Jason:

Jason practically died a million deaths throughout his first week of senior year. Not only was he conflicted by his new found gayness, but he was quickly falling hard for Percy Jackson. It really didn't help that he continued to offer to help Percy out everyday after school, and not only with the three classes they had together. Nope, he'd offered to help Percy with pretty much every subject. He logic-ed it out by convincing himself that Percy really needed the help and didn't want to have to tell anyone else that he's dyslexic. But if he were being honest with himself he just wanted excuses to hang out with Percy.

Percy hadn't objected, but he also hadn't brought up the kiss since that first day. He also hadn't mentioned Jason's possible gayness and Jason couldn't figure out if Percy was into guys or not. He was leaning towards not because he was continually flirting with Piper, making Jason want to stab his eyeballs out.

And yet, despite that, here they were doing homework on a Friday night because neither of them really had anything better to do. Or at least homework was their excuse for hanging out. In reality they did half a worksheet and ended up talking about Percy's various old schools that he'd managed to get kicked out of.

"Bro, did you really blow up a school bus?" Jason laughed.

"I didn't do it on purpose!" Percy defended as he leaned back on Jason's couch. Normally, they hung out at Percy's because it was quieter, but today his mom was having a date night with Percy's stepdad so they let them have the apartment.

Jason just shook his head and laughed. "You're ridiculous Jackson" he muttered. Percy simply smiled at him for a moment and butterflies started swarming Jason's stomach.

Just then the door opened and Nico, Jason's cousin, walked in. He was dressed in his typical torn up black skinny jeans and angry looking skull t-shirt. His black hair was wild. Nico didn't even look up from his phone as he walked in until Percy said "uh, hey dude?"

Nico glanced up at Percy and Jason, but then his eyes grew wide. His head snapped up and he stopped in his tracks. He opened and closed his mouth a few times with out forming any words. His neck turned red and Jason stared at Nico, confused as to what was going on. Nico never acted like this. "Dude? Are you okay?" Percy asked.

At this, Nico's entire face turned red. "Yea, I'm fine" he managed "who- um- who're you?"

"Percy Jackson" he said as he stuck his hand out to shake Nico's. Nico raised a shaking hand to meet Percy's. "Jason's newest bro. Are you his brother or something?"

"Uh- no. We're cousins, but I... I live here" Nico said awkwardly. His eyes danced across Percy's chest. "Are you on the swim team?"

Percy glanced at his swim t-shirt. "Yea man" he said "I love the water. I feel so alive in it. I went to state last year, and I plan to this year too. Do you swim?"

Nico had gravitated to a spot on the couch next to Percy and he looked like he was eating up every word. "No... I don't play sports anymore" he said quietly.

"Well you should! You look like you've got a swimmer's body and you're not that old, you could totally pick up the sport" Percy said with a smile. Nico blushed and stared at his feet.

This pattern continued for the rest of the night. Nico kept asking Percy questions about pretty much every aspect of his life and listening to every word as if they were divine words. Jason found himself just as interested in what Percy was saying as Nico, but he decided it didn't mean anything.

When Percy finally left, Nico turned on the TV and resumed ignoring Jason and staring at his phone. Jason stared at him. "Dude" he said "what was that?"

Nico's expression didn't change, but his cheeks turned slightly pink. "What're you talking about?"

"I'm talking about that being the most social I've seen you be in about two years" Jason said.

Nico scowled at Jason. "So?" he said "what's your point?"

"My point is..." Jason furrowed his eyebrows. "Do you have like a crush on him?" Nico's entire body tensed. The boy had always been closed off, but he looked like he was about to lock the door and throw the key away. "It's no big deal or anything. I get crushes all the time, especially when I was your age."

Nico stared at his hands. "You don't get crushes on boys" he practically whispered.

Oh Nico, that may or may not be true. "What's it matter?" he asked "like who you like." The corner of Nico's mouth twitched up. "But he's too old for you." Nico frowned again. "You're only 14!" Jason said. Nico continued to frown. "Um, can I ask you... why him?"

Nico shifted uncomfortably. "His... his eyes. I looked up and they were... just there" he said as he stared at his hands. Jason nodded. It was true, Percy's sea green eyes were intoxicating. "And his whole... ya know." Nico made weird hand gestures over his body. Jason laughed.

"Body?" Jason asked and Nico gave an awkward nod. Jason had to agree. Percy's body was... well perfect. He was lean and tall, but still muscular. Nico picked his phone back up and went back to staring at it and ignoring Jason.

Jason stared at the TV, but nothing he saw was processing. Nico had fallen so quickly for Percy, and yet Jason was still lost and confused about what he felt. Why couldn't this be simpler? Easier, clearer? Why can't he walk into a room and see someone's eyes and instantly realize he's crushing on them? Nope. Instead he's stuck still reeling from a kiss that happened almost a week ago and unable to figure out his feelings.

He had a dam problem.

Percy:

Saturday afternoon Percy sat on his couch watching tv and waiting for Jason to text him. They were supposed to hang out at some point and Percy wasn't intending to do anything other than that. That was, until there was a knock on the door. Percy glanced down at himself. He didn't have shirt on and he was wearing low-hanging basketball shorts. His mom wasn't home so he went to look through the peephole to see who it was. If it was Jason, he'd let him in to see if he'd get all flustered about his shirtless state.

He was surprised when he looked through the hole to see it wasn't Jason, it was Piper the cute girl from chem and Jason's ex. He unlocked the door and let her in. "Uh- hey" he said "how do you even know where I live?"

She gave a small shrug and walked into the apartment. She was in a tanktop and shorts that made Percy want to jump her right then and there. Her long beautiful hair was braided down her back. "I have ways" she said.

Percy gave an awkward laugh. "Alright, well what're you doing here?" he asked.

She gave another small shrug, but she stepped closer to Percy. "I don't really know" she said "I just like you. You seem... cool. Fun. Laid back. Nothing like Jason was."\

Percy shifted his weight. "Jason's cool" he said.

Piper stepped even closer and put her hands on Percy's bare chest. "Jason's a prude" she said "you're not a prude, are you?" She leaned so close he could feel her breath on his lips. He barely managed to whisper a "no" before she kissed him.

It was nice, but it was nothing special. She apparently didn't feel like wasting any time because she immediately pressed her

body against Percy's and shoved her tongue into his mouth. He wasn't entirely sure why, but he broke the kiss. "Piper I-" Percy started, but Piper pulled her tanktop off and threw it on the ground. Percy's words stuck in his mouth as he took in the site of her round breasts that were barely contained in her black lace bra. "Piper I-" Percy started again, but his voice was way too high so he cleared his throat. He tried to remain calm, but Piper started to palm him through his jeans making him loose focus again.

After a second he shoved her hand away. "Piper!" he said "you need to stop! I'm not- we can't-"

"Why not?" she insisted, looking incredibly hurt. "You've been flirting with me all week. Do you have a girlfriend or something?"

Percy scratched the back of his neck. "Um, no but... I have a person" he said awkwardly. Was that even true? Was Jason his person? What was stopping him from hooking up with Piper? She was hot. He knew the answer, and the words came out. "Plus, I can't do that to Jason."

Percy swore he saw a tear fall down Piper's cheek, but he'd never know for sure because she grabbed her tanktop and stormed out of the apartment. Percy sighed and closed the door after her. He didn't really know what was going on, all he knew was that he had a dam problem.

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