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Piper P.O.V.
I see Jason walking away from the Aphrodite cabin. He flashes a smile at me. I try to shake the confusion out of my head, and smile back at him. He stalks off in the opposite direction and I open the door to my cabin. My half brothers and sisters look up at me with smiles that look kind of devious. "Why was Jason in here?" I ask, relieved that there is more than one person in the cabin. Carly shrugs. "He needed an Aphrodite opinion." She states simply.
"Well, why didn't he ask me?" I ask, hurt. "He said it wasn't something he could talk to you about." Sarah says. I'm confused. He talks to me about almost everything. I mean, sure, we've only actually known each other for, like, three weeks, but we've connected pretty well. He's told me everything that he remembers now that his memories have returned. I guess it's reached the point where he remembers enough to throw away the past month and jump right back into his old life. But, if it were that, why would he need to talk to an Aphrodite kid? And why not me? If he's going to abandon me and everything we've been through, he could at least tell me himself. I chew my lower lip.
"Don't read too much into it, Piper." Mitchell says, "It's nothing bad." I nod, still uneasy, and head to my bunk to change out of my armor and dirty clothes.
I lie in my bed, reading a book Annabeth recommended, The Great Gatsby. I hear yelling coming from the other room. I sigh and get up. I walk out of my head counselor's bedroom. Sarah looks at me, stifling laughter, and points to the bathroom. the door is partially open. I open the door all the way and step into the doorframe. The group of campers behind me is full of people snickering and giggling. I see and angry Drew and a wide-eyed Lacy standing in front of the special mirror that they had installed a few years ago. It shows the person's reflection, but it highlights the things wrong with it, and mom's voice tells them how to fix it like the goddess of beauty. Kind of stupid, but helpful nonetheless. Beckendorf made it for Silena. Drew's back is turned to me, so she has no idea that I am seeing what is happening. Lacy, however, breathes a sigh of relief.
Drew continues to yell, "Why? Huh? The mirror told you how you looked and how you could fix any problems! Why does it go all dark and silent when I turn towards it? Did you guys mess with the mirror?" She demands. I look at Mitchell, who nods and shakes with silent laughter at Drew's anger.
"I... uh... it wasn't me...I don't know..." Lacy stammers. Drew huffs in frustration. "I am going to find out who messed with the magic mirror- and I know you were a part of it!-" She says, throwing Lacy a dirty look, "-and curse them so that their hair changes colors of the rainbow!" She turns on her heel and sees the rest of us. I wiggle my fingers in a wave. "Hi, Drew. Having a good day, aren't we?" I tease. She shoots me a glare and stalks out.
I turn to my cabin mates. "You guys shouldn't have done that." I say. They all look at me, confused. I love to prank Drew, especially with help from the Stolls and Megan. "What you should have done is make it tell her to make adjustments until she starts to look like a clown." I finish, and Carly laughs. I hear the call for dinner, and we file out of the cabin.
On my way down to the dining pavilion, I feel a strong arm brush against my own, "Hey, Pipes." The familiar deep rumble of Jason's voice makes my heart flutter, and I look up to see him smiling down at me brightly. It's a different sort of smile than usual, more... flirty, I guess is the right word. I smile back, mostly because the sight of him makes me giddy.
"So why were you in my cabin earlier?" I prompt him. His smile wavers a bit. I continue, "I heard that you needed to talk to an Aphrodite camper, but I wasn't good enough. What, did you guys just gossip about me? Let me guess, Drew was involved." I say, getting mad. "No! Pipes, it wasn't like that-" he starts, but I cut him off. "Don't call me that. I get that you have this whole other life that I'm not a part of, but throwing me out of the one you're stuck in is not okay with me. I'm not done." I snap at him as he tries to interject. "You're here for a few months while Leo finishes the sip, and then you're stuck with me for gods only know how long on this quest to save the world, and if you're going to gossip about me, I'm going to turn around and do the same!" I storm off to my table, and he continues to call after me, "Pipes! Piper! I didn't-" He sighs and goes and sits at the Zeus table by himself, his head lowered.
Sarah puts a hand on my shoulder. "Piper, that's not what happened." She says gently. "I don't care." I say in barely a whisper, "If he can't tell me why he was really there, then I give up. He already broke up with me without anything ever happening, and when we finally started getting close enough for him to consider it, he decides he doesn't trust me. I can't do this anymore." A single tear slides down my cheek.
I stare at my plate, but I'm not hungry anymore. I sit in silence while my siblings eat. I feel Jason's eyes on me once every few minutes, and though I can't see them, I know how sad they look. The one time I glance over at him, I notice that he isn't eating either. Chiron gallops over to the head table and says, "Alright, everyone. Now that we are finished eating, everyone come to the amphitheater to make teams for capture the flag."
I stand up, sort of robotically, and walk to the entrance of the amphitheater, listening to the conversations around me. I hear Clarisse shouting at someone who sat where she wanted to. I roll my eyes and sit down next to Mitchell. Chiron goes to stand in front of the fire pit. "We're going to do things a little differently tonight. Instead of cabin alliances, we'll have two captains, and they will pick individual campers. OK?" He asks. We all nod in agreement. "Jason. Clarisse. You're captains." They get up and stand in front of us. They flip a coin to see who will pick first, and Jason wins.
"I want Piper." He states simply. I clench my teeth and walk next to him. "Chris!" Clarisse shouts. I hear someone say, "Anyone else see a pattern?" I fold my arms across my chest and glare at nothing. "Annabeth." Jason calls out. She walks over and smiles at me, then frowns when she sees my expression. I shoot her a look that says Later., and she nods.
Clarisse picks all of her siblings, Nyssa, Michael Yew, , Drew, Katie and Miranda Gardiner, Butch, Castor, most of the Apollo cabin, Malcolm, and a few Hermes and Aphrodite kids. Jason picks Leo, the Stolls, Megan, a bunch of Athena kids, most of Hephaestus cabin, a few Apollo's and Nemesis's , Lacy, Mitchell, Carly, Sarah, and a Nike kid named Zach. Both teams have 32 campers. Chiron blows a horn, and we march into the forest in full armor, weapons ready.
That's it for chapter 2! Hope you guys liked it! Sorry about the confusion, but come on. I couldn't let them get together without a struggle. HAHAHAHAHA this is fun. But don't worry, the good part comes in the next chapter! Thanks for reading! Please Review!