PPOV:
On my way to find Marleigh I ran into Thalia, Luke, and Annabeth. So I stopped to talk for a moment. Thalia and Annabeth were sipping on coffee from the newly added café. Yes within the past year and a half camp is pretty much its own city. They were lecturing Luke on his consumption Red Bull and Monster.
"Just try some coffee there aren't as many after affects." Annabeth reasoned.
Then Thalia looked at Luke, "Empty your pockets."
Annabeth and I both looked at her. Luke and Thalia had an intense stare down and finally Luke caved. He emptied his pockets which were full of 5 Hour Energy.
"Luke you're going to kill yourself!" Annabeth and I gasped.
"Throw them all away and go get a coffee." Thalia pointed to the trashcan.
Luke grumbled but he did as he was told and he came back seconds later with a coffee. Thalia smiled and kissed his cheek which caused Luke to blush. Apparently he wasn't used to affecting from her out in public?
"Hey have you guys seen Marleigh anywhere?" I asked.
"Yeah she was in her cabin. She was really upset about something so Percy was trying to cheer her up." Annabeth said.
"Ok thanks I'll see you guys around!" I called as I continued to Marleigh's cabin.
I found Marleigh in her cabin playing with her pet fish Triton. She was teaching him to flip and I guess it was going pretty well and I found it pretty impressive that she taught her pet beta to jump. She looked sad and that was the simplest word to cover it. Percy was trying to cheer her up with his goofball ways.
"Knock, knock!" I called.
Marleigh looked up at me and smiled slightly. I sat next to her. Percy was trying to cheer her up by acting all goofy. I think he realized it wasn't working and I guess it was pretty bad. Marleigh looked over at me and burst into tears.
"Oh Marleigh what's wrong?" I asked her.
"I actually thought he liked me Piper!" she sobbed.
Percy frowned and sat next to Marleigh "Her Mar, if he doesn't like you he's an idiot. My baby sister, of a couple months, is way too good for him."
Percy hugged Marleigh and waited for her to calm down for a moment, "Hey what happened?"
Marleigh looked at Percy and I before taking a deep breath, "I went to go talk to him in his Bunker and I saw him kissing Drew."
"Well this looks like a girl problem." Percy said before giving Marleigh one last bear hug and walking out of the cabin.
"Are you sure she wasn't using her charmspeak?" I asked her.
"I don't know I just don't even want to talk to him." Marleigh sobbed.
"Wait right here I'll be right back." I said before going to my own cabin.
There I found Drew who was forcing Lilly and Natalie to give her a mani-pedi. She looked at me and grinned in her annoyingly evil Drew-like way. I clenched my fists and glared at her, "What did you do to Leo?"
"Nothing he wanted to kiss me." She grinned.
"I know Leo and I know you think Leo's not to your 'standards'. So either you tell me right now or I will confiscate your phone."
Drew pouted, "Fine I used charmspeak to get him to kiss me so Marleigh would think he likes me not her."
"Why Drew?" I asked her trying to keep my temper down.
"Because I don't think there's enough drama at camp." She admitted truthfully.
"You make me sick." I said before going to go find Marleigh.
I found Marleigh crying where I had left her, "Hey Marleigh I have a plan to make Leo see what he's missing out on."
Marleigh looked up at me and smiled, "Well then let's get this started mate."
I hope Jason was chewing Leo out or something.
JPOV:
"Ok man you want to get Marleigh back right?" I asked Leo.
"Of course I do Jason." Leo muttered.
"Well then you know the dance tonight?" I asked Leo.
"The one on the beach?" he asked.
"That exact one bro." I said.
"She probably hates me right now." Leo moped.
"Look this is not the Leo I am used to. Come on man I have a plan to help you get Marleigh back." I coaxed him.
Leo looked at me shrugged his slumped shoulders, "Sure but I don't think it will work."
About an hour later and right before the dance started I had Leo looking pretty sharp in a white dress shirt, black pants, with a black tie, and a pretty awesome pair of black dress shoes. I handed him his fedora and a single red rose. Between the times when Leo was getting ready I made myself look pretty good in the process. I ended up with a pretty sweet navy blue dinner jacket, a pair of pretty awesome jeans, over a white dress shirt, and a pair of brown dress shoes.
"Ok are you ready to impress your lady?" I asked him.
"Are you positive that this is going to work man?" Leo asked me.
"Is that doubt I hear?" I asked, "Look Leo you need to have some faith in yourself for this to work. All you have to do is tell Marleigh what really happened when you dance together."
"Ok let's go do this then." Leo said and we began to walk to the beach.
There I left Leo at the snack table and went to go see if Piper was there yet. I found her with Marleigh and all her friends on the dance floor. Piper looked exceptional in a ¾ length sleeve blue shirt, a flowy blue and white skirt, and a pair of blue gladiator sandals. Trust me when you live with Thalia you hear a lot about shoes. Thalia may not seem like it but she's obsessed with shoes.
Marleigh looked amazing in a white eyelet lace sundress, a pair of brown gladiator sandals, and matching jewelry. I smiled, "Well don't you girls look wonderful."
"Thanks Jas." Piper said before kissing my cheek.
"Hey Marleigh there's someone waiting for you over by the punch bowl." I said.
"If it's Leo I don't want anything to do with him." Marleigh said before going back to dancing.
I looked at Piper who shrugged and jerked her head towards the DJ booth, "Go ask Beckendorf if he can play a slow song. Pick one that really stresses the fact that he really likes her."
"Sure thing I'll be right back." I said.
"Don't forget to get Leo over here." Piper said before Marleigh could realize what we were talking about.
I nodded and went to go talk to Beckendorf about playing a slow song. When I approached the booth he smiled, "Hey Jason what can I do for you man?"
"Can I request a slow song?" I asked.
"What for and what song?" Beckendorf asked.
"Well Piper and I are trying to get Leo and Marleigh together but Drew got in the way and now I need a slow song that stresses love." I explained hoping that it doesn't sound too crazy.
"Can do Jason." Beckendorf said.
"Thanks Beckendorf." I said before going to go find Leo.
Leo was right where I left him and he looked at me eagerly, "Well what's going on?"
"Well Beckendorf is going to play a love song next and you will go find Marleigh and you'll dance with her. That's where you'll tell her what happened." I explained.
"Ok this might actually work." Leo said he was still holding onto the rose.
"Just relax have I ever led you into anything dangerous?" I asked him.
"Well…" Leo grinned.
"Don't answer that." I rolled my eyes.
Finally the slow song started and I pushed Leo onto the dance floor and Piper did the same to Marleigh. I recognized the song as I Love You This Big by Scotty McCreery. Some country song all the girls were gushing about including my sister and Piper. Marleigh took one look at Leo and froze. Piper grinned and urged Marleigh forward.
Leo handed Marleigh the rose and offered her his hand. She took it and well Piper literally tackled me with a hug because she was so happy. I'm pretty sure things were back to how they were originally supposed to be at camp with the exception of Leo getting a girlfriend. I smiled at Piper who was now dancing with me with her head on my shoulder. Hopefully things will stay this perfect for awhile.
