It’s a Tuesday, around midmorning, and everything is normal. They both have the day off work, which is a miracle in of itself, and they’re enjoying the chance to relax around the apartment.
Percy comes out of the kitchen, wearing nothing but his sweatpants and munching on an apple, when he looks at her sitting on the couch, and asks, “You wanna get married today?”
This is the last thing she expects to hear from him, and it startles her momentarily.
Annabeth sets the newspaper down and just stares at him.
“Did I just hear what I thought I did?” she asks, pushing her reading glasses into her hair. “Because you did just ask me if I wanted to get married today, right?”
Casually, as if their whole future together was not hanging in the balance by his answer, Percy nods and takes another bite of his apple.
“Yeah. So you wanna do it?”
Annabeth stares at him uncomprehendingly. They haven’t mentioned anything about the subject of marriage in the last couple of months – they haven’t even talked engagement yet and she knows he most certainly does not have a ring. Percy is sort of lacking a fair amount of common sense, but this is just ridiculous.
“Do you even know what you’re asking, Seaweed Brain? Because normal people in a relationship just don’t up and decide to get married one morning,” Annabeth replies, feeling the beginning of a panic creeping up on her. “They plan these things out because there has to be announcement and cake needs to be ordered, and they need to invite people, and they have to get dresses and ties and tuxes and – ”
“I’m not asking for a wedding; I just want to get married,” Percy interrupts, still too infuriatingly calm for her liking. “Think about it for a second, Annabeth. Is there any real reason why we can’t married today?”
Momentarily jogged out of her panic, Annabeth leans back into the sofa and really does think about it. She and Percy are both out of college and have stable jobs; they’ve been living together for almost three years, and they’ve been a couple even longer than that. Even though they haven’t really talked about marriage, she knows they just assumed that one day they would wind up that way …
Annabeth glances out the window, where the sun is shining and the sky is a beautiful bright blue. It’s a gorgeous spring day outside, exactly the sort of day she would have liked to have on her wedding day.
Sighing reluctantly, she throws her hands up in the air and says, “Fine. Let’s get married today, Percy.” -
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Date: 2009-11-23 03:11 am (UTC)Percy comes out of the kitchen, wearing nothing but his sweatpants and munching on an apple, when he looks at her sitting on the couch, and asks, “You wanna get married today?”
This is the last thing she expects to hear from him, and it startles her momentarily.
Annabeth sets the newspaper down and just stares at him.
“Did I just hear what I thought I did?” she asks, pushing her reading glasses into her hair. “Because you did just ask me if I wanted to get married today, right?”
Casually, as if their whole future together was not hanging in the balance by his answer, Percy nods and takes another bite of his apple.
“Yeah. So you wanna do it?”
Annabeth stares at him uncomprehendingly. They haven’t mentioned anything about the subject of marriage in the last couple of months – they haven’t even talked engagement yet and she knows he most certainly does not have a ring. Percy is sort of lacking a fair amount of common sense, but this is just ridiculous.
“Do you even know what you’re asking, Seaweed Brain? Because normal people in a relationship just don’t up and decide to get married one morning,” Annabeth replies, feeling the beginning of a panic creeping up on her. “They plan these things out because there has to be announcement and cake needs to be ordered, and they need to invite people, and they have to get dresses and ties and tuxes and – ”
“I’m not asking for a wedding; I just want to get married,” Percy interrupts, still too infuriatingly calm for her liking. “Think about it for a second, Annabeth. Is there any real reason why we can’t married today?”
Momentarily jogged out of her panic, Annabeth leans back into the sofa and really does think about it. She and Percy are both out of college and have stable jobs; they’ve been living together for almost three years, and they’ve been a couple even longer than that. Even though they haven’t really talked about marriage, she knows they just assumed that one day they would wind up that way …
Annabeth glances out the window, where the sun is shining and the sky is a beautiful bright blue. It’s a gorgeous spring day outside, exactly the sort of day she would have liked to have on her wedding day.
Sighing reluctantly, she throws her hands up in the air and says, “Fine. Let’s get married today, Percy.”
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ALL RIGHT--GO.