Changed(A Jiper Story)[COMPLETED]

Chapter Four:I Can't Believe He's One Of Us.

            CHAPTER FOUR: I Can't Believe That He's One Of Us.

Disclaimer:
Arianna:She doesn't own anyone.
Me:Hey! So not true! I own you and Crystal! I only don't own the PJO and HoO series! Say the truth! Okay, I guess my sis owns Crystal, but still!
Arianna: So sorry, can't hear you!*runs*
Me:COME BACK HERE THIS INSTANT
AN:it's the next morning.
⚡️⚡️Jason POV⚡️⚡️
The constant beeping annoys me. I'm just having fun with Piper, and instead of sending a monster, the Fates just had to put an irritating noise there. At least with monsters you could kill them. You can't kill a sound. After about ten seconds, I get water in my face. I wake up. This didn't look like the Zeus cabin. Then I remember everything.
     I sigh and get up to freshen up. Once I finish, I run through the plan in my mind. I grab my bag, a sandwich and head out.(The pantry is forever filled with food)As I walk to school, I notice a lot of girls staring at me. I ignore them and walk into Earnston High. Immediately, I get ambushed by Jessica Instrid."Hey, babe," she coos." Like, during, like, lunch, how 'bout, like, you ditch the, like, losers and come to my, like, table?" She batts her makeup-smeared eyes.
   "No." I say simply."Well, then, Jasey, if you change your mind, my table is always open." She winks. A voice suddenly sneers,"Always? Yeah. Right. You mean as long as you're interested in him, Instrid." Arianna steps out of the shadows, black eyes glinting with hatred and disgust, probably because of Instrid. At that moment, she looked like a daughter of Hades.
    Her glare was right up there with the other best death glares:Annabeth, Thalia and Nico. Instrid whimpers and struts away. How she still has the nerve to strut, I have no idea. Arianna's eyes bear into me."Come with me," she announces."What's your next class?"
    "Science."
   "Okay, lemme walk with you. By the way, wise decision back there. Listen, 'kay? If you like Aria, Grace, I can't stop you. Go out with her. I don't care. But don't break her heart. Break her heart, I'll break your face. Even if I break my own face in the process." She pauses to breathe."Do not, I repeat, do not break her heart. She doesn't need her heart broken by you again."
     I gape at her."Again?" At this, Arianna's eyes widen and she starts muttering curse words under her breath."Oh," she says nervously,"Did I say again? I mean...uh...just don't break her heart! Science class is there. Gotta go!"
    She points to a classroom to my left and runs away. Another "clue", I think. The answer's getting nearer and nearer. Aria Crakeart does seem to be Piper McLean.
---time skip to after the class
before lunch---
   A auburn-haired, blue-eyed girl ran up to me just as I was about to leave the class."Uh, Hey, Jason," she says."Um, I'm just gonna cut to the chase here:would you like to go out with me?"
   I stare at her and shake my head slowly."Sorry, um...what's your name?""Ellie.""Yeah, sorry, Ellie, but I don't know you and I have feelings for someone else. Urm, bye."
    I walk off to the cafeteria and meet Aria there. I greet her and we sit down. Crystal is acting weird today. She keeps looking at Aria and me with a maniac grin. I ask her what's wrong.
   "Nothing," she giggles. I'm still suspicious, but I let it go.(AN:The cold never bothered me anyway.❄️❄️😝) Soon, Lofts and company AKA goons come over. I ball my fists, expecting a fight. But he ignores me and strolls over to Aria. She ignores him and continues eating.
   I look at the other two girls. Same old, same old. Arianna kicking whoever, Crystal slapping whoever. Lofts whispers something in Aria's ear and the look on her face was pure disgust. She faces him."Get away from me," she growls. Lofts only smiles. He grabs her butt. I snatch his hand away and Aria knees him in the groin. Hard.
   He falls to the floor, groaning."I'll(wheeze) get you(gasp) next time(cough)." He limps away to his table. Aria sits down immediately. The other two buffoons have left. Crystal breaks the silence."So, Jason, your next class and next next class?"
   I look at my schedule."First Bio, then Gym.""Me too," Aria says, a dull expression on her face. Arianna and Crystal shake their heads no.
We continue to eat. Just as we finish, the bell rings. It's time for Bio.
   I walk with Aria, tension in the air."Thanks for helping me," she says, breaking the silence."Although I could've done it myself," she adds hastily. I shrug. I smile and say,"Knock knock."
  Aria rolls her eyes."Seriously?""Just go along with it.""Fine. Who's there?""Annoying, interrupting cow.""I know this one."
     I scratch my neck."Uh, then, how 'bout a riddle? This man who lived in a round house was murdered, and the police questioned the most likely suspects. The wife said she was shopping, the maid said she was cleaning the corners of the house-"
    Aria laughs humourlessly."The maid. I know this one too. But don't worry." She pats my shoulder."It was a good try.""You don't mean it, do you? You sound sarcastic." I say."Of course I do!" She exclaims."Not," she adds under her breath, thinking I couldn't hear her.
   "I heard you." I say."We're here," she announces. We find seats next to each other and sit down. A boy walks over to Aria and stutters out,"Hey, um, Aria, would you-""Nope. Oh look, Mr Weston's here! Bye." She shoos him away. Mr Weston puts his briefcase down on the table and smiles."Hello, class. I
hope all your projects are going smoothly. Let's start class." At this, Aria puts on her headphones and closes her eyes.
    As soon as he starts to write stuff on the board, I whisper to Aria,"That was kinda harsh." She didn't open her eyes."Happens to me everyday," she whispers back."Now, you just do your thing, take notes or whatever."
----time skip to the end of class---
    "Goodbye, class." Mr Weston begins to pack up his stuff. We leave for gym. Aria and I part ways when I reach the boys' locker room. I enter and change into my clothes. Boys around me whisper, probably because of the scars from monster fighting. The door swings open, in comes Lofts. He sees me and sneers,"Look who's here. It's little Saviour Boy. Nah, I should call you Superman, always swooping in to save the girl, huh?"
    I snicker."Sure, you can call me that. Although I prefer Blonde Superman." He scowled and shoved me against the lockers."Listen, Grace, Aria Crakeart is mine. Stop trying to stop me." He tries to punch me, but I catch his hand."Oh, yeah? Aria doesn't belong to anyone." I nearly said,"If she'd belong to anyone, she'd belong to me," but I stopped myself. I check my watch. It's time for gym. I push Lofts away and head to the gym. I find Aria already there, in shorts and a shirt. She looks nice.
   I see other guys eyeing her legs and body like she's a piece of meat. I glare at them, and they quickly look away."Hey," I say."What do you think we're doing today?" She looks at the middle of the gym, where open boxes of wooden swords were stacked."I'd say sword-fighting. Wanna bet two bucks if the instructor is from CHB? I bet yes."
    I groan."Fine. And you're gonna win anyway. It's definitely camp." She smiles."I know.""You suck.""Whatever." Coach Johnson enters the gym."Hey, class. Today we're doing sword-fighting. A camp from Long Island Sound has kindly sent a skilled instructor to teach you all." A girl enters. Everyone turns to look at her. She has blonde curly hair and stormy grey eyes. Annabeth. Beside me, Aria murmurs the same thing.
    All the girls are looking at her in jealousy, while all the boys are staring at her with watering mouths. 'Specially Lofts. Aria and I wave. She nods at me, but when she looks at Aria, a look of fleeting confusion crosses her face, but she still smiles at her. She recognises her. Oh, it's definitely Piper.
    "Hey, guys, Jason, Piper," she greets us. At Piper, a few people look around, probably wondering who's Piper."Today I'm going to teach you how to sword fight. Jason, Piper, how 'bout you two demo." We get up and Annabeth tosses two wooden swords to us.
   Aria whispers something in her ear. She nods and motions for us to start. Aria makes the first move. I counter and we fight for at least two minutes until I disarm her. Her sword clatters to the floor."Getting rusty, Aria?" She grits her teeth."Again."
   This time, we fight for at least five minutes until Annabeth interrupts us."Okay, guys, that's enough. Everyone pick a partner and start fighting." Aria and I continue duelling until the end of class. While Aria goes to change, I stay back to talk to Annabeth. I tell her everything, my plan, my suspicions.
      After listening to me, she nods."It would work. It's a plan worthy of an Athena kid. Okay, I gotta get back to camp. See you." With that, she runs out of the gym. I head to the locker room.
---time skip to the end of school---
     "Hey, Jason," Aria says as she catches up to me. She smiles. Gods, she really looks like Piper whenever she smiles."You owe me two bucks." I wave it away."I'll give you some other time. So, today at 4. See you later."
💔💔Aria/Piper POV💔💔
      As soon as I reach home, I blast my music in my room, grab a sandwich from the kitchen, start eating it and do my homework at the same time.(AN:I luv multitasking)After about two minutes, I finish my sandwich and decide to shower.
-----------after showering---------
      I change into a long, purple shirt with denim shorts underneath. The shirt says,"If you pull out my earphones I will pull out your lungs." It definitely applies to me. To complete the look, instead of my usual headphones, I plug my earphones, of course, black ones, into my iPod touch. I play Avril Lavigne. She's my favourite singer. She stands up for herself and she doesn't care what people think about her. Also, she's kinda like a punkish(is that a word? Probably not) girl. That's a plus.
     I check the time. It's 3. One more hour to burn. What to do? I wonder. I could play a game, I could watch tv, I could go over to Ari's or Crystal's house...no. They said they both have tuition today. I could go out somewhere... I know! To the cafe nearby! Francee's was the name of it. I grab my bag(inside is my notebook, pen and dagger) and my wallet and head out.  My iPhone is in my pocket. I'm planning on going to Jason's place straight away after hanging out at the cafe.
---walking to da cafe while listening to music---
    Just as I reach the small shophouse, I spot Lofts and four of his goons. Crap. As quietly as I can, I slip into the cafe. I take a seat near a window. Outside, people of all ages scurried around. Men in business suits walked here and there, talking on their phones, while women ran after giggling children. I put down my bag and take my wallet and order a iced tea and chocolate chip cookies.
     Just as I take my food and sit down, in the corner of my eye I see Lofts heading towards me. Crapcakes."Oh, hey, babe. Didn't think you were gonna be here.""Go to Hades," I say, annoyed."And my name isn't "babe"." He pouts."Don't be like tha-"
    It's a cyclops."Demigod blood!" It roars. I curse in Greek. I look over at the mortals. They seem unfazed. It's probably a crazy old man or something. But Lofts gapes at it in horror. Gods, I hope he's not a demigod. The monster advances slowly. I grab Katropis and charge at it, dodging the slow punches that the cyclops throws.
     I stab the monster and roll to the side as it dissolves into dust. That was easier than most. Lofts stares at me. I sigh and tell him to come with me to the back of the cafe. I tell him everything: the Greek gods, the Mist, demigods, etc. He can speak Greek, which rules out Roman parentage. He has dyslexia and ADHD."So who's your mom? Or dad?" I finish.
     Lofts replies,"My dad is with me...Guess it's my mom." I mutter,"Hope it's Aphrodite." Apparently he heard me."Why?""Because I'm a daughter of Aphrodite, and you can't date your half-siblings.""Well, I hope it isn't." He winks at me.
    I push him away. I tell him that the day after tomorrow I'm going to have to go to camp with him.(AN:Pretend that today is Thursday.) I sigh again. I'm going to have to face my past. Dang. We go back in and I check the time. 3.53. And I didn't even get to finish my tea and cookies. I'll just ask the guy to wrap it up. I grab the take away and my bag, heading towards Jason's house.
------------time skip walking------
   I reach his apartment and ring the doorbell.
⚡️⚡Jason POV⚡️⚡️
  I open the door to see Aria standing there in a long, purple shirt. I do a double take. For a second I thought I saw her in just a shirt, but luckily I see the hint of shorts underneath it. She's carrying a plastic bag and a black bag. She's also listening to music on her earphones. There is monster dust on her."Monsters?" I ask."Hmm? Oh. Yeah." She has a faraway look on her face.  She walks to the kitchen and puts the plastic bag down on the counter.
     I snap my fingers in her face."Earth to Aria. Earth to Aria." She seems to be in a daze."What happened just now?"
I ask."Nothing," she says then mutters under her breath,"Only that Lofts is a unclaimed demigod.""What?" I yell."Lemme come in," she says."You must be pretty...shocked!" She laughs, her eyes glinting in amusement.
       "What? I...oh. Shocked, son of Jupiter, haha. You must think you're so punny." I laugh along with Aria. Soon, I straighten up."Let's get to work." Aria pouts."But I'm not done yet! I thought these puns were pretty...charming!" She continues chortling. Huh? Oh, daughter of Aphrodite, charmspeak, charming.
       "We really should start. Let's go to my room this time, okay?" I say, putting Phase One in motion. Aria shrugs."Sure." We step into my room. As quickly as possible, I turn around to see her reaction. First confusion flickers on her face, then she gapes at the pictures. Her eyes seem to tear up but she quickly wipes them away. I pull her to the side and look into her midnight blue eyes."Aria, are you really-"
       I get cut off by the song Shake It Off by Taylor Swift. She takes her phone out of her pocket."Sorry, I need to take this call," she says and heads out of the room. She whips her head around."Don't follow me."
    I follow her sneakily."Hello? Who's this? Oh hi Mia. Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell Dad I was going out. Sorry, I'll be back at, um, around...5. Mia, I told you, call me Piper! Bye." She puts her phone back in her pocket. I stand behind her.
   "You've changed, Piper."