Chapter 10

All's well that ends well

Hello, so I know I said that there was going to be at least two more chapters... well, sorry I guess I lied. This is the last chapter of "we went to college to get AWAY from the monsters... not learn about new ones" I will probably do an epilogue... but if an epilogue comes it will be in a while though, my life just got a whole lot more busy in the last couple weeks.

Thank yo so so so so soooo much to all the amazing reviewers and readers who kept me writing this story. Thank you so much to StyxxOmega for still (after all that) being an amazing beta.

Guest(you put "WHAT NO NONONONO" in the name area I think)- no one gives Sam a happy ending because he's Sam Winchester, the friggin' vessel for satan, sorry but its actually difficult to give him a happy ending. Sorry by the way, for like... making you fall in love then crushing your life with a nuke, I wasn't trying.

Okay so without further ado... I give you Chapter 10 All's well that ends well.

Annabeth's POV

The wedding was happening on the beach.

Poseidon had made a request of Zeus for sunny weather, and Apollo would make sure the heat of the sun was just perfect. The benches were made of drift wood, while the stage was roughly constructed, but covered in a light grey silk carpet that hung down around the edges like a table cloth.

Ancient Greek style pillars- that had vines wrapped around them- were placed at the corners of the stage. They were small so they weren't distracting the guests or anything.

The aisle had silk down the middle and was white. From the sitting position on one of the benches, you could see the water. Behind the whole thing was a small forest. Chiron stood on the stage; he was the minister; he looked so fancy in his suit and tie, along with his horse butt.

Leo was up there with him, since he was the ring bearer. I watched from my vantage point on top of the tower from the cabin. All the last minute preparations were made as the last guests arrived.

The gods and goddesses were sitting near the back, except for Athena and Poseidon, who were at the front, the two gods being my mother and Percy's father. Sally and Paul were sitting in the front, too, since they were our human parents.

Sam and Dean just arrived, and Nico showed them to their seats.

As the last guests started to take their seats, the wedding begun. I watched as Percy, Frank, and Jason made their way down the aisle, then I walked down the steps and met up with my dad, who was standing at the door, waiting for me.

I could see Hazel and Piper walking down the aisle through the trees. My dad and I walked off the porch and waited for the music to begin.

After waiting for around ten minutes, it was time to start the procession and my dad whispered, "Let's go, sweetie." As we started to walk up the middle, I could hear our pianist playing the "Pachelbel's Canon" song.

I was insanely tense, but my dad walked a steady pace, so I had to keep up. I was holding my breath, while all the muscles in my body were clenched up. Then, we walked out onto the aisle. When I saw Percy standing there, waiting for me, I let out the breath I had been holding and instantly relaxed.

I walked more briskly up the aisle to my future husband. I walked past the gods, most of the members of Camp half-blood and camp Jupiter, past Sam and Dean, and Rachel. They all stared at me in awe. I walked up the two steps onto the stage, and stood facing Percy.

Chiron started to talk, "We are gathered here today to witness the joining together of this couple, Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson. They have both been through many adventures together, one having been to Hell and back."

I noticed everyone in the entire crowd had laughed except for Paul, Sam, and Dean. That would be, of course, because they were the only ones that didn't know about Percy and I's little vacation to Tartarus.

Chiron continued to speak, but I-almost unwillingly to admit- kinda got lost in Percy's eyes. I just couldn't believe that this moment was here. That I was wearing my wedding dress, standing up here with Percy. I've imagined this moment ever since the kiss at the bottom of the canoe lake, and now, it's reality.

Chiron started the whole "repeat after me thing" and we did repeat the words Chiron said.

Then he continued by saying, "Percy Jackson, do you take Annabeth Chase to be your woefully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, till death do you part?"

"I do" Percy said. Leo-the ring bearer- grinned mechanically.

"Annabeth Chase, do you take Percy Jackson to be your woefully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, till death do you part?" Chiron said, looking at me.

I nodded. "I do." I whispered. Leo grinned even more and gave the ring to Percy, who slipped it on my finger.

While Percy was doing that, Chiron said, "Repeat after me: I give you this ring, as a reminder of our marriage vows and our eternal love for each other." Percy repeated it, "and Annabeth, you can accept this by saying this line: I accept this ring as a reminder of our marriage vows and our eternal love for each other." I repeated that.

Percy slipped the ring on my finger, then Leo gave me the other ring and Chiron said, "Repeat after me: I give you this ring as a reminder of our marriage vows and our eternal love for each other." I repeated the line.

"And Percy, you can accept this by saying: I accept this ring as a reminder of our marriage vows and our eternal love for each other." Percy repeated those words as I slip the ring on his finger.

"Then, with the authority vested in me, immortal trainer of heroes, I pronounce you, Annabeth and Percy Jackson, husband and wife. You may now kiss your bride." Percy and I embraced, our lips touched, and at that moment, all the fears, all the horrors that we lived through, disappeared. In that moment, I felt a feeling that I've only experienced once before.

True happiness.

The reception was inside a large cabin on the lake. The tables were long and wooden, the walls weren't decorated, giving the entire room a rugged, yet homey, feeling.

The whole thing was on a house boat, a magical one that was huge. Percy and I waited outside for our grand entrance. Soon, Frank announced that the grand entrance was coming and everyone stood.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Mr. and Mrs. Jackson!" Frank said as the doors opened and we walked in, the song, Safe and Sound started playing as the crowd applauded our entry.

The table we were sitting at had Leo, Frank, Hazel, Piper, and Jason gathered at. We visited until the servers (a random selection of demigods) gave out the food.

The food was curry and rice, and it was kind of hot, but not too hot. After we ate, Percy and I did the cutting of the cake, and then visited until cake was served. After we finished cake- which was a red velvet cake with white icing and little pearl like decorations. It was exquisite.

Percy and I did the traditional first dance and then the DJ started playing some other songs while we went to go visit with Sam and Dean since we hadn't yet.

"Hey," I said as I zig-zagged through the chairs, lifting up my dress so I wouldn't trip on it. Dean was just finishing off what was probably his tenth glass of wine as we arrived and sat down.

Sam sipped his water, then said, "Hey." I realized it must have been pretty hard for him to be here with Jessica selling her soul and everything, but he looked happy for us.

"This is really good wine," Dean complimented. Sam eyed him over the rim of his water glass, then rolled his eyes.

I nodded slowly. "It's, uh… well… it is from Olympus. Dionysus brought it. You know, he's the god of wine so it should be good." I said. Sam smiled as he looked at his glass of wine- he'd only taken two sips of it.

"How many did he have?" Percy asked as Dean belched.

"Eighteen." Sam replied shortly

I stared at him, surprised. "You counted?"

He nodded. "Every time he stood up to get something, I would dump half of it in the plant and poor the rest of my water into it, but he noticed, so he never got up." Sam explained. We sat there in silence then the DJ started playing Metallica and Dean's head popped up.

He grinned happily and put his hand out to me and asked, "Care to dance?" I was kind of hesitant. I really didn't want to dance with him since he was drunk, but I couldn't be rude, so I ended up taking his hand.

Percy patted my back and said, "Good luck!" I smiled. I expected an awkward jig-like-slow-disco dance thing from Dean, but he took the lead and he was very good.

We danced for a couple songs, then finally sat back down when some slow songs started playing. Dean seemed to be rather disappointed when he realized the servers didn't fill up his glass again, which was probably the idea of the Athena waitresses.

Dean didn't mind, though. He just stole the rest of Sam's wine.

Sam tried to stop him, but that was like trying to stop a wild fire from catching the next tree. Soon enough, they brought out a platter of snacks and those seemed to help with Dean being drunk. He calmed down quite a bit, then Percy and I went to go visit with some other people. Near 11:00 p.m., the DJ started playing AC/DC.

Percy and I hit the dance floor to start dancing again. It was a little hard to dance in heels but I actually managed to pull it off. We laughed and danced. Pretty much everyone was dancing at that point, even Rachel was dancing and having fun. She was actually with Sam, which I found to be a very interesting couple. The night rolled on and we were going to dock the houseboat at midnight for anyone who wanted to leave then, but that didn't mean the party was actually already over.

Around 11:45 p.m., everyone was dancing and the Hermes cabin set off some fireworks. I'm not really sure how they did it, but they were heart shaped. At 11:50, the candy bar opened.

I decided not to point that out to Dean just yet. At midnight, when we docked, a few people trickled out to board, but most of us stayed. At this point, the music was loud and the DJ was playing Metallica, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and a lot of other classic rock music.

No one had dance partners anymore; we just put one hand on our hip, one in the air and danced to our brave little hearts' desires.

Percy and I gave our farewells to the last people who were leaving. Sam and Dean were one of those groups leaving. After everything we'd been through, it was really hard to say goodbye to the boys.

Percy and I had known for a long time that Sam and Dean had to leave sooner or later, but just not yet. At first, we just stared at each other.

"I'll miss you." Dean said without warning.

I smiled. "I will too," I whispered back. Sam and I hugged each other, while Dean and Percy awkwardly shook hands.

Then I hugged Dean while Percy and Sam shook hands.

"It was a really great year," I said then I paused, "Er... I mean a couple weeks." I finished.

Sam smiled. "Thanks for everything," he said.

Dean smiled. "Yeah, I hope I'll get another taste of that wine before I die," he stated with a serious, but smiley face on.

Percy grinned, "It's the best stuff, isn't it? But you haven't tasted nectar. That is the bomb," he blurted.

"Oh, god no! Don't give him any more ideas, Percy! It would be the last thing he did… literally," I said, elbowing Percy in the ribs.

"I guess I'll see you guys around," Sam said. I nodded as he and Dean started making their way down to the Impala.

"Wait!" Someone yelled as they burst out of the doors of the houseboat. It was Nico. Sam and Dean turned as he jogged over to them.

"I just wanted to say… jeez you're tall… uh… I mean, thanks. You kinda made me look at the world differently. Like not taking everything for granted... You never know what day might be your last," he said, panting.

"Oh, it's nice to know I taught someone a life lesson," Sam muttered, a bit confused of when he had done that.

"And, some advice. If the Christian angels get involved, don't believe a word they say, they are complete dicks. Except for Gabe. He's cool," Nico said.

Dean nodded. "Thanks, dude," he said. Nico smiled, while Percy and I moved over next to Nico and once again shook hands and hugged. Then, Sam and Dean got into the Impala, and as Dean turned it on, "Magic carpet ride" by Steppenwolf started playing. I smiled and waved as the car drove off. We watched it go until it disappeared into the distance.

"I hope they'll be okay," I said, still not taking my eyes off the spot where the Impala had disappeared.

Percy shrugged. "They've got guns, honey," he pointed out.

"They hunt demons for a living. They're gonna die young," Nico said flatly. Percy and I turned to him accusingly.

He looked at us innocently. "What?" He asked. "I never said that they'd stay dead."