A/N: So….long time no see guys…BLAME THE IB PROGRAM! And my chemistry teacher. It's her first year, so she actually takes science fair seriously *eye roll*. I've been writing this chapter in bits and pieces, full of different pieces of inspiration.

Wife: a female partner in a marriage


Piper stood in the center of an elegant white-and-beige themed room, hyper-aware of her surroundings. She was aware that there was a ding on the elaborate gold border of the oval mirror in front of her, she was aware of the stares of Reyna, Thalia, and Annabeth, boring a hole in her back, and she wasaware of the spray of silver flowers, starting from the bottom left corner of her snow-white dress, continuing up to the waistband, sparkling in the light of the chandelier, and catching her eye with every move she made. However, what she was especially aware of was the fact that she was marrying Jason Grace in an hour. Jason Grace, who was everything she'd ever wanted since she was fifteen years old. And ohdearZeus what if he realized just how perfect he was, and that she wasn't good enough for him anymore, and Piper, breathe. She took deep, steadying breaths, the way her flute teacher had taught her when she was a little girl, and attempted to think rationally. Jason was the one who proposed, she reassured herself, so that means that he wants to marry you. But what if it was just in the spur of the moment? Feeling the panic rise up in her throat once more, she turned, the silk of the dress spinning with her, and faced the women behind her.

"How do I look?" she asked, partly joking, because she was the daughter of the love goddess, after all, and looking anything but stunning really wasn't possible. Thalia and Reyna gave her a thumbs-up, and Annabeth made a sly comment about how it wasn't really their opinion that mattered. They all chuckled, and Piper felt the tears rise up in her eyes, as she thought about how this was probably the last time she would see them before she was officially Piper Grace. Not that she didn't want to marry Jason, of course (see mental rant above), but it would be a huge change, and she wasn't sure whether she truly understood the magnitude of what she was about to do.

Annabeth consulted her watch, and yelled, "Five minutes to go, Pipes!" Piper looked at Annabeth, worry evident in her eyes, and Annabeth turned to Thalia and Reyna, and asked, "Could we have a moment alone?" Thalia and Reyna, fortunately asked no other questions, and went in the direction of the seating. Piper and Jason had opted to have their wedding outside instead of a church, because they felt it would have felt wrong in some fundamental way to have their ceremony in a church, considering they were actually pagans. Annabeth turned to Piper, "Pre-wedding jitters?" she asked, teasingly.

"Yeah. I just don't-wait, are they that common?" Piper asked, never having seen a cheesy wedding movie, for fear of being thought of as a conventional Aphrodite girl. Annabeth replied, "Of course! I felt the same way right before I walked down the aisle to Percy." "How did you get over them?" Piper enquired. Annabeth smiled, recalling her wedding day. "Well," she responded in a bit of a dreamy voice, "You're going to start walking down the aisle, meet Pe-Jason's eyes, and you'll realize that everything is going to be okay."

Just Annabeth completed her sentence, Tristan McLean entered the dressing room, upon finding Piper (it was no 'Where is Waldo'), he offered her his arm. "Ready, Pipes?" he inquired, eyes gleaming. Whether with tears, or happiness, Piper couldn't tell, but she took his arm, and whispered, "As I'll ever be, dad," and beamed up at him. He began leading her up the path to the pavilion under which Jason stood with the priest(well, there had to be some religious official) and, as she walked up the aisle, she looked into Jason's electric blue eyes, full of love, and trust, and she didn't know how, but she suddenly feltthat they were going to be alright. And that feeling solidified into knowledge when he kissed her after they were proclaimed man and wife.

Wife. Jason was sure he could live with that.

A/N: Well, first of all, I would like to thank everyone who read the first chapter, but especially everyone who reviewed: prospectpassword, hogwartsharpist, Goddess of Jasper, Guest, WildCitrusSunflower, princessash247, rachel3athena, nikitabella, MoonOverManifest, thank you SO MUCH! So, how was it? I hope I didn't sacrifice too much quality in an effort to give you all this chapter before Christmas…Anyway, if there's anything you want me to add/change I would be happy to listen, and Happy Holidays!

~Ancientgreekfreak