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Chapter 24

*VERY IMPORTANT* I'm not ending this story yet, however I'm taking a week off from posting. I have the worst writers block and I'm going on spring break, so I really just need to reset my mind. Sorry for this, but I promise to have Annabeth's graduation in the next chapter ;)

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Clarisse's POV:

Annabeth asked to talk to Clarisse earlier that day while everyone was at dinner. So trying to show some form of compassion, though it was not her forte, she went to the Jackson's house. She knocked on the door and was quickly pulled into the house by Annabeth. She closed the door and made sure no one was outside.

"What's up with you?" Clarisse asked, looking her up and down.

"Sit," Annabeth instructed.

"Where are your kids?"

"One of them is here right now, the other two are gone."

"What do you mean by-" Clarisse hesitated. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, I'm pregnant again," She mumbled.

Clarisse laughed, "You reproduce like a rabbit."

"Not helping."

"Sorry, but congrats."

"Thanks, I think."

Clarisse stretched out on her couch. "Where's Prissy?"

"At dinner," she answered, looking through the pantry. "You want anything?"

Clarisse shook her head. "I just ate before I came here. Does Percy know?"

Annabeth nodded, taking a bag of chips with her to the couch. "Only Thalia, him, and you."

"And you decided to tell me because...?"

"Because I have to sit on the sidelines with you for 9 months," she grumbled.

"How did you already get pregnant again?!"

Annabeth glared at her, "You know how, and we didn't plan it!"

Clarisse shrugged, "Makes sense. When are you going to tell everyone else?"

"I don't plan to for a while. I don't think I'm going to tell anyone until after I graduate, except for Piper and Jason. Might make a difference in their wedding because I'm Piper's maiden of honor." (A/N if you are a maid of honor but are already married, you are the maiden of honor. Fun fact of the day, maid vs maiden).

"I bet you'd still be in it, might have to wear a corset but knowing Piper she'd keep you in."

Annabeth twisted her hair. "Maybe. I'm going to have to breastfeed my twins for about 4 months longer, then start up with another."

"Can't relate, sorry. Was Percy happy about it?"

"Couldn't really tell. He didn't seem super stressed out about it but didn't sound the most thrilled. I think he's happy with it but understands the situation."

"Knowing him he's either trying to come off like he's calm or just doesn't know how to react."

"Sounds right. He did already say names though."

"Of course he did," Clarisse scoffed.

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Percy's POV:

Percy sat with Annabeth on the couch, watching a movie. She wore his sweatshirt with pajama shorts, her hair in a messy bun. Luke and Silena had been put to bed already, allowing them more personal quiet time. Percy was currently stroking her abdomen, running his hand over where their baby was. Annabeth snacked on a bowl of popcorn that they were sharing.

"We need to go see Will," Percy noted. "Or one of his siblings. I want to see our baby."

Annabeth chuckled, "Okay, we can find time this week to do that."

"You don't sound very excited about this."

Annabeth grabbed his hand and fiddled with it. "It's not like I'm not excited. I'm just sort of overwhelmed by it all."

He squeezed her hand. "I get that, I'm excited for another though. I want as many kids as we can have," he grinned.

Annabeth scrunched her nose, "Yeah well you don't have to carry them around for 9 months. And as Clarisse called me today, I reproduce like a rabbit, which I do not plan to keep up."

"I want 7," Percy stated.

Annabeth blinked, "I said I wanted a big family, but not that big."

"Well then how many do you want?"

"I think 3-4 is a nice number."

Percy frowned, "That means at this rate you will be done having kids before you are what, 26?"

Annabeth shrugged, "Maybe I will be. Right now, I'm content with 3. We can think about more later because we already have a tendency to make them fast."

Percy laughed, "Yeah, we do."

~~~~~

A week later, they were back at the hospital in a small room with Will. He had just come back from getting more blood tests. He slapped a folder down on the table, not looking at it. Will sat down and kicked his legs up on his desk.

"Baby looks fine, though there's not much to look at. You're only 4 weeks so it's barely there. Just come back in a month or something and we can see if anything is new. Questions?" he didn't wait for an answer. "None? Great. Now have a good day and I'll see you two in like, ten minutes."

He walked out of the room, and that was it. Annabeth shrugged, "Fine with me."

They walked back out on the streets of New Greece, looking for their friends. The seven had decided to go out together either into the city, or just stay at camp and hang out. They hadn't told anyone about the baby yet, but planned to tell them then. They decided that it would be best to tell their close friends and that's it until Annabeth started showing.

Annabeth wore a white shirt with puff sleeves and jeans. Percy just went with the usual v-neck and jeans. Annabeth had dressed Silena in a yellow dress with a headband to match it, and Luke in a light blue shirt and little jeans.

Annabeth had wrapped Silena up in a baby sling (A/N if you don't know what I'm talking about look it up ;), where she was asleep against her mother's chest. Percy carried Luke on his hip.

Piper and Jason were already there, waiting for them. Piper was the first to see them, and ran over to them.

"Hey!" she smiled. "Give me the child." Piper seized Luke away from Percy and was soon gushing over him.

Jason walked up from behind her. "Hey." He man-hugged Percy and gave Annabeth a better hug to the best of his ability with Silena in between them. He pulled away and looked at her. "Are you okay? I saw you yesterday and you seemed sick or something."

Annabeth smiled at him, "I'm okay. Thanks for asking, I'll tell you later."

Jason shrugged, "Okay."

Hazel and Frank came up from behind them with Nico and Will. Percy didn't know they were coming, but didn't have anything against it. He liked Nico and Will, and had just seen Will roughly 5 minutes before. Hazel ran over to Piper, who was still fawning over Luke. She gave him a big kiss on the cheek. Luke smiled and made a compilation of giggles and baby noises. Nico went over to Annabeth and patted Silena on the head. After a few more minutes, Leo and Calypso came to join them.

"So what do we want to do as far as plans for the day?" Hazel asked.

"The waves are big today, I say we go hang out at the beach," Piper suggested. "And I wanna beat Percy at surfing."

"Fine with me," Percy shrugged.

"Same," Will said.

They split back up and changed into swimsuits, and met back up at the sound. Percy and Annabeth were the first there. Silena and Luke had been put in little swimsuits as well. Piper and Jason were the next to come, followed by the rest.

Percy and Piper immediately hit the water running with surf boards. Percy kept summoning bigger waves for them, which they both took easily. Frank, Leo, and Jason were out in the water too, but kept a safe distance away from Piper and Percy. Nico and Will were running around somewhere, and Calypso, Annabeth, and Hazel sat on the beach with the twins.

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Annabeth's POV:

Calypso had taken Silena and was bouncing her up and down a bit. Annabeth kept having to touch her or grab her little hand or else she would forget where she was and would start crying.

"So what have you guys been up to in the past week?" Hazel asked.

"Nothing much," Calypso answered. "I've been pretty bored lately. Sure I enjoy being with Leo, but we haven't really done anything special together for a while."

"I've had an... interesting week to say the least. Most of it was watching these two, but other than that nothing big." She lied.

Calypso pursed her lips. "Yeah, they can be a lot."

Hazel frowned, "What do you mean?"

I had my own children with Odysseus millennia ago," she sighed. "Nausithous and Nausinous, they've been gone for a while obviously. I don't think I've ever told Leo that, he wouldn't want to know anyways. Don't know why I ever did like him."

"I never knew that," Hazel admitted.

"It's never mentioned. Even in history books, which is weird to see yourself in, they always say I had just one child, Latinus. He was the child on Circe, I don't know why they thought he was mine. But yes, they are not the easiest. Aside from that, why was your week interesting?"

"I'll tell you later," Annabeth said. "It can wait for everyone."

Calypso shrugged and turned to watch Piper and Percy. Percy had just commanded the water to move Piper off balance, causing her to wipe out. Piper threw a plethora of words back at him that weren't the nicest.

After a few more hours of swimming, unfair water fights, and chatting, evening had come. They sat around a campfire lit by Leo, talking and laughing in the sand. A little later, Hazel recalled an event from the day.

"Oh- Annabeth, didn't you say you had something to share?" Hazel asked.

Percy looked at her and whispered quiet enough for no one else to hear. "Do you want to tell them, or me? I did it last time."

Annabeth laughed, "Fine." They turned back to the group, everyone waiting for her to say something.

"I'm pregnant, again," she said slowly.

They got very much mixed responses. Hazel and Piper were squealing with joy, Leo laughing to their left. Jason looked surprised, as did Frank. Calypso, Nico, and Will just congratulated them and smiled.

"Already?" Leo asked.

Percy laughed, "Yup."

"You make kids like a bunny," Piper remarked.

Annabeth glared jokingly, "You aren't the first person to tell me that."

"Is it a boy or girl?" Frank asked.

"Too early to know," Will answered.

"You already knew?" Nico questioned.

Will stared at him like he was stupid. "No shit I'm their doctor."

Nico shrugged, "Oh yeah I guess that's true." Will rolled his eyes but gave him a kiss on the cheek, causing Nico to blush.

"Do you have names yet?" Calypso asked.

Annabeth smiled, "If it's a boy, either Michael, Ethan, or Alexander."

"Why those?" Jason asked.

"Michael Yew and Ethan Nakamura both died in the Titan War. Alexander because Alexander the Great and Paris of Troy," Percy explained. He turned to Nico, "If it's a girl we are going to name her Bianca."

Nico looked up at him, surprised. "...Really?" he asked slowly.

Annabeth nodded for them.

Nico's eyes watered for a second, but he quickly swallowed hard and blinked fast to get rid of anything. Nico wasn't one to show much emotion. "I... thank you so much. I-I can't put it into words."

"Of course, Nico," Annabeth smiled.

"We'd be dead if it wasn't for her," Percy added.

Nico gave a small, sad smile and nodded. "She was so sweet to me and loved me when no one else did. I can't thank you enough."

"That's so sweet," Piper gushed.

Everyone gave short laughs at her inner Aphrodite. They stayed around outside until it was dark. Annabeth was so happy with their friends' reactions. They didn't judge and were happy for them. She was smiling the whole night, all the way until she fell asleep. 

That was literally the shittiest chapter I've ever written, but it was put together in less than and hour because I have to be up at 4:00am. Sorry about that, but it was a filler chapter. The next one will be longer and I will have it up sometime at the end of next week :)

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