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Sorry for not updating in a while! The story has been on hold for a while because I haven't had any idea for what to happen next; that's why I posted the poll on my profile! But, I only had 6 for one, and it was taking WAY to long. So, I came up with an idea, and this is what I was thinking. But there is a couple of people I would like to thank before:

VV the wise girl

Melovetacos

They helped me come up with the ideas and without them, I wouldn't be able to finish for a while. So, a big, warm thank you for both.

Also, I know that this story has been in first person, but I don't really like first person that much, (sorry for people that like first person) and I think I'm better at third person, so this chapter,( and probably the next) will be in third person. I don't have anything else to say whether than: sorry again for the delay and I hope you like this chapter. And that this a long one so that's another reason why it took me a while to update as well.

WARNING: Major Lazel in this chapter! Fair warning; don't say I didn't warn you!

So, without further o-do, I present: Chapter 8 of 'Who Do I Choose': What now?

Leo's POV:

This was all his fault.

Well, not totally. He didn't mean to start the fire, but what could he do? It was all Frank's fault.

See, it started like this: After Hazel had run away from the talk with Leo, he decided that she just need some time alone, so he headed towards Cabin 9 to go and hang out with his brothers and sisters. Maybe go and invent another brilliant invention by Leo Valdez.

Along the way, Frank came marching over, scowling, and knocking over Leo with a simple shove. Leo, furious, got up and just ignored Frank. He didn't need to deal with him; not now. Not with Hazel the way she is. She wouldn't want them getting into another fight.

"What's wrong, Valdez?! To chicken to fight?!" Frank yelled.

He stopped dead in his tracks. "I'm not chicken!"

Frank scowled even more, it turning into a growl. "THEN FIGHT ME!"

"No! I'm not going to fight you!" Leo was going to stop right there, but he couldn't help it. "I'm not a stupid Roman like you!" He regretted it immediately.

Frank broke into a run, knocking the wind right at he hit the ground. "What did you call me?!"

Leo tried to move, but his weight was too much for him. "You heard me! But I'm not going to fight you. Hazel doesn't need any more of us fighting!" He added the last part real quick. Frank's expression softened.

"Don't you see? Hazel hates this! She doesn't want to choose either of us because we keep on asking her," Leo said.

After what felt like forever, Frank got off of Leo, and Leo put him hand to his shoulder, where he had put the most pressure on. He slowly got up, still staring at him.

"Why don't you see it? You out of all people should see it; Hazel really doesn't want to choose." Frank didn't make eye contact.

"But why? Why can't she just can't she choose...choose me," Frank said so quite, Leo barely heard him.

"Maybe because you keep on asking her." Leo didn't mean to say it, but it just slipped out, bringing back Frank's anger.

Frank bailed his fist, and charged for Leo. This time, Leo was prepared; he broke into a run, not really knowing where he was going. As long as he was as far away from Frank's rage. Leo made the mistake of looking behind his shoulder, and saw that Frank was only a few feet away, noticing him already changing into some animal that could kill him faster than Leo could blink. As he turned his attention back to the road ahead, he saw that he had run into the woods. Leo smiled, knowing that he couldn't easily lose Frank. He looked for the perfect time so when he saw the widest tree, and took a fast turn, almost knocking him off his feet. He put his hand on the side of the tree, and kept on running as fast as he could. Painting, he stopped for a moment, his smile returning as he saw that there wasn't a sign of Frank in sight. He put his hand on his knees, still trying to catch his breath. After a few minuets of pure silence, Leo started to walk back to camp. As he took his first few steps, he heard a growling noise, and froze. As he turned, he saw the biggest bear he ever saw in his life.

"Now Frank, you don't need to do this. Just stop, this is going to lead know where," Leo said, slowly backing away.

The entire forest shook as Frank roared and charged towards him. "I didn't want to do this..."

Right before Frank could reach him, Leo burst into flames.

Frank staggered, falling on his back. Frank had already turned back into human form, and the look on his face was of pure terror. Leo, feeling bad, died down the flames.

"I warned you dude."

Frank got up. "I didn't know that you would freaking bust into flames...and I was a couple of feet away from you too!" Frank nearly shouted.

Leo just looked at him. "Well what the hell was I suppose to do! You were freaking attacking me!"

But Frank didn't say anything, he was looking at what was happening behind Leo. "What?" Leo turned around and almost burst with guilt.

He had started a wild-fire.

The fire was spreading so fast, he couldn't keep up with where it was going.

Frank grabbed his bad shoulder, making him face him. "What the hell did you do?!" Leo shoved him off.

"ME? I'm not the one that was attacking people random, making them start," he gestured towards the forest, "a freaking wild-fire!"

As soon as he said the last word, Frank broke into a run...running the opposite way of the fire.

"Oh no you don't," Leo mumbled under his breath as he followed him. He didn't want to follow him, but he had been part of why it had started, he had to help put it out, no matter how much he hated it. He could hear the crackling of the fire against all the trees, spreading faster and faster by the minuet. Who knows how many angry nymphs complaints he would get after this was all settled out. And the campers...

He had to put out this fire as soon as possible; he couldn't afford more people to get hurt because of his 'gift.' After all the running he had gone through today, he could barely keep up with Frank, but he kept on running.

He finally had caught up with Frank. "What are you doing?" He stepped so he was in front of him.

"I didn't mean for any of this to happen. But..." he looked back behind him to where the fire was, "I can't die."

Leo softened a little. "You'll be fine. I'm here, and Hazel-" He cut off, remembering something that will make the situation worse than it is. "-Hazel ran into the forest when I had talked to her. What if she's still in here? And the fire is spreading fast!"

Frank's scared face was now full of pure panic and fear. "We need to find her and put out the fire!"

Leo smiled a little bit. "You could have said that a few minuets ago?" He smirked a little and ran back to where the fire was. As they were running, Leo kept on thinking about Hazel. She had run off into the woods, and he fire was spreading towards to where she was. Either she had come out before the fire had even started, or she was still in the woods, and freaking out. Once they were only a few feet away from the fire, Leo could already feel the heat growing with each second.

"I can't go in there," Frank said.

"Well no duh," Leo said, then an idea forming. "But I can!"

"Well yeah, your fire prof. I, however, can die because of it."

"Hey, didn't Percy say that you were a descendent of Poseidon?"

"Neptune," Frank corrected. "Potato tomato," Leo said, "point is, have you ever tried using water powers or something?"

Frank shrugged. "I've never tried."

"Well, you're going to try today."

After being at camp, Leo had discovered a little lake just past the woods. Leo grabbed Frank by the arm, and tried to lead him around the fire as carefull as he could. He could feel Frank trying to push him away, but Leo had an iron grip. Sure enough, there was a lake standing right in front of him. He pushed Frank in front of the water.

"Now do some water power-whatever thingy. I don't know what you call it, just try to do something that will make the fire go away," Leo said.

Frank opened his mouth to protest, but Leo made a face. "Now!" He shut right up.

Leo started to head towards the forest. "I'm going to try to stop the fire as much as I can!" As soon as Frank saw him head the other way, he was right on him.

"Oh no," Frank said while stepping in front of him, "you're not getting away that fast."

"What do you think I'm going to do? Leave you alone and let the fire burn?"

"Yes!" Leo rolled his eyes.

"Your being stupid. Just let me go, I'm going to try to calm the fire." He began to walk, but Frank pushed him back before he could take no more than a few steps.

"What did you call me?"

Leo opened his mouth, but that's when he heard something move in the woods. Apparently, Frank had heard it too, and turned around to see what it was. Leo started to get a feeling that someone was in the woods.

"Leo," Frank started, "didn't you say that Hazel had walked into the woods earlier?" He looked at him with wide eyes, before they both broke into a run into the wild-fire.

When they had gotten into the fire, they already had trouble breathing. The smoke was too thick and was barely any oxygen to breath! Leo heard Frank start to cough like crazy, and Leo the same but not as bad. The fire was probably freaking Frank out, but when he looked at him, he had a serious face on him with a mixture of fear. Leo wasn't so sure why he was acting like that because if he knew Frank, he wouldn't be this calm. He looked like he was losing energy by the second. When they would run, Leo was surprised to see him far back, and Leo would have to slow down to wait for him. The heat of the fire wasn't really affecting Leo because of his "gift" but, still along with it, he had a hard time breathing.

"Do you remember where you had seen Hazel?" Frank said.

Leo looked around, but everything looked the same; same trees and same ground, you couldn't really tell which is which. He shook his head.

"Everything looks the same."

Leo heard a faint growl, and had a pretty good guess on who's it was. Leo really wasn't in the mood for yelling, especially because Frank could die in this fire, but there really wasn't a choice.

"HAZEL!" Leo started yelling at the top of his lungs. "WHERE ARE YOU?!"

Frank joined in. Soon, they were both running around, while Leo used as much as he could to calm down the fire to where it wouldn't turn Frank into Canadian bacon, and yelled for Hazel. Leo knew that there wouldn't be an answer, and he could already feel tears forming in his eyes. He wasn't going to lose Hazel. She had died and had a second chance at life and he wasn't going to let her die because of him; not after what happened with his mom. He was just hoping that she had walked out of the forest before and that's why she wasn't responding; that was the little hope inside that kept him calling. But it all went away, to see her right before him.

"Oh my gods..."

Hazel was on the forest floor, surrounded my fire. She laid unconscious, and could see that she was holding something in her hands but couldn't make it out. Frank soon saw and looked like he was on the verge of tears.

"Hazel!" She didn't even flinch.

Leo sprinted towards her, and of course the fire ignoring him. Once he reached her, he picked her up in his arms, and motioned Frank to follow him. Soon, they were running as fast as they could, and as fast as Leo could with Hazel in his arms, and were out of the woods in 3 minuets flat. While Frank was catching his breath, Leo gently set Hazel on the ground. She was covered with dirt and had soot all over her face, and even then she still looked gorgeous. He noticed something was in her hand, and figured that it must have been what he had seen when he looked at her in the fire. The color drained from his face as he saw that it was Frank's life line, still wrapped in the tiny piece of cloth. Leo grabbed the stick, and then understood why Frank was acting the way he did in the woods; the stick was really hot! And probably could have burnt at any moment while they were in there. If it weren't for Hazel protecting it while she was in there, it might have caught fire. He looked behind him to see Frank standing there in shock as well.

"That's my stick..."

"Yeah, thanks to Hazel. If she hadn't been holding it, it might have caught fire," Leo said while handing it to Frank.

"Come on," Frank said as he started to pick up Hazel, "we need to bring her to the infirmary for her to recover."

And with that, they headed towards camp.

So see, that's what happened and why Leo was holding Hazel's hand in the infirmary. Frank had gone off the tell Chiron about the fire and help put it out as well. Leo was, again, shocked that Frank wasn't mad or upset or even the tiniest bit worried when he didn't mind Leo staying with Hazel.

Leo grabbed the wet cloth that was on the night stand and wiped the rest of the dirt and soot off her face. He slowly pulled away, and smiled a little. Hazel was so beautiful. Even when she was in the forest, for some reason, he could see in some way that made her beautiful. Maybe it was the way she looked peaceful or how the glow of the fire reflected off her gentely...STOP VALDEZ! She was in danger and almost died!

He shook his head on put the cloth down with a great sigh. He would never be able to get Hazel. Of course he would be heartbroken if she choose Frank, but she was happy, and he would too. All this was giving him a head ach and he closed his eyes.

Darkness.

You know, sometimes the dark isn't so bad. It made him calm. And maybe Hazel too. Maybe she's having a dream right now, and it's not some demigod nightmare but a sweet dream.

His eyes flung open as he heard Hazel started to wake up. He didn't even realize that he had stood up. He walked to the chair he was sitting on and took her hand again. He didn't even know why, and really hoped that Frank wouldn't come in the room, but he really didn't care. Funny how he felt like...Hazel was ment to be with him. It may sound cheesy, but the way he held her hand, he didn't feel weird about it. He liked how her hand fit perfectly in his, like it was ment to be. Now he realized why Sammy liked Hazel so much.

She slowly opened her eyes and adjusted to the dim light of the room.

"Hey there sleepy head."

Hazel tried to sit up, and black spots danced across her eyes and he fell back into the bed. Hazel realized that Leo was holding her hand, and hoped the she didn't blush that much.

"Don't sit up to quick, you really hurt your head back there."

"W-what happened?"

"Me and Frank found you in the woods unconscious so we carried you back to camp."

"Oh..." Hazel drifted off, but her eyes widened at a sudden thought. "Frank's stick! Where is it?!" She shot out of bed, only to almost black out completely.

"Hazel!" Leo caught her just in time and laid her back against the bed. "What did I say? Be carefull." Hazel could hear the playful and seriousness in his voice.

"Sorry."

"Sorry?" Leo repeated. "Why are you sorry, it's me who should be sorry. If it weren't for me you wouldn't be in this mess."

As Leo said this, Hazel looked over her to see how much damaged had been done, and thankfully it wasn't that bad. She had a deep cut on her leg and was bruised all over. Guessing by what Leo said and why her head was hurting so much that she either hit her head or it got a cut or something. Her throat hurt but she didn't really know why. In fact, she didn't even remember what had happened. She just remembered running out of the Hades/Pluto cabin into the woods, and some bright light. She doesn't remember anything after that.

"Leo?" He stopped talking.

"What happened?"

"What do you mean?"

"Like," she continued, "what happened? I don't remember anything that happened after I ran out of my cabin."

Leo looked confused. "Really? Nothing after that?"

She just shook her head. "No, not a thing."

Leo leaned back against the chair and sighed. After that, Leo started explaining what happened after Hazel had left. He told her about how Frank had attacked him and what happened in the fight. He told her about how they kept on fighting to where they ended up in the forest and how the fire started. How they found Hazel and how they brought her to camp. Hazel's eyes got bigger with every word. After Leo finished, she couldn't believe what she had heard. Frank...

"So, that's what happened," Leo finished. Leo saw that Hazel looked a pale and took her hand once again.

"Hazel? What's wrong?" Hazel didn't respond. She couldn't believe that this would have happened. Frank had started the fight, making Leo use his powers, and that's what started the fire. I guess I was right about the fire, she thought as some memories started to come back. She slightly looked and saw that Leo had taken her hand, just like Frank had done when she had a flash back on their quest.

"I can't believe Frank would do this...why has he been acting up so much lately?"

Leo frowned. "Sadly, I can't answer that one, Haze." She slightly smiled at the nick name.

"Where's Frank now?" Hazel asked after realizing that he wasn't here.

"He went to go help and put out the fire and tell Chiron and the others."

Hazel sighed and laid back down. She just couldn't believe it. Was it Venus making Frank act like this just like before? Was it Leo and Frank? Why was she doing this? Doesn't she realize that she's ment to be with Frank? Or, isn't she?

She squeezed Leo's hand. "Thank you Leo."

Leo looked at her. "For what?"

She smiled. "Just for being here." She slowly sat up so her head wouldn't hurt as she came up and kissed Leo on the cheek. Leo's eyes widened and a little patch of hair caught fire as she pulled away. Leo yelled and patted out the flames, making Hazel laugh. He started blushing like crazy and had a goofy grin across his face.

"Any thing for you, Hazel." He let go of hand, and got up and started to head towards the door.

"Get some rest, we'll talk later." She nodded, still smiling. As Leo reached the door step, he stopped, and ran to Hazel and pecked her a kiss on the cheek, making her blush like crazy and him laughing this time.

"Thank you too Hazel," and he jogged out of the room.

For some reason, Hazel didn't feel weird or anything about the kiss. She didn't feel guilty or sorry, she felt really happy. She had little butterfly's and couldn't stop smiling. She didn't really know why, but maybe that's how Leo made her feel. When he told her, she could tell that he was trying to make it sound not as bad, and that made her smile. How he comfort her...sometimes you can't even explain it. When he held her hand, it wasn't like when Frank held her hand, it was better. She had no idea how she had the courage to kiss him; maybe it was just because of how he was making her feel. He wasn't asking her over and over on who she was going to choose and when, in fact, he was doing the complete opposite. He didn't even care who she choose, and that made her feel a lot better. And as much as she doesn't want to admit it, she actually liked it when Leo kissed her. Even if it was just a little peck on the cheek, for her, it ment much more. Hazel closed her eyes and laid back down.

And with that, Hazel fell asleep feeling better than she had in days.

Just as she expected, she had another dream with Venus.

But this time, she didn't have blonde, curly hair. She had long wavy brown hair that went all the way down to her waist, and had strips of gold in them. She wasn't wearing the same thing either. She had a long, elegant red and black dress on. It had bright red sparkles all along the ends and grey flowers across the top. Her shoes made her 4 inches taller than she is and was a blood red. Hazel could barely recognize her.

"...Venus? Is that you?" The beautiful women nodded.

Hazel sat down. "I couldn't even recognize you. How...?"

She smiled. "I can change to look how ever I want to look dear."

"Oh..." That didn't really clear things up, but she just shrugged it off.

"So, has anything interesting happened lately?"

Hazel was debating whether on telling Venus about the whole 'Frank and Leo fight and me almost dying' story, but maybe she could help her. She opened her mouth, but closed it right up as another thought occurred: what if Venus made then act the way they did?

"Well," she started, "there was a little accident with Frank, Leo and I, but nothing really." She started to twirl her hair while Venus just smiled even more.

"Well, of course something happened with you and Frank and Leo, I made Frank act like that."

Hazel shot out of her seat. "What!?"

Venus sipped her tea and took a bite out of her sandwich like she had all the time in the world. "Oh come on Hazel, what kind of story would this be without some drama?"

"Story?" Hazel repeated.

"Um, no, situation."

"How could you? You do realize that I almost died! And Frank too! How could you?!" Hazel was yelling by this point. She just couldn't believe it. She was right; Venus was behind all of this. But why?

"Please Hazel, don't shout." She said so calm, it only made Hazel more aggravated.

She bailed her fist. "Fine," she said through gritted teeth, "but why? Frank and I almost died? Don't you realize that me and Frank are ment to be? He made my curse go away, we have been friends for so long. How could he not suppose to be with me?"

She raised an eyebrow. "What about that little scene with you and Leo?"

Hazel hesitated. "It was just a friendly kiss; it was nothing."

"But what do you think it ment to Leo?"

Hazel didn't say anything. When Leo did all the things he did...was it because he likes her? Maybe Hazel just didn't even realize it. Hazel fell back into her seat, with Venus still with that weird smile on her face.

"Hazel?" She looked up.

"Do you know now who you're going to choose?" Her smiled changed a bit; it went from the type of smile you would see on cartoon villains, to a warm, kind smile.

Hazel looked down again. Honestly, Hazel didn't know who she was going to choose. Leo and Frank were both great and wonderful guys, but sadly, she did have to choose one. She had already gone through why each were so wonderful, but after what has happened, maybe Hazel has realized who she has wanted. She slightly nods her head and sighs. She sat up straighter and saw that same warm smile on Venus, making Hazel smile as well.

"Yes, I do."

Venus finishes her tea and takes one more bit before setting down her sandwich and claps her hand together.

"That's all I needed to hear." Venus brings Hazel into a hug and pats her back. "Good doing business with you Hazel Levesque."

And with that, everything turned pitch black for the last time.

Ta-da!

Okay, well, a couple of things:

I know that this was a REALLY long chapter, that's one of the reasons it took me a while to update as well. And what did I say about Lazel? Didn't I warn you? You cant' blam me for warning you fair and square!

I broke my promise about updating once or twice a week, and I'm horrible for doing that, but since summer is just around the corner, I'll be able to update much more!

I really hope you guys liked this chapter! Its not the best because I have a slight case of writers block, but I tried!

Please tell me what you guys thought and I'll try to update by next weekend!

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