Piper's POV
It's finally time. I finally get to tell him. It's our shift, and I see him as soon as I walk up the stairs to the deck. I take a deep breath, and walk over to him.
"Hey Pipes," he says, grinning.
"Hey," I respond, grinning back.
"So you needed to tell me something?" He asked.
"Yeah, I do." I said, looking into his deep brown eyes.
"Well spill Beauty Queen," he nagged. "It's been driving me insane."
"I-I," I couldn't seem to get the words out of mouth.
"Cat got your tongue?" He joked, raising an eyebrow.
"Shut up," I said, lightly punching him in the arm. "I'm serious!"
"Alright, alright," he said, laughing. "What is it?"
"Leo, I think you know what I'm going to say." I admitted. I could see that he knew. I grabbed his hand. "What do I do?"
"About Jason?"
"Yeah. I mean, I can't just end it at a time like this."
"I know, Pipes, but you can't go on dating him."
"I know, you're right, but he's been very secretive lately, and if he's going through something right now I don't want to make him worse."
"Piper, you have to. I know you don't want to, and I'd do it for you if I could-"
"But I have to do this. I'm the one in a relationship with him. I'm the one who has to tell him." I said. Leo pulled me into an embrace, and we stayed there for a minute, then I pulled away.
"Wish me luck," I requested.
"Wish granted," he said with a grim face. I walked off the deck, down the stairs, and on my way to Jason's room.
I'm in front of Jason's door, and I take a deep breath. I'm about to open the door when I hear Jason's voice inside.
"I know, I know."
"You have to tell her. I'm not going to be that person. There's no way, no way at all. I like Piper, a lot. She's great, and she shouldn't get hurt like this. I mean, you're probably her first boyfriend!" Said a girl's voice. I recognized it as Reyna's.
"Ok, I'll tell her."
"Right now!" She demanded.
"Ok," he said. "Right now."
I heard him walk towards the door, and I bolted for the deck.
"Leo," I exclaimed, panting. "Leo."
"What?" He said, looking panicked. "What's wrong?"
"It's Jas-"
"Piper?" I heard Jason's voice call.
"Pipes, what's wrong?" Asked Leo. I stayed silent.
"Piper?" Repeated Jason, walking up onto the deck. "Oh, there you are."
"Hey," I said, almost whispering.
"Can I talk to you?" He asked. Then he turned to Leo. "Uh, in private."
"Uh, yeah. I'll be below deck," said Leo, glancing at me.
"Thanks man," Jason said, hitting Leo in the arm. Leo nodded.
"So what do you need to talk to me about?" I asked meekly.
"I've been, uh, hiding something from you." Jason admitted.
"You're cheating on me," I blurted. I don't know where that came from, it just came out.
"How did you kn-"
"I overheard your conversation just now."
"Oh."
"Yeah."
"Piper, I'm so sorry."
"It's ok," I said. "I was coming to your room to tell you something as well."
"Ok. What is it?" He asked.
"We never did anything, just talked about things, but I was coming to break things off with you because-" the words were stuck in my throat. "Because I love Leo." His jaw dropped to the ground as soon as I said it.
"Woah."
"So, uh, this kind've worked out huh?" I said, awkwardly.
"Um, yeah, I guess so," he admitted, chuckling.
"So no hard feelings? Can we still be friends?" I asked.
"Yeah, of course." Then we hugged, and it felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I could be with Leo, Jason could be with Reyna, and we could both be happy. Everything was working out in our favor.
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