AN: Sorry for not updating.

I have reasons this time.

1. My baby girl/dog, Angel, died a couple weeks ago. It's been super hard on me and my family.

2. I have all this NHS crap and church stuff to do, and it takes up a lot of my time.

3. I had a bit of writer's block for this story.

Now, with that all said, on with the story!

Oh, and someone complained about my cussing, which is understandable, and my response to that is I will try to cut it down, but I swear... a lot... like every other sentence a lot... especially when I complain... sometimes I write it and I don't end up realizing it. So, sorry! I'll try and keep it PG, which is actually my New School Year's Resolution. I told my friend that and she looked at me and said, "I believe you've already failed. Calling her a nasty *BLEEPING* *BLEEPING* *BLEEP* isn't exactly PG."

'her' is someone I know that claimed to be my friend, yet stabs me in the back and I never know what's real with her or not. She's the best liar ever, too. That's how she gets by in life. Thank God I don't have classes with her this year...

I guess calling her a 'nasty *BLEEPING* *BLEEPING* *BLEEP*' doesn't exactly go with my resolution...

Oops. (:

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO.

I put one foot in front of the other one. (oh, oh, oh, OH!) I don't need a new love, or a new life, just a better place to die. - Fun.

APOV

Telling Athena and Poseidon wasn't as bad as we thought.

Maybe because they haven't been in our lives for long.

Or maybe because we still haven't told them.

Who knows?

Percy, thankfully, got out of the hospital about a day after we told our parents.

We were headed to the beach today with Athena and Poseidon to celebrate Percy's 'Welcome Home, Again' party. It was just going to be the four of us.

I helped Percy into our car and got into the driver's seat and started driving towards our favorite beach.

Montauk Beach was full of wrappers on the beach, cigarettes in the sand, and spiders in every cabin, but we didn't care.

It was our place. We had hung out there every summer from what I remember.

I drove into the the dirt area for parking by our cabin and helped Percy get out of the car.

I guess this is news, too.

Percy can walk.

With a walker, of course, but he can walk.

You have no idea how proud I am of my Percy.

I love saying that; my Percy.

The ring on my finger proves that he's mine.

Nobody else can have him, but me.

That sounds possessive, I know, but it's true.

Sorry, I'm getting off topic.

Anyways, I walked slowly with Percy to the front door of our cabin and we walked in.

I was greeted by a bone crushing hug from Athena.

Percy, on the other hand, got a cold look, which was a new personal best in the 'Greetings from Athena' category for him.

Poseidon gave me a slight hug and patted his son on the back.

I helped Percy move over to the couch so he could sit down and relax.

Sure, he could walk, but that didn't mean it didn't tire him out a lot.

I cuddled up next to him and rested my head on his shoulder while he slide his hand on my knee.

Athena glared a little at our cuddling until she saw me looking and her stare softened at least a little.

Poseidon plopped down on the arm chair to the right of us while Athena sat on the love seat on the left of us.

"So," Poseidon started, "what's new?"

I shared a look with Percy.

"Well..." I started, trailing off.

"We wanted to tell you this in person," Percy continued on for me.

"We would have told you earlier," I added, "but we didn't feel that it was the right time."

"Oh, God, you're pregnant!" Athena screeched.

"No!" I shouted. "Why does everyone think that? We're just getting married for God's sake!"

Percy looked at me with shock. I was surprised at my own words.

One awkward and shocked minute later...

"Well, at least you aren't pregnant," Poseidon said.

Percy snorted.

"When's the wedding?" Athena asked calmly, with a red face.

"We don't know," Percy said. "We aren't planning on getting married until we're settled in college and figure out our lives."

"Then why did you get engaged so soon?" Poseidon asked us.

I sighed, "It was important to Percy, and I agreed."

Percy squeezed my thigh.

"Well, I guess I'm okay with it," Poseidon muttered and shrugged his shoulders.

"Athena?" Percy asked calmly.

Athena looked up from the floor and met my eyes.

"Do you love him?" she asked me.

"With all my heart."

"Are you happy with this?"

"Couldn't be happier."

Athena glanced distastefully at Percy.

"Perhaps I was mistaken about your love," Athena said, choking on her words like they were dirt.

"I approve," she finally spat out.

Percy and I sat on the beach holding hands and snuggling up with each other.

"So," I started, "even though our wedding will be a long ways away, I was thinking about the date."

"Oh?" Percy said, raising his eyebrows.

"Yeah, and I was thinking that maybe it should be January sixth of 2016. That's four years from now," I told him.

"January sixth..." he said, trailing off. His eyes lit up in realization. "You mean, the day I got hurt?"

I nodded, "I know it doesn't make sense, but that's the day our world changed, why not make that also the day our world changed for good. For better, not worse."

He nodded slowly, processing it in his head.

I stared out at the beach, taking in the beautiful sunset, and the beautiful person that was next to me.

"I like it," he finally said.

"Good," I said in response, smiling, "because whether you liked it or not, it was gonna happen. I always get my way."

"Yes you do," he smiled back, kissing me tenderly.

I wish I could savor this moment.

Sitting on the beach in the beautiful sunset, with my fiancee.

We pulled apart after a couple of seconds, or minutes, drinking in the moment.

Maybe some things were meant to be.

Maybe God planned this.

Percy getting hurt, Bianca being murdered, Maria killing herself, our parents coming back.

After all the drama and horror we've gone through in the past year, maybe a better tomorrow was headed our way.

And if we put one foot in front of the other one, that tomorrow was sure to come.

AN: A shorter chapter, I know, but my hands are sore. :/ I just typed a two page essay for NHS. Ugh.

This story is going to be over in a couple chapters, sadly..

Review, please! (: I want to get up to 170. Can we do that? I think so!