Chapter five, Frank Goes Over the Edge

Leo POV

I jump into the air and turn.

"Hazel" Frank says.

"Oh my gods, Frank! I am so sorry! I just, it's hard to explain" Hazel says. "It doesn't mean anything."

I look at her. Well, I guess I can't blame her but still...I look over at Frank.

"You're dead, Valdez" Frank growls. I run in the other direction. He chases after me.

"Frank, no!" Hazel screams. "Don't hurt him!"

I scowl at that remark, I am really that small?

"You're asking me not to hurt him?" Frank yells at her, so loudly it's almost a scream. Hazel looks up at him, with a pleading look in her eye.

"Hazel, it's me or him!" Frank yells.

Hazel looks like she doesn't think, and she says:

"Leo."

Frank charges me. I scream. He turns into a bear. I do the only thing I can think, I burst into flames. Frank the bear rears back.

He turns back into a human and say, "fine, no powers for both of us!"

I turn off my flame.

"Frank, Leo, stop now!" Hazel screams.

"You made your choice! This doesn't involve you anymore!" Frank screams. Hazel bursts into tears.

That's it! He is dead!

"Don't you dare" I growl.

"It's not your choice. It's your fault so come here you coward, fight me" Frank yells.

"I'm not going to fight you" I say.

Frank yells turns into an evil laugh.

"Too late, demigod" Gaea says through Frank. Frank runs to the edge of the Argo II and jumps off.

"NO!" Hazel screams and runs over. I run to and watch Frank fall down, down, down, into the ocean.

Hazel sits down and cries.

"Hazel, I didn't...you can blame me, I don't care" I say with a sigh. I know I just lost her. Frank is dead and it's my fault.

"I don't blame you, it was Gaea" Hazel says. I give her a hug and rock her back and forth.

I hear a sound of satisfaction coming from the hall, and I see Piper standing there. I get up quickly and burst into flames. I run at Piper.

"Whoa there little man, this is all part of my plan" Piper says.

"What? Your plan involves killing friends and breaking hearts? Piper, you have become an Aphrodite girl" I say.

She looks at me for a few seconds and shakes her head in disbelief. She looks at me like she's about to burst into tears.

"Okay Leo, bye" Piper says. She slowly walks away. I hear Hazel bawling in the background.

I walk over to her.

"It's okay, Diamond" I say.

"Leo, could you leave me alone for a few minutes?" Hazel asks.

"Yeah" I say.

Well, here's my day so far: I said I might kick Piper off the ship, I got into a fight with Hazel, Hazel kissed me, I killed my friend, and I broke Hazel's heart and it it's only eight in the morning!

I get to my cabin and sit down on m bed. What would have happened if I didn't go to Piper's room tonight? Would everything be okay?

I do the only thing I can think of, I go to Piper's room.

Before I can knock on the door, Piper opens it and beckons for me to come in. I can tell she had been crying.

"Piper, I am so sorry" I say.

"It's fine" Piper says.

"No, I called you an Aphrodite girl, that's not cool" I say.

"Just, don't ask me about my plan" Piper says.

"Okay" I say.

"So, what's got you down?" Piper asks.

"No Pipes, I want to know how you're feeling right now" I say.

Piper laughs. "You want to know how I'm feeling? I feel like someone just killed me! I feel like I was the one who was thrown over the edge, not Frank! Leo, I did not plan Frank dying! I am just as sad as you but more because you asked me if I plan on killing friends but guess what Leo Valdez, I was just as surprised as you were! I was only happy when you and Hazel had a moment! I was trying to find happiness because if I didn't, I would loose it!"

"Piper, I didn't mean it, I..."

"Just leave!" Piper yells.

"Okay" I say as I walk out of her room.

I hear a noise, it's very quiet but I know what it is. It's a noise you make when you have cried so much there is nothing left in you. Even if you have been crying for just one day, you can cry yourself out.

I know it's her, she has been crying so much I knew she would make that sound. I turn and see her big golden eyes swimming with tears.

"Hey Diamond" I say.

"Leo" Hazel says.

I sit down beside her. I don't take her hand (even though I want to) or do anything like that, I just stay there as company.

It's Hazel who does that. She takes my hand and squeezes it.

"When you come around, I'll be waiting for you" I whisper. I know she won't be able to be with anyone right now, she needs this time to grieve.

"Alright" Hazel whispers. Hazel looks at me and softly presses her lips against mine. "Frank told me that he would be happy as long as I was happy. I want to be happy...with you."

"I'm up for that" I say.

Hazel smiles and puts her head on my shoulder and slowly closes her eyes and falls asleep.

"Night, night, sleepy head" I say. My eyes feel drowsy. No, I am not going to fall asleep! Coach Hedge will kill me than Hazel will kill me than everybody else will take turns killing me!

But no matter how much I protest that I won't fall asleep right now, I fall over and start to snore loudly.

AN. Okay, okay, I know, not very Leo like but still! No I am not copying from MoA, this affects later chapters! Yes, I realize I killed Frank off, later chapter my friends, later chapters...

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