I don't actually know when exactly in the year Gaea was defeated, so for my purposes it is currently mid-July. A more precise date may be given later.
Chapter 2:
Piper giggled as she sailed through the air holding Jason's hand. Over the last few months she had gotten used to these little excursions in the sky and could now let him take through loop the loops and dive at high speeds. The view was beautiful from up here, the cabins just dots, and the people seemingly no bigger than ants. Suddenly Jason pointed towards a figure sprinting towards the woods. "Hey, isn't that Percy?" he asked. "Yeah" Piper replied. "He's probably late for date night again." Jason rolled his eyes while grinning. "Of course."
Suddenly Jason spun around, eyes wide, as a bird flew by. As soon as he saw it was just a bird he relaxed, but his hand still hovered near his sword. Piper eyed him nervously. She had started to notice that Jason was getting a little stir crazy. It had been a year since the defeat of Gaea, and nine months since the last clean up mission. He had so much pent up energy that he had started jumping into any action he could find with an almost manic energy. He had nearly gotten himself killed during capture the flag when he tried to take on over half the opposing team. Piper's musings were interrupted by a piercing whistle from below. Jason squinted towards the ground before starting to lower them slowly. As they descended he gently pecked Piper on the lips. "We'll continue this later." He murmured. Piper blushed. She had really never expected Jason to be so romantic, and it still sometimes caught her off guard.
They spotted Grover nearby waving at them and quickly walked over to him. "What do you want?" Jason asked. Piper inwardly sighed. Sometimes Jason still struggled with remembering that the Greek satyrs were much different than the Romans fauns that they physically resembled. Grover looked miffed. "I came to deliver a message from Chiron, but I can just tell him you aren't interested." He said, beginning to turn away. Piper quickly called after him, putting a little bit of her charm speak in the words. "No Grover, of course we are interested in anything you have to say." Grover slowly turned around, looking much happier. "You know your charm speak doesn't work on a Lord of the Wild." He said. Nevertheless he stayed and waited to make sure they were listening. "Chiron wants you to come up to the Big House for some sort of meeting along with Percy and Annabeth after their date. So probably around 8:30 or so would be good. He also Hazel and Frank would be there via Iris Message." "Okay thanks Grover, we'll be there." Piper said. "Alright well I have to go see Juniper, see you later Piper. Jason." Grover nodded in Jason's direction sourly.
As soon as Grover was out of earshot Piper turned on Jason with a deadly glare. Jason looked startled. He could see she was quite obviously angry, he just wasn't quite sure why. As Piper started to yell at him though he figured it out. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE SO RUDE TO GROVER! HE DID US AND CHIRON A FAVOR DELIVERING A MESSAGE AND YOU'RE SO ARROGANT YOU TREAT HIM LIKE THE DIRT ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SHOE! HE'S A LORD OF THE WILD WHO FOUGHT HARD IN THE WAR AND HAS SHOWN YOU NOTHING BUT KINDNESS! BUT NOOOOOO, THE AMAZING JASON GRACE CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT SOMETHING MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME AS IN HIS WONDERFUL ROMAN CAMP! Jason inwardly sighed as Piper continued yelling. He knew he was in for a much less pleasant evening than he had planned.