Okay, so school has started up again, so I may not post as often as I did. I will try to do it as often as possible, I promise! Now, let's see what happens to Jason, Percy, Nico, and Leo, shall we?

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Percy's POV

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"What?" I asked lamely, still reeling. I mean, I heard him, but I don't think I believed him. "You love me Jason?" I asked. He bit his lower lip and nodded. I could tell he was just as confused as I was. Just then, Nico came skipping back. He looked happy, so he must not have seen. "What's up sweetie?" I asked, turning to him. He giggled.

"Nothing," he said. "I'm just really glad you like my ring." He beamed at Jason and twined our fingers together. "I couldn't ask for a better boyfriend." Jason cast his eyes downward, an expression I'd come to know well on him. Guilt. But if Nico noticed, he didn't say anything. He turned back to me and pressed his lips to mine quickly before jogging off. "Catch you later, okay Prince? I want to sleep in your cabin with you tonight. Jason can too if he wants!" With that I lost sight of him, and my stomach sank to my knees. As much as I wanted to help Jason, I don't think having him in the same room as me was a good idea. Especially with Nico all cuddled up to me all night.

"Percy," he began, and I rounded on him. He shrank back a bit. "I'm really sorry about that, but… I was dying to do it all day, ever since you touched my knee in Central Park. I felt some sort of spark… I guess I don't know if you felt it too, but…" I held one finger to his lips to shut him up, and he did.

"Jason, you don't really love me," I decided, suddenly understanding where this was coming from. "I've just been nice to you since Leo and you broke up. You just want to latch on to the person who's showed you kindness. Since Nico isn't your type it's me." Jason nodded slowly, and a hesitant smile. "All better now?" He nodded and I gave him a hug. Now that he sorted his feelings out, he deserved that much.

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Leo's POV

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I'd heard Jason, Percy, and Nico return from their shopping trip. I didn't really care about Percy, but Nico and Jason I wanted to see. I was going to apologize to Nico for taking his necklace then lying to him about it, and I was going to beg to Jason for forgiveness. I would drop to my knees and literally beg if that's what it took. I arrived as Jason dropped his stuff off in his cabin and Nico skipped off. I hid behind the Hephaestus cabin to watch, then I witnessed Jason kiss Percy on the cheek. I felt a wave of anger so strong my entire arms burst into flames and I about burned down my cabin.

"You little fucker," I hissed. "We just break up and you already move on? And with Nico's boyfriend? Shame on you, Jay, shame on you. What would Nico say if he just happened to find out about this little exchange? Nico is a scary little son of Hades when he wants to be. Speaking of the son of the devil…" I watched as Nico skipped up to Percy and twined their fingers together. He obviously hadn't seen the kiss otherwise he wouldn't look so cheery. He ran off to go do…something…and I stalked after him. He had to know.

"Leo?" I froze as he turned around and squinted. "Leo, is that you? Come on out buddy. Do you know you really hurt Jason by what you did?" What I did? What Jason did was going to hurt him way worse than anything I did to him.

"I hurt him?" I asked as I approached Nico. "I hurt him? You should see what he and Percy are doing when your back is turned. They…" I stopped when I saw the tears in his eyes. Awww man, why'd he have to turn on the water works?

"What are they doing?" he asked, his voice soft. Sighing, I abandoned my idea of ratting on Jason and Percy. Nico didn't deserve anymore heartache. And while the idea of getting back at Jason for dumping me over a stupid reason was appealing, it wasn't appealing enough to hurt Nico again. I picked him up and hugged him close.

"Nothing bad Nico. They're just chilling. I think Percy's helping Jay get over the break up." Nico's mood improved greatly and he smiled, drying his eyes. "Yeah, your Percy's a good man helping my Jason feel better. You've got nothing to worry about." I set him back down. "Now why don't you go and find Annabeth and Piper?"

"Yay Annie!" he cried, running off. I sighed. I'd just confront Jason about it later. No matter what happened, nothing else was ever worth seeing Nico cry, and nothing was worth breaking his heart about.

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"Hey, Jason," I called softly, and he whirled around. His eyes flew open and he slowly approached me. "Hiya," I said, smiling. I saw the smile tugging on his lips, despite the fact he was supposed to hate me right now. "How was your shopping day?"

"It was good," he replied. "Look." He held up his hand, and at first I didn't see what I was supposed to be looking at. "The ring," he murmured, and when I looked at his fingers, sure enough, there was a simple gold band just like he always talked about owning. "It cost much less, then you might think. You should see the amazing ring Nico got Percy." At the mention of the son of the sea god, I scowled and Jason stopped his story, staring at me. "What?" he asked, and I heard the defensiveness in his voice.

"I saw what you did with Percy," I snarled, and if he looked surprised before that was nothing to the way he looked now. His eyes widen so much I began to wonder if they were going to pop right out of his skull. He put his hands up to his mouth and made strange, strangled sounds, like he couldn't decide exactly what he wanted to say. "I must say, I'm shocked. Moving on so soon?"

"Did you tell Nico?" he asked, ignoring my question. "Please tell me you didn't tell Nico." Mutely, I shook my head, and he physically relaxed. "Good," he said. "It would break his heart."

"How do you think I feel?" I exploded, and my hands burst into flames. Jason reeled back and stared at me for the longest time. "Don't you care about how I feel? I was coming to beg your forgiveness and apologize to Nico, but now I don't know what I should do. Do you like Percy? Hades, you might love the boy even!" My hands went out faster than the flamed up, which was good because the tears were making it hard to see Jason. I wiped them away just as Jason pressed his lips to mine. I closed my eyes and savored his kiss, hooking my arms around his waist.

"Silly Valdez," Jason whispered, and for the first since this conversation started, he laughed. "Apology accepted. Also, you'd better apologize to Nico. You only have a couple of days before Percy decides to do something bad to you, and if we're going out again, I'd rather my boyfriend be alive and in one piece." I gulped. Right, Percy still wanted to kill me.

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Percy's POV

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"So I'm really sorry Nico," Leo said, looking at my shadow prince anxiously. I looked down to study Nico's face, but it was decidedly blank. I couldn't tell what he was thinking. He took some of the carrots off of my plate and bit into one, chewing thoughtfully. I wanted to laugh out loud. Nico was purposely stalling so Leo felt uncomfortable! It was sheer brilliance on his part. But all the same, I gently wrapped one arm around his waist and pressed my lips to his ear.

"I think he's suffered enough for one day already sweetie," I whispered, pulling away and kissing the top of his head. Nico nodded and turned to give me a quick peck on the cheek.

"I forgive you," he said, turning to Leo. "Now Prince won't have to chop you into a million pieces and scatter you and Tartarus. I was deathly afraid we wouldn't be seeing Leo again." He seemed to think about what he said and chuckled. "No pun intended. I'm glad we're all friends again!" He threw his arms around me, the moved to hug both Leo and Jason. I noticed Jason was giving me a look over Nico's head, but I shook my head. No way in Hades was I going to spoil Nico's good mood with something as silly as a kiss on the cheek by Jason. It wasn't even his problem to worry about anyway.

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"Prince, can I sleep with you?" Nico asked. "It's crowded down here." Nico, Jason, Leo, Piper, Annabeth, Frank, and Hazel were all in my cabin for the biggest slumber party in the history of Camp Half-Blood. Everyone brought there sleeping bags and was spread out on the floor, Nico included. He said he wanted to sleep with everyone, but I guess he didn't realize how much real room was left once you spread out seven sleeping bags on a cabin floor.

"Sure sweetie," I replied, and he crawled up next to me, snuggled up against me. I threw the blanket over him and stared out at the sea of our friends. Nico had really managed to come out of his shell with this group, like I knew he would eventually. "We've got a, generally, good group, don't we Nico?" He nodded in agreement and turned to look out at all the peaceful, sleeping faces. Jason and Leo were curled up side by side, as were Piper and Annabeth. Frank was holding Hazel's hand between their sleeping bags, and I saw he'd fallen asleep with a smile on his face. She did the big guy good, I'd give her that.

"They look so cute when they aren't fighting," Nico commented, motioning to Jason and Leo. Leo was pressed up against Jason, and the blonde boy must have tossed an arm over him while he slept. They really were cute together.

"I'm glad they're working things out," I admitted, unconsciously touching the cheek Jason kissed. Nico shot me a weird look before turning back to study our friends. "They deserve someone special in their lives," I continued, ignoring Nico's look. "It may as well be each other." Nico once again nodded in agreement. I twined our legs together and began running my fingers up and down his arm. He sighed contentedly.

"I'm going to go to sleep Prince," he whispered. "Goodnight." I let him be for a few minutes while I continued to run my fingers along his arm. Then I slowly propped myself on my elbow and kissed his cheek, laying back down and wrapped my arms around him, pulling him close. I was then lulled to sleep by the rhythmic breathing of seven people, the gently gurgle of the salt water fountain, and mine and Nico's combined heat.

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Leo has a heart after all! R&R, see you next chap!