There's no love without pain // Jeyna

9. If Only He Had Said It Sooner

Piper's POV

Piper wasn't sure that Jason had ADHD anymore.

Once, as she was on her way back to her cabin from Pegasus riding, she had peeked into Cabin 1 and she saw Jason sitting with his back facing the door, cross legged on his bed, staring at the Hippie Zeus statue. He seemed lost in thought and he wasn't moving at all. Everytime she looked in his cabin, she saw him sitting in the same position, still not doing anything. She wondered how, with his ADHD, he was able to do that.

Aphrodite hadn't contacted her since Piper had 'accused' her of ruining Jason and Reyna's lives and hung up. She wasn't sure what Aphrodite might do to her if she ever saw Piper again. She had been afraid that, after shouting at her, her mom might just turn her into a dove or maybe a. . . lipstick container? Who knows? All she knew was that the goddess of love was probably very angry at her and, though she wasn't sure why Aphrodite had let her go easy, she knew that she would, probably, have to face the consequences. She was pretty sure of that. She didn't understand why, she just had this sense of foreboding, telling her that something was going to go wrong.

Right now, though, Piper was not a dove (Or a lipstick container, for that matter), and she was doing fine after the break up with Jason (she phrased it like that as she wasn't a hudred percent sure who broke up with who). She just wished that she could have someone else in her life to fill the gaping hole that Jason had left in her heart. . .

Piper shook those thoughts away. Today was the day they were all going to Camp Jupiter and Piper really didn't want to go so she was staying with the few others who weren't going. Chiron wasn't forcing anyone to go but apparently a lot of people really wanted to see Camp Jupiter. It seemed Piper was going to be all alone this Christmas.

Jason's POV

Jason woke up from his dream, which was actually the last of his memories to come, with tears swimming in his eyes. He wouldn't actually cry, he couldn't, actually. He remembered what Lupa had taught him (old habits really do die hard) and right now he considered himself as his biggest enemy. He hated himself, he hated himself for being so stupid. If only he had said it sooner..

He now understood what it was like to have regrets. He never understood it before when others say they have 'regrets'. He had always thought that if one makes a decision then they have to stick to it and that there was no point in sitting and sulking about the past. But now he really understood it. And it hurt.

It hurt him to think of Reyna, it hurt him to think of the life they could have had. If only he had said it sooner.

Now, as he was settling down in the Delphi Strawberry Services bus (Jason didn't know they did buses as well), Jason was actually glad. He needed to see Reyna. Now that he'd made the first step, he knew that there was no backing out. He would go to Camp, he would see Reyna and do whatever it takes to win her back.

Piper wasn't coming and Jason wasn't sure what to make of it. On one hand he should have been thankful. He didn't think he would be able to tell Reyna anything if Piper was around, it would be a bit awkward. But Jason did, still, feel bad for Piper and now she was going to be spending Christmas all alone. There was probably nothing he could do to convince her to come and like he'd said before, he didn't exactly want her to come.

 Jason pushed all thoughts out of his mind. He knew that this was going to be a long journey so he decided to take his mind off of things for a while and relax...

A/N : Not very long but... I'm more satisfied with this than I am with the last chapter. You MIGHT see Reyna in the next chapter, or maybe the one after that. Not sure yet. Anyway, hope you liked it,

Yours Truly 

ReynaLovegood2 :)