Prologue
Annabeth knelt over the toilet throwing up for the fourth time that morning. She was so glad Percy wasn't here to see it. Later on that day she would go to the pharmacy in hope to end her worries or confirm them a little nagging voice said in her head. It had been six weeks since she and Percy had had sex. She was puzzled if her fears were true she did not understand how it had happened. It had only been their third time and she had been very careful and made Percy wear a condom. If she was, then she would run away and never come back. She promised herself that. But until then she would go to Will and take a pregnancy test without Percy. When she was sure that she wasn't going to retch she got up and went to get dressed. Then she left the apartment and went down to Will's. She knocked on the door. When Will opened it he face grinned,
"Annabeth!" And he brought her into a hug, but when he saw her face his smile melted, "Annabeth what's wrong?" He asked
She clutched her belly, "I think I'm pregnant!" She gasped. The colour drained out of Will's face,
"Come inside." He told her.
AN HOUR LATER
Annabeth sat on Will's couch, sipping coffee and praying to whatever god listening for Will to come back with good news. She couldn't be pregnant, she just couldn't. Eventually Will came back and sat on the sofa next to Annabeth, his emotionless.
"Annabeth your pregnant!" He told her. She burst into tears,
"Well that was one sugar coating wasn't it Will!" She cried
"Arrhh, come on," He said rubbing her back, "it's not that bad."
She turned to face him "Yes it is that bad Will, how am I going to tell Percy? It will destroy him!" She sat up suddenly and looked at Will, "You're going to help me runaway." She told him. He stared at her like she had grown an extra head,
"But what about Percy?"
"Me running away is better than him having to be a father a twenty."
Will shook his head, "I can't."
Annabeth crossed her arms, "Well I'm going with or without you."
Will sighed "Fine, my family own a flat up in Montana. Go there and we will discuss long term plans you have in mind."
Annabeth hugged him, "Thank you so much Will. One more thing you can't tell Percy."
Will stared at her in disbelief
"I can't have him tell me he's fine with me having a baby because I know that it's not the truth. Just tell him I'm gone and never coming back."
Will nodded his head, determined "OK." Annabeth kissed his cheek.
"Say goodbye to Percy for me."
It took all of half an hour to pack all her belongings and clothes into a small suitcase and leave the apartment in her VW Beetle. She was heading for Montana, the address Will had given her. She cried several times. This was the end of her life- or her old life. This was her new life and she was ready to greet it with open arms. She would go wherever she wanted to and at the same time always remember Percy; she would never get together with another man or woman she would be a single mum, raising her child.
The vastness of Montana grabbed Annabeth by the throat. It was bigger than New York and definitely bigger camp half-blood but not as big as California but somehow it seemed more unknown and different. Annabeth was going to Glasgow where Will's grandparents owned a flat, and then she would figure what to do with herself and generally try to stay alive.
A FEW HOURS LATER
Annabeth yawned as she parked up next to the block of flats. It was ten at night and she was tired after a long day of driving. She slowly got out of the car and walked up to the flats where she was staying. 42b was the flat Will had told her about and had given her the key. She ever so slowly unlocked the door of the apartment and walked inside, dumping her stuff on the floor while she did so. Annabeth sighed and closed her eyes; this was her home, for now she would find a job until she couldn't work anymore then she would figure something out. She would have to. She walked into the bedroom collapsed on the bed and passed out dreaming of Percy.
EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS LATER
The sound of baby's crying filled the maternity ward and in one of them a blonde haired girl cradled a black haired, grey eyed girl who was sleeping peacefully. Next to the bed an older woman and a mid-wife stood beside her.
"What are you going to call her Annabeth?" Athena asked stared at the baby. Annabeth shrugged, she was too busy gazing at her daughter's hair, raven black just like Percy's.
"I am going to call her Ocean Oliveā¦"
"Chase." Athena told her. Annabeth glared at her mother,
"No I am going to call her Ocean Olive Jackson." Athena gawped at her daughter
"What!" Athena demanded.
"That's a brilliant name," the mid-wife said sensing an argument, "why don't we let Annabeth here get some rest now?"
Athena huffed "Fine and stormed out of the room."
TWO WEEKS LATER
RING Annabeth groaned at the sound of her mobile ringing, she picked it up and checked the ID, it was only Will, for the last few weeks Percy had been trying to call her but she never answered, she put her mobile to her ear,
"What?" She demanded, "It's 8am in the morning you'll wake up Ocean!"
"So you've had the baby, I'm guessing it's a girl."
"Yes it is."
"Cool. Look I've rung you about what you're going to do because you know you can't stay there?"
"I'm going to Canada, to a small fishing village in the south."
"Cool I was just checking, bye!"
"Bye!"
