Wow! We've reached- and past- the forty-review mark already!

Guess i really DID do good on that last chapp haha.

Well, I'm happy to announce this isn't the VERY LAST chapter.

BUT, i only have a chapp or two left, and the jury's still out on the idea for the next fic.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, and thanks to those who have already thrown some out there!

Enjoy.

Everyone gaped at the woman who had stormed into the church.

She was quite honestly...breathtaking.

Her blue eyes were bright, flashing with anger. Her blonde hair hung loosely in sun-streaked waves, but had small braids in random places, seashells woven into them.

She must be a Goddess. Just must be.

Sure enough, Grover hissed a sharp "Holy CRAP!"

Audrey turned to look at him. "It's Aphrodite, in the flesh," he informed her.

She, Percy and Annabeth all shouted a collective "Holy CRAP!!", making the woman's gaze flit to them.

Her sharp look lingered on Percy and Audrey. "Oh. It's you two."

She sounded really pissed. Aphrodite put her hands on her perfectly sculpted hips. "You two are so frustrating, you know that?!"

Audrey raised her eyebrows.

"I get the New York sky to clear out- nothing major happens. You finally get here, and you finally kiss- you don't do anything about it. I DRUG YOUR WATER to get you to confess your feelings in song- you laugh it off the next day. Gods! And you, sir!" She cried, pointing a tan finger at Percy.

"Honestly, how blind can you be?! It's obvious she wants you just as much as you want her! You tell yourself you're gonna make a move, ask her out, SOMETHING, at least three times...then get distracted?!" She finished her rant with a huff, then flashed a dazzling smile at Audrey.

"But hey, at least you finally said it. Out loud. To more than the wall." Audrey fought the blush rising in her cheeks; how did she know she had done that?!

Donna was laughing over in the corner, and Aphrodite gave her a half-wave of acknowledgement. "Hey, Donna. Where are the other Dynamos?"

Donna cleared her throat to stop laughing at her rant, then waved her off. "Oh, they're floating near the continent somewhere."

Laura gestured from Donna to Aphrodite. "You two tried to hook up Percy and my daughter...and didn't see it important to tell me?!"

Yeah, yeah! You tell 'em, mom! Go parental power!!

Laura huffed at them. "I'm an expert at matchmaking. I could've helped!"

All three women chuckled at Audrey's expression.

...Well, nevermind. So much for parental concern!!

Aphrodite and Apollo exchanged a nod, and then she straightened her already-perfect posture.

"Well. Good to see you again, Laura. Now for business. You two are going to get married and have more babies for me to play with if I have to make you a Goddess myself!"

Everyone gasped at the mention of mythology, as if the idea had never occurred to them.

Audrey rolled her eyes and turned to address the crowd as it buzzed with disapproval at the not-so-romantic outcome of the day. "Alright, alright, simmer down! Everyone too weirded out, feel free to leave!"

About half the crowd slowly flowed out of the church, and her parents flashed a half-smile. "Thank you, Audrey," Mom said pleasantly before looking to Aphrodite.

The striking Goddess blinked in thought. "Hmm, where was I? Oh, right. Okay! Unfortunately, I don't have the authority, nor the means, to make you an actual God. Zeus would have a hissy, and I would probably end up turning you into an alpaca or something."

A what?

"It's the formal name of the laama," Aphrodite informed her.

Audrey blinked. "Whoa. Are you pschic?!"

If she's psychic, I'm freaking screwed...

Aphrodite chuckled. "I wish. Oh, what I'd give to read your mind. You had a confused look on your face, Audrey."

..Oh. Right.

She turned back to Apollo and mom.

"However, I do have the means to give you a sort of Goddess glamour. It works like our glamour, except gives you the exact resonance of a Goddess. That way, you're not breaking any of Zeus's blasted rules by getting hitched, and if something comes up and Apollo here has to leave, you can follow him to Olympus," Aphrodite explained.

She had already whisked out a cup (looked to be Donna's), and was mixing something with her finger.

Once finished, Aphrodite licked it off her finger and grinned. "Good. No side effects. Except maybe some hormonal ones, of course. Very few of my conoctions DON'T have that as a side effect," she said with a chuckle, handing the cup to mom.

Mom smiled appreciatively and drank it.

Audrey realized she had been holding her breath, and it came out in a Whoosh as mom simply laughed. "I feel tingly."

Aphrodite grinned. "That would be the hormones. Should make for an interesting night, I concur."

Audrey and Allie exchanged a look of pure disgust behind the adults' backs.

Aphrodite smiled pleasantly at everyone. "I expect a notice on when your wedding shall occur. Better be soon."

And just like that, with a flowery aroma, she was gone.

Everyone stared at each other, and finally, Audrey ruffled her hair wearily. "...So, what now?"

FIVE HOURS LATER...

Aphrodite had been right. It was definitely an interesting night for Apollo and mom, from what Audrey could gather.

The walls were extremely thin, after all, and after the third "disturbance", Audrey simply grabbed a towel and her iPod, and snuck out for the night.

There was no way on Earth or Olympus she was going to stay and listen to that.

So she walked casually to the old abandoned dock. As she stripped down to nothing but her boxers, bra and undershirt, she found herself thinking of the last time she had done so.

It had been months ago, after she had been attacked by her old English teacher. And that night, Percy had set all that was happening right now into motion.

He had told her about his dad. And about who her dad could be.

And as she sat underwater, feeling fish tickling her, hands locked around her knees, she thought about how she had considered the possibility of him having a Split-Personality-Disorder.

Audrey seriously wondered if it was de ja vu for a moment after coming up to the surface and finding Percy sitting on the dock.

She was about to say something, but realized he hadn't seen her yet and decided to totally get payback for all the moodiness he had caused.

Audrey swam underwater, out of his line of vision, to hide under the dock.

An evil grin on her face, she saw his feet bobbing in the water and started lightly running her finger along the bottom of one.

Well, this sucked. How come, even after Audrey had admitted how she really felt, he was still sitting by himself and nothing had changed?

Well, besides him being less moody and her being more moody for having to admit something she never wanted to even think about.

Man, he knew her so well it was kind of scary, even to him.

Out of nowhere, he felt something sliding down his foot. At first he thought it was a fish, but it was...lingering.

No, definitely not a fish. Suddenly, he felt it grab him by the ankle, and he practically flew off the dock and into the water.

Audrey barely even noticed him resurface, she was too busy laughing her head off.

She pulled herself onto the deck and pointed at him. "That would be revenge, Percy Jackson."

Percy glared at her, and she simply giggled before drying herself off.

"You would be what I call demented, Audrey Roberts."

Audrey waved him off, tossing him the towel as he hopped back onto the dock. "Yeah, yeah. Like I haven't heard that one before."

She caught him looking at her iPod, and she chuckled. "Bet you feel kind of stupid for not noticing my towel and iPod laying there in plain sight."

He shrugged. "Why are you here in the first place?"

"Well, why are you here?"

Percy rolled his eyes. "Honestly, Audrey. We've been over this. I'm the Son of Poseidon. It's fair to say I like water and it helps me think."

Audrey sighed and ruffled her hair with a nervous laugh. "Well, let's just say Apollo really must've missed my mom, and...the walls are really thin...and I'm right next door," she prompted.

Percy made a thinking face, then it seemed to process, and he seemed to be fighting the urge to gag.

"Oh jeez, now I've got a mental image! Dammit, Audrey!"

Audrey couldn't help but laugh at his expression. "Hey, how do you think I feel?"

Percy broke into a triumphant grin at this. "Oh. Thanks to your outburst during the wedding today, I know exactly how you feel now."

Audrey huffed at him before turning right on her heel, heading back to land. "Jerk. I'm going to the whole other side of the freaking island now, thanks to that!!"

Before she could even reach the halfway point of the old-fashioned, long dock, Percy had grabbed her by the waist and pretty much carried her back to where her stuff was.

"Hey, look at that. Just like the first time you stomped off 'cause I made you mad, you forgot your stuff."

Audrey made a face. "Yeah, only that time, I had a huge and rather unsightly bruise. You know, since you whacked me unconscious with a door and everything."

He set her down carefully. "Yeah, I remember. Quite vividly. You scared the hell out of me."

"I scared the hell out of YOU?!" She exclaimed.

"Yeah."

Audrey crossed her arms in response.

A few minutes passed, and she was about to say something when he cleared his throat, and she suddenly got nervous.

"So Audrey."

"Yeah?"

"You think you're falling for me, huh?"

Audrey huffed. "Okay, you know what?! Yes, I think I am. And you know what else? Too bad you can't control who you fall for, because I would never fall for someone so..so..infuriating, and annoying, and clumsy, and...and...perverted! And lemme tell you, I sure as hell wouldn't be-"

Percy laughed before brushing her hair out of the way so he could grip the back of her neck. She promptly shut up. "We both know you're just shouting out random adjectives. So shut up for once, Audrey."

And with that said, he kissed her. Again.

"...This...doesn't...change..anything, I'm still...extremely pissed at..you, Percy..Jackson," Audrey said between kisses.

But finally she just sighed in defeat before wrapping her own arms around his neck. Even though she was still soaked, and so was he, she felt extremely warm right now. And Audrey was pretty sure it wasn't the Apollo-ness, either.

"Oh, screw it."

Yay! Yay!

Oh, and I just wanna throw it out there, that was the Goddess Aphrodite, not the Reviewer Aphrodite.

:D

Though both are wonderful!

Review! In need of ideas!!