Well this story isn't going that well, but whatever. I'm happy for the few readers I have. I'm going to try to keep the beginning and end stuff short, so...lets start chapter 2.

Jason's POV

I was walking to my cabin today, when I saw Piper. She started moving towards me. I panicked. I don't know why, but I did.

"Hey Jason." Piper waved, smiling.

"Um...hey, Piper." I managed to get out. It was kind of awkward talking to her after the last time I met her.

"Look Jason, I know its kind of awkward to be hanging out together, but we have to get used it. I'm not willing to lose you as a friend. It's not like I hate you or anything. I'm not Octavian, I'm not Gaia, I'm not the giants, or any other being you have encountered which you dislike."

"I know that. If you were, I would be insulting you right now. Or fighting you. So you aren't any of them." I pointed out. "Wow, that sounded stupid."

Piper laughed. I internally winced at the sound of her laugh, that I once loved. I still loved it, but it felt wrong to, so I couldn't actually say I loved it. Jason, why are you complicating stuff? You guys are still friends, like she said, not enemies, but friends.

"Hey Piper, check this out." One of Piper's half-sisters called to her.

Piper rolled her eyes, "I wonder what kind of beauty or love "artifact" they want to show me now? So, I'll see you around I guess." And with that she walked off.

It hurt.

It hurt to know she wasn't Piper my girlfriend. Merely a "friend". It hurt to know that I was all alone. It hurt.

I felt like I could use some cheering up. So I headed to Bunker 9, where I was sure to find Leo. I knocked on the door. Leo answered. His face, clothes, and hands covered in grease and soot.

"Hey Jason! What brings you here on this fine day." Leo said grinning.

"I think you said that wrong, but to answer your question I am here to talk to a friend." I say.

"Well then you have come to the right place." Leo says, trying to sound mysterious, epically failing of course. "Enter."

I awkwardly stepped inside. Man, I hadn't been to this place in ages. I missed the cozy ***I noticed that Rick Riordan spells it cosy, but I think 'cosy' looks weird to me. No offence to anybody who spells it like that, I just spell it with a 'z'.*** feeling of the room. It felt private, like nobody, but Leo had been here. Yet, I knew that he had times during the days his siblings would come and work here. Leo was currently alone, which was good.

"So, how are you doing after the Piper thing." Leo asked me.

"Bad, but lets get past that. I wanted some cheering up." I answered. At first I wasn't sure I could tell Leo why I was actually here, but Leo didn't get offended by small things like that.

"Well, I'm your cheering up man, dude." Leo pointed at himself.

"I know, thats kind of the point." I said slowly.

"Shut up, Grace. You're ruining the moment." Leo says.

"What moment? We never had a moment going on." I tell him.

"There he goes again." Leo says to an imaginary person to his right.

I laugh. Its a free laugh. Not contained. I let my laugh ring loud and clear. It feels good. I feel good. This is one of the many reasons Leo is my best friend. I don't know what I would've done without him.

"Have I ever told you that your sense of humor is terrible. Yet it still makes me laugh." I tell him once I am done laughing.

"Oh come on, Jason. Just admit I have a good sense of humor already."

"Fine. Leo Valdez, you have a humorous sense of humor. There, happy?" I announce.

"Very." He says smirking.

"So, Piper's single?" He asks wiggling his eyebrows.

I blink. Is Leo seriously thinking about making a move on her? I mean, sure, he tries to make a move on basically every girl he sees. But Piper? His best friend?

Leo starts laughing. "You should've seen the look on your face! You thought I was actually gonna make a move on Piper, dude?" He shook his head. "I swear, sometimes you are just so gullible."

"Well, I'm sorry that you sounded so serious...well as serious as you can get." I counter myself. "You know, nobody can tell if you're lying or just grinning like a maniac."

Leo considers this, "Well I'm going to use that advantage, then."

"Just what to expect from you." I smile.

I look at the clock in the room. It reads 12. "Its time for lunch, don't wanna be late." I tell him.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Lets fly, Superman. Not literally." Leo grins. and is out the door within seconds, with me at his heels.

Lunch makes me re-live the emptiness. Since Thalia is part of the hunt, I am alone at my table. Along with Percy and Nico. Although, sometimes Tyson visits Percy and Hazel visits Nico. Thalia barely visits.

I am done quickly. I didn't eat much. I wonder if I should go back to Bunker 9, but I decide that I want some alone time in my cabin. I turn around and walk to Cabin 1. I am greeted with the 'Hippie Zeus' statue in my cabin. I just shake my head and close the door behind me.

Percy's POV

I was feeling restless. Lunch was awkward. No matter where I looked Annabeth seemed to be where my eyes landed. I turned away so she couldn't see everytime. If I wasn't looking at Annabeth, I was looking at Jason. He didn't have much on his plate, I looked down at mine, I didn't either.

I was done with lunch pretty soon, and headed back to my Cabin. Sometimes I don't like being alone in my cabin, but I was glad that I was alone today. I didn't know what to do. ADHD wasn't making boredom any easier for me. Usually when I was bored, I would go to Annabeth, but thats probably not going to happen. Grover was out doing whatever he was doing. I could never keep track because ever since the Titan War, he's been really busy.

After some sitting around and doing nothing, I decided to just walk outside. While outside I ran into Annabeth. She was talking to her brother, Malcolm. I prayed to all the gods she wouldn't see me. Turns out the gods don't listen to me. Annabeth saw me and waved, walking towards me.

Thanks guys. And dad, I expected more from you. I thought to the gods. Hopefully they could hear my thoughts when I talk to them. If they could hear them all the time that would be awkward.

"Hey Percy!" Annabeth says when she reaches me.

"Hi." I reply nervously. I thought about the days when she would greet me with a kiss. Shut up Percy! Stop thinking about the past, you're in the present. I mentally scolded myself.

"So, what are you doing today?" She asks.

"I actually don't know. I was just strolling around camp, I guess." I answer. "What are you doing?" I gesture to Malcolm who is waiting awkwardly for Annabeth. He was out of earshot though. So he didn't know what we were talking about.

"I was just talking to Malcolm about some Athena cabin stuff, you wouldn't understand Seaweed Brain." Annabeth replies. I am struck by sadness when I hear my old nickname. Well, at least not everything has changed.

"Yeah, I probably wouldn't." I agree.

"Um...I think I should get back to Malcolm. He's been waiting for quite a while now." Annabeth suggests. I am relieved by her suggestion, I don't think I could take this any longer.

"Ok. Yeah sure. Bye." I stumble.

"See you around. Bye!" Annabeth walks away.

Why is life so complicated for me? Do the gods hate me or something?

I continue walking and see Jason. He seems as bored as me, so I walk up to him.

"Hey Jason."

"Hey Percy."

"So what are you doing?" I ask.

"Nothing I guess. You?" He answers.

"Walking around. You looked bored so I came to you." I tell him.

"Yeah. I have nothing to do these days." He says sighing.

"You wanna come to my cabin and hangout?" I offer.

"Sure why not." He replies.

So we start towards my cabin. I watch people walk past us as we advance to Cabin 3. Some couples walk by. Everytime they do, my heart aches.

Finally we reach the door and I open it. I realize what a mess my cabin is, when I walk in with Jason. Its kind of embarrassing.

"Sorry for the mess." I say.

"No, no its okay. My cabin isn't that clean either."

We sit.

Ladies and gentleman, gods and demigods. I present to you the most amazing chapter ending ever! I tried to make this chapter long. There was an earthquake when I was trying to write this once. It took forever to finish because I was always interrupted by something or the other. I took maybe a week to write this...anyways, please review. Please, please, please!

Yours in demigodishness and all that. Peace out!