Leo

"See you tonight," Piper smiled before she finally walked away. She was supposed to go back to her cabin a whole lot earlier, but she was kissing me goodbye and I couldn't let her go. I spent the last six months pretending I wasn't head-over-heels for her because I knew I would never get her.

And I got her!

It was enough to get high of off. I don't know how it happened. All I know is that she's mine, and that's enough for me. I took a deep breath as I watched her go. It was all I could hope for. I mean, I got the girl and the reason I thought I wouldn't was also happy. He was completely and utterly in love with his girlfriend, Reyna. He was so happy you'd think he just won the lottery, and you should see how he is when he's around her. It's like he is completed by her. He actually gets a sense of humor. He's fun to be around, and he even makes jokes. I know, right? It's awesome.

It's a win-win situation. Speaking of that redhead who has completed my best-friend, I saw Reyna walking towards me, fiddling with the necklace Jason gave her for their anniversary. What? Jason told me about it. Don't look at me like that? Is a guy not allowed to know about his best friend's girlfriend's necklace?

That sounded better in my head.

Anyway, Reyna continued to walk towards me, looking like she was a doctor about to have to tell a seven year old that their grandmother just died. My heart skipped a beat. Dread flooded throughout my body. Whatever she was about to tell me wasn't going to be good. I got a sudden urge to run for my life like I was a four year old at the dentist's office.

While I was imaging Reyna, dressed like a dentist, chasing after me, in overalls (Ew. Okay, add to do list: 'Never wear Overalls. Ever') screaming something like 'Stop chasing me, you crazy creep!' while she was yelling 'You get back here or I'm telling your guardian', the redhead reached me.

"Rey, do you think Piper would like a necklace like yours for her birthday?" I asked, completely forgetting the dread and worry I had for a minute. At the mention of Piper's name, Reyna almost snarled, but she regained her composure and 'gloomy' look about her.

"Leo, there's something I need to tell you," Reyna looked at her feet nervously for a moment, before looking back up into my eyes. A fear registered in her eyes, and she faltered. I could tell by the look in her blue eyes that she was desperately trying to think of a lie.

"What is it, Reyna?" I crossed my arms and let a serious look cloud my mischievous glint in my eyes, hoping she wasn't going to lie.

"Uh, Piper…" she started out, but she instantly changed her story like she wasn't ready to tell me something yet, "I think Piper would like a necklace," she nodded, a fake smile plastered across her lips.

I didn't know what would happen next, but I knew that it wouldn't be long before I found out what she was talking about. Gossip travels faster here than anywhere I've ever been, and I've been a lot of places. That, and Reyna is great, but she's kind of a blabber-mouth. She's one of my best friends, but she's worse at keeping a secret than someone trying to keep to a diet in the Demeter cabin during dessert season.

"I think so, too," I faked a smile as well.

Reyna:

"So, did you tell Leo?" my roommate kicked off her flip-flops and plopped down on my bottom bunk. Usually, I would have told her to get off my bed because she was currently drenched from tipping her canoe 'accidentally' during class, but I couldn't think straight enough for that. All I could I could think of was my anniversary. All I wanted was to kiss my boyfriend in a mountain, where my siblings couldn't spy on us and plan to try to beat him up. And what did I get? I got a crazy Aphrodite girl spying on me and telling me that she loved my boyfriend and wanted to step down. Can't my life be normal for just one minute?

"I chickened out. He… he likes her so much. I couldn't just break his heart like that," I answered, falling back on my bed to where I was staring at the cloth I put over the springs of the top bunk. Pictures from years previous, mostly of me and Jason, were pinned on it, making me smile before I remembered how Piper would smile at a picture of him, too.

"He's going to find out eventually," Frankie laid a comforting hand on my leg.

"Exactly, I don't want to have to be the one to tell him," I sighed, sitting up once again to where I was looking straight into Frankie's brown eyes. She didn't nervously fiddle with her bubbly brown bob like she usually would have. Instead, she looked straight at me, with a look that us Apollo kids don't give very much: pure seriousness.

"What if he finds out that you knew and didn't tell him?" Frankie asked me. She was the youngest kid in our cabin, but she was brilliant. She managed to make it all the way to the 'head room'. This room was the latest built-on part of our cabin. After the big spike in kids, which I found out was thanks to Percy, we had to build on, and this was no doubt the past room to be built in the entire cabin system. Well, the Venus kids bribed the builders to make their entire cabin better, but we all just ignored it. I don't know about the other kids, but, as ours was supposed to be the best, we got even. First, my baby brother, Daniel, is conceived as, in the words of Leah, a 'Hunk'. As he is my little brother, I don't see it, but everyone says so. At the time, he was dating the head of the Venus Cabin. We all knew he liked Hazel, daughter of Minerva, who was my friend, but he didn't want to dump his girlfriend after they'd been together for so long. When I found out Hazel was head over heels for him, our cabin got together and decided to tell Davis just how she got the builders to upgrade her cabin and how Hazel was totally in 'wuv with him'. The rest is history. Ever since then, we've been enemies with the Venus cabin. Well, we had made up a few weeks ago until Piper came with the 'Apollo girl is tuh-tot-al-leh stuh-ealing my mah-an!' and ruined it all. Now, it's a full out battle field. Last week, some Venus girl stole one of the fourteen year old's boyfriend. In return, a few of our guys snuck in their cabin and traded out all of the guy's clothes for pink dresses. Then I woke up to find the girl who has a bunk across from me had green hair. Ever since then, it's been a full out battle of wits, assorted dies, hairspray, hacking, and permanent crazy glue.

When I saw Frankie looking at me expecting me to say something, I remembered that we had been having a conversation before I managed to get completely off topic and started picturing stashing a bunch of positive pregnancy test under Pipers bed. Only, how do I get it to say positive? Hmm, I'll ask Nyssa for help on that one. Wait, wasn't I doing something before I was planning that prank?

UGGGGGHHHH!

"Reyna?" Frankie snapped her soaking wet hand in front of me. I blinked myself back into the zone and tried to pull off a smile until I remembered what conversation we were having and turned it into a frown.

"You were planning a prank again, weren't you?" Frankie crossed her petite arms across her lanky, 'Is-Really-Twelve-But-Has-The-Small-Body-Of-A-Child', like those girls in that weird dancing show. You know, the one where the ripped off the TV show full of only dancing from Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. The Disney thing? Ugh, you get what I'm saying.

"Leaving a bunch of positive pregnancy test under Piper's bed," I shrugged.

"Okay, considering you're boyfriend has been gone forever and just got back a few days ago, oh and that your brothers have been making complete sure you don't have time since he did get back, I know you aren't pregnant. So tell me, how do you plan on getting positive pregnancy test?" Frankie wrapped her arms around her torso, as if she were preparing herself to start laughing like an idiot, which she probably was about to.

"You didn't give me a chance to think of that part," I thought about it, "And my brothers are stalking me and my boyfriend!" I yelled, now done with plotting against Piper and now planning on my brothers. What? I'm freakin' Roman. We fight to win, and getting stalked by your brothers, or anyone, isn't winning.

"Ugh, how'd you not notice? Anyway, back to Leo."

"What are you going to do when he finds out you knew?" Frankie brought herself back to her, 'I'm much too serious to be wrong. So just go with it, kay? Good.' Face. Personally, I wish I could pull it off. It ends up as 'I'm so sad looking you wanna cry' or 'Run for your freakin' life because I'm trained to kill and a hormonal teenage girl! Oh, and get me a twix bar'

What? I'm hungry and craving a twix. Or a nice New York slice of peperoni pizza with extra grease. Oh and add a nice order of extra salty fries!

What? I'm a teenage girl, and look at the calendar. How many days are there? And what happens to teenage girls on-

Oh stop, you say. Okay, you got it now? Wonderful, now, let's get back to what we were saying before I randomly started spouting random cravings.

"It's Leo. You know Leo. He may never figure it out that I knew. Leo will have just lost his girlfriend. He won't want to lose a friend," I sighed, now staring at my legs like I was pretending to see if I needed to shave tonight or not to avoid Frankie's brown eyes.

"Alright," Frankie raised her hands in surrender, "I'm just wondering, what if the situation was reversed? What if Jason was only dating you because he was in love with one of your friends and Leo knew? What would you want Leo to do? Or even, knowing how a great a guy he is, what would he do?" Frankie looked me straight in the eyes, and, for a moment, I forgot that she was the older one. I forgot about the Greek and Roman dilemma. It was like I was a normal girl who was facing this problem. Somehow, I even forgot about me loving Jason and just focused on what was the main thing I was freaking out about. And here it is.

Piper came to a guy that she knew liked her more than I am crazy a twix bar right now and made him think that she really loved him just so she could get his best friend. And, right now, one of my best friends is sitting in his room, thinking about her. Thinking she loves him. Thinking about how much he loves her. He's about to go buy her a locket for her birthday.

If it was him, he would have sat me down and told me everything, from start to finish. Even if I didn't believe him, he would know he did the right thing. Leo wouldn't be a good boyfriend and pretending it never happened, but he would be the good friend and tell me the truth.

And I had to the same.

"You're right, Frankie. I have to tell him. He may not belief me, and I may lose him…" I could feel my confidence take a plunge, but I pulled it right back up again and remembered that if I wasn't confident when I told him, he would be less likely to belief me and, only then, would I lose him, "But I don't have much a choice."

I smiled a smile as bright as the sun that only we Apollo kids can do. (What they're the freakin' kids of the sun god? I think they get that right) Frankie's eyes lit up with pride for her older sister, and, probably for the first time in weeks, she let me hug her without wiggling free or anything like that. While I held the petite brunette, I something freezing. It felt like…. Like wet clothe.

"Oh my gods! You're soaked," I tried not to giggle, but it seemed pretty impossible as I pushed my little sister off me.

"You're just now noticing?" Frankie cocked a bushy eyebrow and grinned playfully.

Okay add to my to-do list:

Repay Frankie by having her bob shaped up and her eyebrows waxed.

Oh and get a protein bar or something (hopefully that Twix Bar I've been wanting all day). Epiphanies make me hungry.

That Night:

I couldn't help but let the bliss of the moment seep in my skin like the sunscreen Daniel makes me where because the last time I got sunburned, I made everyone's life Hades. The stars shone brighter than I had ever seen them. It was mesmerizing, especially when you looked at the view over the cliffs, watching the forest and sudden lights of the city below with stars and the moon illuminating it all. This moment gave me the first peace I had gotten all day. No, this was one of the first wonderful moment I had gotten since my anniversary with Jason.

My heart fell down from its soaring state like a glass falling straight to the ground, and my smile faded for a frown. Even my eyes shifted from happiness to where I looked like every Team Jacob fan when they heard Edward married Bella.

Defeated and ready to take it out on someone.

I stopped staring at the sky and shifted my glance to my red sneakers. It was ten, and most everyone was on their way to bed even though we have another hour or so to lights out. I had been out going for a walk with my little brother, Daniel, when I saw Piper heading back to her cabin. It was then that I told Daniel I had to talk to Leo and for him to go home. As he knows I'm pissed enough from PMSing, he did as I said without hesitation. With every step I took, the image of Leo sitting by the cliff and sending off paper planes down the long drop became closer and closer.

My breathing labored as soon as I reached him, and it made such a noise that he looked up. I have to admit, he is kind of handsome in the 'mischievous' trouble maker way. He ran a hand through his curly mess of hair and smirked.

"Can I sit?" I smiled, remembering he was still my friend.

"Sure," Leo shrugged, turning his attention to the paper plane he was building.

"Leo, there's something I need to tell you," it took every ounce of courage I had in my body to force the word off my tongue. His chocolate brown eyes looked straight into mine, full of fear.

An hour later:

I sat there, watching as Leo took it all in. We had just spent the last hour here, me telling him what happened and him looking like jumping off the cliff was getting pretty tempting. His lips started to form a word, but they stopped before sound could come out. His mouth shut immediately, and his eyes diverted themselves to the book he had been tearing sheets out of to make his paper airplanes. I couldn't help but notice that it was a cook book and that the Demeter girls were going to kill him, but that wasn't my main priority.

Sure it was the right thing to do, but it still hurt like hell to see him like this and to know the pain he was feeling. At that moment the only thing that could have brought me out of this upset fog would be Jason, but I also knew he'd be freaking out if he were here. So really stuck feeling like this.

Lucky me.

"And she said that she loved Jason. Not liked, but loved?" Leo turned himself to look at me, his chocolate colored eyes full of pain and rejection. I know this really isn't the time, but I couldn't help compare him to an ugly girl who just got rejected of the cheerleading team. What? I'm just saying.

I was supposed to lie at this point. I wanted to so badly that every ounce of my body begged me to, but… I couldn't. He came this far. Saying she said she just 'liked' his best friend and not 'loved' wouldn't change that at all. It was still his girlfriend and his best friend.

"I'm really sorry, Leo," I let sympathy flood my voice, and I wanted to put a comforting hand on his shoulder of hug him or something but he'd just push me away. I heard him say something, but it was muffled and impossible to understand.

"What?" I asked, knitting my eyebrows in confusion. Leo immediately looked up, and fear registered through every part of my body when I saw the look in his usually 'friendly and warm' eyes.

Anger.

Pure animosity and the refusal to just let it go.

I had never seen his eyes, or pretty much anyone's, that angry and determined before. It was actually a little inspiring, but that isn't my point. The only thought I could understand in my jumbled head that was thinking a mile a minute from fear was 'Who the f-*pg-13 rated prohibits it. Sorry* was his anger aimed at?'

"I cant believe this," Leo took the book he had been ripping apart happily only an hour ago fall down the deep, lifeless, fear-inducing, (did I mention deep?) chasm. Just looking down made me want to pass out and run away like a the cliff was a snake. Yeah, they scare me like Daniel is scared of his guitar, his back-up guitar, his back-back-up guitar, his guitar app on his phone and ipad breaking. Well no, he would be screaming like a school girl. But you get what I'm saying. I'm not afraid of heights, but I was definitely afraid of falling down to a bunch of jagged rocks to my certain doom. Even just thinking about it made my stomach flip.

"That bitch!" his bitter voice spat as he got off the ledge and started pacing back and forth, "And you!" he looked down at me, his voice the same like I was equally as guilty.

"Me?" I got up immediately, forgetting about the cliff beside me.

"Yes, you, Reyna! I was so happy! I was the happiest SOB on the face of this earth, and what did you do? I thought she loved me. I loved her. Couldn't you have just left it like that for a while?" Leo's brown eyes watered, and every ounce of my body filled with regret, "You didn't tell me because you're my friend. You told me so you could keep your little boyfriend!"

"I did not. I've spent hours thinking over this. Of course, I told you as a friend! This has nothing to do with Jason!" I retorted, angry. His face turned tomato red from anger, but I didn't back down. That's not how Roman's work. We win, and no doubt about me trying to win.

"If you were telling me as a friend, you would have told me right then!" he yelled right back, "You have no idea what I'm going through. I'm outta here," Leo started to walk away, but I pulled him back by his arm.

"You've known her for six months, and dated for about six days. I don't think you get the 'I feel worse' card. I spent six freakin' months not knowing where the hell my boyfriend was! I spent six effin' months worried, and how did he show up? He had not just a daughter of Aphrodite, but the freakin' leader, on his arm, all over him! I've been fighting with all that I have to keep him, and I'm losing. For the first time, I'm losing, and I don't have much will to keep on," my voice softened, but it went right back up to full force for what I was about to say.

"You have no idea what I'm going through," I put as much hell as I could into those words, and I could tell by the look on his face they sunk in, all hell included.

Something raced through my veins. It was enough to get off. Everything about it felt wonderful. God, I could get used to this. There wasn't a thing about it that wasn't absolutely and utterly marvelous in every single way I could think of. It was powerful. It gave me enough confidence to take over a village and have my first kiss with Jason all over again. I knew I had felt this before, and I remembered it fondly. It was fueled me, and somehow, I lost it when Jason went missing. I had barely even realized it at the time that I had lost it, but, now that I had it back, I realized just how much I had longed for it. This felt like a second skin. If I hadn't been upset, I would have smiled brighter than the sun. I could have jumped around and twirled around with the ballet moves I haven't used since I was seven years old. It was pure confidence, stronger than I had ever felt .For some reason, I craved to be around Jason and feel his sweet, sweet kiss, but I had to finish this.

"I'm sorry, Reyna," Leo nodded, not able to look me in the eyes.

"What are you going to do, Lee?" I asked, wanting to smile from his nickname but unable to with the serious moment going on and such.

"What can I do? I have to break up with her, Ree," he sighed, also unable to smile at my nickname. Again, you know I'm PMSing, but I also really needed a hug after letting all that rage out after countless months of saying 'I'm fine'. With a sudden burst of emotion, I ran forth to Leo where I clutched him closely, shutting my eyes as if every fear of what came next for me would go away. It didn't, but it was definitely worth a shot.

"You gonna be okay?" I asked Leo, not letting him go.

"I can handle it. You need to go find Jason. I some yelling to aim at a petite brunette. Hit Jason for me, okay?" Leo smirked.

"Deal, Leo. You call Piper a bitch for me, okay?" I smiled and let him go. Leo smiled and nodded.

"Now, go get that little SOB before I can get to him," he nudged me.

"You're evil."

"And the damn best at it. Now go, and kiss your freakin' boyfriend before the moment is ruined by me screaming R-rated words at our favorite little Aphrodite girl," Leo raised his hand up for a high-five, "Come on. I'm not getting any younger here. Now high-five 'the best damn at it'."

"Fine," I reluctantly high-fived him and tried to keep a smile off my face. Wait a second, two minutes ago were fighting. Now, I get why my mood changed, but why the hell did his? You know, Leo is really great.

Piper was an idiot to let him go.

"Now I have to go talk to Sparky about what happened. This'll be fun," I kept a sarcastic tone in my voice, but I really did want to see him. I wasn't worried or stressed out, and I just wanted to be around him. I make him decent, and he makes me so happy. It's really a win-win.

"G'luck," he smirked as he took a deep breathe before heading in the direction of the Venus house. Now, it's my turn.

Jason:

The only sound I could hear was the gentle night breeze running through my hair in the dark night. I was panting like a maniac and knew I wasn't going to keep running unless I was trying to commit suicide. I needed to keep training, but that didn't mean I was. For some stupid reason, I started to wish to see Reyna. I tried to shake it off, but I couldn't. It was like something was going on, and she needed me.

But it was already passed her usual time to get back to her cabin to sneak in a little writing time before her cabin counselors, Mrs. George and Mr. San Tiago, turned off and monitored their lights. So, I knew she wouldn't be out here, and her brothers wouldn't let me within a mile of her at night near a bed.

Ugh, why am I stuck with my girlfriend's brothers all being perverted?

Anyway, I could barely see in the dark night. Reyna would have smirked that she could see just fine, but she was meant for the night. I swear, she can be just like a vampire. I was meant for the day, where light was abundant and the air was warm. That was anything but right now.

That was when I saw the light –no, not that light, Dummie- ahead of me. Now that I listened for it, I could hear the crackles from the camp fire- and something spraying? Maybe hairspray? I couldn't really tell. Instead of actually taking everything in like you're about to complain I should have, I walked towards it.

What? What could it really be?

A monster who came in our camp to not kill us but to sit on a log, make a camp fire, and spray some hairspray?

Yeah, uh-huh, I'm not as dumb as I look, huh? I think of things. Okay, maybe I think of what I'm doing when I'm doing it, but it still counts as thinking.

As I got closer, I noticed it was a girl sitting at the camp fire station. They're all over camp. We don't get together for camp fires. It's more of a 'Go find your friends for the camp fire and pretend to listen to the announcements at dinner' thing than the 'Come all around because even though we all play pranks and try to kill each other all the time, we're still family, and camp fire time is family time. So, stop complaining and sit down to sing stupid songs' thing that the Greeks have. Personally, the Greek version is a million times better, but this gives me a chance to sneak in a nice run to get my blood pumping.

Wait, wasn't I talking about the girl? Yeah, I was.

Anyway, she sat alone, looking out at the stars. The fire burned bright around her, making her frame stick out against the orange flames. I knew that she probably needed that fire to burn to warm because she was only wearing a pair of jean shorts, a loose sailor-y top, a blue pair of flats, and a limp jacket. Sure, it was jacket, but I didn't need to be up close to see she was almost shivering and how thin said jacket was. The girls short, brown hair was straightened and had a little braid pulling hair out of her eyes. Something felt really familiar about that petite girl, but I couldn't think of it right then. I walked past the Aphrodit-er, Venus- cabin to where the camp fire sat, looking out at the stars and where the woods let off.

Reyna hated to come over here. When we were twelve, we had been racing each other through the woods, and something scared her. I don't know what it was, but she took a step back, and BOOM! She fell backwards, her head hitting a rock. She had to go to the ER and stayed there for days, which she recounts as 'Some of the worst days of her life'. Ever since then, neither of us go in there unless we have to. Her brother Daniel, even says that the rock she hit her head on is still covered in blood, but none of us want to move or clean it. We don't even really want to see it.

"Jason," the voice of the girl broke me out of my thoughts about Reyna, and I found that I was standing only about two feet away from the camp fire and her. There wasn't a question who the girl in front of me was.

"Piper, what are you doing out here?"

"I should ask you the same thing, Sparky," Piper's smile burned brighter than the fire in front of us, "Come on. Sit down."

I didn't even think about it before I sat down beside her on the log. I had to admit, while I hate night, I love the stars. Then again, I'm the son of the sky. Of course I love the stars. It's just kinda a given, I suppose. Beside me, Piper marveled at the stars like she was Drew and the stars were Taylor Launter. I couldn't help but look at her instead of the stars.

"What?" Piper's face fell into a look of confusion as she looked back at me after realizing I was looking at her.

"Oh nothing, you just looked funny," I smirked, and she nudged me.

"Shut up. You really are an ass, you know that?" she smiled, and I just rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, sure," I sarcastically nudged her back. I don't know what happened, but as soon as my arm touched hers, I swear her skin almost burned me. Her cheeks turned the shade of a strawberry, and she shifted her eyes back to the fire.

"How'd you get it to burn so bright?" I asked. As if to answer my question, she reached inside her blue tote and pulled out a mini-bottle of bedhead hairspray, which she shook to show it was almost empty. All I could so was smile. I've actually tried that once. Nyssa dared me to, and I stood to close as I did it and came out of it with my eyebrows singed off. Ever since then, I've pretty much gotten sick from just looking at a can of hairspray.

"The last time I tried that, I lost my eyebrows," I shrugged nonchalantly told her. She turned to look at me, her blue eyes humored and her lips formed in a perfect smile.

"Seriously?" she almost laughed as she asked me, and I hung my head as I answered yes. The next thing I knew, she was laughing like a mad woman, probably even about to fall off the log.

"Hey, I was thirteen, and it was dare to do it anyway. It was just asking for trouble, okay?" I defended myself even though I was laughing, too.

"That is so Jason," Piper told me after she had calmed down from the laughing fit. By now, the moment had become serious, and even a little… romantic. I didn't like how it was, but I didn't want to end it either.

"How is it 'Jason'?" I smiled.

"You always do the right thing. I mean, always. And you make everything easier, and you can break up the tension better than anyone I know. You're amazing, Jason," she smiled, and I couldn't help but notice how close we actually were.

And how, with each every second passing by, she loomed closer.

And how I was doing the exact same thing.

I'm too ashamed to give details, but I can say this, the second our lips met, memories flooded into my mine, memories of being in love with her. It was like when I kissed Reyna for the first time once I got back, everything became clear.

When the kiss ended, Piper looked straight in my eyes, her face elated. I could tell I didn't look the same. I felt guilty, and I was frowning like I just had Botox to keep it that way.

"I love you, Jason," she smiled as she ran a hand through my hair, and I took the hand from my hair and held it for a moment, looking her in her beautiful blue eyes. Piper's face fell as soon as she looked into my eyes.

"I love Reyna," I told her, my voice small. I could almost hear the breaking of her heart, and, even if I didn't, the look on her pretty face made it evident. I wanted to say a lot to her. Hell, there was a lot to say, but that was all I needed to say. She knew it, too. This was going to be it. There never would be an us. There wouldn't be a 'Jasper' like she had hoped. We were just going to be Jason and Piper, good friends.

"I…" her voice faltered and tears clouded her vision, "I understand, Jason."

"You'll still be my best friend. You know I'd be lost without you," I smiled weakly, but it didn't stop her crying.

"'Course, Jason. Friends always," her voice sounded like it pained her to even breathe, much less say what she just said. We would always be friends.

But I could tell one thought was going through her mind: we would always be just friends.

Same Moment:

Reyna:

"You always do the right thing. I mean, always. And you make everything easier, and you can break up the tension better than anyone I know. You're amazing, Jason," Piper smiled at my boyfriend, and I watched as they got closer and closer until their lips met. He didn't pull away. In fact, he kissed her back, and all I could do was watch. My voice wouldn't work to say anything.

I felt my heart shatter like it was a glass and a three ton weight had just been dropped on it. No, I hurt worse than that. He kissed her. My SOB of a boyfriend kissed that little Bitch! What more can I say?

I wanted to yell, scream, destroy things, maybe even throw her in the fire, but I just walked away. With every step I took, my heart beat louder. With ever breathe I took, the pain got worse. With every second passing me by, life became more and more of a misery. Sure, I had my confidence back, and I knew I could work through this, even if it did mean the end of Jason and me, but that didn't change that it hurt. It has to hurt. I love him too much for it not to hurt.

Right now, I need space.

And I know just where I can get it.

The Next Morning:

"Are you sure you want to go with the group ahead to Greece? I mean, it's two weeks without us or anyone, just setting up camp for everyone," Frankie tried to reason with me just as she had when she found out I ran over to my best friend, Nyssa, to sign up to join her and a few other kids to go ahead to Greece. Our mission was to find some safe spots to set up camp and stuff like that.

But mainly, it just gave me some space away from Jason for two weeks to get my head in order before I make any big decisions.

"I'll be fine, Frankie. Just be sure to give this note to Jason, okay?" I pulled off a fake smile. I hadn't told Frankie what happened last night. I just told her that Nyssa needed me there, and that's why I was going. Frankie even seemed to believe it, but gossip travels fast here. She'll know what really happened soon. Everyone will, and I don't want to be here when it happens. That's why I have to go to a whole other hemisphere, to get away from all this.

No, to get away from Jason.

I never thought I'd say that. He's done some pretty assy things in the past, but this is a new low. If I don't leave, I'm going to go crazy. Plus, I need some time to plan my revenge. No sorry ass Aphrodite girl makes out with my man and doesn't pay the consequences. If she thinks she's done and won, she better think again. For what doesn't kill you is going to wish it had because I'm about to fedex it's sorry ass out of here right back to Skank central where it came from *line from one of my favorite movies, SHE GETS WHAT SHE WANTS*

"Fine, just be sure to call me, okay?" she smiled, even though it was five AM. Personally, I don't smile until it's at least nine, and that's on a good day. So, waking up at four AM to make sure I was all ready to leave and get on a plane for Athens wasn't something I thought deserved smiling.

"Come here, you little booger," I pulled the girl closer to me, smiling as well-or at least faking to smile as well.

"And promise me one day you'll tell me why you're really leaving," Frankie whispered in my ear.

"I promise, Frankie," I whispered right back.