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Chapter 8, Back From the Grave

Hazel POV,

My laughter fills the room. I left my cabin three days ago, and it's been five weeks since I had that conversation with Piper, and I am glad I did. Leo and I are not completely together and the only people who know about us are Piper and Nico. It's a bit awkward since Nico is my brother and all, but oh well. Leo and I have kissed two times since I left. Sad, right? Well, I told him I wanted things to go as slow as possible, which is a big mistake! Oh well, what can you do?

We are in the dining hall right now, and we are just hanging out. Leo just told one of his jokes, and it isn't the best, but my laugh made him smile so it was totally worth it. Gods, I love him.

"Okay, so Hazel, got any stories?" Piper laughs.

"Nope" I say.

"Come on, tell us" Jason says.

"No" I laugh.

"Fine, fine" Piper says.

"Listen up Cupcakes" Coach Hedge says. "Any word on the chubby one or our Tartarus freaks?"

"Hedge!" Leo says.

"What?" Coach asks.

"Never mind" Leo mutters.

"Alright, you feel anything Hazel? About Percy or Annabeth?" Nico asks.

"No, you have anything?" I ask.

"Well, I know that they are still alive. But...Percy is just" Nico says.

I sigh, along with few other people.

"Well, at least they are alive, and Annabeth can easily save Percy" Piper says.

"But with her broken ankle..." Jason says.

"They have been through worse" Piper says.

"You know, you're right. I hear both of them held the sky on their shoulders" Leo says.

"Exactly, they'll be fine" Piper says.

"I hope so" Jason says.

"They will, I mean, it's Percy and Annabeth, they are more of Heroes than anyone in this room" Leo says.

"I agree" I say.

"Hey!" Jason says.

"Sorry sweetie, but you know it's true" Piper says.

"Yeah, I know" Jason says.

"Well, no use moping around, I need to fix something, I haven't checked on Festus in a few hours" Leo says.

"I'll come with you" I say.

"Okay" Leo says with a smile.

Jason raises an eyebrow.

"Hey Jason, remember the time..." Piper says, capturing his interest as Leo and I leave. Now, I know what you're thinking, and no, I just intend to help Leo with the machines, nothing more.

Leo and I go on deck and Leo softly kisses my cheek and goes up to the steering wheel.

"Okay Haze, could you take the wheel well I check for damage?" Leo asks.

"I don't know how to do that" I say.

"Just...pretend you're riding a really big bike" Leo says.

"Okay" I nod. I put both hands on the wheel. Leo and I talk for a few hours, mostly laugh, until I realize that I haven't looked where I was going for a few minutes and when I look back I see a mountain which seems so be asking me to hit it. I yelp and turn the wheel fast and doge it. I sigh with relief.

"Okay, do you want me to take over?" Leo laughs.

"No, I'm fine for now, trust me?" I ask.

"I trust you" Leo says.

I take my hands off the wheel for a second and softly press my lips against his.

"Did you know that I love you?" I ask.

"I love you too" Leo says.

"Oh good" I say, moving back to the wheel.

"You know, we can't hide forever" Leo says.

"But Leo, I don't want people to think I never even cared about Frank, if I tell them that we're dating they'll hate me for not caring about Frank. Frank was my friend, I don't want them to think I don't respect him" I say.

"Okay, okay" Leo says.

"I do love you though" I say with a grin.

"I know" Leo jokes.

"That's good" I say.

"You know what's strange?" Leo asks.

"What?" I ask.

"There hasn't been a monster attack for a long time."

Just as Leo says this, a huge winged creature flies onto deck and picks Leo up in its claw.

"Hazel!" Leo calls.

"Coming!" I yell and draw my weapon.

I yell to the others and soon we are all attacking it. I take care of the feet while the rest try to climb up. Jason uses the wind and attacks the monster from above, carrying Piper and dropping her on its head. Nico is beside me, helping with its feet. Coach Hedge is being...Coach Hedge.

I slice through some of its toe and spin around, slashing whenever I can. I jump onto its foot and cut its legs, capturing its attention. I looks down at me with snot dripping from its small, petite nose. It roars showing off its sharp white teeth which makes me sick to my stomach...the smell.

I gag and shut my eyes. Nico pushes me to the side as he starts to slash at the monster.

I look up and see Leo burst into flames and something particular happens; the monster drops Leo and backs away looking terrified.

Leo throws fireballs at the monster and it looks at me with scared brown eyes...wait, I know those eyes!

"Stop!" I yell. "Stop!"

"What?" Almost all of them yell.

"Don't hurt him!" I scream.

"He is trying to kill us!" Nico yells.

"Don't hurt him!" I yell, finally capturing everyone's attention, even the monster. "It's Frank!"

The monster starts to shrink and it gets smaller and smaller and smaller until it takes on the shape of a boy.

"Hey guys, did you miss me?" Frank asks looking at us with complete and utter hatred.

AN. WHAHAHAHHAHAHA! Yeah I did XP I feel pretty good about this chapter, yeah. What do you think? I don't like my writing in general, so I know it's not good at all, but I hope some of you semi like it. Anyway, review please!

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