Ok, thanks for all the reviews and favorites. I'll try to update again depending on the feedback I get from this chapter. I'd like to see a few more reviews this time...so please do review. I'm surprised that I got the feedback I got...so please enjoy this. This story was a request from someone who sent me a PM. Please enjoy this, let me know how it's going so far, and I'll try my hardest to update as soon as I possibly can! :D~ Bolts and Trees
She wasn't completely changed, she still contained certain old Piper traits but those rarely ever surfaced. The gang decided to meet up at the beach for the day, the fair had since then ended and a day at the beach was long overdue. Piper dug through her drawers for the right outfit for the beach. She opted for a pretty skimpy black bikini that revealed quite a bit of cleavage and hugged her booty. She then slipped on a black tank-top and a pair of short black shorts before pulling her chocolate hair into a sloppy bun on the top of her head. The old Piper, as gorgeous as she was, would never have chosen to buy a bikini like the one she was wearing.
She slipped into her black flip-flops and grabbed her bag that was packed for the beach and waited for Jason who had promised to pick her up. Finally Jason's beat up blue pick-up pulled into the long driveway that led to the McLeans' massive mansion. Piper ran out and climbed into the cab of the truck and grinned at Jason, "No red lipstick today?"
Piper pulled a face, "You don't wear lipstick to the beach Jason."
Jason rolled his eyes and carefully pulled out of Piper's driveway before heading to the lake where the group usually hung out. It was a pretty far drive out to the lake so Piper flipped through Jason's collection of CDs and finally decided on one of the CDs she had made for him that contained songs Jason used to believe represented he and Piper's relationship.
The intro to Drunk on You by Luke Bryan started Piper pulled a face and flipped to the next song, "Do you have any Paramore?"
Jason shook his head, "You're in the wrong car for Paramore. My sister's got plenty of Paramore if that's what you're looking for."
Piper took the CD out and looked through the others that Jason possessed. She pulled a face when she realized that all of Jason's CDs contained country artists and Top 40 pop artists. She wasn't into them as much. Finally she found a CD that had a few Fun. songs on it and decided to listen to that. She put the CD in and cranked up the volume as they drove down the dirt country roads to the lake where all their friends were waiting.
The intro to Walking the Dog started and Piper sang along to every word. Jason couldn't help but smiling and singing along with her. He remembered when Fun. was Piper's favorite band now she had abandoned them for other bands that to Jason sounded quite mainstream. They finally got to the lake twenty minutes later and everyone was there. Percy and Frank were already in the water. Piper removed the clothes to reveal her skimpy bikini that made all the boys stop and stare. Annabeth, Hazel, Calypso, Rachel, and Thalia were all wearing tankinis, and Juniper was wearing a one-piece. Of course Piper had to be the one to bare it all.
"Where did she get that?" Leo asked raising his eyebrows to his hairline.
Jason shrugged, "Not quite sure."
"I thought Piper hated it when girls wore skimpy bathing suits." Leo muttered before jumping into the lake.
Jason followed suit and jumped into the cool lake greeting the graciously cool water gratefully considering that it was bithcingly hot that day. He swam over to Piper who was sitting on a rock and climbed up beside her, "Where did you get that?"
"What?" she asked.
"The suit." Jason said gesturing to what she was wearing.
"Oh, I found it at Charlotte Reuss." Piper shrugged.
Jason nodded, "Figured."
Piper glared at him and then rolled her eyes, "What's your deal lately?"
"Nothing, it's just I didn't think you owned a bathing suit like that." Jason shrugged and ran a hand through his blonde hair.
Piper didn't say anything for a moment, "What do you think about me getting a tattoo?"
Jason nearly choked on the air that he was breathing, "Piper you can get diseases from tattoos."
"I just want one on my shoulder, it's not going to be huge or anything." Piper rolled her eyes.
"Why do you want to ruin your body with a tattoo? You know that they sag as you get older and they're hard to cover up." Jason said hoping to deter her from getting the tattoo.
"I think I still want one no matter what you say Jason." Piper rolled her eyes.
"Well what were you thinking about getting?" Jason asked curiously wanting to know what she wanted to permanently ink onto her body.
"I was thinking about getting a quote from my favorite book." Piper shrugged.
"Which would be?" Jason asked her.
"It would be from my favorite children's book which happens to be Where the Wild Things Are and I was thinking about getting one of the monsters from the book." Piper said.
"Why a monster?" Jason asked, "I thought your favorite children's book was The Lorax."
Piper shook her head, "No you're wrong, that's Annabeth's favorite children's book."
Jason nodded and then looked at Piper, "Why don't you get something from Alice in Wonderland?"
Piper shook her head, "I was also thinking something from my favorite Disney movie."
"Lilo and Stitch right?" Jason asked.
Piper nodded, "I think I might go with that."
"So when do you plan on getting this tattoo?" Jason asked her curiously.
Piper shrugged, "This Saturday. I was hoping that you'd come with me."
Jason sighed, "Why do you need a tattoo Piper?"
"Because I want one." she argued.
"You don't need one." Jason argued his point. Piper rolled her eyes but didn't budge with the fact that she wanted a tattoo.
"Hey, my mom is having this huge ball thing and I need a date." Jason said.
Piper looked over at him, "When is it?"
"It's at the end of July, would you like to be my date?" Jason asked.
Piper looked at him, "What's the catch?"
"You have to find yourself." Jason said. "I'll even help you along the way."
Piper gave him a confused look, "What do you mean by find myself?"
"You've lost yourself Piper, you need to find yourself." Jason replied gesturing to what she was wearing.
"I haven't lost myself." Piper defended herself.
"Yes you have. The Piper we all know, even you know, wouldn't wear anything like that." Jason said, "This is something you used to rip on Drew for wearing."
Piper was quiet for a moment and then she looked over at the handsome blonde teenager recounting why she had become this way. Honestly it had been a cry for attention. There had been a period of time, a very long period of time, where Jason completely dropped her for Reyna. She did this as a cry for attention but she didn't want to admit that because she had actually become attached to this new Piper.
"Why do I have to change for this?" Piper asked.
"Because you're not the same Piper. We all miss you." Jason replied, "This new Piper is like your evil twin came in and set up camp and decided not to leave."
She rolled her eyes, "Maybe you can change me back to the Piper you miss but I highly doubt it."
Jason smirked, "Challenge accepted, besides my mother isn't going to allow someone in her little charity ball to have tattoos and nose rings."
Piper punched his bicep and flinched slightly because it sort of hurt, "Fine, you're so on Jason."
"This does mean no tattoo in a visible place." Jason smirked.
"Thalia has one!" Piper complained.
"Well Thalia's Thalia and you're Piper. You don't need one." Jason rolled his eyes before jumping back into the water and swimming off towards Leo and Percy who were playing with a football.
Piper sighed and realized that she wasn't getting out of this. She knew where Jason was headed and she was going to be stubborn about it the whole way. Just because he now recently realized what happened to Piper and suddenly cared she wasn't going to change that easily, he would have to work towards it too. This was about more than her, it was about him as well.
The group sat around a bonfire that Leo and Frank built together without arguing for the first time in their lives. Frank and Leo were always arguing about something and honestly sometimes it was really funny because Leo was sarcastic and Frank was easily flustered.
Leo pulled a pack of hot dogs out of the cooler, "Anyone want a dog?"
"Pass me a couple." Percy nodded.
The girls had gone for a walk and Leo looked over at Jason, "So did you get to ask Piper where she got it?"
"Oh she told me she got it at some store she never once mentioned in her life." Jason replied.
Leo laughed, "Is Piper going mainstream on us?"
Jason shrugged, "Not quite sure. However I think I've made a break through."
Leo raised his eyebrows to his hairline, "Did you now?"
"I asked her to my mother's charity ball and I told her that she'd have to go back to the old Piper before she could consider going." Jason replied.
"You do realize that she's going to be stubborn about it right?" Leo asked him as he topped his perfectly cooked dog with everything he'd need for the perfect, as Leo like to call it, Latino Dog.
The girls returned before Jason could reply and Piper sat next to him. She was wearing a thin hoodie now because the air had decided to chill to a bipolar factor and it looked like she had put on a longer pair of pants.
"You changed?" he asked as she grabbed a marshmallow.
She nodded, "I did because I was cold."
Around ten everyone decided that they should probably head home. Jason waited for Thalia to say goodnight to Nico which took forever so he and Piper sat in his truck. She looked at Jason and smiled, "How long does it take them to say goodbye, they know they'll see each other tomorrow?"
Jason shrugged, "It takes them awhile, I guess it's because they're in love."
Piper laughed, "Love makes you do crazy things."
He looked at her and smiled, "In my sister's case that means taking an extra long time to say goodnight to your boyfriend."
Finally Nico and Thalia came into view and Nico helped her into the back of the truck considering that Piper was already sitting in the front. Thalia knocked on the window to let Jason know it was safe to take off and Jason made the long drive out to Piper's house.
Jason put the car in park in Piper's driveway and smiled, "Well I'll see you tomorrow."
Piper nodded, "Maybe, it depends on how late I sleep in."
Jason rolled his eyes, "You're a morning person Piper."
"I used to be." she smirked and hopped out of the car.
"You still are not matter how hard you try to fight it." Jason muttered as she ran up to the door and walked into the empty house.
Thalia climbed into the cab and looked at her brother, "What's up with Piper lately, I swear the girl wears more eyeliner than Cleopatra and I combined?"
Jason shook his head, "I'm not sure but that's going to be changing this summer."
Thalia laughed and then looked out the window, "You're going to have your work cut out for you."
"I know, I just don't need her running off on another random college kid's motorcycle again." Jason muttered.
"Good luck, Jason are you sure you're not biting off too much than you can chew?" Thalia asked curiously.
Jason shrugged, "I'm not quite sure."
Jason parked his truck next to Thalia's Mustang and they walked into their house. Their mother was most likely sleeping already so they made sure that they were extra quiet as they walked up to their rooms. Jason checked his phone for any texts and then he walked over to his bed before stripping down to his boxers. He climbed into his bed and fell asleep quickly and ended up sleeping until 1 P.M. the next day. He was out pretty late considering that Piper requested they drove around for awhile so Jason and Thalia didn't end up getting home until almost midnight.
Piper woke up the next morning with a splitting headache and realized that her father was due to leave within the hour. He'd fly back out to his California home and leave Piper in New York with his assistant Mellie and bodyguard Hedge for the summer. She didn't get enough sleep and yet there was no way she was going to get any sleep.
There was a knock on her door and Mellie walked in with a silver tray containing Piper's breakfast, "Hey Piper, I decided to make you breakfast in bed."
Piper smiled and the petite woman, "Thanks Mellie, but you really didn't have to do that."
She laughed, "Oh it was no problem Piper, I love cooking anyway, your father is waiting for you downstairs."
"Tell him I'll be down there when I finish my breakfast." Piper smiled. She loved her dad but he was never around and when he was around it seemed like he didn't have any time for her. So Piper relied on the attention that she got from doing stupid reckless things. Yeah it worked for the two guys she wanted the most attention from. When she did stupid things she realized that she got the attention she was looking for.
Mellie nodded and kissed Piper's forehead before setting the tray on her lap. Piper picked at her breakfast and finally decided that she should probably go say goodbye to her father before he had to leave without saying goodbye to her.
Her father was walking around the living room that was never used and smiled when he saw Piper, "There you are."
Piper smiled and hugged her father, "Have fun with your movie."
He laughed, "I'll Skype you."
Piper nodded, "Text me before you want to Skype."
He laughed, "I will Pipes."
She kissed his cheek and hugged once more before his chauffeur came in and took his bags before informing him that it was time to go. Tristan smiled at Piper and kissed the top of her head, "Please stay out of trouble while I'm gone."
Piper nodded and knew that her next stunt would most likely end up in the tabloids. She waved at her father as he pulled out of the driveway. It was always a little bittersweet to see her father leave and she knew that she'd most likely do something stupid later when her emotions caught up to her.
Piper walked around the mansion where a huge house party was in full swing. Rachel's parents were gone again to their summer home in St. Thomas so Rachel threw her annual beginning of the summer house party. It was wild and Piper was already starting to feel buzzed after two and a half beers. All of her friends were there and enjoying themselves, it was evident that Percy was tipsy after having two beers, Annabeth was still drinking her Sprite like the good girl she was, Thalia had a Mike's Hard, Nico was sipping on his first beer, Frank and Hazel were drinking Cokes, and Leo was on his second beer, Rachel was tipsier than Piper was after having three, and Jason was drinking a Mountain Dew.
Piper decided that she needed some air and walked out onto the balcony and Jason followed because he wasn't sure she could walk on their own. He most definitely didn't trust Piper out on the balcony alone when she could barely stand up right. She got a little too close to the railing for Jason's liking so he decided that it was time for Piper to go home and sleep off the alcohol.
He slung Piper over his shoulder despite all of her protests to put him down and stop being boring, "Piper you need to go home before you get seriously hurt."
Piper hit his back repeatedly but it wasn't very hard and didn't do much since she was out of her mind intoxicated. On his way out Jason made sure that Thalia and Leo were set with designated drivers and he carried Piper out to his truck where he strapped her into the passenger's seat and put the child lock on so she couldn't get out.
"Why do you always have to ruin the fun?" Piper slurred glaring at him.
Jason laughed and shook his head before pulling out his phone and informing Mellie and Hedge that he'd be having Piper spend the night at his house. They didn't need to see Piper like this, he knew it would break their hearts because they care about Piper a lot and it would sort of be a slap in the face for them to see Piper so drunk that she couldn't even talk properly.
Jason looked over at Piper who was pouting with her arms crossed over her chest and Jason had to admit that she looked quite childish, "You look ridiculous Piper."
She stuck her tongue out at him, "Shut up Jason."
The ride was quiet and when they finally pulled into Jason's driveway he had to pull her out of the cab of the truck and carry her inside because at this point she was pretty loopy.
"Jason put me down and let me walk." Piper said punching his back again.
"Fine, I'll let you try to walk on your own." Jason said putting Piper onto the ground. She stumbled around and Jason caught her before she hit the ground.
Piper grabbed onto Jason's shirt and started giggling, "Why did you bring me here?"
"Because Mellie and Hedge don't need to deal with this." Jason mumbled.
"Are you trying to take advantage of a drunk girl Jason Grace?" she giggled. Jason could smell the alcohol on her breath as she buried her face into the crook of her neck.
"Piper that's not even funny." Jason growled as he walked up the stairs to his room. His mother wasn't home luckily because if she could see Piper at the moment she'd probably start going off on Jason for bringing home a drunk girl.
Jason opened his door rather awkwardly and carried a giggling Piper in. He sat her on the bed and then searched for something she could sleep in. He finally found an old baseball t-shirt of his and handed it to her, "Here try this on."
Piper wiggled herself out of the tight black mini dress that she was wearing and slipped Jason's t-shirt over her head. Jason couldn't help but stare slightly as she changed because despite how angry he was with her at the moment she was gorgeous and he was a guy so naturally he'd stare.
Piper fell onto the bed pulling Jason with her. Jason fell on top of her and sighed. She wrapped her hands around the back of his neck, "You know I've always liked your eyes."
Jason rolled off of her and stared at the ceiling, "Piper you're drunk, go to sleep."
Piper rolled onto him and giggled, "You're cute, you know that right."
Jason sighed, "Piper you're drunk please just go to sleep."
Piper buried her face into Jason's neck, "Fine."
He laid there with Piper practically on top of him and listened to her breathing even out and she finally fell asleep. He ran his fingers through her hair and realized that she was wearing a wig. He took it off and found her natural hair that tumbled down to her shoulders. Her nose ring glinted in the moonlight and Jason grimaced, he hated that stupid nose ring. It had proved to be the start of all of his Piper related problems.
Jason woke up the next morning to the sound of violent vomiting and he found Piper in the bathroom puking up all that she drank the previous night. She looked at the blonde teenager who was still wearing the jeans and t-shirt he wore from the previous night, "I'll go get you something to eat, it'll help."
Piper nodded and realized that as much as she'd hate to believe it Jason really did care about her. She finished her spell of illness and walked into Jason's room just as he was bringing up a plate of scrambled eggs, toast, and orange juice. He set the tray up and forced her to eat a little bit before she could finally declare that she was done.
"You need to stop this Piper." Jason whispered.
"Stop what?" she muttered resting her head to get rid of the splitting headache she had.
Jason held out a glass of water and two Tylenols, "Whatever you're doing Piper, it's getting out of hand."
Piper didn't reply she fell asleep. Jason decided that the best way for her to get over this hangover was to sleep it off. He covered her with a thin blanket and then went downstairs to do some of the chores his mom had left for him before she ran off to Europe for two weeks. He realized that Piper was worse than he had thought. He needed to help her, he needed to get her to find herself again, he needed her to stop being so reckless. However he started to realize that she needed him too. She needed him to be there, she needed him to listen to her, she needed him to believe in her.