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Chapter 15 Breaking Apart

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Annabeth POV (3rd person)

Annabeth's nerves were killing her. As calm and collected as she was most of the time, she was still ADHD. She couldn't sit still when she was nervous so she ended up pacing on-board the Argo II as they sailed for New Rome, Camp Jupiter. Speaking of Jupiter... the daughter of Athena's eyes trailed to the son of Jupiter.

Jason looked as handsome as ever, with his blonde hair in a messy mop that gave him a rebel look. Annabeth disliked him on sight for his goody-two shoes looks and attitude, but that was to be expected of a Roman. Ever since he spent time with the Greeks, he lost that look. He no longer combed his hair or ironed his shirt, and with the children of Hermes' influence, Annabeth suspected that must have permanently lost his memory of keeping a place neat. His personality had sort of changed too, from being a rule-follower to a rule-breaker he'd been spending too much time with the Hermes Cabin.

Percy would've liked her boyfriend's changes because the daughter of Poseidon had once complained to her best friend that he was too strict about following the rules with her. Annabeth's expression darkened at the thought of her and the son of Jupiter.

She turned the other direction and shot Piper a venomous look. She still couldn't forget how the protection over camp that controls the weather broke like a dam when the son of Jupiter was enraged. Thunder struck and a storm rolled in, the continuous three day rain flooded camp and with no children of the sea god's help, they lived pretty miserable lives for a week.

All because of the daughter of Aphrodite and some child of Hecate.

They'd been punished by Chiron but Jason's anger wasn't that easy to subdue. It took Annabeth, Leo and Alexa to coax him - knock him out, drag him to the infirmary and strap him down lest he started another temper tantrum - out of his hiding place. It took him quite a while to recover - they needed to remove the remains of the love potion in him, make sure he rest well after summoning a three day storm.

The questers didn't really need Gaia to tear them apart. They were already doing it themselves. Piper was lucky that Jason was an honorable man and didn't struck her despite being the cause of all his problems and he managed to reign himself in despite the anger and hate. The matter was only known by Jason, Leo, Piper, Annabeth, Lou Ellen (the child of Hecate that'd helped Piper), Chiron and Alexa. It would ruin the children of the Big Three's reputation and Piper's as well - though Annabeth couldn't give a damn about the latter's reputation.

Jason didn't even so much as look at Piper, much less acknowledge her; Annabeth was giving her the cold shoulder. Only Alexa and Leo were willing to talk to her. The former was the only kind and still acted normal towards his friend though; Alexa's words were delivered with a sweet smile but the underlying malice and the biting words said otherwise of the open emotion she showed the others.

The daughter of Athena tore her gaze away from Piper when the daughter of Aphrodite looked up and saw her looking. Annabeth growled in frustration and turned... only to jerk back in shock. A flying handless statue had just exploded into the Argo II... what the Hades?

Percy POV (3rd person)

Percy's smile dropped faster than a rock would sink into the ocean when she saw the Argo II. Reyna noticed this immediately and wondered what would be in the ship that carried her friends that made her so horrified.

Frank and Hazel shared a glance, their moods dropping along with their friend's.

Clearing her throat, Reyna broke through the awed and suspicious murmurings of the crowd by saying, "Well, let's go greet our Greek counterparts."