Chapter: 12

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Chapter 12

Leo thought he'd been busy before. When Calypso set her mind to something, she was a machine.

Within a day, she'd gathered enough supplies for a weeklong voyage – food, flasks of water, herbal medicines from her garden. She wove a sail big enough for a small yacht and made enough rope for all the rigging.

She got so much done that by the second day she asked Leo if he needed any help with his own project.

He looked up from the circuit board that was slowly coming together. "If I didn't know better, I'd think you were anxious to get rid of me."

"That's a bonus," she admitted. She was dressed for work in a pair of jeans and a grubby white T Shirt. When he asked her about the wardrobe change, she claimed she had realized how practical these clothes were after making some for Leo.

In the blue jeans, she didn't look much like a goddess. Her T-shirt was covered with grass and dirt stains, like she'd just run through a swirling Gaia. Her feet were bare. Her cinnamon-toast hair was tied back, which made her almond eyes look even larger and more startling. Her hands were calloused and blistered from working with rope.

Looking at her, Leo felt a tugging in his stomach that he couldn't quite explain.

"So?" she prompted

(A/N: I swear I probably won the shortest chapter award right now. You see, I completely forgot about this event thing I was having which starts in OMG IT STARTS IN 5 MINS okay okay so

Disclaimer: I do not own anything. Rick Riordan does.

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