On Loan
Title: On Loan
Summary: And it was that moment, under the moonlight and watching the constellations above,
when she sends a silent plea to her mom.
Pairings: Jason Grace/Piper Mclean, Jason Grace/Reyna, hints of Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase
Words: 1,259
Author's Note
So… this is sort of like a Jasper one-shot but with mentions of Jeyna. Read it if you want. XD And
if you don't mind, spare a few seconds to tell me what you think. ;) I'll probably make a sequel. And
then, a free-verse poem follows it afterwards.
Enjoy and read and review! =)))
Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus belong to Rick Riordan.
I'm a couple of months away from being a teenager. I can't be him, right? =)))
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Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars? I
could really use a wish right now.
-Airplanes, B.o.B. (feat. Hayley Williams,)
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"I've never actually thought of it that way."
Piper raised her eyebrow at Jason who looked away, his face slightly flushed but his disposition (strong
and confident) was still evident from the way he carried himself.
"What do you mean?" she asked, letting the words mix with the air and trying her best not to taint it
with honey.
Jason sighed and buried his face on his knee, blonde hair covering his forehead slightly and making him
just a bit vulnerable than he did before(as if he can ever look vulnerable).
"The way the huntress, Zöe Nightshade, was placed in the stars. I've always thought that she was from
the olden times and dad only found it right to clear the sky a bit."
Piper smiled at him understandingly. Just a few moments earlier, Annabeth (reluctantly) told them the
story about the brave huntress who sacrificed her life for the sake of the people she was not exactly
close with.
Heroic.
"I've never thought about it either." Piper replied lightly, kaleidoscope eyes glistening as she
absent-mindedly brushed a strand of swirled chocolate hair away from her eyes.
Jason turned to look at her, eyes serious but as blue as ever, glinting in the shade that made reminded
her of something stroked with cerulean and probably a bit of burned aquamarine.
Perfect.
"It's good to know I'm not the only one confused."
"Same here, Sparky." Piper replied, using the nickname that she calls him nowadays. Really, this whole
nickname thing is getting on her system with Nico being "Death Boy" and Annabeth "Wise girl". Jason
though, furrowed his eyebrow as if trying to capture something that's so far away and too far away
from him to reach.
"You okay?" she asked him, concerned.
Jason smiled at her. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just bits of flashbacks but nothing major or anything."
Piper smiled at him but felt something flare up. "Did you remember something?" she asked, eyes looking
concerned and her tan skin looked like it was glowing in the moonlight.
Did you remember someone?
Jason's eyes were unreadable. "No. Nothing too important." he smiled lightly at her, the scar on his lip
carving up a little making him even more attractive than before.
"If you say so. Let's just enjoy the night?" she asked, feeling hope creeping back into her. Maybe (just
maybe), it wasn't only words who had the ability to flow out of her mouth in a graceful dance.
He looked at her, and she can feel her heart jumping just a little bit because it wasn't as if he was
looking at her but staring right through her own soul, and it feels so right.
"Yeah. The practice a while ago made me tired."
"You did beat Clarisse."
"That's another case."
"Whatever, Sparky. Just go to sleep."
Jason raised an eyebrow at her making her cheeks heat up because gods! That's just so embarrassing.
She's starting to sound like Drew and some of her siblings right now.
"I-i mean, just go rest. I'd wake you up earlier." she offered him an impish grin, trying to cover up her
nervousness.
Jason nodded his head and leaned back to the grass, closing his eyes after offering Piper another one
of his heart-stopping and mind-crashingsmile of his, making her blood rush faster than before.
Then, he held her hand.
Piper felt herself blushing like crazy as she watched the constellationsabove blink and as if trying to
convey a message to her, a message that only they can know. She can feel the great huntress trying
to say something to her, in words that only they can know, in a dance that's only between Piper and the
rest of the world.
Can't you see it?
She bit her lip. She wasn't stupid. She knows that somewhere out there, Jason has someone waiting for
him. It would be unreal to have someone like him not like or even love someone before. It won't take a
child of Aphrodite to know that.
But gods! That would hurt so, so, so much.
Somewhere, there may be an Annabeth waiting for her Percy to come home and spending every day
working her body off just so she can lookfor him so that he can come home
Like Penelope and Odysseus.
And it would hurt even more to know that Piper was the one keeping Jason here.
She felt Jason stir beside her and she can feel her heart heaving up a little and she can feel herself
holding his hand a little bit more tightly than before because-
Perfection was already right next to her-
And she just don't know how she can let him go.
She did that one thing she thought she'd never do in her life because she wanted to be that strong
independent girl who doesn't need help because her Daddy won't ever care for her-
But she still sent a silent plea to her mom.
It won't matter anymore if Jason had someone waiting for him or if she's going to lose him soon or if
she'd die on the quest just so that they can save the rest of the world because she realized that
someday, she's going to return him soon but as for now-
She just wanted to be with him just a little bit longer.
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END…
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Y*O*U
are (not) a princess
Even ^if^ (your) dad is a
S
T
A
R
You live such a terrible life
(Daddy)
He `does` not care for
:you:
And [your] friends?
G*o*n*e i|n the wind
It hurts so, so, so much because you know
|D
E
E
P|
Inside…
No one will care *for* you
(not daddy)
(not anyone else)
(and most especially, not mommy because it’s not like she ever existed in
the first place)
But it hurts
SO
bad.
(because all you ever
“needed”
was someone who’d care)
.
.
.
But you met funny Leo
“Who smiles so much
and laughs a lot”
{but H*I*D*E*S as much or
maybe EVEN more than you do}
You start ^smiling^ more often
(but it is not yet right.)
.
.
.
(School)
It really |wasn’t| so bad.
*It* A|L|L seems to be a /better/
but not yet *R-I-G-H-T*
still, Y_O_U?
you try to
(HOLD ON)
.
.
.
then…
JASON- he came, and he(lightened) up your life.
^EVERYTHING^ seems to be perfect.
And right
But you’ve got to remember.
Not everything is *true*
Including the
&pretty& boy with those S|T|U|N|N|I|N|G
blue [(e)(y)(e)(s)]
.
.
.
You go on a
*AND* #c#o#u#n#t#l#e#s#s# of ADVENTURES~~
You three
S
A
V
E
D
the *Q*U*E*E*N* but you “remember”
He doesn’t #know# a ^SINGLE^ thing about
YOU now.
AND you want to know why, huh?
YEAH.
It’s the ^M^I^S^T^ %with%
=all= its GLORY
:and you hate it all so much:
B
U
T
Take a minute…
Everything will work out in your favor;
‘Cuz~ you~ `are’ [love’s]
-f\a\v\o\r\i\t\e- child, after all.
YOU
R
I
D
E
A dragon
and
Had so much *FUN*!
And no matter how much *you*
TRY
to it
YOU find yourself
|FALLING|
H
A
R
D
!
.
.
.
AND NOW?
After overthrowing that sibling of &YOURS&,
you are trying to live
*HAPPILY EVER AFTER*
with your (prince)
$with$ those S|T|U|N|N|I|N|G
blue [(e)(y)(e)(s)]
and then everything feels so right.
.
.
.
YOU TRY LIVING EVER AFTER
but
SOMEWHERE out there
|A| |queen| |waits| |for| |her| |king|
.
.
.
But someday,
girl
You know this {one} fact
*YOU*?
You’re `gonna` have to return him
soon…
.
.
.
{Just don’t say I didn’t warn you.}
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Oh, Someday we'll know
If love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know
Why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you...
-Someday We'll Know, Mandy Moore. (feat. Jonathan Foreman)
