The Mark of Athena

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REYNA:

When I saw Jason kissing another girl, my heart broke into shreds. I was going to come ask him if he remembered me and if he still wanted to be my boyfriend but obviously he didn't. I was really sad….. so mad at Jason.

By kissing that other girl he'd practically turned my life into a living hell. I had also meant to tell him that I loved him; so I felt like my heart was being thrown into a blender and shredded into a million heart pieces then put into me back again.

I squealed.

They both turned and saw me, then Jason started to say something but I was already running away. I ran to my house which was the only place I could cry without people seeing me. I slammed the door and ran to my bed. I flopped down on it and the tears came so fast I thought my eyes would burst from all the effort.

I heard a knock and I immediately knew it was Jason.

"Reyna, I need to talk to you."

"Go away, Jason."

"Reyna, I'm really sorry you had to see that. I was going to tell you sooner or later that I already had another girlfriend… Anyway, I just came to tell you that even though we're not boyfriend girlfriend, we can still be best friends, like we used to be."

I thought about how Venus girls always said: if you really love someone, you'll let them go. I really did love Jason so I guess I would have to do that.

"I'll try, Jason, I really will. But know that I still love you."

"I know. I'm really sorry you had to see that, but I'm glad we're still friends."

"Me too." I said.

I heard him walking away, probably to go make out with his girlfriend again. I sighed. I was going to try to be friends with the girl Jason was dating and see if maybe she would help me get over him.

"Jason!" he turned "I want to meet your girlfriend."
"Um….. Okay, come on."

"Oh hey Jason, Reyna right?" the girl asked me.

"Yeah."

"Reyna, this is Piper McLean daughter of Aphrodite …..I mean Venus."

"It's nice to meet you." I said.

"Jason, sweetie why don't you see if you can find Leo?" Piper said

"Sure… See you guys later." Jason said, confused.

I turned to Piper "I, um, still like Jason, but I won't try to steal him from you I swear. I also want to be friends. Since you're a daughter of Venus no offense or anything, I was wondering if maybe you could help me get over Jason." I asked.

"Ok. I'm glad you want to be friends because I do too and I thought that you would be mad at me because I kissed him in front of you."

"Well, I'm not mad at you, you couldn't have known that I was around and saw you guys kissing. I'm sort of mad at Jason because before he disappeared, I really thought we were going to be boyfriend/ girlfriend. So I never knew before this week when Percy came, that he had lost his memory, so I guess that's why I'm mad at him." I said.

"Alright good, because I do want to be friends with you. And I'll try my best to help you get over Jason. I think that's a really good way to bond." Piper said.

I smiled at her. "Thanks. It means a lot."

"No prob."

"I'd better get back to be praetorian duties. The Senate meeting's in 20 minutes. Could we hang out after the meeting?"

"Sure. That'd be great."

"Ok, thanks. Bye."

Piper waved "Bye, Reyna."

I walked away. Thank the gods she'd agreed to help me get over Jason. I feel much better now.

I got to the Senate house where Octavian was talking to himself.

"Praise to Gaea! The Greeks and Romans will continue to be friends until I interfere."

I ran to find Percy. "Percy! Where are you?"

"Here, Reyna what happened?"

"Octavian was gutting a panda and said: 'Praise to Gaea! The Greeks and Romans will continue to be friends until I interfere!' Octavian's a spy for Gaea."

"What do we do?" Percy asked

"I don't know." I said

"At the Senate meeting when we determine the seven that are going on the quest to defeat Gaea, we'll meet up we the Seven afterwards and you'll tell them."

"Alright. Good plan."

"Oh no." Percy groaned

"What?" I asked

"This is just like the Titan War last year. We had a spy but for Kronos, not Gaea." Said Percy

"Oh that is not good. That can't be just a coincidence." I said.

"You're right, but what can we do about that?" he asked

"True. But we have to get to the Senate meeting like now. It starts in 5 minutes and we have to be early."

"I know, just let me go find the others, I'll meet you there."

"Okay."

He ran off, leaving me thinking really hard.

So what can we do once we know who the seven are, to expose Octavian? I really have no clue, I thought. Once I got close to the Pomerian Line, Terminus came out from nowhere. "Praetor, Reyna. Yes of course, you may pass."

"Thanks, Terminus. I got to go."

When I got there almost everyone was seated except for the Greeks who apparently didn't know where to sit.

"You can sit anywhere." I waved my hand around the room. Jason was going to sit down in one of the praetors' chair then remembered Percy was praetor now. He blushed, embarrassed, and I smiled at him to let him know its okay. Percy and Annabeth ran in gasping for breath and Percy jogged over to his praetor chair, conscious he was late, but I didn't say anything.

"Alright let's get started." Percy said.

"Yes, let's decide the seven that are going to be going on the quest." I said gravely.

The meeting to announce the fate of the world had started.