Leo Valdez, the world's tool broken beyond repair

Hey, guys sorry for the long-awaited 4th chapter!!! Getting over a little case of writer's block. The song above is in the chapter. You don't have to listen to it but it's up here if you want to! Now storytime!

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Third-person

As soon as Leo closed the door, the demigods turned to each other and had one question in their head: 'Who was this kind stranger?'. They started to plan ways to figure out who this person was. They noted how he was carefully guarding his past during dinner. Then it hit Jason like his beloved brick (A/N Brason tho). He turned to Annabeth.

"Hey, do you have your invisibility cap with you? If you do we could sneak out and spy on him."

Annabeth's eyes widened. She smacked her forehead.

"Why didn't I think of that?! " Annabeth turned her back to get the cap. She emerged victorious holding the Yankees cap in the air. 

"Now," she said. "Who's ready to channel their inner Kim Possible?"

Annabeth opened the door and creeped out. She had an earpiece and camera so the others could see what was going on. She was silent and listened for movement or creaks in the floorboards. She heard nothing and inched her way towards the kitchen where the most racket was coming from.

It was somebody singing 'Dancing on My Own. This person was not our host because the voice had more of a Spanish accent. 

"I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, oh
I'm right over here, why can't you see me? Oh
And I'm giving it my all
I'm not the guy you're taking home, ooh
I keep dancing on my own, ah just wanna dance all night

And I'm all messed up, I'm so out of line, yea" The voice sang.

"Dam, Who's that?" She heard Percy ask.

"I don't know. They're in the kitchen. Let me see." Annabeth peeked around the corner and saw Leo.

"That doesn't sound like Leo, though," Hazel said through the mic.

There was a sound of clicks and creaks. The singing stopped. 

"Yeah, buddy." That didn't sound Leo. This person had a clear accent compared to Leo who had no hint of an accent. "I know who they are and I know you do too. It hurts though, them not knowing it's me. But I left three years ago so I guess they forgot about me. Remind me of my name again"

There were clicks, squeaks, and groans.

"You're right bud. That's me: Leo Valdez, the world's tool broken beyond repair."

Annabeth heard everyone on the other line gasp from shock. She stood there, rooted to the spot. How could this be their friend, that ran away 3 years ago? Annabeth heard footsteps coming closer. She turned and ran back to the room. She slowly closed the door and faced her friends, taking her hat off.

"WHAT IN HADES WAS THAT?!"

"THAT CAN'T BE LEO?!"

"THIS CAN'T BE TRUE!"

"Is it Leo?"

She knew who said the last one. Piper loved Leo like her brother. She was devastated when he left. She was quiet and less confident. Annabeth ignored everyone else and walked over to Piper. She put her arm around her shoulders.

"I don't know if it's him but we'll find out soon enough." Piper nodded and left to change into her pj's. The others took turns changing in the bathroom. As soon as they lay down on the beds, the door opened and they pretend to be asleep. 

Leo walked in and looked around. He walked over to a desk in the corner that hadn't seen before. "Glad they're asleep 'cause this would've been awkward." He sat down at the desk and started tinkering. They all started drifting off to sleep when they heard singing.

'When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood's run stale

I wanna hide the truth

I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There's nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come'

They fell asleep to the sound of tinkering and Imagine Dragons. They all woke up periodically through the night but there was always a cup of hot chocolate and a note from Leo when they woke up. Leo was at his desk, singing and building. When they all woke up their empty cups were gone and a note was on the dinner table.

Hey guys,

I am in the kitchen making breakfast. I washed your clothes and they're folded at the end of your bed.

Leo

They changed into their clothes and sat around. Then the door blew open and Leo came in carrying 2 trays of food and drinks. He set waffles, eggs, sausages, and orange juice in front of Jason, a plate of avocado toast and apple juice in front of Piper, blue pancakes, bacon, and blue milk for Percy,  Tea and French toast for Hazel, Bagel, and coffee for Annabeth, and Frank a blueberry muffin with a mug of hot chocolate. Leo sat next to Piper and scraped most of his food into the fire. The others copied his actions. Piper noticed how little Leo had left on his plate. She set some of her toast on his plate and offered him a kind smile that none of the seven had seen in forever. He returned the smile and thanked her for the food. They ate, talked, and just enjoyed each other's company.

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Welp here's the next chapter! Hope you enjoyed it!! Sorry about the crappy ending. Stay weird!

-Lily