The Joy of Babysitting
Leo Valdez wore his brightest and biggest smile as he entered his best friends apartment, he was always so thrilled whenever Piper called him to babysit her kids. They were the most adorable twins he has ever laid his eyes on, one baby girl and one baby boy.
"Leo!" Piper greeted him as she walked out of the kitchen holding the little girl in her arms
"Hey beauty queen! Look what I fixed!" He exclaimed holding out the video camera for her to see "Let's just hope your daughter doesn't send a lightning bolt on this one" with that said the little eight month old girl giggled "Hey there princess" he greeted the little girl who giggled even more
"thanks for coming to help me Leo, Jason's still stuck at work and I can't bring down everything plus the twins by myself" Piper told him
"No problem, I love taking care of the twins, by the way where's my little J?"
"Still in the nursery" Piper replied "Can you hold Jess?" she asked and handed Leo her daughter
"How you doin princess?" Leo asked the little girl who was now trying to reach for his camera
"Oh no princess, not this time, I just fixed this" Leo said and hid his camera in his toolbelt
Piper came back with the little boy whose face lit up when he saw his Uncle Leo and started to reach for him
"Hey there Little J! how's my little man doing?" The little boy laughed in response and made an attempt to pull Leo's hair
"We just need to take those three bags over there downstairs" Piper told him
"You take the twins, I'll take the bags" Leo told her and they made their way downstairs to Percy and Annabeth's apartment floor
Annabeth had just given birth a few days ago, and they were taking the twins to meet the baby Jackson. As they entered the Jackson's apartment, Leo got his camera ready he wanted to record the twins reaction to the little girl. They went inside the nursery and saw Percy and Annabeth looking over their sleeping newborn daughter, who had Percy's jet black hair. She was lying in the crib which was designed by Annabeth, and made by Leo. The crib could huge and could fit at least four babies, so if the twins wanted to lie down next to the baby it wouldn't be a problem.
"Hi guys" Percy said yawning
"You look so tiered Percy" Piper told him
"We couldn't sleep last night, baby kept crying" Annabeth told them
"That's only the beginning, trust me" Piper told her
"Hello josh and jessy, want to see my baby?" Annabeth asked the twins and Jessy immediately reached out her arms to Annabeth
Jessy looked over at the newborn baby and giggled "Oh this is so adorable" Annabeth said to Piper.
Piper's daughter smiled up at Annabeth and pointed at the crib, as if telling her that she wanted to sleep like the baby too. Annabeth placed her at the crib next to her baby, and as soon as Jessy's head hit the pillow, she was asleep.
"I wish our baby went to sleep that fast" Percy said amazed at how fast Jessy has fallen asleep next to his daughter
"Hey guys sorry I'm late" Jason said as he entered the nursery and kissed Piper on the cheek "What did I miss?"
"Your daughter's already asleep" Percy told him
Jason looked over at the crib and laughed "Yeah she's a sleeper'
"How about you little guy want to see the baby?" Jason asked his son who was in Piper's arms, too busy playing with his toy horse
He looked at his father and reached out for him "da..da...daaaaddy" he muttered as Jason carried him
"That's Uncle Percy and Auntie Annabeth's daughter" Jason told his son
The little boy looked at the little girl who was sleeping, she then opened her eyes, and Josh saw her sea green eyes, he smiled at her and laughed. The little boy tugged at his father's shirt, and pointed at the spot next to the newborn baby.
"You want to sit next to her?" Jason asked his son
"Maybe he's getting sleepy too" Piper told him
Jason placed his son next to the newborn girl,but instead of sleeping like his sister, he just sat there and looked at the baby's sea green eyes, then he looked at the toy horse in his hands, and placed it by the baby's side.
"Are you giving that to Trina, Josh?" Piper asked her son, who gave a small nod
"Awww, that's so sweet" Annabeth cooeed
"Yeah, he loves that toy, won't even let his own sister play with it" Jason told them
"I bet you guys they'll get married" Leo told the four parents as he recorded everything that was happening in the room with his video camera
"Leo my daughter's just a few days old, please don't talk about her getting married" Percy muttered and yawned again
The four parents sat at the couch beside the crib, while Leo continued to film the three little kids, Jessy was still sleeping, and Josh was still looking at Trina who went back to sleep.
There was a knock at the door, as Rachel walked in holding an uneaten Apple "Hi guys" she greeted everyone in the room and went over to look at the kids
"Hi Josh, why aren't you sleeping like your sister and Trina?" Rachel asked the little boy, who then looked at her and smiled at the sight of the apple.
He stretched out his arms to reach for the apple, but he couldn't reach it "Do you want the apple?" Rachel asked him, and he nodded
"Piper can I give your son this apple? He probably thinks its a ball"
"Sure, just watch it, he might hit Trina with it" Piper said standing up and looking at the crib, Annabeth also stood up, and stood next to Piper
"What if he tries to bite the apple?" Leo asked who was still filming everything
"He can't do that, he doesn't have teeth yet" Percy told him
Rachel gave Josh the apple, who giggled and looked at the apple at his hands, he then looked at Trina, and then back at the apple
"What is he thinking?" Jason asked who was now standing next to Rachel
"Why?" Percy asked "What's little J doing?"
"He keeps looking back and forth at Trina and at the apple" Leo told him
"Is he comparing the apply to my daughter" Percy asked
Josh looked at his mommy, and then back at Trina, he then placed the apple next to the little girl.
"Aw he gave her the apple" Leo said
Annabeth and Piper looked at each other and back at Josh
"No way" Piper said
"What?" Jason asked
"You guys remember that back in Ancient Greece throwing an apple at someone was considered a marriage proposal?" Annabeth asked them
"Did your son just propose to my daughter, Jason?" Percy asked getting a bit protective
"Well he didn't technically throw it"Jason answered
"You seeing anything in their future Rachel?" Annabeth asked
"All I can say it, I had a dream that I should bring an Apple today" Rachel told them "Thought it was weird at first"
"Well be ready to become in laws guys! cause I'm betting you a hundred drachmas that your kids are getting married in the future" Leo told them and zoomed in his camera for the four's reaction.