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Puddle and Steam

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HURRY UP NIK! I mentally screamed at my twin sister. Naturally I was the one to guard the flag during capture the flag. Nik was SUPPOSED to be helping me as one of our best fighters, but she'd decided to ignore all orders given to her and go after the flag that she'd spotted from her perch in a tree. I rolled my eyes as three Apollo kids ran forward, charging me. With an irritated blast to the ground in front of them,ice crackled over the grass causing them to slip and tumble. I spotted Nik still monkey-ing through the trees towards the flag as the campers got to their feet. I muttered a few Greek curses under my breath that she'd abandoned me for a task our other teammates were more capable of. They shot arrows from their slippery stance on the ground, my icey eyes zeroed in on the one headed for the chink in my armor and froze it before it hit, causing it to drop like a rock. A blast of fire hit the ice under the boys, turning the patch of ice to a  scalding puddle. Leo Valdez came out from his hiding place in the shadows of the tree. Huh, thought Hephaestus' kids were on OUR side this time.. Leo stalked towards me, "Your sister lost us the flag." he said brightly. I raised a brow, it was unlike Nik to be taken easily. Leo noticed and he turned his smirk to a smile, "She didn't go down without fighting, those Stoll brothers are gonna be recovering for a while." he punctuated this with a low whistle as he examined the Apollo kids on the ground, writhing in pain at their burned knees. "You didn't give them the 3rd degree right?" I asked as we watched them. A sudden crackle, and before Leo could answer I'd thrown my dagger towards the noise. It impaled the tree two centimeters from Nik's hair.
"Michelle, chill." she told me calmly as she yanked the dagger from the tree beside her and handed it to me as she settled on my other side.
"No, just-" but Leo was cut off by a battle cry, most likely from a group of Ares kids. And of course, Clarisse was leading the pack. An explosion of noise ensued after that. Nik quickly climbed the tree, after she'd snatched a bow and a quiver of arrows from the Apollo kids and started shooting 'em down. She knew their chinks and had fired before they knew she'd locked on. By the time the wave got to Leo and me, she'd taken down half of it. She stopped for about two seconds to whip her hair in a jagged ponytail to keep it out of her face before the first wave hit. Nik continued to pick them off as Leo and I took the others on foot. I jammed my dagger into a chink and spun, blocking Leo's back and plunging into another weak spot. "Don't use your fire yet." I muttered to him. a quick flash of a smile told me he'd heard me clearly and he continued to pound around with his sledgehammer. I rose a hand in the air, "NIK!" I shouted. She stopped shooting and raised her hand as well. "BLAST!" we cried as one. A bolt of bright blue electricity and light blue ice struck down, combining near the ground and shooting everyone but Leo, Nik, and I away. This gave us more time to pick off competitors. A whistle screeched through the chaos. "WHO WON?" I shouted over the fray. Nik held up our flag victoriously. "We did obviously." she said climbing back down from her perch, flag in hand. I shot Leo a smile. "Only cause Leo got here in time to help me with the Apollos. No thanks to you." I teased. She rolled her eyes. "Yeah yeah yeah. Listen more blah blah blah. Respect your orders blah blah blah. Same old song and dance, Chelle." she told me. Leo shot me a smile, which just about turned ME to a puddle, and placed a hand on my shoulder, "If you hadn't frozen that patch of grass I never could've melted it." he countered.
"But if you hadn't been lurking in the shadows, I would've been speckled in arrows."
"I was not lurking! I was examining! I wasn't sure if you'd be okay since Nik ditched you."
"Speaking of which," I said, changing the subject, "How many did you plow down before losing the flag?" I asked my twin. She smirked, "About half the Hermes cabin, part of Ares, and a few teammates. I took the Stolls down with me in the end. Neither will be interested in pulling pranks for at LEAST a week." We exchanged a high-five.
"Well done." I approved.
"As I was saying," Leo said, "I was just being protective."
I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's just go hear what Chiron's got to say about this week's round." I said, heading towards the clearing considered neutral territory. Nik shrugged at Leo and followed to my right. Leo jogged to my left, grabbing my hand in the process. We both snatched our hands away. "Why'd ya grab my hand?" I inquired.
"Accident." he muttered. I rolled my eyes.
"-great game from the Athena cabin's team this week." Chiron was saying as we joined the other campers. Nik fake-yawned, this part usually bored her. I rolled my eyes for the third time in less than ten minutes, I was getting a headache. Leo nudged Nik awake, who startled and ran into my side. I turned on Leo, my eyes narrowing. He shrugged sheepishly.
"-first showers go to Athena and Hephaestus cabins." Chiron continued. Nik and I exchanged another high-five before skipping off for showers, of which Leo insisted on escorting us to, to insure Clarisse wouldn't pound us for causing her team to lose. Of course, Clarisse didn't bother at all. Nik and I'd learned awhile ago that we're not worth her time. Still, he'd done it, and though it was pervy in a way, he'd still managed to turn me to a puddle. I gritted my teeth at the thought and went for my shower.

Nik met me back at our bunk. Of course, most of our siblings were still up, quietly working in some way, whereas Nik and I preferred to sleep as much as possible. The few of the bad habits she'd rubbed onto me.
The next morning there was a puddle right outside the cabin. For a second I thought Percy had let out Mrs. O'Leary, because it was pretty big. But of course, Leo was too close for it to be anyone but him. I rolled my eyes, "What now?"
"Puddles are now the symbol of my love for you." he said cheesily. I narrowed my eyes at him, "Don't play like that. You know I'm sensitive about that "love" stuff." I muttered, sitting against the cabin. Nik came out then, squinting at the rising sun, "Can't Apollo make that thing any slower? It'll be at the top of the sky before noon." she grumbled, sitting next to me. Leo examined our matching pajamas. We gave him a combo death glare. Nik pulling out first and pulling her hair out of it's ponytail. I turned off the glare as he backed off and gave him a soft smile. He looked confused, Perfect, just where I want him. I thought with a smirk. He softened and sat on my other side, nearly blocking the door, "Hey Nik," I said breezily, "Mind going back inside? Maybe you can fall back asleep." I mentioned. She understood and finger-waved at us before re-entering the cabin. I waited for the squeak of her bed bending under her weight, before I opened my mouth to ask Leo something. He cut me off immediately.
"Why have you been acting so weird?" he asked, his eyes serious for the first time I'd ever seen them to be.
"You." One word, one syllable, and the world came crashing down around me. I watched realization dawn on his face as the sky dawned behind him.
"Oh." he said.
I puddled again. Oh for Zeus' sake! Couldn't I stay solid for ten seconds around this boy?!
"I mean, 'Oh, really?'" he tried again. I shook my head.
"You know why you can't just go around telling people symbols of your love right?" I asked. He shrugged.
"I thought it would mean more to you then some generalization I give others."
"Does this mean you think I'm out of your league?" I asked, hanging my head with a sigh.
He chuckled, "Why would you ask that?
"Oh, I dunno, Khione, Thalia. BOTH out of your league, you liked them all, so what about me?"
"Nah, your different."
I wilted inside, and must've showed that outside somehow, because he firmly gripped my chin to look at him, "'Cause your so out their leagues you're out of the park." he muttered to me. And before I knew what I was doing, I was plunging towards him.
He's had TONS of better crushes! My strategic brain said.
He's not pulling away! my heart countered, almost screaming.
He's gonna keep you from focusing on strategies! my brain spoke up again.
To Hades with strategy, I'm taking a note from Nik and diving in whole-heartedly. my heart said, no pun intended.
Then our lips crashed together.
Just as Nik opened the door with all our siblings behind her.
Whoops and hollers came out after us and I ripped away from him. He seemed shocked, and I KNEW I should've listened to my brain.
Told you so! it remarked.
Don't listen, he's shocked because it was unexpected! my heart reassured me.
Of course, when it came to these sort of things, my heart was always right.
Because Leo crashed his lips back onto mine. I smiled through it, and this caused more happy hollers and "FINALLY!"s through the crowd of my siblings. Of course, their loudness woke all the others, who proceeded to join in the whooping and hollering.
And then, per tradition, they threw us in the lake.
And we came up sputtering because neither of us could breathe underwater like Percy.
We jumped out of the lake and ran towards the crowd of campers as one, flinging as much water as we could at them all. I full-on tackled Nik.
"Thanks." I giggled in her ear before leaping off her and running to push Will Solace in the lake. He gasped in surprise.
But I was gone before he could retaliate. Soon, everyone was jumping in the lake, while Leo and I just hung back.
"We've already been soaked." I stated. He nodded.
"Yeah, it's only right we don't jump in." he said, gazing at the water tempted-ly. I grabbed his hand and pulled him along with me at a quick run.
"Hold your breath on three." I commanded.
"One." Three feet.
"Two." Two feet.
"Three!"
Splash!
I popped back up, Leo beside me with his maniacal smile.
"Who's the best girlfriend ever?" he asked.
I blushed and jerked a thumb to my chest, "Guess that would be me." I said as I bit my lip.
"You glad I can turn you into a puddle?" he asked.
I rolled my eyes, "As long as you're okay with eventually becoming steam." I smart-alecked.
Leo X Fan Character Fic. In no way associated with any group here on deviantArt.com

Rick Riordan owns Leo Valdez, Will Solace, Clarisse Whatsherlastname, Percy Jackson (obviously) and the Stoll brothers, Connor and Travis.

Michelle and Nikolet (Nik) Kelley (The twins) belong to me.

A stupid little fic I wrote up because I didn't wanna sleep.

Any errors (such as spelling, grammatical, or story-related) let me know.

Leo's slightly OOC because I have NO idea how he'd actually react in these situations, let me know how they should be changed if you think they should.
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How could you not love someone that amazing?
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wholly shit I LOVE THIS!!!