Less than two weeks. Eleven days. Ladies and gentlemen, it's called the House of Hades.

So excited! XD

I do not own PJO!

Enjoy:)

Piper has always liked the color of the sky—and just the sky in general. Its blue was so soft, and to so much perfection that it made her eyes look multi-colored and then glaze over because her mind would wander through the endless blue.

She had a grand view of the sky through the window of her hospital room. Throughout the couple of weeks, when her thoughts became damp with tears, she'd turn her head to the side and stare out that window. When she was a little girl, that was all she did—her dad and mother were never around her, always out being famous. But she knew that if she looked up at the sky, they were all under the same clouds as a family.

Ever since, she'd look to the clouds for a need to escape. This was one of those times, because her heart couldn't take anymore breaking because it was already torn. Her ear pressed against her soft white pillow that propped her up in her bed, and she looked out the window. Piper had told the nurse to keep the blinds open at all times—even during nighttime, to ease the nightmares.

The sky was almost cloudless. A few puffs of white clouds hung in the sky that shown in her window, and it almost looked like a framed picture. Her eyes analyzed them, and they began to take form. She wondered if it was possible for clouds to seem to take shape to whatever the mind was thinking; she wondered this because one of the clouds looked like an abnormally shaped heart. It was too big even if the clouds weren't the actual size of a heart.

Piper blinked hard.

This same thing happened last night. She had looked at the full moon, and in the shadows of its face, she saw a mother holding a small child in her arms.

She felt a small sigh escape through her slightly parted lips, and her cold fingers tied themselves together as they lay in her lap. Her IV tube still stuck in the underside of her wrist, and sickening feeling settled at the back of her throat because she didn't at all like needles, and with a rubber one resting in her veins at this moment turned her legs into noodles.

She hadn't been home in weeks. Piper wasn't exactly sure if she wanted to be there again. She wasn't sure if she could step back into that bathroom where she had lost so much blood. That's why she had stayed at the hospital for such a long time, so they could stop the blood loss and find a donor of her same blood type. Piper wasn't sure what was going to happen because she'd never had to go the extent to share someone's blood.

The ironic thing was that Leo turned out to have her same blood type.

He had laughed and slightly elbowed her. "So I guess that means we're brother and sister now, huh?"

"We've always been like brother and sister," Piper replied in a heavy voice.

"Yeah, but now you have my blood. Wait…" his eyes wandered around the room in thought. "Wouldn't that mean that I'm like, your dad, too, though?"

She couldn't help but laugh. "In this case, we're just brother and sisters."

"What, you don't like me bossing you around?"

Piper had given him a look.

"Go clean your room! You're grounded!" he had said, pointing a finger at her.

"Don't forget that I'm still older than you."

Leo's serious face broke. "That's no fair! It's only by a couple months!"

"I'm still older than you."

And now Leo won't ever drop the fact that now they really are brother and sister. Nor will he let her forget that she can't make fun of him anymore because his blood is a gift to her.

The clouds took form as a flower now. And then there was one that looked like it was missing the eyes of the Cheshire cat, only the grin was there.

Jason squeezed her hand as the door opened to her hospital room. She looked over to find the doctor walking in carrying his high and mighty clipboard that held all of her records and his notes on her health. He flipped through the pages with a satisfied look.

"Great news, Mrs. Grace," he says, "you're looking good, and you're free to go home now," He lets go of the papers and they fall back down to the clipboard that they're trapped to. He gives her a smile. "How are you feeling?"

Tired, sad, empty, scared, dreadful…

"I'm fine." She gives a simple smile.

"Great, just a couple more tests and then I can release you tonight." He says without another look at her solemn expression, and then he approaches her bed, Jason having to scoot back in his chair for him to be able to ask Piper questions and test her blood pressure.

He leaves after that, and then Leo walks in immediately after he's gone. "Man, this place is creepy. It's all cold and smells a little too clean."

"It's a hospital, Leo," Jason replies matter-of-factly. "What'd you expect?"

"I knew what to expect, it's just that it's starting to creep me out."

Suddenly Thalia pops her head in, her bright blue eyes searching the room. Her eyebrows knit together and she presses her lips tighter together. "Do you guys know where Percy and Annabeth are?"

The three shared looks, asking each other. Piper shook her head.

Jason replied, "No, last I saw them they were talking to each other outside."

"Hmm…" she narrowed her eyes at the ceiling. "I wonder where they went; they're not around here anywhere."

Leo snickered. "Did you check the closets?"

Thalia gave him a glare. "No, that's disgusting," then she did a double-take on him. "What—who are you, anyways?"

Leo cleared his throat and offered out a hand to shake. "I believe we met before, I'm the fire in your heart."

Thalia's glare tightens on him.

"And you're—"

"The fist in your face if you don't stop with the bad pick-up lines," Thalia finishes and she barely moves her hand.

Leo immediately cringes and holds up his arms in defense. "Not the face, not the face!" He cries. "Anything but the face, it's my prized possession."

Thalia rolls her eyes. "I wasn't going to hit you, dude, I was going to shake your hand. My name's Thalia,"

Leo straightens and looks slightly shocked. "Oh…cool name. I'm Leo Valdez,"

"I thought you were the fire in my heart, hot shot," Thalia winks.

Leo blinks and his cheeks blush furiously. "Uh…um…" He stammers.

Thalia laughs and then lightly smacks the back of her hand against his arm. "Don't sweat it, Valdez,"

Leo coughed.

"So what'd the doctor say?" Thalia asks as she sits down on the edge of Piper's bed.

"He said that I'm doing great and will be able to leave later tonight." Piper smiles a little.

Thalia's blue eyes twinkle and their corners crinkled as she gave a kind smile, which was strange for Thalia. "Good,"

"Hey, Thals," Jason says as he stands up and he gives Piper's hand one last squeeze before he lets go. "I need to talk to you outside for a moment."

Thalia's eyebrows knit together, but Jason nods his head towards the door. Thalia nods and slides off the side of the bed and follows him as they step out into the hallway.

"What's up?" Thalia asks as she stuffs her hands into the pockets of her leather jackets.

Before he could answer, Leo sticks his head out of Piper's room and pouts. "You guys are leaving me out?!"

"Leo, it's personal," Jason waves a hand as if to ask him to leave them.

Leo shrugs. "So? You know that means nothing to me,"

Jason sighs and Thalia glares at Leo.

"Then get over here, Leonard."

He glares back at Thalia. "My name is not short for anything,"

"Leonardo,"

He points a finger at her. "So not cool,"

"Just get over here, hot-shot," Thalia yanks on his shirt and he's forced to tumble forward, but he catches his balance.

"So what are we secretly talking about?" Leo asks after he straightens and takes a deep breath.

"Well, I don't think Piper is fully…well yet," Jason says while gesturing with his hands.

Thalia's brow furrows. "What do you mean? The doctor said that she was good now."

"I know, but I think she was just saying that she felt 'fine'. I don't think she's really recovered from losing Laney as well."

Thalia frowned. "I wouldn't blame her."

The ends of Jason's mouth pulled down as well. "I want to make her comfortable at the house. I don't want anything to remind her about what happened, because I just want…all this death behind us."

Thalia and Leo nodded. "You want us to go clean up the house?" Thalia asks.

"Would you?" Jason's eyebrows rise to his hairline.

Thalia nods again. "Anything for you, little bro,"

"Thanks a lot, you guys,"

"Hey, I never agreed to anything," Leo said.

"Too bad, signed you up for it." Thalia takes his arm and begins pulling him away.

"Wait, I didn't get to say bye to Pipes!" He complains.

"You'll see her tonight. You've got to help be clean the bathroom." Thalia keeps pushing him towards the door.

Jason chuckles at them and he turns back to Piper's room.

"I'm so glad that your mom was able to pull some strings for us," Annabeth says to Percy as they walk back up to the hospital.

"Well, she's my mother," Percy shrugs and cracks a grin. "She'd do anything for her only son."

Annabeth smiles back at him.

"Thalia, will you let go of me?! You're going to bruise me, and my skin is very sensitive!"

"Suck it up, you big baby,"

Annabeth and Percy look ahead to find Leo and Thalia exiting through the hospital's automatic doors.

"Hey," Annabeth greets, "where are you guys going?"

"To Piper and Jason's house," Thalia answers. "We're getting it ready for when Piper comes back."

"She's okay now?" Percy smiles and says, "That's great!"

"Yeah, where have you guys been anyways?" Leo asks, forgetting about Thalia's grip on his arm.

"We were visiting my mom," Percy says as he takes a hold of Annabeth's hand.

"Whoa, are you two getting married, or something?" Leo asks with wide eyes.

The two blush viciously and stammer, "N-no! Why would you think that?"

"Well…you were visiting Percy's mom, like asking for her blessing, or…whatever," Leo shrugs.

"No, we were visiting my mom because she works with an adoption agency," Percy says firmly, to get the point across. "We were trying to see if she would help Piper and Jason out."

"Perfect!" Thalia exclaims while throwing her fist into the air. She grins. "So will she?"

Annabeth nodded, smiling as well.

"You guys wanna help us with their house? We want to make Piper feel better for when she comes home," Thalia adds on, letting her hand go back down to her side.

The two nod to her and Percy says, "Whatever we have to do, I'll definitely help out."

Piper felt relieved by leaving the hospital. She also felt relieved by being able to wear jeans, and not that thin nightgown that they made her wear. She was also relieved to not have a needle in her arm, because that made her stomach sick every time she moved, because she thought it would move with her. She enjoyed turning her back on the doctor who gave her a solemn smile.

"I would suggest not trying to have children again, just for the sake of your own body," he had advised them.

This made Piper's heart wince in pain, because it couldn't break anymore, but it still hit her. She hated that someone was telling her to give up at something she wanted so badly. All she wanted was to give someone her love and take care of them—she wanted something that was hers and Jason's. Piper wanted to provide something that they could make and share. But this doctor told them no, because of how her body would be.

Piper was a mother at heart. She didn't care if it damaged her body, she only cared that she could give life to someone else.

But all her and Jason could do was nod to him and bite back their protests. Jason had rubbed her knuckles with his thumb, slowing going over them, slowly assuring her that it was okay; that they'll get through this.

The cool wind brushed past them as they walked outside the hospital, hand-in-hand. They didn't speak a word as they walked through the parking lot, and Piper was glad because she was able to stretch out her legs that had been lying down in that bed. They finally found their car and Jason put the overnight bags in the backseat while Piper sat in the passenger's seat.

They drove back home, and still they didn't say a word. They didn't exactly have to; it was like this was something they did normally. Which, they technically did, since now this is the fifth time.

Piper stared out the window, where the buildings and roads and cars went by them. It was nighttime, the sky a dark blue and a calm shadow beginning to pass over the earth as the moon is about to rise. The city is almost at rest as everyone begins to head home after a long and busy day. But the buildings and some people never sleep, so Piper wonders when this city will ever sleep and dream instead of work all the time.

But she just couldn't understand why they were being put through this. Did they do something wrong? Was this punishment for something they had done in the past? What went wrong? Was the one question that stayed in her head throughout all five tries.

As if he could hear her thoughts, Jason says softly, "This happens to everyone, Pipes."

She sighs deeply. "I know. But I can't help but wonder it."

"I know," Jason says in a heavy voice as they stop at a red light. He takes this chance to reach over and wrap his arm around her shoulder, pulling her in. She leans over and rests her head on his shoulder and he presses his lips to her head, rubbing her shoulder by moving his hand back and forth. "And I'm sorry for that."

"You don't have to be." Piper says and she hardens her jaw to stop her chin from trembling. "You heard the doctor—no more trying, anyways."

Jason sighs through his nose and the light turns green so he has to let go of her and continue the car.

They're quiet again, the only thing that they can hear is the tires turning against the gravel beneath the rubber and it makes a low hum. Piper's hands sit in her lap and she looks out the window again.

She wants something to happen. Something to continue on—but nothing's happening, which makes her feel stuck. She feels as though she will never move on, never move past from this, and it makes her irritated. Her eyebrows furrow and she narrows her eyes on the door handle, but isn't actually looking at it. She blinks hard, wondering if something different could've happened. Piper begins to wonder if this was supposed to happen, supposed to lead her somewhere.

Piper thinks about Annabeth, how the only reason why she had ever asked for a maid was because this happened. She began to think that they were supposed to meet, as if like fate. But the only way her and Annabeth ever met was because of Percy. Is this happening to her and Jason because of them?

Suddenly, Piper's arm instinctively rests itself on the ledge of the door. Her fingers stretch out and go over the button that controls the window. She blinks and stares at it, then in quick decision, presses it down for a split second.

The window makes a whirring sound as it drops and it makes her heart jolt. Her multi-colored eyes look up at it and she lowers the window even more, but isn't startled this time because she expects it. She makes it go all the way down and lets the breeze come in and wave at her, moving through her air, putting a chill on her skin. It feels nice and fresh, and she breathes in its nature.

After a couple seconds, she puts it back up. She doesn't know why, because she loved the wind, but it's almost as if she knows that it's enough. Piper knows it's time to move on.

And she's not just talking about the wind through the window.

A couple minutes later, they pull up to their house and two cars are already parked in their driveway. She knows its Annabeth and Percy, Thalia and Leo.

Jason reaches over after he parks the care and he kisses her cheek. "I'm glad you're okay."

She gives him a warm smile and they step out of the car. Jason takes the bags and holds her hand as they walk into the house.

As soon as they walk in, Piper is enjoyed because it's not at all quiet. Music is playing and Leo jumps up from behind the couch. "Welcome home!" He grins manically.

Piper smiles and Jason laughs, squeezing her hand.

"What!" A voice erupts from the stairs. It's Thalia, and she's fuming at Leo. "I told you to tell us when their car pulls up!"

Leo blinks and he's not sure what to say. "Um…I forgot I'm sorry!" Thalia glares at him and he winces. "Well you don't have to punish me that badly," he says.

She stomps down the stairs and when she passes by him, she punches him hard in the shoulder. He shouts out in pain and then clamps his hand over the place.

"Welcome back home!" Thalia smiles at the couple.

Percy suddenly appears from upstairs and he smiles and sits on the rail of the stairs and slides down, skipping all the steps.

"The buttons on your jeans are going to ruin the wood, Seaweed Brain!" Annabeth says as she also emerges from upstairs. Her blonde hair is sticking up from her ponytail as if she'd done something that required her to do some heavy work.

But Percy's feet are already on the ground. "Oops, sorry," he mumbles.

Annabeth groans and rolls her eyes, but can't help but smile a little as she walks down the stairs, her hand barely skimming over the railing. She walks up to Piper and Jason and hugs them. "I'm so glad you're home."

"Forget yesterday! We'll make the great escape!" Leo starts singing a couple octaves higher than his normal tone.

Everyone looks at him and he clears his throat. "I'm sorry, it's a catchy song."

"You're weird." Thalia says.

"Yes," Leo sighs proudly. "Yes, I am,"

Thalia shakes her head.

Piper laughs. "Thank you so much, you guys. I'm really happy I'm home now."

Percy claps a hand on her shoulder. "Good; just know that you're not alone."

She looks up at him, enthralled that he would say that, but then nods.

"Here lies Laney Grace, where, yes, she didn't get to live her life completely, but she got to know what Piper's insides look like."

Thalia punches Leo in the arm.

Leo coughs. "I meant, she now gets to meet her brothers and sisters. Who have also seen Piper's insides."

Thalia punches him harder.

"Okay, dude, you're going to give me a permanent bruise."

"Good."

"Leo, this is a funeral, not a comedic stage." Percy says.

"Well, sorry, for trying to lighten the mood." Leo counters defensively.

Piper laughs. "It's okay, just continue."

Leo clears his throat. "Laney, a girl that we never knew, but will always remember her. May this flower guide her through the soil in Piper and Jason's front yard."

Thalia just sighed defeatedly and crossed her arms.

Piper couldn't help but laugh a little bit.

"I'm sure she would've loved her hilarious uncle."

"I'm sure she would've laughed when I smacked you upside the head for being annoyingly hilarious."

"I'm sure she would've been just as surprised as I am that you actually admitted that I was hilarious."

"I'm sure she would've agreed with me when I say shut up."

Leo turns his head towards Thalia. "Um…you don't know her."

Thalia opened her mouth to yell a frustrated retort, but then she closed her mouth and shook her head. "You're impossible,"

"Oh, please, I'm hilarious," he says and he turns back to the flower that they had planted over Laney's small box. "And may you enjoy being with your brothers."

They stared at the new flower that had been planted by Piper, the small breeze whistling through them. It was that same night, the sky darker and twinkling with stars. They were going to do it the next morning, but Piper wanted to do it that night so that Laney could get a rest and see the stars up above.

Finally, Leo turned back around, and no one said anything at first. Could they just walk away? That would make them feel bad.

But Piper sighed and turned. "Thanks for doing this, guys,"

They nodded in return.

"It's pretty late," Percy says and he begins to take Annabeth's hand. "We should go,"

Piper nodded also in response. They said their goodbyes and good lucks and Thalia joined them for a ride home and then the three were gone. Leo gave them a look. "Looks like you're stuck with me."

Jason chuckled and clapped Leo's back. "Thanks, man,"

Leo nodded. "I was glad to do it,"

Jason wrapped his other arm around Piper and the three walked back into the house, smiling softly.

Piper taps her fingers on her chin as she stares out at the warm morning sunlight pouring in through their front windows. She couldn't sleep well last night and had ended up staring out at the window like she had done multiple times before at the hospital.

She sat on the second stair and the time was seven o'clock in the morning. This was her favorite time of the day because it was the only time when the sky was a perfect shade of gray. It was because the moon was fading into the background, the sun just opening up, and the sky yawning into a light, calming blue.

Piper brushes her hair back over her shoulder, putting her chin back into her hand and she stares back out.

Meow

Piper looks down to find Slides rubbing her forehead on the side of Piper's calf, like she was getting her attention. Then the animal looks up at Piper, her eyes wide as if trying to speak something.

Piper reaches out and scratched Slides' head, which shook her ears. She took her hand back and Slides lifts her head up the stairs. Then she looks back at Piper.

Meow

"What?" Piper asks. "You want Jason?"

Slides gives her a look.

Piper turns back to the front of the house. It was quiet inside, where everything was beginning to wake as the sun was starting to touch everything, its rays waking them up.

Meow

"What do you want?" Piper asks without looking at Slides.

Slides paws at her arm.

She looks back down at the cat, but there was nothing there. She twists around on the step and sees Slides waiting for her on the ground in the back hallway. The cat rubs the side of her body against the edge of the wall.

She meows again, like she's waiting for Piper to follow her.

So Piper stands up and she begins to descend the stairs with her bare feet. She stops next to Slides.

"Okay; where to now?"

Slides has a twinkle in her eye, and Piper wonders if Slides is really a human being on the inside.

Before she could say or think anything further, Slides continues down the hallway. Piper follows as well.

She knows where Slides is leading her before they get there. She is convinced that Slides really is a person when they stand outside the room that was supposed to be for Laney. The door is closed and there are still shadows hanging in the hallway where the sun hasn't reached yet.

Piper looks down at Slides. "Why?"

The cat looks at her, but doesn't say anything except for a low purr.

Piper turns back to the door and her hand rests on the doorknob. She carefully turns it, the only sound being the twangs of the screws inside the knob, and she slowly opens the door, letting it swing on its own.

She and the cat stand in the doorway for a couple seconds to find that the room looks almost brand new. Everything is the same as when she last left it, but brighter. The sun had definitely touched this room first.

Slides walks inside, going straight to the window where a ledge sits beneath it to sit on. She jumps onto it, her tail hanging over the edge, swaying from side-to-side just a little, and she stares out the window.

Piper doesn't follow her. She walks around the room, where a crib was set up on one corner, a diaper-changing station next to it, and a dresser next to that. One the other side was a playpen sitting on top of a carpet next to a closet. The other corner next to the window had a rocking chair next to a bare bookshelf. The walls were decorated with paintings of animals. The fan had a mobile hanging from it with four little people hanging from it; the others that Piper had lost.

Her hands glide over the side of the crib and the rocking chair and then she finally sits on the ledge with Slides.

Every time Slides breathes, a purr comes with it. It was purr that came deep from her throat, like when a person sounded like they needed to cough. But this was a cat, and when a purr is this deep, it means that they are happy.

Piper looked down at Slides. "Why did you want me to come here?"

Slides still stares out the window, and then she looks up at Piper.

Meow

"That's right," Piper frowns. "You're just a cat. You can't actually talk."

Slides blinks slowly as if saying: Excuse me? And then she jumps off the ledge and walks out of the room.

"Wait, I didn't mean to be offensive," Piper says to her. "Slides, come back,"

But the cat continues to walk away and soon, her black tail disappears.

Piper could've followed her. But she didn't; she stayed in that room. She made herself comfortable and sat with her back against the wall, her feet on the ledge in front of her with her knees bent. She stared out the window, where the sun was peeking up above the other houses and through the city life. She wasn't sure how long she had stayed there, but soon, Jason came in. He didn't say a word, but he just sat next to her on the floor, holding her hand.

She wasn't sure how long they were there, either. But they was there to witness people leaving their homes to go to work and come back for a lunch break. Jason didn't have to go to work, though, due to a family emergency for a few weeks.

"You know, sometimes I wonder what it would've been like to actually have all five of them," Jason says in a soft voice.

Piper could see it then: so many boys in the house and then twins and a little girl. She could see Michael pulling on Laney's pigtails while the twins pranked Will. She laughed a little.

"It would be chaos,"

Jason gives a small laugh. "True, but that's how family works, right?"

That's when she realized that they have never known how a family works. They were never able to live through that dream.

"I guess," Piper looks down at Jason, whose blue eyes were brighter than ever with the sun shining.

His eyes meet hers and he didn't say anything except rub his thumb through her hand.

"We should start over," he says.

"What do you mean?" Her eyebrows furrow together.

"Let's move. This house is getting too old for us."

Piper smiles a little. "You really want to?"

Jason nods. "Yeah, it'll be good for us, don't you think? Start over with a new house, make new memories. Maybe it'll help us move on from them."

Piper frowns. "But…they're still out there; they're still growing,"

He shakes his head a little. "And they will help the next person who takes this house. They'll understand,"

For once, Piper agrees. Usually, she wouldn't even listen to that thought of leaving her garden, but this time, she does. She knows that there's nothing they can do, and that she has to move on in order to live with what she has now.

Piper nods and smiles. "Let's do it."

Just then, a holler erupted through the house. "Piper, Jason?!"

Jason's eyebrows knit together. "Is that Percy?"

Piper shrugs and she begins to let her feet down to the floor. Jason stands and holds her hand as they walk out of the room. Piper pauses to close the door. For once, she didn't look back at the room.

"Hey, there you are!" Percy says with a smile as they emerge from the hallway.

"How did you get in?" Jason asks.

Annabeth is standing next to Percy and she holds up the spare key that they had given her when she first started working there.

"Why didn't you call us first?" Piper wants to know.

"Well," Percy takes Annabeth's hand and grins, his green eyes glowing, which told the couple that he knew something that they didn't. "We've got a surprise for you,"

Piper and Jason share a look, both wondering what Percy and Annabeth had in store for them. Then they look back to them and Percy turns back to the door, opening it wider for a woman to walk through.

She has dark hair with slightly grayer streaks hidden beneath. She has a kind face that had wrinkles lining behind her bright green eyes, like she had smiled a lot when she was younger. She looked as though she used to be a very beautiful woman, but time got the best of it. She wore beige slacks and a white shirt with a light blue sweater. On her shoulder, there was a large, black leather bag hanging against her side.

She gave Piper and Jason a warm smile. "Hi, you must be Piper," she looks at her.

Piper nods. "Yes, and who might you be?"

"My name is Sally Jackson,"

"Jackson?" Jason asks.

"Yep," Percy steps up and lets go of Annabeth's hand to put his hand on Sally's shoulder. "Guys, this is my mom,"

"Oh, hi," Jason smiles as he offers out a hand to shake. "I'm Jason Grace,"

"Yes, I know. Percy has told me a lot about you two," Sally says while she shakes his hand.

"I don't mean to be rude," Jason says as he takes his hand back after they're done, "but why exactly are you here?"

"Well," Percy steps up again. "My mom is just like you guys—"

"Hush, Percy," Sally waves a hand at him. "I can talk, you know."

"I know, but I mean, well, I set this up," Percy awkwardly raises a shoulder.

"Hey!" Annabeth exclaims. "This was my idea!"

"But she's my mom,"

"Will you two quiet it? It's my own story, I get to say it. Just like all my other clients."

"Clients?" Piper echoes.

"Yes, dear," Sally looks back at them. "I work for a—"

"An adopt—"

"Perseus Jackson, will you let me speak?!" Sally's voice rose a little.

"I'm sorry, mom, I'm just…excited," Percy shrugs again.

"I know you are, but you have to have patience. This is important, we can't just rush it."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute," Jason waves a hand, stopping them, and he smiles a little. "Were you about to say—?"

"Yes, a—" Sally stops herself and looks at Percy sideways, raising an eyebrow.

Percy presses his lips tighter and Annabeth is giving Percy the same look Sally is.

When Sally knows that Percy isn't going to say a word, she turns back to Jason and Piper and smiles again. "An adoption agency,"

A lump forms in Piper's throat. She tries to smile, but her lips waver and her hands are shaking by her sides. Her heart is suddenly fluttering, and her stomach flops over with happiness. "Wh-what?"

"Percy told me about your story, and I think that adoption would be the perfect opportunity for you two."

Behind Sally, Percy grins wildly and gives a thumbs-up, nodding his head vigorously.

Jason squeezes Piper's hand and looks down at her. "So, what do you think? You wanna do it?"

Piper looks up at him, the smile suddenly breaking through and she blinks through the tears. "Do you?"

He gives her a look, a bright one that makes him smile a little and he nods. "Of course I do."

Piper looks back and gives Sally a smile. "What do we have to do?"

"Okay, you two," Sally says as she gets situated in her chair across the table from Jason and Piper. They are at the agency, where they sit in the room they're in now and Sally has to make sure that they will be fit for an adoption. She knows that they are, but it's protocol to do this with every client.

"So," she sighs and smiles as she folds her hands together over papers and files. "Start off with how you first met,"

"Well…" Piper starts and she looks up at the ceiling in thought, thinking back to when her and Jason first met.

"The first time we had ever seen each other, was briefly on a bus." Jason says.

"Yeah," she nods. "When we were both going to the airport. I was going to Paris to meet my mom."

"And I was going to my military base." Jason added on.

"We had to sit together since the bus was so filled; I had to wake him up when we came to the stop."

Jason chuckles. "Blame the jetlag; I had been on planes and buses that entire day. But that bus was my favorite," he smiles at Piper.

She smiles back.

Sally smiles as well. "Aw," she croons, "that's sweet. So then when was the next time you met?"

"A year later." Jason answers.

Sally's eyes widen. "Did you two recognize each other?"

"After a while, when we checked up on each other's pasts," Piper says.

"Where was this?" Sally asks, and there's a twinkle in her eyes that tells them that she's really interested now.

"When we first actually met, it was in a Café." Piper says.

"I was working there for some extra pay after I quit the military." Jason adds on.

"I remember that day, too. I had just come from my job, after a really long day at work. I remember the sky was a perfect shade of blue…"

I love Sally; she's amazing.

So I have some news for all of you! Lately I've been getting reviews asking for another Jasper story, and it couldn't have come at a more perfect moment! I do have an idea and some of the first chapter written out.

And, the next chapter is the last chapter of this story! This has been so much fun writing, and I hope you guys had fun reading as well!:)

I will be answering the title of the story on the next chapter, so in about a couple weeks.

Please review and tell me what you think! :)