If Percy Jackson said 'yes'

Annabeth at Olympus

I was the happiest I'd been in eons as I led Annabeth into the elevator to Olympus.  I had learned that if I looked 17, people would think she was my mom, so now I was 25.  I refused to go any older.  I let her in the elevator first and when we reached the top, she stopped me.
   "Percy.  Just a random question.  I don't know why I haven't asked before, or why you've never told me, but are you an Olympian?"  She asked.  I didn't know where that question came from, but I did figure it might have been a little suspicious that I never talked about my lie up here, and just disappeared some days.  I nodded and she gave me a perfect smile.  I led her up the steps to the main room, where, standing there with Annabeth, I felt tiny.  I had made everyone swear on the Styx to stay in mortal form all day today for Annabeth, so most of them pranced down to earth to do I don't know what.  A few had stayed that wanted to see Annabeth, of course.  As soon as we stepped into the center of the room, Aphrodite came running out.  She also looked about 25, and was wearing her hair down with glitter streaks, and had on a flowing pink dress.  Some goddesses never change.
   Aphrodite looked at us expectantly, so I turned to Annabeth and kissed her for the love goddess's sake.  She smiled and squealed and clapped her hands a little, pleased, and made way for Athena who was trailed by Artemis.  Athena walked up and nodded at her daughter, which didn't seem to satisfy Aphrodite.  Artemis shook her hand, which seemed to amaze everyone.  I grinned at Annabeth's expression.  It was a mix between shock, disbelief, happiness, and love.  I hoped that love was for me.  
   Apollo jogged in the room with that same crazy grin on his face.  I had to smile back and hope he wasn't mad at me for being two ranks above him.  He gave Artemis a look that had big brother written all over it, even though Artemis was born first.  Artemis shook her head in small short movements.  Annabeth looked between them, looking for an answer, then asked,
   "What happened that I don't know about?"  And Apollo smiled so big Annabeth had to squint to look at him.  He chuckled and Artemis shot him a warning look.
   "Well you see..."  Apollo started, "While you were dead." Artemis's head shaking got more frantic, "Artemis broke a certain oath..."  Then Artemis broke a certain god.  She shot Apollo in the head, but the god of healing and medicine just pulled it out and kept talking, "And filled up the Artemis cabin!"  He broke out into laughter while Artemis called him every name in every language.  
   Aphrodite gave Artemis a smirk, and  Annabeth and I did too.
   "Seriously?"  Annabeth asked.  I could tell she wasn't going to get a straight answer from Artemis, so I answered for her.
   "Apollo is the god of truth.  What do you think?"  I laughed and Artemis turned red.  She drew an arrow and aimed it right at Annabeth.  Aphrodite stepped in the way and shouted,
   "NO!  NO killing Percabeth!"  I laughed, but Annabeth looked horrified.  I put up a wall of water circling Artemis with a current to strong for her to escape.  Aphrodite nodded at me with respect and I snorted.
   "Oh!"  She screeched and grabbed Annabeth by the hand, pulling her towards the rankings room.  I shook my head and walked behind them.  By the time I got to the room, Aphrodite had the list up and was tapping my name, as if Annabeth couldn't see it for herself.  I caught a peek between their heads:

1. Zeus
2. Hera
3. Poseidon
4. Percy
5. Athena
6. Apollo
7. Demeter
8. Ares
9. Artemis
10. Hephaestus
11. Hermes
12. Dionysus             
13. Hestia

I had to check again to make sure I saw Artemis's rank correctly.  Sure enough, she was ninth.  The oath-breaking thing must've been worse than I thought.
   Annabeth turned to me with a proud smile on her face.  I didn't see Aphrodite's name.  Was she not an Olympian or something?  No.  There were thirteen... Malfunction?  Oh well.
   "Way up there, huh Seaweed Brain?  No wonder you never told me."  She joked.
   "He never told you!"  Aphrodite automatically assumes all couples should know everything about each other.  "Never told you what?  That he was up there, or that he was on here at all?"
   "That he was on here at all... or that there WAS a 'here'."  Annabeth gave me a look and I shrugged. I, unlike all the other gods, didn't like to brag about my outranking everyone except my father and the king and queen of the heavens.  If I got any higher than I was right now, I would have some pretty angry gods on who wanted my head on a stick in Tartarus.
   "Well anyway..."  Aphrodite started, then gasped as if she just remembered something she should have done a long time ago, "Annabeth!"  She shouted and Annabeth and I jumped, "Did you ship Jiper or Liper?  Frazel?  Caleo?  Spill!"  I had no idea what she was talking about, but Annabeth seemed to.  Something form way-back-when probably.  That's what we call the time  before she died.  We're really creative, as you can tell.
   "Umm."  Annabeth blinked a few times, stunned, "Jiper, Frazel, Caleo... Percabeth, if that counts."  I only understood Percabeth, and if this was from way-back-when, I cuold see why I didn't understand what they were talking about.  They started talking, and by they I mean Aphrodite, because Annabeth was stuck there nodding enthusiastically at things she couldn't care less about, and looking at me with 'help me' in her eyes.
   "Stop torturing the girl, Aphrodite.  She didn't come all the way here to hear your fangirl screams, did you Annabeth?"  She shook her head and slipped away from Aphrodite into my arms where I hugged her into my chest.  I was glad I was taller when I planted a kiss on the top of her head and she leaned into my shoulder.  Even that love-crazy goddess knew when she wasn't wanted, so she slipped out of the room while Annabeth and I swayed back and forth.  I closed my eyes and nothing else mattered.  I could stay here for all of eternity, but she wouldn't survive another century.