Evander was a fine chap, Percy had often thought, the two got along rather well at the Ministry and it logically made sense that they had become friends over the years. So when Percy had recieved the invitation the wedding brunch he had suggested a weekend in London for Annabeth and they had agreed to attend. After having greeted the bride and groom Percy introduced Annabeth to a circle of Ministry workers and their wives and then offered to find her some lemonade.

He was just turning around with a glass of lemonade in both hands when he found himself face to face with a woman he had once asked to court. Miss Beauregard. He had not seen her since then, had actively avoided her at the social events they had both attended, and somehow had managed to forget her for the most part. But now here she was. Percy swallowed and found himself at a loss for words looking rather like a fish out of water. It was not so much that it was her, but rather that he had not had the least idea that she might even be here.

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