So here is the 6th chapter of For the Love of Thieves. I want to thank the following:

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~*April's POV*~

Megan gave birth to a healthy baby girl. I was sitting with Apollo while the baby was born.

He started looking calm, then confused, then dazed, then angry. I closed my eyes because he was glowing a little.

I heard someone say "You have a healthy baby girl, Apollo. You two sure are good at making girls."

The person saw Apollo glowing and my eyes shut. "Brother, what's got you so angry?"

So it's Artemis.

"Nothing." I heard him say.

They had a quick discussion in Greek. I caught the names Leto Jordan and Ares a lot.

"You do know that April has her eyes closed and that you're glowing, right?" Artemis said.

He must have calmed down because he said, "I'm sorry, April."

I opened my eyes to see his retreating back as he walked in with Megan.

I turned questioning eyes to Artemis.

"Just some family drama, April. Nothing to be worried about."

Hermes walked in just then. "April, you ready to go?" He asked softly.

"I want to see the baby first." I pouted.

Apollo came out his gaze still a little scary. "Megan wants to see you." He said to Hermes and I.

We got up and walked into her room. I peeped in and saw a beautiful baby with her daddy's blonde hair and her mommy's sea blue eyes resting in her mom's arms.

"Aww." I cooed.

Megan looked exhausted. "You're lucky you didn't go through that."

I laughed.

"No, I'm serious. That hurt like a-"

"Megan." Hermes said warningly.

"What? It's not like she can understand me." Megan said flippantly.

"What's her name?" I asked eagerly.

"Natasha Cailey. It means born around Christmas for her first name. Her second name means musical one. I thought it fitting since her dad is the god of music."

"Good one." Hermes said.

"Can I hold her?" I asked.

"Sure." Megan said. She passed the baby off to me.

"What is she the goddess of?" I inquired.

"I don't know. She has to be four years old to find out. That's what we did with the girls." Megan said.

"Oh so if I ever want-"

"Probably." She started snickering.

"What?" I looked behind me to see Hermes blushing.

"I'm just gonna." He almost ran from the room.

We broke out laughing.

I turned serious in a flash though as a thought came to me. "Does Hermes have godly children?" I asked her.

"Not that I can recall. Are you sure you're not pregnant? You sure changed emotions pretty fast." Megan replied.

I blushed. "I don't feel comfortable . . . I mean, I'm a-"

"Ooohhh." Megan winked.

I blushed tomato red.

Just my luck, Hermes walked in just then.

"Why are you red? You're not sick are you? That's it. Lets go. You don't want to make the baby sick, do you? Apollo! I think April's sick!" Hermes yelled out the door.

I was a brighter red.

Apollo walked in saw my red face, Megan's sly eyes and snickers she was trying to hide, and Hermes worried face.

"Megan." he said in warning.

I turned to face her and saw the sly look on her face. "Don't you dare!" I yelled.

"Hey, Hermes, guess what?" Megan said winking at me.

I was sure my face was a beacon by now. I grabbed Hermes' hand and dragged him out of the room. I heard Megan cackling behind us. Freaking cackling. Like a witch.

I walked into the main room and saw all the Olympians and the twins sitting in the room. My face was still red.

My mom spoke up. "April you're not sick are you?"

I threw up my hands. "Uhg. I give up. I am not sick."

"Then why are you red?" asked Athena.

Aphrodite laughed. "She's embarrassed."

My face went redder.

Apollo came out with a smirk on his face. "I know why. It's because Megan told me that April said she was a-"

"You finish that sentence and I will castrate you. I don't care that Megan will probably kill me. You better be happy with three girls." I threatened. My face a burning red.

Apollo paled.

Yeah, Cupid's got a shotgun, amin' at my heart, I've been dodging bullets, I've been hiding in the dark. Sawed off double barrel, trigger happy as he can be. Yeah, Cupid's got a shotgun and he's pointing it at me.

I went even brighter red as an indignant voice said, "Hey, I find that offensive."

"Hello?" I said almost thankfully.

"Hey, Baby girl. You okay? You sound flustered." my Dad said.

"I'm okay."

"I'm just calling to check on you. How is he?" He asked.

I moved outside. "Dad," I whined. "Will you stop referring to my boyfriend as him."

"Nope." he chuckled.

I sighed, exasperated. "Fine. Oh, I almost forgot. Megan had her baby today."

"Oh, she did? Well, tell her congratulations from me. What did she have?" Dad and Megan met a few months ago. One of the rare occasions that Megan was able to sneak off Olympus.

"She had a girl. They named her Natasha Cailey."

"What is she the goddess of?" Dad asked.

"They don't know. They will have to wait until her fourth birthday." I replied.

"Okay. I will wait to decorate the tree until tomorrow at two in the afternoon. So don't be late. Oh and he better like country music. If he doesn't then too bad for him, he won't be good enough for my daughter." I laughed.

"Don't worry he loves it. In fact he has She Cranks my Tractor as his ringtone." I said, snickering.

I saw Hermes waving me over, mouthing Eros wants you.

"I have to go, Dad. Eros was in the room when you called and I haven't got the chance to change my ringtone. So I'm in trouble. I'll see you tomorrow. Love you." I said.

"Love you, too. See you tomorrow." Dad said chuckling. "Hope you don't get in too much trouble."

He hung up before I could reply.

I walked back in, frustrated.

Eros grabbed my shoulder and towed me into the corner. "I demand you change that song. It's highly offensive."

I quirked an eyebrow. "Really. Have you ever heard it fully?"

He nodded.

"Well then, I suggest you deal with it. Because I ain't changing it." I drawled with my southern accent.

Hermes looked over just then from across the room. I saw his eyes were darkened.

I looked at Eros. "Stop doin' that."

"I'm not doing anything. That's all him. He seems to like your southern accent." Eros snickered.

I glared.

Eros held up his hands. "If you want my advice-"

"I don't."

"I would do it sometime soon. My mother can't wait a few more years."

He turned and left.

I was stunned. Then his words registered in my head.

"Mother." I whispered.

"Are you ready to go?" Hermes asked walking up. "We have to be at your father's house by noon tomorrow. I don't want to be late or for him to hate me." He mumbled the last part.

I laughed, shaking myself from my thoughts. I shelved the matter in my mind for later.

Hermes blushed. "Stop it." He hissed.

He led me out of the infirmary and into his chariot.

His face was beet red. I laughed hard. "A . . . a god is . . . is afraid of a mortal." I gasped for breath as I laughed.

We had arrived at his house. He pulled me into the house and kissed me hard. I forgot about my laughing. We celebrated Christmas a little early that night.

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The next day, I was packing for a week at my dad's house.

"Come on!" I shouted out the door to Hermes. "It's 11:57 we need to leave now!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming." He said as he came through the door. "You have everything?"

I nodded.

"Just grab hold of your bags and my hand and we can go. Close your eyes, though." He reminded me.

We flashed to my dad's house. "Daddy!" I called.

"Out here baby." Dad said over the intercom.

I squealed and dashed outside. I ran for the barn with Hermes on my heels. I darted right into my dad's arms. I squeezed him around his neck. "Daddy, I missed you."

I jumped out of Dad's arms and ran to Dusty, my dapple gray mare. "Hey gorgeous." I clicked my tongue at her.

She perked her head up and nickered when she saw me. I pat her and gave my dad the puppy eyes.

He sighed. "Oh of course you can ride her. We still have to go pick out the tree."

I squealed again.

"C'mon you can ride Sandy." I led Hermes over to our sandy dun mare.

Dad hooked up two more horses to a sled. (It had snowed last night) I was in the process of saddling up Dusty. I looked over to see Hermes had already saddled up and was leading Sandy out into the snow. I stuck my tongue out at him when he passed. "Don't tempt me." He whispered in my ear.

I brought Dusty out right behind him.

"I saw this most awesome tree out in the woods the other day," Dad told me as we were mounting up. "It was right by the creek."

"Cool." I said and started riding out to the trail.

The ride was fun. Hermes and I teased and laughed the whole way to the tree and back.

We decorated the tree with more laughter and teasing.

"Hey, Dad, guess what?" I said while we were eating Christmas dinner. I looked over and winked at Hermes.

"Don't you dare! April, I'm warning you! Don't do it!" Hermes yelped, face a tomato.

"Hermes is scared of you!" I said laughing.

I jumped up when he came for me. He started chasing me around the table. I darted out the doorway and ran to the living room. We chased each other around the Christmas tree. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Dad get up and walk outside. I stopped, instantly serious. Hermes crashed into me. I pushed him off and walked out back. "Stay here." I said over my shoulder.

I walked into the barn. I saw my dad sitting in the tack room with a picture in his hands.

It was me when I was four. I was sitting in his lap at christmas time with a huge smile on my face. The picture was taken before I went to school.

I saw tears running down his face.

"Aw, Daddy." I ran and curled up in his lap. He ran his fingers through my hair.

"I haven't seen you that care free and happy since you started school." He said wistfully. "What happened?"

I sobbed and told him everything from Kindergarten til when I left for Camp.

"I haven't been this happy in a long while. Just being with you and him makes it better."

We were both crying.

"I can see that. I give you my blessing." He said into my hair.

I tearfully said thanks.

We held each other for an hour.

"We better get back inside, he's waiting." Dad said.

I nodded, still not moving.

"Hey, I'm not upset or anything. Just mad at that girl." He stroked my hair like he used to when I had had a nightmare or was scared when I was little.

I got up and nodded at him.

We went inside and Hermes was instantly at my side. "Are you okay?" He asked.

I nodded.

That was our first Christmas together. All in all, I think it went good.

Hope you enjoyed.

~iamthenumber1twilightfan