Just saying that this chapter is on Reyna so if you hate her, sorry (I don't know why you would but you must have your reasons. I'm not judging) Next chapter, I might start putting clues about Bianca because I like to mess with y'all :)

~Melissa L.

Reyna

I was looking at documents of all the people that are staying here, trying to organize them and all that. Chiron was nice enough to let me borrow one of the rooms in the Big House for an office. I just sit there and move stacks of paper and putting them in order. I let Frank have the day free because he did come back from saving the world from chaos so I thought that was fair.

So Jason's back. I don't know how I should feel about that. I mean happy, obviously but-I don't know. I just have to accept the fact that Jason loves someone else. He's still my friend and that's something, right?

But what kind of friend disappears, comes back with a girlfriend (when he knew I had a crush on him), asks to show her around the city WE are supposed to be keeping in order, leaves again after wrecking New Rome (I know it was an accident, but still), comes back yet again and doesn't even talk to me! Okay, maybe I have been avoiding him but what else was I supposed to do? I can't even look at him because when I do, McLean is always there and I get...I get jealous. There I said it not that I'll admit it to anyone. I don't need that kind of attention.

I sigh, closing my eyes for a moment and pretending that I have no problems whatsoever. After a while I decide that I need to just get some fresh air. I leave my dogs in the office just to keep an eye her. I leave the Big House to find a nice quiet place.

I walked around for a while, all over camp until I finally found a hill to just sit and relax although there was a dragon under the tree, but he wasn't attacking.

"I guess you get kind of lonely up here?" I ask the dragon, which is stupid because he can't talk anyway. I sit with my legs under me, watching what's outside of the border. Nothing really, just trees but the sun is sinking and it creates beautiful shades of colors appear in the sky.

"What are you doing, here?" asks a voice behind me. I turn around with my hand on my dagger. It's a girl with long light brown hair and looks strong. She was wearing a red bandana and Camp Half-Blood shirt with jeans. There was fire in her brown eyes like she would take on anybody who as so much as looked at her the wrong way.

"Hey, I know you. You're Reyna, aren't you? The girl who brought back the statue?" She asked.

"Yes, I am. Excuse me but who are you?" I remembered seeing her a few times but she always seemed to be picking fights with people, mostly the Apollo cabin.

"I'm Clarisse, daughter of Ares." She said gruffly.

"What are you doing here, anyway?" I asked a little annoyed that she had interrupted the silence.

"I just came here to feed him," She pointed at the dragon that was waiting patiently for the food. I noticed she was holding a bucket. "But you didn't answer my question. What are you doing here?"

"I just came for some alone time. Being Praetor isn't easy," I said.

"Yeah, well. Try to keep a whole cabin of Ares kids from always fighting," She told me as she threw pieces of meat at the dragon, "I don't do that good of a job myself since I get into fights too, but still. It's stressful." She came and sat next to me. "So what are your troubles?"

"Does it matter?"

"I've got nothing better to do. Besides, I'm mad at Chris right now so I'm avoiding him."

"Chris?"

"My boyfriend. He and his idiot half siblings, the Hermes cabin, pranked my cabin. He's telling me to have a sense of humor, that it was a joke but hiding all our weapons and making us fight about who stole them? I mean, come on, this is my third electric spear!" She said as she held out the arrow to show me.

"He probably didn't mean it, but at least you have a boyfriend to-" I suddenly stopped mid sentence, thinking I had said too much.

"So that's what it is. Boy trouble." She smirked at me.

"I guess you could say that," I smiled bitterly, "It's just something I have to move on from, you know? He already has a girlfriend and I have a reputation to maintain. I don't want to bore you with my pathetic love problems."

"It's cool really. I thought you didn't have any problems, actually. You look like you're above everyone else when you speak. A leader. You seem like the strong, fearless type. I respect that."

"I wished that people didn't think I had it easy." I muttered.

"Hey, I don't give a lot of compliments, you know. You should accept them, anyway, Silena once told me that talking about your problems helps, as long as you don't bore me to death and if this gets girly, I'll have to smack you."

I laughed, "Fine but I don't see how that could help."

"Just try it." She insisted. I was a little hesitant about telling her anything. I didn't know, she barely knew me, why should I? I didn't see why though, she didn't look like she would hold it against me, or at least I hoped so.

"Well, let's just say I'm trying to get over a guy that used to work with me before all this happened."

"You're not referring to Jason, are you?"

"Well, when you work with someone closely, you learn more about them and you come to realize that maybe you do have feelings for them. I just couldn't bear when he went missing and having Octavian say he was dead just so he could try to be Praetor. I wouldn't give up, though. Then Jason comes back with this girl, Piper McLean. I have to admit she is beautiful." I paused for a second. I can't believe I just said that. "Then he just goes on like nothing's changed and maybe that's why I keep thinking things could still work for us." I start feeling tears build up in my eyes but I won't cry. I will not cry for him although it's very tempting. Then Clarisse puts her hand on my shoulder.

"Hey, no need to get so down. Have you tried talking to him?"

I shake my head, "I will not reduce myself to talk about my feelings out loud, especially when McLean is there. Believe me, I've wanted to talk to him, but when I get the courage, at the last minute I stop because it's like McLean is glued to him. I sometimes think I hate Jason."

"Yeah well I sometimes think I hate Chris but in the end I'll get over it and we'll be holding hands at the campfire the next day. You know, you kind of remind me of me. You want to keep an image that you've worked on for a long time and you don't want your feelings getting in the way of that. I guess, in the end, love wins, which stinks because it's so annoying sometimes. I've never had a boyfriend so I had no idea what to do and I probably still don't. I'm not very good with advise so I don't know if I'm helping or making things worst."

"Actually, I feel better. Thanks. I haven't had a nice talk with someone since..." I don't want to say his name again.

"Yeah well, let's go," I got up and dusted herself off.

"Where are we going?" I ask as I get up too.

"Going to have fun. I'm tired of talking about guys so let's forget about that and lets go to the water park. I heard that the Hephaestus cabin just finished it and they're opening it in an hour or so."

"I've never gone to a water park before," I admit.

"What!? We need to get you in there pronto then. I'm guessing you don't have a swimsuit." I shook my head, "Then we'll buy you one and then we'll go. Come on," she said and we walked back to the city and find a store that sold swimsuits.

I really like Reyna so I just wanted to put her in here and Clarisse and her talking is a bit bizarre to me so I put it in there too.

~Melissa L.