Son of the Sun

Chapter 15- This Was A Great Year

Somehow, Christmas time came around once again. It was a day before my anniversary of arriving at camp. I visited Chiron at the Big House.
"Chiron, tomorrow is my one year anniversary of coming here!" I told him. He nodded.
"And so is Christmas Eve," he replied.
"So we have some time off?" I asked.
Chiron nodded again.
I realized that Brittany and I started dating on Christmas Day.
I thought back to all my adventures. Brittany's birthday on Valentine's Day, our dating anniversary on Christmas, and our first thanksgiving at camp. I remembered my first quest to save Thalia and Nico. The time we saved Brittany. The time my friends rescued me. I walked to the Aphrodite cabin. I remembered my first kiss with Brittany. I remembered the day I got here with Grover.
"Dram Queen?" I called. I remembered when we came up with our nicknames. Brittany's was Drama Queen since she liked acting and she was a daughter of Aphrodite. I was Music Man because I like playing music and my dad, Apollo, was partially the god of music.
"Yes?" Brittany answered, walking out the cabin. I grabbed her hand.
"It's Christmas time! And almost our anniversary," I told her. I kissed her cheek and we walked around. Percy and Annabeth came and joined us.
"Remember your party, Percy?" I asked.
"Yup, that was great," Percy replied.
"Good times," Annabeth said, a single tear running down her cheek. How I noticed that, I'm not sure.
Jason and Piper came and walked along.
"Hey guys," I said, "we're just taking a stroll through memory lane.
"Oh well... could we continue this later? We got stuff to do!" Jason explained.
So on Christmas Day, all six of us walked together down memory lane. We talked and laughed. We remembered the good times we had together. We told stories and jokes. We also exchanged some gifts as we walked.
"Jagger! You gotta kiss Brittany," Percy said grinning.
"Yeah!" Piper added.
"Why?" Brittany asked.
"There's a mistletoe above your heads!" Annabeth answered.
I looked up. Jason was levitating upside down. He was holding the mistletoe attached to a string.
"Kiss! Kiss!" Jason chanted.
"Gladly," I replied. I leaned in toward Brittany and kissed her on the lips. I winked at her.
"Oooooh!" Everyone said together.
I broke away. "You know what guys? This year was awesome!" I said.
And that was the truth. This was a great year.