I knew you were trouble when you walked in,

So shame on me

I didn't sleep that night.

You know, you hear people say that and you kinda think, 'They're being dramatic. They probably passed out at like 4 am.' Well, I would like to send my most sincere apologies to anyone I ever thought that at, because I truly did not sleep. I watched minutes pass by on my coolio alarm clock, and all I could think about was how badly I just screwed up. Any chances of friendship I had with Reyna were long gone.

But more importantly, I tried to think of ways I could have comforted her had I realized her subtext sooner. And what scared me was that I could not come up with any wise words, even after thinking for hours. I guess that's why I normally leave the brainy stuff to Annabeth.

The only bright spot to my night-turned-morning was being able to shake Jason awake at 6:30 in the morning. Granted, he punched my face before realizing it was me, and then was very confused as to why I was awake before him. I told him some bullshit about getting up to fix something on the Argo II, and Jason cut me off before I had time to finish my lie. For some reason, I feel like Reyna hadn't confided in Jason, and I knew it wasn't my secret to tell. In a sick way, it almost made me feel good that she trusted me that much. Then I remembered what she had trusted me with and that good feeling vanished.

I'm sure you're sick of me rambling on very dramatically in the past tense, so fast forward to breakfast.

OooooOooooO

I looked at my bowl of cereal (still not trusting the sausage) and poked it with my spoon. It had gotten all soggy and gross, but I wasn't hungry anyway. Apparently, that is something shocking in itself.

"Leo," Annabeth leaned over the table, "I know that you don't eat as much as some pigs, who shall remain nameless, but you normally eat something. What's wrong? You don't need to diet, you're skinny enough as it is."

"Believe me, I have heard it before," I grumbled. "You know, I have abs, they're just not very wide."

Percy snorted. "Come on dude, eat something. How about a nice salad?"

I stared at him in disbelief. "Salad? Are you channeling Demeter or someone?" He crossed his arms defensively.

"Well, salad is extremely nutritious."

"Ignore him," Annabeth interjected. "Ever since Circe turned him into a guinea pig, he's had this weird love of vegetables."

"Circe? Like Medea's aunt?" I asked wide-eyed.

"Yeah, she's one of the most powerful sorcerers of all time. Also famous for turning men into pigs, or guinea pigs in modern times," Annabeth recited this like it was out of an encyclopedia.

"We ran into her on a quest when were thirteen. That's actually where I met Reyna," Percy added.

"You met Reyna before coming here?" I said incredulously.

"Yeah, her and her sister Hylla, queen of Amazons, worked as attendants there. Well, until we blew up the island," Percy scratched the back of his neck.

"How did they get to Camp Jupiter if you blew it up?" I asked.

"Oh, we accidently freed these pirates, and they took Reyna and Hylla as prisoners on a boat. Eventually I think she killed them."

"Hold on a damn minute. Pirates?" I put both hands on the table.

"Yep. When I first got here, I couldn't remember Circe's island. But Reyna recognized me. Tried to kill me too, until her psycho dogs told her I knew nothing about the island. She kind of overreacted," Percy took a bite of his eggs.

All the sounds of people eating and laughing faded, replaced by a low buzzing in my ears. My vision blurred until all I could see was Percy, lifting another forkful of eggs into his mouth.

And I lunged.

I stood up so quickly the bench flipped over. I dived across the table, knocking over my soggy cereal. Then I grabbed the fork with Percy's hand still attached to it and tried to drive it into his throat.

OooooOooooO

My head feels so heavy…

With tremendous effort, I opened my eyelids. There was a white ceiling overhead. I tried to turn my head sideways, but it hurt my neck too much. Suddenly, a medic appeared above me.

"He's awake."

I heard a whizzing, then the top of my cot started to lift into a sitting position. Annabeth and Jason were in chairs at the foot of my bed. Neither was smiling.

"Why, Leo?" Jason sounded frustrated.

"Why, what?" I asked, my voice hoarse and throat dry.

"Why did you try to kill Percy with a fork?" Annabeth sounded slightly betrayed. Suddenly, all the memories of this morning (was it still this morning) came rushing back into my mind like the light had changed at a highway intersection. My hands started to tremble with suppressed anger. Apparently, the medic noticed because he shook two little white round pills out of a bottle and said,

"Take these."

Seeing no reason to protest, I popped them. Immediately, my body relaxed and my neck muscles felt much less sore.

"I tried to kill him because of what he did to Reyna." My voice was totally flat. It was rather frightening, if I do say so myself.

"Percy never did anything to Reyna," Jason said.

"Yes he did!" I shouted. The medic, who I will now refer to as Bob, gave me a look. Lowering my voice, I continued, "He set all those pirates on Reyna and Hylla. And then they… they… UGH!" My fingers flamed and I grabbed a fistful of sheets and twisted them furiously, taking comfort in the smell of burning cloth. Annabeth and Jason looked both taken aback and scared. They had never seen me get really angry.

"And they… what Leo? What?" Annabeth leaned forward, eyes imploring me to answer the question.

"I can't tell you. If you really want to know, talk to Reyna," I said with barely controlled rage. Jason looked confused, and a bit defensive.

"Look, Reyna's never said anything about pirates-"

"To you," I hissed. "Not to you. Bob, can you get rid of them? I might need to find another fork otherwise." While Bob looked annoyed at my calling him Bob, he nonetheless reclined my cot and told Jason and Annabeth to leave or risk upsetting me more.

I'm kinda glad that I wasn't able to see their faces as they walked out.

Word count: 1104

Author's Note: So incredibly sorry for the long wait between updates! It's really inexcusable, but I will make excuses anyway. My summers are really busy, and I have so much homework now it's ridiculous. I hope you enjoyed this chapter (even though you're not really supposed to) and remember to leave reviews! Leo needs them to cheer up.

On a side note, a sequel to Walls of Ice is posted, if anyone read that and would like to know the girl's revenge.