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Jason’s POV
It’s been a hell of a time since my quest with Piper and Leo. I finally got all my memories back, and dam did it take a while.
I decided to stay at CHB for now. Octavian said it would be good for one of us Romans to stay over here to “keep the Greeks in line”. I usually don’t give a fuck about what Octavian says, but whatever works for me to stay here.
I officially started dating Piper. Of course, she’s a wonderful person to be around, but I can’t help but feel like this isn’t right. I still want to be friends with her obviously. However, dating her, kissing her, calling her my girlfriend… all wrong. The only reason I haven’t talked to her about it is because I feel like I would just be letting everyone down. Also, I don’t want to break Piper. Who knows how it could affect her?
Thinking about all of this hurts my brain. I roll out of bed and fall onto the floor. Groaning, I roll onto my side. I really don’t want to get up, but the horn for breakfast is going to blow in, what, 15 minutes? Before, I was thinking about taking a shower, but I guess that idea’s out the window.
I reluctantly get up and walked over to the bathroom. As I brush my teeth, the horn blows. “Shit!” I yell, rushing to find clean clothes. I finally find a clean pair of jeans and a Camp Jupiter t-shirt. I quickly put on my glasses and rush to the dining pavilion.
When I get there, everybody is already eating and talking. I look over at Piper waving to me. I wave back, smiling a little. Out of the corner of my eye I see Leo walking over from the cabins. I smile, happy to not be the only late one.
Piper gets up to greet me. She gives me a hug and a small kiss on the lips. I really need to tell her… Maybe I can work up the courage today? Doubt that.
“Hey sleepy head, sleep well?” She asks, giggling.
“Decent. I’m still pretty tired. Percy beat the absolute crap out of me in the arena yesterday.” I reply, rolling my eyes.
“Did thee Jason Grace just admit defeat?” Leo butts in.
Rolling my eyes, I push Leo to the side while laughing.
I hear coins jiggling from the Aphrodite cabin’s table.
“That’s my cue to go back. The daily bets are going around. See you guys!” Piper exclaims, giving me a small kiss on the nose.
Leo looks over at me. “Daily bets? I thought that just happened when they were waiting for people to get together, or people were acting suspiciously couple-y.”
I shrug. “Sounds like something they would do.”
Leo shrugs in response, walking over to his table to join his siblings. I sigh as I walk over to my empty table. Why can’t I just sit by Percy or something? He sits alone too. I guess I’ll have to ask Chiron next time I see him.
The day passes by really quickly. A little before dinner, I pass by Piper. I need to tell her today… It’s really not fair to her that she’s the only one with any sort of romantic feelings in this relationship.
Surprisingly, she comes up to me and asks me exactly what I was going to ask her.
“Hey, can we meet by the woods after dinner? I need to talk to you about something”
“Yeah, of course!” I reply
Hold on. Is Piper going to break up with me? I mean, I hope she is, obviously. This would make it so much easier to talk to her about it. Guess I’ll just have to wait until after dinner…
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Leo’s POV
Why do I always feel so jealous after seeing Jason and Piper together?! It’s so annoying! I want to be happy for them, but still… I mean, it’s probably because I’m chronically single. The thing is, though, I never feel that way around other couples. It’s just Jason and Piper I feel that way about.
I know for a fact that I have no romantic feeling toward Piper whatsoever. I don’t want to date her, call her my girlfriend, kiss her, or even cuddle with her. She’s just like a sister to me. I’m not one for incest.
Same for Jason. I mean, sometimes I want to rest my head on his shoulder when we are sitting by eachother or maybe hold his- Snap out of it Valdez! I don’t like Jason romantically. He’s just a really special friend that I feel very comfortable around. End of story.
Whatever. I’ll get over whatevers bothering me at one point. All that matters is that they’re both happy. They never fight or really show any signs of not liking each other. They’ve never even talked crap about each other! They seem like the perfect couple, so let's just keep it that way.
“Earth to Leo!” I hear Nyssa yell. “You keep making weird faces.”
“What? Oh, yeah, sorry. I can’t stop thinking about one of the machines I’m working on.” I lie.
“Better show me after breakfast! Your projects always turn out so cool.”
Well, at least I have a bunch of projects I can show her. I’ll just show her a random one when we go back to the cabin.
I looked up to examine the pavilion. Percy and Jason are sitting by themselves in silence. Jason looks extra spaced out today. Normally he looks unfocused and spaced out, but today he looked like he was really deep in thought. Maybe he’s planning an over-the-top way to beat Percy today. Seems like him.
I glance over at Piper, who looks like she’s holding back a huge laugh. She throws what looks like a $5 bill into the center with some coins, placing her own bet. I make a mental note to ask her about that later.
After what seems like forever, breakfast is over. I run over to the cabin to pick one of my projects to show Nyssa. I end up picking one of my most terrible ideas: a ‘water’ gun that can hold just about anything. Want to spray your enemy with lava? Go ahead. Gorgon's blood? Be my guest! I think it’s going to be the easiest thing that I’m working on to make an excuse about. I could just say that I was trying to figure out what material to make it out of.
Nyssa barges in, excited to see what I’m working on.
“Leo, that’s a really good idea! It could help so many demigods in battles! If you need help with a metal that won’t melt or burn, come to me and I can probably help you find one.”
“Thanks! I might need some help later, but right now I think I’m going to let it be.”
“Alright, have fun with your boring training or whatever.”
I rolled my eyes, laughing a bit as I walked out of the cabin.
After I see the beat down of Jason for the 2nd night in a row, I decide to get down to the dining pavilion early. This time no one can make fun of me for being late. As I walk there, I see Jason lost in thought with a small smirk on his face. Maybe he’s plotting revenge on Percy? Something he would do. I settle on that idea, hoping to not put a weird thought in my brain, and jog over to Jason.
“Thinking about the beauty queen?” I tease, hoping to get at least a small laugh out of him.
“Maybe… but also how to absolutely murder Percy.”
The horn blows, almost bursting my eardrums because of how close we are. I cover my ears, wincing. I hear Jason laugh before he rips my hands off my ears. I stick my tongue out at him before running to join my siblings. I wish I didn’t have to sit by them. I like sitting with them and being with them of course, but I kind of want to sit by Jason. Not because I like him, I just don’t want him to have to be lonely, you know?(A/N Leo nobody thought it was because you liked him you’re really just denying it)