Happily Ever After (Finally!)

Annabeth III

Hey people! Welcome back! Please enjoy chapter three!

Sadly, I only own the plot of this story. All rights and characters belong to Rick Riordan.

Annabeth's POV:

I looked up in front of me. I saw little Estelle Blofis throwing flowers down the aisle walking with a new Athena camper named Alex who was the ring bearer.

Then the bridesmaids and groomsmen started coming. Thalia walked in first, linked arms with Grover. Thalia was my Maid of Honor and Grover was Percy's best man.

Thalia was wearing a dress that was tight at the top and flowed down at the bottom. The top was sea green and there was an ombré down to the bottom where it eventually turned gray.  Grover was wearing a black tuxedo with a red rose boutonnière and a sea green shirt underneath. All the bridesmaids and groomsmen were dressed the same.

Next came Piper and Jason, Hazel and Frank, Leo and Calypso, Nico and Reyna wanted to walk down together like siblings, Katie and Travis, Miranda and Connor, Clarisse and Chris, and Kayla and Will.

Then the bridal music started playing and everyone sitting in the chairs at Firework's Beach stood up, as I walked with Chiron down the aisle.

All I could do was look Percy directly in the eye the entire time, and smile so big, I though my face might split in half.

"You look amazing," Percy mouthed to me.

"Not so bad yourself," I replied.

He did a sort of mock bow to me and I tried to hold in my laughter.

We got to the alter and Chiron passed my hands to Percy's.

"Dearly beloved. We gathered here today, to witness the..." I looked up shocked to see Hera marrying us. She didn't even falter at my glare.

I guess she technically is the goddess of marriage so this would make it a more official wedding, but I really hate her.

She still hadn't stopped talking, and I was getting lost in Percy's gorgeous sea green eyes.

They seemed to swirl even more today, like they did when he was excited or nervous. Or both.

The blue rim around his pupils seemed to be glowing as he looked positively over the moon.

"Annabeth, do you have vows prepared?" I was snapped out of my daydream by Hera's evil voice saying my name.

I nodded and pulled out my paper that was tucked into my veil.

"Percy, I honestly don't even know where to begin," I started. "You're my best friend, the best friend I could ever have. You've been with me through so much, and I'm so glad that I met you. I feel like I'm a better person when I'm around you, I'm not as prideful, I'm more aware. I'm aware of you. I love you so much, Percy. And I couldn't think of anyone else I would rather spend the rest of my life with," I struggled to get out the end because I had tears in my eyes that were threatening to fall.

Hera looked at Percy expectantly and he realized that it was his turn to speak.

"Annabeth—I have known you for so long. We've been best friends since we were twelve years old, and have been dating since we were 16. We've been engaged since we were 23, and we are currently 24. Annabeth, I love you with all my heart. You have no idea how much you mean to me—I would do anything for you. It's crazy to me how fast time flies, sometimes we were having fun, most times we were fighting for our lives. But it's flown nonetheless and it is finally our wedding day. We have an apartment in New Athens to go home to, and a portal to an entirely other camp and town that's safe for us. You may have never expected us to get anywhere when we were twelve, but I always knew. When I first saw you, my first thought was that you looked like a princess. When I got to know you, I started calling you Wise Girl, because you are the smartest person I have ever met. We are done with college, it's just us, with no more interruptions from the fates, hopefully. You will never know how much I love you, but I intend to prove it to you for the rest of my life. I love you so much Annabeth," Percy said to me, with so much emotion it was hard to take it all in. "I will never stop loving you," he insisted. I nodded my head at him, a huge smile plastered on my face identical to the one on his.

"Okay then, Percy do you take Annabeth to be you're lawfully wedded wife to have and hold, in sickness and in health, for as long as you both shall live?" Hera asked.

"I do, I swear on the River of Styx," Percy said.

Thunder rumbled.

I smiled at him, the River of Styx oath was our secret.

Hera turned to me.

"Annabeth do you take Percy to be you're lawfully wedded husband to have and hold, in sickness and in health, for as long as you both shall live?" Hera asked.

"I do, I swear it on the River of Styx," I promised.

More thunder.

"Then by the power vested in me, by uh, my godliness, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride," Hera said.

We didn't wait for her to tell us twice.

Percy and I kissed like there was no tomorrow, and I still felt the fireworks from that night, so long ago, after the war, on August 18th, Percy's sixteenth birthday.

And I know they will never go away.

There you go! Chapter three is up! I hope you enjoyed!

QUESTION OF THE CHAPTER:

How old was Luke in The Lightning Thief?

Thanks for reading! Love you all!

-Beth :)