I decided to do a Jeyna vs Jasper story because my thoughts about them are quite conflicted. I'm not going to tell you which pairing I ship more because I want you guys to guess that part. Anyways, I will write one-shots, alternating between the two ships. At the end, depending on your votes, I will write a bonus chapter for the pairing with the most supporters, depending the votes you guise place in the reviews.

Disclaimer: I do not own HoO. (:

Faith and Reason

- Jeyna -

She blinked as she stared at the abandoned room in front of her. He couldn't be... gone. He was talking to her yesterday about their praetor duties and this morning, he was reported missing. Nobody knew what happened to him but she could feel something strange tingling in her eyes.

Reyna had no idea what was going on. All these years, she told herself that Jason was just than her friend and colleague, and nothing more. She had been taught to shield away emotions such as this and focus on her duties.

Yesterday, all she felt during that talk was a strange, warm feeling in her heart for the first time, even though it was freezing cold outside. When Octavian told her this morning that Jason was missing, she thought that he was playing some sort of practical joke on her. Lupa, herself, had to convince her that Jason was gone. After that, another strange feeling overwhelmed her as she took in the information. A stranger to both, she hated the second feeling of loneliness and despair.

Reyna looked around frantically for a note, any sign or reason for his mysterious disappearance. She was careful to not mess up the room badly but her heart was into finding some sort of clue. She wanted to believe that he went out for an extra long walk and didn't tell anybody about it. Reyna came up with many different conclusions, but she refused to believe that he is dead.

All these years, she has been denying all possible claims of them being a couple. She constantly told herself there were much more important things than relationships and her love life because she had to keep her home safe from harm. Her new home-Camp Jupiter. When she became praetor, she made a promise on behalf of all the people in Rome. She said that she would protect her home-their home-from harm. And yet, when Jason became praetor, she told herself that all they are going to be are colleagues. Nothing more. Nothing less.

However, things changed and Jason seemed to have appealed to her more and she had a sudden desire to be with him. She shook the thoughts away even though she knew that she liked Jason more than "just a friend", but she didn't want to do anything about it. For that reason, she tried to push her thoughts aside each time she is with him but it never happens. She knew that there was no way she could like him and desperately tried to put her feelings aside. She told herself that he would always be by her side, so there was really no need to do anything about it. Of course, that never worked out the way she planned.

She had accepted the fact that she liked her fellow praetor a long time ago, but she refused to admit it to anybody else-especially Jason.

Most of the people in the Twelfth Legion-who knew him-were quite miserable, but miserable was far from what she was feeling. What was this peculiar feeling? Reyna was never familiar with the feeling, but she knew what she was feeling right now: brokenhearted.

Recently, the people who were close to her, such as Hazel, saw through her facade. Some told her to just let him go, but she argued and said that she had nothing to let go. However, that wasn't true. Reyna told herself that she would wait for him, despite the fact that most of the people at camp believed he was dead.

Rome experienced trouble and chaos and Octavian wasn't helping. She desperately needed Jason's help to keep all of Rome together. She knew that she couldn't do any of this by herself, but she would become insane if she let Octavian take over Jason's praetor position.

Circumstances change and things around Camp Jupiter were not the same as they have been since Jason disappeared. She felt as if all the gods and goddesses of Rome had gotten together and decided to mess with her life. Despite everything, she knew that there was absolutely one thing that she would never let go of: her feelings for Jason.

She sat down on Jason's bed and sighed. She let herself fall willingly on the mattress and let out a shrilly scream. She didn't care if anybody heard her; it would've been better than knowing that she was crying over a boy. She knew, by now, that the walls she built around herself were tumbling down all at once. It made her feel miserable beyond belief.

Hylla, her elder sister, had taught her to stay away from males, and she did. Except Jason was the only exception to her sister's rule. Reyna didn't mind Jason's company even though he did annoy her at times. However, he made up for it by being helpful, and being there for her when she needed him. She never admitted to anyone that she depended on Jason to rule Rome, but she knew she did. She wouldn't be able to do much without him.

And now, here he is, abandoning her with the fate of Rome during these harsh times of Mother Nature's doing.

She couldn't find any traces of him in his room.

Nothing. Nothing at all.

However, she knew that he was still alive, and he would come back for her one day. Maybe.

Vote & Review! The final chapter depends on your votes. (: And if you want, you can include why you love that pairing because I'm curious on the inputs from both sides of the love triangle.

And please no character bashing... I really dislike reading that. I love both characters (maybe not equally, but I love them both), so it would displease me to an extreme if I see any character bashing. I don't mind constructive criticism though. English isn't exactly my first language, and I would love to get help and ideas for improvements in my stories.

With love,

Lily. (: