Leo and Percy stood at the entrance of cafe La Paz, waiting for Leo's date. Yes, that's right- the scrawny (but exclusively hot) Latino elf kid had a date! (Peace out suckers!)
He was supposed to meet his true love of the month, Vanessa, here. He and Vanessa went to the same high school and had almost all their classes together. When he'd first seen her, Vanessa's beauty and pearly white smile had set him on fire (literally). Percy was just there to brace Leo for his first date and had promised to disappear as soon as Vanessa arrived.
Leo was scared as heck. What if he messed up? What if she decided she didn't like him? What if she didn't enjoy the date? He rubbed his hands nervously as Percy gave him a clam pep talk and told him what not to do. Suddenly Percy stopped talking and sighed, "Leo, this can't keep happening. You've gotta control yourself."
Leo looked down at his hands – they were blazing. Hastily, he put the fire out, apologized and told Percy to carry on. Percy shook his head and started talking when Leo spotted Vanessa in the distance.
"Percy! Get lost! Now!" he cried.
"Why? OH! Is she here!?"
"Yes! Now go! And I mean GO! Don't hide around in the bushes."
As Vanessa approached, Percy disappeared behind the bushes and hid. Leo put a hand to his forehead and shook his head. Vanessa reached Leo, smiled and said, "Hey!"
Leo put on the most pathetic smile ever and said, "H-Hey!"
Nervously, he put his hand forward and she was just about to take it when her eyes widened and she gasped, "Leo! You're on fire!"
Leo blushed and said, "Well, thank you, I try to keep myself fit."
"No!" she cried. "You're literally on fire!"
His smile disappeared and he looked down at his hand only to see that it was blazing, again.
"Leo!" she cried. "Do something!"
"DAMN! Not again! Not now!" was his reply.
"Wait," she said. "Not again? How many times has this happened before?"
"Uh...quite a few, actually," he said, rather casually.
Vanessa looked at him like he was crazy. Her eyes widened even more (if that was possible), she gasped and ran away, screaming that he was crazy.
He stood where he was, wishing she would come back, but at the same time he wasn't going to go after her and hurt his ego.
"Meh," he said. "I'll get over her. Plus, the month's almost over, so she wasn't gonna last long anyway. Oh, and Percy, you can come out now."
Percy out staggered out of the bushes, "Phew! Thank the Gods I'm out. Those bushes made my podex (Greek for 'butt') itchy!" Then he added, "Oh! I almost forgot:" he sighed and said "Leo!"