𝗪𝗔𝗜𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗘 ━━ l. valdez

xii ━━ ain't no way i'm going to screw it up (now that i know what's at stake)

02. chapter twelve

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LEO FACE PLANTED INTO THE GRASS ON half-blood hill. i knew shadow traveling him wasn't a good idea.

i quickly flipped him onto his back, but didn't know what to do from there. i was never taught medicine. i tried shaking him awake, but that didn't work. i tried force feeding him ambrosia. that woke him up quickly.

his eyes snapped open, but when he noticed it was just me, he smiled. i was shocked that he could even muster the smallest of grins with his pale complexion and limp muscles.

i helped him up to sitting. it felt weird to be the one aiding him. on our quest, i was usually the one in need of help, between cyclops induced concussions or shadow traveling induced passing out.

"chew," i said. i gave him a square of ambrosia.

he took the piece from me gratefully and began to eat.

the sun had set completely and the moon had risen. stars dusted the dark night sky. the moon illuminated the area around us, being the only reason i could see leo in front of me.

the sun was just beginning to set when we went to see our movie. we didn't listen to clio in her suggestion of seeing a historical movie. instead, we saw a movie called 500 days of summer. it was my first time watching a colored movie and i was impressed with the camera quality. it was probably the best movie i had ever seen. movies are a lot better with speaking and color.

leo used the twenty-five dollars to buy us tickets and snacks. he even let me pick what snacks we got. he was acting like a true gentlemen which was kind of unlike leo.

during the trailers (which, despite the name, were before the movie for some reason) we got to talk a lot. during the movie, leo grabbed my hand and smiled at me. i didn't let go of his hand until the movie ended.

i also decided i would stop by the apollo cabin upon my return to camp and discover the music of the smiths. leo said it wasn't a good idea because it would just make me even more emo, whatever that means.

after the movie ended, leo decided it would be a good idea to enchant the times square billboard to read 'ALL DA LADIES LUV LEO'.

after being spotted by cops, i shadow traveled us back to half-blood hill and that's how we ended up in this situation. i hoped leo wouldn't throw up the cherry slushy he had. that would be disgusting and i did not sign up to help him through that.

thank the gods, he didn't. he finished the ambrosia square and said he feels a bit better. i told him we needed to get back to the camp border quickly before chiron notices our absence. we technically weren't allowed to leave camp, and the camp fire must've just ended.

i pulled leo up to his feet and brushed the snow off his jacket. we walked and he kept his arm around me for stability. it was kind of nice because leo has a high body temperature while i have the antithesis of that.

we made it just past thalia's tree when i spotted the large shady figure of chiron a few feet ahead of us. great. we were caught.

"shit," leo muttered.

i sighed in defeat and we trudged over to chiron. my head was bowed in shame. i had never gotten in trouble at camp before. i wondered if it worked the same way as it did in school or at home. would i get hit? would leo get hit?