I really appreciate all the feedback I received about the last idea. I completely agree, and I went back a changed a few things about the last chapter. I hope this chapter makes things a bit clearer. Please keep reviewing.

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PIPER

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Piper mindlessly walked through the crowd until she heard Chiron calling her name. She then turned and started towards his voice.

"Piper, these three girls represent Venus' children of Rome. Would you mind showing them to their cabin?"

If Chiron hadn't point the out to her, Piper would have never guessed that these three girls were Venus' daughters. They wore no makeup or jewelry. In fact, the only thing separating these three girls from the other Romans were the elaborate knots holding up their hair.

"Not at all," she answered holding out her hand. "Hi, I'm Piper, head of the Aphrodite cabin."

The tall girl in the middle took her hand and shook it. "Hello Piper. It's nice to meet you." There was a twinkled in her eyes told Piper that she knew exactly who she was, and something told her that is wasn't because she was part of the seven. "I'm Camila."

"Pulcheria," stated the brunette without waiting for her to ask.

"Rosalie," the girl with auburn hair quickly added.

"Well, I will leave you to it, Piper." Chiron gave her an encouraging smile before moving onto the next group of campers.

Piper led the three girls back to her camp where the rest of her cabin was anxiously waiting for them. The girls didn't talk on the way there, but Piper saw their eyes wandering, taking in the sights. She did her best to say useful information and point out certain locations on the way, but only Camilia showed any signs of listening.

When they finally got to the cabin the three Roman girls just stood out the cabin a few moments staring at it as if they were decide whether or not the pinkness of the cabin was the most beautiful thing they have ever seen or the ugliest. Piper really didn't care to know the answer, so she ushered them through the door.

"Everyone," Piper greeted her cabin. "This is Camila, Pulcheria and Rosalie. They will be staying with us during their visit. I hope that you will make them feel welcome."

Everyone stared at them in awe.

"Pulcheria? That's an unfortunate name," said Drew from the back of the room. Piper sighed. She should have bet on Drew making the first remarked.

"It means beautiful in Latin," Pulcheria firmly stated.

"It's very pretty," Piper blurted, trying to do some damage control. When the Roman girls weren't looking Piper gave Drew a threating look to be quiet or else.

Pulcheria gave her reluctant nod. Piper interrupt it as a sign that they were out of danger.

Piper explained the cabin rules to them, and showed them to their beds. They accepted her words as if they were orders, and quickly began unpacking. Slowly, the other campers began to relax.

Lacy sat down on her bed which happened to be right next to Rosalie's. "So, tell us. Are any of the Roman boys cute?"

"I'm not sure cute is the right word," commented Pulcheria.

"They are good looking enough," added Camilia.

"Oh, good," replied Sophia smiling. "We need some new fresh meat around here."

The Roman girls exchanged a look, but said no more.

"Do any of you have boyfriends?" asked Lacy.

"I do," answered Camila.

"Oh! Tell! Tell," they exclaimed. If there was one thing children of Aphrodite like it was a good love story.

"His name is Augustus. He's staying in the Apollo cabin."

"How did you two meet?" Piper asked.

"Oh, we have known each a very long time, since we were children. Our fathers run a company together in New Rome. I'm a legacy of Venus not a daughter." She explained.

"Are you seeing anyone Rosalie?" asked Lacy.

"Not at the moment."

"We will have to find someone for you. There is this really cute new Demeter boy−"

Rosalie laughed. "Oh gods no, I would never date a graceus."

A very awkward minute passed before anyone spoke again.

"Piper, could tell us what our schedule is like?" asked Camilla.

"There isn't one really. When you finish packing I can take you around the camp if you like. Really can do anything you want to. We have a rock wall, canoeing,−"

"Don't we have training sessions or classes that we need to attend?" asked Rosalie.

"Oh no," replied Piper. "This is a summer camp. We have classes but they're not mandatory."

"What about chores?" asked Pulcheria.

"You're our guests. We wouldn't make you clean anything," replied Lacy.

The Roman exchanged confused looks.

"So, what do we do all day?" asked Camilla.

Piper shrugged. "Hang out. Have fun. Anything you like."

"We thought that maybe after dinner tonight we could do makeovers," added Lacy holding up her deluxe makeup kit.

"You mean we can actually wear makeup? Rosalie gasped.

"Of course," smiled Piper.

"And nail polish?" asked Camilla.

"Yep," grinned Lacy.

"I haven't worn nail polish in years," sighed Pulcheria.

"You poor thing,"

They laughed.

"Why aren't you allowed to wear nail polish?" asked Mitchel.

"It's against regulation," answered Rosalie.

"Anything that draws too much attention to yourself is banned," added Camilla. "Makeup, jewelry, accessories."

"Sounds awful."

"It's not that bad. All that stuff. It's all just distraction."

"Well, here they're part of life," said Piper. "So, makeovers after the tour?"

"Screw the tour. Nail polish now," stated Pulcheria.

The girls laughed. And for the first time Piper thought that this visit could actually be fun.

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The next morning, Piper went for a walk around camp, keeping an eye out for a certain son of Juipter.

"Hello Piper," said Leo. He was sitting down on the steps of his cabin so she didn't notice him right away as she walked around in her dreamlike state.

"Morning Leo," she replied. "Why aren't you with Jason?"

"He's busy trying to piece his relationship back together," answered Leo.

Piper's ears perked up. "Oh? What do you mean about that?"

"He got in a fight with Reyna yesterday. I don't think she is enjoying Camp Half-Blood very much."

"Really?" Piper calmly replied. "What were they fighting about?"

"Well, Jason found out that−" Leo stopped abruptly. "Why do you care?"

"I don't," she quickly replied. "But maybe I should go find Jason, you know, just to make sure he's ok."

"Piper, don't" stated Leo.

"What? I'm just showing concern for my friend. He might what to talk to someone about it."

"I have a funny feeling that you are the last person Jason wants to talk to about Reyna."

She frowned at him. "I don't have any idea what you are talking about."

"You know exactly what I am talking about," said Leo accusingly. "Please Piper, I don't want to get your feelings hurt again. You have just barely got over it the first time."

"I am not going to get hurt," she stated. "I'm just going to talk to him." She slowly started backing away.

"Piper, leave it."

"Alright Leo," she sighed making her escape.

"Where're you going?"

She didn't answer him.

"Piper!" Leo shouted, but she just waved back him.

"I'm just showing friendly concern, Leo."

Piper headed towards the practice arena. Knowing Jason as well as she does, she knew that if Jason was upset that he be down at the practice arena taking out his anger on some helpless practice dummy. As she rounded the corner of the structure, she set herself up to the familiar sight of Jason driving his weapon into some dummy's stomach but what she saw instead stopped her dead in her tracks. Jason was in the arena, however he was not alone.

Reyna was with him.

They were damp with sweat and their swords hung at their sides as if they just finish a fierce battle. At least that is what one would have assumed if they hadn't also been passionately kissing.

Now, a normal person would have slowly quietly exited arena, pretending they hadn't been there, after coming across this scene, but Piper wasn't quite in the normal state of mind. Currently, she was being possessed with a deep raging insanity that only came from a broken heart.

"Jason!"

The couple immediately broke apart when they heard her voice.

Piper approached them with a skip in her step that screamed that she was overcompensating for the deep pain he felt in her heart. She had never seen Jason kiss Reyna before. She had never known him to kiss anyone else but her before.

"Piper," Jason choked once she was standing right in front of her. "What are you doing here?"

"Looking for you," she replied innocently keeping a fake smile plastered on her face.

Jason smiled back at her guiltily, but Reyna was not so easily fooled. She crossed her arms and glared dangerously back at her. She obviously didn't take being interrupted as kindly as Jason did.

"Well, here I am." He kept looking back and forth between her and Reyna as if he was unsure what to do with both of them in the same space. "What can I do for you?"

"I just−" she stuttered. Reyna's stare was starting to get to her. She tried taking a step back, but she bumped into Reyna's gold metal dog. He bared his teeth at her and growled. "I just wanted to talk to you."

"About what?" Reyna snapped.

Jason, sensing the danger level of the situation growing, placed a hand on Reyna's shoulder. "Reyna, why don't you go ahead? I'll catch up with you in a bit."

Piper half expected Reyna to refuse, the other half of her expected Reyna to stab her with the dagger that was in her hand, but Reyna neither. Instead, she looked back at Jason and nodded. She then sheathed her dragger and quietly walking out of the arena with her metal hounds tailing behind her.

Jason watched her leave, before turning back to her. "So, what do you want talk about?"

"I just wanted to make sure you're ok," Piper quietly replied. "I heard you and Reyna got in a fight."

"Oh," said Jason surprised. "That was nothing."

"What happen?"

He rubbed the back of his head with his hand like he always did when he was uncomfortable. "Reyna is just having a hard time adjusting to Camp Half-Blood. She never liked traveling, not even we when were on quests."

"I don't know she was so high maintenance."

Jason frowned. "Not high maintenance, just a bit of a homebody. She traveled a lot when she was little, and that didn't turn out so well for her."

"I see," Piper replied sadly. "It seems like you two fight a lot. It doesn't make for a good relationship."

Jason stared back at her. "A lot of people don't understand me and Reyna. We fight all the time, usually over nothing. Actually, it's always over something stupid. Sometimes I think it is because we're too much alike. We both can't stand to be bored, so we fight when we have nothing else to do. We both like a good fight, but that doesn't mean we don't care about each other."

Piper nodded so that he would know that she heard him loud and clear. She should have listened to Leo. "Well, I guess you better get going. Reyna will be waiting for you."

Jason gave her an encouraging smile. "I'll see you around, Piper."

She waited until he was out of sight before she would allow the first tear to fall.