AN: I don't own PJO or HoO. Thank you to Jaz L for your review, it was totally awesome.
Calypso hadn't heard the term "cold feet" until Piper said it. It was actually pretty accurate.
"I don't know if I can do this," Calypso rambled, pacing. She still wasn't in her dress, her hair was tangled, and there were bags under her eyes from staying up late the night before with last-minute arrangements. "I mean, we still aren't sure if I'm actually a mortal now or if I'm still immortal, we don't know if I'll get older. And besides, what if this doesn't go well? I don't want to hurt Leo, but-"
"Calypso!" Piper said, catching her arm to stop her pacing. Piper was already in her bridesmaid dress, a strapless red dress. She was the maid of honor, and had taken on the difficult job of calming down the bride. "You are Leo are perfect together. It's going to be okay, but you need to calm down. Leo loves you, it doesn't matter to him if you don't age."
"I don't… I can't…"
"You just have cold feet. You'll regret it later if you decide not to do this." Piper advised.
"Okay. You're right. Give me the dress."
Calypso's wedding dress was beautiful, that was for sure. It was soft, white, and strapless. Diamonds glittered on the bodice, and the skirt flowed out behind her. The skirt had a couple ruffles to make it thicker, and she wore white gloves up to her knees with golden embroidery on them that matched the embroidery on the skirt. Her golden veil fell down her back, and she put the beautiful engagement ring on over her glove.
"See? Everything is going to be fine. You look amazing, Cally." Piper said, beaming at her in the mirror.
"Yeah," Calypso agreed, but she was still nervous. "Who all came? Will you check?"
Piper poked her head out of the white tent where they were getting ready.
The tent sat at the back of the rows of white folding chairs. At the front was a tall white wooden arch with white and red roses grown up over it (courtesy of Katie Gardiner and the Demeter cabin).
Piper drew her head back in. "A lot of people. Come look."
Calypso peeked around the white flap of the tent to see the people in the folding chairs.
Almost every chair was full. Everyone had come. Mostly it was campers from both camps. Calypso felt nervous when she saw them-it was the gods. Hephaestus looked happier then anyone had ever seen him. He was beaming as he talked to Nyssa and Jake, his kids. They looked just as happy as he did. Aphrodite and Ares stood by the front, scrutinizing the other guests. Aphrodite was chattering away about the dresses, and Ares kept rolling his eyes. Zeus was keeping Thalia and Hera from arguing, and Poseidon was laughing with Percy. Hermes high-fived Travis Stoll and Hestia wandered the crowd, smiling at the happiness. Hades and Apollo were standing together, talking quietly and occasionally glancing towards Will and Nico, who were hand in hand.
"Oh my gods." Calypso said, pulling her head back into the tent. "I can't do this. I can't do this!"
"Calypso," Piper said. She grabbed both of Calypso's arms and held her still. "Calypso, you need to ask yourself one thing."
"What's that?" Calypso demanded, trying to breath normally.
"Do you love Leo?"
Calypso was surprised by the question, but still didn't hesitate. She knew she did. "Of course I do."
"Then it's going to be okay. Forget about all those people out there, they can't hurt you. You and Leo are going to be happy together, you just have to relax."
Calypso took a deep breath and nodded. "Thanks, Piper."
"Anytime, Cally."
The flap of the tent was lifted and Hazel poked her head around it. "Can we come in?"
"Yes, come on," Piper called.
Hazel, Annabeth, Reyna, and Nyssa all came in. All of them except Hazel wore dresses identical to Piper's, but soft gold instead of red. Hazel's dress was different, more in the style of the forties, and red like Piper's. Piper was the maid of honor, Hazel was the flowergirl, and the other three were bridesmaids.
"You look wonderful," Hazel told Calypso. Calypso was feeling more confident about this after Piper's pep talk and now that she had her friends around her. "Are you ready?"
"As I'll ever be," Calypso said determinately.
"That's good, because it's starting." Reyna said, just as Here Comes the Bride started to play. Calypso was a little surprised by the music choice-she had thought Leo would play the Rolling Stones. That was what they were going to play later at the reception. "Hazel, you're on first."
Hazel nodded, picking up a large basket of red and white rose petals. Harley burst through the door of the tent.
"Harley, this is the girls tent!" Annabeth scolded.
"Sorry! Rings! Time to go!" Harley said, holding up a red velvet cushion with two rings resting on it. "C'mon, Hazel, let's go."
Hazel and Harley left the tent.
Calypso peeked around the cloth of the tent, watching Hazel and Harley walk down the aisle. Hazel lightly tossed rose petals on the ground as they walked, and Calypso spotted Leo standing under the white arch. Jason, Percy, Frank, and Nico stood by him in suits. She pulled back quickly.
Next Piper left the tent, followed by the other bridesmaids. Nyssa left last, with an encouraging nod to Calypso. Once the tent flap had settled behind Nyssa, Calypso waited three seconds and stepped out into the sunlight.
Calypso walked down the aisle proudly, her white-and-gold gloved hands clasped in front of her, holding her small bouquet of roses. She couldn't help smiling at the people she passed. Sally Jackson beamed proudly at Calypso from the front row-Calypso's parents couldn't be there for obvious reasons, so she had asked Ms. Jackson to walk down the aisle as her mom instead. She winked at Hephaestus as she passed him, feeling like if she grinned any more her face would start to hurt.
There was Leo, standing at the front in a suit. He had managed to comb his hair for once (though Calypso suspected his Groomsmen had held him down while Piper combed it), though he was still wearing his toolbelt. Calypso wouldn't have had it any other way.
Calypso stopped in front of Leo, trying to keep from breaking out in hysterical laughter. She was so happy she felt like she might lift off the ground, all her nervousness and doubt gone.
She didn't really listen to the long speech about living through pain and poverty and sickness and all of that. She did listen to Leo's vow, which was much less formal then it probably should have been. Half the crowd was cracking up by the time Leo was done talking.
Calypso's own vow was nowhere near as funny, but it was much more touching. Leo's smile became almost sad towards the end of it, and Calypso knew why. He had mentioned this to her a few days ago, how much he wished his mom could be here to see the wedding. Calypso told him that she was sure his mom was watching from Elysium, and he agreed.
Calypso slid Leo's ring onto his finger. It was a simple bronze band with juntos para siempre and gia panta mazi carved into it. It was "together forever" in Spanish and Greek. The same phrases were carved into Calypso's ring, which Leo was sliding onto her finger. Her ring was slimmer and made of gold instead of bronze, and had tiny rubies set into it. It wasn't as fancy as her engagement ring, but she loved it even more.
"I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."
Cheers and clapping and whistling ran through the crowd as Leo and Calypso kissed. Calypso had never been this happy before. She had spent most of her life waiting for men that would never come back. She had thought they were so important, but only one guy in the world was important to Calypso now.
The reception was amazing. Calypso talked to everyone, and actually hugged Hephaestus (who was extremely surprised but not altogether displeased, and patted her on the back). The wedding cake was huge and chocolate with white frosting, and between Percy and Leo there was absolutely none of the cake left by the end of the evening. Calypso and Leo danced all night to Rolling Stones songs, and the other couples whirled around them. Hazel and Frank, Annabeth and Percy, Piper and Jason, Will and Nico, Katie and Travis, Sally and Paul (Poseidon tried not to look to put out), Clarisse and Chris, Reyna and her boyfriend Liam (a clear-sighted mortal).
Calypso and Leo left for their honeymoon at the end of the night, which was almost one in the morning. They were going to Mexico, and might stop in Houston for a few days to see Leo's mom's grave.
Calypso waved goodbye to their friends through the back window of their car as they were driven away from the winding-down party.
Life was looking up.
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