PART 2.2! Yay! I actually read all the comments and everyone loves Jason, which came in between my plans =.= So now I'm as torn as Reyna is =.= I was planning on doing TWO different endings since I dont want to be predictable but I also want to satisfy my audience. But then again, I thought that publish writers don't consult their audience and asks them how they want the ending to go...they talk to their editors...but then again, you guys are like my editors...I only have you guys to talk about my stories and review and all. Should I make two endings? But enough with my rant and on to the story:

Reyna had her gaze lowered the entire time as she opened the door. She could feel Benjamin's smiling gaze looking at her but she couldn't face him after watching that video.

"Hey..." She said with a muffled voice, the back of her hand covering her mouth.

"What's wrong...?" He asked her quickly when he saw her like this.

"It's..." Reyna removed her hand from her mouth and looked around before she faced him, "Its nothing" She said, trying to sound cheerful. "We have visitors..." Reyna said with a shaky smile.

"Oh..." Benjamin looked inside the apartment and saw figures of a few people. He looked back at Reyna. Benjamin didn't quite trust her right now. With a sigh, he grabbed her hand and pulled her outside, closing the door behind them. "Now.." he started, still holding her hand. "What's going on?" He gave her hand a squeeze, "Look, I know we are definitely from different backgrounds but you can tell me..."

Reyna lowered her gaze with guilt. Why did he have to bring up their different pasts? Thats was the reason she was behaving this way. Did she really want to leave behind everything she had? She knew she cannot introduce Benjamin more into her life than she already had even if she tried, it wouldn't work. The only thing she had left was to leave everything behind and start a new life. But that terrified her.

"it's just..." Reyna looked up to meet his gaze, "...do you really want to marry me?" She choked up.

Benjamin looked at her with a face of disbelief. "Where is this coming from?" he asked her. Reyna didnt know how to answer him. "Do you think I'll propose if I didn't really want to marry you?" He chuckled. "Reyna look..." he collected his thoughts, "I don't know if you Romans say this differently but, I love you. Hopefully I won't have to have a gladiator fight or sacrifice a few animals to prove that to you" He poked her nose, "I really do love you so please, don't ask me that question ever again"

Reyna smiled at him, flattered. Benjamin was the first guy who made her feel special, like she was the only girl in his eyes. Some people wanted to feel like they were the only person in the world but Reyna didn't care for that. He made her so happy and content, unique and outstanding No one ever made her feel like that, not even Jason.

Benjamin smiled when he saw her smile. They both leaned forward and shared a kiss.

"Now let's go back inside" He said as he grabbed her hand and walked inside. "So, the people here are all demi-gods?" Benjamin asked but before Reyna could answer, they were in front of all eyes. "Oh...heyyy" Benjamin said awkwardly since everyone were staring at him.

"You should be Ben" Gwen broke the ice, with a kind smile.

Benjamin glanced at the girl, "Yeah, last time I checked..."

"I'm Gwen" She said with a wave. "And this is Frank and Piper, Percy and Annabeth, Leo, Hazel, and thats Jason" Gwen pointed at everyone as she introduced them.

Benjamin waved and smiled at them and then looked at Jason, "Oh, Jason. I remember you..." He said.

Jason really wasn't in a social mood but smiled anyways. "Yeah, it wasn't so long ago that we met" He said as he scratched the back of his hair.

"yeah..." Benjamin looked around, "So what are you all up to?" He took a sit on the edge of the couch while Reyna stayed standing.

"Want a seat?" Jason told Reyna as he almost stood up but Reyna shook her head.

"No, it's okay"

"C'mon..." Jason insisted, standing up.

With a sigh, Reyna gave in, "Fine.." She said as she sat down on the armchair Jason was sitting on. Jason simply sat on the arm-rest, leaning back.

"We were watching a video here..." Leo said awkwardly, stealing Benjamin's attention from Reyna and Jason. It's been a while since Leo came across a full mortal that knows about the gods.

"Oh, cool..." Benjamin said, not really focusing on the video. To tell the truth, Benjamin noticed the way Jason acted around Reyna. It was like they had so much chemistry with each other. He knew that they were praetors together but that wasn't what made him feel uncomfortable. Something was tugging inside him, trying to tell him something but he didn't know what. He couldn't wrap his fingers around it. He hadn't said anything because he thought it was unimportant and he didn't want to turn it into a big deal, since he knew that they had nothing going on together.

"What did you major in, Benjamin?" Annabeth asked, trying to be polite.

"Oh, Philosophy" Benjamin answered, looking at the blond. "With a minor in Religion"

"Oh cool" Annabeth smiled and the two were soon in conversation.

"I'm hungry" Frank mused silently.

"Oh, we can prepare you some food..." Reyna said and walked over to the kitchen.

"I'll help" Jason stood up and followed her.

Frank smiled since he was going to get food and also followed them.

"Pass me the bread in the fridge" Reyna told Frank.

Frank opened the fridge and spotted something that appealed him more than a sandwich. "Can you just heat up a hot pocket...?" He asked.

"No" Reyna said, causing Jason to chuckle since she used her praetor tone.

"Why not?" Frank whined.

"Because no. It's probably the unhealthiest thing you can have..." She reasoned.

Frank frown and continued, "Don't use that tone with me. I don't think you haven't realized, but you aren't praetor anymore. I don't have to listen to you anymore"

Reyna placed her hands on her hips and looked at frank with a do-you-really-want-to-go-there look.

"Alright" Jason thought it was about time he interfered. "Calm down you two..."

Jason stood between the two of them. Frank eyed Reyna for a final second and looked away. Reyna glanced at Jason, "You aren't praetor anymore, Grace" She said and turned around.

"Can I have two sandwiches?" Frank asked.

"No" Reyna said again.

"Why?"

"Because we aren't feeding Hannibal"

Jason was smiling. He left like he was back at Camp Jupiter again. All the inside jokes and references made him nostalgic.

"But, I'll be hungry in half an hour"

"You know what Frank," Reyna said threateningly. Jason knew that tone, Reyna reached her last patience.

"Oh uh..." Jason placed his hands on Reyna's shoulders and turned her around, so she wasn't facing Frank. "I'll tell you what" He said, "Why don't we simply order pizza or something" He suggested. "It'll be on me so don't worry"

Reyna pouted with a frown, her arms crossed over her chest. Frank smiled. "I agree!" He said happily. They both faced Reyna, waiting for her response.

"Well..." She said. "...if it's on Jason, I guess I have no problem"

Jason smiled and raised his two hands, waiting for a high five from both of them. They both gave him a high five but Jason held on to Reyna's hand a bit longer.

"I want chicken and mozzarella on mine" She said as Jason let go of her hand.

"Of course" Jason squeezed her shoulder and walked out to the living room.

"We are going out for Pizza" Jason told the others. "Leo, you are coming with me" Jason said trying to send his friend a message.

"What?" Leo looked up. He seemed like he wanted to continue watching the DVD, the thing Jason was avoiding. "Why? I want to stay and-"

"I said, you are coming with me. Percy, you too" Jason actually became closer to Percy after the entire Gaea thing. They had some awkward silences when alone though but their relationship was getting better.

"But..." Leo got cut off when Jason grabbed his shirt and pulled him along.

"Should I go?" Frank asked, seeing that all the guys in the room were going, with the exception of Benjamin.

"Nope, you stay here" Jason said, "Keep Benjamin and the girls company..."

"But-" Jason shot Frank a look and the guy stayed silent.

"What topping?" Jason asked the group. A bunch of different suggestions came at once that Jason honestly couldn't tell not even one apart. "All right, so two large peperoni pizzas" He said and then turned toward the door.

"Oh wait" Reyna stopped them, "Here's the keys" She threw Jason her keys so he wouldn't have to knock.

Jason caught them swiftly and closed the door behind him.

"So why did you call us out here for?" Percy asked as they walked out the building and into the street.

"What you mean?" Jason asked. Honestly, he didn't want to be in the same room with Benjamin. Don't get him wrong, the guy seemed very cool and a great guy for Reyna but Jason felt uncomfortable. He knew that Reyna told Benjamin about everything but did he knew about them? He wondered about that all the time but never had the guts to ask.

"C'mon, it was obvious that you called us out here for something"

"To ..order pizza perhaps?" Jason said sarcastically.

"I wanted to finish that dvd" Leo said with a sad face.

"Why didn't you want Benjamin to see that video?" Percy asked Jason.

Darn, Jason thought. Percy was actually sharp. Jason sighed. He guessed he subconsciously didn't want Benjamin to see that video. Perhaps he felt like it was too personal to him. Benjamin was an outsider - Jason was aware Reyna would hate him for saying that. But he didn't want to share with Benjamin something he had and loved so dearly. It was memories that he and Reyna shared together and he didn't want to share it with Benjamin. It was like a child not wanting to share his toys.

"I don't know...It's Camp Jupiter's secret...?" He said as a pathetic excuse that even Leo laughed in a that's-pathetic way.

"But really, now speaking of Benjamin..." It was no secret Leo had no social skills so it was awkward for him. "..What do you really think of him- of this?"

Both Leo and Percy knew how well Reyna and Jason fit together. They had so much chemistry and their personality complimented each other. They known each other for so long that they knew how to make each other laugh, smile, feel better, etc. They knew each other's deepest fears, their secrets, and dreams. Everyone would have sworn that they would dye together happily when they saw them together that it was a real surprise when they found out that Reyna was getting married, to a mortal. Reyna and Jason had broken up about 3-4 years ago but everyone figured they would get back together in no time but that haven't happened yet. Instead, Reyna got engaged to a mortal.

"What you mean?" Jason chuckled, trying to hide his true emotions. "I'm fine. She's happy, isn't she?" He said in a matter-of-fact tone. "She's happy and loves him. Isn't that all that matters?"

Leo and Percy looked at each other, sharing a message with their eyes. Leo bit his lip. He didn't know what to say now. He sometimes hated his social skills.

"Does it matter? She can be happy with you too, you know..." Percy said slowly.

Jason looked at him. "Yeah, she can..." He said, not really thinking about it, "But I lost my chance. Twice...Look," Jason was getting defensive, "We made our decisions. We both did, pretty decisive too when we did. We can't go back now"

Percy glanced at Leo. I'm out of ideas, his look read. Leo didn't know what to say. He looked forward and thanked the Gods when the pizzeria was down the corner.

"You know she loves you" Leo blurted out. He regretted as soon as he said it. He wanted to hit himself in the head with hammer.

Both Jason and Percy looked at Leo. "She loves you..." He repeated shyly. It was the truth, so he shouldn't be afraid of saying it.

Jason sighed. He ran a hand through his hair. "Maybe she does" He said. "But...she chose Benjamin" You can feel the hurt in his voice. "She choose him even before she met him. She choose him when she left me behind after pleading her to stay" He had pleaded her, begged her to stay. It was 2 years ago, when she received her acceptance letter from the college as a transfer student. He told her not go away, that he would follow her but she said no. That day Reyna had made her decision.

Jason let out a final sigh. He turned around and walked ahead, leaving Percy and Leo a few feets behind. Maybe Leo and Percy had pushed this a bit too far. But it helped Jason let out some of his contained emotions. He had let those emotions inside for two years and it was good to breath in fresh new air yet he felt like something was missing.

Back in the apartment, Hazel and Gwen were looking through bridal magazines while the others, with the exception of Frank and Reyna, were in conversation with Benjamin. Frank and Reyna were simply talking about camp. Frank lived in New Rome so he had all the news to share.

"Dakota" Reyna gushed nostalgically when Frank brought him up. "It's been ages since I've seen him" She said, "How is he?"

"Well, he got passed kool-aid" Frank said.

"Oh good" Reyna smiled.

"And moved on to Wine..."

"Oh no..."

"Yeah" Frank nodded, "Either you are lucky or the world is ending if you see him earlier than the afternoon"

Reyna kind of figured something like this would happen to Dakota.

"But he's still a great guy. Wise one too. I'm afraid to admit it but, he's more interesting when he's with his dear wine"

Reyna smiled, "Well, thats not really a shocker with him"

"Yeah. White wine when we need him smart, red wine when we want him strong" Frank joked.

"If you don't mind me asking, what are your plans after the wedding...?" Annabeth asked Benjamin. He was a bit speechless.

"Don't grooms always follow what the bride wants blindly?" He said with a laugh and called Reyna's attention over. "I don't mind anything really. It's all about what Rey wants"

Hazel and Gwen did a collective 'awww'.

Reyna blushed.

"So" Gwen spoke to Reyna, "What you want to do?" She asked. Leave it to Gwen to be so straight-forward like this. "After the wedding and honey-moon, what are your plans...?"

Reyna quickly shook her head, "Oh no. We're not planning on a honey-moon"

Everyone glanced at her. Gwen gave her a face: are you serious?

"No honey-moon?" She asked in disbelief.

"No..." Reyna said. She could even feel Benjamin's gaze on her. They never discussed this together but she figured he would be okay with it. "We are both grad students. We can't afford the luxury"

Gwen glanced at Benjamin, "What do you have to say?" She asked him, not letting the subject drop.

You instigator, Reyna thought with a frown.

"Well, if Reyna says so"

"No" Gwen shook her head, "No no on...you guys...you need this. It's all part of the whole marriage thing. It simply comes with the package"

Benjamin shrugged, "I dont think my parents would mind paying for it. I bet they wouldn't even feel it financially..." He chuckled, "So if Reyna changes her mind..."

Gwen looked at Reyna with pleading eyes.

"I said no" Reyna said, "Thats final. And what does this have to do with you?"

Gwen ignored her and continued to look through the magazine with a pout. "You never were this hard-headed" She mumbled to herself. "I mean, you were always stubborn that not even Jason could change your mind but this is simply ridiculous..."

Reyna rolled her eyes.

"I think it's cute" Hazel added to the conversation, "I remember Jason trying to help me since we were both in the same cohort. He was trying to convince Reyna to give me a break when I was a newbie..." Reyna smiled softly at the memory. It was before Jason had a date with amnesia. It was back in the best days. "But of course, Reyna had to follow rules"

Reyna chuckled, "Sorry to say but I'm not even sorry" She joked with Hazel. "Someone had to follow the rules . Jason was always more relaxed with them"

"I know.." Hazel smiled.

Benjamin was feeling awfully uncomfortable. He always thought that it was a bit crazy, he and Reyna getting married and all. But he thought that it could be romantic. Two people who aren't from the same world falling in love and living happily ever after...But does that ever works out? Romeo and Juliet both died. Whats the point of giving up your life if you won't be able to be happy with your loved one? But he guessed it was better than one being dead and the other alive.

"Reyna..." He called her lost in thought.
Reyna glanced at Benjamin and wondered what this was all about. He was staring off at space, the same look in his eyes that he get when he was thinking.

"Huh?"

Benjamin reached out and grabbed her hand. He looked at her in the eye for a moment, "Let's talk for a moment" and then turned to the others. "If you please excuse us..." He walked toward her bedroom with her and closed the door behind them.

Leo, Percy and Jason arrived to the pizzeria and were waiting for them to be done. Jason waited outside the restaurant, looking up at the dark sky. It should be about 11 P. was nice hanging out with old pals although Benjamin was the sore eye out of the group. Jason didn't want to be mean to the guy but he couldn't help feeling that way. At least he kept it to himself. Everyone at least once had thought something really mean about someone and was glad since it was their own personal thoughts.

"If there is something I know to recognize, it's a broken heart" Said a female voice. Jason looked at his side and saw a women. She was tall, dark wavy hair elegantly combed down her back, had piercing brown eyes and sun-kissed skin. She looked like she could be Reyna's and Hylla's cousin. Jason thought he knew her for some reason or the other but couldn't place her in his mind. "The girl you love is marrying someone else. I've seen plenty of cases like this. Some may seem to have happy endings but they are dying in the inside since they aren't happy"

Finally it clicked to Jason. "Venus..." He said, recognizing the Goddess of Love.

"It's been a while Jason Grace" The goddess stood next to him, looking forward. "I swear, you're love life had always been hopeless, ever since you were fifteen. Not that you don't have love in your life, rather that you don't know what to do with it"

Jason chuckled shyly, scratching his cheek. He knew he couldn't trick the goddess of love. Plus, something told Jason she been paying special attention to him over the years.

"What are you doing?" She asked him finally. "You know you won't be happy..."

Jason sighed. He didn't want to talk about it. But it wasn't like he could lie to the goddess of love.

"She's happy" He gave her the same ol' excuse.

"Oh don't give me that Dear" She said. "You cannot trick me. You know..." She started her offer. Jason glanced at her suspiciously. He didn't know what was coming but something told him he wasn't going to like it. "...if you just gave me the word, I can change everything. You would be happy, she would be happier, and everything would be fine"

"She already made her choice"

"Oh dearie, I can make that change"

"You are going to manipulate her?" Jason asked. For some reason, he didn't want that. He didn't want the Gods to change what was going on.

"Oh heavens, no" She sounded offended. "I would never do that. I'm simply going to...bring out the love she has inside outside and make her release what she can have with you"

Jason took that in. That didn't sound bad but...he didn't want Reyna to choose him, because of something the Gods did. He would love Reyna to love him and marry him but he lost his chance. He accepted defeat. He didn't want to confuse her when she's so close to finalizing her decision.

"No..." Jason said.

"No?" Venus asked in disbelief.

"No, leave Reyna alone. Leave her and Benjamin alone. They don't deserve all of this only because I couldn't hold on to Reyna..."

Venus sighed. "Fine" She rubbed her forehead, "But never say I never offered help" She said before disappearing.

"I don't need your help" Jason mumbled to himself.

"Hey, Jace" Leo said with two flat boxes in his hands, walking out the restaurant. "We got the pizza. Let's go"

"What you want to talk about?" Reyna asked Benjamin.

Benjamin was sitting on the bed, his head down on his hands. "I don't want you to get the wrong idea..." He started.

Reyna was getting anxious. She couldn't read him today. He was acting so strange.

"Please, don't misunderstand. But, I need to know. How do you feel about Jason?" Benjamin asked, looking up at her.

That caught Reyna out of surprise. She found it ridiculous that she chuckled. "What you mean how I feel about Jason?"

Benjamin was serious. "I need to know. I need to know before the wedding..."

That hit Reyna. Hard. "What does mean...?" She asked scared.

"I need to know that you are making the right decision. I don't know if this is different in the mortal world or not, but we need to be sure that this is for the best. Its kind of a cliché in movies that the girl loves two guys and it cannot work" He chuckled bitterly, "So, do you love him?"

"What you mean if I love him?" Reyna asked but she saw that Benjamin wasn't going to stop before he got an answer. "Of course I love him" She admitted, "He's been in my life over almost ten years now..."

Benjamin nodded. It seemed like he received the answer he was waiting for. "He loves you too, you know"

"He's a close friend..." Reyna added.

"Like ..family?" Benjamin asked.

Reyna shook her head, "No, not at all..." She said. It was complicated. "He isn't like a brother to me. Not at all. But he is close to me. I guess you can say like family since he's so close to me but not like a brother..."

"You love him..." Benjamin said but this time it held more meaning.

Reyna was feeling scared, she didn't want to lose Benjamin. She saw next to him, putting her hands on his neck. "But, I love you. I love you too..."

Benjamin smiled softly, "I'm flattered and I love you too Reyna, but..."

Reyna tried to lean forward to kiss him but he moved his head to the side.

"I don't want you to make the wrong thing...by marrying me..."

Reyna hands turned into fists. Benjamin was speaking nonsense.

"I love you. I want to marry you" She said. "I don't feel like I'm doing something wrong"

"Reyna, you are in between two worlds. You want to be with me, and live in the mortal world, leave everything behind or be with..." Benjamin's voice chocked up, "...or do you want to be in New Rome, in your home, in the place that saw you grow, with Jason, who loves you?"

Reyna was close to tears now.

"What are you trying to say? You want me to choose?"

"No dear. I don't. Thats the last thing I want to make you do" He placed his hands on her neck.

"Then what are you trying to tell me?"

"Don't you see Reyna, the answer is right in front of you" He told her softly, "You simply need to read what it's trying to tell you" Benjamin kissed her cheek and stood up.

"So you are simply going to leave?" Reyna asked, gripping on the bedsheets.

"No..Reyna, no.." Benjamin said. "You need time to think. If the answer is me, I'm going to be the happiest men in the world...but if it isn't..." Benjamin took a breath, "..I'll be happy for you. It'll suck, I won't lie, but you will be in the utmost level of happiness and hopefully that happiness will reach me that I could be happy for you" With that, Benjamin left.

Tears flowed down Reyna's face. She fell back in her bed, lying on her side. It felt like everything she built up so far had simply fallen down ten times faster than it took to built. Benjamin told her that the answer was right in front of her and that she simply had to take time and read what it was trying to tell her. Reyna wiped away her tears. So it was between Jason and Benjamin, huh.

Next Installment.

The wedding bell rings for Reyna.

Will she choose Jason or Benjamin...?

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