HELLO ALL! I am back after being absent for a while. I have a myriad of TRUE excuses; firstly, my computer was broken for like three weeks, and then for the past week I have been sick and bedridden after catching a terrible disease. So, here is a sequel to "The aftermath of Cupid's Challenge to Nico". I really need to be better at names. One final thing: I severely underestimated the power of reviews! Reading what you guys thought of my writing was so cool, and I was inspired to write again when I checked the comments over again in a fit of boredom. So please review! I love it.
A new family
Percy was woken by a loud tapping in the early hours of the morning. He looked at the door sleepily, and slowly got up so as not to disturb his boyfriend of 8 ½ months, Nico di Angelo. He got up and pulled his shirt on (he was already wearing pants, don't worry!) and opened the door.
He gasped when he saw Annabeth there, gasping and clutching her head. "Annabeth! What happened to you? What's wrong?" she got up and clutched at his arm for balance as she swayed. "No time to talk, just listen to me" she said, gasping and almost falling. "Do you have a chair for me to sit on?" he nodded quickly and led her in. she sat down and looked seriously ay him. "Percy-I'm pregnant. With your child."
Percy quickly stood up. "That's impossible! We never… you know… did it! You cannot be pregnant with my child." Annabeth looked at him tiredly. "I know that we never had sex. Oh, don't blush like that, it's fine to say it" she snapped as he turned beet red. "Do you remember how I told you I was born? I came from the divine thoughts of my mother and the mortal ingenuities of my father. That is what happened here. But I am mortal, and I can't handle it. My mother appeared to me in a dream and told me that if I did not transfer it to someone willing within a month then I will die. The strain of it is giving me aneurisms and brain tumours faster than ambrosia and nectar can heal me. But the catch is that I need your consent and presence as well as the consent of the person who will be willing to carry your baby. But the only bit of this situation that I find consoling is that I will lose any genetic ties to the baby. It will be yours and the person who carries it, so it wouldn't have to ask why it doesn't look like one of its parents, and will grow up with two biological parents. You will make sure of that, right?"
"Of course I will" said Percy. Annabeth sighed looking relieved. "Good, that was my biggest worry. Now, do you have anyone in mind who you think would take the baby?" Percy blushed and asked "Does it have to be a girl who takes it? Because Nico and I… we're kind of dating at the moment and well-" "It doesn't have to be a girl, Percy" Annabeth cut him off, smiling. "You and Nico, huh? Never saw that coming. I'm happy for you, though. Now where is Nico? I want to talk to him about it."
"Here" said Nico, walking in, tiredly rubbing his eyes. "Percy, if you were going to tell you're ex about us, could you at least have wait for me?"
