Hey all, this is an idea I've had in my head for a while now, and I just wanted to write. I thought this pairing was really cute so I hope you all like it. Tell me what you think about it in a review.

Disclaimer: NO, I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians just yet. I'm just waiting on that order of 200 elephants though. They were supposed to be here yesterday, hmm…

Piper couldn't believe what the boy in front of her had just said. He had taken her heart and then returned it all bruised and broken. She just stared at him and managed to stammer out, "You don't want me anymore?"

It took all here willpower not to burst into tears at his next words.

"No, I'm sorry Pipes, I had to make a choice and Reyna won. Piper, she was like Annabeth was to Percy, and you were just…" Jason said, looking for the right word.

"A replacement? What happened to forever Jason," she supplied angrily and despite her best efforts, a few tears flooded her multi coloured eyes.

"Forever can end you know? I'll be leaving for the Roman camp in the morning with them. Now that Gaia's back asleep, I can spend some quiet time at home with Reyna, and all my other Roman friends. I haven't seen them in ages."

Here he broke of and broke eye contact with Piper to survey his surroundings. Then he picked up again,

"Pipes you know we never could be together anyways? I mean you're a Greek, I'm a Roman, things just wouldn't have worked out,"

"Weren't you the one who said that Greeks and Romans needed better relations?" Piper countered, "But if you don't want me then I won't waste both of our time in arguing about this."

His "Thank you" and quiet, relieved sigh, hurt her more than anything else ever had. He didn't seem to realize how much he was breaking her heart.

"But you know about those better relations…we could still be friends." He said, gazing at her, as if expecting her to agree with him.

Well she didn't. She just stared at his outstretched hand then back at his face.

"No." was all she said as a few more of the silly tears rolled down her face.

"Aw…come on Piper. You know this is hurting me as much as it is you." Jason whined.

"I sincerely doubt that Jason. You're still getting the better end of the stick. Just…just leave me alone. I can't stand this anymore."

Sensing her mood, Jason silently left her alone. As soon has he was out of sight, Piper collapsed, and broke down crying.

Why? Why was she always the one who ended up with a broken heart? And she was supposed to be a daughter of Aphrodite. She was supposed to have success in these sorts of things.

Thanks for your help mum. Really, I appreciate it.

She thought sarcastically. Piper didn't know how long she had been sitting on the beach crying her heart out while staring at the beautiful waves crashing down on the rocks, just like her life…

She didn't know how much later, but she was woken up by a bunch of voices calling for her. Groggily she got up, just as the light of a torch hit her eyes, almost blinding her.

"Beauty Queen? Piper? Is that you? Where have you been? Chiron's got the whole camp searching for you. Everyone thinks you got eaten by a hellhound or something, but Nico was getting all defensive about that so…are you okay?" Leo's tirade came to stop as he looked at her properly for the first time.

She nodded and just said "I'm just tired. I want to go to my cabin and go to sleep."

"Okay, let me help you, Beauty Queen" Leo said as he slid down to help her.

As he put his arm around her to help her, she couldn't help but smile at the nickname.

As they got closer to the cabins, she heard Leo shout,

"I found her, she's alright"

And another voice replied " Hah, see I told you that she wasn't eaten by a hellhound. Why does no one trust me these days?"

"That's because you're a son of Hades ,genius , we're not supposed to trust you. The Gods know what you'll do to us," said a voice Piper recognized at Thalia's.

She looked up to see Percy giving his cousin a high-five, while Nico stood a bit behind them, glowering.

But as soon as they saw Piper all their laughter faded. Annabeth and Thalia rushed over to her, and asked what happened but Piper refused to speak to them, so they let Leo lead her to the Aphrodite cabin, looking after them worriedly.

As they got to the Aphrodite cabin, to her surprise, Drew rushed over to them and helped Leo lead her to her bed. She had changed a lot since she started dating Will Solace. Leo explained to Drew what happened, and Drew replied,

"Try to get it out of her. You're her best friend, that must give you some leverage, she's not going to tell anyone else. I'm her sister and i've been living with her for all this time. I know her. Just try Leo, if you value both yours and hers sanity," and she left Piper alone with a worried and pale looking Leo.

After a few minutes he finally broke the long, awkward silence.

"So, Beauty Queen…are you gonna tell me anything? You know if any one tried to hurt you or has in anyway, I'll go and beat them up, so will Jason,"

At the mention of Jason, Piper's slightly happy face fell again…and it confused Leo. "Did you guys have a fight or something? You know you can tell me, and anyways Drew will beat me up if you don't tell me." He stated.

Piper smiled at him "Thanks for the pep talk Leo, just what I needed." She said rolling her eyes sarcastically.

"So are you going to tell me?" he asked her hesitantly

"Jason's leaving. He's going to the Roman camp, and with that stupid Reyna. I was just a replacement while he remembered her," She said softly in return to Leo's question and she explained everything that had happned down at th beach

"I'm so sorry Pipes. I should have known…he's been acting funny this whole week," and he did something that completely surprised her, but in a good way. He came over, hugged her and sat on the bed with her head in his lap. An in the strong embrace of her best friend Piper welcomed the darkness that surrounded her as she fell asleep.

So, tell me what you think. I know this chapter didn't turn out as good as I had hoped, but it's the best I can do right now. Send me a review on your opinion. I appreciate constructive criticism and opinions. Hope you enjoyed it.

Peace

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