PERCY

I

It had never looked this bad. Percy's hair was even more disheveled then after he had fought the Titian War. It looked like a rat had found Percy's head and decided to make a nice little nest, then liked it so much he decided to invite the rest of the family. It was 6:30am and he wanted to go back to sleep, but today was the one day he was not going to be late, he didn't want to disappoint Annabeth (or have to withstand her wrath).

He had an extra large stack of blue pancakes for breakfast, then showered and got dressed. By the time Percy was ready to go it was almost 8:30.

He almost wished that he could leave riptide home today. It was like a constant little reminder that "Hey! Your life sucks and I'm just going to stick around your whole life because some monster is going to screw it up, no matter where you are or what your doing!" he didn't want that in his head, especially today. If he could live a normal mortal life for only one day of his life, today would be his first pick. No mater how much he wanted that though the celestial-bronze pen/sword would always be in he pocket. Anyways, he didn't want a monster to show up and completely ruin the day (and by ruin he meant kill everyone).

It had been about four years since Percy had gone into the mortal world (collage in New Rome didn't leave time to go to birthday parties). Jason, Leo, and Frank were waiting for him at the city limit.

"Hey man," Jason smiled that Superman grin "You're actually on time!"

"Pretty sure it's the first and last time I'll ever be."

"You nervous," Leo asked.

"I would be" Frank said wringing his hands. The way the big guy looked it seemed like he was the one getting married.

"Don't be Percy," Jason said "everything will turn out fine."

"Where are you two going on your honey moon?" Leo asked wagging his eyebrows.

Percy grinned, "Back home to New York"

"You thinking of visiting Olympus?" Jason inquired

"Oh gods no!" Percy said "that is the last sort of thing I want to even think about for at least the next month!"

"Speaking of New York," Frank said "Have you seen your mom since the whole ordeal with Gaea?"

"No, only through video chats." Percy gave a melancholy smile. "It was great knowing she was okay though. There is no way I would be able to get through this crazy demigod stuff without her." He blushed when he realized that none of them had a mom anymore. "Uh, sorry." he said sheepishly.

"Sorry doesn't cut it," Frank snapped

"Calm down Goldfish," Leo tried to control Frank's rage. "Percy means well."

"Sorry," Frank mumbled under his breath

"We should get going," Jason intervened" Its a long way to Camp Half-Blood

At first, Percy wasn't so sure about him and Annabeth getting married at camp, but when he thought about it, there was really no other place that they would. Chiron had been more than happy to conduct the ceremony, and a lot of their friends wouldn't venture into the mortal would for such a long time to attend.

They drove there in Jason's totally sick, red sports car. Percy made a mental note to get one as soon as possible (but blue, always blue).

When they finally got to Half-Blood hill and Percy saw Thalia's tree, he almost shed a tear. All of a sudden, all of the memories Percy had made at this camp over the years came rushing back to him: the first time he had seen that tree, dragging his best friend Grover through the magical borders, half dead himself and thinking he would never see his mom again, when his father Poseidon had claimed him during capture the flag, his first visit to the oracle, Thalia reappearing from the tree when the golden fleece's magic worked too well, his and Annabeth's underwater kiss on his 16th birthday after the Titian war, defending the camp from Gaea's forces, thinking Leo had died in the explosion...Percy shook himself out of his daze. How had he ever left this place, and all of his teenage years and their memories behind, and gone to New Rome? But he was back now, probably to stay.