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I feel bad for this couple, because I just have a feeling Jason will end up with Piper. I think I'm also the only Jeyna fan that doesn't support Leo/Piper. Because the whole Aphrodite/Hephaestus thing was already done with Charlie and Silena. I think it'll end up like this: Percabeth (obviously), Frazel, Jasper, and either Leyna or both of them with different people. Or Reyna could join the Hunters of Artemis. That's also an option. Okay, I'm done with my thoughts on the numerous love triangles in the PJO universe.
Jason has to admit the night sky is spectacular. As if his dad is brightening the stars just for him. Jason shivers slightly from the cold.
Still, the stars were bright and glistening against the black sky. The Milky Way was breathtaking, with hundreds of clusters of tiny stars grouped together. The night air smells refreshing. Cool and clean.
"It's beautiful." Reyna breathes. He can just make out the outline of her face from the light of the stars. They're in the middle of the Field of Mars. The grass is wet from the dew, so they had decided to stand instead of sit.
"I know. I haven't seen the sky look so magical in a really long time." Jason mutters, transfixed by the stars.
"I wish I could just fly into them." Reyna whispers. The stables were closed, so she couldn't ride Scipio until tomorrow.
Jason looks at her, suddenly serious, "You trust me, right?"
He finds himself looking deep into her startling dark eyes that look like they are as black as the sky itself.
"You know the answer, Jason." Reyna replies.
Jason nods and closes his eyes. He concentrates on the wind slowly rustling through the grass. He feels the pattern of the cool air currents bending, shifting, and turning sharp corners. He becomes aware of the wind very slightly brushing his face. Jason wills the air currents to bend around him, and lift him off of the ground. It's hard at first to control the air, like trying to balance on top of an excercise ball. It gets easier the more he focuses. When he opens his eyes, he is up a few feet higher than Reyna. She looks at him in slight awe.
Jason reaches his hand out to her, which she takes. He feels like Peter Pan carrying Wendy off to Neverland. She grasps onto his hand for dear life as they rise into the air. Jason winces because she is hurting his hand with her iron grip. When Reyna's scared she doesn't talk much. She also doesn't show it on her face. Which is one of the things that he loves about her.
"Reyna. You can calm down. I won't let you fall. And if you do, I'll catch you." Jason says hollowly, pain eminent in his voice.
"S-Sorry." Reyna says.
Her expression is hard and blank for a few seconds. She begins to relax a little as Jason tells the air to carry them higher. She releases her tightened grip and moves her hands to Jason's shoulders. She wraps her arms around his neck. He blushes as he puts his hands on her waist and pulls her closer. Don't get the wrong idea, he's just trying to make sure that she doesn't fall. Reyna and him are just friends. Not like he's trying to bust a move or anything.
Reyna breathes out slowly, her breath turning foggy in the cold air and smiles as she looks around her. She laughs softly.
"This is... incredible." She says exhilaratingly.
Jason smiles. Watch this. He thinks.
Jason rises faster and higher into the cold night sky. Reyna tightens her grip on his shoulders as her black hair whips around her face, her eyes wide open.
They slow to a stop and for a moment Jason can't breathe. Not in fear, or because they are up too high in the atmosphere, but in awe. It looks like the stars are hundreds of tiny sparkles. Jason glances down. He sees all of Camp Jupiter and part of New Rome. Their lights glittering below them. Reyna looks around her in fascination.
Stars surround them and twinkle above their heads.
"What one's your favorite?" Reyna asks, referring to the constellations around them.
"Hercules."
With a smile, Reyna scoffs and rolls her eyes.
Jason frowns,"What?"
"You. It's typical. Of course you like Hercules."
"What's wrong with him?"
"I don't know Grace! Maybe the fact that he stole the belt of the Amazons and killed their Queen?"
"That was Juno's fault! She spread lies that he was going to attack them!"
"Typical boy, blaming the women."
"Typical girl, blaming it on the men."
Reyns growls in frustration and smacks her head against his shoulder in anger.
"What about you?" Jason asks after a moment of silence.
"What about me?" She muffles into his jacket.
"What's your favorite constellation?"
Reyna blinks and lifts her head up to look at the stars. It's so quiet that you can hear the wind whistling past their ears.
"The girl with the bow and arrow. The Huntress. It's so mysterious. The only constellation that doesn't have a story to it that I know of."
"I like that one, too. It just appeared one night. Maybe it was a demigod or something that the gods liked a lot."
"Yeah." Reyna says quietly.
"What's wrong?" Jason asks, tilting her chin up to look at him. She smiles at Jason. His heart beats uneasily.
"Nothing. It's just... What would it be like to be made into a constellation? Is your soul in the stars and are you forced to look down on Earth forever?" Reyna asks.
"I don't know. I'm sure it's amazing, though. Maybe you're eternally happy or something. Only the gods know, I guess."
Reyna smiles,"Thank you for this, Jason."
"You're welcome, Reyna." Jason smiles. She hugs him and Jason hugs her back, trying not to think of how nicely her arms fit around him, or how warm she is despite the cold air surrounding them, or even how her midnight black hair smells like vanilla.
He wants to stay this way forever, frozen in time like the constellations. Eternally having this feeling of peace and happiness, and being a part of the sky.