Chapter 1 – The Fates Ship Percabeth

Disclaimer I do not own PJO

Authors Note:

IMPORTANT TO THE STORY! At the end of the prologue pretend I didn't do something weird with the timeline and both Percy and Annabeth were 20. Thank you enjoy.

~CaitlinAurora

18years later

Percy's POV

"Soph wake up! It's your first day at a new school you don't want to be late!" I called up the stairs

"5 more minutes Dad!" the sleepy voice of my daughter yelled back at me. Yes, I said daughter. You see about fourteen years (A/N: I'm basing the years of the age of the children as I have no idea about the timeframe of being pregnant) after I left camp I was at a demigod club/bar….

Flashback -Fourteen years ago…

"Hey Mike!" I greeted the part time bartender and son of Hypnos

"Hey Perce! What can I get you?"

"Something strong," I replied with one goal in mind for tonight: to forget everything

"Whoa! You hardly ever come in here and when you do it's only for a beer! What's up with you man?"

"Just some bad memories that I need to forget," I answered simply

"Today's not your birthday so no Titan war issues, Not the day you fell into 'you know where', Not the day 'you know who' died, so it's most likely to do with Annabeth," Mike deduced after eliminating all the other things it may have been "So what's so special about today?" he asked

"Today marks the fourth year since I have seen or heard from Annabeth,"

"Jeez that's rough man everyone could see how much you loved her. You're going to need something a lot stronger than beer." He muttered

A couple of beers and many tequila shots later I was very clearly drunk (A/N: I am 13 so I have no idea if this is realistic or not). My brain went fuzzy and I only half realised I was kissing an Aphrodite girl I had seen around camp one summer. What's her name? Umm something to do with flowers I think. Lavender? No. Rose? No. Violet? No. Lily? Yeah that's it!

Time skip to next morning (still in the flashback)

"Morning Percy," said a soft voice as I woke up

"Morning," I grunted back. Wait what?! I live alone so why is someone talking to me? Why does my head hurt so much? Oh, I remember I went to the bar/club last night to distract myself and then I remember driving home with a girl, Lily. Oh no! Today's Monday I have to go to work! "What time is it?" I asked Lily shaking off the sleepiness.

"It's 10am. Why?" she asked. With that in mind I hurried around my house getting ready for work.

After I got ready and Lily was ready I told her I had to leave for work, but I'd pay for her cab home. After I said that though she huffed, stomped on my foot, took the cash I offered her, and stormed out of my house.

End of Flashback

After that happened I never expected to hear from her again, but one night someone rang the doorbell but when I got to the door and there was a small bundle of blankets on the ground on my porch…

Another Flashback

I stepped closer to the bundle of blankets to examine them further. When I stepped forward I gasped. The blankets weren't just blankets it was a baby and a note! The note said:

Dear Percy,

This is your baby and I have no desire to keep her. She was born on 19 September.

You can name her.

Good luck

~Lily

I stared at the note rereading it over and over. "I'm a father," I muttered under my breath again and again not quite believing it. After a few minutes I snapped out of my daze and picked my daughter. Wow that's sounds strange. I have a daughter. I took a minute to properly look at her, she was basically a female carbon copy of myself. Just one look at her and I already knew the perfect name, Sophia. After that I turned inside the house and started making calls and organising furniture and re-decorators for the next day. After making my final call to tell my boss I wasn't going to be at work tomorrow I went up to my room where Sophia was sleeping and kissed her goodnight.

End of Flashback

I snapped back to the present moment in time and realised my daughter still had gotten up. "Sophia Jackson get down here now I will not have you being late on the first day!" I yelled up the stairs. After a couple of minutes with no reply I used my powers to float water above my sleeping daughter and then dropped it on her. Not I second later I heard a shriek.

"Dad! Not funny I was having a really good dream. Why do I even have to go to school anyway?"

"Soph you have to go to school, so you can learn and get a job in the future," I explained in a calm voice knowing that she is exactly how I was with school. You see Soph ended up being plagued with both Dyslexia and ADHD just like me another thing she got from me is power over water and the ability to breathe under water. She also knows about me being a demigod and has learnt to fight in the training room I had built in the basement. "Soph your bus will be here soon," I reminded her as I got her breakfast ready. A minute later she walked out of her room her clothes and attitude giving off a don't care vibe. Sophia was wearing black skinny jeans a navy blue lacey shirt with a beat up old leather jacket and black vans. Her straight black hair was in a loose side plait resting on her shoulder and she was wearing trident earrings. By the time she was downstairs eating her breakfast I had to go to work, so I walked over to her as kissed her on the head and said "Bye Kiddo. Try not to get into any trouble on you first day," and walked out of the house grabbing the keys to my car.

As I was driving I let my mind wonder to Annabeth. I wondered how she was getting on. She probably is living in a mansion of a house she designed herself. Come to think of it she's probably married by now. That last thought making me tense. No matter how many years it's been I still can't get over Annabeth. But she has probably moved on by now I sighed as I reached work. I had extra time, so I decided to go into a café and grab a coffee first.

Earlier That Day

Annabeth's POV

"Morning Ollie," I smiled at my son as he walked into the kitchen

"Morning Mum," my son replied sleepily

"Ready for your first day at the new school?" I asked him as we ate our breakfast

"Not really," he replied unenthusiastically

"Please try to be good. I know it's hard with you ADHD and dyslexia, but I know you'll do great," I said trying to make him feel better. I looked at the time and realised I had to leave for work. "Have a great day and try not do get into trouble, I love you," I said as I ruffled his hair and grabbed my car keys.

While driving to work I thought about how I'd ended up with a son. You see after I left camp I tried to pull myself back together again whilst finishing my architecture degree and I met a son of Hermes I recognised from camp, Jack. We talked and suddenly I was going on a date with him. I don't know why maybe it was the fact he reminded me of Luke or maybe I was trying to convince myself that I was over Percy. Whatever the case I realise a little too late that it was never going to work and by the time I had broken up with him I was pregnant. I told Jack, but he was mad that I never liked him and that I lead him on and decided he wanted nothing to do with me or the baby. So, I raised him as a single mother whilst building a highly successful architecture firm. I love my son he is smart and athletic, and he never fails to make me smile and he looks like a male replica of me. I remember Percy was like that he used to always make me laugh with his seaweed brain comments and his light-hearted humour. As much as I tried to deny it after all these years I'm still in love with Percy Jackson. Even though I know this there's nothing I can do about it. He's probably moved on by now anyway.

I looked up and realised I had arrived at the 'Neptune's Seas Aquarium' (A/N: Sorry for the lame name I couldn't think of anything to call it) (the place my firm had just signed on with to design them a new site) with time to spare so I walked towards a small café down the road. A I entered the café a man was exiting. He stopped to hold the door for me whilst checking his emails and I looked up to thank him but when I saw who it was I gasped causing him to look up too.

"Percy?" I breathed. He just stood there in shock and walked away leaving me standing in the doorway of the café. A million thoughts ran through my head. OH, MY GODS! That was Percy! Wait did he run away from me? I knew it he hates me. I thought glumly.

Percy's POV

What just happened? Was the only thing on my mind as I walked out of the café. After years and years of wondering what it would be like to see her again and not only did I freeze but I completely ran away from her. If she didn't hate me before she definitely does now I sighed as I entered my aquarium 'Neptune's Seas'

And that's chapter one done. Sorry for the huge amount of flashbacks but I needed them for some of the explanations. Hope you liked it.

~CaitlinAurora