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I just woke up and I'm adding this first paragraph to it this chapter. I saw that quite a few of you guys wanted an epilogue, so I'm gonna spoil you and post the epilogue to Branch 1 before I finish off Branch 2. Please review and let me know what you think, and once again, I really need ideas! Please let me know.

Hello again everyone! Granted on whether or not you see this, I'm still on my 8 hour car ride out of state, so I figured I would pre-write this. And, you guess it, this is the epilogue to From the Ashes Branch 1! I hope you guys enjoy this, because I just had the idea and figured why wait? I have plenty of time. So, my laptop and my rap for inspiration I guess. Enjoy!

Chapter 18 Branch 1 Epilogue!

Annabeth's POV

2 Years later

I was too busy for this. Percy had asked me to go to dinner at one of the nicest restaurants on Olympus, and it was one of the few that I hadn't designed. To be fair to Percy, we hadn't had time to spend together for a few weeks now because I had been so busy designing monuments and new buildings, so I could understand why he had asked me.

He made it sound really important too, so I could hardly say no to him.

It was a very high-end Italian restaurant, and one that you dressed up to go to, so I'd had to find a nice dress to wear. After looking for about an hour, I found a dark blue dress that reached my ankles, but was just short enough that it wouldn't get under my feet while I was walking.

I'd just finished putting on my silver earrings when I heard a knock at the door of the apartment I lived in while I was working in Olympus.

I knew it was Percy, so I quickly looked myself over in the mirror to make sure I looked ok and walked to the door.

I opened the door to see a rare sight: Percy dressed up in a nice suit. It was a dark black suit, and with it he was wearing a collared white shirt, black shoes, and a sea-green tie that matched his eyes. He'd also somehow found a way to brush his raven-black hair so it was neat.

He smiled at me then stepped to the side to allow me out the door and gave an over-exaggerated gesture with his arm waving me forwards while he grinned at me.

"Seaweed brain, you don't have to try to act like a gentleman for me."

"I don't have to, but you deserve it. Embarrassing or not, I'm going to treat you like the lady you are for the night." He said.

I knew there was no point in arguing, so I just rolled my eyes and walked out the door.

As if to annoy me, he stuck out his arm.

I rolled my eyes and shook my head gently at him, but I hooked my arm through his and we started walking through Olympus towards wherever the restaurant was.

We talked like we always did though as we were walking, I told him about everything that was going on as we walked, although I did what I could to avoid the technical bit of architecture or I knew his eyes would glaze over, and in turn, he told me about what he had been doing. As of now, he was still living in New York so he would be close enough to help out at Camp Half-Blood if he was needed, and he had a job teaching children to swim at a rec center that was in the area.

I asked him a few questions about it, like he liked it and how the children did, and he told me that he enjoyed that job and the children usually did very well.

"So do the kids like you as a teacher?" I asked him.

"Umm, yeah, I think so." He replied.

"You think so?"

He looked like he was trying not to sound like he was bragging and obviously wanted to avoid talking about it for some reason, "Several of them have told me they would miss me, and a couple actually gave me things to remember them."

"Percy, that's adorable," I told him, "How come you haven't told me about it before?"

"Well, I don't like to sound like I'm bragging and you've been busy for the last three weeks."

"Has it really been three weeks?" I asked him. There was no way it had actually been three weeks.

"Yeah, you've always been busy supervising a project or designing others."

I felt really bad that I'd ignored Percy so much for the last while, but I honestly hadn't realized that it had been so long.

I was about to say something when Percy said "There's the restaurant." While pointing at a specific building.

We walked in the stood near the front as we waited for a few minutes. Soon a waiter came and Percy told him "We have a reservation for two. The name is Percy."

He looked in the book and read the few notes and the time next to it.

He smiled and looked at us and said "Will you follow me please?"

He started walking back through the restaurant and past most of the tables and followed him to a door. He pulled it open a gestured for us to go first. Percy let me go ahead of him, so I started my way up the stairs with Percy and the waiter following.

When I reached the top of the stairs, I couldn't help a short gasp escaping my lips. We were on top of the restaurant, on the edge of Olympus. I walked the edge and looked out and saw the stars. When I looked down I could see New York and the lights of business and cars that were always there in New York.

I turned around back to Percy and asked "How did you manage this?"

He smiled at me and said "Being the twice-savior of Olympus tends to get you some benefits, and a few extra drachmas didn't hurt."

I hugged him tight for a few seconds and let go smiling at him.

We walked over to the table and he pulled out my chair for me. I sighed and shook my head again, "You're going to keep this up all night aren't you?" Even though on the inside I was enjoying this.

He smiled and said "Of course."

I sat down and he went around the table and sat at his place. The waiter took our orders and left us with our glasses of water and each other's company. We made small talk, talking about anything we could to pass the time until the waiter finally returned with our food.

We didn't talk much during the meal, the food was too good to leave for very long at a time. Once we had finished that, the waiter brought some small dessert and we ate that, a little more slowly now that we'd eaten our dinner. Percy told me more about what had been going on. He told me details about Sally and Paul's wedding which I hadn't been able to make it to because of a meeting with Apollo about his temple that I was designing at the time, and about how Grover's adventures were going.

Finally we finished eating and the waiter took the dishes, then looked at Percy and asked him, "Are you ready for your last order sir?"

He thought for a moment, then replied "Yes, I am."

The waiter nodded walked back down the staircase.

"What last order? I don't remember anything else." I told him.

He smiled back at me and said "The last part of the night. I'm glad you've enjoyed everything so far and I hope my last surprise will be the best."

I looked at him confused but the waiter returned with a small tray. It was one a stereotypical silver platter, with a round cover over it also made of silver.

"I'll leave you now, and sir, the meal is on the house. I wish you good luck, and enjoy the rest of your night." He said with a smile.

Percy thanked him and the waiter walked back down the stairs, so all that was on the rooftop was Percy, the silver platter, and me.

I was about to ask what the waiter meant when Percy stood up. He brushed his suit and straightened it out before looking over at me.

"Annabeth, I organized tonight because it's very special to me. Today is the day when we got back together two years ago, and you told me you wouldn't me go again. I've been planning this for a long time now, and I prayed you would agree to coming with me today. You've made the last two years of my life the greatest I've had, and you never went back on you promise to never let me go. I want to make the same promise, to never let you go. Annabeth, I never want you to leave and I want to prove it to you." He picked up the cover on the tray partially so I couldn't see what was in it and closed it again after he got something out of it. "Annabeth." He said as he manipulated something behind his back. He took my left hand and got down on one knee as he pulled out an open box from behind him. "Will you marry me?"

I was shocked, and almost immediately after, a surge of happiness went through me.

"Yes!' I said as I pulled him to his feet and hugged him tight.

I forced him to stay for a few seconds, holding him tight. I could feel the tears running down my cheeks, but I didn't care.

He pulled away and took my hand and slid a ring onto my finger. It was beautiful, it was a silver band that had a diamond where it traditionally was, and it was surrounded by several small gems of sea green topaz.

I pulled him into me and kissed him for a long time before pulling him into a hug again and said quietly into his ear again, "Yes seaweed brain, I will marry you."

The End!

Gah! Writing emotions in a girl's perspective is obviously not my thing. In my defense, I am a 17 year old guy, soooo… yeah. But, I hope you guys enjoyed this. Please review and let me know what you thought of this! It was definitely interesting to write From the Ashes, and I hope you all enjoyed. Thank you to all my awesome readers! I hope to see you guys in my next stories!

You've all been great, thank you for your support from the beginning to the end, I couldn't have done it without you.

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