Happy Birthday!

Part I

I grinned as I looked into the mirror and combed my hair. It was a special day today. It was my mom's birthday. Sally Jackson was born on this day!

I swam to the breakfast table, humming slightly to myself. Triton winced. "Percy, could you not?"

I huffed and focused on my scrambled turtle eggs. "Fine." I waited for the moment when breakfast was almost done. "Father?"

"Yes, Percy?" Poseidon looked up from the newspaper, Daily Olympia. Amphitrite coughed warningly and took his paper away from him.

"No reading the papers on Sundays! You know that this is a family day!"

Poseidon sighed but nodded. "Yes, dear."

My heart sank a little, and then I shook it off. Poseidon would never forbid me from seeing my own mother! "It's a special day today. Something very important happened on this day." I looked at him intently. His eyes clouded over and then widened.

Poseidon glanced at Amphitrite who looked confused. "What's so special about the 21st of February?"

I cocked my head at my father. "My mother was born on February 21st." I smiled. "I want to go to the surface and spend time with her. I haven't seen her lately, between school in Atlantis, my time here, and camp. I actually haven't spent more than a month worth of time on land since last Christmas break when everything went to hell in a hand basket."

"Language!" She bopped my head with the newspaper. I took it quietly, still staring at my father expectantly. I was quite aware that my statement had created some tension. Triton hadn't entered into the conversation at all.

Poseidon smiled, strained. "Of course you can visit your own mother, Percy." He gave a stern stare at Amphitrite as his wife opened her mouth. She hesitantly closed it.

I decided to push my luck. "I want to spend the entire week with her on land."

Poseidon nodded. "You're not a prisoner here, Percy. You can do whatever you like." He stare was directed at Triton now. I tried not to think about it.

I smiled. "Thank you, Dad. I'll go now." I hugged Amphitrite and kiss her cheek. After waving to Triton, I swam off to the forges to say goodbye to Tyson.

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