GO FORWARD AND BE EATEN.
GO BACK AND REGRET IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
NOT MUCH OF A CHOICE, IS IT?
Someone just reminded me that this is called Be Happy. Oops. Hehe. (Dodges daggers) Okay, so some of the stories are bitter sweet. Please bear with me. But not this one! Go Leyna!
"Okay, I'll do the phone call and ask your girlfriend to-"
"NOOO! We are not calling her! Call someone else."
Leo stared at him.
"I can't call someone else. She is the only one with a phone," he said reasonably.
Percy groaned. "Look, just don't call her."
Leo smirked.
"What, scared of your girlfriend?" he teased.
Percy raised one eyebrow.
"Oh, and your not? Maybe we should call Piper and Jason to bail us out."
"No! They would kill me if they found out I got arrested. It wouldn't be as bad as getting beat up by my girlfriend, but still not very pleasant."
"Well then that just leaves Hazel or Frank. It's not like they're going to yell at us."
"We can't. They're on a date today," Leo said miserably, "and there is no way of knowing where they are."
"All right," said a policeman, standing outside the holding cell, "one of you come out and make your bail call."
"Not Annabeth," Percy begged and pushed Leo forward.
"Fine," Leo grumbled. He had an idea of who he could call, but she might yell a bit too.
It still wouldn't be as bad as Annabeth, Piper or Jason he told himself. She was his last hope. That was the only reason.
So, ignoring the pleasurable fluttering in his stomach as he thought of her, he went to call Reyna.
"Okay, your wife is here to pay the bail," the guard says as he looks at Percy.
Percy choked and Leo's eyes went wide.
"My what?"
The guard opened the cell door and led us to the waiting room.
The first thing they saw was Annabeth, who was standing in the middle of the room with her arms crossed, her face contorted with fury. Angry energy rolled of her in waves, filling the room. Her wrath was directed at Percy who was currently trying to hide behind Leo.
"Perseus Jackson," she hissed through her teeth.
"Ummm, hey Annabeth," Percy laughed nervously, "What are you doing here?"
"WHAT AM I DOING HERE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE! I was just working on my designs when Reyna called and said you and Leo were arrested and she was going to bail you out but she thought I should know and WHY THE HELL WERE YOU ARRESTED ANYWAY! Can't you go for ten minutes without getting in trouble!"
"Well, I, uh, um, Leo, why don't you t-tell her why we were arrested?" Percy stuttered.
"Ahh, no," Leo said, smiling apologetically, "I really don't want to get in the middle of this."
He stepped quickly out of the way and sauntered over to Reyna, who was leaning against the wall behind Annabeth, watching the couple's antics with amusement.
"I thought I asked you not to call Annabeth," Leo muttered to her, raising his eyebrows.
"Yes, well, she deserved to know. Besides, someone needed to shout at you for this, and I can't do it. I just don't have the right. But why were you arrested?"
"Well it was Percy's fault really, he-"
"DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED I WAS WHEN I HEARD YOU AT THE POLICE STATION! DO YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME! YOU AREN'T INVINCIBLE ANYMORE, PERCY! YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL! YOU CAN'T JUST-"
She was cut off when Percy pulled her into a passionate kiss. Annabeth wrapped her arms around his neck and he hugged her close.
"Come on," Leo murmured to Reyna, who was staring at them making out, "let's leave them to it."
He pulled her out the door to the station and they walked down the street together.
"So, why did you really get arrested," Reyna asked again.
"Well, like I said, it was mostly Percy's fault. He wanted to go into a jewelry store, just to see what an engagement ring looked like. I had to come along because he wants me to make the ring when we get back to camp."
"He's going to propose to Annabeth?" Reyna asked, interestedly.
"Actually, he already did. At the end of the giant war. But now they're twenty two, and he's done with school, so they are going to make it public, get a ring and tell their parents.
"So he was looking at the rings when I saw a really cool rock, and I wanted to get it for a girl I like, but I got a little excited and started smoking from the top of my head, and some things caught on fire, and Percy pulled the fire alarm, but the mist made everyone think we had caused the fire, so we got arrested," Leo said, very fast. He didn't mention what had really made him lose control, was the thought of presenting said jewel, with his own handmade chain along with it, to the girl he liked. He had actually been looking for the perfect gem to complete the necklace, but hadn't had much luck. There weren't too many chances of finding one where he lived, and he really couldn't afford something like that. And he was not going to ask Hazel, no sir. Cursing his major crush was not part of the game plan.
"So did you get the stone," Reyna asked carelessly.
"Yeah, I figured with a fire to worry about, they wouldn't miss it."
"Well, I wish you luck," she said, a bit coldly, "Gods know, you'll need it."
And she disappeared around a corner, leaving a confused Leo to his thoughts.
Reyna was grooming Skippy when Leo walked into the stables like he owned the place. Normally, the Praetor doesn't have to groom their own pegasi, but she had found it very calming and peaceful in the stables. Until he came. She had been ignoring him since he had said there was girl he liked. Afterward she had realized that she had been stupid to think there was anything between them. He was perfectly allowed to ask out whoever he liked, she didn't care.
So when he walked up to her as if nothing had happened, she resolved to treat him with the cold, faintly contemptuous air she gave everyone else.
"Hey Reyrey," he said easily.
"Leo," she replied calmly.
"I want to show you something, so could you turn around and close your eyes?"
"I am not just going to turn around and close my eyes," Reyna said firmly, "and the last time you showed me something, it tried to eat me. And don't call me Reyrey."
"That was Festus's way of saying he likes you," Leo argued, "please Reyna, please just this once?"
Reyna sighed.
"Fine," she grumbled, and turned around and closed her eyes. She couldn't help it, it was so endearing when he acted like this.
Reyna felt something cold around her neck and settle on her breast bone. Looking down, she saw an amethyst the size of the head of a spoon, set in a gold clasp and a delicate chain made of tiny chain links. She felt Leo's hot fingers gently brush the back of her neck, as he fastened the clasp it in the back.
"Leo," she said faintly, "You made this?"
"Yeah," he said sheepishly, turning her around and fingering the chain, "I wanted to give you something I made myself, but I didn't make the jewel. If you want I can adjust the length."
"Wait," Reyna demanded, "Is this the jewel you stole from that jewelry shop when you got arrested?"
"Well, yes. I always kind of associated you with purple and gold so . . ."
"But," Reyna protested, "You said you wanted that for some other girl."
"I did not," Leo said indignantly, "I said I wanted it for a girl I like."
"And you couldn't have told me it was me then?" Reyna cried.
"Does it matter?" Leo asked, surprised.
"Yes, because then I wouldn't have been mad at you these past few days!" she said, exasperated.
"You were mad at me?" Leo asked, surprised.
Reyna huffed and crossed her arms, turning her back on him. He came up behind her and rested his chin on the top of her head. It was infuriating how small she was, even compared to him.
"Do you not like it?" he asked, a little sadly.
"Of course I do, don't be stupid," she said stiffly. Her face softened a little as she touched it. "It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."
"Then will you go out with me?"
Reyna turned to face him and looked into his soft brown eyes that, for once in his life, were dead serious.
"I really like you," he continued, "so will you please be my girlfriend?"
Heart thumping wildly, she pretended to consider as she looked him up and down.
"Well, yes, I suppose," she said.
"But," she added, "You have to do one thing for me."
"Does it include wearing an orange jumpsuit and a iron collar?" Leo asked suspiciously.
"No," Reyna said, leaning closer to him, "You have to kiss me."
Leo grinned and bent his head to hers.
Reyna felt her heart melt through her body as soon as his lips touched hers. He kissed her softly again and again. She reached up on her tiptoes, pressing her mouth to his, savoring the spicy, chocolaty flavor of the kiss and the burning heat, wanting more, wanting it to never stop. Leo put a hand to her the back of her neck and her cheek, tilting her head up. Reyna put her hands on his chest, feeling the delicious and intense warmth from his body. They stayed like that for a while, neither one of them noticing that Skippy had fled, or the merrily burning stable all around them.
This was very fun to write. So, review to tell me what you think.
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