Jason POV

Piper hugged me tightly, and I did the same. We just stood there, in the hallway, me enjoying the calm, peaceful moment. I heard sniffling. I was shocked. Piper never cried! "Hey, hey, babe, it's ok now." She looked up at me and I saw a hopeful glint in her eyes.

"I was just so, so scared. So many what if's…" Her voice trailed off as I leaned in to kiss her again. We pulled back only because we needed to breathe. She buried her face in my shirt, trying to hide her blushing face. I smirked, and said, "Let's go to your room."

We walked, hand in hand, to Piper's room, which was at the end of the corridor. The door shut behind us with a click and we jumped on the bed together. The white sheets were rumpled, but we didn't care. I leaned forwards, until our foreheads were barely touching, and then, until our lips met. This time, I slipped my tongue in her mouth playfully, and she let out a huff of surprise. Then, she grinned into the kiss and pushed me over on my back. She started playing with the hem of my shirt, slipping it off slowly.

"No, not right now." I breathed into her ear. Piper gave an adorable sigh and pouted. "Why?" She whined.

I'm hungry." I said with a smirk and slipped my hand in hers, as we walked out the door to explore the building. We stepped outside, and the cool, fresh air was a relief. There were people everywhere, clamoring about. The smell of pizza drew us away from the entrance. We walked down the busy streets, marveling at the beautiful architecture and giggling at each other's words. I felt strangely carefree, but I found myself missing my friends and my family.

"So one time, Percy and Annabeth…" Piper trailed off in the middle of sharing a story. A look of… was it longing? flitted across her face, unnoticeable unless you were staring at her face, which I was doing. The thought of Percy and Annabeth, our best friends back… in the mortal world, reminded me of the sad truth. We could never see them again.

We walked into the bakery, and sat down next to a couple at the bar. We weren't old enough to have alcohol, after all, Piper and I were only 20. But we ordered some sodas, and as I was talking to Piper, I noticed striking sea-green eyes staring at me. I looked away, but those eyes seemed familiar. There was only one person he knew with those eyes.

"Percy!" I said, shocked. "Why are you here?"

Percy just stared at me, then jumped off his stool to give me a bro-hug. "Hey, man. We were looking for you guys!" He said, pointing to Annabeth who was giving a wave and a wide smile to Piper. Was he dead, too? "The Underworld was so big, and we didn't know if we could find you guys…" Percy trailed off as tears sprung to his eyes. Ohh, he wasn't dead- he came down to the Underworld to save Piper and me!

"Gods, man, you didn't have to come for us!" I was moved by our friends' attempt to go after us. But, it didn't feel right. Why should we be able to cheat death if nobody else could? Didn't that defeat the whole purpose of being a hero? No matter what second thoughts I was having, however, I brushed aside.

"We gotta head back to Charon now, he said he'll give us a ride back across the Styx as long as we come soon." Annabeth reminded Percy.

"Oh, yeah! Great news; I pulled a couple strings and called in some favors to convince my uncle to bring you guys back to the mortal world," Percy informed me and Piper. (A/N Sorry this is so unrealistic but I didn't know how else sooo) My heart skipped a beat. We were going back! With high hopes, we walked out of the place and to the nearby dock, where Charon was waiting for us.

"C'mon! Hurry up!" Charon grumbled, and we hopped on the flimsy boat. Piper and I stood at the bow, my hands wrapped around her waist. The ferry ride went by fairly quickly, and we were rushed off the boat, close to the green grass of the mortal world. We all looked at each other and took a deep breath as we stepped out of the darkness, and into the light.

So that's it for now, hope you guys liked it! Sorry if it was horrible, first fanfic