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Chapter 6
2 years later
Apollo sometimes came back to camp. He always made up an excuse, but his real purpose was always to visit his love.
Apollo was pacing the throne room floor on olympus. It was Ari's birthday and he couldn't decide whether or not to visit her. He just went there about a week ago and it would be weird to go back so soon. In the middle of his pacing, Hermes came in to deliver him a letter. Hermes saw his friend distressed and started laughing at him.
Apollo looked up from staring at Ariadne's present in his hand. "What are you laughing at?" The messenger god just laughed even harder. "You. She has got you whipped and she is just a 13 year old girl." "14," Apollo corrected, "and I love her. I would do anything to make her happy."
Hermes sighed. "Apollo, just go visit her. She might find it weird now, but when she remembers you she will find it sweet that you took care of her. You only have to wait 4 more years." The sun god grinned at Hermes. "Thanks for being a good friend." "Ugg Apollo, don't you dare start going soft on me." Apollo chuckled at that and flashed down to camp.
Ari was thoroughly enjoying her birthday.
"I am going to kill you guys!" Ari screamed, chasing after the Hermes cabin. She was covered head to toe in whipped cream and silly string. "I think that you look much better like that," Luke shouted back while he was running. No one wanted to face Ari's wrath.
Ari chased them all through camp. Annabeth was sitting in the dining pavilion reading a book about Greek mythology. She looked up when they ran by and started laughing uncontrollably.
"What's so funny?" Annabeth jumped and turned around to see the sun god. She quietly pointed to Ari and her chase. Apollo started laughing along with most of the other campers. When Ari saw him, she froze in her tracks.
"Apollo," she breathed. "Hello Ariadne. I was wondering if I could borrow you for the rest of the day." "Umm, sure." She looked down at herself and blushed when she remembered what she looked like. "First let me go change." "Let me." With a snap of the gods fingers, Ari was completely clean. "Aww," chorused the Hermes cabin. Apollo smirked at them and started walking towards the woods with Ari following him confused.
"Apollo, where are we going?" He looked back and smiled. "It's a surprise." Ari stumbled a bit at the uneven ground and Apollo grabbed her hand to steady her. Much to his delight, she didn't let go until they got to a clearing. There he had set up a picnic lunch. It had everything including a blanket, candles, and a mini cake.
Ari let go of Apollo's hand and walked forward slowly. Apollo was nervous. He wanted to know what she thought. Was it too much? Great he just ruined her birthday. Ari turned around and looked back at Apollo. She had a look of awe on her face. As she looked at the sun god, a grin spread from ear to ear. "This is amazing. No one has ever done anything like this for me before." Apollo took in her expression. "I'm glad you like it."
They both walked over to the blanket and sat down. Apollo lit the candles and took out two bowls of spaghetti from the basket. "Go on," Apollo said, waiting for her to try it. Ari managed to get some spaghetti on her fork and put it in her mouth. Flavor exploded on her tongue.
"Who made this?" she asked amazed. It tasted so good. "I did," Apollo said with a smirk. Ari's mouth dropped open in surprise. "You can cook?" The sun god laughed at her expression. "Well don't look so shocked. If you have been around for awhile like I have, then you start to pick things up." Ari closed her mouth and took another bite of food.
"Well this is amazing." Apollo smiled his dazzling smile at her. "I'm glad you like it." Ari started eating more. She couldn't stop. It was that good. Before she knew it, it was all gone. She looked up and Apollo was looking at her with amusement. "I don't think that I have ever seen somebody eat so fast." Ari blushed "I was hungry." Apollo laughed at her. "It's ok, I now know that I have to cook for you again."
He took the dishes out of her hands and they disappeared. "Do you want some cake?" Ari nodded her head and Apollo took out the cake. He had also made this. It was her favorite kind before and he hoped that her preferences hadn't changed.
Apollo cut her a slice and handed it to her. It was chocolate cake with mousse inside with chocolate icing. "This is my favorite! How did you know?" Apollo smiled, happy that she didn't change. "I didn't." Lie. "It is my favorite too." True. It became his favorite type of cake after he learned that it was her favorite. Ari took her first bite of it and moaned.
Apollo had to hold himself back from leaning in and causing her to make more beautiful noises. "Did you make this too?" "Of course. Anything for you Ariadne." She blushed and they both finished their cake in silence. When they were done, Apollo cleared the dishes away and cleared his throat.
"Ariadne I have something for you. I love all of this time that we have spent together. It is very enjoyable for me and I hope that it has been nice for you too. I have really started to care about you and I hope that you think of me as your friend. That is why I got this for you."
Apollo took a rectangular box out of his pocket and gave it to his love. She gazed into his eyes and he could see how much his words had meant to her. Ari opened the box and nestled inside was a golden necklace shaped like a sun with diamonds inlaid in it. "Oh Apollo. It's beautiful. I love it so much. Can you help me put it on?"
Apollo took the necklace from her and clasped it around her neck. "Happy birthday love," he whispered into her ear. Ari turned around and they met each other in a kiss.
It was like fireworks exploded all around them.
All Ari could think was how she wanted more. Some how this felt right to have Apollo's lips moving against hers. Like this was what she was meant to do.
Kiss Apollo.
Eventually they had to pull away for air. Apollo couldn't believe what just happened. Here he was sitting in the woods kissing the 14 year old version of his wife. Or soon to be wife. "Wow," was all he could manage to say.
Then Ari surprised him. She buried her fingers into his hair and pulled him in for a deeper kiss. They kept this up until they heard shouting coming from camp.
They heard a woman's voice shout "minotaur" then a strangled gagging sound. A young boy's voice screamed "Mom!" It sounded like he was crying.
Ari and Apollo stood up and started running back to camp.
When they got there, they saw Annabeth and Chiron peering down down at a little boy with black hair and sea green eyes.
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