Here's chapter 4! Hope you like! Have some news at the end so you might want to read the two notes. And to all of those who have started school, I feel your pain! 😞

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Chapter Four: Good and Bad News

It's been a year since our wedding and everything has been perfect. We've all been so happy, so blissfully happy. But I should have known that a palpable happiness like that doesn't last long. We had just finished celebrating Jason and Piper's engagement when we got the call.

*Earlier Today*

"Hello?" I ask as I answer the house phone while trying to make sure Adam packed everything he needed for his weekend with Sally and Paul.

"Hey, Annabeth, it's Piper. I was wondering if you and Percy would want to come to lunch with the gang and Jason and I?" Piper asked.

"Sure, we don't have anything planned for today. I was just about to drop Adam off at Sally's. Where are you guys having lunch? We'll meet you there." I replied. After Piper gave me the address of the restaurant and what time they were meeting there I finished checking Adam's things and headed downstairs where Percy was fixing Adam breakfast. And by Percy fixing breakfast I meant him making cereal.

"Morning, boys." I greeted as I entered the kitchen barefoot.

"Morning, Mommy!"

"Morning, Annabeth!"

Percy and Adam greeted with a mouth full of cereal. I shook my head at their lack of manners as I silently padded to the pantry to get a box of cereal for myself.

"Adam, how many times do I have to tell you not to talk with your mouth full? You too Percy." I question them as I pour myself a bowl of cereal.

"Sorry, mom." Adam apologizes this time swallowing before he speaks.

"It's okay. Percy, Piper called me just called me and asked if we could go to dinner with her and the gang. I told her yes, is that okay? I mean, we don't have anything to do after we drop Adam off."

"Yeah, that's fine. You're right we don't have anything to do." Percy replied before turning to Adam and asking, "Are you excited for you day with Grandma and Grandpa Poseidon?"

"Yes, I haven't seen him in forever! "Adam replied.

"Adam, the last time you saw your grandfather was a week ago." I rolled my eyes.

"Exactly. A week feels like forever to me." Adam replies innocently.

After we all finished our breakfast, Adam went upstairs to make sure he didn't forget anything and Percy and I went upstairs to change. I put on a coral summer dress with tan wedges and Percy put on a blue polo and khaki shorts.

"Adam, did you put your stuff in the car?" Percy asked as he looked for the keys to the car.

"Yes, dad." Adam laughs as Percy still looks for the keys.

"Seaweedbrain are you looking for these?" I ask as I dangle the keys in front of my face.

"Why, yes, Wisegirl, I am." Percy comes towards me and tries to take the keys from me but I hide them behind my back. I giggle as he tries to grab the keys from behind my back.

"Come on, Annabeth. Hand it over." Percy laughed as he started to chase me.

"Adam, catch!" I threw the keys to him. He caught them and ran around the couch making Percy chase him. By now all of us were laughing and having fun. Percy finally got caught Adam and swung him up in his arms. He started tickling him as we walked out of the house, trying to get him to give up the keys.

"Stop, Daddy, stop!" Adam laughs as Percy continues to tickle him.

"I will as soon as you give up the keys!" Percy laughs.

"Perce, you do realize that Adam doesn't have the keys." I grin.

After we dropped Adam off with his grandparents we headed straight to the restaurant. When we got there the only people that were there weren't there were Jason and Piper.

"I wonder what's taking them so long. They do know how unwise it is to leave a bunch of ADHD people waiting don't they?" Leo asked.

"No, it's just unwise for us to leave you waiting, Leo," Jason replied as him and Piper walked up to the table.

"They're you guys are! What took you so long?" Leo asked dramatically.

"Oh, calm down, Leo. We weren't even waiting that long." Thalia rolled her eyes.

"Speak for yourself, Thals, but I agree with Leo." Percy says throwing an arm around Leo's shoulder, who he so happened to be sitting next to, which now that you think about it probably isn't a good idea.

"Anyways, ignoring dumb and dumber. Hurry up and sit down, I'm starving!" Malcom gestured for them to sit down in the remaining seats left at the table.

After we all looked at the menu for about twenty minutes and placed our orders Cathy asked the very thing I had been wanting to ask since Piper had called, "So, Piper, tell us, how did Jason propose?"

Leo and Percy, who both had been having a chug war with each other, did a spit take while the rest of us looked at Jason and Piper expectantly.

"How did you know?" Piper asked, smiling.

"Wait so it's true?" Leo asked, still sputtering.

"Of course it's true, honestly Leo did you not notice that big rock on her finger when she walked in the door? And we all know you didn't Percy so no need to say that you didn't notice either." I glance at both of them with a look on my face that says 'really?'

"I knew as soon as you hung up the phone Piper, honestly, whenever one of us get engage we always get together and have lunch." Nico points out.

"True," Thalia nodded her head in agreement.

"Anyway, do tell us, Piper, how did Jason propose?" I asked as I leaned on the table and put my chin in my palm.

Percy's phone rang in the middle of lunch. It started ringing right after Piper finished the story of how Jason proposed, which was beautiful, our food came.

"Hello? Mom? Is everything okay?" Percy asked as he answered his phone.

"Woah, Mom, slow down, I have no idea what you're saying." Percy replied as Sally said something over the phone.

"Ohmygods. Is he going to be okay?" Percy's eyes widened with fear.

"Okay, we'll meet you there." Percy hung up the phone before turning to me with frightened eyes, "Annabeth, come on we have to go, now,"

"What's wrong, Percy? What happened? Is Adam okay?" I asked scared as we got our things together.

"Adam's fine. It's my dad. He had a brain aneurysm."

*End*

It's hard to believe that that was thirty minutes ago, it seems like a lifetime has passed. It's taking us longer than expected to get to the hospital seeing as there is always traffic in New York.

When we finally get to the hospital we rush to the waiting room, where Sally said she'd be. I spotted Sally as soon as we walked through the door. She was pacing the room while holding Adam, trying to console him. I pulled Percy, who was so lost in thought didn't see his mother right away, towards her.

"Sally?" I asked tentatively when we were standing right in front of her.

"Thank gods, you're here! Everything happened so fast! One moment Poseidon was playing with Adam in the living room while I was fixing lunch in the kitchen and the next Adam comes running into the kitchen with tears streaming down his face screaming that something was wrong with grandpa!" she rushed out frantically with tears in her eyes.

"Mom, you need to sit down. Give Adam to Annabeth and sit while I go ask the nurse when Dad will be out of surgery." Percy suggest gently to his mother, seeing how upset she is. Sally nods slowly and hands Adam to me before following me to sit down.

As we sit down I look at Adam to make sure he's okay. He's awake but he isn't saying anything, just looking with a blank look in his eyes. It frightens me, I've never seen Adam this quiet.

"Adam? Are you okay? Do you want anything?" I ask him gently as I sit him in my lap and look at him warily.

"I want grandpa, mommy. He didn't finish the story he was telling me. He was telling me about the places he used to go when he was younger then he just fell asleep and didn't finish the story. I want him to finish the story." He looked up at me with wide innocent eyes.

"Oh, Adam," I kiss his forehead softly not wanting to tell him that there might be a possibility that his grandpa might never get a chance to finish telling him his story. Next to me, I hear Sally start to cry. I reach out the hand that isn't holding onto Adam and take a hold of her hand, squeezing gently. She squeezes back just as Paul comes into the waiting room and makes a beeline for Sally as soon as he sees her. She stands up to meet him and throws her arms around him, sobbing.

Realizing that Percy wasn't back yet, I search the crowd of people in the waiting room for him. I find him standing, off to the side with a woman that was crying, she was about Sally's age with long black hair and blue eyes and pale skin, he was comforting her.

She must be Amphitrite, his stepmother, I think as I look at the man who was standing behind Amphitrite and Percy. He looked like a spitting image of Percy, except he looked a few years older and had blue eyes. That must be Triton, Percy's older half-brother.

I studied them for a little while longer before I turn my attention back to Adam, who had laid his head against my chest and was slowly drifting off to sleep. As I brushed hair out of his eyes, I started to think it would be best if I took Adam home. Getting up slowly so I wouldn't wake Adam, I made my way over to Percy.

"Percy," I say to get his attention, he had his back to us as he talked to Amphitrite and Triton so he didn't see me coming.

"Annabeth, this is Amphitrite, my step-mother and Triton, my brother. They just got here; I was telling them what happened. Amphitrite, Triton, this is my wife, Annabeth." Percy introduced.

"Hi, I'm so sorry to interrupt. Percy, I'm going to take Adam home; he doesn't need to be here."

"You're right. I'll come with you." He agrees.

"No, stay here. I'll be waiting for you when you get home."

"Let me at least walk you to the car, there's bound to paparazzi outside. It's already all over the news." He grimaces.

"Okay. It was nice to meet you two, though I wish it was on better circumstances." I say to Amphitrite and Triton.

"As do I. Hopefully, next time we meet it will be on better terms." Amphitrite smiles, briefly. Triton gives me a somber nod in farewell.

I let Percy take Adam from me and wraps him arm around my waist and says, "Stay as close to me as you can and keep your head down."

As soon as we step outside the hospital, I hear as well as see camera's flashing. The paparazzi are shouting random things, trying to get us to answer questions.

"Mr. Jackson! Mr. Jackson! Is there anything you can tell us about why your father is in here at the moment? What happened to him?" one of them asked

"Mrs. Jackson! What happened to your father-in-law? Is it life-threatening? Will he live?" asks another one. It goes on and on. They follow us all the way to our car but we keep our heads down and our mouths shut. But all of the paparazzi's noise has woken Adam up.

"Daddy? What's going on? Why are all these people taking pictures?" he asks as Percy opens the backdoor to put him in his car seat.

"Don't worry about them, Adam. They're just being nosy. Mommy's going to take you home, okay? I'm going to stay here to see what happens to grandpa. I'll be home soon. I love you, buddy." Percy kissed Adam on the forehead as he finished putting him in his car seat.

He closes the door before turning to me and pulling me into a hug. He buries his face into my neck and holds me tight, ignoring the press.

"He's going to be okay, Percy. He'll make it through." I whisper in his ear as I rested my cheek on his shoulder.

"Gods, I hope your right." He says before he pulls out of the hug. He gives me a quick peck on the lips, "I'll see you at home."

As I look in my rear-view mirror when Adam, who had dozed off again, and I are at the hospital's exit, I see that Percy was still standing there, crowded by a bunch of paparazzi. I prayed to the gods that Poseidon would make it through this; he was like a second father to me.

When Adam and I got back home it was seven o'clock. To keep us busy and keep our minds off of Poseidon, Adam and I made homemade pizza. Afterwards, we played go-fish for a while before I put Adam to bed at nine o'clock.

I went to bed around eleven but I kept tossing and turning. I got up around twelve to get a glass of water from the kitchen. When I entered the kitchen, I found Percy sitting at the table with his head in his hands.

"Percy?" I asked confusedly. "When did you get home?" Percy eyes were red and he had this look of pure sadness on his face when he looked up. With the thought of getting a glass of water forgotten I went straight to his side and pulled him into a hug.

"Oh, Percy. I'm so sorry." I cry as he lays his head on my chest and he starts to cry.

He continues to cry softly for a few more minutes before he pulls away slightly only to say, "He's gone, Annabeth. He's gone."

Beta-Note: Hey people! My real name starts with an 'R' and it can be a girl's or a boy's name but my pen name is "Robster". Can you guess my real name? I'm booklover484 aka Princess Leia's beta-reader. She thought that making a guy from Finland edit her chapters was a good idea, so here I am making the chapters worse. Anyway, I wanted to let you know that listening to "Jaymes Young" and reading this story is an EXTREMELY good combination and I highly recommend listening to him, just search "Jaymes Young" on soundcloud. You won't regret it. If you've already heard of him you are almost as awesome as me.

Author's Note: Yeah, so Robster is actually going to be the story's new co-writer. I have to agree with him listening to Jaymes Young, he's really good. And, yeah Poseidon's dead. Sorry guys, his death was totally unplanned, though I did consider killing Paul instead…anyways that's it for now, I'll try to update soon!

Until Next Time,

~booklover484 :D