So here's the second chapter! I really don't know what to say in these…

Annabeth's POV

I was kinda surprised that my kids were excited to see me. They usually were just looking for food or something.

"So, what's for dinner?" Ryahn asked.

I knew it.

"What, did your dad not feed you or something?" I said.

"All he did was sit on the couch and watch TV!" my youngest child said.

"That is not true! What about when I had to settle your little arguments? Huh? That was something!" My husband said.

"Arguments? Should I be concerned?" I asked jokingly.

"No, not really. But nice to see you too."

At that moment Percy leaned in for a kiss and I gave him one.

"Ewww! Please not in front of us! Take it to the bedroom if you're gonna make out!" Lacey said!

"No! If you tell them that, they'll just have another kid!" Kyle said.

"Oh, please Kyle! If that was the case, you'd probably have a LOT more siblings right now!" Percy laughed

"What? I don't get it." Shelby said looking cute and innocent.

"Umm, moving on!" I said quickly so I could avoid the subject of babies with my youngest child.

After that, we had a peaceful dinner of spaghetti. Then Percy spoke up.

"Annabeth, I think we should take a vacation."

"A vacation! Oh, yeah!" Kyle said.

All of my kids started cheering and chattering about where they wanted to go.

"No. I mean just your mom and I." Percy said.

"What! That's not fair! WE wanna go too!" Ryahn said.

"Actually, honey, I think that'd be a perfect idea! A one week vacation to get away from the kids!"

My kids all gave us death glares.

"We're kidding of course! But our 19th Anniversary IS coming up. This could be like our early anniversary gift!" My husband said.

"Yea, that would be best," Lacey said.

"Ok, so it's settled. Your father and I are going to vacation to Maui for 1 week. Now we just have to call your Uncle to babysit you." I mumbled.

"WHAT? BABYSIT? We don't need a babysitter! I'm 17 for the love of the gods!" Kyle yelled.

"Well, look at it this way. If you don't give your Uncle a hard time, then we'll know we can trust you to watch yourself and your siblings." Percy replied.

"Fine."

"Wait a minute. Who is this "uncle" anyways?" Ryahn asked.

"Oh right, come to think of it, the only time you have seen him is when you were babies. It's your Uncle Nico, your dad's cousin", I said.

"Ok" all my kids replied.

Ding-Dong. Door Opens.

"Hey, hey, hey! Look who's here!" I heard from the front door.

"Hey kids! It's the neighbors! Um, from next door!" Percy yelled.

I stepped out of the kitchen to look at Percy. He had a look that said "Get them out of here!" on his face.

"DAD! We know they're from next door! There's a reason they're called NEIGHBORS." Lacey yelled smart allecky to him.

"Young lady! Do NOT use that tone with me!" Percy retorted back.

"Lacey! Be nice to your dad! He can't help it that he's not as smart as us!" I said jokingly.

"Honey? Not helping." Percy said looking sad.

"You know I'm kidding!" I said back.

"Soooooo, what are you guys doing here?" Percy said to the neighbors.

"We just came to bring over a casserole!" The couple exclaimed. "And we found your dog, Fido!"

"We don't own a dog."

"Oh, well, nevermind!" The replied cheerily.

Now you wanna know why we're acting this way with our neighbors? You must think we're being mean, but believe, if you knew our neighbors, you would hate them from the moment you met them! The husband has a creeper look on his face, which seems to be permanent. And his wife has beady little eyes and a weird accent. They act really stalkerish too. I swear, they come over everytime we have a baby!

"Gee, thank you! But you'll have to go now! Ok, Bye!" Percy said as he "gently" shoved them out the door.

VROOOMM. SCREEEECH. CRASH. KNOCK KNOCK.

"Kids! Your Uncle Nico is here!"

Well, what did you guys think? Please R&R! ~ author XD