The Fish Is Blue

(Jeyna)

"Like, I'm sorry, Octavian, but there are things in the world called bills, and I am not paying them because you want to know if the Maple Leafs are going to lose to the Washington Capitals again. I mean, that's sort of a given. Besides, why does he even care about hockey? We live in San Francisco for Bellona's sake!

Reyna's dark eyes flashed as she ranted. Jason was content to just wait it out until he saw her hand drifting towards her dagger.

"Alright, Reyna!" He took her hand and held it awkwardly between them, chuckling hesitantly. "Let's not gut the son of Jupiter." Her eyebrows rose.

"Octavian's not a son of Jupiter. He's a legacy of Apollo. You know that."

"No, no, I meant-" Whatever he meant would have to wait.

"Jason! Jason! Dude, the-" Bobby stopped, realizing Reyna was there too. "Dude!" He whispered. "She can't hear." His eyes drifted down to their hands. "Oh! Am I interrupting something?" He winked.

Reyna yanked her hand away from Jason's and settled it on the hilt of her dagger. "No."

"Great, that's great." Bobby grabbed Jason's ear down and whisper-shouted: "The fish is blue."

A change seemed to come over Jason. "I see." He looked at Bobby, looking like he was struggling not to strangle the son of Mercury. Bobby's eyes widened.

"Oh! Okay. Mhm. Yup, I know what's going on here. Superman's cool. It's all good in Bobby's World." He turned and ran towards the… Oh no. Reyna looked at Jason who was tugging down his shirt.

"Why is he running towards the temple of Jupiter?'"

"He wants to pay respects to Dad."

"Mhm, yeah, would that have anything to do with the fact that Octavian is there with fifty-two gigantic fluffy bulls he plans to sacrifice to the gods to find out the ending of the game?!"

Jason scratched at his neck awkwardly. "Uh, no, of course not!" Gods, where is a son of Mercury when you need one?

"Then what did he whisper to you?" Jason turned to look over at his father's temple. Please, Dad, don't let me screw this up. I'm sorry I said the fish is blue. It should have been an eagle, okay? Can you help, now? The same tricks you used with Hera, Alcmene, and Mom?

"He said that, um…" He looked at Reyna, her delicate eyebrows arched and her beautiful obsidian eyes with warm mocha tones and her silky black braid and…

"He was saying how beautiful you looked."

How the Pluto had that came out?! His eyes widened as he desperately tried to take back what he said. Thanks, Dad. That was real helpful. Salutes to you, my friend.

Thunder rumbled.

Oh, that you notice. Bravo.

More thunder.

Alright, alright! I get it! Sorry.

He looked back at Reyna. "Sorry, I, well, um, you-" He paused and took a deep breath. The amusement sparkling in her eyes spurred him on.

"He was right." He paused and turned towards the temple again, where Bobby was probably slashing countless bulls sacrificing them to Venus in hopes that this would work. He wasn't even a descendant of Apollo!

"And… I was wondering… If you would maybe… Like to go out for dinner tomorrow?"

There was a long wait, and he was just about to apologize for everything when-

"Yes. Yes, I would." Reyna turned around, headed for her villa.

Bobby ran up to Jason, his eyes lighting up.

"So, what did she say?"

"The hippo is green," Jason said, his eyes focused on the dark-haired girl almost at her door, a goofy grin on his face.

Bobby nodded importantly and ran to the Fifth Cohort.

"THE HIPPO IS GREEN!"

Alright, so maybe code words were used for something other than war. Like telling your best friend that his Superman undies are showing.

Hey, guys! So, this is a drabble type of thing where my friends are going to give me ten sentences, and then a pairing to go with it. Hope you enjoyed this one, even it wasn't my best work.

Update: To Guest: Thanks for giving me the first review. I don't quite understand what you meant with the whole "I don't like your attitude" thing, so if you could PM me or review again so I could fix whatever I need to fix, that would be great. Thanks!