So, I originally intended for this story to be 3 chapters long with an extra sort of epilogue chapter, but as I was writing this, well, it took a different turn. So it's now a five-shot. One more chapter after this. Yay!

After a few weeks, the other Greek members of the Seven decided to go to San Francisco to join Percy and Annabeth and spend some time with their Roman counterparts.

Reyna, Jason, Percy and Annabeth waited for them as they arrived in yet another one of Leo's projects. This time, it was a cross between a helicopter, a jet, and a speedboat. The foursome watched with curiosity as it touched down, attracting a small crowd of legionnaires who were quickly dispatched by a single command from Reyna.

Leo was the first to hop off. "Jason!" he exclaimed, running full throttle at his best friend before the plane was even stably landed. Jason laughed and thumped Leo on the back, squeezing him just as hard. "Man, I missed you, bro!"

"Missed you too," Jason smiled, letting go. "It's been a while. Why haven't you IM'd?"

"Er, well…" Leo grinned sheepishly, ruffling his curly mop of dark hair. "I may have used up my allowance and was cut off by the camp and am now sort of broke?"

The two shared a laugh as they animatedly talked about what had happened since the war. Then, Frank and Hazel appeared.

"Frank! My man!" Without a second's hesitation, Leo detached himself from the confused blond and went to engulf the larger son of Mars in another bear hug. Frank, not expecting this, went wide-eyed, then was pushed to the ground by the force of a Leo hug. He accidentally shape-shifted, and Leo found himself cuddling with an angry cobra. An amused Annabeth had to tug a screaming Leo away from Frank the snake, while Percy picked Frank up to dunk him in the lake and make him turn back.

Calming down, Leo greeted both Percy and Annabeth enthusiastically, shook Hazel's hand awkwardly (Frank was giving him a "watch it" look and Leo was positive his eyes still looked cobra-y), then turned to Reyna. The female praetor had ditched her Roman toga and cape for casual clothes as per Jason's request (it didn't take much convincing—Jason was a master at adorable sad puppy dog eyes now right after he found out his girlfriend had a soft spot for them). Instead, she wore a purple vest with dark denim shorts and her signature braid.

Leo grinned and ran his hands through his hair to give it some "messy charm and suave". He sauntered over to Reyna, exaggerating his steps to add swagger. He thought it looked cool. Reyna frowned and thought he looked like a demented guy who couldn't walk properly. She considered making some discreet movement with her dagger to scare him away.

"We meet again, mi reina hermosa. Eres caliente como siempre."

Reyna rolled her eyes but couldn't resist a small chuckle. "En tus sueños, mi campesino, como siempre."

Leo just grinned even wider. "One day, Reyna. One day, you'll finally see what you're missing out on." Reyna smiled and shook her head fondly, ruffling Leo's curls while he complained for "messing up his 'do". Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Jason frowning deeply, half-listening to Percy and Frank's conversation about turning into weird animals to scare campers as he stared daggers at Leo's back. She could practically feel the electricity sparking around him. If she touched him now, Reyna would definitely get a shock. She bit her lip. It was admittedly a little nice to be able to get Jason jealous so easily.

Next to step off the boat was none other than Piper. To be honest, Jason and Reyna were both apprehensive about her visit. Jason didn't want to ruin the group dynamic if he and his ex were uncomfortable—they'd broken up with mutual agreement a while after the war, when Jason had started to get frequent dreams about his old life. The memories were so heavy that he had felt out of place in Camp Half-Blood, believing that Rome was his true home and he couldn't just leave. Piper too wasn't quite ready for a serious relationship—there was so much she wanted to do and explore, and the war had taken a lot of time out of her discovery of demigod life. Her dad had called her up, wanting her to play a small role in his newest movie. She felt free without the responsibility of thinking about a boyfriend, and though it still left a hole in her heart, she'd recovered from the loss of her first love after a few months with the help of her Aphrodite siblings and keeping herself busy. It also gave her room to grow and just have fun, and Piper and Leo were now closer than ever and spent most of their weekends having movie marathons in a small secret compartment Leo had built under the Hephaestus cabin. A tunnel was dug from a bush near the Aphrodite cabin to the underground movie room, and Piper would sneak out at night to meet with Leo. They were currently obsessed with CSI (thank god the room was surrounded by soil to absorb their screams) and were in the middle of the 6th season of The Big Bang Theory (Leo's favourite was Howard, the woman-obsessed engineer; Piper loved Penny and thought Leonard was cute; they both had a huge thing for Sheldon and his extremely funny weirdness; Leo hated it when Piper fangirled about Lenny because he secretly preferred Shenny). In short, there were no hard feelings between Piper and Jason.

Frank was happy to concede the praetorship back to Jason once he announced that he was returning to Camp Jupiter for good. It was a huge responsibility, and the cleanup after the war was tedious for someone who was still trying to learn the system. Anyway, the legion and people of New Rome always liked Jason more. Hazel was secretly glad to have more time with her boyfriend. Reyna eventually warmed up to Jason once more and they became inseparable, having one of the best partnerships Camp Jupiter ever saw.

And now, as Piper stepped towards them, tension hung in the air. It was mostly Jason and Reyna who were uncomfortable. Piper had found closure and comfort with her new life. It was partly thanks to Jason. Yes, she had been brokenhearted in the beginning, but her heart was mended and she realised that Jason wasn't to blame. It wasn't his fault that Hera had this plan to force them together, and had taken his memories away in the first place.

"Hey guys," she smiled. Jason's first thought was that she looked great. Piper's chestnut hair was slightly longer now, and curled to perfection, tumbling down below her shoulders in loose ringlets. Her classic small braids were still there, hanging down her face and tucked behind her ears. And of course, she was still gorgeous, not a hint of makeup on her face yet managing to look like she just stepped out of a magazine.

Jason's second thought was that, despite how amazing Piper was, his heart was elsewhere. Reyna was his true soulmate. Sappy, but true. She didn't have to look like a goddess for him to know that she was perfect. Well, it did help that Reyna was absolutely beautiful, but to him that didn't really matter. She was his best friend, and he may be just a bit in love.

Jason's third thought was that he'd been standing there for a while without saying hi back. "Hi," he said. Well, that was embarrassing.

Reyna appeared beside him. "Piper," she greeted, her voice as friendly as she could make it. "Good to see you again."

"Oh, hey Reyna." One glance was all it took for Piper to know what was going on. It was inevitable, and part of her had known from the start. She was blinded by her feelings for Jason, but she knew. And now she was genuinely happy for them because more than anyone else, Reyna deserved to be happy. Plus, they were so totally adorable and she could just see them being all cute and arguing all the time but not really being mad at each other and doing paperwork together and—

Stop fangirling, that can wait until later or you'll just look like an idiot smiling so widely at yourself.

"You look great! Both of you." Reyna seemed surprised by this, but quickly recovered with an easy smile. Piper looked around at the surrounding buildings. They were now well restored and shone even brighter than before. It looked even better than before Octavian sabotaged the Argo II and essentially bombed everything. "And so does New Rome! It looks amazing. I can't believe it's only been half a year."

"I know, right? The architecture is great. The structures have been built so well that I bet these could withstand an earthquake. Seriously. I mean I could go on all day—"

"And no one wants to hear it."

"Hey! You listen and hardly ever complain!"

"That's because I'm your boyfriend and it's practically my job to pretend I actually understand half the stuff you say. I complain all the time in my head. Like, for example, why can't I get a girlfriend who doesn't use abnormally long and weird sounding words and speaks actual English instead?"

Thump. "Sorry. I'm kidding. I love you!"

"Love you too, Seaweed Brain. Now as punishment you can come with me to the library tonight. I need to find some books about—"

"Architecture?"

"No, marine biology."

"Wha—really? For me?"

"Yes, for you. If you're going to study it in college, I should at least try to know something about it so I can help you with your homework."

"Aww, Wise Girl. You're the best."

"I know."

"Well, now that the lovefest's over…" Jason grinned as his cousin followed his girlfriend away. "How've you been? How's camp?"

"Everything's good," Piper answered. "We've been getting more new demigods, and Grover's doing great as a satyr counsellor. We're pretty much back to normal, now."

"Which is a relief," Reyna agreed.

Then, they were interrupted by Nico and Will Solace stepping out of the heli-jet-boat-copter (Leo's words) looking a little ruffled and red-faced. Piper tried not to giggle.

"Nico!" Reyna lit up and jogged over to greet her friend with a hug. "Why haven't you been around lately?"

"Well," Nico began, fiddling with his skull ring and avoiding Reyna's gaze, "I had business over on the Greek side." Will smirked down at his boyfriend, tidying his mussed blond hair.

"Come over more," Reyna urged. "Hazel and I have missed you." Nico offered the older girl a rare smile before turning away to where his Roman sister had appeared.

"I'm good too," Piper added, noticing Jason's inexplicable expression. "Don't worry about me, okay? Leo's been taking care of me as you asked, and I'm happy."

"Good," Jason looked relieved. "I'm glad you're happy. Can we put this behind us, just for this week?"

"Yeah," Piper agreed. "That would be nice."

More of a recap and reunion chapter, but I hope you like how I did their chemistry! The Jason and Piper thing was just me speculating what could have happened. I didn't want to cut Piper out of picture entirely, so yeah. A little bit of all ships- Jeyna, Percabeth, Liper, Jasper, Solangelo, Frazel etcetcetc :)

Thanks to all you guys for your support so far! It really makes my day. It would be even better if you read my other story "A Game of Us" and dropped a review too *hint hint* ;)

One more chapter! Hopefully I finish it before school starts...

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