Look Out Ladies, Here I Come!

A/N: Ahem, now for replying to the reviews from chapters 2 and 3.
Wrestling is my best skill: Thank you, I do try :D

allen r: I can tell that guys must be falling left, right and centre for her. Anyway, I'll be getting to her next chapter or something. I hope you can hold out till then! Check back soon for more!

blankslate37: Thank you so much!

"Get married? What do mean 'get married'?"

"Get married as in tie the knot, you know 'till death do us part' and all that? Why, don't you want to get married?"

"Of course I do, just not now! And why would we get married?"

"So that I have a legitimate reason to move to Australia with you! Don't you love me anymore?" Her eyes filled with tears and Percy instantly felt guilty. He wrapped his arms around her. "Of course I do baby, we'll get married, don't worry." Inside he was thinking of escape routes.

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Percy and Jason were at a party, standing next to the bar and drinking bottles of beer. Jason spoke up. "Why do you want to ditch her?"

"She's getting clingy man. I love her but I don't want to settle down."

"So? She'll probably be good for another few weeks." He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. Percy made a noise of disgust. "Jason, that's disgusting! I'm not keeping her around so I can satisfy myself!"

"All right, all right. I can have her then?"

"Jase…"

"Okay, let's think. How about you tell her that your mom has already fixed your marriage with another girl?"

"That might work…"

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Percy steeled his nerves and opened the door. "Baby, I need to tell you someth-"

"Oh, Percy! Mom's on the line, she wants to talk to you!" Mom? Does she mean my mom? Why is she calling mom 'mom'? What the hell!

"Percy, I just talked to Rachel. You're getting married? Oh my baby's growing up, this is wonderful, and where are you planning on having the ceremony? She seems like such a nice girl! I'll talk to Mr. Smith, I'm sure…" Percy tuned out. This was so not going as planned.

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"She talked to your mom?" Jason barely suppressed his laughter. "What are you, sixteen?"

"She didn't ask me! She went on my personal landline and got the number! She knows I don't let anybody touch that!"

"Well, why don't you make up something like… wait, she's an over-emotional girl, so she'd probably want a few kids running about. Tell her you can't have any."

"WHAT?"

"Yeah, why not?"

"This had better work."

"Oh, it will my boy, it will…"

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"I can't have any kids with you." Percy dropped the lie in front of the whole staff. They were at a high-end store, getting him measured for a tux, with the obviously-gay attendant ogling his body, including his not-so-comfortable-parts.

Everybody's mouth dropped open. Rachel gathered her wits and asked to be given a minute alone. Then she turned to Percy. He cringed, waiting for an onslaught that never came. "Oh baby, it's alright. I don't need kids to consolidate our marriage! What happened by the way?"

Percy struggled to think up a solution to this new-found problem. He hadn't counted on this happening, he was hoping that she'd shout and storm out. "A-A accident… when I was a kid! Yeah, a cycling accident. The doctor said that…" He looked down, pretending to be sad.

"Oh my poor baby!" She threw her arms around him. "It's alright, it doesn't matter."

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"This is too much; we need an immediate solution now. It's time to bring out the big guns." Jason rubbed his hands together in an evil gesture, a wicked expression on his face that Percy had come to know. "What are you thinking?" Percy asked wearily.

"Time for a bachelor party."

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Rachel opened the door, planning on hugging Percy and announcing the exciting news that she'd finally found her dress and the church had been booked too. Her eyes widened in shock and her hand flew to her mouth. The entire apartment was low-lit in party mode (Percy'd insisted on having it installed), streamers were hung up, there were cans of beer and bowls of boy-snacks littered around and in the middle was a dance floor. With disco lights. And there was Percy, dressed in nothing but a pair of boxers, a whistle in his mouth, grinding sensually against another girl. His friends were scattered around him but none of the girlfriends were there. Figures, why'd they want them here anyway?

She stormed up to Percy and slapped him hard, tears in her eyes, and then ran to her room. Percy exchanged a worried glance with Jason and ran after her, forgetting that the girl was handcuffed to him. He opened the door and crept in. "Rachel…" She turned and let out a loud sob. Percy realized what- or who- was hanging on to him and quickly got rid of her. "Rachel," he muttered softly and padded up to her, trying to pull her in for a hug. He was shaken off. "Rachel," he tried again. "I'm going to Sarah's for a few days. I need to sort this out. I-I just-" He pulled her in again and she gave in.

She hammered on his hard chest. "Why are you doing this? Don't you love me? Don't you want to be with me? Don't you want to marry me? Just tell me then!" I can't, that's the f**king problem!

"I do baby, I do! The guys wanted to celebrate my soon-to-finish bachelorhood, and I couldn't refuse. You know the way it was when Frank and Hazel got married!"

"It's just- you seem so distant these days, I don't know how everything is anymore!"

"It'll be alright baby, I promise." He kissed her softly.

Oh dear Lord. There's only one option left. Desert the ship.

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"Rachel, he isn't coming. You need to get inside before you catch a cold. You'll get over him; he was just a good-for-nothing guy." Sarah tried to comfort her friend but one look at her tear-streaked face told her all she needed to know. Rachel would never be whole again. Not completely.

The jilted bride just sat there on the stone steps of the ancient church, dressed in her wedding attire. "He said he loved me, Sarah. He said he loved me." Then she began to cry.

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Percy reclined in his seat. His guilt about leaving Rachel like that would never go away, but it would lessen with time, as he hoped Rachel's hate for him would. He looked at Jason and Piper. They looked so happy together. He hoped he'd find his life-partner too.

He looked out at the clouds outside the aircraft and took a sip of champagne.

Here's to a new life. A new beginning.

A/N: Sorry about the long time between updates. Just finished my story- Daughter of Hera, I was busy with that. On the other hand, I'll be on vacation next week and I can take my laptop with me so expect another update soon. Maybe it'll be Tuesday? I don't know.
Review anyways!