The dilemma of Leo Valdez

Disclaimer: I do not own PJO, HoO or anything else you may recognise. We are pretending that ToA never happened and that Calypso isn't there. (Sorry to my fellow Caleo shippers). 

This fic is mainly to raise awareness for autism and bullying, and I chose Leo because he seems like the character most likely to have autism.

OK I'll stop rambling, but make sure to vote and to comment please!!

Enjoy!

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Leo's POV

"Hey Leo..." Came a taunting pair of voices. Lilly and Margret. The new twins in the Aphrodite cabin. They were rude and insufferable. They were super shallow and cared nothing for other people. 

Piper had been trying to rein them in for days now. No such luck. They were sadists, they liked seeing other people in pain for the fun of it. They wanted people to know that they were on top. As you can imagine, everyone had been told to ignore them. Even the Ares cabin were starting to threaten to beat them up. 

But it was hard to ignore them if what they say to you is true. 

The twins tapped Leo on the shoulder in bunker 9. They never seemed to leave him alone. Leo turned his head to look at Lilly, he was able to tell the twins apart just by the colour of their eyes. Lilly had pale blue eyes and red hair that fell in soft waves. She had an oval face and freckles that had been brushed on her nose. Which was long and pointy. Her skin as pale as paint. Her sister Margret on the other hand. Had pale green eyes and no freckles. 

"Yes, Lilly?" Leo asked shyly. His hands were trembling but he tried not to let that show as he looked her in the eye. 

She smiled sweetly and started to plat with her hair. "I'm no expert." She said, in her high pitched voice. "But I'd say you have autism." 

Leo's eyes widened. He didn't know how they had gotten that information. He hadn't even told his friends or cabin mates. The only person who knew was Chiron, since he was the camp director. 

Lilly smiled. "So it's true, you do. I mean, I could tell you how I figured it out. And I will. You see my cousin has autism, so I know all the signs, and you portrayed almost every single one of them." 

Leo was shaking hard now. "P-please don't tell anyone, I'll do anything." He stuttered. He had never felt so helpless before. So alone. These two girls had more leverage over him than the rest of the camp. 

Off to the side, Margret smiled. A sickeningly sweet smile. "Anything?" She asked. Her voice raspier than her sister's. 

Leo gulped. He wasn't sure what to do. No support group or therapist had ever told him what to do in a situation like this. "Anything." 

The twins looked at each other with an evil smirk and soon Margret looked at Leo again. Smiled, then punched him in the face. 

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Leo spat out blood. The twins had beat him up really badly. He could feel blood gushing from his nose like a waterfall, and he tasted blood where they had kicked his mouth. But in that moment he didn't care. 

They made him swear that he wouldn't tell anyone. Not on the river styx because they said that if he broke his promise, then he would feel their wrath instead of Styx's. 

Leo looked at his watch and cursed in Spanish. it was 7:00, meaning dinner would be starting right about now. He got up but immediately felt dizzy and sat back down on the floor again. It looks like I'll be missing dinner. He thought to himself gloomily. They were having pizza that night, and Leo had been looking forward to that for a while. So Leo sat back on the floor and literally watched the time tick by on his watch.