*Wow, I feel so horrible because it took me so long to start this chapter. Anywhoo, here is - finally - chapter 3.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Rick Riordan's.*
*Chapter 3*
(Leo's 3rd person POV)
As Leo walked Calypso around camp and showed her the cool activities, she looked awed. Leo knew she'd never seen anything like it before, but it was still fun to watch her facial expressions when she pointed to something and asked excitedly, "What is that?"
They stopped.
"That," Leo said, "Is the lava wall. You have to climb it fast, or the lava gets you."
Calypso looked at Leo in shock. "But isn't that dangerous?"
"That's sort of the point," Leo said with a laugh.
She gasped again and pulled Leo by the hand over to the volleyball court.
"What is this?"
"The volleyball court," Leo said. When Calypso just stared at him, he sighed. "It's a game where you hit a ball back and forth over the net, with two teams on each side."
"Oh, that sounds fun!" she said.
"Want to try?" Leo asked. He pulled her to the court and picked up the ball. "Try it. Maybe you're good at it, cause I'm not."
She held the ball awkwardly, as if unsure how to hold it. Leo took her hands. "Here. You hold the ball in your one hand, like this, and you pop it with your other fist."
"Like this?" Calypso hit the ball, and it went soaring - right into the net.
Calypso groaned. "I am not good at this game."
"Actually, that was really good for your first time," Leo said. Then he realized he was still behind her, holding her hands with his arms around her. He reluctantly let go and blushed. "So, uh . . . I mean, do you want to finish the tour?"
Calypso smiled, and Leo noticed how beautiful it was. A little shy, too.
"Yes. I would like to see where I am sleeping, if you don't mind."
"Oh. Uh . . ." Leo hadn't thought about that. Where would she stay? She was Atlas's daughter, and they didn't exactly have cabins for any Titans here. "I don't know, we'll have to ask Chiron."
She slipped her hand into his. "I can not thank you enough for your kindness."
Leo blushed. "Um, it's cool. Happy to help."
Together, they walked to the Big House, still gripping each other's hand.
. . . . . .
"Hmm. I do not know. Maybe we should build a cabin for you?" Chiron asked.
"No, I can not let you go through all that trouble for just me," Calypso said. "And I know I am not welcome here, since I am a Titan's daughter."
Leo stared at her. He felt so bad for her. He wanted to do something to help her, so he turned to Chiron and said, "I'll build it. Her cabin, I mean. Annabeth can get the blueprints for me."
"Leo, you do not have to-" Calypso said, but Leo cut her off.
"I want to," he said firmly. It'll give me something to do to get my mind off of chicks, he thought. Then he glanced at Calypso again. He'd noticed how nice she'd smelled when he'd been standing behind her on the volleyball court. Her hair, braided over her shoulder, was long and shiny in the sun. And when she spoke . . . so kindly, so sweet, her voice could make birds sing.
Leo shook his head. What the heck? Where did all that come from?
"Are you sure, Leo?" Calypso asked.
Leo shrugged. "I've got nothing better to do. I can get a couple of satyrs to help me. It'll be finished in no time."
Calypso threw her arms around him and kissed his cheek. "Thank you, Leo! You are most kind."
Leo shrugged, his face feeling hot. "It's no big deal. I'll make it awesome. I'm thinking red with white shutters on the windows." No need to make it all gloomy and scary looking - like Nico's cabin, for instance - because she was a Titan's daughter.
"Well, you should find Annabeth. She will build the blueprints for you. The satyrs are around in the forest somewhere chasing the wood nymphs." Chiron shook his head. "Anyway, good luck to you, child."
"See you, Chiron," Leo said as Chiron galloped off.
"Now we've got a people hunt. First Chiron, now Annabeth, then the satyrs." Leo grinned. "Come on, let's see where Annabeth's gotten off to."
He took her hand, and she didn't object. She squeezed his hand back.
. . . . . .
After checking the Athena cabin, Mess Hall, training area and the beach, Leo huffed. "Well, I didn't realize that the scavenger hunt would be so hard."
"Have you checked Percy's cabin?" Calypso asked, her face lifting slightly when she said Percy's name.
Leo cleared his throat, unsure of why that bothered him. "No, but that's probably where she is, and why we couldn't find her. Come on."
Leo walked with Calypso to the Poseidon cabin. He knocked on the door and waited.
Finally, it opened, and Annabeth appeared. "What, Leo? We're kind of busy."
"I can, uh, see that." Leo bit his lip and held back his laughter. Annabeth's hair - usually in a neat ponytail - was down and frizzy, like she just got out of bed (Leo had to choke back another round of laughter at that thought), and her clothes were wrinkled.
"Huh?" Annabeth looked down at herself and blushed. She tried to straighten out her clothes and fix her bed head.
"We need blueprints for a new cabin. Her cabin," Leo finally said, wishing he had a camera. He nodded torwards Calypso.
Annabeth looked at her. "A new cabin? Sure, no problem. I can get the satyrs-"
"They were going to help me. I was going to build it," Leo quickly said.
Annabeth stopped trying to fix her hair and raised an eyebrow and grinned. "Why do you want to build it?"
"I'm a son of Hephaestus. I like building things," Leo said, blushing.
"Uh huh. Alright, I-I'll be out in a few."
"Who is it?" a new voice asked, and Percy's head appeared in the doorway.
This time, Leo actually did bust out laughing. Percy's hair was sticking up everywhere on his head, and he too looked like he just got out of bed.
Annabeth saw his hair too. "Gods, Percy. Buy a comb."
"My hair is naturally messy." He shook his head, and his hair got even wilder.
Annabeth laughed. "Yeah, Seaweed Brain. Get back in there, I'll be in in a second."
"In where?" Calypso asked. Her face had lifted when Percy appeared, but it quickly dropped when he dissapeared inside the cabin again.
"Hmm? Oh, nowhere." Annabeth blushed bright red and bit her lip.
Leo could tell she was eager to get back to Percy doing Zeus-knows-what, so he said, "We'll get back to you later. Try not to, uh, smother each other."
Annabeth stuck her tongue out at him and closed the door. Leo turned to Calypso.
"So, what do you want to do?"
"You do not mind spending time with me?" she asked.
"Nah. It's fun hanging with you." Now, for some reason, he wasn't as eager to get back to the bunker as he was before.
"Well, what were you doing before I arrived?" she said.
"Just working on something in this cave. I usually spend most of my time in there."
"Then lets go," she said.
*Woo hoo, I finally finished a new chapter! :) Okay, chapter 4 will come as soon as I can write it. I'm kind of going back and forth between this and Changed right now, cause I have a lot of great ideas for both and I'm trying to hurry up and write them down before I forget them. XD Anyway, ttfn!*
