Disclaimer: Don't own PJO

24th May, 2010

We had just arrived back at Percy's apartment after our date to the movies, when we heard a retching sound.

"Mom?" Percy called out, his eyebrows pinched together in worry.

"Don't... don't come in here Percy." I heard Sally call back. Percy started walking towards the bathroom, where the sound had come from.

"Don't" I said to Percy. "I'll go." He nodded and let go of my hand, when I pulled him into a comforting hug. "Hey, it'll be ok. Don't worry."

"Yeah, I know. It's just... it's my mum. The only two people I get really worried about is her and you. I couldn't bear it if anything happened to either of you."

"I know, Perce. I know." We heard the unmistakable sound of someone vomiting, and I pulled away from Percy. "I'd better go see what's up." I turned and walked away from him, and headed for the bathroom.

"Hey, Sally. It's Annabeth. Can I come in?" I said after knocking on the door.

"Yeah, sure. But don't let Percy in. I don't want him seeing me like this."

"Don't worry, he's in the lounge." I said as I walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind me. Sally was wiping her mouth with toilet paper as I sat on the edge of the bath. "Do you know what causing it? The vomiting, I mean."

"Yeah," Sally answered. "But I want to tell Percy at the same time. Oh gods, not again!" She leant over the toilet and vomited again. I pulled her hair back, and when she was done and sure she wasn't going to again, I passed her toothbrush and the toothpaste to her, and helped her up off the floor.

When we arrived in the Lounge, Percy saw us and looked at me as if to say "Why?" I shrugged my shoulders and took a seat next to him, while Sally sat on the armchair.

"Argh, how do I say this?" Sally said. You could almost see her brain ticking over. "This isn't the first time I've been sick. And it won't be the last."

"What? What's wrong? Mom?" Percy said, as I held his hand for support.

"Ok, not the best way to say it. Umm... You're gonna have a little brother or sister soon, Perce." Sally said, and as he finished her sentence, you could almost see the weight being lifted off her shoulders.

"You're pregnant?" Percy said.

"Yes, honey. Pregnant." Sally grinned widely as she said this.

"Wow, congrats!" I said. "You're gonna be a big brother, Seaweed Brain." I bumped Percy's shoulder with my own, and he still looked like he was stoned.

"And you too Annabeth." Sally added. "You're practically part of the family already. I think a status of honorary big sis is in order."

"A... are you sure?" I stammered. I hugged Sally when she nodded in response. "I... thank you so much!"

"So... let me get this straight. You're pregnant. My Mom is pregnant. I gotta go lie down." Percy said, heading for his bedroom, rubbing his head, Sally and I both laughing at him.

"Percy, you awake?" I said, going into my boyfriend's domain. He was fast asleep. It was my job to wake him, as dinner would be ready in 20 minutes. Sally and I had been talking for at least an hour until Paul arrived, and that was half an hour ago. We decided Percy'd had enough time to wrap his head around the news.

I didn't want to wake him. He was facing the wall, and his knees were half tucked up, and both his hands were under his head. He looked so cute.

"No, no, get away from her. Get away! Don't go near her!" His voice was harsh, but it softened as he said the next part. "You listen to me, Annabeth, you're not dying on me. Not now, not ever. You gotta come back. Don't you dare leave me. Stay with me, Wise Girl. I haven't even had a chance to tell you I love you yet, with a response. Come back to me." I went over to him, and shook him to get him to wake up.

"Annabeth," Percy sat straight up, and the sight before me nearly broke my heart. There were trails of tears running down his face, and more following. I threw my arms around his neck, and started crying, and not just little tears, but full-on shaking-from-sobbing crying. "Shh," He said as he led back down, "Don't cry, it was just a dream."

We led cuddled up to each other crying for about 5 minutes, then lying there for another 10 or so, and then our kissing was interrupted by a knock on Percy's bedroom door.

"Hey guys, dinner's ready." Paul called in. We got up off the bed and I had to pull my hair back, because it looked like a bird's nest. Not good looking like that when you're eating dinner with your boyfriend's parents. I was searching through the amount of stuff on the top of Percy's dresser, to ind the hair ties I had left here, for this purpose exactly.

"You look really hot the way you are, you know..." Percy said while kissing my neck.

"Well I'm not really going for hot while eating dinner with your parents, and you'd better not give me a hickey, or I will kill you."

"And how exactly will you kill me?"

"I know your Achilles heel. But I'm not going to kill you, I'd just punish you severely." I said matter-of-factly.

"What's my punishment then?"

"No touching me in any way for 2 weeks, no kissing, no cuddling, and even no holding hands."

"That'd be punishing you too..."

"Yeah... just realized that. Come on, I'm hungry." I said as I pulled him out of the room.

As we sat eating our dinner of spaghetti bolognaise, I looked up at Percy, and he was smiling and laughing at today's dinner competition; who could choose the worst baby name. And I knew that he would be the best older brother there was. And I'd be the best sister to this little baby, soon to be brought into the world.

A/N: Well, Chapter one of this is up. It's the sequel to Baby You're A Firework. And the chapters will be posted as soon as I write them. And each chapter name, doesn't actually relate to the chapter, it's just the next line in the song. Please review & let me know what you think. xxy Elena