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I didn't sleep for very long. My nightmares woke me up again. I had been having this same nightmare every night ever since I got on this ship and frankly, I was getting quite tired of it. It was the same thing every time, the same storm, the same screaming, the same wolf-like man, nothing ever changed. You would think that after having it so much the dream would stop affecting me and I wouldn't be afraid of it anymore, unfortunately, that's not how it worked. I still woke up in terror every night right before the axe fully made its way down. I still woke up drenched in sweat, a scream lodged in my throat. I wondered if the dream would ever stop. I don't think I could take much more of it. I was already starting to feel very sleep deprived because of it.

I knew I wasn't going back to sleep so I got dressed and headed up to the deck. When I got up there I saw Leo leaning against the railing, still watching the ship. "Don't you ever sleep?" I asked him walking up.

He turned back surprised to see me. "No," he admitted laughing. "Why aren't you sleeping?"

"Nightmare," I said shrugging.

"Is it the same one?" he asked me curiously.

I nodded. "How long have you been up watching the ship?" I asked him. I was curious but I also wanted to change the subject away from my dream.

Leo narrowed his eyes at me. He knew I was trying to change the subject but he didn't argue about it. "I don't know, couple hours?" he said as more of a question than a statement. "Someone should probably be up to switch with me soon enough but I don't really care. Like I said, I'm not tired," he said smiling and flipping a small coin he had taken out of his tool belt.

I nodded and leaned against the rail next to him, unsure of what to do next. I had no intentions of going back to sleep, maybe I could take over watch for him. "Why don't I watch over the ship for now, you go and sleep?" I offered.

Leo looked over at me. "Are you not listening to me? I said I'm not tired," he said teasing me with fake anger. He laughed and then continued. "Really, I'm fine," he said to me then looked back out to the water. I frowned. I was pretty sure he really needed to sleep. He looked a little tired, his eyes had a faint sign of bags underneath them and his grin didn't fully meet his tired eyes. It occurred to me that most people on the ship looked like that, bags, sleepy grins, tired eyes. I thought about insisting he go to bed but I had a feeling my efforts would be fruitless. I simply stood there looking out at the dimly light city. In a couple days I may finally be completely gone from this place. I was happy to leave and start living in an actual home with beds but I had to admit, I was going to miss somethings about Greece, like Alec. I was lost in thought when Leo spoke up.

"Are you ever going to tell me exactly what this dream of yours is?" he asked me. I looked at him a little startled before shrugging. "Come on, Sarah, this dream has been following you around ever since you got on the ship. You keep waking up in the middle of the night because of it. I mean, it's normal for demigods to get bad dreams but not the same one every night, not the way you do," Leo looked at me desperately. "Look, I just want to help you out. I understand if you don't want to tell me but maybe you telling me might help you get it out of your mind. Plus, I'll be able to understand just exactly what you're dealing with," Leo pleaded.

I was a little shocked he wanted to know so badly but I guess both of us had come to trust each other majorly over the past couple days. It was hard to find someone you fully trusted so when you do, you want them to be able to fully trust you too. Leo felt this way about me and I had to admit, I felt the same way about him and his trust. I sighed figuring that he was right, it probably was better to get it off my chest.

"Alright, I'll tell you. But you can't tell anyone else, alright?" I told him.

Leo nodded and held three fingers up, "Of course not, Boy Scouts honor."

I looked at him puzzled. "You were in Boy Scouts?"

"No, not really, but it's meant to pose as a major promise that cannot be broken," he said gesturing to his three fingers that were still up in the air.

I laughed a little, "Alright, I'll tell you since you want to know so badly." Leo smiled at me pleased and I told him my nightmare. I explained the way it always started and how I was running into the cave for shelter, the lightning that nearly got me and the screams that made my skin crawl. I then explained how I walked through the cave which morphed into a room with two creatures talking, only to be caught by them. When I got to the dog man part I started having trouble controlling my breathing. They way his eyes shined into me, the way his teeth glinted sharply, it was frightening. I finally got to the part where he called me a spare and Leo looked at me sadly. I had told him before that I felt like a spare and now he knew where it was coming from. I then explained how the shadowed monster brought his axe up and just as he was swinging down the dream would end.

I looked at Leo, a little worried about what he would say. He simply nodded and looked back down into the water, thinking. "I guess I wake up every time right before I die from the axe," I said a little worried. "What really worries me is I don't know if this is just someone messing with me, trying to get into my head or if my dream is actually telling the future."

Leo stared down at the water still thinking. I waited for him to say something. He finally turned to look up at me. "I don't know if someone is making you dream this and if they are, who they are. What I do know is almost all demigod dreams hold some sort of truth in them."

"So, what you're saying is I'm going to die from the axe man?" I asked just slightly worried for my life.

Leo shrugged. "Not necessarily. You said the dream ends before it reaches you so you never know what happens afterwards, you only assumed you die," Leo pointed out. "Plus, that might not be the part of the dream that's true. It could only be the actual monsters that are real, but they don't necessarily do anything to you. Or the whole dream could just be some kind of metaphor or something, who knows, really."

I leaned against the railing holding my head in my hands. Leo was explaining a bunch of stuff that I didn't really understand or know anything about and my head was starting to hurt a little. "None of this makes since," I sighed.

Leo looked over at me and seemed to notice that I was a little distraught. "Hey, it doesn't matter if it means something or who is putting it in your head, all that matters is that you will not die from that axe man. I won't let that happen, I promise," Leo said trying to raise my spirits.

I looked at him hopefully but I knew that he couldn't control what that monster did and it would be very hard to stop him. I smiled gratefully at him for at least trying to make me feel better. "Thanks, Leo."

"No problema, Sarita," Leo said smiling and walking over to give me a hug. I allowed his embrace for a minute. It was strange how comforting his smell of oil and ash was. He gave me a quick peck on my forehead before pulling away. My head swirled. I really needed to figure out my feelings with Leo. I knew I liked him and he liked me but I wasn't sure what to do after that. It's not like I had much experience. I had never had a boyfriend before, hell I hadn't even kissed anyone before last night. I still wasn't sure why I had done that. My mind had shut off and my body had taken over. It was a risky move. I guess it worked out but it felt like everything was happening a little quickly. I had just met Leo not even a week ago. I definitely knew him better and felt closer to him than anyone else on the ship but it still felt a little out of place for me. I knew it was just because of the fact that I wasn't used to stuff moving so quickly, especially stuff like this. I hadn't felt like this about someone in so long, I kind of just assumed my feelings were dead and I never would so feeling like this about Leo was a little strange. I thought that it might be a good idea to talk about it to Leo but my inner debate was cut short when someone walked up the stairs.

I turned around to see Hazel standing there looking at us talking to each other. "Hazel!" I shouted running to her. "Oh, my Gods, you're awake! Oh, thank Apollo. Are you okay? Do you feel better?" I asked her hurriedly. I felt a little bad that I was bombarding her with questions but I was just so happy to see her up and walking.

Hazel smiled at me. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just woke up and I was a little tired of laying down so I decided to come up here for a little."

"Hey, Haze, nice to see you up and walking again," Leo said to Hazel throwing his hands out for a hug.

Hazel giggled and hugged Leo. "Hi, Leo," she laughed into his shirt.

"I'm so glad you're okay," I told Hazel. "I'm really sorry about what happened to you, it's my fault, I shouldn't have let you run in there like that."

Hazel looked at me slightly confused. "It's not your fault, why would you think that?" she asked me. Me and Leo looked at each other awkwardly, unsure of what to say. Hazel seemed to catch on to our looks. "Frank didn't blame it on you, did he?" Hazel asked me looking a little annoyed.

"Only because it was my fault," I said quickly. "He asked me to hold you back and not let you get hurt and I messed up and you got hurt."

Hazel seemed a little angry which was a strange look for her. "Sarah," she said sternly. "Do not blame yourself for what happened. It's not your fault. If anything it's my fault. I ran in there willingly. You weren't there to baby sit me. I take full responsibility for my actions. Do not listen to whatever Frank or anyone else has been telling you. If Frank has been blaming you it's just because he's upset that I got hurt and he felt the need to point the blame."

I nodded. "Don't get mad at Frank though, alright? I don't want any more arguments happening because of me," I said sadly. I was tired of all the fighting between the crew. "He'll get over it eventually, especially since you're up now." I assured her.

Hazel smiled at me gently. "Okay, it's fine, Sarah, I'm not mad at you." Hazel leaned in and gave me a hug and I gratefully accepted.

"I'm just happy that you're okay," I said to her. Hazel smiled and the three of us stood talking and watching the ship together. It was nice to talk to the two people on the ship that probably liked and cared about me the most.

"So what happened while I was asleep?" Hazel asked us curiously looking around the ship that was slightly destroyed.

Leo groaned. "Yeah, we're going to have to fix that up," Leo said referring to the small mast that was laying over the side of the ship. Together Leo and I explained everything that had happened while she was unconscious. Well, almost everything. We left out the part where I freaked out and climbed up to the Crow's Nest and we left out the part when Leo and I kissed. Basically, we just told the important parts that mattered to her. After a while Annabeth came up to watch the ship.

"Wow, I wasn't expecting so many people to be up watching the ship," she said looking at all three of us. "Hazel! You're up! How do you feel?" she asked noticing her.

"I feel good," Hazel replied with a wide smile.

"That's good," Annabeth said nodding. "Alright, well it's my turn to watch the ship so you guys can go do whatever you want to." Me and Leo nodded and started walking away but I noticed Hazel didn't follow. I looked back at her quizzically.

"I'm going to stay up here for a little, I've had enough sleep to last a week," Hazel said. I nodded and walked downstairs with Leo while Hazel turned and started talking to Annabeth.

"So, what are you going to do?" Leo asked me as we walked down the stairs.

"I don't know, I'm not really tired, what do you guys do around here on your free time?" I asked Leo.

"Well, we don't usually have much free time, but," Leo grinned mischievously at me. "I snuck some cards on here before we left, we can play if you want," Leo offered me.

I looked at Leo warily. "Don't you want to take a nap or something? You've been up for a while."

Leo shook his head. "Nah. My ADHD makes up for my lack of sleep. Even when I don't sleep for a couple days I'm still bouncing off the walls. So what do you say to a game of cards?" he asked me.

I shrugged. "Yeah, sure, why not?"

"Great!" Leo yelled happily. He ran over to his room and grabbed the cards out of a drawer and we walked over to the Mess Hall where he taught me how to play a game called Spit. I never really played cards before, only once or twice and it had been a while ago. It took me a little to figure out how to play and once I did I still lost epically to Leo who has been playing this game for who knows how long. Still, it was a fun way to pass the time and definitely more fun then having that terrible nightmare again.

No problema, Sarita = No problem, Sarah