Piper stepped out of her car and onto the busy street in front of Jason's penthouse building. She was early, but Leo would give her Jason's key again.

Though Piper had done her best yesterday to look calm and okay with the baby and everything, in reality she was freaking out. When she had found out she was pregnant a month ago, she spent at least a week crying and thinking the world was ending. Her dad of course thought it was just about Dylan, and had tried forcing her to go to an amusement park. Then Piper had been forced to explain her situation, and why therefore she couldn't get on any of the rides.

Surprisingly, her dad hadn't been very upset. Piper was, after all, an adult. She could take care of herself just fine, as her father had said. He'd even tried blaming himself for the pregnancy, saying that if he hadn't forced her to go to the party while emotionally unbalanced that this wouldn't have happened. Piper didn't let him though. She would take full responsibility for her actions.

Which is how Piper had come up with her plan for Jason Grace. She had been painting one of the spare rooms in her penthouse her dad had bought her a few years ago with her best friend Annabeth for the baby when she had been thinking of how to tell Jason. She had automatically assumed that he wouldn't want anything to do with it. Piper could handle this response. She had support to help with that, and she was experienced with dealing with the paparazzi. Other girls didn't have that most likely.

So Piper had decided to prevent this from ever happening again. She would help him fix his relationship with his half-girlfriend, Reyna. She would show him how much fame had changed him. She would help him realize the way. No girl would ever end up like Piper again, she wouldn't allow it.

Consequently, Piper was now crossing the street to Bunker 9. Leo was waiting at the door as usual in his uniform, but he appeared to be fixing the door hinge or something. He had his tool belt strapped over his uniform with grease smeared across his face.

"Hey, Leo!" Piper said cheerfully as she approached the door. Though they had once dated for a few weeks, they had come to terms that they were better off as friends. Ever since then, Piper and Leo had remained close friends, with nothing romantic whatsoever between them.

Leo looked up from his project. "Hey, Piper. I suppose you want Jason's door key again? He's not back from practice yet," Leo said.

"Yes, that would be nice. Thanks, Leo," Piper said. Leo opened the creaky door and walked over to the desk. The secretary gave him an odd look, but then she returned to typing on her computer. Leo shuffled through his keys.

"I'm pretty sure this is the right one. I really need to label these so I don't have to go through this every single day. Jason might as well give you a door key," Leo said as he put a key into the lock of a filing cabinet. It didn't open.

"Damnit. Must be this one," Leo tried another key, and this time it worked. He flipped through the various "G" files and finally pulled the one out that said "Grace, Jason". Leo opened it up and handed the room key to Piper.

Piper grabbed it. "Thank you so much. You don't know how much this means to me," Piper said.

Leo put the file back and slammed the drawer closed. "So, um, why do you need into his penthouse anyways? I'm surprised Mr. Big Ego hasn't banned you from Bunker 9 after yesterday."

Piper glanced nervously at the brunette secretary. She wanted to tell Leo, but she didn't want anyone else to know. "Can we go somewhere we won't be overheard?" she asked.

Leo nodded. "Sure! Right through that door over there, with the sign."

Piper looked over to where he was pointing, and saw a metallic door with a bright orange construction sign that read: Only Awesome People Enter Here; Meaning Only Leo Valdez.

Piper laughed. "Nice sign there, Leo," she complimented.

"Thanks! Step into my office, Miss McLean," Leo said formally as they walked over to the silver metallic door. Leo held his hand up against the door above the handle, and a fiery image glowed around it through the metal.

"What was that?" Piper asked curiously as they walked in. She knew Leo was always inventing new things and upgrading them by ten. It was something she had quickly learned about him.

Leo looked back. "I don't know. One day I just had this great idea to make a hand print security pad that outlined your hand in a fiery image. Pretty cool, right?"

"Very," Piper said. She sat down on a the chair in front of Leo's desk after she moved the scattered papers off of it. His office was covered in papers displaying random ideas and tools. A large cupboard behind his desk was labeled Important Stuff, so Piper assumed it was dedicated to bills and paperwork. There were several signs with crossed out Windex bottles on them. For some reason, Leo hated Windex. Piper made a mental note to ask him sometime.

Leo pushed aside a few crumpled up papers and crossed his hands professionally. "So, what seems to be the problem here, ma'am?"

"Leo, this is serious. And I don't want you freaking out or anything, okay?" Piper warned. She didn't want Leo to go beat up Jason. She had enough problems on her hands, but this was something Leo did need to know. That's just what friends do.

"Okay. Pinky promise I won't freak out!" Leo said anxiously. Piper could tell he was on the edge of his seat waiting. He started to nervously mess with some bolts on his desktop.

Piper gripped the arm rests of her chair. "Leo, I'm pregnant with Jason Grace's child."

"Woah, woah, woah. What?"

Piper sighed. "Pregnant. Going to have a baby. Jason's baby!"

Leo stared at Piper with his mouth open. "You and Jason Grace had…" then Leo burst out laughing and hitting the desk.

"Leo! You are so immature sometimes!" Piper could feel the heat rising to her cheeks, and she put her face into her hands.

Leo continued to laugh, but he managed out a few words. "Never…would…imagine…so not-"

Piper put her face up again. "You are the worst friend ever! You're supposed to support me, not laugh at me!" Piper scolded, but it didn't have much effect as she was starting to join him in laughter.

It was true though. A year ago, if someone had told her that she was going to break up with her boyfriend and be so depressed about it that she would sleep with Jason Grace and get pregnant, Piper would've punched that person in the face then directed them to the nearest hospital. Never, in all her life, would she have guessed anything like this would ever happen to her. Piper never foresaw anything like this in her future. It was just unimaginable.

But nevertheless, laughing about her situation did help. It was just one of the magical things about Leo, he tended to lighten things up with jokes and laughter. Piper appreciated it, she really did.

Suddenly, a pounding headache hit Piper, and she rested back on her arms, completely exhausted. Piper groaned, and made to leave Leo's office.

Leo noticed and stopped laughing. He stood up from his chair. "Hey, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a side-effect of pregnancy. I'm going to go up now and lay down," Piper said weakly. She reached for the door handle, but Leo got there first and opened it.

"Don't take away my job now, missy. I am the doorman!" Leo said nervously.

Piper gave him a small smile, waved, and headed straight for the elevator. She didn't want Leo to feel any more awkward around people in serious situations than he had to, so she left as quickly as possible.

Piper pressed 52 and leaned against the metal wall as the elevator jolted. Her headache was throbbing against her skull so bad it was hard for her to think straight. This happened at least once a day, and Piper would think she'd be used to it by now. Don't get her wrong, she knew she would love the baby and everything, no matter how much pain she had to go through, but pregnancy really sucked.

The elevator stopped, and Piper shakily walked out. Dizziness filled her head, and she had trouble sliding the door key in. Eventually, the door clicked and Piper stumbled her way in.

Piper didn't know if Jason had a guest room or not, so she went up the stairs and into his room to lay on his bed. She wasn't going to lay on the couch because it was barely comfortable to sit on. His whole house had an overall cold feel to it to Piper. It wasn't friendly at all. Piper was pretty sure that just added to Jason's conceitedness. Every picture in this penthouse was of him!

Sighing, Piper pushed open the door at the top of the stairs. Avoiding looking at the trophy case, Piper collapsed on his giant bed. She suddenly felt cold, so she pushed back the blankets and turned on the bed heater. She laid there shivering until the bed finally heated up.

With her temperature back to normal and her headache slowly receding, Piper could think again. She felt like taking a nap, but her thoughts kept interrupting. It wasn't helping that the smell of Jason's cologne on the blankets were also reminding her of him, and redirecting her thoughts towards him.

Jason. She wasn't really sure how she felt about him. Piper knew he was off-limits, but she couldn't help but feel a tiny bit attracted to him. And she didn't want to. She had already fallen for enough self-centered jerks. Piper was not going to enter that cycle again.

But you're going to help him to be better, Piper's mind said to her.

"Shut-up," Piper mumbled. He has Reyna, Jason doesn't need Piper in the mix too. That would just make things more complicated than they really needed to be. Even if he was really good looking.

Piper must have fallen asleep, because she woke up when she heard a distant thump from downstairs. She tried to get back to sleep and almost succeeded until the door opened.

"What the hell are you doing in my bed? Get out!" Jason's voice said.

Piper flipped over the sheets and gave him a death glare. He was in sports shorts and his hair was wet. Like always, he still looked like a god. That didn't make her any less annoyed with him though.

"Lesson Number One: Don't order a woman around!" Piper snapped as she sat on the edge of the bed.

Jason just stared at her. Piper stood, and suddenly her breakfast wasn't feeling too good in her stomach. She groaned and held her stomach.

"What now?"

"Not like you care, but I'm going to go throw up now," Piper shot back. Then without even waiting for a reply, she darted for his bathroom.

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