Reyna
Reyna stood over the top of her hill, their hill. It had been almost 8 months since she had last seen him. Looking down, she saw Percy innocently messing around with Frank and Hazel. She was lucky to have Percy, but she missed Jason. She gazed off into the distance wistfully. As if reading her thoughts, Octavian suddenly ran up the hill, holding a scroll. Opening it, she saw that it was a scroll. She let out a soft gasp. She saw...him. And a boy, with dark curly hair, an elfish grin and a mischievous look in his eyes. The boy started speaking.
"Greetings! I'm Leo, bad boy supreme!" he flexed his muscles, but he had almost nothing to flex. Jason laughed in the background, making Reyna's heart do a tap dance.
Octavian cleared his throat.
"The scroll says that they are arriving in a war ship soon and not to shoot them down... preferably." he mumbled.
Reyna looked to the skies, not daring to hope. She immediately rushed down to the pavilion, rushing to Percy and Hazel and Frank. Out of breath, she ran up to them, tripping over a stone. Percy caught her and held her up. His Sea-Green eyes looked down at her with concern. She looked up, but then away guiltily.
"You okay?" he asked, still looking at her with the same concern.
She bit her tongue and cleared her throat. He had a girlfriend, the only person from his past he remembered. And she had Jason. But looking up into his Sea-Green eyes, his dark, unruly side swept hair, his skin, which had tanned out nicely and she couldn't help but notice that his muscles had been nicely defined after all the training with his cohort. He smelled like the Ocean and it reminded her of long walks on the beach with her sister Hylla. She forced herself to look away and brushed herself off.
"Your friends will be here soon. We received a scroll. It should be...maybe five minutes?" she said, composing herself and falling back into her regular stone hard look.
Percy's eyes opened wide, and he took off down the street, racing to the pavilion. Frank and Hazel jogged after him. Reyna walked behind with her dogs. They growled and paced nervously in front of her, showing how she felt. But as soon as she saw the huge ship in the distance, she walked faster. Once she arrived, she saw the ship touch down. She stood, arms crossed, her black hair tied in a simple braid down the side of her shoulder. The Romans watched silently as the boy, Leo, ran off the ship. And then... there he was. He walked off the ship, his icy blue eyes taking in everything around him. Her heart fluttered. She stepped out to greet him, and then she saw her. A girl, with choppy brown hair, her eyes a kaleidoscope. She linked her arm through Jason's and whispered something in his ear. Then she gave him a quick kiss. Her heart shattered into a million pieces. Her eyes were broken, hurt and pain seeping through her chest. She choked back a sob and for a moment, she was on the island again, just a little girl, defenseless and broken. But she recovered herself. Lifting her head high, she looked up. Percy and the blond, Annabeth, had ran to each other and embraced each other tightly, that turning into a passionate kiss. Then the girl grabbed his wrist and flipped him over her shoulder, pushing her arm on his chest and yelling at him. He cracked a grin, the wind knocked out of him, and kissed her again. The Roman's stood, taking everything in with their mouths open. Reyna realized they were waiting for her, so she stepped forward. After prying Percy off her, the blond stepped forward to meet her.
"Annabeth," the girl said, her stormy gray eyes seemed to see right through her. She returned with her standard poker face, smiling without her eyes.
"Reyna," she said.
She looked at Jason, who still had his arm wrapped around the girl. She almost lost her resolve, almost broke down. But she forced herself to keep it together. Then he walked over to her, still with that girl. He walked over, grinning, and she faked a smile for his sake.
"Reyna, this is Piper," he introduced the girl, still smiling.
Reyna looked at the girl, trying to keep the emotion out of her voice. She knew she couldn't do that if she spoke to her, so she nodded.
"Welcome back, praetor," she spat, then turned on her heel and stormed away, her eyes betraying her, and her heart broken.
Annabeth
As soon as she saw Reyna, she saw the hurt behind her eyes. Gods, boys could be so dense. She saw her eyes light up at the sight of Jason, then shock at the sight of Piper, then her heart shatter into a million pieces. She hadn't planned on feeling bad for the girl, but she couldn't help it. And that was before he sauntered over to her, his arm around Piper's waist. She was surprised the Roman hadn't struck them down where they stood. She saw Reyna turn her back on the pair, and she saw the praetor's mask slip off, leaving her just a heart-broken girl. She felt for the girl, because she had felt the same way when Percy disappeared. But she had him back, and Reyna had no one. She couldn't imagine running this whole camp by herself, carrying the weight by herself, waiting for him. But he came back, with a girlfriend and rubbed salt in the wound. She saw Jason's mouth form an O, as if thinking, "What'd I do?". She reluctantly turned around to Percy, who was grinning like an idiot. She playfully shoved him, and he took her hand in his. Gods, she had missed him. His dark, side swept hair, his playful smirk, his annoying personality that she secretly loved, his bright sea green eyes, and just the feeling of being with him. He smelled like the Ocean of course, and it reminded her of their long walks on the beach, hand in hand, talking about nothing in particular. She kissed him again, and his lips tasted salty, but she loved it.
"You're never leaving me again," she said, burying her face into her shoulder.
He held her tight, stroking her hair with one hand and pulling her close with the other.
"I promise," he said, his voice muffled from between her hair.
Jason
He saw her all the way from the ship. Her long dark hair braided down the side. Her elegant purple cloak, and her dark eyes, which had always sparkled like diamonds. But he also saw the crease lines on her brow, her uptight stance and replaced with a sparkle there was now a carefully kept image. He immediately felt guilty for leaving her with all this burden. Piper took his hand in hers as they walked off the ship and he smiled at Piper briefly. He walked over to Reyna, Piper by his side. Her eyes narrowed at the two of them approaching her, and her face was carefully guarded. She looked tired, as if the weight of her burden would crush her at any moment. As he introduced her to Piper, her eyes glittered dangerously. She nodded to her, barely glancing and said to Jason, "Welcome back, praetor," then spun around and stomped off. Jason stared after her in shock. Piper stood beside him uncomfortably.
"I should talk to her," he explained, letting go of Piper's hand and jogging after Reyna.
He found her sitting on a hill, but he remembered it vaguely though he didn't know how. She was staring off into the distance. She had pulled her hair out of her braid, so it flew around freely in the wind. Her long dark curls hid her face. She had her back to him, but she knew he was there.
"Reyna?" he said, venturing a step closer.
