..Chapter 11..

Epilogue: Wedding Bells

TPOV

I sighed and looked at myself in the full-length mirror. My hair was pulled up into an elegant bun with strands of curled hair hanging around my face. I had little makeup on but that little just made me look like a completely different person. I smiled at my dress. It was a normal floor length white, strapless gown. There were sparkles from the top to the waist and designs from the waist down. I smiled at my appearance. I looked beautiful.

Today was my wedding day.

"Thalia, can I come in?" I heard Annabeth's voice from the other side of the door. I smiled and went and opened the door. When she saw me she gasped and smiled. "You look wonderful! Aphrodite did an amazing job!" she exclaimed hugging me gently, careful not to mess up my hair, makeup, or dress.

"Why thank you," Aphrodite said walking out of the bathroom. She was in a black strapless dress that went to her knees and she had half her hair tied back and half down. I turned to see Annabeth in the same dress as Aphrodite. Soon enough I heard another knock on the door. I turned to see Violet standing there with the same dress on. She was holding Nico's hand and he was smiling at me. I smirked at the two of them.

In the five months it took for us to organize and plan Apollo and I's wedding Nico finally got the courage to ask Violet out. We all had been ecstatic for them.

"Are you nervous?" Violet asked walking over to me and putting her hands on my shoulders. I looked up at her and shook my head. As long as Apollo didn't leave me at the alter I was fine. She just giggled and rolled her eyes. I had chosen her as my maid of honor. Annabeth and her had argued over it when Annabeth finally settled on being a bridesmaid.

The one thing that unerved me was the best man. Percy.

I felt like it shouldn't have been Percy that should have been the best man. I had pondered for many weeks until I finally came to a revelation. I had wanted Parker to be the best man. He would have been my choice if he was still here. I was sad he couldn't be here to support me but happy at the same time. If he'd have had to stand up there and watch me marry Apollo I don't know if he'd be able to handle it.

"Thalia, you, er, look amazing," I heard somebody say from the door. I turned around to find my dad, Zeus, standing there looking awkward in a tux. I just giggled and went over to him giving him a hug.

"Thanks dad. That means a lot to me," I said smiling. He just huffed and rolled his eyes. When I let go of him I turned to everybody in the room. That's when it hit me.

I was really getting married to Apollo today.

I shook my head and laughed as tears welled up in my eyes. Violet came rushing over when she heard my watery laugh. She hugged me and then pulled back and looked for any signs of doubt in my eyes. She found none.

"What's wrong?" she asked quietly and I just laughed again fanning my face so the tears didn't spill over and ruin my makeup.

"Nothing's wrong. I just can't believe I'm actually getting married to Apollo today. This is all just so surreal," I said looking around at everybody once again. Violet just shook her head and laughed.

"Well come on! You wouldn't want to be late to your own wedding would you?" Aphrodite said as she grabbed my arm and dragged me down the hallway until we came to two double doors that led into the church. We all lined up and waited for the music to start. When I heard the music drift to us the double doors were opened and the bridesmaids started walking down the aisle.

It seemed to take years for everybody to walk down the aisle. Finally, it was Violet's turn. She looked back at me and winked before walking down the aisle. She walked with grace and kept her smile on her face the whole time. When finally, finally she had reached the end of the aisle I heard my cue in the music. I took a deep breathe and hooked my arm through my dad's. He smiled down at me and led me down the aisle.

I looked around at all the smiling facing as I walked the impossibly long aisle. When I saw Annabeth and Nico they both winked at me. I smiled back and turned my head to the alter.

There he was smiling the brightest smile I've ever seen.

He was wearing a pitch black tuxedo and his hair was in its usual disarray. When I looked into his eyes I saw happiness and nervousness. I giggled silently at that. When he caught sight of me walking towards him his mouth flew open and his eyes widened. As he looked me up and down I blushed and smiled at him. When I reached him he held out his hand to me and I took it.

As we went through our vows I couldn't help but let my mind drift to him. What would it have been like if he was here as our best man? Would things be different or the same?

As I was thinking I looked behind Apollo. My eyes widened at what I saw. There was the same boy I met five months ago wearing a black tux with his dark brown hair covering his eyes. Except he wasn't really standing there. He was see through. When he realized I had saw him he looked up at me. His piercing blue eyes locked with my electric blue ones. He smiled at me and nodded at Apollo. I quickly turned back in time to say my part. When I finished I looked back at the see through version of Parker. He smiled once again and winked before he disappeared.

I shook my head and smiled as the minister asked me one of the most important questions in my life.

"I do," I whispered. When I heard my voice I realized I was crying. I quickly wiped the tears away as Apollo smiled at me and squeezed my hands as the minister asked him the same question.

"I do," he said proudly. It rang through the church.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride," the minister said. Apollo smiled at me before leaning down and touching his lips to mine. I quickly wrapped my arms around his neck as his wrapped around my waist. To soon, he pulled away and looked down at me. Everybody in the church burst into applause as we walked out of the church.

Soon enough everybody was standing outside of the church with Apollo and I. Everybody was giving us hugs and congratulations. I felt a poke in the back and saw Violet standing there with Nico. She broke out into a wide grin and hugged me while she bounced up and down.

"Oh my gods I'm so happy for you!" she said squealing. Suddenly I felt another person wrap their arms around me. I looked behind me to see Annabeth giving me a hug. I just laughed and soon Percy and Nico had joined in on the group hug. When they broke away I looked at all of them and I felt the tears well in my eyes for the third time today.

"Thank you guys so much. You don't know how much it means to me," I said quietly as Apollo grabbed ahold of my hand again. When I looked up at him he motioned with his hand to the gardens next to the church. I looked around to make sure nobody was watching us and walked off into the beautiful flowers with Apollo.

When he was sure we were out of sight he picked me up in his arms and spun me around. I giggled as he set me down on the ground. He closed his eyes and bumped his forehead against mine. I felt his finger trace my bottom lip.

"You don't know how happy I am right now," he breathed. I smiled and ran my hands through his hair.

"I think I might have an idea," I said playing along. He opened one of his eyes as his arms wrapped around my waist. "But, I'd be happier if you did this," I said and I leaned up to press my lips to his. He beat me to it though and I gasped as his lips crashed onto mine. I tangled my hands in his hair as his lips moved with mine. When he finally pulled back he looked me in the eyes.

"Remember, we are forever and always. I love you Thalia," he said quietly and kissing my nose afterwards.

"I love you too Apollo. Forever," I replied. He reached down to kiss me again and I happily complied.

In that little moment I was content. I loved Apollo with all my heart and soul and I knew he felt the same way. He was never going to leave me and I was never going to leave him. We were perfect for each other and we always would be.

Nothing could ever change that.

* The End *

I can't believe it's really over.

This has been an amazing ride over the past four months from when Shine Bright was published to when this story has been finished. I don't even know where to begin. I've never evergotten this many reviews on anything and I can't begin to tell you how extremely happy I am. I know that something like 70 reviews may not be a lot to you but it's a lot to me and I appreciate every one of them.

And the thing that makes me the happiest is that you guys tell me I'm an amazing author. I think I'm at least decent but I never imagined people to think of me to be an amazing author. It truly touches my heart and it makes me want to cry tears of joy :'D

For some time now it has been my dream to become a Best-Selling author and who knows maybe I'll become one one day. And I'll have all of you to thank for getting me started :)

Now back to business! I know all of you will ask for a threequel. It seems like a pretty good idea to write one and I'm still thinking about it but I'm almost positive I'm not going to be writing one. the reason is it would be obvious what it would be about.

Thalia being pregnant.

I know that some of you think that would be an amazingstory and you would love to read it but in all honestly I wouldn't want to write it. The reason being is I don't think I'm ready to write about something like that. I know some of you think I'd do an awesome job but my heart wouldn't be into it and I'd probably end up messing it up. So no. This is the end of the ThaliaxApollo series.

And I know some of you may think that I wouldn't have to write the threequel about her being pregnant but honestly what else would it be about? Parker coming back to life? Luke coming back to life? The only really good option would be her having a baby and I'm not up to writing something like that yet.

Buuuuuuuut I have thought about something else. It is possible to do a re-write of Shine Bright or Fighting For Love in Apollo's point of view. Or if I didn't want to do that I could write about Violet and Nico's relationship in the five months before the wedding. Both of them are possible. I'll just have to put some thought into it first.

But on a more cheerful note I'd like to give some shoutouts and list everybody that followed this story! :D

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Special Shoutouts To:

wisegirlx17: Again I want to thank you for being an amazing friend, awesome reviewer, and such! I always smile when I read your reviews on my stories and your replies on Twitter! Oh and P.S. You are a freakin amazing author ;)

ILove2Write13: Once again I must thank you x10000000! Your story started this and you are still to thank! Another thing that kept me going was your encouraging, funny, and nice reviews! I was honored when you reviewed this sequel! I thought you stopped at Shine Bright! Lol ;)

Akatsuki Child: You are one of the most nicest reviewers I've ever seen! I loved reading your reviews and looked forward to getting them from you! Thank you so much!

TOTALinuyashafan101: You have reviewed every single one of my chapters in this story! You are the only person that has reviewed every single one and for that I thank you! Your reviews always made me crack up and I never updated until I received your review! Thanks ;)

Well I'm extremley sorry if I forgot your name! I love and appreciate all of you!

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the songs: Your Biggest Fan, Never Say Never, When Christmas Comes To Town, Set The Fire To The Third Bar, My Sanctuary, or My Heart Will Go On. I also don't own anything else I mentioned in this story. I only own my characters Violet, Ryan, and Parker! Oh and my plot line :)

Well that looks like that's all for the ApolloxThalia series! Put me on author alert just in case I post the re-write in Apollo's point of view or the NicoxViolet story! Also the readers who read SWAC I'm looking forward to seeing you when I put up Me, Myself, and Time!

Pleeeeeaaase leave a review on Fighting For Love one last time! I'm hoping to get at least 80! Thanks! :)

One last time I love every single one of you and thank you so, so, so much!

As I said last time, ThaliaxApollo FTW! ;D

Until next time, lots of love!

-Taylor(: