Mark of Athena #2
Chapter 4
Percy
I took Annabeth on a tour of Camp Jupiter. We talked, laughed, joked, and, okay, kissed a little. It was the most fun I'd had in a long time. I could tell Annabeth was tired at the end of the tour, so I took her to my bunk and told her to sleep until the meeting. I kissed her on the forehead and left.
Jason seemed to have a lot on his mind earlier. He didn't really seem that tired. I decided I would try to go talk to him.
I went up to his praetor house and knocked on the door. A couple seconds later, Jason opened it.
"Hey, man. What's up?" Jason asked.
"Nothing, um, you seemed a little out of it earlier, are you alright?" I asked.
"Um, well, I was kinda hoping to talk to you about something."
"Sure, anything."
Jason stepped out of the doorway to let me in.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Well, I've got some, uh, girl troubles."
"Ah, I understand. Reyna and Piper I'm guessing."
"Yeah. I really like Piper and I'm pretty sure she likes me too but Reyna and I have been close since I first got to Camp Jupiter. I don't want to hurt either of them but I think they both like me."
"Look, before the Titan War, I had close to the same issue. Before I left to bomb Kronos' demon cruise ship, Rachel kissed me. I wasn't sure what to do because I hadn't straightened out my feelings for Annabeth yet, so I just went with the flow. I realized, in the middle of all the action, that I liked Annabeth as more than a friend. My advice is, just listen to your heart. And from what you told me, you love Piper and Reyna is just a friend but you have got to tell Reyna. It's not going to be easy but since she cares about you, I know she will just want you to be happy."
"Hey, thanks Percy.
"No problem. But we should probably go. The senate meeting starts in 10 minutes and I still have to wake up Annabeth. You want to come with me?"
"Sure, let's go."
I followed Percy back to his bunk to get Annabeth and go to the meeting.
While Percy was inside getting Annabeth, Piper walked by.
"Hey Piper!" I called her.
"Hey Jason, what happened to you earlier, after you talked with Percy you disappeared. I got worried!" She said as she ran over.
"I'm fine. I was just a little tired."
She looked at me quizzically. "Okay. You're better now, right?"
"I'm fine."
"Hey Jason, Piper, you ready for a senate meeting? Woo! Can't wait!" Percy said sarcastically.
"Aren't we always?" Piper replied.
"Oh, hey, Piper. Are you okay? I still feel really bad about earlier!" Percy said guiltily.
"What happened earlier?" Annabeth and I asked in unison.
"Tell you later," Piper answered " Right now we have a senate meeting to go to.