Ok things begin to get a little dramatic so yeah...but anyway thanks for the reviews! I hope you like this chapter...and yes this will be ending in about two more chapters... :(. Please keep your flames to yourself...and reviews are always welcome! :D RawR

Piper sighed it was her day off. She rummaged through her pantry and decided that she needed to go shopping before Reyna got there. She was expecting Reyna the next day. She decided to make a grocery list so she didn't end up buying things she didn't need.

At the store Piper ran into Jason, "Hi Piper."

"Oh hi Jason." Piper smiled, "Thalia send you shopping?"

"I volunteered." Jason said as they walked down the produce section side by side.

"That was nice of you." Piper smiled.

Jason looked over at her list, "That's a pretty long list."

"Oh I'm having a friend come in and I needed to shop." Piper laughed.

"A friend of yours?" Jason asked.

Piper nodded, "We were roommates in college and we became best friends."

"So it's a little different from you and Leo?" Jason asked.

"I had known Leo my whole life whereas I met her in college." Piper nodded.

"How long has it been since you've seen her?" Jason asked as he grabbed a bunch of tomatoes…Thalia went through tomatoes like candy.

"It's been about a year." Piper said, "She just got engaged so she's bringing her fiancée with her."

"Have you met him?" Jason asked.

Piper nodded, "We met him in college, well her knew her from before, and he was probably the most obnoxious person in the world but I guess he's simmered down a little."

"Well good luck with that." Jason smiled.

"Where did you say you were from?" Piper asked.

"Oh I'm New Rome it's in California." Jason replied.

"That's where my friend is from." Piper said, "Maybe you know her."

"Well what's her name?" Jason asked. Piper noticed that something changed about him…like he was almost nervous.

"Her name's Reyna." Piper said.

Jason shook his head, "I don't know a Reyna."

"It's a big place I'm not surprised that you don't know her." Piper smiled.

She and Jason finished their shopping adventure and Piper headed home to make sure things around the house were decent. Finally Piper sighed after she cleaned and scrubbed and scoured. Her house wasn't dirty to begin with it was just Piper was going perfectionist on it. She had known Jason about two months now and something wasn't quite adding up with him. Something about his story matched Reyna's story perfectly. Piper felt dumb for not asking Reyna for his name.

Then again Piper had been spending a lot of time with Jason recently and he never mentioned that he knew a Reyna. They had sort of started dating after Thalia's cookout. There was a knock on the door and Piper went to go see who it was.

Jason was standing there with a greasy brown bag that clearly smelt like food from the diner. Piper smiled, "Hey."

"I figured you might be hungry." Jason smiled.

Piper welcomed him in and they sat at the coffee table in the living room. She enjoyed her favorite avocado and sautéed pepper quesadillas and Jason enjoyed his usual burger. He had become a regular over at the diner. The only problem Piper could see with dating Jason was he was only staying for the summer so she had to make a decision.

"You know I was thinking about?" Jason asked.

Piper looked at him, "What would that be?"

"The fact that I've never actually taken you on a proper date yet." Jason replied.

"That's alright you don't have to do that." Piper said.

"I want to." Jason smiled, "Tell you what, once your friend leaves I'll take you out to the city for a night."

"You don't have to do that." Piper said she didn't want to get anymore attached than she already was to him if he was leaving.

"I am going to." He smiled.

Piper smiled at him and kissed him. She pulled away after a second, "I want you to be here when she arrives."

Jason looked at her and his smiled faltered, "If you want me to."

"So are you ok with just spending the night here?" Piper asked.

Jason wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer, "Of course I'm ok with that."

The next morning Piper anxiously paced around the living room waiting for Reyna to arrive. Jason stood quietly for a majority of the time. Finally the doorbell rang.

"Reyna!" Piper squealed.

Reyna smiled, "Piper!"

After exchanging hugs and greeting Octavian, Piper ushered Jason over, "Jason come here!"

Jason slowly walked over, his head was down the whole time, "What?"

"Reyna this is…."

"Jason?!" Reyna asked, "You haven't answered any of my calls!"

Piper looked over at Jason who looked embarrassed, "Wait you two know each other?"

"He's only been my best friend since we were kids!" Reyna exclaimed.

Piper looked at Jason, "Is this true?"

Jason nodded sheepishly, "It's true."

"You lied to me then?" Piper asked.

Jason sighed, "Pipes…"

"Answer the question, you lied to me?" Piper asked again.

"Piper I didn't…"

"I can't believe that you lied to me…you knew Reyna the whole time?" Piper asked.

"Look Jason I'm sorry about that whole misunderstanding…is that why you're not talking to me?" Reyna asked.

"Wait you're the friend who's not talking to Reyna?" Piper asked.

Jason nodded sheepishly, "I am."

"She never cheated on you…you lied to me again?" Piper asked.

"Pipes…I lied to everyone." Jason admitted.

Piper glared at him, "You lied to me after I told you things that no one knows besides a couple people?"

"Piper I'm sorry." He whispered.

Reyna watched in silence for a moment, "What's going on here?"

"Ok I told my sister that I was dating you but you cheated on me. I never thought that in a million years anyone from here would know you so I lied about things." Jason said, "Piper not all of it was a lie."

"Really what was true then?" Piper asked.

"I proposed to her." Jason muttered.

"You did what?" Octavian asked it was the first time he had actually said anything.

"Shut it Octavian." Jason muttered.

"You know what let's just forget about all of this, I'll be right back." Piper said walking out the front door.

She didn't stop until she reached the beach, her thinking place. She sighed and sat down by the water, it was warm and she allowed it to lapse over her toes. She didn't care if her shorts were getting soaked from the water she just wanted to think. Jason turned out to be no different from Dylan. She had given all her heart to Dylan and he broke it. He lied to her repeatedly about the girl he was seeing behind her back. Piper knew about her but she never really wanted to bring herself to believe it. Jason lied about something as well. He never told her the whole truth of things, so what made him different from Dylan?

Maybe his lie was directed toward Piper but it was still a lie and usually when someone lies about something chances are they'll lie about other things.

"Piper!" it was Jason.

She turned away from him, "Go away."

"Piper can we please talk about this?" he asked.

"Talk about what Jason there's nothing to talk about?" Piper said still not looking at him.

"Look I only lied about the whole Reyna thing so I didn't look pathetic." Jason said.

Piper shook her head, "Why would you have to lie in the first place? No one was going to judge you if you were single."

"Because I'm a guy and guys lie." Jason said.

"Look maybe it's better if we don't see each other, you're leaving soon anyway." Piper said as she stood up. She didn't even wait for Jason to reply before heading back to her house.

She apologized to Reyna for being an awful host and pulled out a bottle of wine.

"I'm sorry I don't know what got into me." Piper smiled.

"No it's alright." Reyna shrugged, "So how have you been lately."

"Fine, you know still working on that bakery." Piper smiled.

"Well when you open it let me know." Reyna said.

"So congratulations on your engagement." Piper smiled at them.

"Thank you." Octavian nodded.

"Speaking of weddings, Piper I want you to be my Maid of Honor." Reyna smiled.

"Of course I'll be your Maid of Honor." Piper smiled.

Jason stood there on the beach where Piper had left him moments before. Why was she so hurt? He didn't actually lie to just her. Jason thought for a moment but there was still something that hurt in the last words Piper said.

He decided to head back to his sister's and just try to forget about the whole thing. He just couldn't stop thinking about Piper. He couldn't get the shattered look of her eyes out of his mind. Why did he care so much anyway he was leaving in a short time to return to the city and clearly Piper wouldn't have left with him.

Jason spent the next couple of days sulking around his sister's place. He wasn't exactly being the most social. There was a knock on his door and his sister walked in, "You've been anti-social."

"I have?" Jason asked.

Thalia sat on the edge of the bed like she used to when she was trying to talk to him, "Where's Piper, she's usually here with you?"

"Piper and I decided to stop seeing one another." Jason muttered.

"She figured out that you lied to her about a couple things?" Thalia asked.

Jason looked at his sister, "How did you know I lied?"

"Because someone who had their heartbroken wouldn't fall for another person as easily as you did." Thalia replied.

"Fall for whom?" Jason asked.

"Its obvious that you liked Piper." Thalia rolled her eyes.

"How did you really meet Luke?" Jason asked.

Thalia looked at him, "I was waitressing tables and he happened to show up. His girlfriend had left him and ran off with my ex that day. He started coming around a little more, he ended up knowing Percy as well and things sort of clicked. After Percy and Annabeth's wedding I panicked and ran out. We didn't meet up again for another year when I applied for a waitressing job at his sports bar."

"So you technically lied to me?" Jason asked.

Thalia shook her head, "No I technically did not."

"I honestly didn't lie about part of it." Jason muttered.

"What, that you proposed to her and that your ego is wounded?" Thalia asked knowingly.

Jason nodded, "I don't understand why she's so mad at me."

"She's hurt, do you know what happened to her last summer?" Thalia asked.

Jason nodded, "Her fiancé ran off with some other girl."

"That's the condensed version. See Piper was engaged and she was going to be married last July. Dylan had been cheating on her the whole time, coming up with lies and stories that Piper knew were untrue she just didn't want to believe that he was lying to her. So the night before the wedding Dylan left Piper a note telling her that he never loved her and that he left her for the girl he was cheating with. Piper was heartbroken and only a few people know the true story." Thalia said.

"She went through that? I still don't see what that has to do with me." Jason said.

"She's thinking back to Dylan like I did when I disappeared from Luke for a year. I panicked and felt that it was all too good to be true and I ran." Thalia said.

"So you're saying that Piper is scared I'll do what Dylan did?" Jason asked. He felt like a kid who was just starting to comprehend how to learn.

Thalia shrugged, "I'll never know but I know that if you really did love her you'd be running to her."

"I want to but I don't think she wants to see me." Jason whispered.

"You'll never know until you try." Thalia said.

Jason and Piper didn't talk, she avoided him. She had stop coming in for work at the diner and when Jason went to her house she was always gone. Finally Jason was leaving. He stopped by the diner one last time and found Leo behind the counter.

"Hey Jason what can I get for you man?" Leo asked.

"Piper." Jason said.

Leo smiled apologetically, "Piper never showed up for her shift."

"Well then will you at least give her this?" Jason asked handing Leo an envelope.

Leo nodded, "When I see her I'll give it to her."

"Thanks." Jason sighed.

"No problem man." Leo said.

Just as he said it the door opened and Jason turned to find Piper. She looked at him, "Hi Jason."

"Hi Piper." Jason whispered.

She pushed past him and disappeared into the back. Jason took that as his cue to leave. He left that town knowing that he was madly in love with Piper McLean and that she most likely never wanted to talk to him again. It only took a week for Jason to realize that he needed to go back to that town and tell her that he loved her.