Jason's Flashback

If you can't drive to pick your girl at her house, what are you going to do?

I don't know, I'm used to just walk to her cabin, endure some minutes chatting with her brothers and sisters, until they allow her to pass or she make way among them with charmspeak or her dagger.

She would hurt her brothers and sisters?

She could cut anyone who annoyed her enough. Except for Leo, he has an ALMOST clear pass. But what am I going to do?

I have to think of everything? Ask Alfred. He knows where she lives, and a choffer is always a nice touch. The girls love it!

Piper is rich, and Trish's too, so I don't think a choffer would amaze them. But I like your idea.

J: I'll tell Alfred to pick you up.

P: I can go there by myself, just give me the adress.

God, an independent woman sometimes is a pain.

J: No, I won't, so you'll have to wait for Alfred.

P: Jason, with Trish's help, I'll take less than a minute to find out your adress, just say it already.

Why she can't accept a choffer? Why she have to make everything so complicated?

I have no idea. Percy would say is a waste of time trying to understand women.

He's wise.

I don't think Annabeth would agree with he being wise. I don't think Percy himself would agree with this.

J: I want to make this an amazing date. Can you please, help me?

P: Fine, I'll wait here.

J: Can you stay overnight?

Are you going to sleep with her? Are WE going to sleep with her? With THEM?

No, I'll set a room for her, no need to push her.

P: Yes, I can. I'll bring a bag with another set of clothes and toothbrush.

J: Thank you, see you soon.

***

Stop pacing!

I can't, I'm nervous!

Why? She's your girlfriend, it's not like you have to impress her with a flawless date.

I don't HAVE to, but I WANT to. She's my girlfriend and I want to take her to a perfect date, not to impress, but to make her happy.

I can hear Alfred pulling on the garage.

She's here.

***

Jason opened the door and Piper's smile widened when she saw it was him. He couldn't help but smile at the honest emotions on her face.

"Good to see you, Pipes. You look beautiful, as always"

She's pretty, in a natural way.

She's MY girlfriend.

No, PIPER is your girlfriend. This one is TRISH, who is single"

Do YOU like Trish?

I never said that!

Piper smiled and kissed him.

"And you're handsome, like always"

Wow, a kiss already? I was not expecting this. Do you think Trish is ok with that? I'm starting to feel bad for being on a date with Kyle's girl.

Like you said, Trish is single. And I think she's ok, if she wasn't, I doubt Piper would be smiling so relaxed and happy.

***

"...Almost everytime, I use love in my voice, mostly, the love I feel for you. You help me focus when I'm scared, you have my back when we fight, you help me find my way when I'm lost and you love me back. So any moment we spent together is worthy"

I can see why you love this girl so much.

She's the most amazing girlfriend I could ask for.

"...You can relax now, take a deep breath and enjoy this moment as much as I'm enjoying it right now"

What are you waiting for? My permission?

Like I cared for it.

Jason kissed her with passion, releasing the tension he felt until that moment during the kiss, and he could sense Piper smiling, and that made him smile.

Flashback over, back to present.

"JASON!"

Years of demigod training, along with fear for his girlfriend during endless missions, kicked in. Jason tripped trying to stop and turned to run to Piper, and save her from whatever scared her. John was also in high alert. Piper passed by him running. He checked their surroundings, but didn't see anything.

Maybe a burglar? A psycho? He wasscared by her scream?

I was thinking about amonster, but I can't see anything.

Jason turned to look at her, and found Piper at the end of the race, with a smug grin on her face, and not a trace of fear in her expression. He was still confused when she came skipping to stand by his side, and gave him a little peck on his cheek.

"I win"

WHAAAAAT?

"Wait, what? Why did you scream?"

"So you could stop running and let me win"

"I thought something was trying to kill you! I was scared to death!"

"Like I said, it's when I put emotion in my voice that people listen to me. And this works without charmspeak"

"You scared me on purpose!?"

"Yes, so you could stop running"

"You TRICKED me!?"

THAT'S CHEATING!

I agree!

"That's low Piper. I didn't think you're capable of cheating"

"That's not cheating, Jason, I thought you knew that. It all started when you chose a challenge you could clearly win. I just used at I had at hand. And remember, everything is fair in love and war. Since you put a challenge on our date, this is both"

Her smile is beautiful.

Yes, it is... FOCUS!

"So now you're an expert at finding loopholes in my sentences?"

"It's Annabeth rubbing off on me. I learned a few things from her. With Hazel's mist and the charmspeak too, since we had to be careful in how to manipulate it and leaving no loopholes, or at finding these loopholes when there was some enemy controling the mist or using charmspeak. Don't pout, Jason"

We're not pouting!

"You still have two more challenges, right? You can still win"

And we will!