Hey readers! So this is NOT THE FINAL CHAPTER! I with the help of my friend, decided to break the final chapter into two parts. Here is part one and I'm sorry for making you all wait so long! This has been a busy year so far and I'm going to try to write quick and then start my next and final story. Thanks to everyone and I don't own PJO!
In just three days, I'm going to be a married woman. I pulled out the clothes I needed for the trip. I put them in my suitcase and Duchess ran over and jumped on the bed. She is about a year-old and when she jumps on the bed it shakes.
"Duchess you're coming with us. Don't worry about us leaving." I said then petted her head. I grabbed more things from the closet and placed them in my bag. Max walked through the door then came upstairs.
"I see Duchess made herself comfortable." he said and I laughed.
"She was giving me fashion advice." I said then he gave me a kiss. He laid down next to Duchess and started petting her as she licked his face.
"Is it just me or does she grow more and more each day?" he said.
"Soon you will be saying that about our kids." I said and he smiled.
"I sure will." he said.
"Did you pack already?" I asked him.
"Yeah I packed this morning while you were still asleep." he said.
"What about your tux?"
"Sent it over to the palace two weeks ago. You don't need to worry." he said and I smiled.
"Can you believe our wedding is only three days away?" I asked him.
"No I can't. It seems like just yesterday when I kissed you at Fireworks." he said.
"It's hard to believe that its been eight years." I said.
"And many more to come."
The next morning we woke up and got ready for the flight. I put on my navy long-sleeved dress, my black tights and my black ankle boots. My curls fell down in my face as I walked around the loft making sure I didn't forget anything. I walked out of my closet and Max was throwing in last-minute things into his suitcase. I walked over to him and he wrapped his arms around my waist. His striped sweater was so soft that I rested my head against his shoulder.
"Are you all ready to go?" he asked me.
"I am ready. The next time we come to this apartment, we will be a married couple." I said and he smiled.
"It will be exciting coming back married." he said.
We walked downstairs and I put on my black button-up coat with my plaid scarf then put on my black crotchet beanie. I grabbed Duchess' leash from the coat rack then motioned for her to come over. She ran over nearly knocking me into the wall. I put on her collar and leash then Max grabbed our bags. We walked down to Max's black Lexus SUV and put our bags in the car then put Duchess in the back seat. We drove over to the airport then walked over to the area where private planes are flown in. We walked into the seating area then I spotted my private jet outside the window. All of our friends were sitting in the waiting area. Spencer was bouncing Ariel on his lap while Kat glanced over and smiled at them. Clarisse was asleep on Chris's shoulder with her four-month belly sticking out infront of her. Sadria was working on sketches and she is about three months along and now showing more than she was a month ago.
"Look there are the almost newly weds and their dog." Piper said and we smiled.
"Only a few more days until Max and I are married." I said.
"It's been six months since we have been to Greece. I'm so excited to go back." Kat said.
"Yeah I haven't been to the palace in a while. I'm excited to see everyone there and be back in Greece." I said to them.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get on the plane." Max said.
Once we got the luggage loaded, we all boarded the jet and sat down on the various couches and chairs. Within about thirty minutes after we took off, Clarisse, Annabeth, Kat and Sadria were fast asleep. They woke up for lunch though. We had sandwiches and talked more about the wedding. Then after lunch, everyone fell asleep. I woke up and finished some last-minute plans for the wedding. Before I knew it, we had landed in Greece. We were swarmed by paparazzi once we got off the plane. They kept asking Max and I about our wedding then trying to find out more about my friends and their lives. We finally made it to a limo that took us to the palace. We went through the gates and pulled up to the eastern entrance to the palace. Guards stood at the door with their heads looking out towards the trees. When I walked up, they took their helmets off and bowed.
"Welcome home Princess Carter." they said in unison.
"Thank you. There is no need to search my friends. They are all safe and I trust them." I said. They nodded their heads and we walked through the doors, down the hall and into one of the transitional rooms. My mother walked out and smiled.
"There is the bride-to-be and my future son-in-law." She said with a smile. I walked over to her and gave her a hug.
"I'm so happy to be back in Greece. I miss being home." I said.
"I know Carter. How was your flight?" she asked me as we all followed her into one of our family rooms.
"It was great. We all got a lot of sleep." I said with a smile.
"Oh and who is this?" she asked walking over to Ariel.
"This is our daughter Ariel." Kat said.
"She is absolutely adorable." My mother said.
"Thank you." Kat said smiling.
"Oh mom I forgot to tell you, but Clarisse, Sadria and Annabeth are pregnant." I said.
"That's so exciting!"
"It's very exciting." I said. Then a familiar face walked into the room.
"Carter!" Anthony said walking over and giving me a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Anthony its so good to see you again!"
"This is an exciting weekend is it not?" he said with a smile. We all sat down and talked and caught my mom and Anthony up-to-date on all the news.
"This is your last night to spend together as a single couple." My mother said.
"We have tomorrow night too." Max said looking at me.
"You can't see me 24 hours before the wedding, so my mother is right." I said.
"Alright then." He said with a smile. We walked up to my bedroom.
"Isn't it just beautiful outside?" I asked him opening my balcony doors that overlook the sea. The moonlight reflected against the waves that rolled into the shore. We walked out onto the balcony and he wrapped his arms around me.
"Its hard to believe that in just two days you're going to be my wife." He said and gave me a kiss.
"It will be here before you know it." I said and the moonlight reflected on his smiling face.
We woke up the next morning to one of the maids knocking on the door.
"Come in!" I said then Max sat up rubbing his eyes.
"Good morning your highness. I came to ask you what you want to do for breakfast." She asked me.
"Why don't we have breakfast in the courtyard?" I said and she nodded.
"I'll go get that ready. Should I wake your friends?"
"They probably are suffering from jet lag. They can come down when they choose." I said.
"I will let the other maids know. Can I get you anything else?"
"No thank you." I said. I walked over to my closet that contained my dresses. I pulled a white high neck, short-sleeve dress with rose details. I then walked over to my shoe closet and put on a pair of simple white pumps. I walked out as Max was putting on a blue dress shirt. I walked over and gave him a kiss.
"You have until five tonight to see me." I said.
"What were you thinking of doing today?" he asked me.
"I'm not sure. Maybe we can just relax by the beach." I said.
"I would love that." He said. We walked down the stairs and over to one of the courtyards. My mother was sitting there talking to two familiar people.
"Sally, Paul you made it!" I said and gave them a hug.
"We wouldn't miss it dear." Sally said.
"How was your flight?" Max asked them.
"Oh it was uneventful." She said with a smile. We sat down as maids walked over carrying food. We sat and ate as pur friends came down to join us. A maid walked over to me as I was sipping my tea.
"Lady Carter, three people just arrived and they want to see you and Max." she said. Max and I got up and followed her into the room. Mrs. La Rue, Josh and Fannie Lou were standing there with their suitcases on the floor next to them.
"Mom!" Max said walking over and giving her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. I walked over to Josh ansd gave him a hug,.
"Oh I can't believe the wedding is tomorrow!" Fannie Lou said as I gave her a hug.
"Neither can I!" I said and she laughed.
"I always knew that the two of you would end up together. You just had that spark that I had with my husband Dallas." She said. Max came over and wrapped his arm around my waist.
"I always knew Carter was the one." He said and I looked at him and smiled.
It was almost 24 hours until I'm a married woman. I sat in the courtyard reading a book when Max walked outside.
"Well we only have a few minutes until we need to separate." He said.
"Almost 24 hours then we're married." I said and he smiled.
"I can't wait to see you walk down the aisle." He said smiling while looking into my eyes.
"I can't wait to see you at the end of the aisle." I said and he gave me a kiss.
"I just wanted to say, have fun tonight and I love you."
"Thanks I hope you have a fun guys night and I love you too." I said then gave him one more kiss. He walked back inside then Thalia came outside.
"Are you ready for the best girls night?" she asked me and I nodded my head then followed her upstairs to my room. My friends all sat around there talking.
"Hello ladies." I said to them. "Ready to party?"
"Whats on the agenda for tonight?" Sadria asked.
"I was thinking eating, talking, watching movies or whatever." I said.
"Sounds fun!" Piper said. That's mainly what we did. We had my chef make a bunch of pizzas and bring them upstairs for us along with various snack foods.
"Are you ready to get married tomorrow?" Annabeth asked me.
"I'm so excited. I have been waiting for this day my whole life. I knew exactly where I was going to be married and I just had a vision. Of course when I was little, I thought I would marry a prince and live in a palace but that's a little different now. Max is a prince in his own way and we'll live in our own version of a palace." I said.
"Just don't leave him at the altar." Piper said.
"That won't be happening. My last wedding was a bit crazy. One, my marriage was a more of a government thing then something of love and two, I thought I was pregnant."
"Imagine if you had a child now." Sadria said.
"Well the child would be around four and I probably would have been married by now."
"That's probably true. Max, like Percy, is loyal and would have married you not too long after he found out you were pregnant. Now you get to get married without worrying about that stuff." Clarisse said.
"Excuse me miss, but what movies would you like to watch?" a maid said walking in the room.
"Just bring the movies from my shelf." I said. She nodded then left the room.
"You have a shelf of movies?" Thalia asked.
"Yeah they are all my favorite movies organized by genre and rating." I said.
"Carter, you make my OCD look normal." Annabeth said and I laughed.
"I'm just more organized than the average person." I said. The maid came in with a cart full of movies and board games.
"This is so much fun!" Hazel said.
"This is the sober way of having a bachelorette party." I said.
"Sober, right." Thalia said and we all rolled our eyes.
"What are you drinking?" I asked her.
"A lemonade with a few shots of vodka." She said with a smile.
"You are one of my matrons of honor. You can't be drunk or have a hangover tomorrow."
"Fine. We all know the blonde one will be sober."
"I wonder why…" Annabeth said and Thalia just smirked and took another sip of her 'special' lemonade.
"Let's watch Mean Girls." Kat said then grabbed the DVD and put it in the player. We sat on my king-sized bed (all nine of us plus Ariel) and watched the tv. It's fun bonding with your best friends but it makes me wonder what my soon-to-be-husband is doing with his best friends.
Max's POV
The guys and I sat around one of the large guest rooms. The room had five bedrooms that extended off the main living room. We sat around eating multiple plates of wings, burgers, pizza and you name it.
"So are you nervous for tomorrow?" Percy asked me.
"Not really. I never thought I would actually get married. I'm really excited to marry Carter tomorrow."
"Are you worried about anything?" Spencer asked taking a bite out of a piece of pizza.
"I don't think she will say no, my mother could object, and if Alexander wants revenge on me for ruining his wedding to Carter, then those are the only things I can think of."
"I think you're good man. Unless she leaves you at the altar. Secretly she could have a problem with commitment." Leo said.
"I think we can all agree that if any of the girls, minus Kat, wanted to get married the most, it would be Carter."
"Hello Max, is there anything I can get for you?" a maid asked.
"More chicken wings since he is marrying a vegetarian so he needs to eat up." Leo said.
"Chicken wings and anything else?"
"Um what are the girls doing?" I asked her.
"They are watching movies and playing board games." She said.
"Do you guys want to watch a movie?" I asked them.
"Sure, do you have The Avengers?" Percy asked the maid.
"Yes we do, I'll bring up that movie along with some chicken wings." I continued to talk to the guys until a maid walked into the room.
"I'm sorry to bother you but here are your movies and wings." She said. We sat on the couch and turned on the Avengers. It was cool hanging out with the guys. It reminded me so much of highschool. It's hard to believe that in less than 24 hours, I'm going to be a married man.
Carter's POV
After we watched Mean Girls, we watched multiple classic movies. Then we played a few board games. We played my favorite board game Clue. WE had more than six players so we got into teams of two. I played by myself since we had nine people. It was so much fun and surprise, surprise, Annabeth won the game. We talked then a maid knocked on my door. I walked over and opened the door.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but you have a visitor downstairs near the courtyard." She said. I excused myself from my friends and walked downstairs. I looked over and saw a tall guy from the back, with curly blonde hair and had a suit on. He turned around and I semi-froze.
"Alexander."
So my lovely readers, there is truly only one chapter left. I will try to get it done but I have been so busy. Thanks for being so patient with me You guys are awesome! Please Review!
