Yea, I'm trying to update my stuff but...busy life. Sorry.

"I just don't get it."

"What's not to get? Men are jerks." Annabeth said, taking a bite out of her ice cream.

"But Jason was different, he was brave, sweet, didn't look down on others, easy-going, and a fun hero. And he just broke my heart."

"Listen," Persia said, stopping her braid in Piper's hair. "I haven't known Percy and Jason for more than 24 hours, but I'm pretty sure that would be Percy's description."

Thalia narrowed her eyebrow's. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing. Just that...you know. Percy just has this aura that makes him...the hero. And so does Jason but he seems to know it so it makes him sort of ignorant."

"Okay, you listen to me, old timer. You don't know how what Jason had to go through to be where he is. I think he deserves a little bragging rights."

"Jason was raised to be a leader. Leaders are born not made, Thalia."

"Oh, yeah. I'm sorry, I totally forgot that JASON is praetor of like, a whole nation."

"Let's not exaggerate, now," Annabeth muttered.

"You guys," Hazel spoke up. "It's not the time to fight, it's time to come together."

Persia waved her off, saying, "If you haven't noticed, Percy IS praetor now. And how long did Jason take to be in that position?"

Thalia muttered something.

"What? I can't hear you, I'm old!"

"I said twelve freaking years, you bat!" Thalia yelled, electric static beginning to form at her fingertips.

"If anything, you are the bat! Can't you see, your "brother" is full of owl droppings!" (The magic that is Persia.)

Thalia rolled her eyes, storming out.

"You know, Jason is just having a bad day. I'm going to talk to him." Piper got up, skipping out of the room.

"You go do that, beg him to take you back! Female power!" Annabeth yelled after her.

"Or inflate his ostrich sized ego." Persia said, snickering along with the daughter of Athena.

Hazel shook her head; someone had to do something about this.

"All I'm saying is that we should take the west way toward Camp Jupiter." Jason stated, pointing at the map.

"Who says we're going towards Camp Jupiter?" Nico asked.

"Jason's right. As much as I'd like to go home, we need to check up on Camp Jupiter." Percy shrugged. "Praetor duties, you know."

Nico, Frank, and Leo nodded; approving the plan.

"About that, Perce," Jason said slyly. "Can I talk to you outside?"

Percy nodded, stepping out of the room with Jason at his heels.

"So..." Leo messed around with a piece of paper. "What do you guys think the girls are doing?"

"Stuff." Nico murmured.

Frank shrugged, sighing.

"I thought this quest was going to be fun." Leo commented.

"It's not." Nico said bluntly.

"Is it getting hot in here?"

"I'm getting hot. It's hot in here. You guys want to hear a joke?"

After a moment, Leo continued. "I want to hear a joke. Maybe I should tell a joke, what do you guys think?"

"Don't you have to fix the boat or something?" Frank asked.

Leo's face fell. "We came here on a plane."

"Oh."

"I can take a hint, I'm not wanted." Leo murmured, retreating to the balcony for some fresh air.

It was nice outside; not a cloud insight and the sun was mildly warm. It would have been a nice at camp.

You know, if they weren't at war and all.

"Leo!" Hazel shouted from the girls' balcony.

"Hey! Um, do you know where Piper is? I wanted to talk to her yesterday but with our date and all..." Leo's voice faltered at the end, realizing what he just said.

Hazel's stomach was filled with butterflies. "She went to look for Jason, but yeah, our date."

The son of Hephaestus had his hand on the door handle, but before he could leave he just had to ask.

"Hazel, do you want to sit next to me on the way back?"

"I'd love to." Hazel breathed.

Leo said a hasty goodbye, and went back inside, thrilled she had said yes.

Phoebe Pov-

"Hurry up, girls." I said to the three girls trailing behind me. "Lady Artemis told us to hurry."

"We're coming." Naomi panted. "What's the matter, anyway?"

"I don't know," I muttered, helping Chloe and Naomi upon Zeus's fist.

The goddess of hunt sat on the edge of Zeus's fist, her back turned from us.

"My lady?" Atlanta asked.

Lady Artemis turned her focus away from the sunset and faced us, the four girls who'd been with her since the hunt started.

"Ladies," She began, taking a deep breath. "I have something to tell you all, but it's not the complete truth-she'll tell you the full story when she arrives."

Naomi, Chloe, Atlanta, and I sat down-I had a feeling this was going to be time consuming.

"I'm sure you all remember Persia, one of the first second in command's for the hunt."

"Yeah," Chloe whispered softly. "She quit on us."

"That's not entirely the truth..." Artemis said. "What had really happened is I got jealous of Persia and I k-"

"Fired her?" I questioned, seeing red spots in my vision. "She was one of the best huntresses and you let her go? Why?"

"Phoebe, stop jumping to conclusions. I did something much worse, I-"

"You know what, Artemis!" I stood up, facing the goddess. "I don't want know, but I do know you had something to do with her leaving, she wouldn't abandon us like that. Then when she left, you went on to the next best thing, Zoe Nightshade. Now Thalia is second in command."

"Did you ever think I might've wanted the job? I'm kind of starting to feel like I'm alone here, and that is not what I signed up for."

At this point, Artemis face began turning red and she pointed a finger at me. "Listen Phoebe, I've been busy and tried to keep us all united in this time of war, therefore I might've slightly forgotten about you status in the camp Just let me finish, and we'll continue this later."

"No." I said sternly, defying her.

Defying friends and the family who have stood me all these centuries.

Defying who I always thought I was.

"Phoebe, please. Don't." Atlanta whispered.

I shot them a small smile; it was too late and they knew it.

"I quit." Turning on my heels and running into the forest, the last I saw of the goddess was a pain-stricken face.

Percy Pov-

"Jason," I started. "Is this really important? I mean, we have to leave in thirty minutes and you only get the best barf bags if you come early."

Before Jason could make a face, Piper rushed out, emerging from the elevator next to us.

"Jason," The daughter of Aphrodite breathed. "We really need to talk."

"No time, Piper." I said. "We've got to get to the airport."

Pushing past the two, I rallied both the boys and girls, leading them to the lobby.

After receiving the bill, I sighed.

"Alright, who ordered dinner for two and an ice cream cone?"

Annabeth, Leo, and Hazel all looked away mumbling something unintelligible.

Once boarding the plane, I felt nauseated but it different from the last flight.

Everything was wrong.

Annabeth and I weren't talking, in fact I sat next to Persia who I learned, had a slight agitation with modern technology and flying metal things.

Hazel sat with Leo, laughing at his jokes while a steaming Frank observed.

Jason picked the furthest seat from Piper, as so did Thalia but with Persia.

Nico sat next to Thalia, trying to get her to talk.

It wasn't supposed to be like this, we were supposed to be united and the way things are going, I don't think we'll be able to come together for the upcoming war.

A/N- Well, that was interesting. Sorry I kept on switching tenses-I'm tired. To be honest, I wasn't planning on making Phoebe quit but it actually fits with the plot.

Sort of.

Okay...um review? And tell me you want from the upcoming Apollo and Asia meeting, kind of out of ideas here.