Meeting the Heroes Of Olympus

*XLV* Ian Olsen

I walk into work like any other day, walking straight to my desk next to Reyna. Reyna is one of my best friends. We are neighbors and desk mates at Olympus Architecture. She was going over a building sketch currently and I smiled. She's so cute with her brown hair pulled into a braid, in that purple dress she loves. Okay, so I like her but she's engaged so I know I won't get my chance with her. I log into my computer and start filling out some paperwork. "You excited?" I ask as I type the keyboard quickly. "Yeah. I'm gonna miss work though." She was getting married in two days and then a two week cruise with Jason, her current fiancée. "Oh, come on. Rey, how long has it been since you've took a single day off work. You eat lunch at your desk, and the only time you ever went out during hours was a year ago when Jason proposed at a picnic. You come in an hour early and leave two hours late. You live half an hour  away. You need this. Besides. That schedule doesn't work well with the Newlywed Activity Schedule." I wink, but sigh inside knowing Jason is best for her. "That's what Jason keeps saying. Except that last part obviously. God I can't wait to get that over with." She rolls her eyes and looks back to the sketch. You see, Regina's sister is super strict and so she has committed to abstinence till marriage just so her sister will stop chewing her out for guys being pigs that want sex. She'll weed them out with her abstinence and be with a man that loves her truly. That's how I know Jason is right for her. They were friends in Kindergarten and have been dating since high school after Jason had dated another girl- Piper- that is still one of their friends. So I'm excited for their wedding for her, despite I have that gut wrenching feeling that it should be me not him I know I can't intertwine and ruin their relationship.
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I, clad in a three price suit, sat down next to a girl with choppy brown hair and tan skin wearing a light pink off-the-shoulder dress. "Hi, I'm Ian Olsen." I say to her when she turns her head to see me. She smiles. "Piper Valdez." My eyes widen. "Piper? Are you the Piper?" I ask. She sighs and nods. "If you mean that Jason and I used to date yes. How do you know that?" She lowers her voice and clutched her pink clutch tightly as if it would save her if I tried to hurt her. I chuckled. "Calm down. I live a few doors down from them and Reyna's desk is right across from me at work." She let out a deep sigh of relief and her death grip on the Hermes clutch loosened. I heard the music start and so we all stood and turned to see Reyna. Her brown hair was down and wavy- a rare occurrence- and she had a silver bowl protruding out the back of her tiara. It came down to the middle of her back. She wore a sweetheart neckline off-white mermaid gown with lace forming sleeves. I felt the wind get knocked out of me. I glanced back at Jason and saw he was the same way. I smiled as her sister handed her off to Jason. My smile lasted the whole ceremony right up to the "I Do's". Reyna went first and she answered without hesitation. Jason hesitated. My smile faltered when his gaze shifted in my direction and I knew he was glancing at Piper. I looked at her too and she gave him an encouraging thumbs up. "I Do" he said. I smiled again. I knew they were right for each other. I looked at my hands and twisted the ring on my finger. My marriage band that haven't taken off since my wife died in the fire that moved me into the apartment a few doors down from Reyna and Jason. I look up at the sky and feel myself fighting back tears. I smash my palms into my eyes and swipe away the tears. I look back to the ring and slip it off my finger. I put into my coat pocket. "I'm sorry." I whisper. I look around the room. Everyone's eyes are glued to the couple. Except for one girl. She had firefly red hair and green eyes with flecks of gold in them. She was holding the hand of a little girl with her first red hair but electric blue eyes Jcan only assume are from her father. She looks about six. Both of them are looking around the room as well and I catch eyes with the mother. I smile at her. She smiles back.
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Okay his is if Rachel was *adult content* raped by Zeus and Apollo, thinking it was consensual, stripped her of her Oracle powers but let her live when he found out what he really did for she was supposed to die. But she was pregnant. The little girl's name is Merida. Yes. The Apollo kids took her in as well so yeah. Archery. ;)