Caleo

Leo Valdez and Calypso House of Hades "Leo was making a mental list of tools he might need when a girl's voice interrupted him: 'What are you doing? You blew up my dining table!' "Immediately Leo thought: Uh-oh. "He'd met a lot of goddesses, but the girl glaring down at him from the edge of the crater actually looked like a goddess. "She wore a sleeveless white Greek-style dress with a gold braided belt. Her hair was long, straight and golden brown - almost the same cinnamon-toast colour as Hazel's, but the similarity to Hazel ended there. The girl's face was milky pale, with dark, almond-shaped eyes and pouty lips. She looked maybe fifteen, about Leo's age, and, sure, she was pretty; but with that angry expression on her face she reminded Leo of every popular girl in every school he'd ever attended - the ones who made fun of him, gossiped a lot, thought they were superior, and basically did everything they could to make his life miserable. "Leo disliked her instantly. "'Oh, I'm sorry!' he said. 'I just fell out of the sky. I constructed a helicopter in midair, burst into flames halfway down, crash-landed, and barely survived. But by all means - let's talk about your dining table!'" House of Hades "Leo cleared his throat. If he was going to get any help from this lady, he need to be nice. 'So... I get why you're angry. You probably never want to see another demigod again. I guess that probably didn't sit right when, uh, Percy left you-' "'He was only the latest,' she growled. 'Before him, it was that pirate Drake. And before him, Odysseus. They were all the same! The gods send me the greatest heroes, the ones I cannot help but...' "'You fall in love with them,' Leo guessed. 'And then they leave you.' "Her chin trembled. 'That is my curse. I had hoped to be free of it by now, but here I am, still stuck on Ogygia after three thousand years.' "'Three thousand.' Leo's mouth felt tingly, like he'd just eaten Pop Rocks. 'Uh, you look good for three thousand.' "'And now... the worst insult of all. The gods mock me by sending you.' "Anger bubbled in Leo's stomach. "Yeah, typical. If Jason were here, Calypso would fall all over him. She'd beg him to stay, but he'd be all noble about returning to his duties, and he'd leave Calypso broken-hearted. That magic raft would totally arrive for him. "But Leo? He was the annoying guest she couldn't get rid of. She'd never fall for him, because she was totally out of his league. Not that he cared. She wasn't his type anyway. She was way to annoying, and beautiful, and - well, it didn't matter."