Jason and Piper: Half-Blood Academy

Piper-25

I take a shower before Annabeth wakes up. My clothes are soaking wet from the rain. Stupid Piper! I can't believe I actually kissed Jason. I'd gone there to watch over him but I couldn't make myself go in knowing the pain would double. But he kissed me back! But what if he just felt as if he needed to because I was crying and he felt sorry for me? A thousand other possibilities swarm through my head. The possibilities scare me.

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I sit anxiously on the coach and sigh. I didn't know how much I couldn't be without Jason. Even if we don't see each other during the day, we always find a way to talk on the roof at night.

It's still really cloudy out but the rain has died down.

Percy and the others are also at our living room. Percy and Annabeth are sitting on another coach. Annabeth's asleep, snuggled up, her head on Percy's shoulder while Percy's arm is around her. Leo, Calypso, and Hazel are on the floor stacking cards, trying to make a huge castle or something. The others are talking about school, the future and Jason's memory loss.

"You alright, Piper?" Calypso asks. I realize I've been staring at the floor for 5 minutes.

I nod, "Yup, perfect as apple pie." I suddenly want apple pie now.

I get up and tell the others I'm going for a walk. I go the tree house, but I don't go up. I'm still afraid of heights and without Jason I'm too scared to do it alone. I don't know what drives me to suddenly feel like going up the swaying ladder, but I do. I think its because I don't want to feel helpless anymore and do something brave(even if climbing is too brave).

When I get to the top, someone grabs my hand. I scream, startled. Then I realize its Jason. He lets go of my hand and I wish I he could hold it again.

"Jason? What are you doing here." This suddenly feels as if its happened before. I remember the first time Jason and I were here. It feels like its being repeated all over again and that scares me because I just want the old Jason back. My Jason.

"I don't really know what I'm doing here. I just followed where my feet took me."

I don't say anything else.

"What about you?" He says this politely as if we've only just met but I just want to strangle him right now. Why couldn't he be more careful? I want him back.

" Oh, I don't know, I just wanted to come here and be alone because I'm still mourning my boyfriend's memory loss and the fact that he'll never remember me and he wasn't being careful so I guess he doesn't love me anymore." I say this with complete venom and hatred and now I think I'll scare him off. I immediately regret my my words when Jason burst out laughing.

I stare at him, mouth gaping," What's so funny?"

He finally regains control but he's smiling from ear to ear , "Sorry, Pipes," Then he comes and gives me a tight hug. I can feel the strong muscles underneath his shirt and I never want Jason to let go of me. "Piper, I love you," he whispers against my ear. His blond hair tickles my cheek and I want to tuck it behind his ear. But I stay still in his arms instead.

Jason sighed, " I'm sorry. Will wouldn't let me come to you earlier because he was afraid my head injury would get worse. But remember when you kissed me in the rain?" I give a slight nod, "That was when I started to remember things more and more. Piper?" He brushes a tear from my cheek. I didn't even know I was crying and now I can't stop.

"I hate you," I whisper, "For not being careful. For leaving me like that."

"I never left you and I never will."

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Jason and I started walking to the beautiful field of flowers hand in hand. Thunder boomed from the sky.

"Don't you think its going to rain, Jason?"

He looked up at the sky, "Probably."

"Shouldn't we be heading back to the dorms then?"

Jason smiled, "Nope."

I stopped questioning anything because Jason did not make any sense whatsoever. When we got to the flower field, it looked even more beautiful. Although it was cloudy, the previous rain had left droplets on all the flowers so that it looked like pearls. Thunder started booming louder. Jason and I stopped at the middle of the flower field, we both sat on a large rock. I don't know what we were waiting for but Jason seemed sure of something. There were trees to shield us from the rain if it did rain so I wasn't that worried. As if on cue, rain fell thick and hard. Jason grabbed my hand and we went under a tree. We got soaked anyway.

I was about to pull my hair into a ponytail when Jason cupped my face with his hands and kissed me. before I close my eyes, I get a glimpse of Jason's eyelashes, blond and dripping from the rain. He puts his hands at my waist and brings me closer to him. This feels like déjà vu, like our kiss in the tree house. Rain falls down on us but we don't care. My hair is clinging to my face, so is Jason's. It feels nice to finally do something like this, where we're alone without any interruptions or the nagging feeling of being late for class. When we finally pull apart we're both out of breath.

Jason grins

I laugh and hug him and I never want to let go.