Chapter 5

A/N: Hi everybody! How's it going? Well here you are chapter 5 sorry that it took a long time I was very busy and I wanted to see if I could get more reviews if I waited. Obviously that didn't work so anyway here you go! Please review!

Jason POV

Jason walked towards Bombilo's Cafe, he desperately needed a hot chocolate. A/N: Coffee is disgusting hot chocolate is way better. He walked into the café, thank goodness there weren't many people. Jason walked towards the counter and waited for Bombilo to finish taking the orders from some citizens, when he was done the two headed coffee merchant turned towards Jason.

''Ah Jason my boy! How's everything?''

''Hi Bombilo, everything is fine.'' No its not, thought Jason.

''Right, what can I get you young praetor?''

'' One hot chocolate and a blueberry muffin to go please .''

''Coming right up Mr Grace!''

Jason sat down in one of the comfortable sofas and grabbed a newspaper. After glancing at the heading he groaned a put it back down. It was all about him and Reyna, he was fed up of all the media in New Rome trying to know everything about his relationship with Reyna, and she didn't help matters either because she absolutely loved talking to the press. Couldn't their relationship be simple? It wasn't anybody else's business. Just then Bombilo came with his order. He smiled and said enjoy before going back to his counter. Jason stood up and decided to go for a walk. He walked through the city, sipping his hot chocolate and munching his muffin. It was early in the morning on a weekend day so not many people would be up yet. Jason was thankful for that otherwise he would have the press bombarding him with questions. He walked up a hill and sat at the top looking down at the city. He lay down thinking of his friends at Camp Half Blood, Percy, Leo, Nico, Annabeth, Travis and Connor, Leah, Clarisse, Rachel, Will, Katie, his sister Thalia, Coach Hedge, Chiron, Grover, Juniper and … Piper.

Piper. Jason missed her a lot and just thinking about her made his heart beat loudly. Stop, he told himself. Piper hates you, you broke her heart by leaving her for Reyna and returning to Camp Jupiter. But honestly he wasn't having the best time with Reyna. Jason was fed up. All Reyna did was talk about their relationship, plan dates and kiss him when they were alone. It was getting annoying that everyone kept asking him about his relationship blah blah blah where he took Reyna on their last date and all that. Once some paparazzi guy took a photo of them smooching that had made the front cover of the Daily Roman newspaper and the Latin girl magazine cover. What made Jason very mad was that Reyna gave them an exclusive interview about their relationship. They had agreed not to make their relationship a subject of gossip but all Reyna seemed to do was to try and get them on the front page, top gossip topic and cutest couple review, and Jason hated it. It wasn't only that, now that he had gotten Reyna he realised that she wasn't who he thought she was. It seemed that now that Reyna had gotten Jason, she wanted to show everybody her prize (Jason). Jason knew that she loved him but this was getting ridiculous. The only people who understood were Hazel, Frank and Nick, Larry, Tim, Bobby and their girlfriends. Hazel hated gossiping and she knew exactly what Jason meant about Reyna. Frank always gave him advice and they would sometimes go out and have a laugh, which helped Jason calm down and have fun. Nick, well he was Jason's best friend (despite him being his half-brother), he too had some girl problems not with his own girlfriend but his ex-girlfriend from the Greek camp, Leah who was also Piper's best friend so he completely understood what Jason was saying he was also very supportive about what Jason decided to do and say which was very helpful. He turned his thoughts back on Piper, she had been a great girlfriend way better than what Reyna had become. Jason had no idea what made him chose Reyna, it was so hard for him to tell Piper that he was leaving. Piper looked so upset and angry she had refused to talk to him after that conversation. Reyna hadn't helped matters by running around camp with Stefanie bragging about their awesome boyfriends in front of the two girls who's hearts had been broken in the process. Hazel was so mad at Jason and Nick that she refused to talk to them until Frank came along and calmed her down. Tim, Larry and Bobby's girlfriends were the same, they were very good friends with Leah and Piper. After that Hazel, Tammy, Rita and Alina warmed up to Jason and Nick but you could tell they were still unhappy about what happened with the Greeks. Jason got up and decided to go back to his praetor's house on the Via Principalis. As he walked down the hill an envelope floated towards him. He caught it and opened it. It said:

Dear Jason,

Lupa came to me this morning and she said she has an important announcement to make. She wants to have a senate meeting before announcing it to the rest of the campers. The meeting is in 1 hour. I'll see you there sweetie.

Love Reyna

P.S: Guess who just got on the front page of Latin Girl again? Us! Oh and they asked me for an interview to talk about our first kiss! Love you too!

Jason groaned, a senate meeting. Great! Just great! Jason hated senate meetings all the boring speeches and Octavian doing his best to convince the crowd that he was awesome. He stuffed the letter into his pocket and continued his way to his house, Jason wondered what Lupa wanted to tell them, he had a feeling it would be bad. Jason unlocked his door and stepped inside his house. He decided that he should freshen up for the senate meeting. He took a shower to relax himself and then got dressed into his toga and purple cape, he combed his hair and brushed his teeth then he sat down on his bed, reading a sports magazine. When he was finished he had about 15 minutes to get to the senate house, Jason looked at himself in the mirror and realised that he was missing a badge, his favourite badge. He started looking through his drawers but he couldn't find it. When he opened the last drawer, he stopped. In the last drawer Jason kept everything that he had of Piper. Some photos, gifts, letters …everything. He held a picture of Piper and examined it. She looked beautiful as always, her long hair done up in a braid her eyes changing colours, this was the day that he took her to Zeus Fist for a picnic. Forgetting about his badge he dug through everything until he found what he was looking for. The necklace that he had given Piper, she gave it back to him the day he told her that he was leaving. Jason had kept it ever since. Suddenly Jason remembered about his badge and the senate meeting. He put everything away and ran to the mantelpiece in the living room. Yes, just as he thought his badge was there, pinning it on quickly, Jason ran outside and made his way to the senate house.

Nick's POV

A/N: This is Nick's dream and the beginning is part of his flashback with Leah.

''Hey Piper, have you seen Leah I…..'', his voice trailed off as he saw Leah crying on the couch. '' Leah, are u ok? ''He said rushing up to her. Nick put his arm around her but she pushed him away. ''Stay away from me!'' He backed away slowly ''Leah what's wrong?'' ''YOU JERK! I CANT BELIEVE I.. I .. ACTUALLY DATED YOU!'' Nick stood up and tried to grab Leah's hand. ''Leah what are you talking about?'' I SAW YOU I SAW YOU KISS STEFANIE YOU LIKE HER AND YOU CHEATED ON ME! 'Leah screamed. Nick's eyes grew wide'' you saw that? Leah I was just…'' '' SAVE IT NICK! WE ARE SO OVER! 'Yelled Leah. She ran out of the room, tears streaming down her face. The image changed, Leah making out with a blury figure their tongues down each other's throat. The image changed again Leah was running but she got hit by a lightning bolt .She looked older, like she was about 25, her body crumpled to the ground. Nick ran up to her a kissed her cold lips but he was too late, she was gone.

Nick woke up with a jolt. That dream more like nightmare seemed so real. He was sure that it was just a dream. Leah was not going to die and besides she was killed by a lightning bolt and there was no way that Jupiter would kill her. Nick got up, rubbing his eyes and ruffling his hair. He walked past his sleeping roommates and went to the bathroom. 10 minutes later he came out having finished taking a shower, brushing his teeth, combing his hair and getting dressed. His roommates were up all ready Frank, Tim, Larry and Bobby were busy getting dressed for breakfast.

Finally you are out of the bathroom! said Larry. He pushed past Nick and locked the door to the bathroom.

Tim who had finished getting ready, grinned and started reading a skateboard magazine while Bobby was looking for his hair gel. Frank smiled at Nick and said ''You were up early, is everything okay?''

'' Yeah I just had a nightmare.''

Frank nodded and said '' Well nightmares are nightmares so you shouldn't worry about anything.''

Nick grinned,'' Yeah right, remember when you woke us up at 2 am because you had that nightmare about Hazel getting trampled by elephants?''

Frank turned a bright red, ''That was just a nightmare!''

''So that's why you ran out of bed to go to her room so you could make sure that she was alright! Dude we live in California you don't exactly see elephants running around!'' Nick teased.

''Fine whatever, but most of the time nightmares are about seeing people that you love get hurt.''

''Tell me about It.'' muttered Nick.

Frank seemed to have heard him so he said'' So I'm guessing your nightmare was about Leah getting hurt.''

''Leah?'' Ok Frank was good at this stuff.

''Yeah, I mean I know that you don't dream about Stefanie so it must be about Leah. Right?''

''Yeah your right.''

'' Stefanie would be jealous.''

''She isn't going to know about this.''

''What that your still in love with Martinez?''

''Yes, I mean I don't love Leah… well maybe just a little bit but she hates me because I kissed Stefanie while dating her.''

'' I admit bro that's kinda bad.''

''I know, and then when I went to see her she completely blew up. I just….'' Nick trailed off, remembering that awful day.

Frank gave him a sympathizing look.

'' Allez les dude c'est l'heure du breakfast!''said Tim in a French accent.''That's French for …

''This is French for WHATEVER.''said Larry.

'' Last one to the mess hall has to clean the entire dorm.''said Bobby, grabbing his skateboard.

''Your on!''Nick said. The boys grabbed their skateboards and their helmets and raced each other to the mess hall.

Larry got there first, Nick got there second, Bobby got their third, Frank came fourth and Tim came last.

''Sorry man you have to clean up after the pizza party tonight!''said Larry.

''Thanks for reminding me, Larry. 'said Tim scowling.

''No problem bro!''

''Guys shut up I can smell pancakes! 'said Bobby, running into the mess hall.

The boys followed him and sat down at a table in the back. Since it was a weekend the meals were a buffet. They always chose the same table cause then they could put the table next to theirs together so that the girls could sit there. Of course the girls were late so the boys had to wait for them to arrive. Nick looked around Jason wasn't here, usually he sat with them along with Stefanie and Reyna much to the annoyance of the girls. Maybe Jason wanted to skip breakfast.

The girls arrived smiling and chatting. They sat themselves besides their boyfriends, kissing them on their cheeks. They all smiled at Nick before putting their bags beside them.

''So you girls were up late!''said Tim.

''You can blame your girlfriend for that Larry.''said Tammy, rolling her eyes at Rita.

'' It was not my fault! I couldn't find my bag! ''exclaimed Rita.

''It was under your pillow!''said Alina laughing.

''Hey it wasn't Rita's fault! You should blame Tammy for getting us hooked on that video game of hers!''said Hazel.

''Uh ladies I hate to interrupt but could we go get something to eat? We are really hungry.''said Frank.

The girls nodded and they all stood up and went to get plates. As Nick was helping himself to some waffles someone called him name. He turned around and inwardly groaned. Shit! He thought. Running towards him was none other than his girlfriend, Stefanie White. He plastered a fake smile on his face . She ran up to him and kissed his cheek.

''Hi Sweetie Pie!''

'' Hey Stef….. Um sleep well?''

'' Actually I had a nightmare… I dreamt that I lived in a world without colour and everything was in black and white! Worst of all I couldn't find my mirror!''

'' Oh Ok, well nightmares are nightmares so don't worry.''

''Oh I know, look Nicky I have to go to a modelling audition so I won't be back until lunch.''

'' Ok um sure, good luck.''

'' Love you Nicky! ''said Stefanie. She kissed him full on the lips and then ran back to Reyna and her other friends.

Nick started to fill his plate up and went to sit with the others. He talked and made loads of jokes with the boys and then he won a bet with Larry (who could eat all their burning hot scrambled eggs first). After breakfast the girls had to go to archery practice, Tim had to go finish a project, Bobby and Frank had stable duty and Larry had sword fighting on the Field of Mars. Nick had a free period so he decided to go for a walk. He said goodbye to the others and walked off towards the lake.

The minute he was away from his friends he directed his thoughts towards Leah and Stefanie. He liked Stefanie a lot, but then there was Leah… Nick still couldn't believe he had kissed Stefanie and allowed Leah break up with him. He missed her, the sweet strawberry smell of her hair, her soft lips, the feel of her pressed against him, the way she smiled, the way she would flip her hair, the way she would laugh, her angry face when she was having a fashion Drama, the way she would sing to him, the way she would kiss his cheek softly, how she would massage his sore shoulders after his long lessons of sword practice… He missed everything about her, except the fact that she hated him. A couple of times he would Iris-message Will Solace and Percy Jackson whom he got on well with. Last time he contacted them he had asked about Leah and immediately the boys gave him sympathizing looks. ''She's OK.''said Will, after an awkward silence. Percy nodded his head and mumbled something about her going crazy over her closet and her fashion line. Nick wanted to know that she was Ok, he didn't care if she hated him (well he cared a little… ok a lot), he just wanted to know that she was alright. Stefanie…. Well she was a great girl..girlfriend. Stefanie was a little bit like Leah, she loved singing and dancing but she was so into fashion, like Leah but Stefanie was worst. Stefanie had long blonde hair, bright blue eyes and she was a girly girl. Oh and another thing Stefanie was Leah's sworn enemy. What kind of person are u Nick? He asked himself, You date an amazing girl and then you snog her enemy and you let the amazing girl break up with you and then you date her enemy that got you into this mess in the first place! Nick sighed ''Bravo Nick!'' he mumbled to himself. He reached the lake and stared at the clear, sparkling, water. He saw images of Stefanie and Leah, both of them laughing and smiling. Suddenly a bubble rose from the water it hovered in front of Nick. Nick knew exactly what it was. He held out his hand and the bubble touched his palm. The bubble swirled slowly, like it was an orb and the voice of Stefanie came out from it.

''Hey Nicky! It's Steffie! So Reyna said that Lupa wants to talk to us about something MEGA important! So we are having a senate meeting in like 10-15 minutes! Uhh I had to cancel my modelling appointment! I'm so mad! Anyway I'll see you soon! Love you baby!''

''My day just keeps getting better and better!'', said Nick sarcastically.

Jason POV

Jason kept checking his watch every 20 seconds, the senate meeting had been last minute so most of the campers were not here yet. Reyna was sitting next to him, her head on his shoulder while fiddling with her dark hair. So far there were just a few campers that had arrived. Lupa was hiding in the shadows waiting for the others to arrive. Finally the others arrived, all of them running in and taking their seats. Some other campers had been invited as well due to the circumstances. When everyone had settled down, Lupa leaped on the platform.

''Romans! It has come to the attention of her majesty Juno that the bond between camps is becoming weak. Her plan that saved us all is slowly fading. Her Majesty does not want the camps to be enemies again. So she has convinced the other gods into an agreement. Every two years Camp Jupiter and Camp Half Blood will reunite at one of the camps. It will be a huge event with lots of challenges and competitions between camps. Since the two camps have not seen each other for 2 years, we will be meeting in a month at Camp Half Blood.''

Jason should have thought of lots of things but one name kept swirling in his brain. Piper.

Jason looked at Nick whose face was pale, the boys locked eyes and they both realized this was going to get very complicated.

A/N: Hey I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Look guys I would seriously appreciate it if you could review and tell me what you think it will make this story better and I will probably update faster if I have more ideas! Later people of the world! Xxxx