Mi Flor~ (Leoxoc)

Her Secret

*Leo*

"Hilarious." Chiron said, rubbing his face that was now partially red. They heard giggling from back inside the Demeter cabin, but a pointed look from the centaur shut them up.

With a sigh, Chiron began again, "Now. You will need to find a clearing in the forest. There's not many of those." Leo could have sworn that he glanced at Valentine for a second. Her angry scowl was back and her book looked like it wanted another round of 'slap the centaur'.

"You better not mean what I think you mean Chiron." She growled, poison lacing her words. Chiron ignored her and began to walk away.

"Bring the wood back to the big house when you're done. You can build it there." Before either of them could react, the centaur galloped off towards the four-story blue building.

"He better sleep with one eye open tonight." Valentine said aloud, her fists clenched.

"Heh, no kidding! You look just about ready to make horse kabobs." Leo said, attempting to lighten the mood. Valentine didn't follow. In fact, she stayed all angry kill mode and growled. She grabbed his wrist (probably not wanting to grab his hand) and dragged him into the forest. Valentine's pace was so fast Leo almost tripped, more than once. He was willing to bet that she was purposely trying to trip him, which she probably was. She led him through the forest going much deeper than he ever had. Flowers, vines, and trees moved out of the way so she and Leo could move more swiftly.

"Geez lady, how do you even navigate this place?" Leo asked. But (not surprisingly) she only grumbled and kept moving. Then all the trees moved out of the way to reveal the most beautiful garden he had ever seen.

"Wow." Leo gasped, at a loss of words.

*Valentine*

"Hilarious."Chiron said while rubbing his face that was now partly red thanks to Valentine. She allowed herself a small grin while the girls in the Demeter cabin laughed. Valentine and Chiron sent a glare at them, that was enough to shut them up.

Chiron sighed and started talking again. "Now. You will need to find a clearing in the forest. There's not many of those."

Ooooh, he did. Not. Just. Do. That. Chiron glanced at Valentine, and she sent him the most hateful look she could muster while clutching her book trying to decide if she wanted to hit him over the head again. "You better not mean what I think you mean Chiron." Valentine told him, daring him to say more. Chiron had the gall to ignore her and kept talking. "Bring the wood back to the big house when you're done. You can build it there." but before either of them could argue with him, he galloped off to the big house leaving them in the dust.

"He better sleep with one eye open tonight." Valentine growled. Clenching her fists ready to chase after him, attack, hit him in the head with her book, then call him a 'pony'.

"Heh, no kidding! You look just about ready to make horse kabobs." Valdez said. Valentine growled a Greek insult in Leo's direction, then grabbed his wrist, purposefully avoiding his hand so he didn't get any ideas... and a few other reasons then proceeded to drag him into the forest. She purposefully summoned a few roots to trip him, but he was sadly more nimble than she originally thought. Valentine made all the other planets move out of the way so she could try to trip the dream killer more successfully.

"Geez lady, how do you even navigate this place?" Christmas elf said. Valentine grumbled under her breath, already thinking of ways she could kill him slowly if needed. She made all of the trees move out of the way to reveal a secret garden. HER secret garden. No one else knew about the place but Chiron and... Lilly. She shook the thought away just in time to hear Leo speak up.

"Wow."

And at that moment, Valentine was tempted to hit him upside the head with her book and make good on her promise. She struggled but managed to stop herself. She didn't think his brain needed any more damage.