The Price

by slytherinshadowhunter67

The Seven have defeated Gaea - but at a cost. Percy and Annabeth are gone. These are the thoughts of the remaining members of the Seven, Nico and people who knew them as they discover their deaths. AU. Ignores Blood of Olympus.

6. Aphrodite

Thanks to ebookboss121 for reviewing (I'll try to do what you suggested sometime soon). I updated the end of the previous chapter, because I forgot to include the asterisk where Aphrodite says "My OTP is ruined" (:D) so yeah. Anyway, huge thanks to my loyal reviewer PercyJacksontheChicken for reviewing again :) and here comes the awesomeness! BTW, this one is kinda funny, I laughed while writing it. No one said all the chapters had to be heartbreakingly sad, after all.

APHRODITE

The goddess of love and beauty tapped her foot on the marble floor impatiently, wondering if her makeup was alright. She had to keep up appearances, after all. Ares was expecting her to look her best for tonight.

Aphrodite couldn't care less about Hades' ramblings, or even the purpose of the meeting. She was solely worried about the dinner Ares was treating her to. Was she going to look good? She had to look her best! Oh dear, was that her makeup running already? She mustn't frown; no one knew antidotes for frown lines! They were permanent! Oh no!

She was barely paying attention when she heard Zeus say, "Poseidon, Athena, I'm sorry." For a second she was puzzled, but as the other gods started looking sad and she realized what must have happened. "MY OTP IS RUINED!" she shrieked, horrified. Who was she going to ship now?! Percabeth was perfect! And now, they were dead. Dead! And Percy had been so cute, as well as being powerful. Hadn't he been the most powerful demigod in a century?! A century?! Wow, that was actually pretty long! Eek!

Aphrodite groaned in disbelief at her bad luck as she slumped down into her pretty pink throne, then quickly straightened up because posture was everything. She had promised Annabeth an interesting love life, and now she was never going to get to deliver. Bummer. She'd been interesting while she'd been alive. But maybe she could still throw something in during their stay in Elysium?

But of course she couldn't; they deserved this ending. Aphrodite started to sigh at her bad luck in losing her favourite couple, but she decided that it had been for the best. She was so horrible at committing to anything. Flighty, that's the word people used to describe her. And they were right.

Aphrodite promptly decided that her new OTP was Jasper-her own beloved daughter and that handsome Jupiter boy-and so stopped grieving Percabeth. They were in a better place, weren't they? Besides, Piper and Jason looked so cute together! And that was that. She had moved on.