I am a wild one," He said, laughing with me. I nudged him in the arm and he laughed even harder.
"Ouch, don't hurt me!" He laughed, pretending to be hurt.
"I sorry," I said in a little kid voice, although my laughter made it a bit hard.
"Will you kiss it all better?" He asked. I thought he was kidding.
"Sure," I said, still laughing. I took a step forward to kiss my hand then place it on his shoulder where I had play-punched him. At least, that was my intention. The next thing I knew, Leo had his hand resting by my ear on my cheek.
"Wha-" then he kissed me. Just like that. Totally out of the blue. How had I NOT seen that coming? I don't know. Usually you don't expect the guy who almost poked your eye out with a grape to kiss you, wouldn't any person agree?
The kiss was soft, and sweet, and it tasted a little like oil from Leo working at the forges all day.
"I KNEW IT!" Yelled a somebody next to us. We suddenly broke off, and I could feel my cheeks turn red hot.
"What the?" I said, stuttering over my words.
"We came looking for you two after the game ended a half an hour ago," said another person.
"Wait, hold on, who are you two? I can't quite see you," I said.
"Annabeth and Percy," responded what sounded like Percy. I made out their figures.
"Oh, well, uh, guess you found us," said Leo.
"No joke," said Annabeth.
"Isla and Leo sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-" I was mad. I didn't know why, but I was.
"Shut up Percy!" I yelled at him. I decided to walk away before I said things I couldn't take back. I usually walked alone when I wanted to think or was upset.
"What did I say?" I heard Percy ask in the distance. I couldn't here Annabeth or Leo's response. Then I heard someone start to run up to me. I started to run to nowhere imparticular. I just needed some space after what happened. The more I was around people, the worse. That's why I only had two close friends. That's why I bearied myself in my music. I couldn't handle people. When I thought I had heard whoever was following stop, I started to walk.
Wow, why on earth did I run? I am in an unfamiliar place, not knowing where I was going, and I ran. I'm such an idiot. Now I'm lost. I decided to sit down on a fallen tree. Maybe I would stay the entire night. Hopefully someone would find me. Don't they say to kids to stay where you are so people can find you? Right, I guess I'll do that. I layed down on the log, and fell asleep.
~0~
I was suddenly shaken awake.
"Isla! Isla!" I heard someone yelling.
"Shhh, you'll wake me up," I said, rolling over and falling off the log.
"Nevermind, I'm up." I said, brushing off my shorts and shirt from yesterday. I looked up to see who had found me, and what do you know, it's none other than Lover-boy Leo. How cliche can this situation get? What is this, Twilight?
"Good morning, sleeping beauty," Leo said.
"Mornin to you too," I said, looking anywhere except his eyes.
"Guess that the walk back will be awkward then," He said, chuckling. How did he have the nerve to joke with me? Especially after what happened last night! I just couldn't believe him.
"Yeah, no, really?" I said in a mocking tone.
"Jeez, somebody woke up on the wrong side of the log," Leo said. I couldn't help it. This whole situation was entirely cliche and hilarious. I laughed, and I laughed hard.
"Yep," I said, in between laughs. Leo just laughed with me.
"So, maybe not as awkward?" He asked.
"Maybe not," I replied. The walk back, we just joked around. Leo made me laugh tons. He wasn't a bad guy. Impulsive, yes. But bad, no.
We got back to the camp and everyone flooded me with questions. I was surprised no one asked about last night. I looked over to Annabeth and she gave me a look that said we needed to talk. I pushed past the crowds and into breakfast. I was starving.
"Where the Hades were you?!" demanded Ace. He looked furious and hurt.
"I'm fine, Ace. I just got lost in the woods," I said, trying to calm him down.
"Don't you dare ever do that to me again!" said Ace, slugging me in the arm.
"Ouch! Okay, okay! I won't!" I said. With that, we started breakfast.
