Two Years Later

Percy rolled his eyes; his father was making it a bigger deal than what it really was.

"One more!"

"Daaad!"

Poseidon instructed the trio to move closer together. "Grover, Annabeth, scoot in closer to Percy."

"How many more pictures do you need to take?" Percy whined.

"A few more. No more rolling your eyes; it ruins the picture."

"The faster you comply, the faster it will be done," Annabeth whispered into Percy's ear.

Percy followed her advice and smiled at the camera.

"Hold those diplomas higher." Poseidon instructed.

The trio held their high school diplomas they received less than twenty minutes ago higher.

Poseidon lowered his phone and smiled at the trio. Amphitrite stood behind her husband, smiling, "Why don't we get some photos with just Percy and Annabeth?"

"Amphitrite!" Percy moaned.

Grover patted him on the back in sympathy before leaving to join his own family.

His father took a few more pictures of him and Annabeth. His father wasn't the biggest fan of their relationship, nor was Annabeth's mother for that matter. Percy's father and Annabeth's mother didn't get along at all; luckily, his father was civil toward Annabeth. Athena, on the other hand, saw no difference between him and his father. Percy preferred visiting Annabeth during her days with her father, as he would rather be near the protective father than her feisty mother.

They've been dating for almost two years. Their two-year anniversary is in June; they made it official after the Montauk renovation. She offered to help them renovate the cabin; Poseidon agreed, being too oblivious to suspect anything else that might be going on.

His father initially thought it was weird that Athena's daughter offered to help them, but he didn't give it much thought. They had to spell it out for him that they were dating. It took him a couple days to come around to the idea, but once he did, he had one rule: don't make him a grandfather before the age of forty.

Poseidon's phone started to ring, interrupting his picture-taking; he answered it.

Poseidon pulled the phone from his ear, "Hestia got lost, I'm going to go and find her and bring her back."

"I'll go with you, we don't need you getting lost as well." Amphitrite said tagging along with her husband.

"Thank the lords that's done!" Percy exclaimed.

Annabeth chuckled, "Don't get your hopes up; we still need to meet with my mother and my father."

Percy groaned. Athena wouldn't take any photos of them, Annabeth's father on the other hand, would. Percy's glanced through the crowds of people to see if he could see her parents.

"Where are they?"

Annabeth scanned the crowd and shook her head. "I don't know," she said. "I'm going to find them and bring them back."

Percy nodded watching as the back of his girlfriend disappeared in the crowd. He pulled out his cell phone and began to mindlessly scroll waiting for his father or Annabeth's family to come back.

"Percy!"

Percy glanced up from his phone to see Jason waving at him. Most of his family came to watch him graduate, except for Thalia, who's probably at a college party.

Percy walked over to him, "Where's Nico?"

"He's with Hestia. I volunteered to try to find you, but I'm sure Hestia called your father to try to find where you were."

Percy nodded in confirmation.

"Lunch won't be the same without the three of you there."

Percy had been having lunch with his cousins since his sophomore year. He had all three of his closest cousins at his table during his junior year - Thalia, Jason, and Nico. Thalia left last year to go to college, and now he was leaving too.

"We were able to move on with Thalia, and I'm sure you will be able to move on next year."

"That's different! Last year, there was only one who left, but now there are three more who are leaving. So, there will only be four of us left: me, Piper, Leo, and Nico."

"At least you have a group, it will be only Nico once the three of you graduate next year." Percy pointed out.

Jason grimaced at the thought. "You're right. Though I think Nico will be able to adapt; he often prefers to be alone."

Percy nodded agreeing with that perspective "He's strange that way."

Percy scanned through the crowd to see if he could find either the rest of his family or Annabeth's family. His eyes landed on someone whom he didn't expect; they were supposed to be in another country.

Percy excused himself and walked towards the college student standing alone by the exit.

"Aren't you supposed to be taking summer classes in Australia?" Percy asked.

Triton shrugged, "Technically, it's winter break over there and I'm on break."

"You never visited during your breaks, except for the week during your summer break in December. What changed?"

"Is it a crime to come home?"

Percy let out a smirk, "Did you come back just to see me?"

"Get down from whatever high horse you've planted yourself on."

"C'mon you missed me!"

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Triton said, failing to suppress the pull of a smile.

Percy smile broadened before he took initiative and hugged his half brother. Triton stood stiff for a moment before returning the hug. He would have never done this two years ago before the accident, but after the accident in March two years ago their relationship has improved by shared trauma. It's also helped that they spent time away from each other as Triton has been in college across the world.

"Does Dad and Amphitrite know you're here?" Percy asked pulling away.

"No, It's a surprise for them as well."

Percy glanced back at the crowd of people. He saw his father and the rest of his family trailing behind him through the crowd.

"Speaking of them, here they come now."

"Triton! What are you doing here? When did you get here? And how long will you be staying?" Amphitrite asked as she rushed to envelop her son in an embrace.

"I got here earlier today, and I'll be here for two weeks," Triton said, returning her tight grip.

"Are there going to be any more surprises? I don't think my heart could take any more!" Poseidon asked embracing his eldest son.

"This means more pictures!" Amphitrite said as Poseidon whipped his phone out.

Percy suppressed an eye roll, but he stood beside Triton while his father took yet another hundred pictures. He would suck it up, because there was one thing he had learned over the past three years; You only have one family, and you needed to make the best of it today, because you might not get to have tomorrow with them.