A short chapter...not my best writing but oh well. Switching over to Leo's POV, I'm planning on doing alternating POVs like Rick Riordan does with three or four chapters per character. Thanks so much for all the follows and favorites. Please review! :D

LEO SUMMONED FIRE IN HIS HANDS to fuse the Celestial bronze shield to Festus's neck area.

"Hand me that little hammer, will you?"

Calypso held out a small hammer from the tools scattered on the ground. She smiled at him. "Your friends are very nice," she said.

Leo took the hammer, letting his hand linger over hers as long as he could. Her skin was soft, but strong and supple. He loved that she didn't mind getting dirty. Her brown eyes were shining, and he didn't know a single girl whose eyes would look like that while helping with mechanics. Except Calypso.

"Leo?" she prompted him.

"What? Did you say something?"

Calypso laughed. "I said, your friends are very nice."

"Oh!" Leo felt embarrassed. Had he really gotten so caught up in looking at her that he hadn't even heard what she said? "Yeah, they're awesome! I can't wait for you to meet Jason and Piper, and Per..." Leo trailed off, suddenly remembering about Percy. Of course. Why did he keep forgetting that Percy, too, had visited Ogygia? Percy, too, had been one of Calypso's heroes, along with all those old historical figures.

Calypso smiled sadly. "Leo, don't worry about Percy and Annabeth. That's in the past now."

Leo blinked. "Huh?"

Calypso threw her head back and laughed her clear, singing laugh. "Oh, Leo!" She took his hand, setting off a couple of the pachinko balls again. "I had a lot of time to think things over on Ogygia. I've realized I need to stop holding grudges against...them. It was so different there, removed from everything." Calypso sighed. "But now..." She glanced around them. "I have you. And this...new life I'm starting. Leo, I just thought...it's like we've both got a new life. You, very literally, and me, well, you know. And we've got it together." She squeezed his hand. "I'm terrible at making speeches. Centuries spent alone without people-"

"Organic life forms," Leo cut in.

Calypso looked at him in confusion, then giggled. "Yes, that's a good expression. But anyways, I've realized I have to let go of what happened on Ogygia. Except, of course, what happened with you." She smiled.

"Um." Leo didn't know what to say. "I...uh, I'm glad." And he was. It was just that her holding onto his hand for so long made his usual aptitude for comebacks disappear.

Calypso smiled again. "Me too. And honestly, Leo, I'm really excited to meet your friends. Annabeth and Percy just as much as the rest."

Leo threw all the tools back into his magic belt. "Done! Feeling better, buddy?" He laid a hand on Festus's hastily repaired neck. The dragon squeaked and clattered.

"And that is Festus-language for...?" Calypso asked.

"He's ready to fly but he wants better repair once we get back to Bunker Nine."

"Bunker Nine?"

"My huge, totally awesome workshop back at Camp Half-Blood. You'll love it, Sunshine."

Calypso grinned. "I can't wait to see it."

Leo held out his hand to her. "Shall we depart, my lady?"

"Of course," Calypso replied, laughing.

As they took to the sky, Calypso with her arms around Leo's waist like before, Leo thought about the tearful farewells with Hazel, Frank and Reyna. Things were turning out better than he could have hoped. He was happy beyond anything that he hadn't missed hardly any time in his friends' lives. He just hoped that when he got to Camp Half-Blood that Piper wouldn't try to kill him or Percy try to strangle him like Hazel had mentioned.