Sally Jackson has tried everything she could think of to calm down her newborn son. It has only been a few weeks since his birth and she still wasn't too used to this new dynamic of her life. Sally loved it though with all of her heart, despite the few noise complaints she gets.
Currently she was in the nursery her and…Poseidon had made together when Sally was a few months along in her pregnancy. It was simple in design since she didn't make that much with her current job. The walls were ocean blue with some pictures of marine life that Poseidon had said were good companions to him over the years. They also put a white rocking chair, which she was currently using, near the window. Sally always loved coming in here in the daylight. It was her favorite room, just knowing her child was in here made it that way.
The sound of crying reminded her of why she was in here at 1 o'clock in the morning. "Shh now Percy. It's okay. Mama's here nothing's going to happen." Sally said gently as she rubbed his back hoping that would sooth the crying baby. She heard him settle a little after hearing her voice, but a few moments later his crying returned. It was in these moments where she wished her mom was still alive, so she could just call her and ask her what she was doing wrong., but her mother wasn't here and neither was the god that she fell in love with.
Sighing a little, Sally got up from the chair and started walking around the room taking another look. On the opposite side of the sea green crib was a dresser of the same color. The dresser came up to her stomach and had seashells that the sea god had gotten from one of the beaches in Hawaii. They all were various colors and shapes, some even had boating rope connoting them together. It was one of the best surprises she ever experienced. Sally had come home after her OBGYN appointment and The Sea God was sitting in the living room with the dresser in front of him. When Poseidon saw her he gave her this crooked, yet shy smile and said, "Surprise" in a sheepish way, like he was prepared for her to hate it. It was a good thing that he was already sitting down because she had tackled him before he could freak out about her silence.
Right now there was a sort of new boom box that she had gotten on the dresser ready to be played anytime. Sally just continued to lightly bounce her still crying baby boy. "I know that you aren't hungry, or that you need to be changed so what do you need Perseus? I'm running out of ideas baby boy," She mumbled to herself just looking at the boom box.
Suddenly, well more like slowly with how tired she was, an idea came to her. It was like her mind just down once she heard Percy crying. She went to the crib and reluctantly went to the crib and put her son down, cringing when he cried even louder. Sally practically ran to her room, once there she got on her knees beside her bed and grabbed a cardboard box. She carefully opened the lid and took out the CD that was on top of the other miscellaneous things that reminded her of Poseidon. Going back to the nursery she quickly put the cd into the boom box and pressed play before heading to the crib and picking up Percy.
Sally held her breath while the first track started to play. It started out very softly so she turned the volume up, and like a miracle, once the sound reached her son's tiny ears he almost immediately stopped crying. Sally sighed in relied once Percy completely stopped. "That's all you wanted huh? You just wanted to her the ocean and seagulls." She whispered to him while Percy just looked at her from where his head rested on her shoulder. "You are just like your daddy. He would only calm down when he heard the ocean too. Hopefully you'll become a good man like he is."
Sally walked back to the crib and put Percy in it, than she covered him with his green baby blanket and his stuffed clown fish. She stayed there just staring at her beautiful baby boy while the sounds of the ocean pulled him into sleep. Sally gently brushed his black hair away from his face before kissing his forehead and quietly leaving the room, while keeping the door slightly ajar. She had never expected this was going to be her life when she was younger, but now she couldn't picture it any other way.
Sally Jackson knew that there was going to be hardships in the future. She won't be able to know that her son was going to safe everyday. She knew that the creatures that go bump in the night were out there. Sally knows that her son was going to have to fight and grow up a little too fast, but she would make sure that his days would be full of happiness and love. That's what mothers did for their children and she was going to do it no matter the cost. So she went back to bed while Perseus Jackson slept to the sound of the ocean.