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Chapter 3: The Reception

I was awoken from my cat nap by loud cheering. Annabeth shook me awake. "Get up, lazy head, we're here," she roused. I jumped up with excitement, instantly wide awake. Annabeth and I gasped together as Camp Halfblood came into view. I heard my wedding party gasp too. On the ground was a huge group of a couple hundred tables, each with a group of ten people or mythological for the matter, which were screaming and waving their arms in excitement. I recognized most of them as our friends we had invited to the wedding. The few mortals that we had invited hadn't been allowed to come all except Rachel, who isn't quite mortal anymore, and our parents who the Olympians had allowed to be a special exception for the occasion. The gods and goddesses themselves sat separate from everyone else around three huge King Arthur themed round tables. They were made of pure gold and were glowing softly, like a relaxing nightlight. Aphrodite waved to us with a cute smile from the table and then glanced towards an enormous dance floor with a disco ball hanging in midair. I gaped at it and then saw that the head table that Annabeth, our wedding party, and I would sit at was right beside. It had lanterns draping down from it and it looked really nice especially under the soft light of the full moon. I also noticed that several of the tables were still empty. I wondered who was late. Blackjack and the other pegasuai landed just out of view of the reception. We went into the Big House. Aphrodite had insisted that we enter the reception with our partners because it was traditional. Then I realized Nico wasn't here yet which could be a problem because Nico had to enter with the wedding party or Aphrodite would have a fit. Just as I was starting to worry Nico and Hades appeared right next to us.

"Hey guys, I guess I'm here just in time," Nico said despite our surprised faces. "So, I guess and you must be dying to know what the surprise is."

Annabeth and I shifted uncomfortably. "Yeah, of course we are, Nico," I answered him, although I wasn't sure if I really wanted to see what Nico's surprise was.

Nico beamed and waved his hand, "Okay, everybody, come on in," he said. Suddenly a group of shades came out from behind a tree. I realized that these shades were my friends who had died on our adventures. Bianca, Zoe Nightshade, Beckendorf, Silena, so many people others, they were all there. I gawked at them. I saw that Annabeth looked just as surprised and horrified as I was.

"Nico," she said trying to keep her voice calm, "Did you seriously bring a huge group of shades to our wedding?"

Nico laughed, "Well it's a long story but to make a long story short I stopped by Elysium earlier this week, told our old friends about your wedding, and they were dying to come. So, I told Dad and he said that bringing your deceased friends to your wedding was fine with him as long as he didn't have to get you any other presents," he stated.

Hades sighed beside him, "I hate wedding gifts," he mumbled.

Nico laughed again then said a little more quietly, "And, I couldn't afford anything nice for a gift, I hoped you'd like this more." He had a pitiful expression on his face and looked a bit sad.

Annabeth walked forward and hugged Nico. "Thanks, Nico, it will be so great to see our old friends." But I could tell from looking at her face that she was actually creeped out.

I patted Nico on the shoulder then turned to the shades, "Hey guys, glad you could come." They all began talking at once but then Annabeth motioned that it was time for us to enter. "Um… Catch up with you guys later," I said as Annabeth and I prepared to enter the reception.

Our wedding party, Annabeth, and I lined up. A loud booming voice spoke out of the intercom. "Welcome to the party of the century, the reception celebrating the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Perseus Jackson." A loud applause came from outside. "Here is the wedding party! First, Clarisse La Rue and Tyson," the voice announced. Clarisse and Tyson (who was in his normal size) entered to an even louder applause. After a few seconds the voice spoke again, "Next, Rachel Dare and Nico di Angelo!" As Nico and Rachel entered the applause got louder still. "Now, the maid of honor and best man, Grover Underwood and Thalia Grace!" the voice boomed. Grover and Thalia entered and the applause got even more impossibly loud. "Finally, last but certainly not least it is my pleasure to introduce Mr. and Mrs. Perseus Jackson." The voice practically screamed over the crowd. Annabeth and I entered the reception to an ear splitting applause. People screamed, wolf whistled, and shouted their congratulation. Someone shouted "Kiss her" and before long everybody (except for my dad, Athena, and Artemis of course) was chanting "Kiss, kiss, kiss." I leaned in and kissed Annabeth full on the lips and she kissed me back, laughing. Somehow the cheering got even more ear splittingly loud as everybody cheered and wolf whistled. We took our places at the head table in between Thalia and Grover. I turned to Annabeth. "I'm starving, let's eat!" I said over the still extremely loud applause. But, no we couldn't eat yet. Just as I said this, Aphrodite walked onto the dance floor with a microphone in hand.

"Hi, everybody I'm Aphrodite," she said. "I'm the goddess of love but of course you all know that already." She turned towards me and Annabeth and winked. "Now, I have a little surprise for the happy couple. All the Olympians and your loved ones have been working on this ever since I announced you were a couple," as she said this she looked towards the sky. All of a sudden a huge picture of Annabeth and I appeared in the sky. It read 'Wedding Slideshow'. The entire camp was filled with gasps as the slide show began showing pictures of Annabeth and me in our school days, with our friends, baby pictures, with our family, at camp, and many more. It was a beautiful show. It was as if our pictures were part of the stars. When it was over everyone cheered, again, and Aphrodite bowed as if she had been the main event. "Now, I assume you are all rather hungry so let's eat!" she exclaimed. As she said this everyone's plates were filled with their favorite food they wanted and everyone's cups were filled with anything they wanted to drink. My plate was filled with lots of blue food and my cup was filled with blue god bear. Yum, my favorite! Everybody ate relatively quickly with satisfied looks on their faces as if they had just had the best meal ever because everybody had. Thalia and Grover got up and walked over to the microphone. Annabeth gulped beside me.

"Wait, wait, wait, I need to have a word first," said a loud, booming voice. Oh, how wonderful it was Dad. Apparently, he had decided that he didn't need a microphone right now. "Everyone as you probably already know, I am Poseidon, the sea god," Dad said proudly. "Percy I have to tell you that I am embarrassed that you have picked a daughter of Athena to marry as well as disappointed, angry, and frustrated." Thanks dad. "I however am not as pathetic as a certain goddess of wisdom and no matter how much I disapprove I give you my blessing."

Across the table Athena was on fire. "You're calling me pathetic!" she screamed, "Just because I have the pride to stick up for what I believe in! I am appalled! I will never support a marriage between my daughter and a son of Poseidon. But, then again I can't have anyone thinking I'm a brat so I suppose I must. You have my blessing but if you hurt her Percy Jackson," with that she gave me a look that made me cringe in terror.

Poseidon glared at her, "You don't trust him, even though he's the hero that saved Olympus?"

Athena laughed, "Poseidon, Poseidon I never truly trust anyone." I could tell that they would burst into their eternal forms at any moment. Hera tried to stop them but she couldn't stop these two as easily as Aphrodite and Artemis.

All of a sudden Zeus got up and shouted, "Silence! It is time for the wedding to continue as planned. Grover, Thalia I believe you have something to say," he announced. Then he turned toward our best friends. I was really surprised that he had stuck up for us and stopped the fight. That seemed so unlike Zeus.

Grover spoke first, "Hey everybody, I'm Grover!'

"And I'm Thalia!"She chimed. "Welcome to the wedding." The entire reception started chanting speech, speech, speech. Thalia laughed, "Okay, okay! Grover first!"

Grover laughed too, "Hello, I'm Grover Underwood. I've known Percy since he was in the sixth grade, even before he knew he was a halfblood and I've known Annabeth even longer," he said and sighed, thoughtfully. "We've all been through a lot together; those were the best years of my life. I remember the first time I realized that Percy liked Annabeth as more than a friend. It was just after they'd rescued me from the cyclops. Annabeth was hurt and I could feel Percy's vibe going crazy. Before they met I'd thought that they would hate each other when did meet. I can't tell you how surprised I was when they became friends and even more surprised when they started dating," he took a breath as the whole crowd laughed. "Now before I'm done I have one picture to share with you guys." I buried my face in hands as he said this. "Here's a picture of Percy burning all of his school books in a bonfire after eighth grade was over. He made me promise to never tell Annabeth because she would kill him if she found out," everyone was still laughing as Annabeth playfully punched me. I was surprised he'd kept that picture. "Congrats, you two and thanks for all the great memories," Grover finished. The entire area was once again filled with applause and Annabeth and I clapped right along with them.

"Alright, alright now it's my turn," Thalia said, an evil grin on her face. Annabeth gulped beside me. "Well I've known Annabeth since she was seven and I've known Percy for a while too. I have to admit I never suspected them to turn out together. In fact, I REALLY hated Percy at first, but now I guess he's okay. I mean, if you won't join the huntresses, Annabeth, I suppose Percy is the only guy I'll trust you to be with." I heard a mix of awes and laughter in the crowd. Then Thalia turned to me. "That however could change very, very easily," she said as she gave me the death glare. "Now, I have something to share with everyone." Yes, she too had a wonderfully incriminating picture. "Here is Annabeth, the beloved bride, just after she discovered a spider in her dorm bunk when I was helping her move into her college dorm." Annabeth had her hand over her mouth laughing. In the picture she was hanging out the window. Her hair was a mess and her shirt had a tear in it. She was giving us her death glare because whoever was taking the picture (Thalia) wouldn't help her back in, rather I supposed Thalia had pulled out the camera and was laughing as she snapped the picture. I laughed and cheered right along with everyone else.

Then Thalia and Grover rose their champagne glasses together. "To the bride and groom!" they exclaimed together. The crowd all raised their glasses too. "To the bride and groom!" they echoed. With that everyone gulped down their champagne and Aphrodite motioned towards the dance floor. It was time for our first dance as husband and wife. Oh gods, help me!

Annabeth and I had danced several times before but each time had somehow ended in destruction. The first time I'd tripped over some girl's dress and ended up crashing Annabeth and I into the punch bowl. Just last year at the Stoll brother's joined wedding I had accidently dipped Annabeth into the wedding cake. She had gotten so angry that she threw a slice of it at my face which eventually led to a huge food fight. Yep, you could say I had reason to be nervous. Annabeth nodded to me reassuringly, but I could sense a bit of fear in her expression. We walked on to the huge dance floor. The lights dimmed and the dance floor began to glow. It was a magnificent sight, especially under the light of the moon. Apollo had the microphone and winked at us. He stood on a stage I hadn't noticed before. Why the heck Apollo was singing for our wedding I didn't know but I didn't question it considering he was god of music and all. I took Annabeth in my arms and we prepared for the dance to begin. The music started and then I was completely relaxed. As Apollo sang I had no clue what he was singing since it was in ancient Greek. Well, I could catch the occasional word and all but I couldn't put it together. It was a relaxing and peaceful song that had a nice tune to it. Evidently, Annabeth could understand a lot more of it because she listened intently as we danced, laughing at times and getting close to tears at others. Somehow it relaxed me and kept my feet from making mistakes. I was pretty sure that it was god magic again and was extremely thankful to Apollo for saving me from ruining yet another dance. I watched Annabeth's eyes as we danced. I had never seem them so happy eve when the sad parts came. The song ended before I knew it and everyone was cheering for us yet again. I looked back into Annabeth's eyes. I was surprised to see that she was actually crying.

"Percy, that song was our life story, it- it was beautiful, if you would only had studied harder than maybe you'd have been able to understand it," she said with a slight smirk on her face. She turned to Apollo, "That was so beautiful, Lord Apollo. Thank you, Thank you, How did you find all the time needed to write this?"

Apollo scratched his neck, "Oh… it was no big deal. You deserved a special wedding gift and not many people get their own song written by the god of music," he said proudly. "Now, no need for you to thank me further. On with the ceremony!"

So the reception went on. The next dance was the father, daughter dance which I could tell Annabeth was nervous for. Next I danced with my mom. She cried the whole time and even I got teary eyed too. After that we had our wedding party come out and dance with us. Soon everyone was dancing. The shades apparently had a lot of experience partying, considering they were from Elysium and they party every day. Apollo sang all the songs. Apparently, as god of music he could make himself sound exactly like any band you ever wanted in concert. It was pretty cool(and just a bit disturbing). We danced the chicken dance (Grover had a surprisingly good time dancing this), Thalia and the huntresses led the electric slide, and Nico for some reason screamed the YMCA song (he had had too much to drink already?).

Next it was time to throw the bouquets (for some reason Aphrodite had me throw a bouquet as too, don't ask why). I threw mine and the person who caught it was none other than Nico di Angelo. He seemed really excited to see who he'd dance with. Then it was time for Annabeth to throw her bouquet.

"Artemis, I bet you can't catch it, little sis," Apollo taunted Artemis.

"And why would I want to?" she asked

"I don't know but there's no way you can slow poke," Apollo continued.

"How dare you," Artemis said as her nostrils flared, "Well I ought to," and with that she caught the bouquet. It took her a millisecond to realize what she'd done but once she had she cringed. "I hate you," she said to Apollo. "You wouldn't make me," she said glaring menacingly at Aphrodite.

"I'm sorry dear but those are the rules," Aphrodite answered, her eyes sparkling.

Artemis could tell she wasn't getting out of this one. A shot glass appeared in her hand. "Hit me," she said to Dionysus. He nodded and poured a shot of tequila into her glass. She gulped it down, turned to Nico and said, "Let's get this you annoying fool." Nico nodded nervously, a look of pure terror on his face. I was surprised Artemis didn't turn him into a jack lope, maybe Aphrodite was stopping her from doing that or something, I don't know why.

Next it was time for us to cut the cake. Annabeth and I shoved it into each other's faces. Hephaestus, himself set up a fireworks display that would beat any display you have ever seen. I mean it seriously was amazing. Right in the middle of it Chris Rodriguez proposed to Clarisse. When she said yes we all screamed and cheered for them. Clarisse seemed really happy. I don't remember much after that. I think Grover, Chris, Nico, and I had a shot drinking contest and then it all went blank. It was an awesome night but I had some hangover. The next thing I remember was waking up in our (well the Olympian's) private jet with Annabeth asleep next to me. Zeus's wedding gift to us was that he wouldn't shoot us out of the sky on the plane ride there and back from our honeymoon in Greece. Hera had let us borrow the private jet. I leaned over and kissed Annabeth on the forehead. She stirred and smiled at me. "Morning, Seaweed Brain, how you feeling?" she asked.

"Great," I answered and although I had quite a hangover I did feel awesome because Annabeth and I were finally married and no one had gotten seriously injured. "I can't wait to get to Greece."

"Me neither," she said. Then she laid back and closed her eyes again. I looked out the window and thanked the gods that nothing had gone horribly wrong. I was and am a lucky guy to have such a great life and I have everything I ever wanted. I still had a few unexpected surprises to come though.

Hey, thanks for reading. If you really hated it all that much why did you read it? I'm still a lot happier if you send only nice reviews with only constructive criticism but if you would like to tell me how much I suck go right ahead. Sorry it has been so long. A major family emergency came up and it kept me busy and off the computer. I don't know when chapter four will come up because I have a lot going on right now but be patient, sorry. I know this sucks but I had a great time writing it!