Piper

The buffet table was one of the most amazing sights she had ever seen. There were pancakes, waffles, eggs, sausages, bacon, syrup, whipped cream, lemonade, orange juice, donuts, breakfast sandwiches. The whole freaking shebang.

"I've died, right? I've gone to heaven?" Piper said as they all walked to the table.

Leo sighed. "Maybe. But I don't care!"

"Whoo! Pancakes!" Percy whooped.

Annabeth, Hazel, and Calypso walked up to all of them. They hadn't gotten their food yet, the blessed angels they are, and waited in line with them. Percy and Annabeth seemed to be a little blushy and flirty around each other which sparked a matchmaking idea in Piper's head.

"Well, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth said briskly. "Let's hope you don't demolish the pancake plate."

He winked. "No promises." She laughed a little.

Jason sidled up next to Piper. "So, random question, but do you have a nickname?"

"Some people call me Pipes," Piper said. "Leo called me Beauty Queen once but I'll kick his teeth in if he does it again."

"I believe you," Jason said with a laugh.

They reached the buffet and they all picked up some plates. Since Piper was vegetarian, she strayed away from the bacon, sausages, and breakfast sandwiches. Leo and Percy complained about it the entire time but Jason, the gentleman he was, defended her.

"Guys, Piper has her own beliefs and can do whatever the frick she wants," Jason said.

"Thank you, Jason," Piper said. She didn't need a knight in shining armor but she was grateful to him.

"We're fine with beliefs," Leo said. "But bacon!"

Percy sniffed the air. "Freaking bacon!"

Piper just laughed and everyone got their food and such. She herself got some waffles, some orange juice, syrup, toast with jam, and an apple. Annabeth chided Percy about the amount of syrup on his pancakes when they sat down at the table.

"You're drowning them!" Annabeth said as she ate her french toast and eggs.

"Don't worry, Wise Girl. I've never drowned and neither will my pancakes," Percy said as he ate them.

Annabeth laughed and handed him a napkin to wipe the syrup off of his hand.

"They are honestly so cute," Piper whispered to Jason. He grinned.

"I give them two months," he whispered back to her.

"Definitely," she agreed. If it didn't happen on its own, she was determined to make them get together. Because if she was one thing, it was a shipper. And a freaking good one at that.

Everyone ate their food. Some ate normally, some talked too much to eat quickly, and some people just went to town. (I'm definitely in the second and third category. It depends on the food. Breakfast? You better believe I eat like a freaking cheetah. Fish? Suddenly I'm chatty Kathy.)

Piper finished up her food and wiped her hands on the napkin on her lap. It was just a habit that she got from Hollywood. Jane would make her do it all the time and her dad insisted that she do it in public. But when they were alone, it was fine.

She missed being alone with her dad. She wrote a letter to him as Annabeth suggested but it wasn't the same. And even if he was too busy to pay attention to her, she still loved him to death.

Hazel seemed to be dealing with the separation from her phone badly too. She seemed to miss the immediate connection to Sammy and letters probably wouldn't do it for her either. Long-distance relationships were freaking tough, especially over letters.

Calypso didn't write letters to anyone and Annabeth only wrote to one person, her cousin. She was really touchy about the contents of those letters and rightfully so. She didn't have to tell them what she wrote.

"So do you guys write letters to anyone?" Piper asked.

"No," Leo said.

"Nope," Jason said.

"Just Sammy," Hazel replied.

"My cousin," Annabeth said.

"My mom and friend Rachel," Percy said.

"My dad," Frank said.

"Who's your cousin, Annabeth?" Percy asked.

"His name is Magnus," Annabeth said slowly.

"No one," Calypso said.

"Who do you write to, Piper?" Jason asked.

"Just my dad," she said dismissively. Jason knew Piper was the daughter of a movie star but she didn't really want to let everyone else know and risk spoiling her experience as a normal kid at this school. There were people like Drew who would be really weird about it.

Once Annabeth, Leo, and Percy were done with their food, they all went to put their plates away and throw out their napkins and straws like the turtle killers they were. Percy and Annabeth kept bickering and pretending they weren't flirting.

"You're going to kill all of the sea life!" Percy said as Annabeth threw her plastic straw away.

"What are you a VSCO boy?" Annabeth asked as she rolled her eyes.

"I am a lover of the sea creatures and I will not have you maliciously kill them out of cold blood!" Percy protested.

"Calm down, Seaweed Brin it's not like I'm causing their extinction," Annabeth said.

"There are fish out there who will lose their mothers and daughters and fathers and sons!" Percy yelled dramatically.

"I send my condolences," Annabeth said dryly.

Leo laughed. "You two are just adorable. When's the wedding?"

Percy blushed and started sputtering. Annabeth glared at Leo as if to say, "I would kill you if you weren't as much of an idiot."

Piper laughed. "I call Bridesmaid!"

"Really Piper?" Percy asked. "Really?"

They all laughed and started walking back to the table, Percy and Annabeth noticeably blushing.

"What's up with them?" Jason whispered to her.

"We may have just torn their dignity to tatters and revealed that they are an adorable couple," Piper whispered back.

Jason gave her a fist-bump under the table. It was more friendly than Piper would have liked but she didn't mind so much. Because once they had danced.