"Will!" She whispered coarsely, "Will! Wake up!"

"Whaa?" I said, pulling a hand up to my throbbing skull.

"Shhh!" She insisted, "You'll wake everyone up!"

"Persephone?" I asked, identifying the mystery voice.

"Yes, it's me, you buffoon. Now get up. I… I have something I have to tell you." She whispered.

I yawned. She took my hand and slowly lifted me up. "Persephone, why are you here?" I asked the goddess. I could barely see her in the darkness, but the gentle glow of springtime her skin was giving off showed the expression on her face to be very conflicted… and very beautiful.

"It's just… I…" She stammered in her whisper. I guessed that it had been awhile since she has been at a loss for words. Her amazing brown eyes were downcast, and I placed my hand on her cheek.

"Wait." I ordered, before she could continue. My emotions were welling up inside of me. I had to tell her this, even if it meant I would get struck down on the spot. I wasn't sure why she came here, but I was glad she did. "Persephone, I love you."

Her eyes snapped up to look me in mine own eyes. A tear slid down one of her cheeks. "Do… do you mean it, Will Solace?"

"I do, Persephone, I do with all my heart." The words just flowed out of my mouth. I spoke at a normal volume now, but nobody stirred. "I have since the moment I saw you. Your image was the only thing keeping me sane in the trip down the river. You have not left my mind since I saw you."

"Oh, Will…" She started, but I cut her off.

"Persephone, I need you so badly. After all the hardships of the war, I didn't think I could go on. Then I saw you in your beautiful springtime and I knew that I never wanted to be anywhere but in your amazing beauty. I want to be in springtime!" I shouted, not caring if the whole entire world woke at the sound. Silence.

Persephone chose not to respond with words, but rather with her lips. Her lips were warm and comforting on my own, and I felt myself nearly melting. "My quest…" I started after pulling myself away from her.

"Forget your quest…" She whispered through rouged lips.

"I can't just…" I started.

"Oh, but you can…" She whispered again, her voice dripping sex.

"It's not that easy…" I fought again, but I was growing weaker. The scent of flowers from her breath was overwhelming my senses.

"Oh, but it is…" She whispered one last time. I pulled her onto my lips this time, taking in the contours of hers. I could almost feel her smiling as the world disintegrated around us.

Before I knew it, I was waking up in the softest bed I have ever been in. I opened my eyes to see the beautiful goddess Persephone tying up her hair with a pink satin ribbon.

"I like your natural hair down," I commented, standing up, "I like your natural self very much."

She smiled as she turned around. Her yellow dress seemed to catch the sunlight coming from nowhere.

"I love you, too, Will." She said with a smile, wrapping her arms around my waist.

I slowly remembered how I had gotten here. "What are we going to do about… well… us?" I asked her. I hadn't really thought about it in the last few hours.

"I'll see you in the summertime." Persephone insisted, "Hades cannot see me when I'm out of the underworld. He is blinded by the spring." She said as she pressed her lips to my neck.

I kissed the top of her hair. "So you will have me in the summer?" I asked.

"Correction," she stated, her breath hot against my skin, "You will have me."

THE END!
After a long hiatus, I have finally decided to add a sequel in the POV of Orion.

Let the cheering begin :)