After the incident in Kansas, Piper felt guilty. She wouldn't admit it to herself, but if Gaea hadn't chosen for her, she probably would've let Percy die. She felt horrible about it. She'd known Jason longer, but that didn't give her the right to allow Percy to get killed. So when Percy came up to the deck for his turn to guard the ship, Piper stopped him.

"Hey Percy, I wanted to talk about what happened in Kansas. When Gaia told me to choose, I hesitated and I almost let Jason kill you."

Percy looked surprised. "But you saved both of us in the end."

"Yeah, but it wasn't fair of me to almost make that decision. I know we just met, but.."

"Listen, I get where you're coming from. I know what it's like to want to keep the people you love safe. If it was between you and Annabeth then I might have done the same thing. Uh, no offense though."

Piper laughed. "None taken."

"But really, I get how hard it is. When I was on my first quest with Annabeth and Grover, Hades kidnapped my mom. We went to the underworld to get her back. I had these pearls that allowed you to escape. But there were four of us but only three of them.""

"Yikes. What did you guys do?"

"We ended up having to leave my mom behind. I found Hade's helm of darkness and he returned her. My point is, it's hard seeing someone you love in danger. You don't really care about anything else, you just want to save them. That's probably how you felt seeing Jason in trouble. That's how I felt with my mom."

"And that's how I felt when Gaea kidnapped my dad."

"You see? I don't blame you for that at all."

Piper smiled."Thanks. For the record, you're a lot smarter than people give you credit for."

"Thank you. Wait hold on, what?"

"Umm, nothing."

Percy narrowed his eyes at her. "Piper."

"Ok, Annabeth may have kinda mentioned that you might be a little... dense sometimes?"

Percy put his hand over his heart and put a disbelieved look on his face. "Piper, I am so hurt that you think of me as such a dense, stupid person. You of all people." He shook his head at her.

"Sorry, I don't actu-"

Percy laughed. "Relax Piper, it was a joke. But remind me to kill Annabeth later. And forget the whole Kansas thing. Thanks for saving me by the way."

"You're welcome. And one more thing, sorry about letting Blackjack kick you. I was worried that you wouldn't trust me anymore."

Percy rubbed the back of his head as if just remembering the hoove shaped dent. "Yeah, don't worry about it. Knowing Blackjack, he probably enjoyed it. We've got to learn to trust each other. We're a team now."

Piper smiled. "Yeah, a pretty good one I might add."

"Well duh. You've got the most handsome, courageous, and amazing son of Poseidon at your disposal."

"Don't flatter yourself, Percy."

Percy winked. "Hey, it's true. You should really go get some sleep now. You look terrible."

Piper rolled her eyes. "Yeah, well waking up at 4:00 a.m. for guard duty tends to make you pretty tired."

"Have a good sleep, Pipes."

Piper yawned as she started towards her room. "Thanks, but don't call me Pipes."

So maybe Piper didn't know a lot about this Percy guy. But after their little talk, she decided he was someone she could trust.

A/N: I'm planning on writing a lot of these, so follow and favorite for more. Does anyone else really like the idea of a Percy and Piper friendship?! I'm going to be doing more of those. Thanks for reading!