SUPER SECRET SURPRISE TIME! So, I really suck at one-shots. I planned this to be a three-shot but when I was writing I got to 8,000 words and I wasn't even at the first shot yet so I decided to break it down even more. I will try to get them out as soon as I can, but I need to update Children of Grace too. And I need to finish reading Mark of Athena. I know! I know! But I got to the part where Jason kisses Piper and is all "I am never going to break up with you" and I threw the book at the wall and there is where it sits. Unless there is this super big cliff hanger, I can pretty much guess the end of the book anyways. Anyways, back to the reason why you are here.

This one is for guys. Thanks for getting me to 2,000 reviews, the highest review count I have ever seen on fan fiction. I love you guys in the most non-creepiest non-internet-stalkerest way possible. Squee!


REYNA


"Please Reyna?"

"No!"

"Please?"

"Jason, I said no."

"Please?"

"I'm not listening to you anymore," stated Reyna. She scanned the document on the table in front of her only to find that she had already signed it. Great, now she was doing things twice.

Jason sat down in the seat next her. "Reyna, please, I'll do anything you ask me to."

She rolled her eyes. "If only."

"Reyna−"

"I can hurt you, you know?" she interrupted him before he could go any farther.

"Please? Please Reyna," Jason begged. "Pretty please with sprinkles and those jelly beans you like on top?"

"When has begging ever worked me?" snapped Reyna refusing to give into his puppy dog eyes, no matter how they made her heart melt.

"Begging? Never," admitted Jason. "Being as annoying as demigodly possible? Eighty-three percent success rate."

"Jason, I need to finish this paperwork. I'm already behind."

"No, you're not. Got up earlier and finished this all this morning." She gave him a doubtful look and then flipped through the piles of paper. Much to her surprised, found then all completed and neatly organized by subject, very unJasonlike. He must really want her to go.

She sighed. "Well, there is are a billion other−"

"Give me one good reason why you can't come to Camp Half-Blood with me?" Jason interrupted.

"Someone needs to watch the camp. Both praetors can't leave the camp unsupervised. It would be irresponsible."

Jason sighed. "I went over this with you already. Aurelia and John agreed to temporary take our places. They are centurions from your old cohort, so I know you trust them. They both getting ready to retire, so they won't be planning any takeovers, and they have lots of experience." Jason must have gone through every single member of Camp Jupiter to find the two people she would mostly like trust with her camp. She was really starting to be impressed with extent Jason went to try to convince her to go.

"It's your reunion. I didn't even go the quest." Reyna sighed. "Why would you even want me there?" He had been trying to convince her to come with him since the day he received the video scroll inviting them. Didn't he realize that there were some oblivious daughter-of-Venus-related reasons why she didn't want to come? Reyna knew that the Greeks blamed her for Jason breaking up with Piper and leaving Camp Half-Blood, and something told her that they wouldn't be as happy to see her as Jason let on.

"Because I love you, and I want to share my second favorite place in the world with my favorite person in the world." Jason smiled. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it causing her heart to start to race. "Please Reyna, you need a vacation. You have been working too hard. You ran this camp singlehandedly while I was on that quest, and before that you ran it eight months without me. If anyone deserves a break, it's you."

"I don't want a break. I love it here. Being praetor is a privilege that I am proud of, it's not work to me," she lied.

Jason rolled his eyes. "I'm not asking you leave for good, Reyna. It's just three weeks."

"Three weeks is a long time," replied Reyna.

"Which is why I want you with me," said Jason. "This whole trip is about building a relationship with the Greeks. How would it look if only one of Camp Jupiter's leaders went to meet them?"

"Bad," she admitted. She stared down at their intertwined hands. She didn't like the idea of being separate from Jason for any amount of time, let alone three weeks, but her in Camp Half-Blood? It had bad idea written all over it.

"Besides," Jason continued. "I might need your help with− well, you know."

Reyna looked back at him. She could see the worry in his eyes. It was the cost they had to pay to in order to get the senate to approve the trip. There was a lot at stake.

"If I agree to go with you−"

"So, you will come?" exclaimed Jason. She swore he looked just like a little puppy wagging his tail.

She gave him a look that told him to listen. "You need to promise me that things won't get out of hand."

"It won't," Jason quickly promised. "Reyna, you're really going to love it there. Trust me."

Reyna highly doubted that she would love it, but it was possible that she might get something from this visit, perhaps a new training technique. Either way, Jason's reaction was sufficient enough for Reyna to be content with her decision.

"We might as well get started. We have a lot of preparation to do." Her mind was already listing things that needed taken care of before she left. "You better leave so I can actually get something done.

"Alright," agreed Jason before giving her a quick kiss on her lips.

When he went to pull away, Reyna pulled him back and kissed him again. After all, they were alone, and she liked kissing him a lot more than she would like to admit.

"Have I told you today that you are the best girlfriend a guy could have?" asked Jason when they had finally broke apart.

"Yes," answered Reyna. "But I think you could afford to say it again."

"You're the best," Jason smiled and then kissed her forehead before walking away.

She looked back down at the paper sitting directly in front of her and wondered what she had gotten herself into. Last time the Greeks and Romans were together, a flaming couch thrown from the Greek's ship had almost caused WWIII. Reyna expected this gathering to go just as well. At least she would be there to help limit the damage.

"And Jason," Reyna called to him as the thought occurred to her.

Jason turned around in the doorway to face her. "Yes Reyna?"

"No Dakota."

"But−"

"No."

...

"Jason, I really hope you said a little pray to your dad this morning, because I really don't feel like crashing and burning today," Dakota announced very loudly as passed by their seats.

"Don't worry, as far as I know we are still on speaking times or how I like to call it, I'm still profitable," laughed Jason before turning his attention back to her. "Are you ok?"

"I can't believe you talked me into letting him come," Reyna growled.

"He just wants to see Percy again. Besides, you told me to pick the least aggressive Romans to come on this trip. Dakota is like, the definition of least aggressive," answered Jason. "Don't worry. I'll make sure to limit his Kool-aid intake."

She rolled her eyes at him then went back to focusing her attention on the back of the seat in front of her. There was small tear in the faux leather that bleed yellow cushion. Reyna found this completely unacceptable. If she owned a plane she would never let it function in such disrepair. But thinking owning a plane brought her mind back to the fact that she was currently on plane and it began going through her list of all things that could possible go wrong again. A list that now, thanks to Dakota, included crashing and burning.

It was her first experience with an airplane, but it only took her less than three seconds on a plane for her to realize that she did not like them. It was a filthy cramp soup can filled with loud and obnoxious people. Reyna hated every square inch of it and they hadn't even taken off yet. She quickly began developing acceptable escape plans in her mind.

At least she was able to keep Argentum and Aurum by her side or she would have been really freaking out. They were easily able to mist the security guards into thinking Argentum and Aurum were handicap dogs. They had to be on a leash, much to their disliking, but it was way better than the alternative. She wasn't going allow anyone to lock her precious pets in some crate and take them to gods know where.

Currently, Argentum was curled up in the seat next to her while Aurum lay down by her feet. Unlike her, they both seemed completely relax inside this metal death trap. Jason was completely at ease. He was looking at the airplane's window grinning like a kid in a candy story. Of course, for a son of Zeus flying was enjoyable.

A loud roaring sound filled the cabin. Reyna was caught completely unprepared. She jumped in her seat a little too high for Jason not to notice.

"It's just the engines," explained Jason giving her a curious look.

"I know that," she snapped back. She refused to meet her eyes. The last thing she needed right now was Jason knowing what she was thinking.

When the plane began to roll forward she clenched the armrest. She guessed it was too late to stage a rebellion.

"We're not taking off yet," Jason continued to explain. "They're just pulling us onto the runway."

"Great," she mumbled. She could sense Jason studying her face so she did her best to keep it emotionless.

Jason leaned in closer to her. "Reyna, are you scared of flying?"

"What?" She nervously huffed, "Whatever gave you a ridiculous idea like that?"

"Because you are crushing my hand," replied Jason. There was a twinge of pain in his voice.

Reyna looked down to find what she thought was her right armrest was actually Jason's hand. With her face flushed, she immediately released it.

Jason flexed his hand, probably trying to return the blood flow to his fingers. "Reyna, you do know who you are sitting next to, right?" He smirked.

Reyna growled. He could so arrogant sometimes, she could just slap him. "Jason, I'm a daughter of Bellona. Bellona is the goddess of protecting the homeland which means that I like to stay at home, or at very least on land."

Jason laughed. "Reyna, I promise that if the plane goes down that I will save you and leave these idiots all to die."

"Even me?" Frank poked his head up from the seats in front of them. Reyna could feel her face grow redder. Another reason why she hated airplanes, it was complete impossible to have a private conversation.

"Especially you," joked Jason.

Frank shook his head in disappointment. "That's not every nice."

"You can turn into a bird, what are you complaining about?" retorted Jason.

"True," Frank nodded considering the thought.

"What about me?" said Hazel, her head appearing right next to Frank's.

"I'll turn into a big bird," Frank smiled.

"Thanks," Hazel smiled and kissed his cheek before one of the flight attendant yelled at them to sit down.

Jason placed her arm protectively around her and whispered into her ear, "Just close your eyes and we will be there before you know it."

She nodded and took a deep breath before burying herself in Jason's embraced. For just a few moments, she was back in the Garden of Bacchus relaxing with Jason after a long senate meeting.

"Aww, Jason and Reyna sitting on a plane K-I-S-S-I-N-G," Dakota sang from the row across from them. An echoing chuckled passed amongst the Romans sitting nearby.

How dare he speak about his praetors that way? Reyna lunged at him but Jason held her back. He always did have a soft spot for Dakota and his antics. She would have to get back at him later.

But before she could even think of a single horrible chore she could have Dakota complete once they got back to Camp Jupiter, the plane took off. Her whole body tensed up again as the plane pushed itself faster and faster until there was this awful weightlessness feeling when wheels finally left the ground. She was only able to begin to relax when Jason grabbed her hand and kissed it.

"Everything is going to be fine, Reyna, You'll see."

Looking at him in to his calming clue eyes it was hard for her not to believe him. Five hours alone with Jason's undivided attention, maybe this plane ride wouldn't be so bad after all.