*Okie dokie, since Goodbye is - sadly - slowly drawing to a close, I'm going to be working on this alot more. Plenty of Percabeth still, so don't worry. It's going to get very dramatic in this chapter. And for P-Man's sake, it's couples everywhere in this story! I'm going to have couples left and right! But I just now realized that. Aphrodite would be so proud! ;)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Rick's.*
*Chapter 2*
(Leo's 3rd person POV)
Okay, so maybe Leo didn't have the best luck in the world when it came to girls. He'd been talking with Katie Gardener, easily getting her to laugh, when he'd asked her out. Katie, flustered, had responded that she already had a boyfriend. And, speaking of the boyfriend, Travis Stoll comes up and asks why Leo was asking out his girlfriend.
Leo just shrugged, said, "I didn't know you were dating her, dude. Sorry," And quickly left for the bunker 9 cabin hidden in the caves.
Once there, Leo sighed. Maybe if he asked out one of those super-hot Aphrodite girls . . .
He quickly pushed the thought away. For starters, those were Piper's sibilings, and she'd told him all about that 'Right of Passage' deal. If he asked out one of them and they said yes, then he'd most likely end up getting dumped by the end of the day.
Well, if Annabeth were single, he'd definitely ask her out. She was seriously hot. But, of course, she's dating Percy, and those two barely leave each other's sides. Nope, she was out. And so was Piper. He wouldn't even consider asking her, since he knows she's all for Jason. Maybe a single Roman chick would consider dating him . . .
"Leo!" called a voice, and Annabeth emerged with Percy right behind her.
Leo stood up and put down the wrench he was holding. "Hey, guys. What's up?"
"Dude, come to the beach, quick!" Percy said. "Someone's here."
"Who?" Leo asked.
"We don't know yet, we came to get you," Annabeth said. "Piper, Jason and everyone else is already down there."
Leo quickly followed them as they hurried through the forest. Leo couldn't help but notice their intwined hands as they walked, or the way they would occasionally smile at each other . . .
They ran the rest of the way to the beach, where a girl around fifteen with caramel colored hair braided over one shoulder was sitting on some kind of makeshift boat. She was looking at all of the campers curiously, as though she's never seen so many people at once before. She also seemed to be searching for someone.
As she turned towards them when they approached, Leo saw her eyes widen and a smile spread over her face. "Percy!" She jumped up from the boat tackled him in a hug, her white dress flapping against her ankles.
"Umm, hello! I'm right here, you know!" Annabeth said angrily, pushing the girl off of a startled Percy.
Instead of getting mad, the girl looked at Annabeth, full kindness in her face. "I'm sorry. Who are you?"
"Annabeth," said Annabeth. "And if you don't mind, I don't appreciate you hugging my boyfriend when I don't even know you."
The girl cocked her head. "Boyfriend? Is that some weird word for . . . a boy that is a friend?"
Annabeth stared at her curiously. "Umm, no, that means were dating. Who are you? Where are you from?"
"Dating . . . I've never heard of the word, since I have been prisoner on my island," she responded.
"Prisoner . . . ? And why didn't you answer my . . . Oh!" Annabeth gasped. She looked at Percy's pale face.
"You . . . wait, so this is . . ." she breathed.
"Yeah," Percy responded, awkwardly rubbing his arm. "Um, it's her."
"Oh." Annabeth crossed her arms and bit her lip.
"Okay, none of us get why this moment is suddenly so awkward, so could you fill us in here?" Leo said.
Percy swallowed. "Umm, guys . . . this is Calypso."
Everyone gasped except Leo, Piper and Jason.
"What? Why is everyone shocked?" Leo asked.
Percy turned to me. "Leo, Calypso is Atlas's daughter. She helped him during the Titan war, so the gods imprisoned her for it. She was stuck on her island, but sometimes, after a decade-"
"A hero would wash up on her island, one that she would nurture back to health. But then she'd fall in love with the hero and ask him to stay, even when she knows he won't," Annabeth finished, pursing her lips.
Leo looked back and forth between the normally happy couple, though they certainly didn't look happy right now. Leo had a feeling that Percy was one of the heroes that had washed up on Calypso's island, and he knew Piper and Jason thought so too. And that Annabeth still didn't like it.
"Well, your together, so everything's good!" Piper said quickly, pulling Percy and Annabeth closer together to get rid of the horrible gap between them.
Annabeth sighed. "Yeah, I guess your right. I'm being ridiculous."
"And you have nothing to worry about," Percy murmured to her.
Leo, being the impractical ADHD jokster that he was, couldn't help but ask, "wait, so you had to choose between Annabeth . . . or her? Dude, how are you getting all the hot chicks?"
Piper stomped on his foot. "Leo! This isn't funny!"
"Gods, you're as bad as Aphrodite," Percy muttered.
Piper shot him a death glare, and he grinned. "Sorry. Forgot you were a daughter of Aphrodite for a moment."
"Or Percy's head is just filled with too much Seaweed," Annabeth muttered.
"And it didn't stop there," Travis called, his arm around Katie. "He'd also had Rachel, too."
"Dude!" Percy said, his face flushing.
"And maybe Thalia, if she hadn't joined the Hunters," Connor added.
"EWW!" Thalia and Percy both said. "No way!"
Jason, flustered, kept looking back and forth between Thalia and Percy.
"Dude, my sister?" Jason asked.
"No way! Not in a million years," Percy whispered back.
Leo looked impressed. "Dang, dude. Rachel, Calypso and Annabeth?"
"No!" Percy said quickly, his face red. "I mean, not like that . . ."
"Ah, but fate stepped in. He had to leave Calypso, so she's out. Rachel became the Oracle, so she's out. And then after Luke died, the path to Annabeth was free and clear," Travis said.
Katie elbowed him. "Travis! That is so mean. I mean, obviously he would have chosen Annabeth anyway. duh, he loves her."
"Okay, can we drop the subject, please?" Percy said loudly.
"Gods, this is embarrassing," Annabeth muttered.
"Well, now a path to me is clear!" Calypso said with glee. "I still want to be with you. I thought about you all the time on my island."
Annabeth huffed and crossed her arms. "Okay, look, what part of 'he's my boyfriend' do you not get?"
Calypso still didn't look mad. "The boyfriend part."
Everyone groaned.
"This is going to take a while," Piper muttered.
"Well, you can explain later," Chiron said. "Could someone please show Calypso around and assist her?"
Leo could see Calypso look hopefully at Percy, but he was whispering to Annabeth, their hands intwined again.
Chiron sighed. "Leo, would you be so kind as to show around our guest?"
"What? Me?" Leo asked. Shoot. He'd really hoped to get back the hidden bunker 9 to work more.
Chiron nodded. "Yes. You."
Leo sighed. "Oh, okay. C'mon, um, Calypso. I'll show you the really cool lava wall."
Calypso followed and took his hand. Leo looked down and blushed. "Umm . . ."
"Sorry."
"No, it's . . . okay." As Leo and Calypso walked towards the lava wall, Leo looked over his shoulder at Piper and Jason. They both gave him the thumbs-up sign.
It's funny, Leo noticed, how quickly she seemed to forget Percy.
*You like, hate, love? Please comment. I didn't want to have Calypso completely raving over Percy, and I wanted Calypso and Leo to spend some time together. Caleo already? Hmm . . . XD Anyways, next chapter coming soon, but I really need your comments so that I'll know whether to continue it or not.*
