I ran after Jason until he finally stopped by the Pomerian Line because it would not be good to get an OCD like Terminus on your case.
"What the hell? I say hi and you take off? What's up?" I ask breathing hard.
Jason wouldn't meet my eye, he just kept staring at the ground.
After we got our breathing under control I summoned a cloud above us for shade because damn was it hot out.
"What's going on man? Are you okay? Is Reyna okay?" I ask a little worried for my friends.
Jason gulped hard and looked up at me.
"I-I-I think...I...like...Reyna." Jason said slowly and he looked like he was about to pass out.
My eyes went wide as he said this and my blood went cold no matter how hot it was.
"W-What?" I ask a little bit of hope still clinging that I misheard him.
"I don't know exactly how I feel about her, but I think I like her." Jason said.
I was frozen. The hottest guy at camp, (Leila's words not mine. I mean for Jupiter's sake she never shuts up about it. Him and Dakota, she has a huge crush on him and I work with her.) is saying that he has a crush on the girl I'm crushing on.
Jason was my friend I wasn't gonna go ballistic on him but it was hard not to.
"Do you know if she likes you back?" I asked.
Jason shook his head.
I gulped hard and looked at my friend.
"Well, if she does I won't try and stop you." I said which surprised me more than Jason.
"Wait, what? Your okay with it?" Jason asked amazed.
"I-I'll admit I'm hurt but your my friend and I won't try to get rid of your happiness. Even if it's with a girl we both like." I said and the weird thing was I meant every word.
"I'm really really sorry Peter. I know how much you like her and I told you this after you were just suspended, we were talking and I don't know I suddenly felt a little affectionate about her and...I-I'm so sorry Peter." Jason said as he hung his head.
I nodded and patted him on the shoulder and walked back to my cohort to talk with Leila about the war games.
Hopefully my heart will be back together again by the end of the games.
A few weeks later
Yep I'm totally screwed.
I thought my crush would go away after my talk with Jason.
Nope.
If anything it has gotten stronger.
This hasn't really affected my relationship with either of them strangely. I think Jason is still trying to decide whether or not he likes her.
My hand was still broken and hurt like hell, but luckily my rank of Centurion was restored by Jason. I guess he still feels a little guilty, plus he and Reyna learned that Octavian instigated the fight.
Nico was gloomy and weird as ever but I still talked to him.
About two weeks ago Nico disappeared and then came back the next day with a girl named Hazel.
Apparently Hazel was Nico's sibling because she was also a child of Pluto.
And after that Nico left again and hasn't returned yet.
Anyway while I was talking with Dakota and Hazel at breakfast I realized something.
Jason wasn't with us.
I looked around and saw Reyna alone.
I got up and walked over to her, and of course each step closer was making my heart beat faster.
"Hey Reyna, have you seen Jason?" I asked her.
Reyna shook her head clearly lost on the subject as much as me.
"He was not at the Praetor meeting today which isn't like him." Reyna said as I sat down next to her.
"Do you know where he could be? I mean you know him better than me." I asked.
Reyna shook her head.
I hated seeing her worried so I decided to put a stop to it. There was a power that I had been practicing and I was getting pretty good at it.
I stood up in front of the mess hall.
"Attention!" I said but with the wind it resonated to the volume of a bullhorn. Pretty cool right.
Everyone turned to me and it was a little unnerving having all those eyes on me.
"Has anyone seen Jason Grace?" I asked.
Everyone shook their heads or said no.
I was a little worried now.
Me and Reyna looked at each other and then bolted out the door.
We searched every temple, cohort, and shrine. Jason was nowhere to be seen.
"What could have happened to him?" I asked Reyna as she paced the room in the principia.
"I don't know, we looked everywhere." Reyna said clearly mystified and worried.
"Should we send out a search party for him?" I asked.
Reyna thought for a minute before nodding.
"You lead the search party and report anything back to me okay?" Reyna ordered in a little snappy tone but she still sounded angelic.
I nodded and left.
I gathered up most of the Legion and we set off in groups across the country looking for the lost Praetor.
I know, we are going to a lot of trouble for one guy but he's a hero and a great person.
I ended up back in New York.
I was with Dakota as we were flying around scouting the area.
We made it to Long Island Sound before we started to give up on the area.
We were about to call a cab to get out of here because I was tired of flying, when I had a weird feeling.
I turned around and stared at the sound, I had a weird feeling in my stomach, almost as if an enemy was close by but I didn't see anything.
"Hey Peter you okay?" Dakota asked me.
I shook the feeling away.
"Yeah just tired." I said and dropped the subject.
I felt like we were close, but nothing came to reason that Jason would be way out here.
"Come on lets get out of here." Dakota said.
I was hoping that we would find Jason, but when I realized we were the last team back I kinda lost some hope.
Where is Jason?
