On the way back from our cars, we were chatting excitedly about what we were going to wear that night when we ran into a blonde-haired, blue-eyed god. Well, demigod. He was gorgeous. And when I said we, I meant Piper. She literally rammed right into him and her stuff toppled from her arms onto the floor.
"Oh gods, are you okay?" The guy said with concern.
"Ouch. Yeah, I'm okay I think. Nothing like a hallway collision to set me on path as the school's number one klutz." Piper said with a smirk.
The blonde laughed and offered to help carry her things, which Piper agreed to readily.
"So Klutz, you got a name?" he joked lightly.
Piper blushed. "Yeah," She sighed, "Piper".
"I'm Jason," the boy smiled back. "It's nice to meet you."
They were staring at each other so hard I had to interject. I cleared my throat. Jason and Piper's gaze flickered to mine, embarrassment flashed through both of their eyes as they smiled at me sheepishly.
"I'm Annabeth, by the way."
He smiled at both of us. "So Piper, Annabeth, where do you girls live?" He gestured down the hall.
"Oh follow us! And try not to crash into me again, okay Ace?" Piper joked.
Jason let out a light laugh, obviously smitten with Piper already.
We walked back to our dorm, and stopping in front of our room, Jason gasped.
"What?" I asked Jason.
"You two live right across from me." He pointed at the room behind him. Of course he did. "My buddy Percy and I are room 23."
Percy. Figures the two hottest guys I had seen so far lived in the same room together.
"Uh, yeah, I met him earlier." I said with slight distaste.
Jason grimaced, obviously noting my tone. "Yeah Percy can be kinda rough around the edges. But I promise he's a good guy, once you get to know him."
Yeah right, I thought. Obviously his best friend is going to stick up for him. I gave him a smile, trying to hide my expression as I just nodded at his comment.
Piper opened the door to our dorm room. "Thanks for your help with my stuff, Jason," Piper told him.
"Sure thing. Anything to help out a pretty girl" Jason grinned.
Piper blushed furiously.
"You girls need anything else?" He asked. This guy was so nice.
"No, I think we're good," I smiled at him.
"Alright, see you ladies around." He glanced at Piper once last time before closing the door behind him.
"Did you see–?" "Oh my gods!" "–so fucking cute!" We screeched excitedly, our words tumbling over each other. We laughed hysterically.
"Piper, he was so into you!" I told her when I finally caught my breath.
"Really, you think so?" She gave me a huge smile.
"Yes, completely!"
"He was sooo sweet!" Piper gushed.
We talked a little more about our run-in with the cute blonde and then got to work on room decorating. It took us 4 hours but by the end of it, our room was totally tricked out.
Piper had brought a color rug from home, and we layed it out in the middle of the room to cover the large stain that looked like death. We put lamps and fairy lights all over the room and covered the nasty fluorescent light in the middle with a pashmina. Piper had a really cool sun and moon tapestry on her side of the wall, and on my side was the New York City skyline, complete with a beautiful sunset on the horizon. A few salt rocks and lava lamps finished the room perfectly.
"Pipes this looks fantastic! I'm loving our room so much!"
"I know right, let's live here forever!" She laughed.
I looked at the time. "Ooh, 6:15. We better head to the dining pavilion to meet Silena."
"Let's go!" Piper said excitedly.
