Piper and Jason decided to stay home that Christmas.
Until they got a call from her dad that is. He wanted Piper to go home to California. Permanently.
"What do I tell him?" Piper panics.
"The truth?" Jason suggests, trying to get his girlfriend to stop delaying the inevitable. That being that she had to tell her Dad about the demigod world.
"No." She says stubbornly, crossing her arms. "I don't want to hurt him. But I also don't want toleave."
"If you won't, I will." Jason threatens. Piper makes no move towards the abandoned phone on the table.
Jason rolls his eyes at his girlfriend, then a plan forms in his head. He would tell Mr. McLean. Just not what Piper was expecting.
Later on, Jason had moved the phone to the bedside table. Piper hadn't noticed. She was curled up beside him, sleeping peacefully. Her hands had fisted his shirt tightly. Jason slowly untangled himself from her, grabbing the phone as he stealthily stands.
Piper squirms a bit, and Jason is sure she's waking up, then she relaxes again. Jason sighs quietly to himself. Jason shuts the kitchen door and stares at the phone. He dials a number that has been plastered to the fridge since last week by a sticky note.
"Hello?"
"Hey Mr. Mclean. It's Jason Grace. I was calling to inform you that Piper will be seeing you soon. She's uh, sleeping at the moment and was gonna call you later, but I decided to do it for her now."
"And who are you?"
"I'm her b-" Jason gulps, scared of what Mr. McLean might think before going on, "I'm her boyfriend."
"Well, Jason. You seem like a nice fellow so far. Tell Pipes I can't wait to see her."
"I will, Mr. McLean." Jason assures, "I will carry on the message."
"Thankyou." He says, hanging up.
Jaosn feel the guilt press down on him. He doesn't want Piper to go. But she has to for her Dad. She can see Jason when she goes to camp.
If she goes to camp. A voice in the back of his mind says.
Shut up Jason tells it, and it does.
"Who was that?" Piper asks from the door, startling Jason. He jumps, the phone almost flying out of his hand.
"W-who was what?" Jason says, failing horribly to cover up what he'd just done. He couldn't believe it himself. He'd just said Piper was moving out of his place and to the other side of the country, knowing very well he might not see her again.
"Who was on the phone, Jay?" She asks, stepping into the kitchen, cupping her elbows and hugging them close. The cold had seeped through the windows, making the apartment cold.
"No one important." Jason says, pocketing the phone. Piper steps up to him, wrapping her skinny arms around his waist, grinning up at him. She darts away, with the phone in her hand.
Her smile falters when she looks at the phone log. "Why'd you phone my dad?"
Busted. "Um... I- I... um..."
"You said I was going back." Piper says, glancing up at him. Her eyes were swirling with emotion.
Anger.
Hatred.
and one stood out.
Dissapointment.
And Jason hated disappointing people. Absolutely hated it.
"Why?" she asks, heartbroken.
"It was the right thing to do." Jason says falsely.
"According to who?" She snapped, backing away more.
"I was keeping you back from your Dad." Jason says, panicking. California. San Fran. CAMP JUPITER!
"I'll go to Camp Jupiter!" Jason cheers. PPiper looks at him, confused. Then it all cleared up in her mind.
"You'll be in California too!" she says, jumping up and down. Then She suddenly stops. "What's gonna happen to us? Its still a long way!"
She walks over to the small couch, and plonks down sadly. Jason hated seeing her this way, so he quickly sat next to her, pulling her into his lap.
"Everything will be fine. Don'tt worry Pipes." Jason pondered for a second, "We have a week to pack what we need. So, we should start in the morning."
Piper nods sadly, "Yeah." Her eyes were watering rapidly. She brushed the tears out of her eyes before Jason could comment.
She goes back to bed, Jason trailing after her.
In the morning, Jason finds a note from Piper in the morning saying that she's out to get a few boxes from Leo and Calypso, who moved in a few blocks from where they were settled.
An hour later, the front door swing open, revealing Piper with flushed cheeks from the cold, holding boxes. "They'd saved alot."
A week later, the boxes were packed and the furniture was in storage.
After the long, horrible plane ride to LA, Jason had to get on another plane to San Fransisco.
"It won't be that long, I promise." Jason says, kissing Pipers head and one handedly hugging her because she was holding the other.
"Call me as soon as you land, OK?" Piper demands.
"I promise." Jason said, even though he'd probably break that promise like almost all others. "I'll call you whenever I can."
But he didn't. PIper had to call him.
"Pipes! I'm home!" Tristran yells throughout the mansion.
Piper doesnt answer. SHe's staring at the phone in her lap. She'szoned out.
"Pipes, he's probabaly not-"
"He'll call. He promised he would." She says, cutting her father off
"Piper. Its been days. He's not calling." Tristran pauses, "Yeah, sure, maybe he's caught up in something else. Maybe he's busy, but he should've called already if he really cared."
"Like you called like you said you would when you were out filming a movie?" She snaps. The look on her face is so angry, and upset, it doesn't look like her.
"Piper Elizabeth-Anne McLean. Listen to me! I was actually busy. You say that there was this girl picking him up?" She already thought of that. "Maybe he's-"
And Piper was gone. she stormed up the stairs to her room.
His phone was ringing It was on.
The line went dead...
He had hung up on her.
Piper had an idea in her head... This would surely determine if he was busy.
*At camp Jupiter*
"Ally, Please leave me alone. I need to call my girlfriend!" Jason says, dragging his palm along his face in irritation.
Ally Surmeras. Daughter of Venus. Dyed red hair and reddish brown eyes that really didn't suit her. Her 'tan' was faker than a barbie doll.
"Why waste your time, hon? She's not gonna pick up." If only she had a clue. Jason's phone buzzes.
CALLER ID: BEAUTY QUEEN!
Leo had setthe contact and made it unchangeable. Ally took one look at the screen and clicked 'end call'.
"ALLY! She's gonna think I hung up on her now!" Jason says, snatching his phone back. "I'm gonna call her, wether you like it or not!"
" No." Ally says, stepping back and getting the phone. Jason's heart was detirmined to prove to Piper that he cared, and never forgot, as he said. Without consent, Ally stepped forwards andd kissed him.
"Jason?" A heartbroken voice said. Jason snapped his head up at her voice. Piper was there in an Iris message. Her surroundings were a bit blurry.
"ITS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!" Jason rushed, pushing Ally to the ground.
"Y-you promised." Piper hiccuped before shutting off the iris message. Her dad was right. He had forgotten about her.
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