Disclaimer: Same as always, not Rick Riordan, these are not my characters, only a few names that I made up, blah blah blah, nobody actually reads these things, because it's obvious that I am not the actual creator of PJO/HOO cause if I were a rich, successful author, I would have better things to do with my time than write internet fanfiction. But I'm not! So, reading and writing this is proving to be the BEST USE OF MY TIME EVER!

Jason P.O.V.

Holy Hades, what do I do? If I tell Piper why I was in the Aphrodite cabin, she'll relax, but we'll never be anything more than friends 'cause she'll think I still like Reyna. If I don't, I don't even get the friendship. If I stretch the truth, I could say that I needed advice on how to ask a girl out, then make it really cheesy by asking her out right then, but I don't want to lie to her. Piper walks past me, and my thoughts become clearer. I have to tell her the truth. Everything. Then maybe she'll understand.

I start to walk towards her, but then I remember the game. We need a strategy. As I gather my team, I see Annabeth biting her lower lip and nodding as Piper hurriedly talks to her, hands flying everywhere. Annabeth looks at me, deep in thought, then says something to Piper, and they come join the huddle. "Okay. We need a strategy." I lead.

Everyone looks expectantly at Annabeth, who just sighs, "Okay. Carter, Lucas, Kate, Jack, Miranda, Claire, Carly, Zach, John, and Marcus, you guys go up the left side of the forest. Swing around and sneak behind them. Erin, Max, Nick, Lacy, Mitchell, Nat, Vince, Lynn, Colin, and Dan, go right and surround their main front. Kayla, Sarah, Matt, Mike, Mick, and I will look for their flag. Leo, Connor, Travis, and Megan, I want you to set a trap a while in front of the edge of the woods, near the Sound, which is where Jason and Piper will guard the flag. Got it?" We all nod, though Piper doesn't look too pleased to be alone with me.

We break into our groups and I walk behind Piper, who is storming ahead of me, trying to ignore me at all costs. "Pipes, I-" She walks faster. I run to catch up with her. She doesn't move away, but she pretends I'm not here. We continue to walk in silence, with me looking down, hands in pockets, and her glaring into space. When we get to the edge of the forest, we place the flag in plain sight, just as the rules say to.

"I'm sorry!" I burst out. "I hate that you won't talk to me. I hate that you're mad at me. I hate that I had a problem that I couldn't talk to you about. You're the one person I really wanted to talk to!" I can't take it anymore. It all comes out. And Piper looks shocked. And kind of relieved. But mostly still mad. "Then what?" She shouts at me. "What is it that you want to tell me? What can't you tell me? And Why can you talk to the rest of my siblings, huh?"

"I remembered a girl!" I yell. "What?" Her voice is soft and shaky. Her eyes are wide, and she looks crestfallen, so I rush on. "I remember a girl named Reyna. I couldn't remember a romantic relationship, though. I didn't know if it was just that the memories hadn't come back yet or if there was nothing to remember. I went to the Hypnos cabin to get that opinion, and Clovis told me that memories can come back in small doses, but they almost always come back whole. He said that it might be different though, since a goddess did it. So I wasn't sure. And I was really confused, cause I like this other girl now, and-"

Piper cuts me off, "You- you like a girl?" "Pipes, please let me finish, you'll see." She nods, so I continue, "And so I went to the Aphrodite cabin to see what they thought, and your siblings helped me figure out that I was never involved with Reyna that way. And then-" I am interrupted by and angry yell. I see Clarisse coming towards us, spear in hand and a very small army following, so I try to rush out what I want to say.

"And they said that it was okay if I acted on the feelings for that girl. So-" And a sword swings at my head. I duck and roll onto the ground, flipping my coin in the air and catching the sword in my hand as I leap onto my feet. I look up to see Ricky, an Ares camper, battling Piper. I focus on the threat ahead, Max, also Ares. He swings at my legs, and I jump over the blade, then slam my sword downward, meeting it with his in a cross. He slides his blade across the edge of mine and regains his stance, and for about ten seconds we strike and parry, until I deflect his sword off of mine. And as his blade clatters to the ground, I hit him on the head with the hilt of my sword. He crumples.

I see Chris, Clarisse, and two other kids from Ares coming at us about 200 yards away, and I look at Piper. Ricky is on the dirt, and her knife is still strapped to her belt. Charmspeak is awesome. She looks at me. "I still don't understand why you couldn't talk to me." I take the four steps I need to get to her and look into her eyes. She's so beautiful that when I look at her, everything else melts away. "Because," I say, and then I kiss her. She is surprised for a second, then she kisses me back. Her hands slide up my arms and slip around my neck. I wrap my arms around her waist and pull her closer, pressing into the kiss.

I don't know if we kiss for ten seconds, several minutes, or maybe an entire godly era, but however long it lasts, it's the greatest moment of my entire life. "Oh, my gods! Jason and Piper! Jason and Piper!" I am vaguely aware of Connor Stoll yelling to the whole forest. Just as Leo runs up, we slowly pull away. "You're the girl." I finish. Piper looks at me admiringly, with a huge smile. I lean in and kiss her again.

This time, when I break away, I see our whole team staring at us. "What?" Piper says nonchalantly. I, however, am unable to suppress the huge grin on my face. She smiles back up at me, and I lace my fingers with hers as we walk back to the amphitheater, the Stolls whooping as each of them holds one of the flags. I lean down and press my lips to her ear. "I'm pretty sure my ambrosia and nectar are going to taste like your lip gloss from now on." I whisper, and she laughs.

AND... That's chapter three! Next Chapter is going to be the last, so hopefully you guys have as much fun with these last two as I did! Please review! Thanks for reading!