OMG! I cannot believe that I got 14 reviews for my new story! I know some of the rviewers are people who reviewed for this story! But I have to update this before I go on vacation this weekend, and one week later, I'm going to Flordia, an I am going to Ohio sometime in August, and I need to do my summer math packet... Gods, I'm busy! But I WILL update! And I hope the Houston chapter is decent, I had trouble writing this chappie. But I will make Oklahoma more fun. Adios!

-SAVE THE NARGLES

Houston.

I glanced back at Leo though the mirror of the car. He looked pale, like he was about to throw up or faint. Hopefully it did not have anything to do with the stitches. Not that it was any worse. But I felt it too. After one meeting with Esperanza Valdez, I know that feeling. A person like her should of not died that way. A taste of bitter medicine. Just that Leo got most of the bottle.

I slowed down as we got closer. I breathed in.

"Leo, do you want to stop somewhere and rest, or-"

"13510 East Hardy Road." He whispered.

"What?"

"That's where the machine shop was."

"You want to go now?"

"Yes."

"We will do that, but you need to put a shirt on." I told him.

Leo put on a shirt, but I can see his hands were shaking. He slid his hand though his hair and twitted his thumbs. He was pulling pieces of metal out of his tool-belt and he started making something/ I kept driving. Leo kept looking out the window, the grimace on his face grew, and he told me to turn right.

I drove down the street, and I pulled up to where the address was.

It was a empty lot.

I turned off the car and got out. Leo got out and he stood next to me. He mouth was slightly open.

We walked onto the area. It was mostly sand and weeds, but I could see where the foundation was. I walked across the area, Leo was next to me. He held onto my hand tightly. I tried to keep a plain face, and he was fighting to do so too.

I stared at the open space. I walked though. Pieces of metal and plastic and trash were littered all around the lot. Then I heard something. Leo looked down. He bent down and picked it up. Leo held it in his hand.

It was a set of keys. A set of dirty, rusty keys.

Leo let out a wild cry. He grasped my hand even tighter than it already was. I pulled him into a hug.

"It's okay to cry. You don't have to hide it anymore." I told him quietly.

Leo grasped onto me tighter. He started sobbing into my shoulder. I started crying too. We held each other, mourning the loss together, something Leo has never done fully.

"Why did she have to die?" He whispered as tears streamed down his face. "Why?"

"I don't know. But you have me. I care for you." I murmured into his ear.

You can love me, I almost said. Almost.

Leo let go. He smiled at me. I smiled back. For a second I saw the spirit of Esperanza Valdez, smiling at me. I held Leo's hand and lead him back to the car.

We drove around for a while. We were quiet.

"Thank you."

I looked at him. "For what?"

"Making me come back. I would of never done it without you."

"No problem." I tapped my fingers on the steering wheel.

"It's not just a problem. It was a fear."

"We have faced fear before."

"This was my first fear. The one that started all my downfalls. It's gone now."

"Yes." I was thinking about the memories. I thought of all the thingss Leo has told me. He is right. The events of his mother's death started it all.

"Piper? Can you hear me?" He asked.

I came out of my stupor and I looked at Leo.

"Why are you acting this way? Sometimes you are my friend, sometimes you are like Jason, distant. Why?" He asked. His gaze was rueful.

"Why do you act like you need to watch me then?" I snapped back at him. 'You are acting like I'm a little kid, when you are the real one."

"You act out. You are the one that needs to be cared for now, don't you know what I'm feeling?"

"Don't you know what I'm feeling?"

Leo stared at me. I pulled over and stopped the car. I gave him a glare. What were we feeling now? What was I feeling now? What was he feeling now?

"I'm sorry." I whispered.

He stared at me in shock. Then he shocked me too.

He leaned in close and pressed his lips on mine. Hard. I closed my eyes. I felt as if I were floating. Then he pulled away. It only lasted for a second.

"I'm sorry too." He told me."I'm just mot sure what for. Why don't I drive?"

I nooded my head, still in a daze. I got into the passenger's seat. Now I had plenty of time to think. Why?

Mean while, on Olympus... just to let you know, they won't start dating anytime soon...things will be, um, difficult. I mean, here is an equation to explain it.

Leo + Piper + first kiss akwardness= PURE DRAMA!

Now, I think that is my favorite math problem of all time, and that is amazing because Algabra is my favorite subject. But, until next time. Things will be pretty fast paced after Oklahoma, and I will include some major kissing. But please review. 174 reviews will make my day. Bye!

-SAVE THE NARGLES