New one shot! -Fire works display in the background- WOOT! WELL, it's going to be a three shot because it was getting too long and I wanted to share and get feed back. I had this idea itching in me and I apologize for the short novel =.= I wanted to write it as a story with multiple chapters but I think it'll loose it's essence so I decided to make it a three-shot.

Characters theme songs on every chapter.

Benjamin: Falling in love at a coffee shop – London Pigg

Twist and turn, the tall sleeping figure. He's been having the same dream for a while now. It was about 8 times with tonight he had that dream. A small smile spread across the blond man's face. He would love this dream until he wakes because he would realize she wasn't there. He was recalling a moment he had but in his dream, she doesn't disappear at dawn. His eyes would open with her sleeping figure next to him. he would wrap his arms around her and kiss her bare shoulder. She would smile and turn to face him. their eyes meet and time stops.
This was the part of the dream that made Jason angry. Her eyes would stare into his eyes, boring into his skin, looking past him.
I love you, her mouth would move to say but the sounds wouldn't come out. Before he could say anything, the dream blurs away and his mind comes back to reality. Jason sat up in his bed, running a hand through his golden hair. That dream always gets the best out of him, reminding what might have happened.
Ring ding dong~
His phone went off. His eyes traveled to the clock. 1:53 P.M it displayed in big fluorescent lights. He debated if to pick up or not. No one would call at such late hours so perhaps it is important. He reached to the night-table and picked up his phone. His mind was recollecting back his thoughts as he placed the phone on his eye. Before he could say anything, he heard a faint voice:
"Jason?"
That voice made him wake completely. He sat up on the edge of the bed, his feet touching the cold wooden floor. He searched for the words to say but didn't find one.
"Reyna?" He said into the phone even when he knew it was her. He would recognize that voice anywhere. But he couldn't believe it. How long has it been? A year and a half...? They both left Camp Jupiter but stayed in New Rome for college. After two years, Reyna decided to leave. When asked, anyone would say that Jason was the one who was most likely to leave but no, he stayed since this place was his home. He wants to stay, see and help it grow even better. Reyna also considered it home but she felt confined. Her mother was the goddess of Foreign warfare; Reyna needed to expand her horizon. She took up a college program in political science at a good private university in a state boarding California.
"Yes, it's me Jason"
Her voice sounded muffled. Was she crying? Jason would typically know if she was crying or not but today he was at lost.
"Jason" She said again before he had a chance to speak. "Benjamin asked me to marry him. He proposed..."
Jason was completely speechless. Reyna...getting married? He never imagined it. He supposed she would get married sooner or later, being a pretty smart girl like herself. He would be lying if he says he never wished for little kids with curly dark hair and blue eyes.
"He's a good guy..." Jason said softly.

Benjamin is a guy Reyna had met at her new college. He is in the philosophy department, has no idea how he'll live out of that. Like any other guy would do when he sees a pretty girl at a coffee shop, he considered Reyna cute when he saw her order coffee that summer day. That encounter turned into two and then three and so on at the same coffee shop. Over the summer, Benjamin always wanted to approach her but never saw a way to do so. For some reason, he felt like she was so far high above him that he didn't even have the right to speak to her. She was almost regal, royalty.
Starting the fall semester, Benjamin took a class of political philosophy. Walking inside the class, he saw the same long dark hair greeting him. Reyna was in the front of the class, speaking to the professor. 'Please tell me she isn't in this class', Benjamin pleased inside his head. Usually, anyone would love to have class with the girl they had a crush on but this time, it was unnerving. He ran a hand through his hair, trying to look as presentable as possible to impress her.
"Okay, thank you" He overheard Reyna say. She was leaving! She didn't have this class! He should feel relieved though. Reyna turned on her heels and walked away passed Benjamin without even acknowledging his existence. About half an hour into the class, in the corner of his eye, Ben notice Reyna slowly entering the classroom. Well, she's exceptionally late, Ben thought yet wondered why was she here? The professor stopped his lecture for a minute to speak to Reyna. She nodded and went to his desk. it seems like he was ordering Reyna on some errands.
"Before I continue, why don't you introduce yourself? Since we'll be seeing a lot of you for the next term" the professor said.
This caught Ben's attention. He sat up straight from his slouching position, waiting for her voice. She was tall, lean but not like fashion model lean, but like someone who enjoys physical activities lean; she had the body of an athlete yet had the femininity of a princess. Her hair cascaded with natural curls down her lower back. Her skin was sun kissed; perfect shade between gold and bronze. She wore a light brown sweater with jeans and gladiator sandals. it wasn't much yet she captured Benjamin attention so much.
"Um, I'm Reyna" She started saying to the entire class, which consisted about thirty people.
Her name is Reyna! He thought excitedly. Finally, he got her name. She didn't give it to him personally but it still counts. Reyna, Reyna, he thought, Doesn't that mean Queen in Spanish? The name is indeed worthy of her. Benjamin was too absorbed in his own thoughts of Reyna, that he didn't notice a few of the other male students check Reyna out. "This will be my actual first semester in this school as a transfer student from a small college in California; however, I took summer courses"
"Yes, guys. This is Reyna and she took this class in the summer. Can you remind me with what grade you passed with?"
"Um" Reyna seemed uncomfortable sharing her grade, "An A+" She admitted.
"Yes, an A+, which isn't easy in my class" The professor said, "She's an exceptional student and thinker. That's why she's our TA (Teacher assistant) for this class, and not because she is probably the only student that knows Latin fluently" the professor joked. The professor started clapping as welcoming, the students soon following, although most male students seemed a bit more happy than necessary.
Little need to say, Benjamin barely paid attention in class that day. He would ask for help all the time, hopeful for Reyna's attention.

"Congratulations..." Jason said into the phone. He didn't know how to feel about this. He felt...upset? No, that wasn't the right word. He had gotten over Reyna, didn't he? He shouldn't feel upset. It was odd. He was completely lost of thought at the moment.

A moment of silence happened in the phone line. None of them said a word but they knew that they were there still.

"Thank you" Reyna said with a shaky voice. She was crying. She couldn't trick Jason.

"Whats wrong?" He asked her.

"I-i...I said Yes. I didn't even thought about it..." Reyna paused, causing Jason to worry even more. He could simply feel her there, on the other end, running her hand through her hair as she tried to find words. "I'm going to tell him about New Rome" Reyna said after a moment.

Jason didn't know what to think about that neither. He was sorry that he was of no help at the moment.

"You sure...?" He looked for confirmation since he would hate Reyna getting hurt because of her revealing the truth.

"I-I can't lie to him. I wouldn't- I can't take it already, hiding my past. I was planning on telling him eventually" Reyna said, her voice still muffled. Jason figured why she wants to tell him: she wants to let everything out on the table, everything that might push him away before she gets even closer to him. A defensive mechanism. She thought that saying yes so soon was a mistake since he didn't know about her past. "I want to tell him everything...I need to tell him. I can't lie to him. I love him Jason..." There, Jason disconnected from all thoughts. There it was, his reassurance. Reyna was happy and found someone who she loves, she moved on and shall live happily. Unlike him, she wasn't stuck in a rut, she knew what she wanted and how to achieve it. "...You cannot lie to the person you love."

Jason tried to say something but couldn't find the words. He lowered her gaze, closing his eyes shut tightly, the phone almost dropping from his hands if he wasn't careful enough. No, Reyna doesn't need this, he thought and raised his head again. She doesn't need to worry about him when she should be the happiest person in the world right now. He glanced out the window from his bedside. The was the eerie blue shine from the moonlight. It was beautiful. Reyna loved the moonlight that she would stay up late just to see it for five minutes.

"He loves you..." Jason built up the confidence to say those words, "...He won't abandon you only because of where you come from or who are your parents. You didn't choose this way of living, it choose you and you have no fault of that. If he leaves you, he's a fool for leaving the best women in the world, the one who met by a one out of trillion chance and won't ever have that chance again"

Jason also lost his chance about 4 years ago when they were both teenagers. He bite his lip, trying to not choke up.

"Thank you, Jason. I appreciate it..." He felt her mood lighten up a bit more, making himself smile a tiny bit. "Sorry for calling so late at night. You probably are exhausted..."

"Don't be silly..." Jason said automatically. "I'll always be available for you. We're friends, aren't we?"

Jason heard Reyna laugh a bit on the other end of the phone. "Yes, we are. Thanks again..." Jason heard a door open on the other end of the phone, "Jason..I got to go" Reyna said suddenly. Jason tried to connect the dots. Who arrived there? The back of his mind said Benjamin but he didn't think so. He didn't want to think so. "Bye bye..."

"Yeah, bye..." Jason said. He heard the beep. The call ended. He put the phone away and through himself back on the bed. He covered his eyes with his hands and groaned. He was almost considering himself miserable. Why does this have to happen to him...? Was it because he was son of Jupiter? Those never have much luck to begin with.

4-)

Jason walked into his small apartment in New Rome from a long day of helping out at the local school. It was about 8 P.M. He walked over to the kitchen, taking a glass of water before walking back into the living room. He saw his home phone blink. He had a message, the blink told him. Jason pressed the button and listened to the voice message play.

"Hey Jason, it's me, Reyna" Jason stopped everything that he was doing, and walked over the couch, sitting facing the phone directly. "I told Benjamin everything. I told him about the Gods and Goddess first and then about Circe and how Hylla and I lost our first home. I told him about me arriving to New Rome and Camp Jupiter and about the Titan War..." There was a pause that made Jason nervous. He swears if that guy ever hurts Reyna, Jason will personally go and hurt him tremendously. "He took it well...He seemed a bit cynical at first but then as I explained more to him, he opened his mind to the thought. He said that explains so much more about me; the reason why I decided to pick up political science and why I excel in Roman Culture and why the heck I know Latin fluently...He believed me, Jason. He actually believed me" Jason smiled a bit, even thought it was a voice mail. He was glad for that, even if it'll pain him eventually. "I feel silly for doubting him for a moment but I was simply scared. I never met any mortal that I became so close to. Perhaps I'm simply sheltered from the rest of the real world but I'm that I met him. Now I can say that I want to marry him without any regrets" Another silence. Jason knew that the worse was to come, knowing Reyna so well. "He said he wants to visit New Rome. Not now! He said he didn't mind when but that if Camp Jupiter and New Rome Is where I grew up and haven't visited in the past two years, it's about time. He'll feel nostalgic enough in one year away from home, couldn't imagine two. To be honest, I really do miss New Rome and CJ and everything else. But I wouldn't want to put pressure on anyone. Shoot!" Jason raised a brow, "This message is getting way longer than I thought" Reyna said into the voice, causing Jason to laugh. She was a very charismatic leader but she was still a girl that worries about small unnecessary things. "I guess I'll have to go now. Bye Bye Jason..."

Beep.

Jason leaned back on his couch. Zeus...why does Reyna have to make him feel this way? He let out a groan and stretched out. He then quickly pressed buttons thought his phone and called the number Reyna called him on. 'Pick up pick up...', Jason mumbled, shaking his leg, as the phone run on his ear. "C'mon..." He pleased. It was the fifth ring already. Why wasn't she picking up?!

"Hello?..." Jason almost dropped the phone. It was a male's voice. That was probably Benjamin. Jason never met the guy before to say the truth but it was like he knew him since Reyna told him a bit about him on the letters she used to sent him before she stopped the correspondence. "Hello...? Hellloooooo?"

"Who is it?" Reyna's voice came in the background. Jason rubbed his forehead. He should simply hung up...but couldn't. He didn't call to simply hung up. But listening the voice of the guy who Reyna loved made him paralyzed. It was like he admitted his existence. He proved to Jason that he existed, rubbing in his face that Reyna loved him and not Jason.

"It seems like the human on the other side of the phone doesn't know how to work a phone, dear." Was that a British accent? It was definitely fake, confirmed when Reyna's laugh rung in the background.

"Here. I'll get it. Give it to me" Reyna said softly.

"You win if you get that earthling to speak" Jason heard the phone move, perhaps it was Benjamin passing it to Reyna.

"Hello?" Said a soft female voice.

Jason moved his mouth but words didn't come out. Why couldn't he speak...?"

"Hello?" Reyna asked again.

"Rey..." Jason finally managed to say. "It's me, Jason. I got your message"

Reyna didn't know what to say. She smiled happily however. "Jason..." She said, "...How are you?"

"I'm...good. Very good" He lied. He didn't want to admit he was freaking bored of everything. "I just got your message. I was out all day at New Rome's middle school"

"Who is it?" Jason heard Benjamin asked.

"Oh, it's one of my old friends" She answered him and then Jason heard something like...laughs...? They were soft laughs. If Jason's guess was correct, Benjamin had just kissed Reyna since she was giggling a bit.

Once Benjamin left, Reyna smiled focusing back on the phone call, remembering moments of her pre-teens. "How are the schools?"

"They're good, very good..." He repeated like a fool.

"Thats good. Gods, I miss everyone..." She said honestly, "I feel nostalgic..."

"Why don't you visit?" Jason asked out of the blue, surprising even himself. "You are also welcome here, you know that. You can bring..." Jason swallowed, "You can bring Benjamin. Didn't he want to visit, you said? It's the perfect moment"

"I don't know..." Reyna said.

"C'mon. It's not expensive really. You can stay for free at Mr Gheo's Inn. It's actually pretty nice, remodeled recently"

"Well..."

"Please...We miss you. I miss you" He added, lowering his head.

"I guess I can speak to Benjamin about it" Reyna said, Jason could tell that she was smiling softly. "We have a week break from college soon coincidentally"

"Thats great" Jason said. "Let me know when you decide to come by"

"Benjamin actually became a mythology geek at the moment. He's re-reading all the myths" Reyna said with a short chuckle. Jason felt that was how people in a relationship felt about the other, they needed to brag about them a little.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah, he wants to visit the coliseum at New Rome that I told him about and Bellona's temple"

"it's been a while since you been to Bellona's temple..." Jason said.

"I know...and I miss it"

"Don't worry. You'll be here soon"

"Thanks Jason.." Reyna said softly, "I appreciate it" She stopped for a moment. "I got to go. I'll let you know when we are going by New Rome"

Today was the day that Reyna was to visit New Rome. Jason woke up earlier than usual to make sure everything was presentable for her. He went down to the temples, making sure they were spotless. Of course they were spotless but Jason was just nervous. Geez, how long as it been since Reyna been in New Rome? Two years now? Wasn't it? Jason went to the coliseum and told them to prepare a private tour in the evening. Reyna's boyfriend, Benjamin, wanted to see this place, right? Wasn't he her fiance now? Jason didn't want to admit it but it seemed like he was. They were to get married. Jason went to New Rome's entrance, waiting for Reyna. He waited for about forty-five minutes. Reyna wasn't late. Jason was waiting for her early. He also made sure that Terminus wouldn't blast Reyna and Benjamin into pieces. Well, it wasnt Reyna who he was worried for.

The day was warm, the sun wasn't so hot. It was perfect weather. As Jason waited, seated the City's entrance, he almost started to snooze away. He didnt' have much sleep last night due to his nerves.

"How about this one?" A male voice said in the distance. He seemed like he was having his own conversation. Jason had his eyes closed and completely out of it, lost in his own thoughts. "The teacher asks, 'What was the greatest accomplishment of early Romans?' The students says, 'Speaking Latin" The male did the joke-drum-roll.

"Not really the greatest mood breaker..." Said a familiar female voice. That voice made Jason snap back into reality. He opened his eyes and looked out in the distance. Two figures were walking toward him. It was Reyna! Jason stood up and waved his hands in greeting. He saw Reyna raise her hand and wave with a smile. The sun was hitting him in the eye so he didn't have the greatest view but as they were finally close up, he could see them clearly. He wanted to say that Reyna hasn't changed but she had. Not that it was a bad thing. She hadn't change in the way that she still looked like herself but her disposition was different. She was wearing a white draped dress that stopped on her knees, brown sandals, and the necklace they gave them both when they stepped down their title as praetors. Her skin was still sun-kissed and her hair was still long, combed back in a pony-tail with a purple ribbon, strands of hair still framing her face.

"Hey Jason" She said with a smile.

Jason smiled as greeting, "Hey" He repeated and then glanced at the male at her side. It was Benjamin. Jason never met him before. Benjamin was tall, about Jason's height. He had brown hair but looked like it had hints of maroon under the sun, and green-hazelish eyes. He was sporting simple jeans that looked very expensive -in short, it looks like jeans someone in a magazine would wear- a plaid shirt and a blue cardigan with shoulder pads and sandals. He had a lean figure and lean face; not very roman but most mortals would consider him handsome.

He smiled at Jason. "You should be Jason..." He said kindly. He seemed like the type who everyone gets along with. He probably was prom king in what the mortals call, Prom. "I knew because Rey just said your name and because she mentioned you a lot as she told me about her past" Jason nodded slowly, "I'm Benjamin Beaumont" He extended his hand for a hand shake. Jason eyed him carefully but shook his hand after a while.

"Shall we go?" Jason said and turned and walked inside the city. He noticed Reyna and Benjamin holding hands as they walked, bumping each other's shoulders and nudging each other through out the entire day. The first stop was the coliseum. It was mostly a tourist trip for Benjamin since Reyna knew this place like the back of her hand. As they walked through the coliseum, she stayed back, next to Jason.

"it's good to be back" She mused nostalgically.

"It's good to have you back" He said, although that held different meaning for the both of them.

Reyna stood quiet for a moment. It seemed like she wanted to say something but didn't know how to bring it up. She glanced at Benjamin, that was studying the walls of the coliseum. Why? Jason had no clue. Mortals are weird.

"So...?" She asked expectantly.

"So..what?" Jason glanced at her.

"Benjamin" She simply said.

"What about him?"

Reyna had to pull this out of him, didn't she? "What do you think? Do I get Zeus' son's blessing?" She said, somewhat of a joke yet she was serious.

"You don't need my permission to get married" Jason said with a shrug.

"That wasn't what I meant..." She pouted with a frown. "What do you think of him?"

"He seems like a good guy. He seems like a guy every mortal girl would fall for. Like a teen flick male lead"

Reyna wasn't happy with his response. "So you don't mind me marrying him...?" She asked.

"Well, it's not like I'm the one marrying the guy"

Reyna punched Jason's arm. It was nice to see she hadn't changed that. "You're not cooperating!"

Jason rubbed his arm, "Well, are you happy with him?" He asked her this time around.

Reyna glanced at Benjamin and nodded.

"Does he make you smile even when you're in a bad mood?"

Reyna nodded again.

"Does he ever hurt you? Does his word hurt you sometimes...?"

Reyna shook her head.

"He accepts everything about you?"

Reyna nodded.

"Then I guess I have no complaint about you marrying him"

Reyna couldn't help but to smile but there was a hint of sadness behind it. She glanced at Jason and was about to say something when Jason stopped her.

"Don't feel pity about me" He said seriously. "Let's not think about me"

Reyna closed her mouth for a moment. He felt that she was going to bring up that night, and didn't want to talk about it. Not now. The small tour in the coliseum ended and their next stop was the temples. Jason let Reyna take the lead this time around, staying in the background, observing them from the distance. They were like any other couple that were in love. They were joking, laughing, taking pictures together and all the other things couples do. Of course it pained Jason but what can he do? Stop the wedding...?

The day passed like a blink of an eye. Reyna said she cannot stay the night but that it was good to visit. Benjamin shook hands with Jason again before they both walked away the way the came.