ATHENA'S POV

I was sitting on my bed, in my private temple when my fellow goddess, Aphrodite, came,

storming in with a delirious look on her face.

"Athena," She said dreamily, "You finally fell in love, if I had known sooner; I would have helped you to seduce him long ago." Seduce? I don't want to seduce Fredrick. Yes, I have affection to the mortal, and his ways and manners, but I will not give up on the oath I took ages and ages ago, to remain virgin through and through, just for this one mortal.

"Aphrodite, I have no qualms to break my oath." I told her, the little brat, that technically

was older than me, was the most annoying person I have ever met.

"Nonsense, my darling, you mustn't be cursed for the rest of eternity, just for a laps of a

judgment when you were young. Really, Artemis has been giving you ideas since you were

born, and it did no good to you, and Hestia was no help as well…" I think this woman's

life mission was to insure that every woman on earth, above it, or underneath, would

experience the act of making love…

"Really, I do not wish to break my oath now, or ever," I told the brat.

"It seems I cannot talk some sense into you, my darling, for now. That will change soon; I

promise you that, I won't let you corrupt yourself, not on my watch." Corrupt? Is that really

what she thinks I am doing, when I keep true to my oath? It is not my fault I am not like her.

That my morals are higher than hers, after all, I would never cheat on my husband. And

even if I did I would have never let him catch me in the act…

"I will be going now, Athena, I do hope that you will come to your senses soon, I am afraid

that if not, it will be too late." She told me, a truly disappointed look on her face, and left my

temple.

Hours pass fast enough if you can find somewhat to occupy you while you are waiting to

something. And I found the perfect thing… One of my sons has published a book not so long

ago, which was highly surprising, considering the fact he has been cursed with dyslexia and

ADHD, much like the rest of my children… and I still haven't read it, so I took the copy that I

had bought, and cracked the book open, the unique smell of new books, that always pleased

me, wafted to my nose.

When it was only two hours before the wedding I let the book down, and started getting

ready. I sought after a dress that would fit my personality, the cold, quiet, logical woman

with the calm and powerful aura around her. The dress I choose in the end suited me the

best, the silvery grey silk flowed like water down my body, enchanting my eyes. Aphrodite

will be proud, even though it was never my intent. I was ready just in time; I arrived to the

entrance doors of the Empire State Building on the very second Fredrick had arrived to take

me to the wedding.

We rode in one of the limousines that were for the use of the best friends of the married

couple, with some of Fredrick's friends, whom I didn't know. The ride was pleasant enough.

Fredrick was so awed by my looks it took him few minutes before he could utter a word

or two. I can honestly say he looked handsome. For a mortal, of course; it is hard to see a

mortal as a handsome one after seeing one of my brothers, yet Fredrick looked wonderful,

and I told him just that.

We arrived to the wedding location in 20 minutes; it was nice enough, nothing like I was

used to, but nice. The wedding ceremony was short, to my surprise, and I couldn't stop

the mussing about what would it be like if mortals still believed in us, the Olympians,

how people used to worship us ages ago, the honor, the love. I miss those days, I don't

think there is anyone who doesn't; those were our days of glory, the start of the western

civilization.

The ceremony was followed by a small reception, the food was nice, and so was the

music, even though I never liked this era's music, and the wine that was served was not

terrible. Fredrick enjoyed himself immensely, and even agreed, for the sake of the groom

to participate in a drinking game, that left him as drunk as he ever was. I, of course, was left

to take care of him, and take him back to the hotel which he resided in. It wasn't a problem.

I knew where the hotel was and could tell the Taxi driver where to go, but Fredrick didn't

make this trip very easy. He kept asking me if I wanted to go up to his room, and touching

my upper arms and knee, it would have been funny if I wasn't so angry then, he couldn't

help being a gentleman even when he was drunk and trying to seduce me.

I took him to his room, and decided to stay for a while. He took it as a chance to try and

seduce me once again. I couldn't help but feeling sorry for him.

Eventually, he fell asleep, and I left back to the Olympus, thinking about Fredrick, and the

bad headache he would have to bear for quite a few hours after he woke up. Feeling sorry

for him, I quickly returned to his hotel room and left a note, telling him I would see him later

the next day. Making my way to the Olympus for the last time that day, I felt a tad bit better

than I did only moments before. I even had the power to stand Aphrodite's questions.

Oh hey It's me, PenOverSword (obviously) just reminding you ALL credit goes to SkylerRavenClaw from now on if you didn't know already, so thanks Skyler! By the way I was thinking of maybe doing a one-shot of a story, just for the heck of it, I want you guys to vote for which of the following One-shots I should do:

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