Ahhh. I hurt my back and can no longer walk or do normal activities. Great. Oh. But I can type!!! Ok so this chapter is about Grover and Junipers wedding and thalia's ever expanding tummy. Hope you love it :D
"Juniper! It's amazing!" I said as she walked out from behind the curtain with her wedding dress she had refused to show anyone or to put on until mere minutes before the wedding. Which is where we were. The wedding was at camp half blood. We were currently in the big house getting juniper ready to walk down the isle and say I do.
"Thank you" She said walking over to us. Her dress was simple, but it was gorgeous. It was white silk straight down to the floor with the perfect size train flowing behind it. Around her waist was a silk ribbon, colored green, that matched her eyes perfectly.
"Juniper. It is soooo you" Her best friend Sara (and her maid of honor) said.
"Yeah. It's beautiful" Our friend scarlet said.
"It looks great on you. Unlike this dress on me" Thalia said glowering at herself in the mirror.
"Oh Thalia! You look great!" Juniper looked over smiling.
"Ready?" A voice said, followed by a head popping into the room. Blake.
"No. I refuse to let people see me like this" Thalia said trying to fix the bun in her dark hair. She looked beautiful even though she refused to accept it.
"Thal's, you look amazing." Said Blake, who had been invited into camp half blood by Thalias dad, Zeus, himself. He knew about all the Greek stuff. He was fine with it. He actually thought it was pretty cool. He took it like Percy's step dad, Paul. Percy, I wish could be the one walking me down the isle with me, instead of Nico. Not that I had anything against Nico, I just preferred Percy. But I told myself not to think about that. This was Thalias day, I couldn't ruin it by crying about someone that was long gone.
Blake walked over and took Thalias hand as we walked into the big room out in front of the porch where we would walk out.
The wedding planner rushed out and gave us all bouquets and handed the two flower girls their baskets. The two little flower girls, who were two new born, or newly planted (haha), wood nymphs juniper's tree was by. Their names were April and May (they were twins) Their little dresses matched our except they hade spaghetti straps with little bow, and the chiffon under theirs was white.
"Ok. Everone ready?" The wedding planner asked as Nico came up beside and took my arm.
"Hey" He said smiling, happy the tux's Grover had picked were black. Not green.
He'd gotten a lot taller. Taller then me now. He had gotten his hair cut, so it only hung below his ears now. But that's the way his girlfriend, Kati, like it. She was a small, adorable little thing. I had dinner with them last week. She was beautiful. How Nico, the Prince of Death (literally), got her I'll never know.
Scarlet walked out in front of us, with her fiancée (and son of Apollo), Jacob. Then Thalia and Blake. Then It was my turn.
Nico and I walked out. Smiling into the bright sun walking down to the little tress that had been set up, and where Grover stood nervously. We got to the makeshift alter in the middle of camp half blood and parted. I went over to stand by Thalia. Her dress looked cute on her, but did nothing to hide her two month old baby bump. I never thought Thalia would glow, but she did.
April and May came down the isle, tossing the pink rose petals in front of them.
The bridal chorus played and all the guests stood up to see Juniper walk down the isle. She was walking solo. Chiron had offered to walk her down, but she said that she wanted to go alone. Her smile was huge and the sun was shining on her, so her whole body was glowing.
She reached the alter and took Grover's had. All the guests sat down and the ceremony started.
It was beautiful. Their vows were soppy and romantic. And I cried. Even Thalia teared up a little. Scarlet was full on bawling. Juniper hadn't stopped smiling.
"Grover do you take Juniper to be your lawfully wedded wife, to hold and to cherish, in sickness and in health, as long as you both shall live?" Zues asked (what did you expect a catholic priest at a wedding between a wood nymph and a satyr? Yeah. If we wanted the poor guy to have a heart attack.)
"I do" Grover said.
"And Juniper, do you take Grover as your lawfully wedded husband, to hold and to cherish, in sickness and in health, as long as you both shall live?" Zues repeated.
"I do" Juniper said, looking into Grovers eyes.
"Grover, You may kiss the bride." Zeus said. Grover bent in and put his hands around juniper, leaned in, and had their first kiss as Mr. and Mrs. Underwood.
Everyone stood up and broke into applause. Grover and Juniper walked down the isle as everyone threw rice at them. The wedding party followed. After we got inside and we had brushed all the rice out of our hair, we went down to the beach and took pictures.
After that we all walked to the big house were the reception was. The wedding party walked in first and we all too our seats at the big table in the middle of the room. And the in walked the happily married couple. Everyone was cheering. There was dancing, and singing, and too many cameras to count. Finally after about two hours of that, it was time to eat. I was seated between Nico and Thalia. Thalia had finally let go of the dress thing (after Blake told her she looked ravishing in it, they acted like a couple of lovesick teenagers, I was so jealous). We all sat down as the waiters put salads in front of us. After that the main course was brought out, your choice of Pappardelle with scallops or Chicken Scaloppini a la Lemon Basil. (A/N both of which amazingly delicious). I settled with the chicken dish, because to many scallops give me a stomach ache. They brought it out, and it smelled amazing. I was about to dig in, when Blake clinked his glass. Damn. I was hungry.
"I would like to make a toast to Grover and Juniper, may there be many happy years ahead. To Grover and Juniper" He said raising his glass.
"To Grover and Juniper" We all echoed raising our champagne glasses.
"And I would like to make a toast to my best friend. Percy. Who would have been my best man here tonight." He said raising his glass. He looked over at me, his happy face showed signs of sorrow behind the scenes. He nodded at me as a silent agreement, we both missed him. Great, here come the water works. "To Percy"
"To Percy" We all echoed. Nico looked sad, but dug into the food in front of him. Thalia leaned over and hugged me. I smiled. Percy was here. He wouldn't miss this. I looked over to where Poseidon was sitting and saw him wink at me. He knew it too.
And Percy would want me to be having fun. So I let a tear slide, held the rest back and enjoyed the rest of my evening.
Around two, am, I finally arrived at my house. I had a blast. But there was that nagging feeling in the back of my head. The one that was saying, this is never going to happen to you. He's gone. Percy's dead.
So I pulled of my dress, and put pj's on. The ones I saved for special nights. The one's I grabbed when they were clearing his cabin out. The blue plaid one's that were still to big on me, since I stopped growing. The one's that made me feel like he was back. The one's I wore pretty much every night now.
I laid down and fell asleep within the minute my head hit the pillow. And I dreamed of him. And cried when I woke up, and found out he really wasn't there.
Gosh. I like this chapter. But you have no idea how tempted i was to put "And i turned around and saw something. no someone. his brown hair was a little untidy and the faintest smell of the sea wafted towards me from where he stood. He turned around and almost fainted. It was percy. he saw me and ran up and picked me up and twirled me and kissed me. And everything was better.".......But that would ruin the whole plot. I autcully just read the whole story. and it is sad!! I"m sorry, but it get's better. I know i keep saying that. But reveiw and it'll come sooner!!! Love, Francieska
PS. And you better review cause i missed Glee cause i was so wrapped up in this chapter to check the time. SO REVIEW!!!
