The Seventh Wheel

Okay this came to me randomly. So I decided to do it. I own nothing but my OC.

3rd Person POV (but has Leo’s thoughts)

Leo was watching everyone celebrate. He was having fun but at the same time he was lonely. He considered talking to Festus a few times but decided against it. He walked past Percy and Annabeth kissing, Nico was with his girlfriend Tiana hanging out with Hazel and Frank, Jason and Piper kissing as well. He didn’t want to talk to them. He considered going to Coach Hedge but then remembered that he closed the doors on the Tartarus side. He Leo Valdez had nobody. He decided to go talk to Festus. If anybody needed him, which was unlikely, they would guess where he was.

“Hey Festus,” Leo said once he got on board.

Festus whirred and creaked.

Leo smiled at the figurehead. Then randomly he hears Nemesis’ words to him playing through his head. You will never find a place within your brethren. You will always be the seventh wheel. He wanted to tell it to shut up but he knew it was true. Everyone had someone, even the creepy death kid Nico. He didn’t know tears were falling before it was too late. He went in the far corner of the room and sat down. He barely managed to get a hold of himself when he heard footsteps on the deck.

“Leo?” Hazel called.

He was going to answer but decided against it.

“Leo are you in here?” Jason called.

They walked straight past the engine room without seeing him.

Might as well be invisible, He thought bitterly.

“I don’t see him in his cabin,” Percy stated.

“If I was Leo where would I be?” Annabeth asked.

Leo was now fiddling with his hands. It became an airplane. He held it up for inspection. It was okay, not the best thing he built.

“The engine room,” Piper said.

“With Festus,” Frank agreed.

“Maybe he doesn’t want to be found,” Nico suggested.

You got that right, Leo thought.

“Well we still need him,” Percy countered.

Leo was slowly moving towards where the stables are quietly. He slipped inside an empty stall and sat down. He couldn’t hear the conversation anymore and he didn’t want to. Festus whirred and creaked and he heard the others leave. He got up and went out into the engine room. He heard someone walk in.

“Guy’s I found him!” the person called.

He turned around and saw Hazel. He heard the others run this way.

“Come on Leo,” Percy said.

“Where are we going?” Leo asked putting down the little airplane.

“Nico, Tiana, and the rest of the crew are going against Camp Jupiter in the war games,” Annabeth explained.

“Umm, okay I guess.”

“That means we need you,” Hazel said.

He grudgingly followed them. The seven, Nico, and Tiana barely managed to win the game. Afterwards Leo managed to slip away again.

*Time skip to 5 weeks later*

Leo felt a bit lonely. He didn’t know what to do about it. The rest of the crew shunned him out a bit. Piper and Jason didn’t really spend time with him anymore, Hazel and Frank went back to Camp Jupiter but when they do come they kinda stay away from him, Tiana and Nico are always moving from place to place and don’t really stay with him a lot, Percy and Annabeth are still recovering from Tartarus so they don’t spend time with funny Leo anymore. He kept up his humor but it barely masked the pain anymore. He decided to resort to Plan B; run. He packed his bag after everyone went to sleep. He left a few things behind; he kept his tool belt though. He really liked it.