SATURDAY

"Leoni, are you busy?"

"No, Ryan. What's up?"

"Someone is asking for you. No need to put that panic face, it's a guy"

Good, it's not that crazy girl.

***

"Percy, what are you doing here?"

"I came here to buy some flowers"

Does he realize we don't have any flowers in here?

"Hum... I guess I have some spare pieces that can be glued to look like a flower"

"I'll buy flowers on the flowershop at the other side of street, Leo"

"Oh. So you're here to ask me my favorites? I'm honoured!"

"I just came here to say hi to you. I'm buying flowers for Annabeth"

"Snif. First Jason. Now you. No one loves me anymore!"

Don't worry, you're still awesome!

Thanks, you're awesome too!

And we don't need the guys, all the ladies loves us!

Percy wore a bored expression.

"Tell me, how does Jason put up with you?"

Leo just smiled and patted Percy's shoulder. Percy asked.

"So, are you free to walk with me until the flowershop? So you can tell me the news"

Is this a good idea? Nymph is just waiting for an opportunity to jump on us.

Good thing we have a witness!

Is he willing to testify in our favor?

"Hum... sure, I guess"

***

"By the way, nice black eye. It really brings out the green in your eyes"

Percy snorted, touching the bruise gently with his fingers.

"You can thank Nico for it"

"He hit you?"

"Long story short, I received a punch meant for him"

"What did he do?"

"According to his agressor, he was born. So, how is life going?"

"Pretty awesome. I have a job, I have some money, I don't have to deal with homework and..."

Jus this luck, Nymph was outside, so she saw him approaching before he could ditch Percy and hide. She was not happy, and marched to his face, completely ignoring Percy.

"WHAT are you doing here!? I thought I made myself clear. Stay away from me, flower-destroyer!"

Still with that? She sounds like a broken record!

And did she forget about that favor?

Yes, the fridge-like thing.

"Why can't I be fridge-fixer?"

That made her angrier, her now red face just highlighting her bleached hair.

"That's a cold chamber, not a fridge!"

She turned to Percy, pointing a finger to his chest, and her tone and expression made him take a step back, a little wary.

"And you, why are you here? Are you friends with HIM?"

Her voice for the last word was laced with despise. Percy looked sideways to Leo before answering.

"Hum... kinda?"

She took a step forward, forcing him to take another one back.

"Are you here to destroy my flowers too?"

"Hum... no, I'm here to buy some"

"For what?"

"For my girlfriend"

"Him?"

"Leo? Gods, no!"

Now I'm offended!

Me too!

He didn't need to sound so incredulous.

Anyone would want a piece of this pie of wonderfulness.

We're a sexy beast!

And if she wants to know if we're free, she can ask us, we don't bite!

Unless she asks for it...

"It's for Annabeth, my girlfriend. I'm going to her place in two hours, and thought about buying some flowers"

Nymph let go of her aggressive posture, and smiled at Percy.

"Sure!"

She turned back to Leo, with a scowl.

"You, go back to your dirty and oiled nest, and leave me alone!"

She smiled at Percy again

"You, come. I'll help you choose the perfect flowers"

She grabbed his arm and started to lead him to the shop. Percy looked over his shoulder and Leo could see his uncertainty about following the girl. Leo yelled to him.

"Don't worry, if I don't hear from you in twenty, I'm calling the police to find your body!"

Leo turned and ran, before Nymph could chase him.

***

Percy came back twenty-three minutes later. Leo smirked, still fixing the car he was working on.

"You're back! I need to call 911 again and cancel the cops"

"Haha ha, very funny"

"Funny guy, that's me!"

Percy rolled his eyes, leaned against a work table, checking first for grease stains, and crossed his arms, after putting the flowers he bought over the table.

"So, Calypso hates you"

Calypso is your girlfriend, right?

Yes, but I don't know why is he talking about her.

"I don't think so"

"Oh, I'm pretty sure she does. So, what did you do?"

"Nothing, I guess"

"I'm sure you did"

"Why are you suddenly bringing Calypso up?"

Maybe he has found her!

Do you think that's possible?

After you spend some time as a demigod, impossible disappear from yourvocabulary. If I can possess your body, ANYTHING is possible.

"Because she hates you and won't let you near her or her flowers?"

Wait, what?

What is he talking about?

The crazy girl from the flowershop?

"You mean Nymph?"

Percy shrugged.

"She introduced herself as Callie. It's really weird to see Calypso with a dyed hair, but once she was nice to me again, it was easy to recognize her"

"... WHAT?"

"Didn't you notice that?"

"That girl is not my sunshine!"

"Are you that blind? Go and check for yourself. Just remember, I don't think she knows who we're"

Leo almost didn't hear Percy's last words as he ran to the flowershop on the other side of the street, skidding in front of it before bursting through the door. Nymph looked up when she heard him, and was annoyed all over again.

"What are you doing here AGAIN?"

Leo took a couple of steps in her direction and held her face with both hands, checking her features.

"Don't move"

She was squirmming in his hands, trying to cut herself loose. Leo didn't let go.

"Don't move? Oh, I'll move, to kick your butt out of my shop!"

Whatever you need to do, please do it fast!

Leo focused on her face, cataloging the milk face, the almond shaped eyes, and imagined her with a caramel hair. His heart almost stopped.

"By Chiron's furry tail, he was right!"

She grabbed his hands and yanked them from her face, took a step back and pointed to the door.

"That's enough! Out of my shop, NOW, before I can decide between calling 911 or hiding your body somewhere NO ONE will ever find!"

Leo turned and left, perplexed with the discovery. Percy was waiting for him.

"So..."

"Di immortales, it's her"

"How could you not notice your own girlfriend?"

"My sunshine is not nasty like... that..."

"Like Callie? From what I remember, you two started with the wrong foot when you crashed in her island"

"Well, who puts a dining table in the beach!?"

A dining table in a beach? What kind of crazy girl are you dating?

Hey, no girl completely sane would know how to deal with all of this.

Fair enough. The kind of awesomeness that we have tends to drive the girls crazy.

Exactly.

"Still, she's YOUR girlfriend"

"Well, I couldn't LOOK at her for two seconds before she started screaming about getting a restraining order against me"

"So... she's your stalker"

"What am I going to do now?"

Percy patted his shoulders.

"No worries. If you managed to make Calypso like you, I'm sure you're capable of the same miracle with Callie. As for me, I'm going to see MY girlfriend"

Percy left Leo there, staring at nothing.

Leo?

Hum?

Do you know what to do about her?

No...

So what about we focus on the car, something we KNOW how to fix?

Good idea.

***

"LEONI!"

Leo almost fell from his chair when Ryan yelled in his ear.

"Wha... What? What happened?"

"You zoomed off, I called you five times. What happened?"

"Hum... nothing"

"Are you SURE?"

"Yeah. So, why were you calling me?"

"I need to talk to you, come"

Oh, man, what did we do?

I fixed everything, right?

I think so. After you stoped daydreaming about your girlfriend, we did everything he asked us to.

What if we missed something?

Let's hope Ryan can overlook so we won't be kicked out.

"Sit"

Leo sat.

"No need to look so scared, it's nothing bad"

Leo breathed in relief.

"It's my nephew, he's coming to work with us, and I want you to befriend him. He knows his way around cars, but I want you to help him if he has any trouble or doubts"

That's it?

So... we still have a roof over our head?

"Sure"

"He's your age, I think you're going to be good friends. His name is Niel"