Hey, guess what?

I'm still alive! I'm still here, though I'm just really, really, lazy, especially since my laptop went crazy on me. But here is the promised second part of the whole Jayna, Preyna, and Percabeth mess! I really didn't know where to go in this chapter, but I hope it's okay...

I mean, they might be OOC at times, but I couldn't come up with anything better after half of it got deleted, or rather, didn't get saved. :(

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: When have I ever given you the impression that I owned HOO or PJO?

Of Messed Up Relationships and Reunions II

About ten seconds earlier

Bobby strolls over to them, snorting as he looks over at the Greeks that were walking over as well. "You guys have a lot of explaining to do, hmm?" he says, eyeing Reyna carefully.

Reyna narrows her eyes at Percy, who had settled with resting his hand on her shoulder. "A graceus here has the most to explain, doesn't he?"

Said graceus laughs sheepishly as the Greeks approach them. "Hi guys," he says nervously, waving his free hand in the air.

Annabeth, the blonde that Percy had pointed out, storms straight at them, her hands clenched. "Perseus Jackson, are you cheating on me?"

Present

For a moment, not one person talks. Some of the Greeks, who had known Annabeth for a while, stay quiet, their eyes darting around to find the quickest escape route. After all, even though Jason had known her for only a short amount of time, he knows that when she's angry, she's angry. Honestly, he couldn't tell you who was scarier sometimes - Reyna or Annabeth.

Speaking of Reyna, Jason grits his teeth when he eyes the casual hand that belonged to the Greek resting on Reyna's shoulder. He knows that he left her for months on her own, and she had to do whatever she could to keep Octavian out of the way, but he wishes that her and Percy hadn't gone all cuddly with each other. In less than a year, too! The son of Jupiter couldn't believe how quickly Reyna had let Percy in while it took him years for her to even agree to be friends with him!

"Look, Annabeth, is that your name? Percy - " Reyna starts, but Annabeth cuts her off, her stormy grey eyes only on Percy.

"I'd rather hear this from my boyfriend," Annabeth answers coldly, crossing her arms.

Reyna scowls, but stays quiet as she shrugs Percy's hand off her shoulder, making Jason feel a little more relieved. The son of Poseidon looks at her with SOS written all over his face, but she only takes one step away from him, her eyes turning almost onyx.

"So, guys, how was the trip to Camp Jupiter? Good? Smooth? Fun?" Percy starts, attempting to change the subject, but Jason can tell that it isn't working. "Zeus's been treating you guys well?" He chuckles nervously under Annabeth's glare. "Okay, not so much, then."

"Stop stalling." The daughter of Minerva, Athena, Jason reminds himself, looks like she's ready to rip Percy in half.

"Annabeth, I didn't know...I just woke up and..." Percy trails off, eyeing Reyna. "Reyna, can you explain?"

As soon as Annabeth hears Reyna's name being uttered, she turns her attention to the daughter of Bellona, looking her up and down. Reyna only stares defiantly back, a hand on the hilt of her gladius.

"I think Annabeth and Percy need some alone time, right guys?" A faun pipes up, smiling nervously like he had dealt with this before. "We'll just be a short distance away in case, you know, something happens."

Percy shakes his head frantically as Annabeth starts to storm away. The faun only shrugs, and Percy groans, following Annabeth.

When Annabeth and Percy are out of sight, Bobby shivers. "Man, was it hot in here!"

Jason and Reyna shoot him a glare, to both which he responds to with a shake of his head. "Honestly, why can't all of you just tell everyone else what's going on? Why be so mysterious and screw up everything else?" He looks at the Greeks. "Look, Percy honestly wasn't trying to cheat on Annabeth or anything. He didn't even know he was because when he got here, he lost his memory. The only thing he remembered, and even that was when Reyna knocked him in the head, was his name. Then he showed the potential for being praetor, so Reyna trained him to be one to keep Octavian, this crazy teddy bear killing guy, from being praetor because that would just ruin us. I'm pretty sure Reyna wasn't looking for a relationship, but it just happened." Bobby turns to Jason, who is trying to keep all emotions off of his face. "Jason, dude, you know how much I plotted to get you two together, but you guys are so godsdamn stubborn that it never happened. And when you disappeared, Reyna didn't know what to do. She did whatever she could to keep the camp running with one praetor; she couldn't even sleep without having to think about why you would abandon camp so abruptly. When Percy came, she was forced to take action before Octavian could, and she trained him to be a praetor. He reminded her of you, Jason, and at first, we were all against it, honestly, but we had to do what was best for our camp, and we didn't know when you'd be coming back, so we accepted him." Bobby looks at Jason without a hint of a smile on his face. Jason has almost never seen him this serious before. "If you were in her place, wouldn't you have done the same thing?"

Jason doesn't know how to respond. He has never seen Bobby like this, or said something so long that made sense. And he's know Bobby for a while now.

"I...I guess," Jason responds, looking warily at his friends and family. His blue eyes turn to Reyna last, scanning for any sign that she understands how he's feeling. A small smile, one that only people who know him well could see, appears on his lips as he regards her with fondness.

She responds to his smile with a cocked eyebrow, and he knows that at least their friendship is intact.

With Percabeth

As Annabeth storms to an oak tree away from the group of demigods, she couldn't stop fuming. While she had been searching high and low for Percy, her boyfriend decided to go and find a new girlfriend! Strangely, she thinks about the time when it was her, Rachel, and Percy, and decides that she does not like sharing, even if her boyfriend was being a Seaweed Brain and completely oblivious both times.

Nervous whistling breaks her concentration as she glances back at Percy, who was looking at her with a look of nervousness and confusion, like he doesn't know if he should comfort her or keep his distance.

"So," Annabeth says, not wasting any time. "I guess we're..over." Her heart breaks at the sound of those words, but she forces herself to stay calm.

"Ye-no-but-" Percy blinks, scratching the back of his neck. "To be honest, I don't even know what's going on right now."

She resists the urge to roll her eyes at his oblivion, instead focusing on the fact that he cheated on her. "Well, it seems like you have a new girlfriend, so I guess that we're over since I assume you still want to go out with her?"

"I didn't even know what my name was for a while, okay?" he says, running his fingers through his hair. "Cut me some slack - I didn't even know I had a girlfriend until about ten minutes ago!"

She refused to look into his eyes. "I'm sorry," Percy says softly, putting his hand on her shoulder. "If I had known, then I wouldn't have. Reyna..." He drifts off, a slight smile on his face, something that didn't go unnoticed by the daughter of Athena. "When I arrived at Camp Jupiter with no knowledge of anything but my name, she gave me a chance even after Octavian demanded my execution, and I pretty much annoyed the Plu-Hades out of her. She raised me to be a praetor, got me elected, and respected, all within a week, give or take a few days." He scratched his head. "And since some of my memories are coming back slowly, maybe she reminded me of you."

Annabeth's voice catches in her throat as she tries to look at things from Percy's perspective. Maybe she overreacted. Maybe she didn't give him enough time to collect his thoughts. Maybe...

"Let's talk about this later," she says finally, shoving her jealously to the of her mind. Right now, the alliance between the Greeks and the Romans is what's most important, not my love life, she reminds herself, smoothing her hair out. "Right now, we need to deal with the tension between the Greeks and the Romans."

Percy nods stiffly before making his way back.

Annabeth chews her lip as she realizes that this Percy is different from the Percy she knew eight months ago. Does she still love him, though?

Shaking her head at her thoughts, she follows him back to the group of demigods waiting for them.

Three minutes later

If Percy had known how awkward it would be with the rest of the group, he would have listened to Annabeth for another ten hours.

He doesn't miss the nervous glances Reyna and Jason give each other, and though that makes his heart hurt, it doesn't break his heart as much as he thought it would. If anything, the conversation with Annabeth killed him slightly more.

Gods, what is wrong with me, he thinks to himself, groaning.

His expression earns looks from the rest of the group, who are introducing themselves rather weirdly.

"Jackson, are you okay?" Reyna speaks up, looking at him with hidden concern.

Percy forces a smile. He still finds it strange how he could read her so well in such a short amount of time. Maybe it's because they spent almost every second of the week together, or maybe, there was some mutual understanding between them, making them connect with each other better.

Percy doesn't know what, but he knows (probably as well as the son of Jupiter glaring at him right at this instant) that Reyna isn't as emotionless as she wants people to believe.

"Never felt better," he replies, but she knows that he's thinking about the whole girlfriend situation.

Nevertheless, she doesn't question him further as she starts talking. "Well, thank you for the introductions, but we need to get down to business. First of all, the situation with three praetors..." Her dark brown eyes dart between him and Jason.

"Before anything is confirmed," Jason cuts in, his expression changing to reluctant gratitude, "thank you for taking care of my camp while I was gone, Percy," he says, looking at him in the eye.

Percy nods his head. "Thanks for stepping in when I couldn't, Jason," he replies, holding his hand out.

Jason steps forward and they shake hands, and for some reason, this simple action clears up some of the tension in the air, much to Percy's surprise.

"So, who's stepping down?" Hazel asks, looking at both Percy and Jason.

"I'll step down," Percy says without thinking. When he sees the shocked expressions (and he won't lie, some relieved) of the demigods, he knows that this is the right thing to do.

Reyna's looking at him for an explanation, and he smiles. "I love this camp a lot now, trust me, but I've got another home somewhere else, and even though I don't remember it right now, I feel like this is the right decision. Besides," he adds, laughing at Reyna, "I finally get rid of Octavian!"

She scowls, but accepts his decision. Percy turns to Jason, who nods his head, but Percy can see some relief in his eyes. "Well, then, I guess I'm stepping down as counselor at Camp Half-Blood and coming back as praetor, if you guys would like me to..." He leaves the statement open, and immediately, some of the Romans laugh and cheer.

"Of course we want you back!" Hazel exclaims, hugging Jason before getting a hold on herself. She looks nervously at Percy, who laughs at Jason trying to breathe.

"No offense taken," he says, and he watches as some Romans start chatting with Jason, obviously happy that he's back. Percy doesn't mind too much because he knows that he could never truly live here anyway, not with Camp Half-Blood locked somewhere in his mind.

Annabeth sneaks a look at Percy, who grins. "So, you're coming back?" she breathes, a smile on her lips before she could stop it.

"Guess so," the son of Poseidon replies, and for some reason, this feels right. Kissing Reyna doesn't compare to the happiness and completeness he feels when he's staring into her stormy grey eyes.

He could tell that Reyna feels the same way too as he sees her fighting to keep the smile off her face when she glances at Jason.

"Guys, off of Jason," Reyna says, smoothing her toga out. "I need Percy to resign from his position and to re-install Jason." She gestures for them to follow her, and Percy does, tugging on one of Annabeth's princess curls before leaving.

The daughter of Bellona leads them to the principia, where the scrolls are kept. When the doors close, Percy lets out the breath he doesn't know he's holding as he looks at her. "Reyna..."

A soft smile appears on her lips, something that Percy rarely sees. "I know," she replies just as softly. "You're like an open book, Jackson," she adds not so softly, but more like the Reyna he knows on a regular basis.

"You're a good friend, Reyna," the son of Poseidon says, looking at her. "I hope we're still friends no matter what."

"You're not getting rid of me quite yet, Jackson," the Roman replies, crossing her arms.

"Soo...are you and Jason going to make out yet?" he asks innocently, snickering slightly at their red expressions.

Reyna ignores him as she pulls out the forms and contracts. "Here," she says, shoving the grinning Greek his share of papers. "Sign all of these in under five minutes." There's something in her voice that makes him regret what he said earlier.

"Yes, ma'am," is all he gets out before he scrambles to fill out the forms.

Five minutes later

Reyna can't help but smile when she finds Percy exhausted, but all his forms filled out. "Good work," she says, watching him nod his head slightly before closing his eyes and..

Falling fast asleep on the floor.

"Seriously?" Jason says from where he's sitting, staring at the Greek in shock and surprise.

She walks over to where his pile of papers are sitting, narrowing her eyes half-heartedly at the son of Jupiter. "At least he filled his forms out completely." She points to a blank line on one of his. "Look, you didn't even fill in the date."

"Because it got repetitive," the blonde explains, snatching the paper from her and scribbling an illegible date on the line. "You happy?"

"Nope," Reyna answers before opening the window and shouting as loudly as she can to the group of demigods, "CHASE! YOUR BOYFRIEND IS ASLEEP IN MY PRINCIPIA! GET HIM OUT!"

(not so) Surprisingly, Percy is still asleep, grinning like a maniac curled in a ball.

The two of them stare at Percy and wait for Annabeth to arrive, peaceful silence for once, until Jason looks at her. "I missed you," he says softly.

She feels a thousand butterflies stirring in her stomach as she looks up at him. "I missed you too," Reyna replies, feeling sparks in the air.

A knock on the door interrupts them, and Reyna gets up to open the door.

Annabeth stands there, flushed and staring past her at Percy.

"He's all yours," is all Reyna says before letting the blonde make her way to Percy, who starts to drool in his sleep.

Jason makes a face, and Reyna laughs. "Annabeth..." the sleeping son of Poseidon mumbles in his sleep, making said girl blush even more. "Yes...I remember."

Yes, I know that was a horrible ending, but I didn't know how else to end it. If I've got something, then I'll change it.

I know my updates are definitely not regular, and really, my writing nowadays relies on my urge to write. If I've got a great idea, then I'll write it immediately, which is why I'm writing today. I had an idea that I wanted to write, but it had to be posted after I finished this, so here it is! I spent two hours on this, but I hope this isn't crap.

And yeah, I know how Percy and Reyna's relationship is weird, but I prefer to think of them as good friends and well, like family. This is why I wrote Percy so he is close to Reyna and understands her well, and vice versa.

I was going to add something else, but like usual, I forgot. Ah well. Hope there was enough Percabeth, Jayna, and Preyna in this for you all to enjoy.

Please read and review!

-DOTE