Hello! It's me again! 103 reviews! Thank you soooooo much! OK, before we go on with the story, let's reply your reviews, shall we?

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The Moonlit Waters: Yep ;) This is my very first drama story, so I'm absolutely psyched!

Broken hearted girl Horn: Sorry Whip (LOL, I love that nickname ;) )! Sometimes, things tend to splatter out of my mouth. I'll try (very very hard) to avoid it. And you tried that? Wow. What did the clerk say?

redlox2: Aphrodite just can't resist drama, can she? She loves toying with people's love lives. I hate her sometimes *thunder booms* Sorry! Anyways, just assume their parents the same as the book when it comes out ;) I'd love to guess, but my suspicion on Reyna and Frank has been proven wrong :( And besides, I'd like it if this was the same as the book ;)

Pinky456: Should Piper slap Reyna? Hmm... I'll think about that ;) And thanks! Venus is more disciplined about love, so of course she'll worry about her Piper :) But as Aphrodite... hehe... not a very good personality, huh?

angywn: You are very religious, aren't you? God bless you too! And don't worry, I'll put that thought in mind ;) you can send me any prayer requests as well. You know my email address :) I'd love to pray for you :D And yes, I'm awesome so that's why I update 2 stories in one day :P And call me Sarah/Winona. Your choice ;) And everybody loves smileys! Look how many smileys I used!

lala45768: I'm glad you loved it! I wasn't planning to do any chapters in Reyna's POV. You can thank Pinky456 for giving the idea ;) All credit goes to her :)

XxForeseeingHadesFuturexX: LOL! (I'm laughing hysterically right now XD) Awkward, isn't it? I reread this chapter while listening to Club Can't Handle Me. I mean, that doesn't make sense at all. Hahaha thanks so much! Oh, and I just read one of your one-shots. It was terrific! Write more, will ya ;) I can help, if you want. I'm not a beta for nothing ;)

roach26: LOL, even I don't know. I'm just waiting 'til the book comes out. Which is ANOTHER FREAKING MONTH! OK, maybe not so much, but you get what I mean :/

but-thatsjustme-dealwithit: Really? That's so cool! None of them are my friend's name... they're really just random names that popped it my head :P Except Amber. She was a friend of mine when I used to live in England (not anymore, though).

THANKS TO ALL WHO REVIEWED!
NEXT CHAPTER: WEDNESDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER, 2011
WITH RICK RIORDAN NEWS AS WELL ;)

P.S. I don't think there's an author's note where I didn't put a single smiley :P (there I go again XD)

Chapter 9: Breaking News

Everything was perfect until that moment arrived.

Piper was trailing down the snowy path, making her way back to her cabin just after archery. She had been spending time with Leo and Jason—as much as she hated to—for the past two hours, but now, her sisters and her had to go plan the next episode of The Talk of Today.

She watched as the Stoll brothers try out the new snow mobile they had stolen, which she had no idea where they had gotten it. Poor Katie, who was staying at camp for the winter, had to run after her boyfriend and her brother, yelling at them to stop.

She chuckled. It was a weird pair. The great, responsible Katie Gardner was dating the reckless, irresponsible, Travis Stoll. Was camp that weird?

She shook her head, and focused on what she was doing. A snowball whizzed right past her head. She looked to her right, to see the Athena cabin playing a game of snowball fight against the Poseidon, Hades (Nico was here this week), and Ares cabin. She couldn't imagine why Ares and Poseidon had teamed up.

Nico di Angelo stabbed his Stygian Iron sword to the ground, letting a flood of skeleton army pour out of the white blanket. The skeleton army charged at the Athena kids, using snowballs as their weapons.

Piper carefully made her way through the sea of skeletons and flying snowballs. She ducked carefully, dodging a round patch of snow heading her way. Finally, she reached the Barbie house. Home sweet home. Or not.

She pressed the handle down, and pushed the door open. She frowned when she saw that the tiny corridor (that was no longer that two feet) had a hot pink curtain separating the door from the cabin. She sighed, wondering if her sisters would ever stop redecorating. There was already enough pink.

Her fingers tugged on the pink curtains, and pushed them aside, revealing a huge bunch of boys and girls, sitting in the room, chatting and gossiping. Boys were playing video games, while talking about the hottest girls and movies (and complains that Megan Fox wasn't in the latest Transformer movie), while the girls were doing their hair and make-up. Again.

Piper made her way to her bed, and threw herself on it. She kicked her combat boots off, grabbing a hair bubble to tie her choppy brown hair. A few strands framed her face, as her eyes shifted to the color green. Those very green eyes watched as her sisters giggle and mention someone name Jasper.

"Who's Jasper?" she blurted, and every pair of eyes went on her.

Some hesitated. Some giggled. Some were blushing crimson red, while others just gawked at her, wondering how she picked up the person's name.

Jessica started whispering to Amber, who nodded, then whispered to Marina, and soon, everybody was whispering—until they landed on Drew.

All eyes stared at her, asking her what they should do. They couldn't tell Piper about Plan Jasper—could they? It was a surprise, a little harmless trick that they were planning on the daughter of Aphrodite herself.

Besides, if she knew, then there plan wouldn't work for sure.

"Uh, it's this guy in the Apollo cabin," Drew lied. She remembered Austin telling her something about a new guy in the Apollo cabin. If she was right, his name was Jasper. One thing she did remember about Jasper was that all his brothers thought that his name was too . . . Athena-ish.

"Jasper?" Piper echoed. She hadn't heard of a Jasper in the Apollo cabin. The only people she knew from the Apollo cabin was Austin, Kayla and Will Solace. Well, there's Lia Martin, but she's a total snob. Doesn't count.

Drew nodded. "Jessica thinks he's hot," she lied. She could feel her sister's glare on her. Oh well. Piper would probably think she's angry with her for telling the 'whole world'. "But Austin says he's a total geek."

"Got that right," she heard her sister mumble from behind her. Amber, who was sitting beside her, elbowed her in the rib. "Ow!"

Piper stared at her blond sister, as she grinned sheepishly. "I don't think he's a geek," Jessica quickly said. She wasn't into him; she barely knew him. But he walks around, holding a book of some sort. More like an Athena kid if you asked me.

"OK then," Piper said slowly, not sure if she should buy her sister's confession. It was weird for Jessica to like a guy named Jasper, especially if Austin thinks he's a geek. One of Jessica's best friends was Austin, and should know very well what Austin was talking about.

Lacy gave a sigh of relief, exhaling the breath she didn't know she had been holding. If her sister didn't buy that stupid story, then their plan would just crumble to dust.

"OK, new topics," Kylie quickly interjected, trying to get off the Jasper topic. "We need a guest and some questions. Now—"

Suddenly, the doors burst open, and Leo and Jason came waltzing in. Piper drummed her fingers on the soft mattress impatiently, trying to look like she was busy.

"What, Leo?" she asked, completely ignoring Jason.

Leo snorted. Piper had told him all about the Jason problem. She can't avoid the guy all day, and besides, she heard the guy herself. If Jason hangs out with one of them, it'll end up being the three of them anyways.

"Chiron's calling all cabin counselors. No, not a war council—that's far behind us," he explained, watching as his friend roll her eyes, as they shifted color in the process.

Piper sighed, and got up, putting her feet in her boots once more. She straightened her wrinkled T-shirt before turning to her sisters. "Be right back," she announced, before heading out the door with her Leo and him.

Drew raised an eyebrow as her warm brown eyes watched her younger sister leave the building. What was so important that Chiron has called a meeting?

The room was buzzing with people. Annabeth and Percy were having a game of rock, paper, scissors. Travis was busy sucking Katie's face off. Connor was trying to scoot further and further away from his brother, having a very uncomfortable look on his face.

Nico di Angelo was busy pranking Butch, counselor of the Iris cabin, along with Lou Ellen. You could see skeleton arms poking out of the ground, while pencils went ahead and poke Butch on the arm. Butch was getting freaked out by the skeletons, and annoyed by the pencils, that he practically yelled at the two kids to back off.

Piper sighed and took a seat next to Annabeth, while Leo plopped down on the seat beside her. Jason sat next to Leo, as usual. This was how they sat. Three in a row.

Chiron entered the room, in his wheelchair form, of course. His face looked worried and almost unhappy, as he was stroking his beard worriedly.

"OK, now I'm not so sure. Judging Chiron's face, this could be a war council," Leo whispered in her ear.

Piper glared at him. "You think?"

The centaur cleared his throat, getting everyone's attention. Everyone, that is, besides Travis and Katie.

"Gods, we aren't like that, are we?" Piper heard Annabeth whisper, and she couldn't help but let a small giggle escape her lips.

"Nah," Piper whispered back. "Not when you're in public, anyways."

"Ahem," Chiron cleared his throat again, louder this time. Travis kept sucking off the Daughter of Demeter's face, wrapping his arms around her waist tighter, as her own arms pulled the Son of Hermes closer.

"I got this," Connor sighed. He grabbed a ruler from the ping-pong table and slapped Travis's head with it. "Dude! We're starting! Everybody's staring at you."

They broke instantly. Katie's face was flushed, completely red. Travis was no better either. His hair was messy and tussled, as he avoided people's gazes due to the embarrassment.

"Perhaps, we shall talk about this later on, Travis, Katie," the old centaur announced. Connor snickered softly, earning a glare from his older brother. The couple's faces only grew redder as Chiron eyed them carefully.

The centaur then turned his eyes away from the two, turning to face the rest of them. Piper rested her head on the table, and Jason couldn't help but smile. She looked so cute.

"Now, as you know, Jason is here, visiting from the Roman camp," Chiron explained, and cheers erupted from the counselors. Jason just smiled, happy to get all the attention.

Chiron waited for the cheering to die down, before continuing. "Yes. Well, Lupa and I, along with Lady Aphrodite—" all eyes went on Piper "—have decided that it would be best for you to spend some time together, two camps combined. Lady Hera—" at her name mentioned, Annabeth frowned "—agrees on this as well, seeing how you could bond together as a family. The Romans will be arriving in three days' time."

Lou Ellen timidly raised a hand. Chiron nodded at her, motioning her to speak. "Um, where would they stay?"

"Fair question, child. They shall be staying in their respective cabins, according to their godly parent," the centaur replied.

Jason raised his hand. "What happens if their godly parent is a Roman god? Like Janus or Pompona?" he asked. As Camp Jupiter's leader, it was his job to make sure that everybody had a place to stay at Camp Half-Blood.

Chiron stroked his beard, his eyebrow arched as he thought of a solution. "Good," he decided. "We'll let them stay in the Hermes cabin."

Connor and Travis groaned. Who knew how many Pompona or Janus kids there were.

"Alright, meeting adjourned. Go back to your activities," the centaur announced, and everybody ran out of the door.

Jason grabbed her hand, just before she left the room. "Hey, don't you wanna hang?"

Piper hesitated. Sure, she wanted to hang. Besides, she missed him. She missed spending hours and hours and hours with Leo and Jason, just the three of them. And she missed him.

Then she remembered what she heard, and her mind reminded herself of the show she was working on. She shook her head, realizing how much work had to be done. Besides, she has to solve this Jason situation.

"It's not that I don't want to Jas. I do, I really do. It's just . . . I have too much work at hand. It's not easy being counselor," she said.

"It's not easy being a leader either," Jason protested.

"Yeah, but the gods are counting on us to film the next episode. And we hardly booked any new appearances! I have to help," she told him, and ran off to her cabin without another word.

Every single eye went over to her as soon as they heard the door slammed shut. "Well?" Mitchell asked, tapping his foot impatiently. "What did Chiron say?"

Piper bit her lip. "Guys, stack the beds, we're going to put bunks on top of ours," she announced. Everyone groaned.

There weren't too many of them in the Aphrodite cabin, so each and every single girl and boy got their own bed. But whenever the needed more beds, there was always a button on the wall that would stack another bed on top of yours, transforming it into a bunk bed.

"Why?" Tess's tiny voice asked. She had just gotten used to having her own bed, after being crammed up in the Hermes cabin for two months. She liked having her own bed. No mattresses on top of you to stare at.

Piper pressed the button beside her own bed, and her bed transformed into a bunk bed. Her feet led her outside the cabin, ready to scout for people to be on their show. "The Romans are coming," she said calmly.

Everybody stared at her in disbelief and that's when she realized something she never did before. Romans equal Reyna.

She angrily slammed the door shut, before running off to find a guest unwillingly.

Marina turned to her siblings, her face full of worry. "Guys," she said softly, getting their attention. "Romans."

Everyone knew what she was talking about. When the Romans were coming, that meant Reyna was coming, and that was not part of their plan.

"Alright," Drew announced. "We need to change tactics. Kylie, jot everything down. This road will get a whole lot bumpier."

Thanks for reading this chapter! I hoped you liked it! Now I gotta study Math. Stupid Math teacher. Stupid Math test. Oh chizz (I do not cuss... except sometimes in German :P)! I have ethics homework! GTG! Please, please, please review! It means a lot to me!

Love you all! God bless!

P.S. Can anyone guess which grade I am in? I'll dedicate the next chapter to the one who guesses correctly first!

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