It's Monday, ew. But here is some fluff! And to all of you that are saying my story is too short, I already told you that they would be short one-shots, so please don't criticize me. Thanks to all of you that have said nice things though, and I apologize for that rant. And please review/follow/favorite!

Disclaimer: If I owned PJO, Tartarus wouldn't have happened.

Chapter 3: Jasper

Piper thought she was a relatively lucky girl. I mean, her life could be worse. She had great friends and a caring boyfriend. Or did she?

It was twelve o'clock on a Saturday morning, and Piper was walking to the praetors house to met Jason for lunch. She was wearing capris and a light jacket, because even though it was February, California is a generally warm place. Her hair was braided with her usual feather, and Piper was actually feeling good about herself for once. Jason had been the one to initiate this date, for the first time. That was a good sign wasn't it?

As the house came into view, Piper stopped in her tracks. There was Jason and Reyna, standing on the front porch. That alone wasn't an unusual sight, but what they were doing was what made Piper stop. Jason had Reyna's hands in-between his own, and Reyna had her head down. Piper blinked a few times, and looked back in forth at the two. Had she missed something? Was she misinterpreting Jason's signs? Her mom had promised to make her love life interesting.

"Well, screw her," Piper muttered under her breath, turning and walking back in the direction she came. She found the coffee shop (with the windows still broken from Hannibal) and sat down, pretending like nothing had happened. But inside, Piper was freaking out.

She had tried to be strong, but she just couldn't take it if Jason rejected her again. After the trick with the Mist, they had gotten closer and closer, like they were supposed to be in Piper's fake memories. And honestly, no matter how much she pretended not to be a daughter of Aphrodite, she truly was at heart. Love mattered to her more than she would admit.

Piper was sitting there with her head perched on her hands for the gods know how long when Jason burst in.

"Hey," he panted, running his hands through his messy hair. Gods, how Piper loved-snap put of it, she told herself, then turned to look at him icily.

"Where's Reyna?" She asked coldly.

"Wheres who? Oh Reyna, she probably training the legio- wait, why do you care where Reyna is?" Piper watched in slight (very slight) amusement as his face flashed from confused to more confused. Taking a deep breath, she decided to cut right to the chase.

"Why were you holding hands with her when I came by the house?"

Jason face went from confused to understanding in about two seconds. "Oh Pipes, is this what his is all about? Hylla was hurt the other day and the Amazons don't know if she will recover. I was comforting her because I'm the closest thing to a family she has."

Feeling a little cliché, Pipers heart went out to Reyna. "I'm super sorry Jason, its just that before I came you guys had a thing going on, and I thought…" Piper was cut off by Jason kissing her full on the mouth.

"You are the only one that matters to me now, and I promise I won't kinda stand you again okay?" Piper smiled and nodded, internally kicking herself still for not just walking up to Jason and asking him when she saw it. He probably thought she was a bit overprotective now, but what's said is done. And besides, he truly was a really great guy.

"So, how about we finish that date?"

Wow, um, I will apologize for this chapter. I had a hard time getting into Piper's head because I don't really like Jason that much. Anyway, feel free to review with any suggestions/compliments/flames! I promised I won't rant like I did above.

Tomorrow: Caleo