Hey guys, I know I have other stories to finish(but I can't seem to find the time!), but I decided to make this one-shot because there's absolutely no way I can finish this story. Don't read if you haven't read the Son of Neptune yet. I posted this in Deviant, so yeah. I also don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or The Heroes of Olympus.

But one question, what do YOU think will happen to the Piper/Jason/Reyna triangle? Hmmm…..

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Annabeth

The Gods knows how long I've been waiting for this. For 8 months, I've been searching for him. That's about almost a year and too long for my liking. Although I do understand the action of Hera/Juno, that doesn't stop me from wanting to punch her in the face. Of course, there are other factors that lead up to that, such as sending me cows with intestinal problems, but kidnapping my boyfriend for 8 months just crossed the line.

"Annabeth, we're about 2 hours from there. I sent the letter to Tyson already, apparently, there was a battle in the Roman Camp last night." Piper reported, standing next to me. I was leaning over the rail, waiting anxiously. Telling me that there was a battle in the Roman Camp did not ease down the churning in my stomach. Piper noticed me turning pale from the news.

"But I heard from Tyson that Percy is alright. He even became the Praetor!" She said nervously. I let out a sigh of relief and ran my hand through my hair. Thank Gods Malcom had the nerve to tell me to take a shower before leaving. What sort of reunion would that be? Gods, I don't even want to know.

"So, your boyfriend took my position as Praetor. Darn, I was hoping to retain some power there." Jason walked up also leaning on the side of the ship, maybe too far. But hey, even if he fell, he could just fly right back up, which is why no one basically cared if he fell off the ship. I rolled my eyes at his comment.

"The point of an exchange of leaders was supposed to be that way, wasn't it? You take Percy's place, he takes yours. I think that's reasonable enough."

"True, but remember, I'm a Roman. It's natural for me to feel disappointed that I don't have power."

"Roman or not, I think you shouldn't get your ego too big." Piper playfully punched Jason in the arm. He just pretended to be in pain, although I couldn't help but notice the tattoo in his arm. I wonder if Percy already got one of those, and if he does, I hope it wasn't too painful. The way Jason described it sounded excruciating, even if it was for a second.

"Speaking of ego, I thought I heard Leo asking you what his position was earlier this morning." Jason said, smirking. I couldn't help but crack a small smile too. Piper rolled her eyes.

"I called him the Repair Boy." He let out a laugh and so did Piper, I just smiled.

"Nice, but I bet he changed it to something else."

"I think he called himself the Supreme Commander or something like that."

"Well, he was the leader in building the ship." I reasoned out.

"Exactly, that's why he's the repair boy too." Piper replied. We let out a laugh when we heard Leo exclaiming "I heard that!"

I left the two of them there to enjoy themselves, I haven't really noticed until now, but I can't believe they hadn't gotten together yet. Though it's understandable, Jason would usually get nervous whenever Piper did some things that girlfriends would normally do. That's when it hit me there, what if Percy found someone else during the time he was there? What if by the time I get there, he has another girlfriend?

Ouch. Not exactly what I should be thinking right now, all I can do is hope for the best and trust Percy. Of course, I should mentally prepare myself for the worst. Walking around the ship, I noticed that everyone was laid back, but I could tell that there was an anticipating atmosphere. We were all nervous about the Romans, and though I hate to admit it, so was I. Clarisse was sharpening her spear, while giving a death glare at Will Solace every once in a while, Travis was "flirting" with Katie, who keeps rejecting him, Connor was painting a mango gold(which I'll have to confiscate later), and Thalia was laying on the hammock, although it's painfully obvious that she's had enough sky travelling for one day.

"Why am I here again?" I could hear her mumbling to herself.

There were a lot of thoughts in my head right now, so much that if I wasn't a child of Athena, I'd probably be lying down in the hammock next to Thalia. I'd rather dumb it down, no offense. I had battle strategies racing through my mind, Percy, how the Romans will react to us, Percy, where Nico went off too, Percy, how Tyson is, and oh, did I mention Percy, yet?

I sat down in one of the benches installed at the ship, I was fingering my father's college ring and my Camp necklace. I have at least nine beads with the most recent one being my most painful, yet favorite bead to earn. I smiled at the memory of initiating the kiss with Percy. It was sweet of him to make that air bubble around us at the bottom of the lake, serves Clarisse and everyone else right. Then I remembered the next two months of dating before he disappeared; he would always accompany me to Mount Olympus and take me out afterwards. Of course, his mom got suspicious, but we didn't do anything else really. He was my best friend, my boyfriend, I think Aphrodite is getting into my head. I decided to take a small nap, just for a while. But did I manage to get it? Nope, not at all because just as soon as I closed my eyes, I heard Leo shouting orders.

"Prepare to land! We'll be down in 10 minutes!" This alerted everyone who started cleaning the ship up, and preparing themselves. I can hear a blow horn or something like that from a distance. And I can see the Roman Camp, but the thing is, it wasn't just a Camp. At least now I know why Jason wouldn't describe the Camp any further. It was a basically a city, a small version of Rome, but still beautiful. I could see Coliseums and Temples from this distance. The architecture was so ancient and so magnificent, I could just stare at it all day sketching them down. But then I remembered the real reason I was here.

Apparently, there was already a group of Demigods forming down there, making a crowdm some were wearing togas? I'm not exactly sure. It seems that some of them are on guard, great, they already don't trust us. I see two people who stand out in the crowd. Oh my gods, this is it. For the first time in 8 months, I get to see him again. I hope he remembers me. Idiot, of course he'll remember you. But I still couldn't help but doubt that.

The ship landed with a thud that made everyone almost lose their balance, we all glared at Leo who just laughed nervously with his hand behind his head. Jason stared at the Roman demigods. His Demigods. We opened up the gate and the stairs down. There were two people who were awaiting us on the front line of the crowd, one was a boy and one was a girl.

Jason went first with me following just behind him. He stopped and went rigid as he saw the strikingly familiar girl with dark hair. She was standing tall and was seemingly confident, it was clear that she was one of the leaders, and she was staring wistfully back at Jason. Yikes, seems like Piper does have competition after all. And then I noticed him, the one I've been searching day and night for. He somehow looked different, he seems more confident, more proud even, but he was still handsome as ever. I took one quick glance at his arm, no mistaking it, there was a tattoo in his arm similar to Jason's and that other girl, except his has a trident instead and only 1 line under it. For a while, everything was quiet, the Romans were still on their guard, our side, no, with that way of thinking, there's no way we'll ever get along, we have to accept that the Romans are on our side as well. But still, everyone was quiet, to put it bluntly, it was way too awkward. Finally, someone broke that awkward silent in probably the most casual way ever.

"Hey Annabeth, nice to see you again." And for that, I wanted to smack Percy in his head.