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Piper's P.O.V.

As Jason walked away from me, it made me think about how our awkward relationship came to be. We would never have met if Leo hadn't been the pest that he usually is...

*Flashback*

One day, Chiron said that he sensed a powerful demigod near Fifth Avenue, so he sent Leo and I to go find he or she. We weren't too happy about it, though, since Fifth Avenue stretches across the entire island of Manhattan. It would take forever to find this demigod!

Once Argus dropped us off, I sighed and said, "All right, let's get this over with."

"Come on, Beauty Queen," Leo said with his signature maniac smile, "We could have some real fun with this job."

"I really just want to find the demigod and get home," I grumbled. "And don't call me Beauty Queen!"

He laughed as we started to head south down the street.

After about two hours of searching, we still had yet to find this demigod. And the time went even slower because of Leo's constant complaining. Every five minutes it would be, "Piper, I'm tired." or "Piper, I'm hungry." or the most dreaded "Piper, I have to pee."

"Piper, I'm hungry!" Leo whined.

"Ugh!" I groaned. "You've been complaining ever since we started this quest! Fine, we'll get you some food. I think I see a salad bar across the street."

"Salad?" Leo gasped. "Are you kidding me?"

"Leo, just be glad that I'm letting you get food to eat. And since I'll probably end up paying I get to pick what we eat. Besides, I'm a vegetarian. I'm not exactly going to start eating meat just because you're hungry."

"Fine," Leo sighed. "At least it's food."

So, Leo and I walked across the street and entered the restaurant. We picked a booth and sat down as we looked at the menus the hostess had given us when we walked in. After we both ordered our drinks, me a coke and Leo a choclate milkshake, I looked around nervously. I felt a presence of something related to our world. My eyes suddenly wandered to a boy sitting at a table a few feet away. He was cute, with neatly trimmed blonde hair and electric blue eyes that just made you want to melt. There was a tiny scar above his lip, that may have been an imperfection but to me made him seem even more perfect than he already was...What am I thinking? I'm here on a quest, not a "boy hunt" as some of my sisters would say. Even so, something kept drawing me back to look at that boy, it was as if we were supposed to meet...

"Hello?" Leo laughed as he waved his hand in front of my face. "Earth to Piper!"

"What?" I snapped.

"The waiter's here," he said, trying to hold back a snicker. "I already gave him my order, so it's your turn."

"What can I get you?" the waiter said with a smile. "Obviously someone as beautiful as you couldn't possibly want a salad to eat. It's just wrinkly lettuce, and you have no wrinkles worthy of it."

I smirked. "If you're trying to flirt with me you are failing miserably, so I suggest you stop."

His smile quickly turned into a frown and his eyes grew cold. "I don't think it's wise for you to defy me."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I said nervously.

"It means," he snarled as his chest started growing, "that you will most likely face your doom, Piper McLean."

Leo and I stared at each other wide-eyed. The waiter had suddenly become a monster. It had three separate chests, each connected by shoulders. He was taller than the average man,and where his chests ended they all connected to one pair of legs.

"Geryon," I whispered as I pulled out my dagger, Katoptris. I wasn't sure what the mortals were seeing, but they all screamed and ran out the front door. All but one.

"W-what is that?" the blonde boy stuttered, wide-eyed. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a gold coin. He looked at it, unsure of what it was for, and then he flipped it. The coin changed mid-air into a gold sword. "Woah!" he said.

"You," Geryon snarled. "Jason."

"How do you know my name?" Jason said confused. "And I don't even know if that IS my name."

"What do you take me for? A fool?" Geryon growled.

"Hold it! Hold it!" Leo said shaking his hands in front of his face. "Okay. So let me get this straight. You're (he pointed at Geryon) Geryon the monster, and you're (he pointed at 'Jason') a demigod named Jason? Piper, this must be who we're looking for!"

"No duh, Leo! I figured that out like two minutes ago. Keep up!" I snapped at him. "You know what? Let's figure out our other problems later. First, let's take care of the one RIGHT IN FRONT OF US."

"Gotcha," Leo nodded while giving me right-handed 'thumbs-up'. "Now, let's kill this guy. Quick question, though."

"What?" I said, exhasperated. "What could you possibly have to ask right now?"

"Um, how do we kill this guy?" Leo asked.

"We need to kill him in all three hearts at the same time," Jason said. "Wait. How did I know that?"

"Defeat evil three-chested guy first. Figure out knowledge base later." Leo said while pulling a hammer out of his toolbelt. "Now, let's kick some three-chested monster butt!"

All three of us charged at once. Geryon had been so confused by our conversation that he didn't have enough time to register that we were attacking him. We each stabbed a heart, Leo on the left, Jason in the middle, and me on the right, and killed him faster than he could say, "uh-oh." He dissolved quickly into monster dust.

"Phew," Leo said, "at least that was an easy one for once."

"Okay, who are you people?" Jason said. "I need answers, and I want them now."

"I'm Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite," I said, "and this is Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus."

"You people are nuts!" Jason said.

"And how do you figure that?" I questioned. "After all, you just told us how to defeat a monster and helped us kill him."

"Good point," he agreed, obviously still wanting to argue his case. "But where did you guys come from?"

"Guys!" Leo shouted. "Maybe we should take a taxi back to Camp Half-Blood before Geryon finishes re-forming."

"Leo's right." I said. "Wow, I never thought I would say that. But let's get going."

We hailed a cab and told him to go to 3141 Farm Road in Long Island. Once we got there, though, he said that there wasn't anything there, but I payed him and told him it was fine.

The rest of the day went pretty much okay. Jason was claimed as a son of Zeus. Jason, Leo, and I actually ended up going on a quest to save Hera, queen of the gods. After the quest, we started to get working on the Argo II, and that's how we ended up where we were today...

*End of Flashback*

I shook my head. I was started to sound desperate about needing Jason, and I didn't like it. It reminded me of how my siblings felt about their crushes.

I had wanted to originally go talk to Annabeth or Rachel, but now I thought I was okay.

"Piper!" I heard a voice say. Jason...

"Didn't I just see you, like, five minutes ago?" I asked him once he finished running to me from the other side of the cabin omega.

"What are you talking about?" He asked quizically. "It's been three hours since we ran into each other."

"Are you serious?" I said shockedly. (A/N: Is that a real word?)

"Yeah, but that's not important right now," Jason said nervously. "Piper, I need to ask you something."

"What is it?" I swear my heart skipped a beat. He couldn't be asking me...

"Piper, will you go out with me?"

I fainted.

What do you think she will say? The answer is pretty obvious.

Wow! I'm sorry it took me a whole week to update, but I wanted to get this chapter perfect. The chapter was four pages in my word document with 1,580 words. So, I gave you guys a super long chapter to make up for it!

I will probably be updating on the same schedule most likely from now on. Every Friday is definitely the best for me.

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