Twist of Flames // Leo Valdez AU #TwistFateChallenge #TwistOfFateChallenge

four // Leo Valdez

I CAN'T JUST SEEM TO IGNORE IT. I tried my best to not think about it, but I just can't. My mother was asking me to save her, I would be able to see her again and Calypso, I would be able to get her out of Ogygia, once and for all.

I was pacing back and forth on the deck as the winds whistled harshly, ruffling my hair in the process. And yes, without a doubt, I was all alone. Why wouldn't I be? I was the seventh wheel, after all. The useless seventh. The one hanging around when things get ugly.

Not being able to think anymore, I left Coach Hedge with his shift and I went to my bunk to sleep. When the morning came, I hoped things had turned for the better, but they didn't. I hadn't even opened my eyes yet when Percy came barging in my bunk, waking me up rather harshly just to fix something simple that was yet again, broken.

"LEO! WAKE UP! WE NEED YOU TO FIX THE-" I stopped listening and inwardly growled.

"Hold on," I groggily reply, and when I heard my door slam shut, I sat up and looked for my slippers, and stomped my way outside, just after grabbing my tool belt.

As I arrived at the dining pavilion, they were all paired up, with Coach Hedge, nowhere in sight.

Seventh Wheel.

I heard a squeaking noise by Buford's control and so I proceeded to fix it, a few minutes later I sat down, and just as I did, I was yet again asked to fix something. I forced a smile and proceeded to fix it again. Several more times of me not being able to eat properly because I needed to fix things for them, and them just sitting there, cuddling with each other, I was beyond pissed.

"Thanks repair boy," Frank calls out and they all laugh.

"Oops sorry, it was supposed to be some sort of chicken but I burnt it," Coach Hedge apologizes as he sets down the plate of burnt chicken.

And at that moment, I already knew I would take up the offer.