"Percy?" I shouted from the girls' room.
"I'm uh...I'm in the bathroom." Percy lied, obviously in the room next to me.
"Gods Percy, I know you're not in there." I grumbled.
Percy popped his head out of our room, "Gods, I swear, you have like a mind-reading ability."
I grinned and kissed him quickly. I heard giggles right behind me from our 4 beautiful kids.
"Ew, mommy! That's disgusting!" my 2 year old, Alex giggled.
Logan, my oldest made a face, "I don't need another little brother or sister." Percy laughed and wrapped his arms around me, "Well maybe mommy's pregnant again."
I laughed knowing that was a lie. All the kids screamed in fear and ran downstairs giggling.
"So, Annie." Percy said uncomfortably.
"Yeah?" I asked, turning around.
"So, um Chiron asked me to do something this week." Percy told me.
I crossed my arms, "And?"
Percy laughed nervously, "I have to go on a business trip to New York City for a week."
Percy has never been on business trips for anyone in his entire life and suddenly he has one. That didn't make any sense to me, especially because I've known him since we were twelve.
"Oh. Okay. When do you leave?" I asked.
"Today." Percy replied. My heart sank but I smiled like nothing was wrong.
I kissed his cheek and nodded, "Then are you ready to go?" Percy nodded and sighed.
A whole week without Percy, all four kids to myself, I don't think I can do this.
Percy smiled and waved a final goodbye to the kids and me and hopped on Blackjack with his backpack.
"Bye, Seaweed Brain." I said under my breath.
"Mommy can we go to Auntie Lela's house?" Alex asked.
I bent down to Alex's height and smiled, "How about after lunch?"
Logan, Silena, and Alex nodded, "Yes!"
"Momma?" Tony asked in his baby voice.
"Yes, angel?" I looked at him and smiled.
Tony tried to ask where Percy was but the one year old gave up on trying to say the word, "where." so I just told him that his daddy was going away for a week.
"He's not leaving forever right, mommy?" Silena my three year old asked.
"No, darling. Just for a while. Daddy's going to be alright. Don't worry." I smiled, putting Tony on the ground so he could crawl around.
"Are we going to see Uncle Tyler when we go see Auntie Lela too?" Logan asked.
I took a deep breath and hid my hatred for that teenager. There was just something about that boy that I hated. Being an arrogant son of Apollo is one of those things.
"I don't know, Logie. We'll just have to see." I replied, turning on Nemo, the kids' favorite movie in the world.
"Nemo!" Alex screamed running towards the living room.
I laughed and started making mac and cheese for the kids.