12Chapter 2: Reyna
Everyone looked at Percy. The Greeks, the Romans, and the Hunters. Some with confusion, some with longing. Percy gulped.
Then Poseidon snickered.
"Percy my boy, considering what that sentence just said, and how thick the book is, I think you got yourself a little fanclu-OUCH!" That last part was from when Athena hit him on the head with a random book.
"Let the boy read Barnacle Beard. Don't be like Apollo or Hermes. We've already got 2 blasted idiot gods, we don't need a 3rd."
"Hey!" said the mentioned gods.
"Yeesh fine. Sorry, sorry." Poseidon grumbled, before throwing a sly wink at Percy. Percy, if possible, blushed an even brighter shade of red and hid behind a book.
"Nephew could you please just read?" Surprisingly, it was Hera that said that, not Zeus.
Percy, once again, gulped and started to read.
Reyna
Percy widened his eyes, and turned to Reyna who was looking anywhere but him. Other girls also turned, many looking at her with jealousy and envy.
"Wha-wha, really?" Was all he could manage.
Reyna nodded. "Yes." She whispered, but mostly to herself.
Percy continued.
He leaves you with no warning, and you cry for a lot of time. Then you try to find him, but you are a leader, and leaders have to put their communities before their personal feelings, so you give up.
You are forced to watch as others go to find him, and you cannot. Because a leader has to set an example.
You're miserable.
You remember his smile, they way it lit up the whole place, as if it was the only sun in the sky. You remember his blonde hair, shining in the sunlight. And of course his eyes, so electric blue they could've shot lightning.
He's been gone for eight months now, and you lose all hope of him returning to you.
"Sorry Reyna." Jason apologized when he realized what he had done. He had left her alone for eight months to run the whole camp by herself while he was making new friends and having a normal life, even if he didn't remember some of it.
That's when he comes.
You remember him perfectly. He destroyed your home, he forced you to fight. He made you a warrior, it was a decision she had to make, but he forced it on you. He made you do it. But, as you watch who you've become, you think maybe it isn't so bad.
He's also gentle, he's sorry; he wants to make it up for you. He wants to be your friend. He smiles at you with confidence in battle. He puts others before him, he makes heroes of the worst, and he makes friends from enemies.
You start to fall for him.
Reason doesn't exist to you anymore, only his smile and the way he would look at the ocean with a wistful expression, you remember how he left the others dumbstruck, they felt pathetic compared to him. Pride is what you feel when you think of him, because he is your hero.
You offer him your love, your position, and your life.
Percy widened his eyes. He didn't know that that was what she had done, and he had rejected all of it. He didn't even know what he had rejected because he was too clueless to figure it out.
He rejects it all, claiming he has all those things. But you're surprised when he actually explains to you he loves Annabeth.
The name leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, and you start to hate her.
Every time he or she is mentioned, you turn cold, and you have no compassion. He doesn't understand it, oblivious as ever, always loyal and caring. Never meaning to hurt you. You can see it in his eyes, which are like the sea.
One day, he comes to you and tells you: him, who you thought gone forever, is coming home.
Immediately you start making preparations, fixing things and helping. You are happy, because if you cannot have him, why not have your first love? You make everything possible so he can come home.
And he does. With a girlfriend.
Jason looked at his ex-girlfriend. Just like Percy and Annabeth, Leo and Calypso etc. they had broken up.
She's beautiful, and you know you've got no chance at all; you stare at your other option, just to make sure he is with Annabeth.
He is. And it breaks your heart.
They all have each other. They have their other halves, they have a love, a true love, someone they can trust. They know things, things about life that you will never guess. They all pity you. Look at you with a sad face and think, 'Poor her, the one who doesn't have a boyfriend'. But, the horrible thing is that they don't even mean it in a bad way. They actually want you, to be happy. They like you. Annabeth means you no harm, she is like you: a fighter. Someone who has been in deep pain, and you understand that he will never go for you, because he is already in paradise with her. They are beautiful in every way that is possible, inside, outside, and you feel yourself die slowly.
Because, who do you have?
No one, you have no one.
Percy was silent. Then he got up and walked over to Reyna, who was silently crying from having her deepest thoughts revealed. Right now she was not the strong and emotionless leader that everyone looked up too, but a girl who wanted for love, for somebody in her life that she could go to and talk to when she needed him. He pulled her into a hug, stroking her hair and comforting her.
"Sshhh. Sshhh. It's okay Reyna, it's okay." He whispered into her ear. He felt truly bad for her, he really did, and he knew it was his fault for that. Reyna continued crying into his neck.
They stayed like that for a while until she had stopped. Everyone was looking at them. Many could see why she had fallen for Percy. He was never cocky, and was always there for his friends in times of need.
Aphrodite smiled sadly at the duo. She was happy that Percy had found out about Reyna's feelings, for he would never have known otherwise. Yet, she couldn't push down the jealousy gnawing on her heart. She could feel the pure love that Reyna had for him, and it was these moments that reminded what Aphrodite really stood for. Love.
Reyna looked up at Percy's face. It was filled with caring, and she was lost in those sea-green eyes of his. They were beautiful, and she felt as though she could stare at them forever.
Eventually, someone coughed, and the duo blushed at the position they were in. Hera gave Percy the book, as Reyna leaned on Percy's shoulder. Other woman glared at the position Reyna was in with Percy, wishing to be in her spot instead.
"So, I'll continue?" Percy asked awkwardly. Without waiting for an answer, Percy flipped the page and continued reading.
So that's a wrap for chapter 2 of this fic. I added a little Percy/Reyna moment there for you guys. See ya in the next chapter!