WE NEED TO TALK
PIPER
Percy, Leo, and I sat on the couch in Percy's house, watching a movie. Another week had passed without much drama. No more abilities emerged. Percy, Jason, and I had now mastered our abilities, even if Percy said not to use mine. Thalia moved in with the Chases and quickly became good friends with Annabeth. They were over all the time. No news emerged involving Kronos. The whole operation seemed a little bit mysterious. I know that Nico, Thalia, and Beckendorf are all working on it but Nico seems to be living a completely different life on the side.
I lied about one thing. There was actually some drama this week. Apparently, Jason and Reyna got in a huge fight and broke up. Annabeth was now avoiding Luke and Ethan at all costs and hanging out with us. The made the group Ethan, Luke, Drew, Reyna, and Jason. Jason and Percy actually became good friends somehow and he's over a lot as well. I was told by the Stoll brothers that Reyna confronted him about spending time with us. She made him choose between her and us. He chose us and Percy was there to have his back. After that, Reyna and Drew started harassing me even more and Luke sends glares at Percy every time they see each other.
The movie ended and we went to turn on the lights. Leo and I sat back down on the couch as Percy went to get a drink. Percy walked back into the room.
"I just got a text from Nico." Percy said. It was the first we heard from him all day. "Look behind you." Percy read off his phone. Percy turned around in time to see Nico and a girl who looked like Nico appear out of thin air. Percy jumped backwards.
"Nico? Holy Hades! Did you just teleport?" I asked. Nico nodded.
"Yea, found out last week. I can only do it when I walk into a shadow though." Nico responded calmly. Percy just stared at him.
"I'm sorry, but you can teleport?" Percy asked, still shocked. "That is so not fair."
"I call it shadow traveling and yea, it's pretty amazing." Nico responded. The girl next to Nico cleared her throat. Percy seemed to realize she was here for the first time and his eyes lit up.
"Bianca!" Percy cried and pulled the girl into his arms. She laughed.
"Good to see you too, Percy." She said.
"Wait, so that means you know about all this stuff then." She nodded.
"Nico told me. I'm just happy he can get away quickly if he's about to get himself killed."
"Um, hi, I'm Piper." I said to the girl. She looked at me with a warm smile.
"Oh, hi, I'm Bianca. Nico's sister and I've heard so much about you." She said.
"Yea, it would seem that Nico neglected to mention you before." I said with a look a Nico. Bianca slapped the back of his head.
"Ow, what was that for?" Nico asked.
"For being an idiot." Bianca responded. Percy's phone rang.
"Guys, its Jason." Percy said. "He wants us to meet him in the school's basketball court. He says it's urgent."
"Nico, how many passengers does this shadow teleport thing allow?" I asked.
"First of all, its shadow travel." He said.
"Nobody cares, just answer the question."
"I could probably take all of us, but I will be to worn out for a second trip."
"I can follow in the car and give everyone a lift home." Leo volunteered.
"Perfect. Let's go." Percy said. We all grabbed on to Nico, with the exception of Leo, and instantly found ourselves in the school's gymnasium.
"Where's Jason?" I asked. Percy's phone buzzed again.
"Look up." He read. At the same time, we all glanced to the ceiling. Jason was upside down, standing on the ceiling as if it was the floor.
"What?" Nico yelled excitedly. "When did you become spider man?"
"I didn't." Jason said and jumped off the roof. Instead of falling, he began slowly spinning in a circle above the net.
"No way. You cannot fly. This isn't fair anymore." Percy said.
"Believe it Jackson. I'm basically Superman." Jason said.
"Wait, so Jason has two abilities?" I asked. Percy seemed to realize it then too.
"So, you're saying there's a chance." Percy said.
"A chance at what?" I asked.
"Getting ability that doesn't suck."
"Cry me a river that can't get you wet."
"Wow, now you're making fun of my power. This day keeps getting worse and worse." We heard a scream and everyone's attention drifted over to Annabeth, who just entered the gym in the school cheerleading uniform.
"Jason is flying!" She screamed. She saw that none of us were alarmed. "Hello, Jason is flying! How is that even possible?"
"You want to take this one, Perce?" Nico asked. Percy sighed and dragged Annabeth out of the gym. Jason started laughing.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"Can you imagine the look on Leo's face when he finds out?" He asked. I chuckled at that.
"Leo is going to be so mad." Jason seemed to have his flying under control now and came down low enough so that he was hovering above the gym floor.
"Ever want to fly like a bird, Pipes?" Jason asked and stretched out his hand to me. I looked at Nico, who nodded to me and then at the door which Percy walked out of. I looked back at Jason and grabbed his hand. Jason smiled and we flew out the gym door and into the sky. Jason flew close enough that I was able to reach my hand out and touch the clouds.
"This is so cool!" I yelled over the wind. Jason nodded with a huge grin on his face. This was the first time in a while that I saw the old Jason, the one who I had fun with, the one who I fell in love with, my best friend. We soared through the sky at a rapid speed, above the busy streets of New York. If anyone saw us from below, they would just think that we were another bird in the sky, but we were experiencing something that no one else would ever get to do. Jason flew us to the top of the Empire State building and we sat down with our feet hanging off the side.
"I think that was the coolest thing that I've ever done." Jason said with a smile. I nodded in agreement. Jason's perfect smile disappeared. "I think that was the happiest few minutes I've had in over a month." I frowned, knowing where he was going with this. "I'm sorry, Piper."
"Jason, I don't want to hear it." I said and turned away from him.
"Piper, we need to talk."
"What's there to talk about?"
"I'm sorry."
"Jason, we can't get back together." I could see the hurt in his eyes.
"I didn't say anything about that. I'm just apologizing."
"Apologizing for what? You have nothing to be sorry for."
"Yes, I do. I'm sorry that I'm such an idiot. I'm sorry that I left you for Reyna. I'm sorry for all those things but I'm begging you to give me another chance."
"I don't know if I can trust you again."
"Don't lie to yourself, Piper."
"Excuse me?"
"You can hate what I did to you. I hate what I did to you. But you can always trust me. Piper, we've been irrespirable since we were kids. I've seen you at your best and worst and I still love you. You can say whatever you want about me, but I know that you trust me." Tears were flooding my eyes.
"How do you know that?"
"Because I trust you. Piper, whether you like it or not, you can't hate me. We're too close. I know that some part of you still cares about me and I'm going to make up for what I've done." Without warning, Jason crashed his lips on mine. I gave in for a moment, reminiscing in the kiss, before pulling away. I stood up and turned away from Jason, but right into another man's gaze. Nico stood before me with an indifferent expression.
"I just came to see how you guys were doing, but it looks like I'm interrupting something." He said. It was hard to tell what Nico was thinking. He's very expressionless. He could have been furious or not cared whatsoever.
"Nico, it's not what it looks like." I started.
"I don't care what it looks like. I'm warning you now. Make up your mind, Piper, before people start getting hurt.
Nico shadow traveled away into the night.
