A/N: Thanks to the awesome people who've tracked/favorited this story and reviewed! (: 3 The couples I'll probably be following specifically are Percy/Reyna, Jason/Piper, Frank/Madeline, Hazel/Leo, and Annabeth/Octavian. Suggestions are welcome, and feel free to tell me what you'd like to see more/less of. This one's kind of long. D:

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DISHCLAYMUR (disclaimer): I don't own the Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus series. Maybe now? Nope.

Reyna's heart had dropped when she had heard Jason and Piper's name called out together. She had been hoping to be with Jason... because they never got the chance to be after he met that Piper girl. From the looks of it, they're pretty compatible, and Reyna felt she should be happy for them. She didn't want it to be a weakness of hers. She'd done this in the first place just out of curiosity, and hey, whoever she was paired up could be great.

And then she was called out along with a fabulous guy, Percy Jackson. Things were a little weird between them. They were both still praetors, but never became romantically involved because of Annabeth. She'd hinted towards it before he went off on his quest, but it really was an open offer. Now, if Percy decided to stay in the competition, maybe they'd get the chance to try things out. But Annabeth and Octavian? How was that supposed to work? This heightened the chances of them both dropping out.

Reyna frowned at the thought, and she saw Percy. "Hey," she muttered, a little grumpy. She and Percy conversed a little bit, nothing more than a hello, how's your day been, this-is-really-weird kind of stuff. Playing with her hair, Reyna listened to the first task, choosing where they'd stay together. She thought an actual room might be nice... but the way they elaborated on those tents made her wonder if they were really the neatest thing since sliced bread.

"Hey Percy, are you actually gonna go through with this?" Reyna asked him. It wouldn't be worth thinking over if he wasn't going to consider it. "I know you and Annabeth- I wouldn't want to, you know, intrude on your relationship if it wasn't in a friendly spirit of the game."

Percy had a little bit of a dumb look on his face, then said: "You know, how about we start off like everyone else, and I'll talk to Annabeth about if it's just a game, or if we're going to drop out. I don't want to ditch you though, we were put together for a reason- we'll see. For now, room or tent?"

Reyna hid her girly excitement and professionally nodded. "Okay, sounds good. A room is fine, but did you hear anything from Annabeth about how the tents are designed? Any special features?"

"Honestly, she didn't tell me anything. She wanted it to be fun... A surprise. I'm completely open. Uhh, a room is good with me if it's good with you?" Percy asked.

"Excellent," Reyna said a little nervously, still anxious about if she would even get the chance to make it past the first day with Percy. "I suppose we go pick now?" He agreed, and followed a group of newly thrown together couples towards the buildings they'd be staying in, and some she noticed hardly knew each other's names. That must be even weirder than the state I'm in.

Reyna and Percy were assigned to a quaint room on the second floor, it was essentially like walking into a quality hotel. No penthouse or anything, but it was quite spacious; it had a living area with a futon couch and a kitchen space, a bedroom with two full sized beds, and a large bathroom with two sinks, a shower, and a tub that seemed like a swimming pool. Reyna was impressed, it was just as nice as where she normally stayed. She definitely wouldn't mind staying here for awhile.

"I'm going to go look for some people, see who's next door," Reyna told Percy after looking around some. "You go look for Annabeth?"

"Okay, good plan parrrrrrtner," he said with an odd Western accent, it was unlike him. Reyna took note of the cute smirk on his face. Annabeth's lucky if she gets to see that all the time...

Reyna didn't giggle, but she smiled. "See you," she said, heading out the door.

As it turned out, Jason and Piper happened to be Reyna's next door neighbors. They seemed to be happy, canoodling on the couch when Reyna poked her head in the open door. "Hey," was all Reyna could really manage before she headed back out. On the other side were two Greek demigods, two she hadn't been acquainted with yet; Jessie and Gavin. They seemed to be acting pretty shy around each other, but Reyna wasn't going to push them together further than they had today. She introduced herself (even though they probably knew who she was) and left swiftly to the rest of the couples the children in charge matched up.

Also in her building were Frank Zhang and Madeline, but Hazel and Leo chose a treehouse, and Annabeth and Octavian chose a tent. It seemed everyone was evenly spread out, but she guessed everyone just had different personalities and were able to divide properly. Odd, but somehow she wasn't surprised. Reyna didn't visit everyone, and she didn't want to seem like a loner roaming around, so she returned to her room and took a rester on the couch until Percy returned with some news.

He took a deep breath. "So," Percy began. "Annabeth told me that she knew what the prize was, and that it was to die for... or... to break up for. We're kind-of-sort-of-not-really broken up, we're just going to say we are for the sake of the game and hope that she and Octavian, or you and me take home whatever it is Annabeth wants so badly. No, she didn't tell me what it was, but I'll take her word for it and hope she just doesn't get too jealous of you and me," he grinned.

Reyna wasn't quite sure how to react. She was happy that she would be able to play things out, but then Rey realized anything with Percy wouldn't really be real. But she could stay! But Percy and Annabeth really aren't broken up. Her brain passed these thoughts back and forth but brought them to a halt to say, "Okay," Reyna snickered a little bit at the end part of his statement, trying to handle this nonchalantly, just as she had a few months previous. "Oh, I'm sure she won't."

"So, Percy Jackson, let's get to know you." she said, beginning to fulfill her task for the evening, hoping to get something good out of him.

As for the other couples around, here's the sitch. Frank was paired with Madeline, which he was a little bit ecstatic about, because Maddie is drop dead gorgeous. Before he went on his quest however, she didn't give him the time of day like Hazel did, and he still had feelings for Hazel, so he was quite jealous when she was paired with Leo, who looked exactly like someone from her past, Sammy, and Hazel never brought up that topic with him. But Madeline was certainly flirty with him as soon as they arrived in their room, and he thought, hey, this was based on a personality test. Let's give it a try.

Hazel and Leo were hitting it off. Hazel acted a little embarrassed around Leo, because she still hadn't asked him about "Sammy", whether he was Sammy, or if he had a relative named Sammy, or... what. She didn't want to reveal too much about herself, how she came back from the dead, or anything, and especially didn't want to reveal that she was carrying Frank's freaking life stick. Leo himself was jubilant about being paired with a pretty girl like Hazel, I mean, she was pretty. Things would work for him.

Annabeth and Octavian was quite a different story. Octavian as we know believes Greek demigods aren't to be trusted, even after the whole "we-won-the-war-together" ordeal. He still doesn't like them, plus, with Annabeth being Percy's was-girlfriend, things weren't so hot. Octavian almost wanted to drop out after he heard her name, he was now ashamed he had even entered his name into this hideous competition. But after Annabeth dragged him to the tents and essentially told him off and told him to quit grumbling and moaning in an eloquent way, his heart flipped. He himself has a way with words. Annabeth still isn't happy with him but wants the prize so she's staying in the competition, but Octavian is beginning to warm up to her.

Jason and Piper canoodled on the couch.

Getting to know each other: in progress. What will be the next task of the week?