Disclaimer: I do not own or Percy Jackson or Heroes of Olympus. They are property of Rick Riordan.

A/N: I am a horrible student who should be studying but instead I finished this. This was going to be a super fluffy piece but then it got angsty. Oops, my bad. Hints of Jaspier, Jeyna and Liper. Mostly Piper and Leo talking because my brain can't create anything cute and fluffy right now. Thank you for favoriting, following and reviewing! I will write something fluffier for these two! They deserve it. *runs off to do homework*

Prompt: Liper- baseball?

Summer Blues

"Ow, ow, ow! A little gentler please." Leo said when Piper pulled away. There was a slight bump on Leo's nose from where the hard baseball hit him. The girl sighed, crossing her arms as she sat on her knees, watching as Leo tilted his head up. "Do you think it's broken?"

"No, Baby. You're fine." Piper replied, tilting his chin up a little bit more before running her finger down the bridge of his nose. Leo flinched but didn't say anything as she observed the damage. The harsh summer sun was beating down on the two as they sat in the dirt beside the chain-linked fence behind home plate. Leo's mitt sat discard beside him with the baseball and bat. His cap flattened his curly brown hair making him appear even younger. His tight baseball shirt hugged at his wiry frame. There were flecks of blood bright against the plain white. Piper shook her head and sat beside Leo, pressing her shoulder against his side as they looked across the grassy field. "You shouldn't have insulted Reyna."

"It wasn't an insult!" Leo shouted, waving his arm as he grabbed the hard baseball which smacked his face from a 'wild' pitch. He rolled it around in his hands as he tilted his head back. Piper wished she had a few tissues to at least block the bleeding. It has thankfully decreased from a few moments ago when Reyna and Jason rushed off to get a first aid kit. "Her pitch was amazing. A little aggressive but… what did I do wrong?" Leo asked with an earnest look in his deep brown eyes.

"You opened your mouth?" Piper responded sharply before turning and noticing Leo's honest expression. Her eyes softened and she reached over, taking the baseball from his fumble fingers. Their fingers brushed and Leo captured hers. His fingers were callous from fiddling with mechanics in Hephaestus repair shop. Piper squeezed them before speaking. "Leo, you never think before you speak. You said she pitched like a guy."

"I… It…" Leo started, trying to sort out his words. The boy groaned and buried his face in his hands, forgetting about his injury. He cringed when he smacked his bruised nose and let out a sharp gasp. Piper reached over, tilting his chin up so he was looking right into her kaleidoscope eyes. "It was supposed to be a compliment. Reyna's always so composed."

"I know but that doesn't mean she's not insecure." Piper whispered, gingerly stroking Leo's soft cheeks. "All girls are a little uncertain about something. You're lucky Jason was there to calm her down." There was a slight pause in Piper's voice when she said her ex's name. Leo's chocolate colored eyes met hers. Concern evidenced in those warm orbs. "I'm fine." She reassured, dropping her hands and leaning her head against Leo's shoulder again.

"Yeah, you're just as fine as my nose." Leo responded curtly before draping his arm around Piper's shoulders. The pretty girl snuggled against his side like when they were younger. Leo hasn't grown much since middle school, something Piper didn't mind. He was the perfect size for cuddling. Leo's fingers threaded through Piper's smooth locks in a soothing motion. "Are you still mad at him?" Leo asked with a serious tone. Piper's arms tightened around his middle, thinking about the turbulent junior year of high school.

"No." Piper said after a while. "I can't stay made at him. He's Jason." Leo let out a little scoff which Piper pinched him for. "It was mostly my fault for creating drama especially concerning Reyna." Leo didn't say anything because it was partly true.

Reyna had just transferred to Half-Blood High at the beginning of the year from Jason's old high school. The two were actually close friends who lost touch when Jason left. Jason and Piper just started dating that summer, three months strong. But with Reyna's sudden appearance, Jason started spending more time with her to 'catch up'. Despite Jason reassuring Piper Reyna was only a friend, Piper couldn't help but wonder. She had seen the two of them interact, studying and laughing with each other. There was just something different with Jason when he was only with Reyna, something Piper had never seen before.

"It was a shock when he kissed her." Piper whispered, thinking about the party a week before school closed. Rachel was hosting a huge bonfire at her beach house without parental supervision. There was loud music, party games and drinking. Piper remembered laughing as she left the house for some air. The bright moon outlined two figures near the shoreline, people Piper recognized as Jason and Reyna. She was about to call out to the two of them before Jason leaned in and kissed Reyna. An awkward pain lurched in her heart as she thought about the moment. "Did you know she shoved him away and slapped him?"

"Sounds like Reyna. I would have smacked him myself." Leo responded with a bit of angry in his voice.

"If you could reach him," Piper couldn't resist adding. Leo gave her a miffed expression before poking her side. The girl giggled before catching his hands, wrapping them around her middle. "I like her. Reyna's a good friend and person." Reyna found Piper immediately after putting the intoxicated Jason to bed. She told her everything, the time they spent together while working on a class project, the silly late night conversation catching up, and the kiss. She also admitted to liking Jason more than just a friend. "They're better together than Jason and I. She… she doesn't idolize him." Piper confessed. She had thought a lot about her and Jason after Reyna confronted her about Jason, even more after they broke up.

"You know I never understood your infatuation with him." Leo stated with a light tone, trying to shift the mood. "So what if he's handsome, smart and charming? He can't hit a baseball. He was swinging at air half the time. That is a guy who is not going to succeed in life." Piper laughed and poked Leo's belly. The boy curled away dragging her back into his hug. "It's good to know you're over him." Piper turned in his hug, giving Leo a sort of mischievous look. "I don't like that look. That's your 'I'm plotting something' look."

"Hush, it's nothing. I just got my eye on someone else already." Leo blinked, letting her words sink in before smiling bright.

"I hope he can handle you, Ms. McLean." Leo whispered back, taking his baseball cap and placing it on her head.

"He has so far." Piper replied back, drawing circles on his chest.