I don't own PJO or Taylor Swift.

Piper sighed as she waited for the traffic lights to change. Her fiancé was somewhere on the other side of the nation with his camp.

Of course no one in New York cared. All they did was crowd around her at the intersection, busy with their own lives not knowing or caring that she had saved the world or seen more death and danger than they had ever dreamed of.

Then the light changed and she went through it with everyone else. She was trying to enjoy her day, even if she didn't know what was going to happen.

Jason could die, she could die. The entire camp could catch on fire. It wouldn't be the first time; Leo wasn't always the best at controlling his powers. It was a good thing that Percy was around.

Why was she even out of camp? It's dangerous; then again their entire lives were dangerous weren't they? Of course that wasn't going to stop her from loving Jason. Her mind wasn't going to change about it either, no matter what Drew said. She would love him until time itself faded away. When her heart was in pain and bleeding, that's when she'd give him up.

She never expected Jason to come into her life, or how drastically he would change it.

Whenever he came around, the shell she carried fell. He just barged into her life like a cannonball through a wooden door.

Now all they knew was they couldn't give each other up, Percy and Annabeth had taught them that. When they were in Jason's room, Cabin One specifically, they were just two different fire signs. They had four blue eyes just staring into each other's trying to ignore that creepy statue. Though Piper's eyes change color, she began to notice they preferred to be blue; a reflection of her love she guessed.

Walking through the streets, seeing all these people, it reminds her of when she originally learned Jason wasn't as perfect as everyone thought he was. However, if she was honest Piper would always prefer his less perfect self.

Every little thing wrong with him just made him better in her opinion. They had learned to live through these faults together, and through all the pain being a demigod could bring. But one she had learned is the pattern of broken hearts was beautiful.

However this love, the one they shared was so wild, so brave and free. One she never saw coming that and would change her forever and ever.

As she got pushed around by some very angry New Yorkers it didn't spoil her mood. She had found her perfect state of happiness with him and nothing could change that. Though it didn't stop her from wishing she could use Katropis for something more than looking into. At least that would help her with these rude people.

But, love was worth it. The game is tough and cruel like life, but she and Jason had learned how to play it. They learned how to play it good and completely right.

Of course, the Fates they had a hand in this. They had a hand in everything; she would sometimes give her offerings to them instead of her mom. Just to make sure they kept things right.

After all he was her Achilles heel, metaphorically of course. Piper didn't have the guts to take a dip in the River Styx.

Percy had used his curse to defeat Kronos and prevent the second coming of the Golden Age. But had he really?

Wasn't this love what a golden age should be? It was good. It was right. And for once in her life, it was completely real. Not some fictional story, not Twilight, not Romeo and Juliet. Just real, just life. And to her it was perfect.

It was perfection she never saw coming that would change her life forever. This golden age that no one saw coming. Camp Jupiter's golden boy and a Greek daughter of Aphrodite? A warrior like him and such a weak girl like her?

Of course the only one who said that to her face was Octavian about five seconds before he found himself lying on the ground scrunched into a ball in dire pain.

But Piper didn't care what he said because she had found her state of grace, her perfect little fit. It was worth a thousand fights with anyone. Because love was the hardest game in the world, and Piper Mclean had figured out how to play it.

And no one was going to stop her from winning the game.

She finally came across the store she was looking for, a lonely little shop hidden right off of Times Square. It reminded her of them. It reminded Jason of them to, he had bought their engagement ring there.

It seemed only fitting that she go there to get him a little anniversary gift, and maybe pick up one or two things for their wedding.

As she pushed open the door, a few lines of a Taylor Swift song came pouring out.

"This is a state of grace

This is a worthwhile fight

Love is a ruthless game

Unless you play it good and right"

She looked up and smiled, knowing very well her mother was smiling right back down on her. Sometimes it was nice to have the love goddess as a mother. After all, how else would this be possible?

Piper decided to send a few extra offerings her way today, because love had definitely conquered the day and she never wanted that to change.

A/N:

So that's my first chapter for this story based on the album Red by Taylor Swift. I've been thinking about this for a while, so please tell me what you think.

Also wait and see, I might have a few surprises for you in the way of choices for the songs.