Jason was angry. Really angry. Piper could see that from her position behind the sheds. He was yelling at Reyna. As Piper watched from her hiding place, he turned around and stalked off. Piper silently followed. No one noticed as she emerged from behind the sheds and walked after him. No one noticed as she took a seat on a bench a few metres from where he had sat down, his back to her. They were on a circle of grass surrounded by trees. It was surprisingly quiet, only her, Jason and a couple of boys over the other side, exchanging money and something else. Piper didn't really want to know what. She looked back at Jason, his shoulders were heaving. Piper didn't know what Reyna had done to make him that angry, usually he was really, well, nice. Peaceful. Piper had never seen him go off like that before. She knew that Reyna had probably deserved it. She couldn't help but feel pleased that their relationship wasn't that perfect. But she was worried about Jason. Piper wanted nothing more than to go and comfort him. But she couldn't. What if Jason hated everyone now? What if he was so hurt he would end up hurting her? But on the other hand, maybe he just needed someone to talk to. Someone who would listen to him, someone who would care about what he felt. Someone like her.
Piper tried to gain the courage to go over to him. He was sitting alone, gazing into space. The anger seemed to have subsided, replaced by a wash of sadness. Piper knew that look. She saw it in herself nearly every day. The look of hurt, betrayal and loneliness. Piper had learnt to control her emotions, to not let her feelings show. She had perfected this, ensuring that nobody knew how she really felt, or what she was thinking. Piper turned her attention back onto Jason. His eyes had started to shine, and she didn't think that it was a reflection of the light. She took a step forward, then another, trying to look uncaring, invisible. It worked. The boys didn't pay her any attention at all, but continued to make deals with each other, their laughter breaking through the silence. She was able to make it close behind the seat. Invisible. Then Jason turned around. Suddenly she wasn't invisible anymore. Far from it. She could feel his eyes on her, burning into her skin. Pure blue eyes followed her as she stumbled back, like a snail retreating into its shell.
'Piper?' he asked, quietly, carefully.
Her heart did a leap. Her stomach dropped. A wave of dizziness swept over her, her vision turned black and Piper fainted. Her last image was of Jason staring at her, his eyes locked on hers, like he was looking straight into her soul. Piper had thought it was completely impossible to love Jason more than she already did, but in that moment, she was proved wrong.