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Chapter 1
"I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day you find it, is the day I will stop missing you" -Unknown
February 14; Valentines day.
"Hey Piper," Leo murmured, patting his side pocket, making sure the necklace was in his pocket. Jason looked at him suspiciously.
Piper turned toward him, and smiled. "What's up?"
Leo frowned seeing the angered face on Jason. "Nothing much, I just wanted to know what you two were doing today?" He lied.
"We we're going to head to that lake, you know with that bridge?" Piper smiled.
"Isn't the lake frozen?" Leo murmured.
"Yea, but the view there is great" Jason said matter-of-factly.
"It's mostly white..." Leo muttered.
"I like the small specks of grass sticking out from the snow," Piper smiled.
"Cool," Leo murmured passively.
"I got to grab something from my cabin, I'll be right back," Jason said and ran to his cabin.
"So, why'd you ask?" Piper smiled.
Leo gulped, and took out the necklace. He heard her gasp, as he let the chain dangle, as the charm rest in the middle of his palm.
"Leo!" She exclaimed embracing him in a hug. "Thank you so much"
He chuckled then pulled her off, "It's no biggy," He lied, remembering that it took him all night; roughly 12 hours to finish.
"It's beautiful!" Piper smiled big. Leo looked to the ground blushing.
"Well...I was going to make it a locket, but I didn't know what to put in the picture area," Leo murmured.
"It's beautiful," She grasped it in her hands. She read the words imprinted on it.
Thank you.
I love you.
To Beauty Queen
Love,
Leo
"I better get going, You're kind-of busy yourself," Leo muttered, turning.
"Wait," Piper interupted. "You're just going to leave?"
Leo shrugged, "I thought you'd want to spend some time with Jason"
"So, you're are best friend, why don't you join us?"
"I really shouldn't..." Leo muttered scratching the back of his neck.
"Please," Piper begged.
"I'll sit on the side and work on scrap of metal or something." Leo conpromised.
"Alright," Piper muttered. Jason ran up to Piper.
"What's that?" Jason pointed to the necklace. Leo looked down.
"Leo made it, isn't it pretty?" Piper cooed.
"Let me see that," Jason snapped. He clutched and Leo widened his eyes. Leo backed up, putting his hands up to defend himself.
Jason's eyes were filled woth anger and dibelief. "I-It's not that way, I meant it as a friend" Leo faltered. Jason's face contorted in rage and betrayal.
Jason lunged, and Leo ran towards the cabins.
Leo could hear the yells and shouts from the both of them, but what Leo didn't hear was Piper's shout as Jason threw the nexklace in the middle of the lake.
Leo was hiding in the edge of the forest, looking out towards the bridge. He stepped out of the bushes when he saw Jason and Piper fighting. He flinched as he saw Jason slap his hand across her face, and something inside him filled with rage. When he saw Jason walk towards his cabin without Piper at his side, Leo stepped out and headed towards the bridge. Piper sat there her knees drawn up to her chest, weeping, for some peculiar reason.
He knelt next to her. "Piper?"
She looked up, her eyes wet, and swollen. "Leo! He-he..." She faltered. That's when Leo saw what was wrong. The necklace was on the ice, the gold standing out amongst the white slippery frozen lake.
"It's alright," Leo murmured.
"He threw it, though, and slapped me!" Piper exclaimed through her lowering sobs.
"It's alright," Leo wrapped his arms around her shoulders. "Here, let me go get it."
"Leo, no, the sun's out. It'll make the ice less strong." Piper looked up as he headed down the small slope, reaching the edge of the river.
"It'll be fine," Leo murmured, smiling his big grin.
"Leo, don't be stupid" Piper murmured as she stood up. Leo stepped on the ice, cautious not to fall.
"You wanted the necklace, I'm getting it for you" Leo shouted as he kneeled down to get it. "See, I didn't fall"
"Leo..." Piper sighed.
Leo blushed, "I got the necklace, and I'm fine!"
"Leo! Your emotions" Piper cried out.
Leo blushed more, "What do you mean?"
Just then, Leo heard it too. Under his feet, the ice cracked, which meant only one thing, He was burning up.
"Leo!" Piper screamed as the ice finally broke away. The look on Leo was the look she saw the first time she met him. Fear had crept in his eyes, and it had spread to her. Leo gulped, knowing not only did he not know how to swim, but also that the water would be colder then what most people would have endured.
Gravity tok affect, and finally Leo met the water. He thrashed trying desperately to stay above water, reaching for anything that'll help him.
"Leo!" Piper yelled, now knowing what to do. Of course, she didn't know the lack of ability of swimming, and she believed he'd only suffer from the cold.
Leo was getting tired. The cold had englufed him, and he couldn't hold his breathe for much longer. With the little energy he had, he found which way was up, and pounded on the slick jagged piece of ice, hoping it break through. When that didn't work, Leo pressed his hands to the ice, kicking frantically to keep it there. The ice was cold, too cold, to where it felt warmer, making his hands numb. When he realized his fire ability couldn't help him, he began to panic, knowing that he couldn't keep kicking forever. The cold of the water had already spread to his legs, making them numb as if blood wasn't flowing properly.
His ears were numb and raw, but he still could hear the scream coming from the bridge. Piper, he reminded himself. He shut his eyes, remembering why he was on the ice anyway. He opened them and saw the necklace in his hand. The engraved words slightly damaged from the jagged ice when Jason threw it. His lip quivered, but remaine shut, tears, he could feel but not touch. The water from the river concealed it, taking it as it's own. As Leo finally opened his mouth, knowing it was hopeless, he tilted his head back to see a muted view of Piper.
He shut his eyes and thought to himself, I'm sorry...
It took Piper a few minutes till she finally understood what had just happened. When the bubbles and ripples from Leo's thrashing finally came to an abrupt stop, it took her a minute to process what she just witnessed.
Her lip begin to quiver, and tears streamed down her face. Unlike Leos tears, it did not dissapear, but it did as soon as it hit the bridge, slowly gravity took it's toll and brought it to the melting river, where it would be with Leo.
Jason, Piper thought. This was all Jason's fault...
"Because of Jason, I lost my best friend. The one person I will always love," Piper said to herself between her sobs.
And like what Gravity did to her tears, they did the same to Leo.
He sunk to the bottom of the lake.
But what Gravity does not control, rises. Leo's Soul, Heart and Mind had rose floating higher then anyone has gone before.
Thanks for the views! I understand the beggining was bleh, I got bored of the beginning, so I became sloppy. I personally think the ending was less boring. I start school tomorrow, so I have no clue if I'll have time.
The grammar and stuff I didn't fix and the ending seemed cliche to me, so sorry about that too, so I might rewrite this chapter soon. I'm going to put quotes at the top from now on, and have titles for the chapter.
Enjoy and Review,
~Percabeth17~