How the Sky fell for the Sea

Things get planned...

A/N - There isn't much going on in this chapter but some nice comments made me feel like posting early. I will also post tomorrow too because I have enough chapters sat in draft anyway so I might as well update twice whilst I'm feeling good.

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Jason slumped into the unusually comfortable couch. Ever since his promotion to Pack Alpha, his furniture had been gradually upgraded for much more luxurious and expensive items. Not that he really cared. All he cared about was getting that pretty little sub as his mate but for some reason it didn't seem to be going that well. The only apparent thing he had done right was when he stopped by to drop of an apology letter for Miss Castellan. Percy had been there and he'd even smiled - much to Jason's extreme delight. However the moment was soon lost as a younger kid barreled into the raven's arms screaming about levitating chairs. Needless to say, Percy excused himself in order to check on the chaos that was no doubt occurring in the other room. Unfortunately, since then, Jason hadn't been able to impress or even meet with the boy on good terms. On multiple occasions when they did meet Jason had been left on his own wondering what went wrong as Percy had angrily strode away. He definitely needed back up which is why he'd invited his friends over to his house to give him a hand. Not that they hadn't already been coming over in order to check up on the love-sick teen. Well, I'm an adult now. I always thought this kind of drama only happened to teenagers. Just my luck. Further self-pity was momentarily put on hold as the doorbell rang. Convincing himself that moping about wasn't a very alpha-y thing to do, Jason reluctantly got up and opened the door.

His friends all but barreled right past him making themselves right at home by cluttering up the living room's space with...Wait, what is that? Annabeth and Piper were fussing over some papers whilst Frank and Hazel were busy emptying grocery bags. Sprawled across the sofa was Nico who looked as if he had been dragged here against his will and was trying to melt into the pillows as he listened to his music. Reyna was perched on top of the coffee table not caring about the hot drinks that threatened to spill as she swung her legs back and forth. Not one of his friends had actually acknowledged him as they came in although they now seemed to be looking at Jason expectantly.

"...What?" he asked very confused. Reyna got up from her spot and sauntered closer to Jason. "Well, you were the one to ask us over and you did say that you needed a hand with your situation."

"What," Jason said again as he began to put two and two together,"You mean all this stuff...is to help me...win over Percy."

"Duh." Reyna stated having gone back to her original perch. "You see Jas', we hate to admit it, but you're terrible when it comes to love. You've been brought up knowing you were an alpha from the very beginning, not after finding out for the first time after you presented. You missed that phase in your life where you wondered what secondary gender you'd get, you missed being free and enjoying your life without the dom/sub undertones pressuring your decisions. You may have only presented a week ago but to you, you've been an alpha for your whole life. And now you're the Pack Alpha too." said Reyna as she recited what gave the impression of a rehearsed speech. "Percy hasn't gone through that, he's still figuring out who he is. He hasn't even properly presented yet but he's already got this dominant mate who is determined to make him like all the other submissives. No wonder it hasn't been going well so far. That's why we've decided to help you out. Well actually Piper decided and forced us all to help her." Jason smiled a bit as a shoe hit Reyna in the head and all of a sudden Annabeth and Pipes looked like totally innocent angels. What Rey is saying is true, I guess. I didn't really think how my actions would affect him that much but I suppose I have been a bit controlling. That's not even mentioning the kind of stereotypes I've related to him already. "Okay, so what's the plan?" Jason inquired out loud.

"Well, it's kinda obvy but remember that thing with the courting your mum mentioned." Began Piper as she pulled Anna into her arms. Jason gave a short nod to say that he did remember, he'd already been trying it subtly on his own but he was definitely doing something wrong. "Well we made you a step by step plan. See, it's made with pink sparkly gel pens!" Piper enthusiastically held up the bunch of papers that she and Annabeth had brought in. "But there's only three steps though..." Noticed Jason rather undecided. This time it was Annabeth who gave him a reply, "Well yeah. You didn't think that it would be a whole load of spreadsheets full of intricate designs and plans did you?"

"I certainly wouldn't put it past you but I definitely didn't think it would be that easy."

"It's not going to be easy at all but there's only three things you can really do without forcing him or cornering him too much into making a decision." declared Annabeth. Yeah, I don't want to add any more pressure to Percy. "Okay, I'll do it. What are the steps?" Jason asked. Piper carefully leaned over Annabeth to read the sheet. "Step 1 is only meeting him when you happen to walk past him. Gradually increase the amount of time you spend talking to him until he is comfortable enough alone and on a date."

"I can do that." exclaimed Jason only to be shushed by Pipes.

"Sh! I'm still going. Anyway, step 2 is leave him small presents and gifts and like, ya know, little notes complimenting him. Oh! For the courting presents stick to the themes ocean and blue. And lastly, step 3, his birthday is soon so get him to a stage where you can go out and treat him on his birthday. Maybe even take him to the beach. Remember blue chocolate chip cookies, he loves those. Hazel and Frank have some ingredients to help you make some." So that's what the grocery bags are for.

"I think I can do that but how on earth would you know that he likes blue food and other stuff so much?"

"She had a little help with that." Hazel answered.

"Who from?" Jason felt stupid not knowing what the other wolves obviously did.

"Why, it was my help of course! Presenting the one, the only, Supersized hot McShizzle bad boy supreme!!!" Jason whirled around to see a new wolf walk into the room with a mischievous grin adorning his face. He looked rather skinny with curly brown hair and the demeanor of somebody who loved to play pranks. Frank groaned, "Leo. His name is Leo."

"Okay... Wait, how did you get in here?" Jason asked as he didn't remember him walking in with the others.

"I broke the door down."

"What?!" the Pack Alpha exclaimed frantically.

"No, don't worry dude, I didn't - I was kidding. You didn't hear me breaking it did you?" Leo reassured whilst he chuckled to himself obviously finding the notion funny.

"Oh, that's good but then how did y-"

"I used a bit of scrap metal to pick the lock and then noticed how rubbish the lock was so I decided to upgrade it by repurposing your toaster. And you wont have to worry about me picking your locks again cuz' I made myself a key whilst I was working." All the other wolves burst into laughter at the spluttering form of Jason. "Don't worry, Leo's practically harmless." mentioned Piper. Oh, as if that makes a difference! He's crazy. "So how exactly are you being so helpfu- wait aren't you Leo as in Leo Castellan? Like the one from the stories." noticed Jason.

"Oh wow, I knew I was popular but not enough that I am recognised on sight. I must reevaluate my self-worth." gushed the Leo boy dramatically. The others rolled their eyes.

"Okay, so are we ready to execute this plan?" questioned Reyna.

"Its hardly a plan..." muttered Jason just loud enough for the other werewolves to hear.

"Nonsense!" Piper shouted clearly offended, "We are state of the art match-makers! Listen to us and you cant possibly go wrong."

We'll see about that.

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A/N - My computer keeps highlighting words as wrong because I prefer to use the English spellings over the American versions but sometimes it switches automatically so if you noticed then that's what it is. Peace x