One-shot #2 – Jasper/Jiper (Jason & Piper) & the Argo II

After The Lost Hero and during Son of Neptune

Jason was in his cabin, pacing back and forth. He was thinking of when Leo would finish the Argo II. Once the ship was done, Jason, Piper, Leo, and Annabeth would go to Camp Jupiter, his old camp where he'd gotten his Latin background. He had friends and the Fifth Cohort back there, and he wondered how they would react when they see him since months. Jason was also concerned about his sister, Thalia. They've just seen each other and then after a few moments together, she'd disappeared. His long-lost sister didn't have time for him since she was a Hunter of Artemis. Jason wanted to actually spend more time with Thalia, so they could catch up on each other's stories. He had missed her since she left him with their mother when he was young. After some more minutes of pacing and thinking, Jason finally sat down on his bed and took out his gold coin. The gold coin could turn into a spear or sword, once flipped by its owner. Jason flipped it and out of the air appeared a golden imperial sword, a metal used by many Roman demigods these days. He studied his sword until a knock was heard on the door.

"Jason?" Jason turned towards the voice and saw Piper. Of course, it would be Piper as always. She looked beautiful when she appeared inside the cabin. Piper was always beautiful to Jason.

"Yes?" Jason replied as Piper saw him holding his sword. "What do you need, Piper?"

"I just...wanted to talk. That's all." Piper sat next to Jason on the bed. He moved for Piper to sit next to him. She smelled like fresh flowers and that made Jason giddy from it. He was so mesmerized by her beauty as usual and he turned to face her, looking into her multi-colored eyes.

Finding his voice, he continued talking. "What is it? Anyone bugging you? Drew?" Jason knew she pissed her off, but today her tone seemed different than it was. He still asked her about Drew, so Piper can vent her complaints all out if she wanted to. Jason knew Piper had left Drew speechless after taking over the Aphrodite cabin, but he knew that wouldn't stop Drew from annoying Piper.

"No, it's not that." Piper sighed. She glanced at Jason's sword with no certain expression. "It's just, I worry what will happen when we arrive at the Roman camp. I know the Greeks and Romans hated each other. Well, I was thinking, do they still?"

"They still do," Jason recapped his experiences in Camp Jupiter. Ever since he got the amnesia from the goddess, Hera, he was quickly recovering his memories bit by bit.

"Oh gods, what are they going to do?" Piper was startled by his answer.

"I think they will try to blow up the ship and kill us, if we make the wrong choices," Jason said. "But, hopefully we can negotiate with them, especially Reyna. She is one of the praetors of Camp Jupiter."

Piper sighed again. "So it'll be okay then?"

"I don't think Octavian will handle us barging through the camp," Jason added hopelessly. "He's another praetor who offers stuffed animals as a sacrifice to the gods."

"That's nice to know." Piper kept on glancing on Jason sword again. He was wondering what she was actually thinking about. There seemed to be more than worrying about their "invasion" to Camp Jupiter.

"Sorry to bother you, Sparky. I was just worried about the prophecy and all." Piper straightened up. "I should really go. You seemed busy looking at that sword of yours anyway." She stood up and headed towards the door.

Jason didn't want her to go, but Piper was using her charmspeak without knowing it on him. Since he was guy, it was hard for him to get out of it.

"P-Piper." He managed to say her name, and luckily Piper heard him and whisked her head around

"Yes, Jason?" Piper whipped her head around gracefully, that Jason could do nothing but only stare in awe at her. She didn't use charmspeak this time, but she was still a beautiful being.

"Tell me what's wrong. I know there's something else you want to talk about, right?" Jason stood up and walked over to Piper.

"Right," she muttered.

"You know, you can tell me anything, Piper." Embracing her, Jason put his head on top of Piper's and stroked her hair gently. He didn't know what he was really doing, but a sudden urge to do that kicked up on him. He wasn't a type to be around girls, but this time, he knew his place in doing so.

It was Piper's turn to stutter. "J-Jason." Her cheeks turned into a faint blush of pink. "Thank you."

"Just come to me whenever, Beauty Queen." Piper hugged Jason back this time. They stayed like that for a minute and pulled back.

"So care to tell me your problems?" Jason asked hesitantly. Piper shook her head.

"I think you solved them for me." She smiled warmly at him.

"Jason!" A knock was heard on the door. "You in there?" By the voice, they both knew it was Leo. Did Leo finish his ship? He was getting close to there but couldn't possibly be. He didn't really take a break from building, but something was up to him today.

"I'm in here, Leo. Just come in." Leo barged in the door by the time Jason finished his sentence.

"I can't find Pi- oh! There you are. What brings you here, Beauty Queen?" Leo deviously smiled at both of them.

"Leo!" Piper exclaimed. "We were just talking about, you know, the Romans."

"But you guys do know that a guy and a girl alone in a cabin brings-"

Jason interrupted him. "Leo," he drawled out his name. "You can stop that. What brings you here?"

"Just to let you know that I've finished some parts of the ship that you would love to see, lovebirds. Come along, will ya?" Leo motioned them to follow him. Jason and Piper walked behind Leo, holding hands this time.

Leo led them to the site where the Argo II was being built. The two were awed at Leo's handiwork; his ship was fascinating. They could see Festus' head on the deck and all the other mechanism spread out. It was perfectly structured so far.

"Do you like it?" Leo grinned at Jason and Piper. "I'm almost done actually. Festus needs to be put up, and I still have to fix the engine room. I think there are some minor problems with the structure of it, and I'll have to examine that too-"

Piper cut him off. "It looks great, Leo. It's wonderful. I can see how much work you've put into it." She grinned at him. "Can we see inside?"

"Actually, that was the main reason I brought you guys here," Leo said. "Come inside."

The two stepped in, gazing at the rooms and the room where they will be eating and discussing (A/N: forgot the name). Leo showed them their own rooms, then left them alone to check on the security of the ship and Buford. Catching Buford was another long story they shared together (A/N: read 'The Demigod Diaries: Heroes of Olympus'). Jason stepped out of his room, onto the hallway, and saw Piper.

"Piper?" Jason strolled over to her. "You don't need to worry now. Leo's got the ship covered and we're all together in this. And know that, I'll be there by your side to catch you from falling down the sky," he joked, remembering the times they fell out of the sky.

Piper only nodded at this. "Thanks, Jason." She hugged him and he did the same like before. He gently kissed her forehead and put his hands on her hair until Leo popped into the scene.

"Woah, lovebirds! Let's take this somewhere else! Not here on my ship!" Leo was somewhat grinning and disturbed by this.

Jason pulled back. "Well, if you insist." Piper was blushing and Leo was laughing. "I'm going to the dining pavilion. Who's going with me?"

Nobody rejected that option.

- # 2

A/N: Hi again! So in my previous author's note (one-shot numero uno), there were many typos, because I did not know that I couldn't put smileys, this website, and the 'less than' sign for the heart for it. SO DON'T THINK OF ME HAVING GRAMMAR/SPELLING MISTAKES (even though I do have them sometimes) but jk. The one before this was horrible, I have to say. Thanks for the 400+ views; I thought my story looked and seemed unattractive inside and outside (and I slacked this one off so much). As you know, this is my first published piece of writing on this website, and I'm quite excited! I might also copy the one-shots to wattpad if you like to read from there better (same user). I know this is very long, but please bear with me since it's my first time writing all this fluff on here. I can't deal with the format of how the writing appears on the site. I feel like a terrible writer, but I'm trying –smiley emoji- I also don't like how the margins on this website are thin, but I THINK I can deal with it. And guys, I will do some requests, so ask away! I would love to write more. These one-shots will NOT ONLY be fluffy and all, but I will include things like what Leo thinks as he builds the Argo II and Nico shadow-traveling from one camp to the other. I hope you like this one of Jasper/Jiper. So will you review on how I should do better? Love you all -inserts heart-shaped emoji-