Hey everyone ;) I hope you enjoyed chapter two, so review and stuff. I'm sorry for the short previous chapters, but here's a nice long-ish one just for you guys. All creds for characters and such go the RR for making such an awesome series. enjoy Chapter 3 and review! :)
Chapter 3:
Leo
The first thing Leo noticed was the girl in the purple cape. Man, she was hot. She had that serious-girl look in her face, like she wouldn't even give people one look. Leo liked her at first sight. And when he heard her name, Reyna, he liked her even more. It sounded so… different. He liked the way her name rolled off his tongue when he said it. Reyna… so when he saw the way she looked at Jason, he was disappointed. Of course, he would always be the third wheel. The odd one out. He shook out the thought. He was here to go on a quest, not find some fantasy romance thing.
Listening to Percy introduce them, he felt someone staring at his back. He turned around. There was a girl staring at him. She was around thirteen, with dark skin and dark, curly hair. She looked vaguely familiar, but he just couldn't quite put his finger to it. Anyways, she wasn't his type. Way too young, Leo thought. When she realized that Leo was looking at her, she blushed and looked away.
"The Greeks will be welcomed here at Camp Jupiter, just as they would if they were fellow Romans. They will share Fifth Cohort's bunk, as they have some extra bunks. If anyone has any problems about this, they'll have to take it up with me at the principia." Reyna declared. "I don't want any trouble here." She glared around, staring especially at a skinny, blond boy. He shrugged and tried to look innocent. "You are dismissed. Greeks and Senate, please meet me at the principia as soon as possible." Everyone slowly dispersed, but Leo could tell that many of them wanted to stay and see what they were going to talk about. Obviously this wasn't the time though. "Leo, are you coming?" called Piper. They were walking towards Percy and Annabeth. Leo ran to catch them.
As they arrived, Leo looked at Percy. "So this is the guy everyone at Camp Half-Blood is talking about!" He exclaimed as he approached. "I'm Leo, son of Hephaestus." "Hey, I'm Percy," he said. He managed to detach one arm from his body, as Annabeth was clutching him pretty tight, to shake his hand. "This is Piper, daughter of Aphrodite, and Jason, son of Zeus- I mean, Jupiter. Geez, I've got to get used to saying that." Leo gestured to each of them. Percy looked strangely at Jason. "So you're Jason," Percy mused. "Nice to finally meet you," "It's nice to finally meet you," Jason said. "I haven't gone one foot in Camp Half-Blood without someone mentioning Percy Jackson." Percy blushed but replied "It's the same here. It's all 'Jason this, Jason that." Percy grinned. "Oh, I want you to meet some of my friends. Hazel, Frank, come here!" He pointed to the girl that was staring at him previously and a big, buff boy that reminded Leo of Butch at camp, except this guy had a baby face that totally did not fit his look. "Hazel, daughter of Pluto, and Frank, son of Mars." They greeted everyone. Percy introduced everyone to them, and finally they remembered that Reyna was still standing there.
"Jason… I've missed you." She said wistfully. Leo felt Piper tense beside him. Oh Hades, Reyna doesn't know that Piper and Jason are together… this is bad, He thought. "Reyna… hi." Jason said awkwardly. "This is Leo, my best friend, and uh, Piper, my, um, girlfriend…" he trailed off. Reyna's face hardened. "Off course," she said stiffly and coldly. "We shall be waiting for you at the principia. I shall assume that you know where it is, after all, your memory has come back, hasn't it?" she marched off angrily. Leo glanced at Jason; he looked guilty. There was an awkward silence before Percy interrupted, "How 'bout we go before Reyna gets even more mad? You don't want to see her really angry, trust me." And they followed Percy into the Roman's camp.