WARNING: This chapter includes lots of internet 'examples'.
Style: One-shot chapters; Small plot
Pairing: Percy/Leo
Chapter Total: 50
Summary: Percy has recently broken up with Annabeth on mutual feelings. The daughter of Athena was more or less in love with a certain Praetor of Rome already. Finally, she and Reyna confessed and became a happy couple, after many weeks of dreaming. But what about Percy? He had finally built the courage to tell Nico about his feelings (Nico's confession never happened), but he had only been rejected. Apparently, Jason and Nico were already dating, unknown to everybody. He had spent the whole night not crying, but just being sad. And a son of Hephaestus was feeling the same way. He hadn't known Jason was cheating on him until Percy told him. And that fact just made his life harder. Somehow, though, Percy has found a way to cope with the depression. And what might that be? Well, he spends his time wooing Leo Valdez.
(Exploring for Line Breaks)
All was quiet, until the phone buzzer rang loudly. Leo groaned as he abruptly woke up and fell out of bed. Or bunk. Does it matter? Not like this was the start of a new Drama Movie.
Leo, who was now on the ground, heard his cabin-mates rustle under their covers, obviously disturbed by the phone ringing. Ah, the phone. Leo quickly grabbed for it and shut it off.
Whoops.
That was a call. Maybe it was from somebody important. Annabeth? Piper? Maybe it was Percy. What if it was Percy? What did he have to tell him? Was Leo lucky enough and that Percy called to-?
The phone rang again.
Leo cursed silently as he took it, grabbed a coat, and rushed out to answer it. At one point, he had stuck his head in his arm sleeve, and wasted a good five seconds. Answer the phone.
He finally got outside and closed the door. Leo hit the yes button in a rush, putting the phone to his ear at the same time. The line was working, but there was no sound from the other end.
If somebody was pranking him, they would regret making him get up like that.
The more the other end stayed silent, the more Leo thought of devious ideas to get the person back. Maybe give them what they gave. Eh, not original. How about a classic—
"Hello?"
Leo froze. The other end had finally spoken. It was a voice he recognized, but couldn't quite place his finger on it.
"Uh, h-hello there…" He stammered. He must've sounded like an idiot. "Er, can I, um, help you?"
He could almost hear the other end scoff silently. "Leo. Dude. Remember me?" More silence. "Strawberries."
Leo gaped. "Percy?!" If he was in a cartoon, there would be animated heads coming out of their windows to shush him. Thank the gods he wasn't in a cartoon. Those things were creepy.
"Is that really all I had to tell you to get you to—never mind."
That's how the rest of the week went. Percy calling and then forgetting what he was about to say. Not that Leo minded, of course.
#
All of this was forgotten, until one night they had one of those crazy parties again. Without Percy. The green-eyed demigod was apparently hanging out with Annabeth. They hadn't really had time alone as much, and nobody blamed them. But Reyna still pouted about not having a blonde haired half-blood in her lap.
Everybody but those two were laughing and joking around. Lacy chatting on with Piper, Nico and Connor surprisingly talking, and more craziness waiting to burst.
Eventually, they had gotten into Never Had I Ever. Reyna (now officially christened 'the terrifying game queen') introduced the challenge, stating rules and rules.
"Basically, we go around the circle. Let's say I start. I say 'Never Have I Ever' and then something I haven't done. If you have never done it, you do nothing. But if you have done that, you take a sip from your drinks. Oh, right. It doesn't have to be an action, either. It can really be anything. Who wants to start?"
Nobody volunteered, so Reyna started.
"Never have I ever sat on wet paint."
The room was silent, until Travis reluctantly took a sip. He quickly put it down after he saw everybody's eyes on him, and averted his eyes. "Sometimes, Connor sucks."
Reyna laughed. "This may or may not serve the purpose of learning things I never knew about you guys. Travis, you're up."
#
"Um… Never have I ever owned a teddy bear." Nico shrugged as if he was uninterested. He barely drank anything at all, his bottle only 1/5 empty.
Drinks were taken, and laughter erupted.
"Never had I ever gotten a call from my crush at early dawn."
And Leo drank, demigods looked, and Malcolm slumped. "Why do I have to always involve Leo indirectly?" He complained drunkenly.
So a sort of innocent game like that became another dare for Leo.
"Do I have to..?"
"Yes, Leo, the lyrics are right here. No, no don't you dare, put the dam (pun intended, huehuehue) phone on speaker. Yes, that's better."
Leo was blushing as the phone rang.
"Hello?" Percy's voice was clear and calm. Annabeth sighed in the background, followed by the sound of pages flipping.
Leo mouthed to Reyna, 'How much of it?' Reyna mouthed back, 'Just do it.'
So Leo did it.
"Hello", he said. The other line responded. "Um, hi."
"It's me," Leo covered his head in embarrassment.
Percy replied, "Who's me?"
"I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet. To go over, everything." Leo literally hung his head in annoyance.
"Oh my god, who is this? Wait—are you Mrs. Dodds? You grew a manly voice. Why are you a Mrs. anyways? Who would have the nerve to marry you? Um, no offense." How…derpy.
Leo's face morphed at the response and his friends cackled, but he continued on. "They say that time's supposed to heal, yeah, but I ain't done much healing."
The other side replied. "Well, I'm Sorry that I had to cut you up. What kind of teacher attacks students anyways? By the way, your dust would totally work as glitter glue. I'm serious. I tried it—cough. I'm coughing."
Typical Persassy. Leo carried on. "Hello, can you hear me?"
"Well um, you ask that now? Really? If I couldn't hear you, I would not be replying. If you got a job as a telemarketer, Dodds, I swear…"
"I'm in California dreaming about how we used to be." Leo let out a tiny giggle, only for his mouth to be covered my Reyna's hand.
"So you're from the Roman Camp? By god, who did you torture there? With that magical pixie dust and all." By now, people had to leave the cabin to burst out into fits of laughter.
"When we were younger, and free, I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet."
Silence, before: "You're good at on spot rhyming. Hey, I have an ad for this rap contest…"
"Oh my God Percy, I'm so sorry." Leo wheezed before turning off the phone.
#
The first thing Percy said to Leo:
"Yesterday, I was called by a crazy woman I think was Mrs. Dodds, but manly. She sounded like you."
#
Yo guys XD Song is Hello, by Adele. I don't own that. Or Percy Jackson. Dayum, I have to remember the disclaimer. Once again, who should I make Nico be with o.O
And, I'm like, really bad at Author's Notes. Yay for a long-ish chapter.
