College sucks. It just does. I tried dating other people but nothing worked out. My grades were fine,and Professors didn’t care about my Dyslexia, or spelling.I did some sign language and looked at Brent. He was deaf, so I learned. He was five now, and wasa cute little kid. Lura learned sign language too, and still lived with Mom and Bexter after I movedout. They all came to visit me in my apartment, and it was nice. Mom baked brownies, and me andLura’s mouths watered.“What’s the secret ingredient?!” Lura asked for the five hundredth time. My mom shook her head.“I’ll tell you when your older.” She said smiling.Lura rolled her eyes and I laughed. Lura was a savage of a teenager and it made me laugh. The doorknocked and I went up to it. I opened the door and froze.“Hello Astraea.”“Hi. What are you doing here?”“Delivering.” Hermes said handing me a note. I looked at it, and opened it. My heartraised. “Thanks!” I said softly.Hermes smiled and walked away. I closed the door and Lura looked at me. “Go! Go seehim you little rascal!” She said smiling.“I’m not the rascal!” I said grabbing my guitar that had been gathering dust. I ran out ofthe door, and straight to the Empire State Building.I walked in, and handed the note to the man behind the counter. He gave me keys, and I raised tothe elevator. I put in the key as the elevator went up. The doors opened after a bit. I ran to the largedoors and took a deep breath. I opened the door and walked in.I looked at all of the gods, and my eyes fell in one. He wore a white button up shirt (which wasn’tbuttoned), blue jeans, and his armored boots, and gladiator armor over the unbuttoned shirt. Hisface was covered in a red shrub, and he didn’t look any older than eighteen.Cole looked at me, and his eyes widened and a smile crossed his face. “Restrain yourself boy.”Zeus said firmly.Cole ignored that and jumped down and threw me over his shoulders. He turned to Zeus and ‘JohnCenaed’ him with the, ‘you can’t see me’.Zeus stood up angrily and Poseidon held him back. “Let the boy be a boy brother.” He said smiling.Cole dropped me on a perfect beach, and he sat down next to me. It was awkward for a while tillCole spoke up.“So... how’s um... life?” He asked.I shrugged. “Same old same old I guess. Lura and Devin finally got together, and Nika met a kidfrom Hephaestus cabin. I tried dating and it didn’t go to well.” I said softly. I turned to my guitar.“That’s when I stopped playing.” I said softly.Cole looked at me. “You stopped?! Why?!”I shrugged. “I just did.” I said softly. Cole looked at me.“Play something.” I raised an eyebrow. I pulled it out, and looked at Cole. I found myselfblushing, and looked at him. “Um... Riptide.” He said softly.I started to play, and smiled when Cole sang along. “I was scared of dentists and the dark. Iwas scared of pretty girls and starting conversations! Oh, all my friends are turning green, you're themagician's assistant in their dreams,”I blushed hard. I didn’t like dating others, because none were like Cole. “Lady, running down to theriptide, taken away to the dark side, I wanna be your left-hand man. I love you when you're singingthat song, and I got a lump in my throat 'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong.”I smiled and started to cut him off. “There’s this movie that I’ll think you like. That cowboy decidedto quit his job and headed to New York City, that cowboy’s run’n from himself, and has been livedon the heights shelf.” I sang looking at Cole.“THATS NOT HOW THE WORDS GO!”“I don’t care Hercules!”Cole flung sand at me. I looked up at his smiling face. He jumped up and ran and I quicklyran after him. Cole turned and picked me up and spun me around. He put me down, and looked atme.“I can’t... I can’t do this.” He said smiling.“Can’t do what?” I asked Cole.“Because I can’t not love you. I can’t! Just stay here with me!” He begged. I looked at him.“Cole, your immortal! I’m going to die—”“But you won’t! After four years of nagging I got an answer!” He said smiling.I froze. I looked at him carefully to see if he was serious or playing a terrible joke on me.“What do you mean?”Cole now froze and seemed nervous. He pulled something out of his back pocket, andlooked at me. “Look... I understand if you say no... but I love you.” He said softly. I watched as hegot on one knee. “I know it’s been years sense over seen you, and I understand that. I get that youare technically my Ex, but still!” He fought.My eyes widened. “So um... I talked to Apollo, and wrote him a Haiku, and he agreed. So um...would you marry me?” He asked hanging his head if embarrassment.I looked at him as my heart raised. “Hypothetically, no. But I’m not hypothetical... so... yes.”“I completely understand... WAIT YOU SAID YEA?!?!”I nodded at him. He must have been deed like Brent. I signed to to him, and Cole smiled andgrabbed me. For the first time in four years, I kissed someone, for the first time I knew who myhusband would be.~One Year Later~“Come on!” He begged. The woman shook her head. “You have to get up!” She shook her headagain.“No! I’m tired! Im not getting up for no reason!”“We have dinner with your family!” Cole protested. Astraea shook her head, and Cole rolled his eyes. He grabbed her, and pulled her up.“Not that hard.” He said firmly.“You did 98 percent of the work.” She said. Cole nodded and kissed her, and put a hand on herlarge stomach.“Please? Let’s go!” He said excitedly. “Okay! Let’s go then. Geese.” She said.“What is with the attitude?” He said softly“Your twins.” She said smiling.
