Hey guys, so sorry for not updating sooner! I've been catching up with some of my friends that I haven't talked to since summer started and I've been lazy and didn't want to type. So sorry! Thanks to redheadgirl1996 for making me finish this chapter! I hope you enjoyed chapter 6! The poll is closed and I will announce which story I will start at the end of the chapter! But, don't expect it to be up for a while because I'm thinking of writing a one-shot and if I do I will post it before I post the first chapter of the new story. I do plan to have the story up before summer ends! So, thank you to all that voted!

Disclaimer: Go back and look at Chapter One.


Chapter Seven: Jobs

I woke up to the sound of someone knocking on my bedroom door. I got up and opened the door to see Percy standing there wearing a suit and a briefcase in his hand.

"Sorry to wake you up, but I just wanted you to know I put Adam's car seat in your car and that you might want to take this, it's his favorite toy, my dad gave it to him." Percy said while giving me a big stuffed animal which was a dolphin.

"That's ok. I was just about to get up. Thanks, Percy." I told him.

"Ok, no problem. I'll be back around 3:30." He told me.

"Ok, I think I'm going to go for a run. And I'm going to go over to Malcom's about 1 o'clock but we should be back around 2 o'clock maybe earlier." I told him.

"Ok, the Central park isn't far from here just a few blocks. I have to go. Bye." Percy said.

"Ok, thanks. Bye." I said as Percy walked towards the stairs. I closed my door and walked towards my dresser. I put the stuffed dolphin on the dresser as I pulled out my jogging suit and put it on before I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth. When I got out of the bathroom I looked at my clock on my nightstand to see that it was 8:00. I grabbed my ear-phones and my phone before I ran downstairs to grab my keys which I had left on the bar.

Percy was right Central Park was only a few blocks away. When I got there I ran into someone.

"Sorry." I said as I steadied the person I ran into.

"Annabeth Chase?" I heard the stranger say before I could start jogging.

"Zoë Nightshade! I haven't seen you in forever! What are you doing here? I thought you were with Artemis?" I said as I gave her a hug. Before I left to go to California Zoë, Bianca, Thalia, Clarisse, Silena, Juniper, and I used to be the best of friends and she moved to Texas a month before I moved and I heard from Artemis that she was working with her.

"I decided to take a break for a while. And I heard that Thalia became a hunter." Zoë told me. For some reason Artemis and her co-workers call themselves hunters, I swear sometimes the Olympians from Mt. Olympus act like the real Olympians from Greek mythology.

"Yeah, she left yesterday. When did you get here?" I asked her as we started jogging.

"Same. So, how are you doing? What about your twin?" Zoë asked me as we started jogging.

"I'm doing great. Malcom's well, he's getting married." I told her. Pretty soon we were sitting on a bench catching up on the things we've missed.

"It was so great to see you again. Give me your number so we can hang out sometimes." I asked her as I held out my phone.

"Ok, here." Zoë said as she handed her phone over.

When I put my information in her phone I gave it back to her and asked, "I am starving, do you want to go get something to eat?"

"Yes!" she said as she gave me my phone back and we started to get up.


When I got back from eating breakfast with Zoë it was already 11:00. I was surprised that I had talked with Zoë for about four hours but I was grateful because that gave me something to do until it was time for me to pick up Adam. I went to my room to take a shower. When I got out of the shower I changed into a pair of jeans, a black V-neck, and a pair of black flats. After I got dressed I grabbed Adam's stuffed animal and my purse along with my keys before I walked down stairs. I walked out the front door and locked the door before I got into my car. I put the dolphin in the back beside Adam's car seat which I noticed was directly behind my seat. I turned on the radio and started the engine. Luckily, I remembered where Percy's mother's house was. It was 11:30 when I got to her apartment building. I walked into the apartment building and got into the elevator and luckily I was the only one in the elevator, so I rode up to the third floor in silence. I got off of the elevator and I made my way to Sally's apartment. When I knocked on her door I immediately heard the shuffling of feet.

"Hi, Sally." I said when she opened the door.

"Annabeth! It's good to see you again, dear. Come on in." Sally said as she pulled me inside her apartment.

"Hi, Anniebeth." Adam said as he came and hugged my legs.

"Hey, Adam. How are you?" I asked as I picked him up.

"Gwood." He replied as he put his head on my shoulder.

I turned around to look at Sally who was smiling behind me.

"Have you moved in yet?" Sally asked me.

"Yes, I moved in yesterday." I replied smiling at her.

"That's great!" Sally said before she told Adam, "Be good."

"Ywes, Gwandma." Adam replied while lifting his head to look at Sally.

"Okay, I'll see you later, sweetheart." Sally said as she came to give him a kiss on the cheek. "Bye, Annabeth."

"Bye, Sally." I said as I started to walk out of the apartment.

"How have you bwen, Anniebeth?" Adam asked me as we walked down the hallyway towards the elevator.

"I've been great," I replied as I shifted my weight so I could press the button for the elevator.

"What are we gwoing to do twoday?" Adam asked as we got into the elevator.

"We're going to go see Uncle Malcom, how does that sound?" I asked him.

"That swounds gwreat! Adam replied enthusiastically.

"Good, are you hungry?" I asked him when the elevator doors opened.

"No, gwandma mawde me a sandwich and swome blue chocolate cwhip cwookies." Adam told me as we walked out of the apartment building.

"Really? That must have been delicious." I told Adam as we started to walk towards my car.

"It was. Gwandma says that blue chocolate cwhip cwookies were dwaddy's favawite when he was a kwid." Adam told me as I pulled my seat up to strap Adam into his car seat.

"Really?" I asked him as I pulled my seat back so I could get into the car and start the car.

"Yup." Adam said as he nodded his head and then he asked me. "Where's dwaddy?"

"Your dad had to work today but we'll see him later on, okay?" I told him as I pulled out of the apartment complex's parking lot.

"Okay." Adam said as he leaned back into his car seat. For the rest of the ride we would just ask each other questions, to get to know each other. It was pretty funny to me, when I look back on it. I mean I, a twenty-five year-old woman, was having a conversation with a three year-old like he was an adult. I could tell that Adam was going to be incredibly smart when he got older. We were around the corner from Malcom's house when Adam asked me, "Are you and Uwncle Malcom twins?"

"Yes." I said while shaking my head. Everybody always asks us that and I don't know why we look just alike. By that time we were in front of Malcom's house.

"Come on, Adam." I said as I got out of my seat and pulled my seat forward to get Adam out of his car seat.

I adjusted my purse on my shoulder as knocked on the door and held Adam on my hip.

"Adam!" Catherine said when she opened the door and saw Adam, who held out his arms for Catherine to take him.

"Aunt Cathy!" Adam said as Catherine took him from my arms and stood aside for me to come in.

"Hey, sis." Catherine said when I was inside the house.

"Hey, Cathy! Where's my twin?" I asked her as I gave her a side hug since she was still holding Adam.

"He's in his office. Go ahead. I'll look after Adam. I haven't seen him in forever." Catherine said as she made her way to the living room, holding Adam in her arms.

"Ok, thanks." I said as I made my way to Malcom's study which was downstairs, underneath the staircase. Even though it was underneath the staircase the room was surprisingly big. It was big enough to fit a full desk, a couch and a coffee table, a TV, and a round conference table. Malcom and Catherine usually use this room for when one of them needs to work from home or to use it as a den.

"Hey, bro." I called as I opened the doors to the study.

"Hey, sis." Malcom said while looking up from a pile of work. "I went back to Mt. Olympus today, to get what we need."

"Okay, great. I have to leave around 2:50. I brought Adam with me." I told him as I sat at the conference table.

"Ok, then let's get started."


When we got back to the house we found Percy's Hummer parked in the driveway.

"Come on, Adam, let's go inside." I said as I pulled my seat forward and pulled Adam out of his car seat. When I walked into the house I went into the living room to see Percy sitting on the couch watching TV while looking through some papers.

"Dwaddy!" Adam cried when he saw Percy.

"Hey, Adam. Annabeth." Percy said when he looked up to see us standing there.

He stood up and took Adam from my arms as I announced, "I need to go get the groceries from the car. I'm making spaghetti tonight."

"You don't have to do that, Annabeth." Percy said told me.

"I want to, besides it's been awhile since I've cooked." I said before I walked outside towards my car.

When I came back inside I walked into the kitchen to see Percy standing there, staring into space.

"Where's Adam?" I asked him as I sat the groceries and the blueprints for the headquarters of Mt. Olympus on the counter.

"He was getting sleepy so I brought him up to his room so he could take a nap." He replied while he helped me put up the groceries. "So, how was it? Did he give you any problems?"

"No, not at all. It was great! After we left Malcom I took him to go get something to eat then we went to the grocery store."

"Great. I was thinking that I could take the day off tomorrow and all of us could go to the beach. I don't know how long it's been since I took a day off and hung out with Adam." Percy told me.

"That will be great!" I replied as I started to put the noodles in a pot to boil. "So, do you want to help me make dinner?"

"Yeah."


After we had dinner Adam was falling asleep so I brought him up to his room and tucked him in before I went back downstairs. Then me and Percy started to talk about our college years and other things. By the time Percy and I went to bed it was 10:00 at night. I was lying in my bed, reading a book, when I heard a knock at my door. I turned to see Adam standing in the door way in his pajamas.

"Hey, Adam, what are you doing up? I thought you were asleep." I told him as I put my book on my nightstand and he started to walk towards me.

"I cowuldn't go to sleep." Adam told me as he stared up at me.

"Why not?" I asked him as I picked him up and sat him in my lap.

"Bwcause I was thwinking about my mommy." Adam said as he laid his head on my shoulder and looked up at me. "I miss her."

"I miss my mom to, I never got to know her." I told Adam, looking down at him.

"Why not?" Adam asked curiously.

"Because my mom died the same way your mom did." I told him sadly.

He surprised me by wrapping his arms around my neck and giving me a hug.

"Do you think she would have liked me?" Adam asked me.

"I never meet your mom, but I know she wouldn't have liked you, she would have loved you." I told him.

"You think so?" Adam asked me looking up at me with his big green eyes.

"Absolutely." I replied as I turned the TV on for Adam to watch and five minutes later he was fast asleep. I kissed his forehead and laid him down beside me. I turned the lights off and put the TV on mute before I fell into a dreamless sleep with Adam right next to me.


Ok, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I'm going to warn you guys that the length of the chapters are going to get shorter than what they usual are. Again, so sorry for not updating! It is time for me to announce which story I am going to start! I am going to start….SECRETS! Here's the summary of the story:

Annabeth Chase is dating her best friend's, Cassandra, brother, Percy Jackson. Only Percy's cousin, Thalia Grace knows, what will happen when Cassandra finds out? Will she try to end the relationship or will she end up saving it? AU

As I said before the story might not be up for a while but the story will be up before summer is over! Review and I'll update!

Until Next Time,

~booklover484 :D