Author's Note: Hello again! I've got another chapter written, though it's a bit slow. I think there will be actual confrontation between Leo and Reyna coming within the next two chapters, so bear with me for a little while.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter. You get some fluffiness from Leo and some "I'm-annoyed-with-Octavian-please-let-me-kill-him" from Reyna. xD

And, just so you know, I'm sorry for any out-of-characterness. It's difficult to write as it's not canon, and Reyna has to be a bit softer towards Leo for this fanfiction to progress. I'll try to make it as realistic as I can, but it won't be perfect. Sorry.

Remember to review! They're always welcome and wonderful to read! Any constructive criticism is always welcome and greatly appreciated-remember, I said constructive. Happy Reading!

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, or any characters or places associated with the two series. All rights go to Rick Riordan and Disney Hyperion.

Chapter Two

Without fail, all throughout the night Leo was awake and thinking about her. He had fallen in love once more, with another way out of his league. He had fallen for another who hated him: another of high status. Love didn't seem to go his way.

He knew he couldn't fight it, so he simply gave in to his mind's demand and thought about her endlessly. He thought about her long, black hair, carefully braided back. He thought about her tan skin and how it had seemed to shine when he first saw her. He thought about her dark, piercing eyes. They seemed to bore into him and put him entirely at her demand.

He thought about how powerful she was. He thought about how she could wring his tiny neck without any strain. He thought about how she nodded stiffly at him when he introduced himself. He thought about that small, almost inaudible chuckle she emitted when he made one of his best jokes. No one else had noticed it.

He thought about all he knew of the daughter of Bellona, New Rome's queen. He knew much, though very little from personal experience. When Piper wasn't around, Jason would tell him stories about her to help time go by. He couldn't help but listen. He became more entranced by the dark-eyed queen with every new tale. She was his reina, his queen, his fairy tale, the one he loved.

Unfortunately, he was Leo Valdez, and Aphrodite loved to use him as her personal punching bag.

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Reyna was going to kill Octavian.

The idiotic stuffed animal murderer was going on and on about the "stupid Greeks" and "that Graecus traitor, Percy Jackson". She was tired of it.

When he started to go off about Leo, she was reaching for her dagger, which, unfortunately, wasn't there because of Terminus and his "no weapons inside the city's boundary" rule.

She couldn't kill him, so she went off on him instead.

"OCTAVIAN. WILL YOU KINDLY SHUT YOUR BIG MOUTH? YOU ARE THE MOST INSUFFERABLE MAN TO EVER WALK THE EARTH. SHUT UP AND HELP US PLAN OR LEAVE AND GIVE UP YOUR CENTURIONSHIP."

She was hoping she'd choose the latter. He didn't, of course, but a girl can dream.

Octavian just gasped. His mouth dropped as far as was physically possible, maybe farther. Reyna just smirked.

"Praetor! How could you talk like that? You are supposed to be respectful towards your centurions!" Octavian said accusingly.

Most of the others vigorously nodded in agreement. The centurions from the fifth legion, and a select few others, however, remained loyal to their praetor.

"I am simply stating that complaining about the Greeks is unnecessary and a waste of our extremely precious time. Please attempt to excuse the rudeness of my outburst, but I am under considerable stress and I do not have the patience to deal with your nonsensical antics at the current time, Octavian," Reyna replied coolly.

Octavian opened his mouth as if to say more and seemed to think better of it. He sat back down, looking defeated, and motioned for the Puerto Rican girl to continue with her plan.

Reyna could think of only one thing while delivering her incredible speech: if one of her Romans hurt the silly, scrawny, Greek repair boy, she'd never forgive herself.