(A/N)- Hey y'all! This is PoseidonKidd and AthenaKidd, and we're opening up our newest story, Reckless and Irrational.

AthenaKidd-"Why would you call it that," you ask? Well I guess you're just gonna have to find out!

PoseidonKidd-(Whatever you wanna say, and then include R&R/enjoy! Or whatever)

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Haley's POV

Love is all you need. And makeup. And designer flip flops. And—oh, just forget it.

The point is, I was having an absolutely amazing evening practicing and playing volleyball on the Camp beach with my three best friends, one being my boyfriend.

Will Solace, Son of Apollo, and my boyfriend, met me a few months ago during Capture the Flag. We sort of collided into eachother, both with flags in our hands. Okay, I wasn't thinking at the time, and like I knew we would start going out. But if you saw Will's eyes, you wouldn't be thinking either. Well I might have sweeped his legs out from under him with our flag...and crossed the lake... Anyways, apparently he was attracted to the type of girl who always wins. Like me!

I was sitting in the sand with my sword stuck right beside me when Will called, "Haley! Get up! We can't have a very good time without you helping!"

"Yeah," one of my best friends, a daughter of Hermes named Tori said. "Get up and join us!" Her dirty blonde hair whipped into her face.

One reason why we're all so close: I can't stand when people underestimate me, just because my mother is Aphrodite. Beauty and love have plenty of power. They're what bring people together. To spread beauty, and to be loving. My half-sister, Piper, taught this camp that. Love was why we were at the beach that evening.

"Come on, Haley!" Leo yelled to me. "We can't play volleyball with just three people! Oh, and by the way, I'm siding with Will."

"That's just because you know I'm the best." He started flexing his muscles and posing.

Leo rolled his eyes. "Sure. But we all know I'm the better spiker."

"Leo!" Tori called to her boyfriend. "That's just because you set the ball on fire! Any person in their right minds would back up. If you would stop doing that then *I* would be the best spiker." she stuck her tongue out at him.

"Never!"

"Yes I would!"

"Nuh-uh."

"We all know the truth. Don't put yourself down. Smile a little." As an example, Tori smiled at Leo.
Leo kissed her.

This was all too much for both Me and Will. I started squeaking like a panicked mouse, while Will shrieked, "Dude! Get a room!"

"Aww, but wouldn't you do the same for me?" I stared Will in the eye.

He stared for a minute and then smiled. "You know me too well." He walked over to me and held out his hand for me to stand up. But when I refused, he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

My head was over his shoulder and I was doing the natural thing, which was a blend of laughing, yelling, "Put me down!" and beating on his back. But secretly, I felt amazing over Will's shoulder.

He sat me down by the volleyball net.

He smiled and I felt like the sun was coming back up. "Good luck, but, ah...I think we know who will win."

"Don't get your hopes up, Sunny Boy."

He kissed me and my legs turned into pasta.

"Good luck," he repeated. "Beautiful."

I limped back to my side of the net, trying to avoid falling into the sand. It was hard.

Will strutted back, like he actually thought he would win. Leo had a crazy look on his face as he mocked Will.

"Dude!" he said in a falsetto voice. "Get a room!"

"Shut up, Valdez."

Tori cleared her throat. "And...go!"

She spiked the ball, but Will was too fast. It bounced off of his fists and back over the net.
Of course, Tori was a daughter of Hermes, so I guess that qualifies her as the fastest one there. It went back over to the guy's direction. But before it could cross over, Leo's hands went up in flames. He jumped into the air and smacked the ball to the ground, the flames catching onto the ball.

Tori and I jumped a good five feet.

"Leo!" Tori scolded. "How could you? We said no!"

"Oh come on, I couldn't resist." He gave a pouty look.

I stepped in. "Leo, seriously. That could've burned us, and that would not be good for my skin." I started to think about the damage that could've caused me.

Leo was probably upset that he couldn't use that as his advantage, but he just rolled his eyes and laughed at our faces.

"Fine. But it's still our ball."

"Okay, Take it," I said, because I wasn't seriously going to pick up that ball while it was looking like that.

Leo picked up the ball, and Tori just stared at him like she still couldn't believe he had the nerve.

"Will serves," Leo said and tossed the ball to his friend. He held it to his palm for one second...two...

He kept his pretty blue eyes on the burnt ball. Then he hit it.

It was coming in my direction, so I leaped up into the air and pounded it as far upward as possible. Unfortunately, there was too much heighth and not enough distance. If it fell to the ground, it would still be on our side.

The good news was that Tori was right under it. She waited...and waited...until it was right up in her face and then pounded it. The problem was, her issue was the exact opposite of mine. If it kept going, it would land right outside the boundaries. Which would pretty much suck. But, lucky for us, Will didn't notice and hit the ball back to us.

Leo turned to him like he would turn to a toddler that just wrote all over the wall. "That could've been an out!"

"Oops?"

While they were distracted, I spiked it. They didn't even look up.

"Well," I grinned. "I guess we're even."

They totally forgot about arguing and put their game faces back on. Leo started to steam up like he always does when he's determined or excited or mad. "Let's go!"

Tori hit the ball over the net. Maybe it was Leo's spontaneous combustion, or maybe he just really wanted to win, but for whatever reason his hands burst into flames again as he spiked the ball.

Now, as a child of Hermes, Tori should have been fast about this. But maybe it was that she was in denial, or she just couldn't believe Leo would pull that move again. But she didn't jump five feet back, like we did before. Instead, the flaming ball hit her foot and burned a whole in her flip-flop.

"Holy—" BLEEPITY BLEEP BLEEPER BLEEPO BLEEP BLEEPITIDO BLEEP.

But I could see where she was coming from. It looked like it hurt.

"What the Hades, Leo! We had an agreement!"

Leo looked really shocked. I would've felt sorry for him, but I had to side with Tori, because we did have an agreement. And because he broke that commitment, Tori got hurt.

"WHAT DID YOU DO!" I demanded.

He yelped and started apologizing in a blur of English, Spanish, and Ancient Greek.

"Whoa, wait." Will put his hand on Leo's shoulder. "That was an accident. It couldn't have been his fault."

"What?" I shrieked. "Well whose fault is it, then? Look at foot!" Tori's sandals were white before, but now they were ash black. Leo rushed forward and kneeled beside her.

"Dude," She glared up at the boy's faces. "I liked those shoes! My mom gave them to me before she died!"

"Listen; um...I'm going to get ambrosia. Bye!" And my boyfriend walked away.

I glanced at Leo, who looked hurt, but he wasn't doing anything special to fix it.

"Come on, Tori, it's late. We're going to go to Apollo's cabin for ambrosia first. Then campfire." She nodded and stood up on her good foot. I didn't want Leo to feel anymore guilty then he already was. I mean, you could see it in his looks. So I decided to just pretend he wasn't there. And we went to cabin seven.