Don't have much to say cause I can't say much! I'm supposed to be in bed already!

So enjoy!

LEO

Leo still stood where an invisible line had been drawn as Reyna led the Romans to 'their side' of the camp. He watched as Piper hurried off after Jason.

But he stood there, as still as he'd ever been in his entire life, staring at the invisible line.

Gaea's taunting voice came to mind. I believe the saying goes, Divide and Conquer.

Her sleepy smile as the two camps stood on the edge. Percy had officially said that he was Greek, but if the two camps fought he'd stay neutral, as did Jason when they had left that old lady's house.

The two made it pretty clear that they were not going to fight if the two camps brought about a war with each other.

But they never said anything about with themselves.

Leo could hear Gaea's laughter as she knew she had already won the battle. What were they thinking? They'd just show up and it'd be all 'Hey! Let's defeat Gaea then become BFF's!'?

No. The reality of it would be awkward and tense moments until someone ticked off someone else and that'd be all it takes for Octavian to convince the other Romans that the Greeks were hostile and declare war.

That's all it'd take.

And Gaea knew that. Leo knew that she knew that.

And Leo knew that she was trying her best to exploit that.

My, my, you really are smarter than they give you credit for. They don't appreciate your genius like I do, Leo Valdez. They think you're a useless, hyperactive child who is nothing more than a nuisance and they can't get rid of him because he's one of the Seven.

Leo bit his tongue knowing that's not how they felt. But a tiny voice in the back of his kept whispering, 'What if they do? What if they really do see me as an annoyance who they'll all ditch once this war is over?'

Leo couldn't afford to think like that. He wouldn't think like that.

He steeled himself, and moved his foot to the left and headed into the 'Greek Side' of their makeshift camp.

Leo thought of all the people he knew at Camp Half-Blood and how half the Camp would look annoyed and the other half amused. But they didn't see him as an annoying nuisance, did they?

He knew Thalia did, but she didn't count in his opinion, because she thought all guys except for Jason were annoying nuisances.

Did Jason and Piper think he was an annoying nuisance? Well, during their romantic moments and he'd butt in, probably. But only in those moments was he trying to. They saw him as a best friend they'd never be able to replace…..right?

Leo shook those thoughts from his mind and grumbled something about organic life forms and their difficult to understand feelings.

He continued to walk among his fellow Greeks, who were milling outside their tents, awaiting orders by conversing with the other Greeks.

In all honesty, Leo thought it was pathetic. The Greeks and Romans were needing to patch things up and work together to defeat Gaea and all either side could do was not strangle the other.

And the best way to get over that would be to talk to the other side, not just your fellow Greeks or Romans….right?

Leo took a deep breath and let it out through his mouth tired of all this thinking. He wished he could talk to Reyna about it. Her being a praetor would feel the need to give him advice on how to handle it, wouldn't she? Or she would scrutinize him for having feelings and being weak, but either way the end results would've been the same.

Either way, Leo would've sucked it up and fought a war. Maybe even gotten the girl along the way.

Leo was thankful when Piper exclaimed, "Jason!" from the tent he had just passed. He thought nothing of it until he heard her continue. "I heard someone talking, and it didn't sound like any of you guys. It sounded like….like….."

Then a deeper voice, one that could only belong to Percy Jackson spoke, "Gaea."

Leo froze in his tracks, eyes wide, and backpedaled so that he was standing right outside the tent.

"I don't like this," Another voice said. It wasn't deep, but it wasn't a voice belonging to either Annabeth or Thalia. It was one that Leo wasn't too familiar with and assumed it was Nico di Angelo, the son of Hades. "I don't like this at all. We're walking right into a trap, I know it! Why did Gaea let you guys get to me so easily? None of it adds up!"

Leo heard Percy sigh, long and low, and answer the Ghost King, "We're demigods, Nico. Nothing ever adds up until it's done."

Leo chose that moment to enter the tent. Five pairs of eyes looked over to the entrance to the tent, and another pair was staring blankly at the ground, and its owner leaning heavily on Piper McLean.

"Gods, what happened to him?" Leo asked.

"Doesn't matter right now," Piper grunted under the weight. "Got any ambrosia?"

Leo nodded and pulled some out of his incredibly awesome tool belt, handing to Thalia who took it and gently forced some into Jason's mouth.

Slowly, Jason began to pull most of his weight off Piper, but was still using her to help support him.

Jason looked at Leo then looked to Percy and said hoarsely, "Sorry."

Percy gave a weak, small smile, "I thought Romans never apologized for anything."

"Guess the Romans could learn a thing or two from the Greeks," Jason replied with a weak laugh before being thrown into a coughing fit.

"Jason, why don't you sit down? Annabeth, Thalia, Nico, you guys come with me. We still have things to discuss," Percy's eyes darted to Leo and Piper, "Uhhh, you two keep an eye on him, will you?"

Piper and Leo nodded as Percy, Annabeth, Thalia, and Nico exited the tent to go talk somewhere more private.

"I don't need babysitters," Jason grumbled as he sat down in one of the wooden chairs.

"Sure you do, you little tyke!" Leo joked as Piper gave him a grudging smile. Jason rolled his eyes.

"Very funny, Leo," He said and Leo took a bow.

"Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all day!"

"Wonder what they had to discuss," Piper pondered, ignoring Leo's dramatic acting.

"Whatever it is, it's obviously too important for us to hear." Jason stated staring at the parted fabric that the four older and wiser demigods had exited.

I do hope you liked it! Looking foreward to reading your reviews and opinions!

~*J.C*~