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12. Clichés: "hey i'm the best man, you're a bridesmaid, let's do this thing?"
"So you're Jason," Piper said once the rehearsal was done.
"Yeah," he said. "And you've got to be Piper."
"Pleasure is mine," Piper said holding out her hand for Jason to shake. She yawned into her arm. "Sorry. I don't mean to be rude; my flight got in late."
"Yeah. You're the friend who teaches English as a second language in Laos, right? Annabeth's friend from childhood and all that..."
"Yup," Piper said. "And you're the elusive Californian from Percy's boarding school in freshman year… Annabeth talked about you nonstop while Percy was gone, she said you were the only reason he hadn't gotten lost in his dorm or gotten killed by the teachers."
Jason grinned. "All I know about you is that you got Annabeth to loosen up during high school –go out, dress nice, sleep every now and then."
"Sleep was our wildest adventure," Piper nodded.
Jason laughed. "You must've been quite the party animal in college."
"The craziest. I mixed apple juice and 7Up this one time, I regretted it the next morning... Nothing compared to how I am now though."
"I bet," Jason said. "Do you… do you think that I could take you out sometime to see?"
Piper glared.
"Sorry, that was a sloppy transition. It's just- you're really pretty, and you made me laugh so much with your colour commentating during the rehearsal, and I noticed that you didn't eat any meat during the rehearsal dinner and there's this awesome vegetarian place downtown, and you're the maid of honour and I'm the best man so maybe I got carried away with the clichés…"
"Sorry, did I give you my death stare? That was an accident, I promise! I'm very defensive around men. I'm glad you think I'm pretty though, that's nice to know. But sure. I know a bar nearby that we can check out after they decide to wrap up here. It might help with the jet lag."
"Alcohol can't be the solution," Jason said.
"No, but it's worth a shot," Piper said. "Do you want yourself a date or not, Best Man?"
"You made a booze pun," Jason said. "I don't think I can say no now."