Okay, so I've decided to do a series of one-shots, all about reunions. This chapter will start Jeyna, but end Jasper. Sorry Jeyna fans, but I'm a strong supporter of Piper/Jason. It's not like I don't like Jeyna too, but I like Jasper more. Also, thanks Pairingslover for my first review ever!
Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, or the Hunger Games quote I hid in here.
From the second Jason got of the ship and onto the ladder, all eyes were on him. Sure, every person looking at him was holding a deadly weapon poised to strike his heart, but they were listening. " I think you all know who I am." he said. " Jason Grace", Reyna responded sharply. "You have some nerve to be here. We will listen to you, for I know we must unite, but I'm warning you, if you say one wrong word, I will have my dogs rip your throat out. Understand?" Jason nodded, " Yes Praetor", he responded. Jason thought he saw a glimpse of a quick, smile at his remark, but then it was gone. Still, that small, isolated, smile, opened a floodgate of memories
Half of Reyna wanted to walk up to Jason, pull him of the ladder, kiss him until someone pulled them apart, then kiss him again. The other half was thinking of some pretty nasty words she could use to describe him. Reyna would prefer to be all second half, full of nothing but loathing for Jason Grace. She wanted to hate him, she really did. He had left Camp Jupiter in their time of greatest need, and in Rome, that was considered treason. She couldn't believe that she even thought of kissing a traitor. She wanted to frget him, tothrow him out of her mind. But in her mind, she could never truly forget Jason Grace. He was just in to many memories.
Reyna had been sitting in the Principa, about a week after the Battle with the Titans. Her arm was in a sling and she had a black eye, but she still looked stunning. "Hey", Jason muttered to her as he sat down. "Hey", she said, looking up. They sat in silence for a while until Jason bluntly asked, "What we do now?" Reyna looked at him strangely. " What do you mean?" "Well," Jason began, "We spent most of our lives training for that battle, and so did the rest of the camp, and now we have nothing to train for. So I'm saying, what do we do now?" Jason waited a few seconds while Reyna thought out her answer. "Well" she started. " Well what?" Jason asked. "You do what I tell you to do, and no one gets hurt." Jason smiled at Reyna's attempt at a joke, then bowed stiffly, " Yes Praetor" he responded. Then he leaned gently brushed his lips with Reyna's and casually sauntered out of the room.
Jason was snapped back to reality when he heard a shrill, girlish, scream proclaim, " They're hiding more Greeks! We must attack!" Octavian squealed. "Octavian!" Reyna yelled, "Explain yourself". " Obviously," Octavian started, "Jason was hiding Greeks to attack us in our slumber. They cannot be trusted" Jason wasn't hiding Greeks, they were hiding themselves. Although he had put Piper, Leo, and Annabeth in the cargo hold, and told them to stay…Oh no. Jason quickly spun around just in time to see Annabeth pull Piper and Leo out of the trap door on the deck. He put his face in his hands. Something, anything, was about to go wrong. Suddenly, from about the middle of the crowd, a boy with black hair and sea green eyes, who could only be Percy Jackson spoke up. But Jason didn't hear him. He was to busy staring at what he was wearing. Flowing behind Percy was a purple Praetor's cape. His cape.
Reyna squinted; locating Jason from Scipio was harder then it looked. As far as she could she, some girl was holding his hand. She'd deal with that that later. She had to pay attention to flying her Pegasus. She had jumped onto Skippy and started flying up after the flashback, so no one could see her cry. Because if there is one thing a Praetor of Rome never does, it's cry. That flashback changed all of that. Jason hadn't talked to her at all after that. When he disappeared 3 weeks later, she had originally thought it was because he never wanted to see her again. She had been mad then. Now that she knew why he left, she was infuriated! But not at him. At her. Juno. She had taken Jason away from her and now, when she finally forgave him, when she finally decided she'd rather march up to him and kiss him then call him nasty swear words, Octavian's rant about Greeks trying to kill them was preventing her from kissing him silly. Now that Reyna thought about it, she was infuriated with Octavian too. Actually, she was infuriated with a lot of people right now. Starting with the girl who had grabbed Jason's hand and was now kissing him in the same way she had imagined kissing him.
Piper had kissed Jason only seconds after Percy pulled Annabeth in for their second kiss. Piper had pulled him in so quickly, he had no time to respond, but still, he liked it. It felt nothing like his kiss with Reyna, in a good way, of course. Unlike that kiss, which had been soft and quick, this kiss was heartfelt and passionate, and Jason liked it better in more ways then one. It hadn't felt awkward at all; his kiss with Reyna felt so strange, he had stay away from her for weeks. This kiss came from his soul and made him feel powerful, and strong. His kiss with Reyna was a split second decision, and left him regretting it. His kiss with Piper left him hungering for more, and that kiss also helped him decide the winner of the battle he had been secretly fighting with himself for days. Piper was the girl he wanted to be with. Who knew an 8 month separation from his friends and family could help him find his soul mate?
Not a fan of this chapter. I thought my paragraphs were kind of off-topic, and I didn't mention him trying to decide between Piper and Reyna until the end. Still I tried my best. Oh, and the 3rd paragraph is 3rd person. Reviews and constructive criticism help me improve! Byes!