AN. Thanks to those who review. I love reading reviews it's like opening presents on Christmas morning. Anyway to those who haven't guessed already, this isn't a normal Jason/Piper love story. It's a little bit different so if you're a hard core Jason/Piper shipper (do they have a cool nickname yet?) you may not like the next couple of chapters cause Jason gets a little confused. But there will be Jason/Piper goodness yet to come! Trying not to give too much away. Anyway I own nothing and never will!
Jason had only been to the Hypnos' cabin once before, when he first arrived at Camp Half-Blood. The idea of going back didn't really make him jump for joy.
The cabin looked exactly the same. The branch still over the mantle dripping drops of Lethe into tin cups, the campers still snoozing in their bunks, the feeling of sleepiness washed over Jason and he almost clasped from it. Once he regained his balance, Jason started to walk over where Clovis was sleeping but Piper put her hand on his shoulder and shook her head.
"What?"
"We're not here to see Clovis."
"Then who are we here to see?" Piper pointed to a girl sleeping in a bunk furthest away from them. With a jolt Jason realized it was the girl from the beach. Dread replaced the sleepiness and Jason said in barely a whisper, "Why her?"
If Piper realized something was wrong she didn't let on because she simply said, "She has the blanket." Then Jason saw a blue quilt that was laid across the girl's body.
"Um ok, what's a girl's blanket got to do with anything?"
"You'll see" Piper walked up to the girl and shook her shoulder, "Aislin! Aislin wake up!" The girl just rolled over and muttered something that Jason didn't understand, but Piper took a sharp intake of breath.
"She said something in Ancient Greek, didn't she?" Jason asked.
"Yea you didn't understand it did you?" Piper glanced up at Jason.
"No I didn't." Jason muttered. Piper looked back down at the girl.
"Come on Aislin." Piper shook her again and the girl woke up in a sleepy haze.
"Good morning." She said in that same soft sleepy voice, "How can I help you?" She smiled and Piper looked a little nervous, like she also got the feeling something about the girl was strange.
"Jason has been having bad dreams every night and I was wondering if we could borrow you're blanket for a little while so he can get a good night's sleep." Aislin looked from Piper to Jason with a bored yet knowing look on her face. There was one thing Jason knew about her, she stayed awake longer than her siblings.
"Yes he may." She sat up and pulled the blanket off of her. She then folded it up and walked over to the nearest empty bed, "You may sleep here Jason." Jason looked from Aislin to Piper who nodded encouragingly.
"Um I was just wondering how is a blanket going to help get rid of nightmares?" Jason was looking at Piper when he said this but it was Aislin who answered.
"It will help because that blanket was a gift from my father to my mother when I was born. He knew that when I became a teenager I would have trouble falling asleep, so he made that blanket for me to sleep with whenever I felt the need." She said quietly.
"So it helps you fall asleep?" Jason asked.
"And stay asleep." Aislin replied quickly.
"So it's perfect for you!" Piper looked excited or as excited as you could while trying to fight the urge to fall into a deep sleep.
"Um ok I guess we can try." Jason agreed but could see a huge whole in this plan; he got the feeling Aislin saw it to.
"Ok so go to sleep! I'll see you soon!" She quickly pecked him on the check and walked out of the room while Jason got into the comfortable bed.
"So I just lie down and go to sleep?" Jason asked as Aislin nodded, "Um I'm not sure if it will work but we can try."
Jason curled up under the blue blanket and started to feel comfortable and tired. Aislin kneeled next to him and placed her hand gingerly on his forehead.
"Sleep" She purred, "Sleep." Jason's eye lids started to feel heavy and he went in and out of darkness. Aislin's voice spoke softly in his ear sleep, sleep.
In Jason's dream he was swimming in a pool of different colors swirling around him. Jason swam around not really knowing what was up and what was down.
He swam for a while or maybe no time at all. It was hard to tell, but then he saw a girl in a beautiful black dress that looked like it had a rainbow of gems in it. They sparkled a thousand different colors.
As the girl got closer Jason started to notice things about her. She had blonde hair the color of the sun and fair skin. Then Jason realized that the girl was Aislin. Instead of feeling the normal dread he felt when he saw her, he was happy, like as long as she was around nothing bad could happen.
Aislin smiled as she swam right up to Jason. She didn't seem to be as sleepy and distance as she usually was. She seemed much more awake, she seemed much happier.
"Jason I'm glad you came." She smiled at him lovingly. He smiled back.
"I'm happy you're here too." She smiled wider at him and started to whisper "Sleep my darling, sleep" Then she closed the distance between them and kissed him gently on the lips.
When Jason woke up someone was in fact kissing him. He gasped and opened his eyes to see Piper a few inches away from his face.
She blushed and said "I'm sorry you just looked so peaceful sleeping there." Jason blushed too before glancing over at Aislin who was sleeping.
"It's ok. What time is it?" He smiled up at her.
"Oh dinner is about to start." Piper seemed happy to change the subject.
Then the conch blew signaling dinner, and Piper helped Jason out of the bed. Even though he felt well rested, Jason didn't want to leave this place. He wanted to forever be sleeping with Hypnos' kids, and that thought in itself scared Jason.
