Chapter 3: the funeral
A week after Annabeth died was the funeral, everyone came, Chiron, Leo, Piper, Frank, Sally, Thalia, Calypso (Percy didn't know exactly why Leo's arm was wrapped around her shoulders protectively), Mr. Chase, his wife and their kids, even Mr. D came, along with a bunch of extended family, perhaps the biggest surprise was Nico, Percy hadn't seen Nico in nearly ten years, ever since Hazel had died, he blamed Percy as he had been fighting with her when it happened, Percy never expected to see him here, he didn't even know how Nico had found out. Nico didn't talk to anyone but Percy felt peace in seeing him there.
During the ceremony Percy fiddled with Annabeth's CHB necklace, which he had started wearing as a way to remember her. His eyes stung during the speeches but he couldn't help but crack a smile during Leo and Mr. Chase's. He managed to hold the tears in for sometime. It was the video of photos and clips that got to him, seeing pictures like the one of them at 18, after the war, smiling and grinning outside their first house, of her holding little Harry and Percy holding Clara the day they were born, Annabeth on her father's doorstep in her cradle (turned out he had pulled out his camera to remember the moment, contrary to what Annabeth had believed), and finally, she and Percy exchanging vows.
After the ceremony Percy went to speak to Nico while Leo looked after the kids. Nico was reluctant to tell Percy how he had found out about Annabeth. Finally he got sick of Percy asking him, turned around and mumbled "I've been speaking to her" before shadow travelling away.