Jason

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It's been four hours. Get me out of here.

No, I'm not dying or being help at a gun point. Leo Valdez, my friend since 7th grade came to my house to vent. Now, you might think  I am exaggerating, but if you were in my shoes, you would probably want to leave the second you came into the conversation.

"I mean, she said no. To ME! I can't believe it. I- oh! I know what it was! I wasn't wearing deodorant! That's probably it!" Leo complained at my kitchen table.

I crinkled my nose in disgust. "You weren't wearing deodorant?"

"Yeah. That's probably it." Leo said with confidence.

"You know that putting on deodorant takes about three seconds? Why didn't you just put it on?" 

"I was lazy. I woke up about an hour before going to the callbacks, but instead of getting ready I stared at the ceiling of my bedroom."

I looked at Leo questioningly. "What were you even thinking about?"

Leo's eyes started to tear up. "Calypso."

I ran out of the room to get tissues for Leo, thankful I could get away from that crying mess. When I got back I found Leo with full-on tears flowing down his face. But instead of him being alone, he was with Drew. They were sitting at the table, Drew talking to Leo while Leo was wiping his tears with his hands.

"She probably didn't think she could ever be with someone as good as you." Drew said. "Plus, if she did think she was better than you, she could die in a hole."

"Drew." I said, making Leo and Drew turn their heads and attention to me.

"Yes, Jason?" Drew said sweetly. She batted her eyelashes and flashed a smile.

"I can handle this on my own." I said, handing Leo the box of tissues.

"Oh, you definitely can. I see. That's why Leo was crying when I came in the room." Drew looked annoyed for a moment, then switched her mood. She smiled, telling me," Any friend of yours is my friend too."

"Yes, but-" I started, then Leo cut me off, saying, 

"I think she can help. I mean, she's a girl so she might have an even better look of this than both of us do combined." Leo went to my freezer and took out a bucket of Mint Chip ice cream. He took a spoon and started eating from the tub. "Right?" He asked my, and I nodded in agreement.

I mean, Drew probably dumped boys at least three times a week.

"Finally. I mean, I didn't know I needed permission to help people out but okay. First, tell me everything that happened." Drew said with a smile that looked more like a smirk. Her eyes widened in every detail, and when Leo finished the story, she asked, "Which Calypso?"

Leo told her, "The pretty one with red hair that is always in a braid."

"Oh my gosh...I need to call that girl." Drew said, taking out her phone. 

Leo asked her, "Wait, you know her?"

Drew turned toward him and told him, "She's my best friend."

When Drew walked out of the kitchen and didn't come back, Leo took his head and put it in the middle of his head telling me, "That was no help. What now?"

"I'm not sure." 

We sat in silence for a bit until Leo asked me, "What did you want to tell me before she came in?"

"What?"

"You were going to give me advice about this situation." Leo asked, truly desperate.

"Well, um... are you sure about this?"

"Yes." Leo said, his confidence coming back.

Little did he know all the confidence would be torn down with the words I was about to say.

"Okay," I took a breath in and finally said it, "Maybe she just didn't want to be with you."

"WHAT?!" Leo screamed at me. You don't think- I... You know, Jason, I came to you because I thought you were going to give me advice that would tear me to pieces. I thought you could help me in another way then making a joke out of it, like Percy would. Or make little useless gifts that won't heal my broken heart like Frank would. I thought you could actually help me through this and we could become closer friends. But no. You proved me wrong in a totally different way. Instead of helping me through this, you have burnt up all my hope in me being with Calypso, in myself, and especially in you."  When Leo said you, he pointed at me and he stormed out of the house, taking the ice cream with him and slamming the door on the way out.

I know, it is kinda just filler, but I don't care. I am putting it here anyhow.









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