Okay guys this happens to be my longest chapie crossing 3,500 words! Knock yourself out!

thnx to all my reviewers! nikitabella, piperandjasontogetherforever, AshleyDaughterofApollo, pjato-lover, Smosher, JasperForTheWin and DrieSummersDaughterofApollo love you all!

Madison- Sweety you should read the whole fic before judging. Piper and Percy are just close friends just like Piper and Leo. I'm sry but I believe in the fact that a boy and a girl can be besties without the L-word in between. And about Jason being mad... well there is something called jealousy. And I'm a sucker for jealousy. This fic is all about Jasper, I just like to make it slow. If you stick around, you just might like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything except the plot.

P.S- Sorry AshleyDaughterofApollo! Can't think of funny disclaimers anymore!

Piper's POV

Leo's right. I'm a strong girl. I'm not gonna let Jason make a wreck of me. I'm gonna embrace this moment and move on. I looked towards Jason walking towards the pavilion with Reyna and suddenly, as if he had an intuition, he looked towards me. Our eyes met and I found myself falling in those blue as sky eyes again. Then he quickly looked away. I groaned. Lets embrace the moment tomorrow.

Everyone had now started settling down. Well maybe that was an understatement because people were mostly fighting for the seats they wanted, even the Gods!

Zeus and Poseidon were fighting for the head seat; Hera and Athena just looked from one to another rolling their eyes.

Demeter seemed to take every seat where Hades tried to sit by poofing and appearing in the seat he tried to sit on and saying things like "Sorry, this seat is taken" or "Get your own seat" Hades looked like he wanted to blow something up. You know the usual son-in-law and mother-in-law relationship.

Apollo was trying to sit with his sister but every time he comes one feet close, she'd change seats instantly.

"Oh c'mon! I need to read you a new haiku!" Apollo said.

"No shit!" Artemis said.

Apollo gasped. "You cussed?"

Artemis rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I did. Just don't tell Father."

"Don't worry, I won't," Apollo said, then the two settled down and weary silence...

"Father! Father! Artemis just used the 's' word!" Apollo said jumping from his seat.

"You could have thought if you have a God as your brother, he wouldn't be that annoying," Artemis said, running after him.

Meanwhile, mommy dearest was jumping and sitting on different seats commenting "No! This chair makes me look fat!" or "I would look ugly from this angle" and even "Ah! My ass looks perfect in this chair."

Ares and Hephaestus looked at each other. Hephaestus said, "Lets sit as far away from her as possible."

"You got it," Ares said, nodding.

Dionysus yawned and called out, "Diet coke!"

"No! Kool Aid!" Dakota screamed.

Hermes was working on his blackberry when Luke came towards him and said, "Boo!" in his ears.

Hermes jumped five inches in the air, screaming. I laughed.

"Yeah, really funny."

I startled to hear that voice and turned back to come face to face with him. I averted my eyes before I end up caught in his eyes again.

"Yeah, it was," I said with the same venom.

Jason opened his mouth to say something then closed it. He sighed and tried again, "Look Piper, Luke isn't a nice guy. For Gods' sake, he tried to destroy Olympus!"

"So what? People change! You of all people should know that! You did!" I screamed at him and felt like taking it back at that very instant. He looked shocked. I thought that I might as well go with it even more. "Besides, you're not my babysitter anymore, remember?" Now he looked angry.

I turned back and looked around to see that I had been too preoccupied that I forgot to grab a seat. I saw that Leo had seated with his dad. Even Percy and Annabeth were sitting with their parents in between them. (Wonder how Poseidon and Athena end up sitting together...) I didn't blame them. We rarely get to meet our parents... Though joining Aphrodite was not exactly in my mind until...

"Piper dear! I've saved you a seat!" Aphrodite squealed. I yelped. "Jason honey! You too!" I nearly fell on my face.

I looked back to see he was still standing there. He looked equally surprised by Aphrodite's offer.

"Oh c'mon already!" She clicked her fingers and suddenly we were sitting on either side of her. "Now, now. I know you two have broken up, but what are love stories without some drama, right?"

Me and Jason looked at her blankly. Perfect! A feast with my ex who is a pissed son of Zeus and my mother who happens to be the Goddess of Love. Just when I thought this feast couldn't turn any worse.

Nobody's POV

"So Peter," Athena said.

"It's Percy, mom! Don't pretend that you don't know it," Annabeth said.

"Yeah, the same. What have you thought about your future?" Athena asked.

"You mean apart from marrying Annybeth here?" Poseidon asked.

"It's Annabeth!" Percy hissed.

"What? She gets to call you Peter and I don't get to call her daughter Annybeth?" Poseidon asked, pouting.

"Obviously. Don't even compare my daughter with your hopeless son," Athena said.

"Excuse me!" Poseidon said.

"Mom!" said Annabeth at the same time when Percy said, "Dad!"

"Fine!" Poseidon and Athena said at the same time.

Meanwhile Zeus and Artemis were sitting with Thalia and Nico.

"So how has my daughter been doing as a huntress?" Zeus asked Artemis, keeping a hand around Thalia's shoulder.

"Oh she's wonderful. Especially with the no boys rule. All the huntresses should look up to her as a role model," Artemis said.

Thalia giggled nervously and said, "Oh you're exaggerating."

"Having daughters who are permanently maiden. Now that's a father's dream comes true! First Artemis, then Athena and now you!"

"If only they knew," Nico said under his breath. Thalia squashed his leg under the table. "Oww!"

Artemis and Zeus glared at him.

"It's nothing. Just a bug," Nico said. Then glared at Thalia and said, "A big fat Pinecone Faced bug."

"Uncle Hades' son is weird," Artemis said.

"You can't complain. It's Hades' son," Zeus said.

"I heard that!" Hades called out from across the table.

"Calm down dad," Hazel said, who was sitting with him.

"I'll calm down if my baby girl would stop dating this Chinese Canadian Babyface guy!" Hades said.

"You know dude, China is one of the most progressing country of the world," Frank said, pouting.

"You don't get to disrespect my son just because you are the king of Underwear!" Ares said.

"Underworld!" Hades corrected.

"Yeah, the same!" Ares said.

"I hate all the Olympians! They're so full of themselves! I- the king of Underworld, the ruler of the dead- is above them all," Hades said.

"Guess we have got someone else so full of himself," Frank said, smirking

"Frank! He's my father!" Hazel chided.

"Yeah, I feel really sorry for you," Frank said gravely.

"Hey man, don't forget she still have your firewood. You wouldn't want to make her angry. She might accidentally drop it in the campfire," Leo said who was sitting beside Frank.

"You just had to give her the idea!" Frank said, accusingly.

"What is your damage, Leo?" Reyna asked.

"That I like my girls tough?" Leo suggested.

Reyna blushed, but quickly subsided it and groaned. "What?"

"Don't flatter yourself. I wasn't talking about you!" Leo said haughtily.

Hephaestus laughed. "I love this kid! Glad I hooked up with your mom."

"So you have been dating my daughter for how long now?" Demeter asked Travis.

"Oh just a couple of months," Travis said.

"You don't mind, right mom? Travis is a really nice guy," Katie said.

"As long as he doesn't kidnap my daughter and keep her hostage in eternal damnation," Demeter said, narrowing his eyes at Travis.

"Don't worry about that mam. My old man's Hermes. Where do you think I would keep her hostage? In a mail van?" Travis said and laughed nervously. Demeter just kept staring at him seriously like she actually thought he could.

"Connor was right. Even Goddess of Agriculture can be scary," Travis said to himself.

"Guess this is the right time to say 'I told you so'," Connor said.

"Hermes, you've got something to say about this?" Demeter asked.

"Oh yeah, human pollution... It's nasty," Hermes said looking up from his blackberry then started working on it again.

"She was asking about your son's relationship, dummy," Martha said, slithering on the cell's antenna. Weird, because blackberry doesn't have an antenna.

"Rats are delicious," George said.

"Don't you know any line apart from that?" Martha asked.

"Frogs are nasty?" George offered.

"It's gonna rain tomorrow," Apollo said.

"No it's not," Rachel said. "I anticipate a clear weather, with bright shiny sun."

"It's gonna rain tomorrow. Wanna bet?" Apollo said, cocking his eyebrow.

"You're on," Rachel said.

Apollo then called across the table, "Hey guy with the turban!"

Octavian looked up and said, "The name is Octavian, sir."

"Yeah whatever. Say what do you think? It's gonna rain tomorrow or not?" Apollo asked.

"Hmm... that's a very big prediction. I'd need couple of soft toys, a big ceremonial knife, maybe a fire. A crystal ball and a cauldron will help-"

"- Okay, thankyou very much," Apollo cut in. He then lowered his voice and said, "That guy is super creepy even for an augur. Who was so stupid to make him one?"

Rachel opened her mouth to reply but Apollo cut in, "Who cares."

"Dad, can you please stop this?" Will asked. "I've brought a date here."

"Oh right. The lovely Drew. Did I mention that you look really beautiful in that dress. Red is just your color," Apollo said, took her hand and gently kissed it. Drew giggled.

"Your dad's really charming," Drew whispered to Will.

"Did I mention that she is my date and not yours?" Will growled.

"Down boy. I've got Rachel here," Apollo said putting a hand around her shoulder.

Rachel smiled. "I'm the new oracle remember? I don't get to date." She said and tentatively removed his hand.

Apollo groaned. "All the good ones have sworn to be maiden. Who made the rule that oracles can't date?"

Rachel opened her mouth but Apollo cut in again, "Stop answering everything I ask!"

Jason's POV

"So Jason darling, did I tell you you're looking really handsome in that shirt and suit jacket. But something is missing... maybe a tie..." Aphrodite said, deep in thought.

"Mom! This is really embarrassing!" Piper complained.

"What? He's not your boyfriend anymore, right? So I can check him out now. And don't worry. Technically, he's my brother," Aphrodite said.

Its gonna be a long night. I sighed and drank some diet coke.

"If we are taking that logic in our mind, then technically he's my Uncle," Piper said. I spewed my drink all over me.

"Gross," Aphrodite said like a mean Head Cheerleader.

"Don't spoil the tablecloth! That's linen!" Silena said who was sitting beside Piper followed by Beckendorf.

"Relax Silena! This feast is going really smooth. You need to lay back. How about a dance?" Beckendorf asked and offered her his hand.

Aphrodite snuffled. "Oh that's so cute! Where did you learn to be so charming? Not from your dad for sure. He sucks at that."

"Hey!" Hephaestus called from across the table. "Can everyone just stop back-bitching about me? I can hear!" Naturally, everyone ignored him.

"But there's no music!" Silena said.

"I've got it," Beckendorf said and whistled. A band came and set their instruments near the pavilion.

"Apollo's Sons?" Silena asked.

"Yup! Will booked them as he said he'd take care of acoustics and called them over from New York. They were actually full, but they came for camp's sake. Afterall, they used to live here only until three years ago, right? Moved out to make a name. Still can't see how these guys manage to sing and fight the monsters in the real world. Now, where were we?"

Silena sighed and took his hand. The band started playing rock music.

"Lower down the tempo guys. I wanna slow dance with my girl," Beckendorf said. The band boys groaned but lowered down the tempo anyways. The two started slow dancing to the song.

Aphrodite took out her linen handkerchief and started dabbing on her eyes. "Crap! My mascara! Here, I do it again! Spreading love can get a bit tiresome."

"But you didn't do anything," I said, raising my eyebrows.

"Do you think so? Do you really think so, Jason Grace?" Aphrodite asked, melodramatically.

I just looked at her blankly and said, "Uh, hell yeah!"

"Hmm... I see why you broke up with him," Aphrodite told Piper.

"She didn't. I did!" I said pretty loudly and everyone at the table looked at me. "Sorry!" I felt guilty instantly and looked at Piper. She was looking down at the table like she could burn a hole through it.

"Is he bothering you, love?"

I looked up to see the devil coming towards us. He settled himself in Silena's seat beside Piper.

"That seat is taken," I growled at him.

"I bet Silena wouldn't mind. Do you?" Luke asked me directly. I wanted to say how much I would mind. But kept shut and stared daggers at him.

"Ah! All hail the bad guy," Aphrodite said, giggling

"Mom!" Piper said.

"Oh its okay. Bad boys are hot," Aphrodite said.

"Your mom just called me hot!" Luke said in a fake whisper to Piper.

"I know. It's really embarrassing," Piper whispered back.

"Are you mad? The Goddess of Love and Beauty just called me hot! That's frigging cool!" Luke said and earned a thwack on his head. I grinned. I hoped it hurt him very much.

"So Luke? Why did you come here?" Aphrodite asked, mischievously.

"To keep your beautiful daughter company," Luke said.

"You've got hots for my daughter huh?" Aphrodite asked, batting her eyelashes.

Luke gasped playfully. "How did you know?"

Piper had now turned into a human size tomato. I growled. This guy needs to be reminded that her ex happens to be son of the God of the Sky.

"Then what are you doing here? Go ahead, ask her to dance," Aphrodite said.

"Oh sure," Luke said, then got up and bent courteously offering Piper his hand and said, "May I?"

Piper blushed then looked at me for once. I shook my head lightly. Her smile turned into a grimace and she gave her hand to Luke. He dragged her to where Silena and Beckendorf were dancing and they followed their lead.

"You know right she's not gonna be there for you forever," Aphrodite said, now serious. I looked up. She was looking at Luke and Piper deep in thought. "She's my daughter and you have hurt her enough. She might not be ready to move on yet, but being a Goddess of Love, I have my ways. I'm not gonna let her be sad anymore. Not for someone like you." She now turned her accusing glare at me.

I tried to meet her gaze but couldn't. Her kaleidoscope eyes- much like Piper's- were not so pretty anymore... They were accusing.

"It was her own mistake," I told her.

"No it wasn't. And the day you realise that, it would be too late. You don't deserve her anyways. So I would give you a suggestion. 'Embrace the opportunities that you get.'"

I felt a cold feeling and shuddered. Even the Goddess of Love and Beauty can be scary. I looked one last time at Piper and Luke. Luke was now trying to whirl her but Piper moved a bit ahead and the two ended up bumping there foreheads and started laughing out loud. My stomach fluttered with butterflies. I missed that laugh. Maybe Aphrodite was right. Even though I still believe it was all her mistake, she doesn't deserve to be sad forever. Maybe Luke could give her that happiness. I got up from the table having lost my appetite and walked away.

Piper's POV

"Oww!" Luke exclaimed after we bumped our foreheads. "What are you doing Beauty Queen?" He laughed

"It was your mistake!" I said, giggling along.

"Trying to give me concussion so that you can go back to your ex?" Luke laughed and looked at me expectantly. But my smile had already worn off. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I should have known it was a sensitive topic."

"No its okay! You have just met me. You wouldn't have known. It's just that... I know what mom and Silena are doing here. And I really appreciate that. But... I lo-... I have known Jason all my life. And I just can't go to pretending that he was never in my life. And I really don't want to hurt you. You're a really nice guy-" Just then Luke kissed me on my cheek. "Uh... have you been listening to what I was saying?"

Luke laughed and said, "Don't worry Beauty Queen. I've understood that by now. And I wasn't trying to take Jason's place. I was just testing his jealousy level. And he was burning jealous."

"You think so?" I asked, flattered.

"Oh yeah. Now I'm fine with you rejecting me as long as we remain friends and you find me a hot GF. Or... I'm a son of God of Thieves and Mischiefs, you know. And I have Connor and Travis as brothers."

"Ooh, scary," I said and we laughed a bit again.

"Psssh!"

We two looked up to see Tyson and Ella also dancing there. They were dancing dangerously close to Silena and Beckendorf while Tyson tried to call Silena softly and Tyson's softly is not that soft.

"Silena! We should go now?" Tyson asked.

Silena looked around, panicked, and said, "No Tyson! I said wait for my signal!"

"Oh, okay," Tyson said, disappointed and he and Ella went away.

"Wonder what's that all about," I said.

"Dunno," Luke said, curious too.

"Luke! Stop hitting on Piper!" Percy said, coming towards them in mock anger with Annabeth following close. We two pulled apart and stopped dancing.

"Oh shut up, you slicker," I told him. "I knew you were in on the plan."

Percy laughed sheepishly. "Sorry. I was never a good actor."

"Speaking of good actor," said Leo, joining them. "Did you know that Piper and Jason used to-" I slammed my hand on his mouth before he could say anything.

"Not a word Valdez. Or your embarrassing lunch story in Wilderness School is gonna be spilled out big," I told him. He mumbled something under my hand. I released him.

"Are you sure you are daughter of Goddess of Love and Beauty and not of Nemo Goddess of sweet revenge?" Leo asked.

"You mean Nemesis?" Annabeth asked.

"Yeah, the same. Always confuse her name with that Disney fish," Leo said.

"He's weird," Luke said to others.

"Yeah, you'd get used to that," I told him. Just then I looked down at my hand and gasped. "My bracelet! Where is it?"

"Oh boy! She lost her bracelet!" Leo said.

"Not the bracelet!" Percy groaned.

"Ok, Piper. Calm down. We would find your bracelet. No need to get worried," Annabeth said.

"Or we can buy you another one?" Luke suggested and everyone stared daggers at him. "Just joking. We would find your bracelet all right."

"Okay, me and Percy would look in Ampi. Luke, you go check in the arena. She might have dropped it while she was practising in afternoon. Leo, you go with Piper and check in her cabin. We will rendezvous here in five. Don't worry. We would have your bracelet by desert," Annabeth said. Everybody nodded and started going away.

"Need I ask what's so special about this bracelet?" I heard Luke ask Percy and Annabeth from some distance away.

"Do you have to?" Percy asked, cocking his eyebrow.

"I got my answer," Luke said and went away.

"C'mon, Beauty Queen. We'll find your precious bracelet," Leo said and dragged me along.

Just as we were passing the clearing before the cabins and reached the first cabin that was Zeus', we heard voices. I recognised one very sharply.

"Leo wait!" I whispered to him. He stopped in his tracks and looked at me, raising his eyebrows. "Listen."

We waited behind a bush and tried to listen.

"Why did you follow me?" Jason asked, furious. Me and Leo exchanged looks, thinking that he might have seen us.

"I was worried about you," another voice said.

"Reyna," Leo mouthed at me. I nodded stiffly. "Oh boy! Silena is gonna kill me," he whispered more to himself than me.

"What?" I asked confused. But he just shushed me and went closer to the scene. I followed. We now positioned ourselves behind a boulder. I could now see both of them from there. Jason had his back towards us, standing in front of his old cabin and Reyna was a few feet away.

"Why did you leave the feast in between. You know the prophecy," Reyna continued.

"Why do you care?" Jason shouted at him.

"Because I'm your friend Jason," Reyna said, and took hold of his hand. I yelped but Leo covered my mouth before they heard us.

"No! I don't need any friends. Not anymore," Jason said and flunged her hand away from her grasp. I grinned evilly. Take that Reyna!

"That's because you are scared. Trust me, Jason. I won't betray you like her," Reyna said. Jason got startled and looked into her eyes.

"Let's show her my betrayal," I said and got up to beat some senses into her, but Leo caught hold of me and held onto me so I don't do anything stupid.

"'Embrace the opportunities that you get,'" Jason said and Leo, Reyna and I looked at him, confused. "Wonder if she meant this." He moved towards Reyna and I though he was gonna hug her or something, but shocked us all by kissing her... On the lips.

Leo looked at me, ready to hold me back. But I just sat there limply. It was like a car accident you never see coming. At the last moment, when the car is very close, your mind shuts down and your legs stop working. The impact happens, but for a moment, you still don't know how to react. Then it all hits hard on you and pain takes over.

I didn't realise that it had hit hard until a lone sob went out of my mouth. Jason and Reyna broke apart and turned their heads towards us. I just couldn't stand to face him just then. I did what every strong girl would have done. I fled.

Hmm... the last part was a bit grave so I'm gonna put a lot of humour in the next one. Surprised that how I would bring humour in the story after what happened just now? Stay tuned!