And, now, I present to you the final chapter of this three-shot. Hope you enjoy! Forgot to mention: this takes place in the BoO

Piper and the others found him crying, and Piper froze in her shoes.

After searching the entire ship, they decided to check his room. It was weird he was in there, since he spent most of his time on deck or in the engine room. Hazel was the first to respond, practically sprinting towards the Latino. The shock was evident on his face, since he brow furrowed and he sat in pure confusion.

"Leo!" Hazel cried, throwing her arms around the boy.

Leo stiffly hugged back. "I-I'm sorry."

Jason shook his head. "You have nothing to be sorry for. If I wasn't such a jerk, we could-"

"No. No, no. This is my fault. I should've been better." Leo looked downwards, fiddling with his fingers.

Piper finally regained control of herself, rushing to hug the boy. "No, Leo, this isn't... why?" She was asking the fates, rather than Leo, but he responded to her anyways.

He buried his face in his hands. "I should've trusted you guys more. I should've used my powers- but I didn't. I failed."

Annabeth was starting to understand. One piece of the puzzle was put together. However, she had no idea how to put the rest together.

Percy was the next to speak. "You don't trust us?" He looked as if he had just been kicked.

Leo swallowed. Piper knew him- well, she knew him enough to know he was remembering something. His past most likely wasn't pretty, and she could tell that he most definitely didn't want to talk about it.

"I-I don't know. I wish I could, but I don't think I can trust anymore." Piper started rubbing his back.

Annabeth nodded. "Okay, why can't you trust?" Her question was more curiosity than emotion.

A sob racked his body. "Every time I did I-" He began to cry once more.

Annabeth gave a pitied glance. "People broke your trust. I'm-"

Piper shot her a glare. Piper knew Leo hated people being sorry for him.

"- I'm sure we can all forgive you."

Jason finally removed himself from the doorway. "Can I?" Everyone nodded, getting up to leave. Piper kissed Leo's head before getting up to go to the deck. Until, that is, her wrist was grabbed. Jason gave her a sad look. "Can you stay?" Piper smiled.

"Of course."

Jason approached the son of Hephestus. "I know this is gonna sound stupid, but I'm stupid." He frowned. "I guess I never got the whole trust thing? I suppose since I was always supported by my cohort, I never-" He sighed. "What I'm trying to say is, I was dumb for yelling at you."

Leo nodded, and then his eyes glazed over. "Once, some boys from my foster home tried to drown me in the bathtub. I trusted them."

Piper was on the verge of tears. Actually, she was surprised she hadn't teared up before. Piper went to sit back down.

"Hey, Leo?" She didn't wait for a response. "You lied. You can trust. You trusted us enough to go on that crazy quest for Hera. You trusted us enough to build this ship. Heck, even you even came back from Ogygia for us- even though the girl of your dreams was there. Even though we could've been tricking you the whole time. You, Leo, are the kindest and most trustworthy person I've ever met."

Jason smiled. "I also wasn't planning on drowning you anytime soon." Piper was about to smack him for the insensitive joke, but then Leo began to laugh.

"Really, Sparky? I thought you were going to electrocute me. But, hey, if you want to convince Percy to help you drown me, by all means, go ahead."

Piper sighed with content. Leo just hadn't known how much he actually trusted people.

And, that was okay, because they were all here for each other.

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Anyways, before I get too sappy, how was this three-shot?

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