Giving up

Sequel to Give up, thanks, and enjoy.

"Hazel" I yelled, while seeing the fear in her eyes.

"Piper, L-Leo, Uncle Leo, he..." She faltered while pointing to the burning car. She shakily handed the phone to me, while Jason ran up to us.

"No, no, Hazel, its okay" I said while hugging the frightened nine year-old. She wasn't alone, in the car I was scared to Hades when I read the note Leo had placed.

She sniffled in my arms, "Piper, he told me,-he told me about mom, he told me he loved you"

I cried with her thinking the worst.

"It's okay, you're here, and everything's going to be fine." I said looking for the first time at Jason's car. She saw a silhouette in the driver's seat and couldn't help but weep. Leo was in there. Her best friend had died.

The image kept replaying in Piper's head. The image of her Leo dying in front of her. She was in the hospital's parking lot, weeping over the death of Leo. Jason offered to drive her car since the accident ruined it.

Of course, it wasn't an accident. It was suicide. And poor Piper, couldn't bare to hear those words, nor his name. She couldn't help but cry as she laid her head on the passenger side window, as it stormed on the way home.

Hazel was in the back seat sound asleep from crying, while Piper had just fell asleep. Jason, trying to make things right, had gently placed a blanket over her to keep her warm. The same blanket Leo had used to sleep with. As Piper was falling into a deep sleep, she could smell the scent of Leo. The scent of motor oil, and comfort. She loved those scents, even if it was a strange combination.

Piper was soon experiencing a dream. A dream that she wanted to cherish forever. It was a wedding, the wedding of Leo Valdez and Piper Mclean. She was walked down the aisle with her father by her side as people from camp had thrown rose petals on the aisle. It was a dream Piper loved, and one of her many wishes. As they played the song on the organ, Leo's face had turned to see her.

When he faced her, Jason was in the back and had a knife aimed for his head.

She screamed hoping it would all go away. That Jason was not there, that Jason was the one getting hurt.

Suddenly Jason woke her up.

"Pipes, you okay? You had a bad dream" She anticipated Leo's voice from the dark silhouette. That Leo was the one saving her from this awful nightmare. The voice had come from none other than Jason. The one who killed her Leo.

"Get away from me" She yelled hitting him in the chest.

"Pipes, wake up, it was just a dream." He said trying to calm her down while Piper disagreed.

"It was more than just a dream" She mumbled, as she opened her eyes. She was back in Jason's home. For a small reason, she felt out of place in here. Like it felt wrong to be here without the presence of him.

"Piper, are you okay?"

"No, get away from me; I don't want to be here." She ranted thinking about the day Leo held her in his embrace on the porch swing.

"Piper, calm down, I know you're upset about his death, but so am I" He said pathetically. She looked up and met his blue eyes. They no longer gave her that spark like it did twenty years ago. She thought about the past years. The years Jason hurt her Leo. She could no longer bear with him.

"No you don't, you hate Leo, that's why he left" She yelled in his face and ran off to the porch, where she thought it lead a bit of his scent. He grabbed her arm and pulled her closer.

"Piper, what are you talking about, the car explosion was an accident" He said slyly.

"No it wasn't, he had a note and had said I hope you like my plan, as in he did it" She said while trying to break his grip. He held her tighter. She was getting tired of his games, and slapped across the cheek.

"No, you killed Leo, you made him like that, I-I hate you" She screamed and shook his hand away. He grabbed her neck-not noticing Hazel, who just walked in-and turned her around.

"Listen, Piper, you want to live with me, so you will not say that too me" He said after kissing her on the lips. He bitch slapped him hard, which left a red mark, making her smile.

"No, I don't want to live here, a matter of fact here, she said grabbing a folder from the dining table and tossing it to him in his face. She grabbed Hazel's hand that was already carrying a suitcase.

"What is this" He spat.

"Divorce papers, like I said I don't want to live with you. I hate you, and you hate me, so sign it" She spat grabbing her bags.

"Were not even married, and put those bags down, you're not going anywhere" he yelled.

"No were not, but if I want custody of Hazel, then you need to sign them, anyway, she told me she hates you too, for killing her namesake and many other people important to me and Leo" She yelled tightening her grip on Hazel's hand.

"Who killed Festus, and nearly killed the both of us?" he yelled, while she scowled.

"That was an accident, unlike you, Leo can be forgiven, you can not" She said angrily. He grabbed her-inappropriatly to say-and brought her closer to him. Their lips almost touching.

"You love me, and you will, or else-"

"You bastard" She screamed and slapped in the face again.

"I hate you" Hazel yelled unexpectantly. She was close to tears as she had to watch Jason control-as Piper says-Piper. She was wearing a necklace, Leo had made her, and was holding his note that he had wrote for everyone. She was also wearing his jacket.

"Come Hazel, let's get out of this house" Piper offered while regaining her trust. They were holding each others hand as they stood up to there once loving Jason.

"Jason, I hate you. I don't want her to live in a serial killers home. She is going to live with me, no matter how much court time we have to do." She spat and opened the door.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"I'm giving up on you Jason. I hope you rot in tartarus, That is where you came from" She spat.

"Where do you think you're going, you have no where to go" He said. She rolled her eyes.

"Away from you" She said and closed that door for the last time. She made sure she had her keys before leaving that awful Jason behind.

Reviews are highly accepted. I like writing this, since I hate Jason also. Not just because he's mean to Leo in the first book, but because it's the name of a boy I like. well spelled differently of course, but whatever.

Enjoy and Review,

~Percabeth17~