Aftermath-Percabeth

Chapter Forty-One

"Annabeth!" Percy's voice yelled hoarsely from across their apartment, causing Annabeth to rush into Charlie's room.

"What's wrong? Is Charlie okay?!" she asked frantically, only to see Percy hoisting their child into view.

"Look at how cute he is in his little baby tuxedo!" Percy squealed, causing Annabeth to roll her eyes.

"I thought something was wrong!" she said angrily, scooping Charlie into her arms. "Is Marina ready?"

Percy nodded. "Yeah, she's in the kitchen. Almost ready to go? I think Leo would kill us if we were late."

Annabeth shrugged and peered down at herself. "Are we too fancy? Knowing Leo he's probably wearing sweats."

"No, Calypso would kill him," Percy assured her. "You look great. Now let's get a cab."

~

The venue was quite small but quiet. The only visible guests were demigods, satyrs, and nymphs.

"You watch Charlie, I'll go see if Calypso is ready," Annabeth said, handing the baby to Percy. "Come on, Marina."

Marina had been chosen as the flower girl and, although she was only two years old and barely understood the role, she was very impressed.

Annabeth was one of Calypso's bridesmaids along with Piper and Hazel.

"Can I come in?" Annabeth asked as she reached a door she knew Calypso to be in.

"Annabeth, is that you? Come on in!"

Annabeth walked in to see Calypso. She was wearing a plain white dress with gold accents, not unlike the dresses she wore on her island. Her caramel colored hair bounced freely and her smile was wider than Annabeth had ever seen.

"Auntie C is a princess!" Marina babbled, rushing over to Calypso, who smiled. Marina called all of their friends uncles and aunts, but she called Calypso Auntie 'C' since she couldn't pronounce Calypso.

"Aww, thank you," Calypso said, pulling Marina into a hug. "If I'm a princess, so are you since you're flower girl."

Marina grew a great grin on her face and wrapped her arms around Calypso. "I'm flower girl!"

Annabeth laughed as Marina stumbled back over towards her. "That's all she's been talking about since you asked her....it's rather adorable. Hey, where are the others?"

"I dunno. I guess you're early," she said with a small shrug. "You look nice."

"Thanks, but you're the real beautiful one here," Annabeth replied, causing Calypso to blush. "How are you feeling? Nervous?"

Calypso sighed. "I dunno. A bit I guess. Isn't everyone nervous?"

I wasn't.

"Yeah, that's pretty normal," Annabeth lied. Before Calypso could respond, the door opened revealing Piper wearing a grin.

"Oh my Gods, Calypso, you look radiant!" Piper said, pulling her into a hug. "Are you all ready? Leo hasn't annoyed you too much yet?"

Calypso rolled her eyes. "No, Pipes. He's actually been amazing during all of this. I don't know how, but he actually enjoyed wedding planning!"

Piper smiled. "He's a good guy, I swear. If he wasn't I wouldn't let you marry him."

"Where's Hazel?" Annabeth asked, suddenly aware of her absence. "Is she running late?"

"She was just behind me," Piper said. Then, as if one cue, a soft knock alerted them of Hazel's arrival. "Come in, Hazel!"

Hazel opened the door wearily before smiling at them. "Hey guys, sorry I'm a bit late. Uh, we just got the signal, we should get going soon...."

Calypso nodded. "Alright then, let's do this...."

~

The ceremony was quick and brief, and Leo and Calypso wasted no time getting to their party.

The party was long and, like Leo and Calypso, extravagant.

"And now we're calling all the single ladies down to the floor to catch the bouquet!"

Annabeth watched as all the single women shuffled onto the floor. Marina watched from her lap.

"Do you want to go up?" Annabeth whispered in Marina's ear. She nodded softly. Annabeth smiled and led Marina up to the dance floor, causing Calypso to wink at them.

After a few moments, Calypso threw her bouquet, which (not surprisingly) flew towards Marina's small hands.

There was a mixture of sighs, applause, awwwws, and laughs. Calypso herself went up to them.

"You did it! You're getting married next, Mari," Calypso said, causing Marina to giggle. "Could I have this dance?"

Annabeth smiled. "I think Marina would love that."

Annabeth returned to the head table where Percy and Charlie were waiting for her.

"Hey," Hazel said, pulling her chair closer to theirs. "How are you guys? How's the little cutie!"

"I'm fine," Percy replied with a sly grin. Annabeth rolled her eyes. "How are you?"

Then Frank appeared next to Hazel. "Hello. Hazel, did you tell them?"

Annabeth raised an eyebrow. "Tell us what?"

"Uh..." Frank said, his face bright red. Hazel nodded at him, causing him to smile. "We're engaged...."

"Congrats!" Percy and Annabeth said in unison, causing Hazel and Frank to cringe.

"Not so loud! We don't want to ruin Leo and Calypso's day!" Hazel said, in a true Hazel fashion.

Annabeth smiled. "You two are too good. Well, congrats."

Frank returned her smile and wrapped an arm around Hazel. "We're also retiring from the Legion and moving to New York."

"Really?!" Percy asked before lowering his voice to a whisper after Annabeth glared at him. "That's....great, you guys! We'll get to see you way more now...."

"Oh my, it's already eleven! We should probably get going," Hazel said wearily, causing Percy and Annabeth to smile. They bid their goodbyes before focusing on the dance floor one again.

"I love you," Percy whispered into Annabeth's ear, still causing her to blush after all these years....