Andi's POV
I couldn't sleep that night. I tossed and turned, for about most of the night. I would occasionally doze off, but then I'd wake up every hour. I stood up, sick of not able to sleep, and walked away from the camp. I walked and walked until I got to the lake and sat down on the cool grass.
I put my head in my hands, thinking there was no ways to get the trident when it's around Triton's neck and survive.
Damn it was cold out here! I lay down on my stomach on the ground, playing with the water with my finger.
"What are you doing out here?" a voice asked. I turned around, seeing Percy sitting down next to me.
"Can't sleep, you?" I said. He smiled, thinking of lousy comeback.
"What do you think will happen if we don't get the trident back?" he asked, changing the subject. I shrugged, not knowing either.
"Don't know, maybe Triton will help Puke bring Kronuts back from the dead real, without all the body possessing." I said. He looked like he was in real, deep thought. Then I remembered something. "Percy, remember when we thought our dad's named us for a reason? What do you think that reason would be now?" I asked.
"I have no idea. Maybe both our dads wanted a kid named something to do with mythology?" he guesses.
"If they wanted to do that, they would've named us Minotaur and Hellhound. Maybe for you, Spongebob." I said laughing. He started to fake laugh. I stood up, going back to the tent when Percy grabbed my waist and tackled me to the ground. I was still laughing the entire time. Percy was literally sitting on me, both legs on each side of my body, and he was smiling an evil smile.
"Don't. You. Dare!" I said. He nodded slowly then started to tickle me.
Then, right while we were outside, it started to pour in rain. We were soaked in less then a minute; yes Percy decided to get wet.
"S-s-stop!" I squealed, laughing my ass off.
"Nope, don't want to!" he said, laughing.
"Percy! Please stop, I'll do anything you want!" I surrendered.
"I thought my name was Spongebob?" he asked.
"Who cares?" I said.
He stopped tickling me, finally. I was breathing hard because he had tickled me for so long. It was still raining of course. Percy was about less than a centimeter from me, driving me crazy.
"Anything I want?" he whispered, his breath smelling like chocolate chip cookies.
I raised my head a little, making our noses touch. Even the simplest touch caused me to crave more.
Looking at him looking down on me with so much love made my heart beat faster. Even through the rain and the lightning, I could see his sea green eyes which were now in-between light and dark. They looked live waves of the ocean, making me feel as if I was actually swimming in the ocean. They looked straight into my eyes, making my mind go hazy.
I pressed our noses closer together, our lips barely touching. He was impatient and untamed, like the ocean itself as he tried to close the gap between us.
"Anything you want." I breathed against his lips. Our foreheads and noses were touching, the contact between our skin felt amazing.
"Kiss me," he mumbled, yet firmly.
Without a second thought, I grabbed the front of his t-shirt and smashed my lips to his.
One of his hands was behind my neck, while the other was on my waist. Our noses kept touching every time we turned our heads. I felt his tongue scrape my lip. I opened my mouth, letting him explore. It was… wonderful. I can't describe this kiss. I forgot about everything around me, the fight with Triton, the whole Prophecy, camp, and even the gods.
I could spend the whole night kissing this handsome man on top of me . . . and that's what we pretty much did.
On Olympus No dude's POV
"About time they start dating! Took them long enough!" grumbled Hades, who was just visiting his siblings.
"Well, took us long enough to get some good heroes at camp, but look now!" Athena said. All the gods and goddesses were on Olympus, spying on the two demigods making out.
"At least we're all happy it happened." Aphrodite said cheerfully.
"Not all of us." Ares and Apollo said. Let's just say they both have a crush on the daughter of the fire god.
"Never thought I would say this in my life, and that's a long time, but Jackson's one lucky kid." Ares said.
Back to Andi's POV
It was now 11:30 am. We were going to use the pearls to get to Olympus, but the only problem would be, what about the gods? Where will they be? Then again, Puke and Triton did freeze them once, they could so it again. I was packing up for the fight. I was nervous as hell. I mean, sure I fought a god before, but not one that can control water, which is like everywhere around the world!
"Ready?" I asked Percy when he came up behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist and putting his chin on my shoulder.
"Not really. You?" Percy asked back. I shook my head, thinking that one of us won't come back. Percy took out two pearls from his pockets and handed one to me. I thought of the Empire State Building and stepped on the pearl, watching the blue smoke swirl around me. I closed my eyes, still hoping this was a dream, bad, with my shitty luck, it was reality. I opened my eyes to see that I was in front of the building, where tourist from all around the world come and see the City that Never Sleeps!
"Shit!" Percy whined, falling on his butt in the process of the pearl transportation thing. I laughed, helping him up. "Not funny." He warned, trying to hide in his laugh. People were looking at us with weird looks, but we didn't care. We walked into the building, fought with the stupid, teenage guy to let us go to the 600th floor, and then went in the elevator. We were passing the 300th floor when I realized we were very close to facing Triton and Puke.
I noticed I was shaking like I was in Antarctica with only a swimsuit on. I felt Percy take my hand in his and gave it a reassuring squeeze. I smiled at him, trying to let him know that I'm not scared. That's when the doors opened to reveal the clouds black as night time, the buildings on Olympus were falling to pieces, and water was flooding the place. I squeezed Percy's hand tighter, trying to get out of this nightmare.
"Come on, you and I are going to be fine. Know why?" Percy said. I shook my head, only because I wanted to know what he was about to say.
"Because you're Andi Turner. You're one of the best sword fighters I've ever seen and I know," He said, pulling me close and resting his forehead on mine. "That both of those assholes won't see what's coming to them." He finshed with a big grin on his face. I had to smile. He pulled me into a hug for about five minutes. When we let go, we started to walk towards the biggest building here. We opened the door only to find the gods were gone… again, and Puke and Triton were already there.
"Right on time." Luke said. I took out my pen and clicked it, Percy did the same thing.
"Ready, Puke? Triton?" I asked, twirling my sword around like a piton. They nodded, Luke standing in front of Percy, Triton standing in front of me.
Soon, the battle began. I striked for Triton, but he moved and got my leg. Asshole! I winced, then thrusted my sword at him again, scratching his shirt.
(A/N: 10 minutes later, I suck at describing fight scenes.)
I was breathing hard, Triton was winning. I looked over at Percy to see him kicking Puke's ass. Go Percy!
Triton knocked me to the ground, getting on top of me and knocking all the wind out of my lungs.
"You know, it's such a shame killing such a sexy girl like yourself. Kind of hard for me." He whispered seductively in my ear.
"Thank you for that nasty comment. But I realized something, you were right." I said.
"Right about what?" he asked. I kicked him off and sat on him instead. Then I whispered in his ear.
"You were right about me being feisty and not liking you." I got up, and tried to help Percy, but Triton held me back. I started to punch him, kick him, etc. then I saw the trident was still around his neck.
I had to do something. Then I did something that would be utterly disgusting and distracting, I wrapped my hand around his neck, and kissed him.
He kissed back as soon as possible. On the back of his neck, I untied the knot from the string holding the trident. I had it safely in my hands. Before I could back away, Triton pushed me back, unsheathed his sword, and pushed the sword right through my stomach.
Percy's POV
I saw the sword go right through Andi's stomach. She gasped, no pain coming to her face whatsoever.
"Andi!" I screamed. Everything seemed to go in slow motion when she fell to the floor, bleeding.
"Looks like our work here is done." Luke said, wiping off his hands and disappearing in a flash, so did Triton. I dropped my sword, running to her before it even hit the ground. Blood was everywhere now.
"Andi, come on. Don't die on me now." I begged. She smiled a little, probably thinking of something to say. I grabbed her head gently and put it on my lap. Tears were stinging in my eyes, ready to come pouring out.
"I'm g-going t-t-to be fine. Justa s-scratch." She said, the blood was coming out faster. That's when the tears came.
"Don't leave me Andi, please. Nothing'll be the same." I cried.
"Promise me something, and keep this promise." She said weakly. I nodded, not able to say anything. "Promise me you'll move on, find somebody to love; the kid thing might be still unknown." She said. I chuckled, tears still pouring out.
"Promise me. Don't be depressed because your friend died." She took my hand and hers, intertwining our fingers together. I took her hand and kissed it, letting her know I'll never, in a million years, forget her.
She took something out of her pocket, an envelope with my name written on it. "Read this when in your cabin, alone. It's embarrassing, so if anyone else sees it, I'll haunt you from the Underworld." She said with a small smile.
I took it in my hands, putting it in my back pocket. Her eyes were closing, but I begged her to keep them open. I was caressing her head, trying to keep her alive by my sweatshirt soaking up all her blood.
"I'm sorry Andi." I said.
"F-for what?" she asked.
"For you not able to have a happy life. For not protecting you like I promised." I explained, sniffling.
"Percy, with you around I was always happy. You gave m-me this feeling that I was save with you a-all the time. And I was." She mumbled, her words getting quieter.
"Until now. Pige, please don't leave me. There's so many things I need to say to you." I sobbed harder.
She smiled painfully.
"Guess this would be a g-g-good time to say I've had a huge crush on you since forever huh?"
Woah back up.
"And it wasn't your job to protect me in the first place." She continued. "But, look what I got."
She lifted her hand to show the trident in her hands. It was around a piece of string, just dangling there.
"Oh my gods Andi, you did it." I said.
"Yeah . . . love makes you do crazy things . . . " she kept mumbling. Not even seconds after that, she never spoke again. Never breathed again.
"Andi, you did it. Andi?" I looked to see her eyes closed, her face pale, and her body limp in my hands. "No. No, NO! No, you can't leave me Andi." I cried out.
"Andi, I love you! I've loved you since we were twelve years old and I still do! Please, please come back!" I screamed in pure agony and love. I brought my lips to her now cold ear. "Andi please come back to me. I'll do anything to have you back. Please Andi, I love you." I cried harder just knowing she wasn't going to come back.
Just then all the gods burst through the doors, looking around to see what happened. I put my ear to her chest, looking for a heartbeat. There was none. I tried to give her mouth to mouth, but that wouldn't help.
I heard Aphrodite scream in horror at the sight of the body of Andi on the floor.
"Wake up Andi! You can't be dead." I whispered. I couldn't believe this, my best friend, and now the girl I loved but never told, was dead. Then the prophecy made sense.
Two years after the great war. That's now.
Love between fire and water shall soar. Me and Andi fell in love.
The one who was thought to have died. Luke, who shouldn't be alive at all.
Must be killed by the ones who tried. Still unknown, but maybe we kill him for good in the future?
Sadly, the only daughter of the fire god shall die in the son of the sea god's hands. Andi dies in my arms after being stabbed by Triton.
May he only choose between Olympus or his love shall the world turn to sand. Still don't know.
After they carried her body out, I was told to go back to camp and break the news to Chiron, so he could tell the camp. I know I wouldn't be able to tell them, not even sure I'll be able to speak at the funeral. All I do know, is that when I get home from camp, Andi's not going to be waiting for me. She's not going to make some smartass comeback, not going to be sarcastic, or able to kick my ass at fighting. Because Andi Turner, was gone. She was killed. She was not on earth anymore.
Before I left, I had to watch the gods telling Hephaestus that his daughter was dead.
I've never seen a god cry harder then I did just then.
They had to take him out of the room to the forges, since the room was sound proof. Aphrodite was being calmed down by Athena and Demeter, Ares was even sad!
I couldn't take it anymore. I ran out of the throne room to the room they took her.
"Percy!" I heard my dad's voice, but I ignored it.
I found the room and ran inside, locking the door behind me. I was breathing hard, from all the running. I walked to the bed that had the body of my best friend, who was covered with a blanket so her face wouldn't show.
I carefully tugged the blanket off, so it would just cover her legs. Tears were pouring out again, like they never stopped. I couldn't get the fact that she was dead. I was just waiting for her to sit up and yell "Boo!" and start laughing. But when I tried to listen to her heart, it was dead silent.
I started doing CPR on her, like she was just unconscious. My mind was telling me to save her, trying to get her to breathe again. I started to do mouth to mouth, hoping she would breathe.
"Andi come on! Wake up! You can't be gone; we said we were going to beat him together." I yelled. What made me realize what I did was stupid, seeing the blood on my shirt. It wasn't my blood, but hers. I was never going to hear her voice again, I was never going to see her eyes, the eyes I loved so much. I'm not going to see her beat the crap of Clarisse or make some sarcastic comeback to her enemies. She wasn't going to see her best friend get married, even though she promised him she would be there.
As I did before, I leaned down to her ear. "Come on love, please wake up. I want to hear your voice again, I want to see your gorgeous brown eyes everyday, and I want to hold you in my arms again. I want you to be mine and mine only. Please Pige, for the love of gods, please wake up. For me?"
Silence.
I sobbed even harder than before, the pain in my chest becoming unbearable. She had so much to live for. Finding a man who treats her like royalty, getting married, having kids, growing old and then dying in her sleep. But no, the Fates chose to flush all of that down the toilet and cut her string at the age of 17.
I kissed her lips and her forehead, looked at her beautiful face one last time, and brought the blanket back up over her face.
The door burst open, revealing my dad and my… mom?
"Mom, what are you doing here?" I said, wiping my nose with my sleeve. She didn't say anything, but she gave me a hug, letting me cry into her shoulder. "Percy, you should really just go to camp." My dad said. I nodded, looking at my friend for the last time. I left the room with my mom, trying not to collapse crying. I remembered to check my pocket to see if the envelope from Andi was still there. It was the only thing I had left of her, and I plan on reading like she told me to.
Poseidon cabin
I was at camp, in my cabin. I just watched Chiron tell the news to the campers, who wanted to kick Luke and Triton's ass as soon as possible like I did. Even Clarisse wanted to kill him, not that she didn't before. All the girls, Tori, Lily, etc, cried as well. Grover and Erin cried, but the saddest thing was seeing Andi's brothers cry. Beckendorf you never see cry. Everyone tried to say sorry to me but I went straight to my cabin. I lay down on my bed, hoping if I fall asleep I would wake up to see her face, smiling, or laughing at me doing something really stupid.
But I couldn't sleep, every time I close my eyes, I see the sword going through her, killing her. I got up, and walked out the door. It was like, 3 in the morning so nobody was awake probably. I ran to the woods, where no one would hear me. I looked for a tree that wasn't a home to a nymph. I started to kick it, punch it, even though it hurt like hell. I did that for about a good five minutes. When I stopped, I dropped to the ground crying. I couldn't get the fact out of my head that this was my fault. Everything was my fault, Triton had made that very clear before. I remembered the letter on my nightstand, the only thing I had left of Andi.
I got up and ran for my cabin. I grabbed the letter off my nightstand, ripping it open. There was two pieces of paper in it. The first one looked like a list. I picked it up and started to read it:
Percy: Pros and Cons
Pros:
Good sword fighter
Makes me laugh when I'm sad
Protective, even when I don't want it!
Cute
Love his eyes
Doesn't act like the Stoll brothers.
Not sexist
Can kick Puke's ass
Awesome powers!
Believes in me
Trustworthy
Honest
Love his smile
Cons:
Can be annoying at times
Overprotective
Sucks at singing
Can't dance either
His ego
Always throws me into a lake, river, pool, anything with water
He makes me love him… more than a friend.
I reread the last one about 10 times. I took out the letter, hoping it's not going to be a cheesy will like in the movies. Boy was I wrong.
Dear Percy,
If you're reading this, I'm probably dead. If your wondering how I know that is when I fell asleep on the plane, I saw what was going to happen. My funeral, the way I died, well, not that but I saw the funeral. Don't be crying over me 24/7 because I will come back from the Underworld and haunt you, see if you're crying then.
I'm hoping you'll keep that promise you made me, yes I planned the whole thing, beside the way I died. Try to live again, don't be one of those depressed people on movies that lost a loved one. Tell Grover I'm sorry that I couldn't see him get married; tell Juniper I'm sorry too. Tell the girls I'll miss them; tell Erin that he was fun to have around. The Stoll brothers, tell them not to mess up any dates with girls, or they'll get their asses kicked.
And you, there's so much to say, but you'll probably be waking up soon in the seat next to me. It's not your fault that I died, so stop blaming yourself. I'll remember the days at Montauk, getting kicked out of the same schools together, trying to drown each other at the beach, which I couldn't do, the time you tried to cook and I pretended to choke. People always told me how we'd be perfect for each other. To be honest, I'm starting to believe it. Even the gods think we should be dating!
I never thought I would say this through a letter, but, I love you Percy. I always have and always will. And I don't mean like a brother, or family, like boyfriend and girlfriend love. Remember the first night this whole Luke's back thing started? How the prophecy was in my dream? Well, I didn't tell you the whole thing. Luke said he was going to kidnap me, did it, and you would come since you loved me. That was way before I even believed I loved you. I didn't want to believe that you loved me because it would ruin our friendship that we shared for 18 years! I hope you remember all the fun times we had, weird memories, etc. Hope you never forget me; just don't think about me all the time.
Love,
Andi Turner
P.S.~ I wouldn't mind being married to you.
I looked at the bottom to see the picture of me and her dancing in our wedding clothes when we were six. I was crying again, knowing I wasn't the only one in love. I never even told her, but she told me through a letter. I soon fell asleep, thinking about our first kiss, with the letter in my hands…
It's two weeks since she died; the funeral was a week ago. I didn't say anything; nobody said anything either, besides Grover, Erin, and Molly. Right now, I'm walking in the woods, bored as shit. I haven't spoken to anybody at all, I've been mostly locked in my cabin, knowing she's not going to be anywhere in the world, no matter how many times I look for her.
I sat down on the ground, leaning against a tree that had a little river in front of it. I closed my eyes, only to see hers staring back at me. I opened them in a blink of an eye, hoping these pictures would just go away. I sighed, hearing footsteps behind me. I looked to it was my dad, in teenager form.
"Wow, dad." I said. He chuckled, turning into a 40 year old. Now I feel better, knowing my dad wasn't the same age as me.
"You feeling alright? You know, about-" Before he could even finish I said "Yeah, I'm doing a little better."
I looked down at my hands, trying not to speak again.
"Percy, you know she would want you to move on, not being depressed the whole time." My dad started.
"I know! It's, just, she's hard to forget." I stammered. As my dad, he knew what was really going on. If Zeus can make a rule that the gods can't see their children, why can't he make them not embarrass their children?
"You love her? Don't you?" he asked.
"More than anything." I whispered, wishing she was here next to me.
"Tell me about her. What was she like?" he asked. He was doing something, I just couldn't figure out what.
Just knowing what I was going to say makes me smile.
"She was cute, smart, funny, sarcastic, annoying, goofy, gentle, kind, she handled kids very well, and she was beautiful. I could go on forever." I explained. My dad gave me a weird look.
"What?" I asked.
"That's how I feel about your mother." He said.
"Wait, you still-"
"Love her, yes I do." He answered before I could finish my question. I looked down again, thinking.
"What's wrong Percy?" my dad asked after a few seconds of silence.
"I never told her I loved her. She died before I could." I said.
"Well, at least you kissed her before she did." He said. I stared at him in shock and he started laughing.
"How'd you know?" I was really scared what the answer was.
"Aphrodite has this little T.V that shows the people she wants to see. Plus, the gods were curious." He explained, winking at me. I felt the heat rise to my cheeks, wondering what they must've said on Olympus.
"And you tell us not to eavesdrop." I said. He chuckled again, probably thinking what else to say that can help his little plan.
"Well, I do have a surprise for you, but I'll have to leave before I can give it to you." He says.
"Why?" I asked. He stared at me for a couple of seconds, and then started to speak again.
"You might want to stand up. And, when I'm gone, keep your eyes on that tree over there." You see, I'm not 8 anymore, so when he says there's a surprise for me, I don't jump up and down, begging "What is it? What is it?" Instead, I stood up, and watched my dad go, and stared at the tree.
Let me tell you, do not just stand in front of a tree, just staring at it. It's boring as hell! And when you have ADHD, it makes it a lot worse. I was ready to leave after about five minutes. I was about to leave when I saw somebody walk out from behind the tree. It was a girl, around my age, with brown wavy hair with little white beads spread around it. Her hair was down, not in a ponytail, and she was wearing a white dress. She looked familiar; I just couldn't tell who she was. I looked at her face more carefully. She had brown eyes, with no other color at all. They kind of remind me of…
"Andi?" I whispered, not believing what I was seeing
"Took you long enough Casanova." She said, running to me and giving me a hug.
I didn't know what to do besides wrapping my arms around her and hug her back.
"But how?" I asked. "The gods like to watch demigods fall in love I'm guessing." She said. I looked at her face again, seeing she was crying, which, of course, made me tear up too.
"Is somebody crying?" she asked, teasing me.
"What? Me cry, that's funny." I lied. Suddenly I pulled her closer, digging my nose into her hair, memorizing the scent of roses in her hair.
"I missed you so, so much." I choked back a sob.
"I missed you too." She replied back.
"You ever do that again I'm going to bring you back myself and kill you again." I muttered as she laughed.
Then I remembered she was wearing a dress.
"You know you're wearing a dress, right?" I asked, my forehead touching hers. She lifted her dress up to her ankles, showing me she was wearing pants underneath.
"Never let Aphrodite dress you." She said. I laughed, knowing it was the same Andi that I loved since I was twelve.
Surprising her, I grabbed both sides of her face and crashed my lips against hers. I was so happy I picked her up and even spun her around a few times. I didn't even break the kiss once to put her down. Hell, I didn't break the kiss once for a good 6 or 7 minutes! When we did break apart, I heard footsteps behind me. I looked over to see Grover and the rest of everybody. I hid Andi behind me, going to surprise them like my dad did to me.
"Hey Percy. Look, Capture the Flag will be starting soon." Tori said.
"Thanks." I said.
"Holy Zeus, it talks!" Connor yelled, hiding behind Tori for dramatic effect. I looked behind me to find Andi just . . . gone. Had her coming back been all a dream? Was I hallucinating?
I turned back to everyone to see Andi hiding behind them. I was laughing my ass off in my mind, seeing what they might do.
"BOO!" Andi yelled, making everyone scream. I swear Connor and Travis jumped 10ft in the air. When they saw who scared them, their mouths dropped.
"Holy Hera." Kaytie said. Soon I couldn't see her because everyone tackled her in a hug. Well, Grover mostly did.
"I'm going to say this again. Get off you bonies!" Andi said. Everyone laughed, but mostly crying too.
"Damn! She's wearing a dress!" Erin said.
"Shut up!" she nudged him in the ribs, making him push her back.
Wedding Day
"Dude, stop worrying, or your going to faint… again." Nico said, holding Grover's shoulders to calm him down.
"Okay, let's see you get married and not be nervous." Grover said. I chuckled, watching these two bozos fight. I apparently have to be the best man, while Nico was, well, another guy wearing a tux.
"Guys, let's just get this over with." I said, stepping between them.
"Fine." They said at the same time.
I walked to the room where I was hoping to tie my tie. Haha. After about 30 tries, I successfully… failed. I heard a knock on the door, thinking it was Grover.
"Hey." Andi said.
"Hey. Let me guess, hiding from the Aphrodite cabin?" I guessed.
"Yes. Damn, do those girls ever stop talking?" she asked.
"Nope. Can you help me with this?" I said, holding up my tie. She walked over to me, not wearing her dress yet. "Why aren't you all dressed up?" I asked.
"They're working on the bride first. Me last. Thank gods!" she said, tying my tie.
When she was done, she turned to leave when I grabbed her arm.
"Good luck being smothered to death." I said, smirking. She stuck her tongue out at me.
"I can tie that tie tighter around your neck you know." She said. Before she could go, I pulled her close to me and kissed her. When we broke apart she left without another word, her face red. I smiled to myself, getting ready for the wedding.
After the wedding ceremony. Now the party! Whoo!
"Congrats dude!" I said to Grover.
"Thanks man, looking for Andi?" he asked, wiggling his eyebrows. He started laughing, maybe because I was blushing.
"N-no, yes. You know where she is?" I asked. He stood on his tippy- hooves, and looked over the crowd.
"There, by the girls." He said.
"Thanks man." I said, walking towards her.
(A/N: That part had no meaning….. XD)
Andi's POV (Finally!)
I was wearing a dress… again. This time I wasn't wearing pants underneath, but I did wear high-tops instead of high heels. I was talking to the girls, who wouldn't shut up even if the world was about to end, when I felt a hand take mine.
"Hi, do you guys mind if I talk to Andi for a moment?" Percy asked. They shook their heads, smiling. When we were far enough for them not to hear us, I said,
"Thank you for getting me out of that hellhole." Percy laughed, making me follow him.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"That's for me to know, and for you to find out." He says, smiling. I smiled back, tripping over my dress on the way. When we stopped, we were at a little entrance to the woods, there was a stone path. You couldn't see the people at the party, but you could hear the music. I swear I heard someone yell "Play Justin Bieber!" Then I heard a lot of "Hell no!" Soon, "You Belong with me" by Taylor Swift came on.
"Grover." Percy and I said in union. We know Grover loves this song.
"Would you like to dance?" he asked, holding out his hand. I nodded, taking his hand and wrapping one arm around his neck while one of his arms wrapped around my waist. Just to let you people know, we both suck at dancing so I'm going to skip all of the parts where we step on each others feet. "Don't forget" by Demi Lovato was playing, so it was slow.
"So, tell me why you brought me here." I said.
"Well, I wanted to talk, about… us." He said.
"Oh." Was all I said.
"I read the letter you know." Percy said. I looked at him; I thought he wasn't going to read the letter at all.
"To be honest I thought you were going to shred it or something." I replied, feeling the blush come to my cheeks.
"Is someone blushing?" Percy teased me.
"Me? Blushing? Psh, no." I lied.
"Then why'd you say so in the letter?" he asked, teasing me. He was smiling because he knew he won.
"Say what?" I said.
"You love me." He sang. He kept repeating it over and over until I shut him up. I kissed him. His arms wrapped around me slowly, while our lips moved in sync. He deepened the kiss by leaning me against the tree so we were smashed together. My arms were around his neck, never wanting to stop.
We broke apart breathing heavily.
"I guess what everyone said was true." He whispered.
"What's that?" I asked. He kissed me again.
"You belong with me." He sang against my lips. And at that moment, I realized I did. He belonged with me, and I belonged with him. Be broke away, our foreheads touching.
"I love you Andi." Percy said.
I smiled, and said "I love you too."
Maybe Aphrodite was right, we do find love at the weirdest of times, just takes us a while to figure them out…
SSSSOOOOOO….this story is done. The sequel will be out soon. It's called "A Thousand Years." Lots of twist and turns. Thank you for all of the reviews!