Hi guys I'm back! I'm sorry if I spammed your emails with updates from "Perfect Chemistry" but I was just editing some things. Anyways here's the sequel and I'm sorry if any of you were expecting Thalico but this is going to be a Jiper story. It's been three years since "Perfect Chemistry".

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. All credit goes to Rick Riordan for characters and Simone Elkeles for most of the plot.

Jason

Today was the last day before winter break and I couldn't leave without pulling a prank.

Leo pulls me aside during fourth which was our last lunch period this year. He told me about his plan to pull a prank on the gym teacher, Coach Hedge. I readily agree. We are missing some important details for our plan, but we always find a way to fix it one way or another. While we are scouting for someone to help us, someone pulls me back. I spin around to face my girlfriend Piper, her eyes studying me as they change color in the light.

"Hey, Pipes. Enjoying the last day of torture?"

"What are you two planning this time?" she asks straight to the point, glancing at Leo and then back at me.

"How do you know we're planning to do anything? Maybe Jason and I were having an honest chat about something other than pranks," Leo answers her.

Piper doesn't buy it. "Leo, I've known you since I first came here to Jupiter High. The only things on your mind are pranks, corny jokes, building stuff, and food."

"Look, Leo, there's no point in keeping this from Piper. She knows us too well. Plus, she wouldn't snitch on us, won't you, Pipes?" I say, giving Piper one of my signature smiles that's bound to soften her. Piper is gorgeous and persuasive herself, but I know exactly how to make her weak in the knees.

She sighs softly and she gives me a look that makes me forget about everyone around us. I find myself getting lost in her kaleidoscope eyes which I can never decide on what color they are. A strand of chocolate-brown hair falls loose from one of her braids and I absently push it away from her face. I would've kissed her soft lips right there, but Leo cleared his throat and Piper blushed.

"Fine, we'll tell you if you promise not to tell anyone else," Leo says. After Piper swears on the Styx, Leo fills her in about our plan. Piper smiles as Leo tells her the outcome.

"The only small, tiny problem in our flawless plan is that we don't have any matches," Leo says.

"Oh, I know someone who does," Piper says. "I can ask him if you want."

"I told you she'd come in handy," I tell Leo, wrapping my arm around Piper's shoulder and pulling her closer so I could kiss her blushing cheek. It's amazing how she's still a little flustered even though it's been a year and a half since we started dating. Then again, sometimes I find it hard to believe that this gorgeous, smart, funny, amazing girl is my girlfriend.

"I better ask him now before I change for gym. See you in a few minutes," Piper says to us then kisses me quickly on the lips.

This prank is going to be a blaze.

After Leo and I change, we arrive at the field which is where we have gym. Everyone else had changed into the standard T-shirts, sneakers and shorts. The weather is still nice and warm even if it's almost Christmas. Despite the warm weather, Coach is wearing jogging pants and a sweatshirt. Leo and I exchange a grin; Coach is making this a lot easier for us.

"Alright, cupcakes. Now that Valdez and Jackson are here, let's start with five laps around the field," barked Coach. A few students grumbled about today being the last day and that Coach should cut us some slack, but all of us start to run around the field.

I glance at Leo who's jogging beside me. He gives me a mischievous smile and pats his pocket. I grin back at him. Halfway around the field, Piper catches up to us.

"Hey, Pipes. Did you get what we needed?" Leo asks her.

"In my pocket," she replies.

"When are we going to do it?"

"Around the end of the period."

Throughout the class, we played this backyard game where we throw bean bags at a board five feet away and aim for the hole in it. If the beanbag lands in the hole, that's three points. If it stays on the board, it's one point. Leo and I scored ten points while Piper and Drew scored six. I guess one of the reasons they lost is that Drew was more interested in flirting with me and checking me out to play seriously. Piper kept sending her death glares and I did my best to ignore her.

Coach blows the whistle, signaling that the class is over.

"Okay, cupcakes, be sure to pick up all of your stuff and I hope you all have a rotten Christmas away from here. I'm glad that I don't get to see you brats for a good two weeks," he says and dismisses us.

As Leo and I gather our bean bags and our board, Piper tosses Leo a box of matches as she passes by. Somehow, Leo manages to pull out his lighter with one hand while balancing the box and bean bags in the other. He pulls out one match and lights it. He hands it to me. I watch Coach walking ahead of us, totally oblivious to the two pranksters behind me. Piper stops him and starts to talk, batting her eyelashes and talking in a sweet, soft voice that no one cab resist. When I'm sure that Piper has his full attention, I pass by Coach and brush the match against his pants. I quickly drop the match near his feet and I turn around to look when I hear Piper screaming.

"Coach, your pants are on fire!" she yells.

Coach looks down in surprise to see that almost his entire leg is on fire. He yells and starts running around, shouting in Greek for help. The rest of the students are laughing and Leo, Piper, and I are the ones laughing the hardest.

"What's the matter, Coach?" Leo shouts as Coach whizzes past us. "Can't handle the heat?"

"I know it's you three! I'll get you for this!" he yells as he runs into the school building.

We look at each other and start laughing again. We can't get in trouble since it's already the last day of school. Nothing can possibly ruin this day.

I kiss Piper goodbye before I got off my stop at the bus station. When I got home, Sally is waiting for me in the dining room. She's looking at me with a "The school called and told me about another stupid prank you pulled" look. I hold up my hands as a form of surrender.

"I know that the principal called about what happened. But in my defense, Leo blackmailed me into doing it. He threatened to Photo-shop these photos of me in a bikini and threatened to send it to everyone in Jupiter if I didn't do it."

"Save the excuses, Jason. I already called your principal and I assured him that there would be no need to punish you," she says.

I sigh in relief. "Thank the gods. Well, I still have to deal with Coach when I come back after break-"

"Actually, Jason, there's something I need to talk about with you," Sally says to me and judging from the nervous look in her eyes, I can tell that it isn't good news.

"Okay," I say slowly, sitting down across from her. I didn't need to ask if we needed to wait for Percy and Nico since they're both in New York.

Sally treats all of her sons the same way even if Nico and I are adopted. Despite that he was adopted before me, Nico's still much harder to handle. He reminds us that we're not his real family any chance he gets and he's more rebellious in his quiet way. That's why Sally sent him to live with Percy in New York when he got in trouble at a job. On the other hand, I welcome Sally and the Jackson's into my life since I don't remember anything about my past family if I had one. Sally and I have definitely bonded over the years, but I still feel weird about calling her mom. She doesn't complain about it though.

She signs and takes my hand. Three years ago, I would've pulled away. Instead, I squeeze her hand.

"Sally, what is it?" I ask her.

"Well, a friend of mine recommended me to a job a while ago. And I got accepted," she said, but I could tell that there was a catch.

"But?"

"But the job requires me to move to New York," she says quietly.

I pull away in surprise at her revelation. I gape and begin to protest.

"Sally, I finally got settled in L.A. I have friends, a girlfriend. I can't just leave them," I say.

I know I sound like a spoiled brat, but I'm really tired of moving around so much. Ever since I was abandoned at the age of two, I've been constantly moved from orphanage to orphanage. It took ten years before Sally adopted and we still had to move because of Percy's problems with his former gang. When I transferred to Jupiter High, I tried pushing people away, afraid that I'll have move again. It took about three months before Piper and Leo came to break down my walls. Now that I'm finally settled in, I have to move again.

"I know that you've just gotten used to living here in Los Angeles, but I really need this job, Jason," she says, a look of desperation on her face. "Percy has already talked about getting married to Annabeth. I'm also concerned about Nico. Don't you miss your brothers? Don't you want to be a part of their lives again?"

I sigh and look away from her. It's true that she needs this job because money has always been tight. She works at a candy store a couple blocks away and she still tries to squeeze in some night classes so she could be a writer. Getting this job could fulfill her dreams. Plus, I did miss Percy and Nico. I missed Percy more because he was always looking out for me like the little brother he always wanted. When we moved to Los Angeles, I used to complain about him smothering me more than Sally, but I secretly liked how he cared about me despite our ups and downs.

I look at Sally whose watching me and waiting for my opinion. I sigh and force myself to smile.

"Okay, we can go back to New York," I tell her and she sighs in relief and hugs me. I felt guilty for being so selfish and wanting to stay here so I hugged her tightly.

"Thank you, Jason," she says, smiling at me and ruffles my hair. "Don't worry. I'll give you time to say goodbye to your friends and Piper."

"Don't worry. I just need tonight," I say, thinking about Drew's Christmas party. Everyone I know will be there. "I want you to be happy, Sally. I owe it to you."

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