Heroes of Olympus Children

Graduation

A/N: Another time jump yay! Hope you all are excited for this chapter, I know I am. The pitcure is of Angel's graduation dress.

Months had passed since Jake's accident, after two weeks of pouting and refusing the speak to Lily Alex finaly had enough and shouted at the two teens to figure out their problems before they were forced into the 'make-up situation'. The 'make-up situation' was a cruel punishment in the teens eyes. Piper's dad had a house in the mountians only a few miles away from Tahoe in California. If anyone was refusing to so much look at eachother they'd have to spend a full week at the cabin, which only had one bedroom and bathroom. Lily quickly apologized to Jake who mumbled a thank you under his breath before he was whisked away to physical therapy.

Of course Jake was one of those people who had a stroke of good luck after something bad happened. So he studied a bit more, and by that he actualy opened his textbooks and took notes, and his grades improved enough to the point where he was accepted to Santa Clara without a football scholarship. Lily hadn't joined in on the celebration, too busy thinking about her fight with Jake and her reply from the four colleges she applied to.

Trenton had gotten a scholarship opportunity from CSU, but he turned it down to go to Stanford who gladly accepted him. Angel was accepted into Princeton without a second thought. Alex got into Penn. State. And Lily had yet to get a reply from any of the places she applied to.

Now the oldest five were graduating high school and going off to the big world of college and, almost, real life. Angel had been originaly picked for Validictorian, turning the chance down because she didn't do well in front of crowds. After weeks of her family saying she should take the opportunity, and more turn downs from other students Angel reluctantly accepted.

Lily was sitting next to Alex close to the edge were Jake sat in his wheelchair, the blond teen would be able to have a prostetic leg by the end of the summer, and Angel who sat next to Trenton.

"Can you actually believe it?" Angel squealed as they sat down. "We're graduating! We get to go into the real world. Go to college, graduate and start our careers. Isn't it exciting?"

"Sure." Lily shurgged half raisning her shoulder in a shrug of sorts.

"Buzzkill." Alex muttered as their principal started talking.

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By the time Angel had to go up to give her speech, the dark skinned girl was a ball of nerves and anxiety.

"Ahem." she started, taking a deep breath. "Well what can I say except that I'm graduating from high school. This has pretty much been my only thought since last month. I-I never truly thought about what my graduation would be like until today. I mean in my imagination someone would come up on stage and represent our class and maybe shed a few tears during their speech, my fellow students would cry and hug eachother afterwards promising to keep in touch, and most importantly the parents and siblings and really just the families up in the stands watching us.

"Now you families think you-you're honored to be h-here watching your children, siblings, neices, nephews, and cousins graduating. But in all honesty we are honored that you decided to come here this evening. You inspired us all the way through this place. Most students called it a hell-hole, I'm ce-certian that some still do. But in any case we wouldn't be here without you guys.

"Now I'm not one for public speaking, in fact I'm st-still stuttering somewhat and feel like I'm gonna pass out, but despite all that I feel confident in my saying that every single person sitting in these seats, trying not to fall asleep as I talk, will do great things." She tucked a lock of her hair behind her right ear. "I'm not just saying that because, well let's face it everyone who's been up here so far has said the same thing, but I really believe that. I wouldn't be surprised if Kelly O'Neal becomes the first female president. In fact every student can agree with me in saying that she has th-the drive and ca-capability to do so."