This is the final Epilogue *sniff* which means the final chapter :( As sad as this is, read keep reading, and read the A/N below! But first, enjoy this!
EPILOGUE
Frank and Gwen
So everything's great. They defeated Porphyrion, the gods somehow managed to make Gaea fall back asleep, and everybody now has a girlfriend. Oh, and the two camps are reunited, but honestly, Frank didn't really care. He didn't care where he had to live – Camp Legion, or Camp Half-Blood. They both felt like his home, although Camp Half-Blood also felt like enemy grounds.
Back to the first sentence. Everything's great. And because of that, Frank was miserable. It may seem weird, but he felt like an odd one out – Jason had Piper, Percy always had Annabeth, and Hazel had Leo now. All his friends found somebody to be with, and he still had nobody.
Frank hopped off the van Argus was driving, and raced up the hill to get past Thalia's pine tree. When he arrived, Roman demigods were already filling up the place. Cyclopes were helping renovate the cabins, and making them as large as possible.
Some Roman items were hanging around. Next to the arena was a coliseum looking building, which was still being built. The words DETERMINATION FIGHT ARENA – COMING SOON were printed in black on a wooden board.
Everyone left the hill to do something. Jason and Piper went to go visit Thalia, Percy and Annabeth went to go talk to Chiron and check on Cabin 6, and Leo went off to build more things in Bunker 9. Hazel stood on the hill, watching her boyfriend run towards the woods.
"Amazing isn't it?" a voice asked, making the two Romans spin around. Gwen was standing there, wearing a purple CAMP LEGION t-shirt, her short brown hair tied into a ponytail. "I can't believe they started building early this morning. The progress is unbelievable. I mean, just imagine how soon we'll see more Determination Fights!"
Hazel chuckled from beside him. "You do realized Frank is here, right?"
She shrugged. "I don't care. Besides, he already knows the other side of me."
Frank smirked. "Which is…?"
Gwen slapped his arm playfully, before sitting down on the grassy hill. Frank sat down next to her, while Hazel checked her watch. She cursed in Latin. "I have to go check on my siblings! I promised to tell them about the fight as soon as we got back! Later!"
The daughter of Apollo ran towards the Apollo cabin, the wind running through her hair. Gwen smiled from beside him. "I'm guessing she finally got together with that Leo guy," she smirked, and looked at Frank in the eye.
He grinned. "How'd you know?"
"I saw them," she answered honestly. "And of course, I know everything 'bout my best friend."
Frank smiled at her, and lied down on the soft green grass. Peleus the dragon was curled up around the tree, watching the two fondly. In a matter of minutes, the dragon got bored, and went to stare at the open fields.
"Hey Frank? I have a question," Gwen said slowly. Frank tilted his head so he could face her. He thought she looked seriously beautiful, with the wind blowing the strands of hair down her face, the light shining on the her beautiful fair skin, making those hidden freckles on her face seem to gleam. Her cold, brown eyes were now warm and fuzzy, like the Gwen he knew before her older half-brother Derek beat her in a swordfight.
This was the Gwen back when she was still eleven. She was different from the other Mars girl – cheery, fun, and not so much of a toughie-character like her siblings. She probably got that from spending a lot of time with Hazel, the girl she met when they were going through Lupa's various tests together. That was G, best friend of Hazel Olson.
But when Derek challenged her in a swordfight and beaten her pride to dust, she grew cold, and started to train, train, train. She wouldn't give up. She didn't stop, until she defeated her whole cabin. That was the only way she could reach the Second Legion. Sure, Jason beat her numerous times, but she promised that one day, she would beat him. She acted tough and mean, and around Hazel, she acted like her old self. Everybody knew Gwen the daughter of Mars. But only Hazel and Frank remembered G, the only different daughter.
"You're a son of Mercury, right?" she asked, breaking his thoughts.
He blinked, regaining consciousness. "Yeah," he said slowly, not getting the point.
"And you know a lot about dating right?"
"What?"
"Doesn't your brothers date often?"
Frank thought about it. His brothers did date a lot of girls. They were known for being the "bad boys"; always dumping girls and making them crawl back to them. But of course, not all of them were like that. Some didn't go date a girl for fun. But all of his brothers, the ones fifteen and up, at least, had/has a girlfriend. He never had one.
"I guess," he decided, answering her last question.
"What if there was this girl. And she wasn't very good at telling people her feelings, and she really likes this boy, who she has known since forever–"
Who was she talking about? Frank wasn't sure. Was there someone else that she has known for a long time? Why hasn't she told him? She tells him everything!
"Frank?" her voice asked, cracking.
"Who's the guy?" he asked. "I know you're the girl, no doubt, but who's the guy?"
"You'll probably just laugh."
"Nah, I won't."
"Promise?"
"Promise."
She hesitated a bit, before taking a deep breath. She mumbled something too low for Frank to hear, and glancing at him with hopeful eyes.
"What?" he asked.
"You," she said again, barely a whisper. Silence filled the area. She sighed. "I knew it. It probably isn't worth it. I'm just going to go now." She ran off the hills, pained, and all Frank could do was watch her run away.
He facepalmed. Why did he do that? He liked her back! Hades, he was crazy about her! All those stupid witty comments he gave her were him flirting with her. And yet she didn't get the message. She was a little like Percy – obtuse. But she was a girl.
Frank scrambled up on his feet, and ran towards the direction Gwen had run – the arena. He found her, slashing furiously at a dummy, on the brim to tears. He had never seen her this bad – not even when her mom died a couple summers back. She didn't seem to care less at the time. But now… she was crumbling apart.
Frank made his way across, making his way through the chopped dummy heads lying on the grown. Just as Gwen was about to make another slash, he grabbed her hand, stopping her.
"What?" she snapped, glaring him down. "Did you come here to laugh at me? Well then, laugh all you want!"
"Gwen…" he tried, as softly as he could. Her gaze only grew colder. "It's not that I don't like you, it's just–"
She sighed. "I know. You don't like me like that. I get it, I seriously do. I mean, who would fall in love with me? I'm just a stupid daughter of Mars."
"Yep," Frank teased, winking at her. "One that has the brain of an ant."
Gwen slapped him on the shoulder, which sort of hurt. "Watch out, Trevor. I'm stronger than you think."
He rolled his eyes. "Oh please. I don't think you could last a second fighting me," he countered. He smirked as he saw her competitive side spark up.
"Oh really? Well then, Trevor, I challenge you to a duel."
"Winner gets to torture the loser," Frank suggested, smirking at what he meant when he said 'torture'.
Gwen smirked. "Deal," she said. "I, Gwendolyn Reese, swear on the Roman Empire." Thunder boomed in the sky as she spoke those words.
"And I," Frank said, smirking even wider, "Frank Trevor, swear on the Roman Empire as well." More thunder boomed up ahead, clashing in the sky furiously.
Gwen readied her sword. Being a daughter of Mars, she was going to be hard to beat. Frank slashed at her, but she blocked that easily. He parried, and she ducked. It seemed like he was an open book, while she was a mystery.
"You got to be kidding me," she said, faking a yawn.
"Oh, I've got my own tricks," Frank smirked, and yanked at her arm, pulling her closer to him.
Gwen blushed at their closeness, and looked away, trying to remember what was happening. Frank smirked at her expression, and used his index finger to lift her chin up, and kissed her – full on the lips.
He felt Gwen flinch at his action, but started to kiss back, her hand dropping the sword, letting it clatter to the ground. Frank smirked, and pulled away. "I win," he said, putting his own sword at her throat.
Gwen huffed. "Fine, you win. Big deal," she said.
"I get to torture you, remember?" Gwen's face morphed to horror. "Don't worry. It's nothing bad. I'm just going to announce to the whole camp that I defeated the amazing Gwen Reese!"
Frank started to run, with Gwen on his tail, shouting, "Don't you dare Trevor!" Frank laughed as he heard those words, and ran faster. Man, how he loved this day.
*closes book* That was a fun story to tell, wasn't it?
"Boo!"
Ah! Jeez, Nico, you got to stop doing that.
"I do it all the time to Percy."
Yeah, that's Percy, my idiotic twin, and not me.
"Sorry."
Whatever.
"Oh, couz. You forgot to tell them what happened between Piper, Jason and Reyna. I'm sure they'll like to find out."
*sighs* Yeah, yeah. I remember. I was getting to that.
"Suuuuureeeee." (Nico wiggles his eyebrows)
*glares at him* ANYWAYS, Jason and Piper went to find Thalia, right? And Reyna caught up with them, and actually asked Jason out. Jason said no, and told her that he already had a girlfriend – Piper. She got mad, gave Piper a cut with her dagger, calmed down, told her sorry, tried to be strong, and ran off. Who knows what happens next.
"I do."
Whatever Nico.
"So anyways, Reyna met up with Piper again, and went on and on telling her sorry. Then Piper grabbed a flying golden hedgehog, and the hedgehog ate Reyna, sending her to Tartarus, where she is currently learning with her great-grandfather, Kr–" Pause. "Krayons. And now, she is living off coffee."
Never listen to him. He's been drinking a lot of coffee lately, and now he's back to his cheery, nonsense 10-year-old self, which is annoying.
"HEY! HURTFUL!"
*pats Nico on the head* Anyways, I enjoyed telling this story, and I hoped you enjoyed it too :) Please review, and I got a surprise for you in the next "chapter"! Phew, this was a LOOONG author's note.
"Tell me about it."
Best Wishes,
winonabcd
P.S. Nico isn't my favorite character. "Ahem." He's just my favorite cousin. ":D"
