AN: Hey guys: I'm sorry it's so short, But I promise the next chapter will be up in a week- no long pause like I've had for awhile. I'm sorry to keep you all waiting and hope you all haven't got bored of this story in my absence.

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Chapter 8 A Plot is Hatched.

Piper had been expecting a question from Mrs Danno, after all she did hate Piper (thanks for that dad), and Piper thought that Danno would want to discredit her- she hadn't been expecting her to ask Jason a question. It made Piper think, why would she be asking Jason questions if she wanted to get everyone to hate Piper?

Not that Piper was bigheaded- I mean of course the world didn't revolve around her, and Mrs Danno didn't have to ask every question with the intention of turning people against Piper, but she had seen the look of hatred in Danno's eyes when she looked at Piper, and that sort of hated normally lead to a singular desire to get rid of the thing that the person in question hated. As Piper was that thing- she was understandably on guard.

So what would asking Jason that do? If he said no- it would be Jason who would get the fallout, if he said yes, again no effect on Piper, so what was the motive?

Jason looked over at Piper, and the look in his eyes made her relax- it was his I've got this, just trust me I'll explain later look. It spoke a lot about their lives that he had perfected that look- while being demi-gods with ADHD of various intensities (Leo being a case in point) who fought monsters of various intelligences (fortunately most were idiots), most demigods knew that look and could give their own version of it.

This whole event having taken place inside of a second, no-one in the audience were wondering why Jason was taking so long, as he responded to the question with an answer that had all of the reporters scribbling on their notepads. "I'm sure Piper's boyfriend knows she's going to be acting, so will know that it's likely she'll have to kiss an actor, if she's cool with it, and he's cool with it then sure I've no problem with it. Besides if I said yes to that, I'm fairly certain that my girlfriend would call me hypocritical."

The whole audience seemed to give a gasp, and almost everyone put their hands up in the air, Piper could see Sebastian give a slight wince on her right, and she couldn't blame him, she was certain that this was going to backfire on Jason, but she reckoned that when he explained it to her later it would make more sense than it made at the minute.

Sebastian picked another hand, making sure it was one of those that had been up before Jason's bombshell, and their question was actually not to either Jason or Piper. "Mr Richards..." A clatter came from the seat on the far right, as Troy slipped on his chair and made a great show of rubbing his eyes, "A question for me? At last, I was afraid my glorious fame had been eclipsed by the two newbie's!"

This got a polite chuckle from the audience, and Sebastian rolled his eyes and muttered, "He thinks' he's a comedian."

Piper smiled at that- she couldn't help but like Troy, and her grin only widened when her dad leant in to whisper to her. "Who does he think he is? I like 'invented' him". Piper spluttered on the sip of water she had just taken, she was very glad she had go used to being quiet at the various boarding schools she had been to before camp- she didn't think anyone had noticed her splutter, but how could she help it when her dad was whispering mean girl quotes in her ear?

"Mr Richards, is this going to be your last film as well?"
"No, just Tristan's. You see old people retire; however, since I'm still in my prime, I'm happy to say I will be around a lot longer. So don't panic folks, you may be losing the second greatest actor of this age, but the best will still be around."

Piper laughed along with the audience, and the press conference continued from there- there were no more questions from Mrs Danno- although there were a few asking about Jason's girlfriend, he managed to answer them no problem. Piper noticed that all the answers he gave applied to her- could he possibly be doing what she thought he was...

Piper risked a glance toward Mrs Danno- who looked entirely too happy to Piper. She was eying Piper the same was Khione used too. Only Mrs Danno had a load more evil in her eyes. While Khione only wanted to get rid of Piper, Danno wanted to crush her. In fact... That was her game. Piper almost smiled, Mrs Danno was rumoured to be an expert in destroying relationships. So wouldn't it thrill her to be the cause of Piper and her boyfriend splitting up; even better if she could make it look like she was cheating on him with Jason. Only problem was, since Jason was really her boyfriend; that wouldn't really work.

Now Piper didn't enjoy manipulating people. In fact she refused to use charm speak unless she absolutely had too, she didn't want to end up like Drew after all. But Mrs Danno had decided to ruin her life just for being her dad's daughter. She got that enough from her mom's side thanks, but in this case she was willing to make an exception.

By the time Piper had finished her train of thought, the last question had been answered (for her dad)-and the five of them were leaving the room. Piper stumbled over a lead right before the door, and Jason caught her with a smile. She glanced back at Mrs Danno, who had seen the trip, though she seemed to be the only one who had. There was a little smirk on her face as she instructed her camera-man to pack up and left. Piper matched the smirk- oh she didn't have a clue who she was messing with; and Piper would take great delight in showing her why it wasn't a good idea to hold a grudge- especially while dealing with a daughter of Aphrodite.