Ch.3
Wow the time really got away from me with this one; it's almost 5am already
Jason didn't know how he managed to get roped into helping Percy set up for his class's astronomy presentation but Leo was involved and somehow Thalia had gotten involved so when they came to him he figured he might as well help out too. Thanks to Leo he had a good idea of how to check the lights and things and unlike his sister he wasn't bothered by heights plus it got him away from anyone else trying to drag him along for something.
It also didn't hurt to have Piper helping out as well; she was so down to earth and always willing to help their friends when they asked her to. She may have a famous dad but she never acted like you would expect from someone growing up in the spotlight, she was always hanging out with their misfit band of friends, her and Leo always fought and teased each other like siblings and she was able to show up Percy at the skate park. She was also probably the most beautiful girl Jason knew, and the thing was she didn't even seem to realize it. She tried to hide from people and didn't do anything that would really draw too much attention to herself but she was so beautiful and he wished he could show her that.
The way her face lit up when she smiled or laughed, the amazing colors of her eyes that was uniquely hers, the way she sometimes put colorful feathers in her hair and then sit and play with them absently while she was lost in thought all made him wish he could work up the courage to tell her how he felt about her, but he was sure that guys probably threw themselves at her all the time trying to get a date just so that they could say that they went out with the daughter of Tristian McLain. He'd heard it time and again, guys talking about how Piper would be hot if she would just stop dressing like a guy or how it was stupid for her to hang out with losers, or how if they were to date her they would try to get on set of one of her dads movies. Jerks like that would never understand how amazing or beautiful she was, they didn't care, all they wanted was bragging rights.
Jason watched from the catwalk as Piper talked with Rachel and Annabeth.
"Well I hope your teacher gives you all extra credit or something when this is done. It's not fair if you get nothing for all of the effort you guys put in." that was another thing he liked about her, she didn't like for people to be treated unfairly. They didn't talk much but when they had he had found that she was a very out spoken person and he admired that about her, she stood for what she believed in and would fight for it if necessary. It was so much better than those who were willing to use others for their own gain.
Jason watched as the final stars were put into place and the signal was given that everything was finished and headed down to the stage so that he could see the completed stage. Everything looked awesome, the way the stars twinkled made it look like a clear winter night with nothing but the open sky to see, he had to hand it to Rachel and Hazel from the art club, they had done a great job helping Annabeth map out the stars and constellations and getting them to look just right. Leo did a test run of the lights to shine on each one in turn as they were named and it couldn't have looked better. He was defiantly glad he was able to help out with this.
Then the bell rang letting them know that it was time for first period. He grabbed his books from the sound booth where Leo was hanging out. "So I bet you're happy you came along to help huh?" Leo said as they saw Piper get her note and leave the auditorium. Jason pretended Leo had meant the finished look of the stage. "Yeah, everything looks great. It's like seeing the real night sky."
Leo gave him a look that said that he knew Jason knew what he meant. "So I know that you would have helped anyway but everyone that helped here today gets a pizza party after school so you should use that as your chance. Just talk to her bro trust me." Jason shook his head. "I don't know man, what if she thinks I'm just trying to use her or something? Maybe it would be better if we were just friends." Leo gave a look like he was a complete idiot. "Come on man if you keep this up you might miss your chance entirely, how many times have you told me how amazing our beauty queen is?" Jason lifted a brow at his friend "Those aren't my words." Leo laughed "Nope they're mine, she's like my sister so I'm the only one who can get away with calling her that." He had a smug look on his face, Jason laughed "Yeah sure, and you still get something thrown at you if you say it in front of random people." They laughed about the time they were hanging out at the mall and Leo had seen Piper and called out to her using his nickname for her only to receive a handful of fries to the face. "It's okay though, that's our relationship." He gave Jason an elfish grin "What could you say about yours?" Jason rolled his eyes "Shut up." and left the sound booth to get his note before heading to his own class.
Well that only took about an hour, anyway happy Halloween peoples. I don't have anything Halloween based in mind so you're getting this. Good night, maybe I'll be up by noon and can start working on this again.