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Chapter fourteen, Dead

Hazel POV,

I brush threw my cinnamon hair. I have put Festus on Auto Pilot so I should have a solid five hours of sleep. I haven't slept in days so I'm expecting a good, dreamless sleep. Hopefully I'll have no dreams, I can't deal with them right now. The real reason why I haven't slept is because I'm afraid I'll dream of Leo's death again. How time seemed to slow down when I saw that dagger flying at him. The look on his face when he was hit, and then him falling. The last time I kissed him. The last time he told me he loves me. How his skin paled. How he looked at me on last time. The look full of love and compassion, how he mentally told me to go to the doors despite what rolled off of his tongue. In Leo language, go back to the camps means I'll meet you at the doors. I just know, the look that he gave me told me. In three words, three magic words said one million. The magic words "I love you."

I'll never forget the last conversation I had with him. And I don't have to. He knows that I'm coming to save him. He knows that I love him more than anything. He knows that I would die for him. And yet, he thinks that he doesn't deserve me which I don't get. I'm not much to look at and I'm not as smart as some people. There were one or two Aphrodite girls who liked him, and he could probably have Piper if he wanted her, but for some reason he chose me. Me. I am the luckiest person in the world.

I don't wan to lose someone who I love that much, or someone who loves me that much. He is the only person who has ever loved me. I know Frank never loved me, my mother obviously never loved me, and I'm only friends with the people on the ship. Leo is the only person who has ever loved me. Nico may, but I'm not sure. The first thing on his mind is his other sister, the one that died. Bianca. From what I can tell from his stories is that she is manipulative and cold and abandoned Nico when he actually needed her. Bianca and I have nothing in common. If I had any younger siblings (well, technically I am older than Nico, but not emotionally) I would never ditch them, it's not cool. And it's not who I am, and I can't believe she'd do that. But there's nothing I can do. Hey, maybe I'll meet her.

I wash my face and pull on a large pajama shirt with a big kitten with a huge head printed on it. Something Piper gave me a while ago. She's kind of like an older sister. I've always wanted an older sister. She doesn't know what I've been through (jeez, no one has) but she tries to understand and she's really nice. I yawn head to the dining area for a quick snack. I have a sandwich, a grilled cheese to be precise. I eat it quickly and go to bed. I get to my room when I hear a slight crying sound coming from Piper's room.

I put mu ear against her door. She is crying. This is the first time I've heard her cry since Leo died. Come to think of it, I don't even think she cried then.

I open the door. "Are you okay?"

"Oh, Hazel" Piper says,backing away.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

"Nothing, nothing, go, go" Piper says.

"Why?" I ask.

"Please Hazel" Piper says.

"Is it about Leo? Jason?" I ask.

"Yes, okay!" Piper cries. 'Please go, I don't want you to see me like this!"

"I don't care if you cry, but okay" I say. I leave and shut the door. I go to my room and fall asleep the second my head hits my pillow.

My dreams aren't scary at all, actually, they are really amazing. It's almost all the good times I've spent with Leo. It starts with the rock and the whole thing with Echo. We were so close and I almost kissed him. That's my little secret. I had almost kissed him but then I remembered Frank and I didn't. Then I see some of the times when we were just on the deck, smiling and laughing. Him telling jokes. Him telling everything and me telling everything. After that I see the time I brought him back into my memory, but only the happy part, like when I kissed his cheek. After that, the cute time when he he fell onto deck and he said "Hey babe." That was my first clue that he ever liked me. Than I saw the fight that I actually enjoyed. I was realizing that he liked me and every time he said something I shot it back unknowingly because really I was finding out everything. Then when we started dating. He and I laughing together. Then the first time he told me that he loves me, and the first time I said I loved him back. Also all the times that Piper and I had funny talks about Leo and I. And that time when I woke up when I was in Leo's arms. It was the day after Frank "Died." I was in his arms, it was the happiest moment in my life. The way his arms felt around me. Of course, we were on the floor and it was so uncomfortable, but Leo was so warm that I forgot about the floor. I kissed him then put his head on my lap and I played with his hair for hours. Then I remembered that Frank died, but the vision changed. The times that we dated, the times that he made me laugh. No one has ever made me laugh as hard as Leo had. No one. Not even Sammy. Then, Leo was falling to the floor...

I jump awake. That was the exact image I so did not want to see. I look at the clock, . I sigh. I get up and go to the deck.

I miss Leo. I miss Nico. I miss both of them so much. Wait...Nico said that he brought back Bianca for a few minutes...he also said that he keeps a journal. I run to his room and rip the door open. I look under hid bed and find nothing but his sword, I look in his closet and I find a picture of a girl that looks like him (Bianca probably) and a picture of me which makes me smile. He also has a few pairs of clothes in there. I look in his desk but there's nothing but a few pencils. I give up and fall onto his bad. Where could it be? I feel something under my head. I look under his pillow and let out a happy laugh. I found it. I flip open the pages and sit down at his desk, turning his lamp on. I giggle as I see his hand writing starts getting the better the more he writes. I notice a bunch of spelling mistakes but you can't blame him, he was eleven and he has Dyslexia. I soon find it.

He explains about happy meals (whatever those are) and giving them to the dead and saying a spell and stuff. I get a notebook and write it down (I find the notebook in his closet, but it's empty so he won't care (hopefully)).

I run to the deck. Wait! What's a happy meal?

I slowly walk to Piper's room.

"Hey Piper, what's a happy meal?" I call.

Find them at McDonalds" she says sleepily.

"Thanks!" I call and run to the deck. I grab the wheel and slowly land the ship on a hilltop and talk to Festus than run into town. I run to a building that says the name and run inside. Who knew they would stay open this late?

The guy is talking in Latin. This close to Greece? Oh well.

"Hey" I say in Latin in a rough translation. I ask for three happy meals and three ice teas, Leo's favorite. I pay the man and run out, just before the guy saying in English "Crazy kids." I roll my eyes and keep running. I can't waste any time.

I run back to the ship and do all the things on that the notebook states. I run around making sure I didn't miss anything. Finally I'm done, and I just have to wait. A shape appears. I am so happy that Leo actually wants to talk to me. Leo turns to me.

"Hazel?" he asks. "I thought I was..."

I run and hug him, even though I know I'm just hugging air.

"Leo" I say with tears in my eyes.

"What happened?" Leo asks. I tell him everything. How he died, my plan to go to Greece, and my chat with Reyna. I pronounce every word as clearly as possible.

"Hazel, you're going to Greece to save me?" Leo asks.

"Yes, because I love you" I say.

"But Hazel, think of all the spirits that'll come out" Leo says.

"I know, but that won't matter to me if you're out" I say.

"Hazel, I won't let you do this for me" Leo says.

"What?" I cry.

"Hazel, I'm dead" Leo says.

I start to cry. "I'm bringing you back if you like it or not! You can't say this too me! I have been hurting for the last few days! Let me do what Nico did for me!"

"Hazel, Nico went into the underworld and brought you out. You are going to open the doors of death and leave the doors open until I come out which I might possibly come out last because I don't have a choice over these things!" Leo says.

"But Leo, I can't turn around now...I am to close, I...I can't go to the doors all for nothing" the tears in my eyes speed up.

"Hazel, when you go back to New York, do to DOA recording studies. That's where I was until a few days ago. Once there, you know, you did this too" Leo says. I look up, he's smiling.

"But Leo, I could bring your mom back...I could bring my mom back! Think of all the people I could save!" I say.

"But Haze, think of all the people who will kill you the second their out" Leo says.

"But it'd be worth it if I could bring your mom back, I know how much you loved her" I say. "And I love you."

"I love you too. Hey, I talked to her. It was all teary but I was so happy to see her. I'm fine now. I finally got to tell her that I'm sorry and I loved her and...goodbye" Leo says.

"But Leo..." I say.

"Hazel, please, promise me that you won't keep the doors open" Leo says.

"Why is everybody telling me what to do and what not to do?!" I yell. "I'm sorry, but you are not the boss of me! You don't control me and I can do what I want when I want! Stop trying to make me do things!"

"Hazel, I'm not trying to control you, I just don't want you to get hurt" Leo says. My eyes sting with tears. I haven't even realized that I'm bawling. Tears sweep onto my bare feet, and sliding onto the floor making a small puddle.

"But I don't want to! I don't want to wait! I just want you back!" I sob. "I just want you back now, I want you to hug me! I want you to...kiss me, okay?!"

"I don't want to wait either, but I don't want anyone to get hurt" Leo says, with tears forming in his eyes.

"But I don't wanna wait! I don't wanna keep going! I can't keep going, Leo, the only thing that has kept me going was knowing that you would holding me again, knowing that I would be with you, Leo! You are the only person who has ever loved me, Leo! If I have no one who loves me in the whole world, I will get depressed and depression causes not eating and not eating causes sickness and sickness causes death! Do you want me to die, Leo?! Do you?!" I scream.

"No" Leo says. "I don't want you to die. I just. Come here. You can't hug me, but I can hug you. And I can kiss you."

I nod and whimper, and stand still. I feel Leo's warm arms around me and his lips covering mine. He puts his hand on my cheek. It isn't strange for me to kiss a dead person because technically, he's kissing one.

"Don't go" I say, with tears in my eyes as Leo pulls away.

"I really don't want to I...I don't want to leave!" Leo says with his eyes flooding.

"Kiss me again" I say. Leo nods. I shut my eyes and Leo's lips are on mine again. They feel warm, and full. I full happy and in love and I know that Leo is my true love. Because, well, this may sound a little cheesy but, I do truly love him.

I stand here for hours, long after Leo has gone. I just stand with my lips out, pretending to be kissing Leo even though he's gone. I pretend that he is still here. I don't know what I'll do if he isn't here, I seriously can not deal with that! My eyes are still closed but I can see through my eyelids that the sun has come up and it rises.

"Hazel?" I hear behind me.

"Yes?" I say weakly, opening my eyes. I shut them quickly since the sun is directly in front of my eyes. I turn my head a little and my vision has greyed. Leo is gone. I take a deep breath in. No, I am not going to cry!

"Hazel, what are you doing?" Piper asks. I turn to face her. She looks concerned.

"Well, I have to wait to save Leo" I croak.

"You aren't going to open the doors?" Piper asks.

"No, Leo convinced me not to" I say.

"Leo?" Piper asks.

"Yes" I smile. Piper nods unwillingly and looks at me strangely.

You know...Leo definitely didn't seem like a dead person.

End of Chapter.

AN. Sorry about all the spelling mistakes! This hasn't been spell checked so it's all weird. So anyway, review.

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