Leo flipped the sign in the window from "Closed, Come Again!" to "Open, Welcome!". He did some last minute cleaning while Calypso, his co-owner (and potential girlfriend) watered the plants that decorated the exterior.

It was only two weeks since they opened shop, but they had great business. It was also a couple of months after he had rescued Calypso from Ogygia, the magic island on which she was imprisoned for a few thousand years. So yeah, I guess you can tell that Calypso is kinda immortal.

But that worried Leo. Calypso was the kind of girl he dreamed of, if he dreampt of girls. The problem was, he was so out of her leauge. Sure, they had shared a kiss once, and sure, gods had demigod kids with regular mortals, but he wanted to marry her (hey, a guy can dream) and grow old together. But Calypso couldn't grow old.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when the very girl put her hand on his shoulder. His heart skipped a beat.

"Leo," she said. "Are those weapon repairs done?"

"Yeah." He nodded. They did stuff like chariot and weapon repairs for demigods, and some regular stuff for mortals.

"Good. Order Nine is getting picked up in an hour."

She squeezed his shoulder and walked away to hammer out a bent up sheild. Leo's heart did a flip.

Gods, he thought. One of these days, my heart will completely stop!

It was noon, and Leo really needed a shower. Calypso managed to get dirty but still smell like cinnamon and wood smoke. In his opinion, there was nothing hotter than a girl who didn't mind getting her hands dirty.

Her long, straight, golden-brown hair was pulled back, a grease smudge under her dark almond-shaped eyes.

He didn't realise he was staring until she looked up and met his eyes. "Leo, you are bending the sword out of shape."

Leo looked down at his still working hands and saw that he indeed was bending a bronze sword backwards with his hammer. "Oops. Sorry."

He blushed and she shook her head, smiling.

"You know what?" Leo said. "It's time for lunch. Wanna go out and eat someplace?" Usually they ate food Calypso grew and cooked. It was really good, but he wanted to make some moves.

"Sure. Where to?"

"Uh," Leo fumbled. "Maybe that Italian place by the park."

"Sounds nice. Let's go change."

They went up the back stairs to their above-shop home. When they came back down, Leo was wearing fresh jeans and a white shirt. Calypso was wearing one of her Greek-style dresses. She had her hair down and brushed so she looked the same as when they first met.

"You look really nice." Leo blurted. He quickly shut his mouth, embarrassed.

Calypso looked down and blushed and hit Leo's arm. "Come on."

He flipped the Welcome sign back to Closed and shut off the lights.

Leo held out his arm. "Come with me, m'lady."

Calypso smiled and took his arm.

One point for team Leo, he thought.

The food was great. He ordered the fettuccine alfredo and Calypso had a salad. Leo swirled the pasta with his fork. "So... do you like it?" He asked.

Calypso chewed a bite of lettuce. "Yes. It's good."

She reached across the table and wiped alfredo sauce off his face with a napkin. Whoops.

"What about your other friends?" Calypso asked,

Huh? "Oh, you mean Jason and Piper and the others!" They visited every so often to chat or ask for repairs. "You know, Jason and Piper are still together. Jason's an ambassador for both camps. Frank and Hazel are in school in New Rome, and Percy and Annabeth are counseling at Camp Half-Blood."

Calypso nodded. She ate some more of her salad.

Leo shifted in his seat. His foot touched Calypso's. He began to move it, but Calypso didn't seem to notice anything, so he left it there, touching her small foot. He felt strangely embarrassed about it.

What do you want to do after we close the shop for the day?" He ventured.

Calypso pondered, putting her chin on her hand. "I want to plant a new section of fruit in our garden."

Our garden, he thought. Just like our home and our shop. Just like a couple already, he wished.

"What kind?"

"Oh, maybe strawberries? I never grew them on Ogygia."

"Just like Camp Half-Blood."

She shrugged.

"Can I help?"

"Of course."

They finished lunch and went back to the shop. Calypso took his hand and gave it a small squeeze. "Thanks, Leo."

Leo smiled and walked beside her, ready to get back to working with her on the machines.