*Boo, it's the last chapter. But it's gonna be kind of boring, just Leo and Calypso - Caleo now - and how they are now that they're a couple. There's also going to be a fair amount of Percabeth, too. Anyway, on with the story, and I'll try to make it as long as possible without it getting boring. And I wanted to do something sweet and cheezy since it's the last chapter, so I made Annabeth's, Piper's and Calypso's bathing suits to represent both their boyfriends and themselves. ;D
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Wish I did.*
*Chapter 8*
(Everyone's 3rd person POV)
Word about Calypso and Leo dating quickly spread around camp. All of the Aphrodite girls looked at them in awe whenever they passed by holding holds, and they spent most of their time together swimming in the canoe lake, going out for pegasus rides or skipping dinner to eat Leo's secret stash of junk food and watch t.v. on Calypso's flat screen, which amazed her to no end since she has never watched t.v. before.
"I think it's so sweet that Leo's finally got a girlfriend," Annabeth said, leaning against Percy's chest.
Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Juniper, Piper, Jason and Thalia were at the beach sitting on the sand, letting the waves crash against their feet in the summer heat. (A/N: Yeah, I know that rhymed. I keep doing that, for some reason. XD)
Thalia leaned back and ran the sand between her fingers. "And it's about time, too."
"Well, I think they're a cute couple. They've definitely liked each other since they first met," Juniper said.
"Well, maybe not, because Percy-" Grover started, but Annabeth gave him a sharp look, and he went silent.
Piper laughed. "Gods, Annabeth. Can you say death glare?"
Annabeth smirked. "Actually, I'm pretty known for it."
"Yeah, it's true. She uses it on me all the time," Percy muttered.
Annabeth elbowed him lightly and intwined her fingers with his.
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(Later that day)
Percy, Annabeth, Jason and Piper had invited Calypso and Leo to go swimming with them. Calypso didn't have a bathing suit, so of course the Aphrodite cabin immediatly complied and made her one. It was plan white with flames on the bottoms, while Annabeth's was dark gray with a sea green flower on the bottoms and top, and Piper's had sky blue and green - to match her multicolored eyes - stripes.
Percy and Annabeth grinned, knowing that this was the same place they'd been dumped after Clarisse and everyone else had seen them kiss. Taking each other's hand, they jumped in together.
Jason and Piper soon followed, then Calypso and Leo.
While everyone was splashing, Percy went underwater, and after a while didn't come back up.
"Um, where did Percy go?" Jason asked.
Annabeth sighed. "He's hiding somewhere underwater, trying to scare us."
Leo grinned. "You sound like you're used to it."
"I am. And I know how much of a Seaweed Brain he is. He's going to try to scare us, or me."
He still didn't come up. Eventually ten minutes went by.
Annabeth frowned. "Ok, now it's getting old." She punched the water. "Not funny, Seaweed Brain."
Still no answer.
"Perseus!" Annabeth yelled. Still no answer.
Annabeth looked at the others, who just shrugged.
"Um, does he do this alot?" Calypso asked, clinging to Leo with a bad feeling in her stomach.
Annabeth bit her lip. "Something is wrong. He wouldn't wait this long to come up."
"Maybe he knows you'd think that, so he's waiting so that it'll be unexpected," Jason suggested.
"Or maybe he's just helping some animal," Piper added.
Annabeth bit her lip and thought for a moment. "I'm going in to find him."
"Are you sure? You can't breathe or see underwater like Percy can," Piper said.
Annabeth took a deep breath. "Yes, I am. I'll be back."
"Wait! Let us go with you," Jason said. "If Percy really is in trouble, you're going to need all the help you can get."
Annabeth hesitated, then finally nodded. Together, they all went underwater.
But their faces didn't get wet. Confused, Annabeth inhaled slightly and breathed in a mouthfull of air. She breathed in deep. No water. She looked back at the others and showed them it was alright to breathe.
"Why can we breathe?" Piper asked, exhaling.
"Percy usually does it when we're underwater. He puts a bubble around me," Annabeth said.
"Then he knows we'd come for him?" Jason asked. "It's probably just a prank, Annabeth. One we can kill him for later."
Annabeth shook her head. "I'm not chancing it."
Leo held Calypso as they drifted out farther and farther to the middle of the lake. Calypso had a bad feeling again, and this time Leo did too.
"Um, I don't think we should be drifting this far out, Annabeth," Leo said. "Travis and Connor told me there were monsters in here."
Annabeth looked at him over her shoulder. "You really shouldn't believe everything those two tell you."
Then why did her voice sound unconfident, like she actually believed it herself?
"If you guys want to go back, you can. I'm going to keep going," Annabeth said after a few minutes of silence.
Jason shook his head. "I'm staying."
"Me too," Piper said.
"Me three," Leo added. He looked at Calypso.
"I'm staying with you," she told him. He kissed her, and they continued ahead.
When they finally got to the middle of the lake, they found their answer.
Percy was tied up and gagged, struggling to get free. When he saw Annabeth, he shook his head violently. Annabeth knew what he was trying to say: Run. Swim away.
Annabeth took off the gag, but the seaweed wrapped around his wrists and ankles was unbrakable.
"There's a monster," he said. "He - it - is awful. Get out of here. I'll handle it."
Annabeth still tugged at the seaweed and didn't listen. Jason flipped the golden coin he had in his pocket and his sword appeared. He cut the seaweed and freed Percy.
"Let's get out of here before the monster shows up again," Percy said. "Everyone grab onto me."
They didn't waste time or argue. They grabbed hold of him, and Percy willed the water to push them to the surface and ride the waves back to camp.
"Let's never do that again," Leo said, arms tightly wrapped around Calypso. "I nearly had a heart attack."
Everyone quickly agreed.
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(Later that night)
Everyone was singing at the campfire. The campfire was high that night, almost twenty feet, because everyone was happy and in a good mood. Marshmallows were being cooked and eaten while everyone sung about some satyr and his grandma.
"You know what would make this day perfect?" Nico said.
"What?" Thalia asked.
"A Marshmallow food fight."
Thalia rolled her eyes. "Wow, Nico."
"What?" he asked. Thalia rolled her eyes again and didn't answer.
Percy grinned. Annabeth was sitting beside him, and beside her Leo and Calypso were sitting together holding hands.
"Percy?" Annabeth said.
He smiled. "Yeah, Wise Girl?"
"I love you."
His smile grew. "I love you too."
"Well, actually that wasn't really what I wanted to say . . ."
Percy pretended to look hurt. "So you don't love me?" he teased.
Annabeth bumped his shoulder. "Of course I do, Seaweed Brain. It's just that . . . when we were in the water looking for you, we were able to breathe. Did you do that?"
"Yeah. I figured you guys would think something is wrong when I didn't come up, so I made a giant bubble. I was planning to scare you guys, though, but before I could pop back up something grabbed me."
Annabeth squeezed his hand tight. "You weren't scared?"
"No."
"No?"
"No. Because I knew you'd come for me."
Annabeth smiled and put her head on his shoulder.
Calypso was leaning against Leo, his arm around her.
"I think this is the best day ever," he said.
Calypso looked up and smiled teasingly at him. "And why is that?"
"Well, besides the fact that a monster kidnapped Percy, I have a beautiful girlfriend, my two best friends are here, and I don't feel like an outsider anymore."
Calypso blushed and squeezed his waist.
And then the marshmallows went flying.
"Oh gods, it looks like Nico got his food fight after all," Piper said, ducking to avoid a flaming marshmallow.
And, in fact, a few seconds later they heard Nico yell, "FOOD FIGHT!"
Calypso smiled. Taking her marshmallow, she tapped Leo on the shoulder, and when he turned, she smashed it on his cheek.
Leo grinned and smashed his on her chin, both laughing.
Percy and Thalia, however, were really getting into it. They threw marshmallows back and forth in each other's faces.
"Percy!" Annabeth laughed, ducking.
"It's getting stuck in my fur!" Grover wailed, plucking marshmallows out of his furry goat legs.
Jason was using his sword to hit any marshmallows that came flying at him or Piper like a baseball bat.
Shrugging, Annabeth got up and started throwing marshmallows at Thalia with Percy.
It went on like that for about ten more minutes before Chiron finally got everyone to calm down.
"Alright, we had our fun, now hit the showers and go to bed!" he said. Groaning, everyone left.
Percy looked like the Doughboy, with marshmallows sticking to him everywhere, and Leo had two in his hair that made it look like he had horns.
Annabeth leaned torward Calypso. "We so have to take pictures," she whispered.
Calypso laughed, glad that Annabeth no longer hated her.
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(Epilogue)
Once everyone was clean and marshmallow free, all of the campers climbed into bed.
Except for Leo and Calypso, of course. They were cuddling together on the couch in her cabin and watching a scary movie. Everytime a scary part came up, Calypso would clutch at Leo and hide her face in his shoulder.
"Would you rather just watch regular t.v.?" he finally asked. Leo had already seen this movie, and it was pretty scary. He knew it must be terrifying her.
"Yes, please," she said against his shoulder.
Leo switched it back to t.v.
Grinning, Leo said, "It's okay, it's off."
She didn't move.
"Calypso?" he shook her shoulder. She was asleep.
Still grinning, he gently picked her up and put her in her bed. He turned off the t.v.
Before leaving, he kissed her cheek. "Love you," he murmured, then left.
A small smile played on Calypso's lips.
*And . . . . scene. The end. So, what did ya think? Review a comment about your favorite part from this chapter and tell me which was the best. No flames. Anyway, good-bye! Hope you enjoyed this story.*