Percy and Annabeth-Their future

Starry Night

I looked at Logan's crooked smile and knew that I couldn't say no. 

"Sure," I smiled. "She'll love it."

It was Sophia's birthday. She had gone to get a manicure with some of her friends, and was due home any minute. 

A huge blue box sat out on the driveway. I knew what it contained, but she didn't. 

"Hey Mom," Sophia walked in, smiling at the French manicure she'd gotten. "What's the box on the driveway?"

"It's a birthday present, sweetie! Why don't you go open it? I doubt we could bring it inside." She laughed, then ran outside. I watched from the window, eager to see the outcome. 

Sophia opened the box, peering inside. 'Happy Birthday' was playing in the background. Then this huge blue cake popped up with a slice ready to be taken out. As she removed the piece of cake, she screamed. Because the hole in the cake revealed Logan's smiling face, and PROM? was etched on the inside. 

"How did you pull this off?" I wondered out loud. Percy and I never really got to go to our prom... We were too busy saving the world. 

"Sophia, would you do me the honor of being my date to Senior Prom in two weeks? I know this is super late, but I needed it to be you birthday so-"

"YES!" She screamed, kissing him. I smiled. So now it begins.

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"All my friends have already bought their dresses, so would you guys come help me?" Lena and Taylor looked like Sophia had just asked them if they wanted to be her bridesmaids. 

"Oh gods, YES!" Lena screamed. Taylor was smiling like a mad man. 

"Can we go now?" She asked. Sophia looked to me, as if waiting for my permission. 

"Can we, Mom?" I smiled.

"Only if you let me come," 

"Sure," Sophia smiled. Then she whispered in my ear. "That's what I had been planning on, and I'd be honored."

We walked into the store, and Taylor's eyes almost bulged out of her head. "There are so many dresses!"

Lena ran to the first one she saw. Soon she had her arms full with dresses. So did Taylor. 

"Try these on!" They said in unison. 

I watched as Sophia disappeared into the dressing room. It reminded me that in just a few months, she'd be making her way to college. She'd already decided where she was going: Stanford. 

It seemed far, but that was because the farthest we'd ever let her go was... well, we let her go to Greece to find Logan when she was 14, but that doesn't count. Well, maybe it does, but... I couldn't believe she was going to college. 

Sophia stepped out of the dressing room in a turquoise dress, making my thoughts of her and college and whether or not Greece counted stop. It was beautiful, but her face wasn't.

"You don't like it?" Taylor moaned. "It was one of my picks!" 

Sophia smiled at her little sister, already 13 years old. "No, it just... It's a bit much, with all these sparkles and stuff... I just wanted something simple." 

Lena nodded. "Take one of mine," She smiled. "They're pretty simple." 

Lena had been right- her dress was simple. Plain white, with a little sequined belt around the waist.