Hey y'all! So I'm not sure if this is the last chapter or not but if so, fear not, there will be one more story after this :) a novella called UnTouchable which deals with a certain English girl and her time when she was 'dead'. Anywho, enjoy this chapter :)

Chapter Quote:
"She knew she loved him when 'home' went from being a place to being a person."
~E. Leventhal
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Chapter 39: Fireworks Explode In My Mind

Bryn

For a few brief seconds after she woke up, Bryn thought she was in Elysium again because waking up in Luke's arms, being surrounded by her friends and family, it seemed too perfect. Never in her life had she felt so... peaceful.

"Sleeping beauty awakens," Bradley remarked.

"Now if only her prince would," Brady said.

"We've been poking him for about ten minutes."

"Waiting to see how long it'll take him to wake up."

"And when poking didn't work, we tried zapping him."

"But he just slept through that."

"You've made him immune to zapping."

"Makes me wonder if you two have slept together before and he's just used to you zapping him."

"I'd say we haven't, but I'd be lying. We have a couple times, but it was purely platonic. Although I don't think I ever zapped him while sleeping. Pretty sure he would've told me."

"He deserves to be zapped for sleeping with you when you two weren't dating," Bradley added.

"You're terrible for not zapping him," Brady said.

"You're terrible," Hallie commented, glaring at the twins as she held a cup of coffee in her hands. It must've been morning because Bryn knew her friend was not a morning person, much like herself.

"Let me try waking him up," Bryn suggested. She turned to Luke and whispered his name in his ear.

"Hi," he murmured.

"I suggest that if you don't want to be zapped anymore by my brothers, you wake up," she laughed.

Luke opened his eyes, giving the twins a deadpan stare. "I was wondering what that was."

Bradley and Brady had their eyes squinted in confusion.

"How on earth-" Bradley began.

"-did you wake up to a whisper by her-" Brady added.

"-but not to zapping-"

"-and poking?"

"I felt it, I was just ignoring it. I'm good at that. Are we almost home?" he inquired. "And where's Silena and Derek?"

"Should be home in an hour and a half. Silena and Derek are making breakfast for us. I suggest you two go get ready. Brady is going to get all our stuff packed and I'm going to escort Hallie back to her room before she kills everyone in this room. Come on love, let's get you back to bed," Bradley said, standing up and holding out his hand. Hallie took it. She and the twins left.

"I should go take a shower," Bryn murmured, closing her eyes again. She didn't want to leave but she needed another shower. Even though she'd cleaned herself extremely well after being in Tartarus and dead for a couple days, Bryn still felt she needed to wash away the essence of Tartarus on her.

Luke groaned. "I don't want to get up."

"Then don't. I'll take a shower first and then you can," she said, getting up. Luke pushed himself up. Bryn wrapped her arms around his neck. "I love you Sharkboy.'

He kissed her. "I love you too Catwoman."

Bryn entered the bathroom and locked the door. She heard Luke leave the bedroom, presumably to go get food.

Bryn took a quick shower so she would have time to dry her hair and put on makeup. Luke came in about half an hour before they were supposed to arrive at camp. Bryn was doing her makeup when he entered. He placed a plate of food in front of her, kissed her cheek, and went into the bathroom.

Bryn munched happily on her breakfast, only to be interrupted five minutes later when Luke let out a yell and came crashing out of the bathroom. He'd obviously showered as his hair was wet and although he'd managed to throw some pants on, he'd forgotten his shirt. She stared at him questioningly (trying to avoid staring at his extremely toned body) to which he replied, "Spider. Big spider. How in Hades name does a spider get on a boat?!"

Being scared of spiders herself, Bryn mentally requested for Brady to come get rid of it. Her brother did as he was told but not before stopping in his tracks, narrowing his eyes, and said, "You two did shower separately, right?"

"Out!" Bryn barked, pointing towards the door. Her brother grinned as he swaggered out of the room. Bryn turned to apologize to Luke for her brother's comment.

"It's fine. By the way, like what you see?" Luke threw out his arms and shimmied a little. "I saw you staring when I came out earlier."

"I do like what I see," she said bluntly. "It's a nice view. Now hurry up and get dressed. Fully. We'll be landing in a few minutes. Hey, did you... did you tell my parents I'm alive?"

"Um, no. We haven't told anyone, actually. We probably should've done that. I don't really want to be giving our parents coronaries."

"It'll be a surprise. A good one. I hope." Luke threw on a shirt before coming up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist, and resting his head on her shoulder.

"Your mom and dad are going to be thrilled. You didn't see how they reacted when I first met them and showed them a video of you. They love you without having seen you in over fifteen years, and after they meet you again, they're going to love you even more."

Bryn took a deep breath and nodded. At that moment, Leo came over the PA system, announcing they were arriving at camp. Luke and Bryn ran up to the deck and peered over the railing. The others were already there. The glittering waters and lush forests of Long Island Sound greeted them. Kids and adults alike were gathering around, watching the flying ship come into the camp. Bryn noticed there was mix between orange and purple shirts, which meant that the Romans had stayed with the Greeks. It was nice to see them getting along.

"Welcome home," Will said, smiling at the demigods. The moment the plank was down and they disembarked, Luke, Silena, Derek, and the twins were attacked by their parents. Hallie and Bryn hung back, feeling awkward they didn't have anyone to greet them.

"Mom, dad, we want you to meet someone," Bradley said. A woman that was a spitting image of Bryn and a tall, muscular man faced Bryn. Their eyes widened.

"Mom, dad, we would like to formally introduce you to your daughter... again. Mom, dad, meet Bryn," Brady introduced.

"Bryn, meet mom and dad," Bradley added.

Bryn clasped her hands behind her back to hide how much she was shaking. Shyly, she greeted, "Hi mom. Hi dad."

Her mom started crying as she pulled Bryn into a bone crushing hug. Mr. Drew sandwiched Bryn between him and her mom.

"Oh my precious baby girl! You've grown up so much!" her mom sobbed.

"I missed you so much," Bryn whispered, feeling the tears sliding down her cheeks.

"We thought you were dead," Mr. Drew breathed. "They told us you were dead. Twice."

"I pretended to be dead the first time for a complicated reason which I'll explain. I really did die the second time," she explained. "But Bradley, Brady, and Hallie brought me back."

"How? How is that possible?"

"The Physician's Cure."

"As in the one by Asclepius?" her mom asked.

"That would be the one," Brady confirmed.

"It was hell to get but totally worth it," Bradley declared.

"We have so much catching up to do!" Mrs. Winchester said. "Go hug your friends and when you're done, we'll head to the Big House and talk, get to know each other again."

Bryn nodded, unable to speak she was so happy. She chose to hug Mr. and Mrs. Michaels next. They'd practically been her parents for a year when she was going to school. After them, she hugged Percy and Annabeth.

"I'm so glad you're alive Bryn," Annabeth whispered.

"Thank you Mrs. Jackson. And I want to talk to you and Mr. Jackson later, to apologize for everything I've done."

"There's nothing to apologize for, but I would very much like to hear your stories about what you did while you were 'dead' once you've gotten yourself reacquainted with your parents. Go sweetie. I don't want to keep you waiting." Bryn ran over back to her mom, taking her hand in hers.

"Come on mom, dad, let's go talk," Bryn said with a smile.
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Luke

It took four days for Bryn and her parents to ask each other everything and talk about everything they wanted to. It was four days before Luke finally got more than an hour with his girlfriend. It wasn't that he minded her being with her parents, it was that he kept thinking about how many times he'd lost her and every time he couldn't see her, he'd always panic. Luke would always think that Bryn would one day not come back. Deep down he knew this wasn't true, that it was psychological damage from everything that happened in the past year, but he still couldn't rationalize it yet.

On the fifth day, Luke got Bryn all to himself for the day. The sixth day, the current day, the entire Greek and Roman camps were invited by the gods up to Olympus. Once they were there, each demigod was praised for their bravery. Luke, Bryn, Silena, Derek, Bradley, Brady, and Hallie were taken aside separately and each given one wish. Silena was offered to be the official architect of Olympus, replacing her mother. She had a lot of rebuilding to do after the fight with Hannah, but Olympus itself was still intact enough for a party to be held so that's exactly what happened.

Derek's wish was asking his father why he never claimed him. Hades' explanation was that he knew it was not the right time and that the less powerful Derek knew he was, the longer he'd be safe. Hades knew Derek's fate in the Great Prophecy, and believed it was best for him to learn his powers closer to the time of the battle than sooner. Overall, it was mostly for his protection.

Bradley and Brady's wish was to know why Zeus kept Bryn's life a secret from them. Luke heard the anger in their voices, how betrayed they felt. Zeus said that if they'd know about each other, the outcome of the world would have been very different because Bryn wouldn't have been able to make the choices she needed to. This didn't go over well with the twins but they bit their tongues, figuring arguing would be pointless.

Hallie's wish was a family. It was Derek who granted this one. He told her that he and his parents had been talking about it and they had decided to adopt her if she'd accept the offer. Hallie broke down in tears and hugged her new-found brother.

Bryn's wish was next. She requested a private conversation between the gods for hers. She ended up having a mental debate with her father, and apparently Hades as well.

"You said I could have any wish. That is my wish," Bryn declared.

"But he's been dead for over a year. For all you know, he could've gone for rebirth already," Zeus argued.

"Then if he has, so be it. But that is my wish. I expect you to at least try."

"I'll check once the meeting is over," Hades promised.

"And if he's not down there?" Zeus prodded. "What wish would you want then?"

"Nothing. I have my whole family here, blood-related or not, and that's all I could possibly want."

"Very well. We will see what we can do."

Luke's request was last. He had it prepared since the beginning. He turned towards Aphrodite and asked, "That dream you made me have a few days ago, was it true? Was that the future?"

"One of my fellow Olympians once told me that knowing your future is never a good thing, but as usual, I'm going to ignore her wise advice and say, with the exception of a few details, yes, the dream is the future. I would not think much of it though. Ask at the right time. You'll know when that is," the goddess replied. A huge grin broke out onto Luke's face as he thought of his future. It looked long and bright and most demigods, from what he'd heard, didn't get that. Luke was one of the lucky ones.

Afterwards the seven demigods went outside where campers were beginning to trickle in. The gods were hosting a victory celebration and for having survived a war only a week ago, the place looked pretty good thanks to the minor gods and goddesses that had decorated the place. Derek took Silena to the dance floor. Bradley and Hallie went to the food table. Brady dashed off to find Ana because he had something very important to ask her (meaning he was finally going to ask her out).

"Hey, come on, let's go for a walk," Bryn suggested, leading Luke towards a path that led behind Olympus. When they were out of earshot from anyone, she asked, "How are you doing? Really? Silena told me you've been anxious."

Luke rubbed the back of his head. "I guess this war took more of a toll on me than I thought it would. I'm terrified of losing any of my family when I'm not with them, especially you. It seemed every time we were apart, you got yourself killed. It's stupid, I know, because I know our biggest threat is gone but I still can't stop seeing Silena blind and wandering towards danger, Derek deaf and mauled by a demonic hag, and you paralyzed and dying in my arms... what about you? I mean you died and came back."

"I'm fine Luke. I'm alive, that's all I can ask for. I'm worried about you though. You're going through something that you can never heal from. Your mom told me that she and your dad still have nightmares about their time in Tartarus and that was almost three decades ago. You will get better about it, you'll start getting over the fear and panic it causes you, but you'll never forget it. Tartarus is something no one can forget. But you have me, Silena, Derek, your parents, my brothers, my parents, and Hallie to help you with whatever you need."

"Is it bothering you as much as it is me?"

"You mean am I getting nightmares so terrifying I wake up in a cold sweat completely paralyzed with fear? Yes."

"How are you acting so calm about it?"

"Because I tell my brothers. I tell Derek. I tell Silena. I've learned that keeping things bottled up inside is a dangerous thing to do. It took me fifteen years to actually figure it out but better late than never right?" Bryn wrapped her arms around Luke's neck. "Whenever you have a nightmare or you start feeling the effects of Tartarus, go to someone. Telling someone about what you're going through isn't a sign of weakness. It's a sign that you trust the person enough to tell them about what you're going through."

"But if it's you, Silena, or Derek, I feel like you have your own problems as a result of Tartarus and I don't want to add my problems to yours."

"You're not. We all experienced the same thing and we can help each other learn how to cope with it all. You are not alone. You will never be alone," Bryn said. "Do you understand?"

Luke smiled at her. "Yeah, I understand. Now, what about you? I know that look on your face. Something's on your mind."

"What was the dream you were talking about with Aphrodite?"

"You don't need to know the details. I'll tell you when it happens."

"Can I at least assume it's a good thing because of the smile you wore when she said it was the future?"

"Yes, and I'll tell you one more thing: it was all about you."

"I'm glad I'm in your future," Bryn said.

"Oh yeah? Might I ask why what's so great about it?"

She gave him a kiss and whispered into his ear, "Because you're most definitely in mine."

Someone cleared their throat, making the two demigods jump away from each other. Zeus and Poseidon stood there, the former looking irked, the latter trying to hide his mirth but failing miserably. Luke took Bryn's hand in his and asked, "May we help you?"

"Luke Jackson, might I have a word with you?" Zeus requested.

"You're actually asking my permission for something?" Luke blurted before he could stop himself. Poseidon snorted. Bryn bowed her head to prevent her father from seeing her laugh.

"Yes. It's about your relationship with my daughter. Since I have a feeling you're going to be around a long time, I figured we needed to have a father-boyfriend talk."

"You know I've already had one with Mr. Drew. Do we really need to-"

"Yes. I'm her biological father and just because she's seen more of Mr. Drew than she has me does not mean I do not play a part in her life. Now come. We must talk."

"That sounds more like you. I was getting worried for a moment." Luke walked off with Zeus. "So is this the part where you say if I hurt Bryn, you're going to smite me? Because I'm pretty sure if I hurt her, she's going to hurt me before you even know what's happened."

"There was that part I wanted to talk to you about but you apparently already knew it was coming so I'll move onto the second part. I wanted to thank you for saving my daughter's life. I know I haven't shown it to her but I do love her and genuinely care for her well-being. I knew of her fate. I knew she had to leave the three of you. But I also knew that if I allowed you two to date before she had to disappear, she would not have left you and I do believe we'd be in a very different position right now if we were alive at all. I know I hurt her, the twins, you, your sister, Derek, and Hallie, but I had to do what I thought was right."

"I know you were doing what you thought was right but I think you don't give Bryn enough credit. I think she would've made the right choice regardless of whether or not we were dating beforehand. And if I knew then what the outcome of all this would be, I wouldn't change it, but didn't Bryn deserve to have the happiest time of her life before she endured the darkest time of her life?"

"Who would want to leave the happiest part of their life though? That is why I didn't want you two dating."

"I know that, but look at my parents. My mom had to go on Athena's quest for the Athena Parthenos and both of my parents knew fully well that the outcome of the quest would most likely end up in my mom's death, but they knew what the right decision was and they made it. Demigods typically do that. Listen, nothing can be changed now, but in the future, maybe give Bryn more credit. Now please don't smite me."

Zeus rolled his eyes. "Gods you are so much like your grandfather and father it's astonishing. It really is. But I will consider your advice Luke Jackson, although I cannot promise I will follow it. Now get back to your girlfriend. And remember this: if you hurt Bryn and she smites you before I can, I'll raise you from the dead and kill you again."

Zeus walked off. Luke remembered his father telling him that Zeus would've made a good god of drama, and Luke had to agree. He made his way back to Bryn who was still talking to Poseidon. Unlike his serious conversation, his girlfriend's and grandfather's seemed to be jovial with a lot of bantering. Luke smiled, happy to see his girlfriend acting so carefree for once in her life. Bryn beamed when she saw him.

"Hey! I have something to show you!" she exclaimed, taking his hand in hers, shouting bye at Poseidon, and dragging Luke off towards an alcove. "Okay, I'll call the person up but after that, I'm going to leave because I think you'll want some alone time."

"What are you doing?" he queried, wrapping his arms around her waist and resting his head on her shoulder as he watched her hold her hands out over the center of the gazebo they were in.

"You'll see, now shush. I need to concentrate." Bryn began mumbling some sort of spell. A few seconds later, a black portal opened up in the floor, followed by a mist floating out of it. The mist transformed itself into a solid person. Someone who was supposed to be dead. When the person gave him their familiar, mischievous grin, Luke finally said, "Tucker?"

"Hey buddy, long time no see," Tucker replied. His eyes turned to Bryn. "Hello ma belle."

"Hey Tuck," she replied, smiling. "I'll give you two some alone time. When you're done, come find me. I'll be at the food table."

Bryn kissed him on the cheek and left. Luke watched her go, only turning around to face his friend when he couldn't see his girlfriend anymore.

"Well are you going to talk to me or you just going to stare at me? I mean I know I'm devilishly handsome but it's starting to creep me out. And where are we by the way? This place is freaking awesome!"

"I- you- Olympus," Luke stammered out. "You're on Olympus."

"He speaks! And Olympus? As in the Greek gods' home? Come on, stop playing."

"I'm not. We're a few hundred stories above the Empire State Building. I'm surprised you actually know about the Greek gods. All I remember you doing in Greek Mythology class was flirting with the girls in there."

"Okay, it was one girl and she was gorgeous, and dude, this is awesome! Totally gonna have to thank Bryn for summoning me up here."

"You knew it was her?"

"Oh yeah. It was a messaging system that alerted me it was her."

"How are you doing?" Luke asked.

"I'm fine. Kicking it with some NFL legends: Walter Payton, Reggie White... god it's amazing! Okay, answer me this, why are you on Olympus? Did you save the gods or something? Are you dating one of their kids? Are you one of the kids?"

"Yes to all the above."

"Why did you never tell me this?!" Tucker demanded in exasperation. "Who are you related to? Who are you dating? How did you save the gods?"

"Um, I'm grandson of Poseidon and Athena, I'm dating Bryn who's the daughter of Zeus, granddaughter of Aphrodite, great-granddaughter of Hecate, and great-great-granddaughter of Apollo, and I saved the gods with Bryn, Silena, and Derek from Tartarus and Tartarus's daughter."

"My friend is a hero! Oh I can't wait to brag about this down in... wherever I am! I think I'm in that place that the good guys go. Elysia or Elium or... what's it called?"

"Elysium. And I'm no hero, Tucker."

Finally, the mirth disappeared off Tucker's face. "Luke, what happened?"

"I'm sorry, Tucker. I'm so sorry... I'm the reason you were on the road that night. I couldn't wait just one night to ask you for help and you-" Luke couldn't finish his sentence. All he could think about was the call he received from the hospital saying Tucker had been in an accident. All he could think about was him rushing over there with his parents. All he could think about was how he had no idea what had happened between seeing Tucker in the hospital bed and somehow ending up at Bryn's house.

"Luke, my death wasn't your fault. I didn't have to agree to come see you. Listen, there's a reason for everything, good or bad, and whether the reason is known or not. I mean, don't get me wrong, dying totally sucked because I didn't even get to try out for the NFL or tell you that you're an idiot for not just asking Bryn out or buy a jet pack, but hey, can't get everything you want. In the end you did ask Bryn out so can't complain there, but I'm fine now. I'm happy in Elysium and you know what, I've realized that I can always try for rebirth and try at life again. I'll be okay. So will you. You have to be. You want me to be truly okay? Then be happy Luke. Be happy."

"I will."

"Oh, and buy a jet pack in honor of me. And fly around with it."

"I don't need a jet pack to fly. I have my girlfriend for that."

"Wait, Bryn can fly?"

"Yeah. She can also shoot lighting at people, has perfect aim with a bow, can do some magic, and can Charmspeak. She's deadly."

"Remind me not to piss her off."

"Well she couldn't kill you because you're kind of already dead."

"Oh yeah... I feel like she could still hurt me if she really want to."

"She could. When there's a will, there's a way, and Bryn always has a way."

"How is she? She looked... different."

"She's good. I mean she, Derek, Silena, and I did just come back from Tartarus, Bryn died and came back quite literally, and she just met her parents again after thinking they were dead for fifteen years. I think she's exhausted but I know she's happy."

"And Silena and Derek?"

"Both good. Derek found out he's a son of Hades so he can control hell fire, armies of the dead, and he can control precious gems and metal so he made out well. Silena is herself. Still the smartest girl I know next to mom and Bryn."

"And you?"

"You asked me this."

"I want to know how you're doing now."

"Good. I'm with the girl I love, I have a bright future ahead of me, and I finally got to apologize to you. Psychologically, I have a lot of issues just because of everything that's happened in the past year but it's nothing I can't get past with help from my family and friends. I'll be okay Tuck."

"Good, because if not I'm going to have to convince my good friend Hades to let me up here so I can knock some sense into you," Tucker laughed. "But in all seriousness, you'll be okay? I can't leave you until I know my best friend's going to be okay."

"Yeah, I'll be fine. Sucks you won't physically be at my wedding but you'll be there in spirit."

"Already planning on marrying Bryn are you? Boy, once you fall for a girl, you fall hard."

"Thing is, I know it's going to happen. Listen, I'm not supposed to tell anyone but I don't see the harm in telling you since you're... dead."

"Thank you. I hadn't noticed."

"Aphrodite sent me a dream of me and Bryn getting married. It felt way too real in the dream and a couple hours ago, I got to ask her about it. She said it wasn't just a dream. She said it was the future."

"You mean you and Bryn really are going to-"

"Yeah. I haven't told her. I'm not going to tell her until our wedding night whenever that may be. But yeah, knowing I'm going to live long enough to have my own wedding and have it be with the Bryn, I'm definitely going to be okay."

Tucker grinned. "Make sure one of your kids is named after me."

"I promise."

"Good. Can I say bye to Bryn?"

"Yeah of course. You'll still be here if I leave right?"

"Yep."

"Then hang on. I'll be right back." Luke dashed off to find his girlfriend. When he found her, he hurriedly explained that Tucker wanted to talk to her. Together they ran back. Tucker was peering over the edge of the railing down at Manhattan.

"I was never afraid of heights until now," Tucker remarked, turning around. He smiled at Bryn. "Hello again ma belle."

"Hello Tucker," Bryn replied kindly. "You wanted to speak to me?"

"I wanted to thank you for bringing me up here to talk to Luke. You were right. He needed it. Second, I want to thank you for taking care of him after I died and all the times before and after that."

"I appreciate the compliment but I don't deserve it... I wasn't always there when he needed me."

"What do you mean?"

"In order for me to help destroy our enemy, I had to convince Luke, Silena, and Derek I was dead. It didn't really work because I was emotionally too connected to all of them but I hurt all of them terribly. I wasn't there when he needed me."

"Bryn Winchester, I know what you've done. Word travels surprisingly fast down in the Underworld considering it's full of dead people. Who knew that dead people like to gossip? But I heard how many times you saved Luke's life as Penn. Penn or Bryn, it doesn't matter, you saved his life. You were there for him even if it didn't seem like you were. So thank you Bryn. I'm glad you two are finally together. I would owe Derek twenty bucks on our bet about you two if I was still alive but can't do anything about that now."

"You two bet on us?" Luke asked.

"On how long it would take you two to date. I way overestimated your willpowers. I thought it'd be in the next six months. Derek said it'd take a year or longer."

Bryn bit back a grin. "Derek's a grandson of Apollo. He has the gift of prophecy. He may not have known exactly when Luke and I would end up together, but he knew a rough time period."

"That assbutt," Tucker said bluntly. "I guess I should head back down. I can feel the Underworld calling me back down. Take care of yourselves and each other. See you on the other side bro. Just make sure it's not for a while."

Then, with a wink, Tucker evaporated. A knot formed in Luke's throat. He'd miss his friend, but having the chance to talk to him, even if just for a few minutes, made all the difference in the world.

"Are you okay?" Bryn queried, rubbing her hand up and down his arm.

He looked down at her. "Yeah, I'm okay. Thank you for doing this, for letting me talk to him. You have no idea how much that meant to me."

"I thought it'd do you some good. Do you want head back to the party?"

"Would you mind if we stayed here for a bit?" Luke requested. "I mean you can go back if you want, but I kind want to stay out of the crowd for a bit."

"To be honest, I haven't had time to relax since we got back. I'll stay with you." Bryn leaned against the gazebo rails. Luke wrapped his arms around her.

"So are you ever going to tell me what that dream was you asked Aphrodite about?" She queried.

Luke laughed. "You don't give up do you?"

"No I don't. I like to know things."

"It's never a good thing to know your future. But, I can tell you one thing."

"Oh? What is it?"

"I love you."

"But I knew that," she pointed out, briefly glancing up at the fireworks going off in the sky.

"I just needed to make sure." Luke leaned down and kissed her. Bryn's hands found their way to his face, then wove themselves through his hair. Luke couldn't think straight, his mind was melting. Fireworks weren't just going off in the sky, but in his mind as well.

And it was pretty much the best kiss on Olympus of all time.
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Hope you liked the chapter! This IS the final chapter. Thank you so, so much for sticking with me through the ups and downs of this story. If it wasn't for all you amazing readers and reviewers, this story wouldn't be what it is. I do sincerely apologize for all the cliffhangers I left y'all on and the torture I put the characters through but just remember, I can never kill my favorite characters. I've grown so attached to Luke, Bryn, Silena, and Derek and it saddens me greatly that their story is almost genuinely, truly over. On that note, the final book of the series, a novella, is going to be published soon. It's called 'UnTouchable' and you'll learn about some of the things Bryn did while she was 'dead'. I love you all so much, y'all are the best readers out there! I know most of y'all are Percy Jackson fans but I have a new sci-fi book that's being published that I think you might enjoy :) It's called 'Stargazer' so check it out :) and watch the video on it! It's the trailer I created because I got bored... Review you lovely people and I will see you for the final time in the final installment of the UnKnown Trilogy, 'UnTouchable'.

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(P.S. I will admit I did get some enjoyment and satisfaction out of your reactions towards the cliffhangers and plot twists if you didn't know that by now... sorry...)