Number 2 and 3
Percy POV…
"Perseus Jackson!" Annabeth yelled from upstairs. I looked at my two year old son. We were in the family room. We were playing with his toys. Annabeth came back from the store ten minutes ago. She went straight upstairs when she came back.
"Daddy bad," Danny smiled like Annabeth when she was up to no good. I shook my head, picked up Danny, and went upstairs to see what I was in trouble for.
Annabeth was in our room, pacing from the bathroom to the bed. Danny wanted me to put him down. I put him down and he went straight to the bed to see if he could climb it. "You called," I knew that would bother Annabeth the most.
She stopped pacing and gave me an evil look. "Percy," She gave me a warning. I rolled my eyes. I took a glance at Danny who was still trying to get on the bed. I wanted to help him but Annabeth was still glancing at me.
"Annabeth you shouted my name in the whole house. Our son said I was bad and I don't even know what I did." Annabeth smiled at Danny who had got on the bed somehow. He smiled back at her. "What did I do to get the full name yell?"
Annabeth sighed to gather her thoughts before smiling at me. "Percy, how do feel about being a father again?" I looked at Danny who was looking between me and Annabeth. He was quiet for once when he is always saying something. I love being a father to Danny. I want to be a father that I didn't have, with my father being a Greek god and not knowing who he was until I was twelve. I tried being everything to Danny.
"I love being a father," I told my wife. Annabeth ran her hand through her hair.
"Percy, get the seaweed out your brain. I said again." It finally got to me, that Annabeth was pregnant with our second child. I went over to her, picked her up, and kissed her.
"That's great, love." I kissed her one more time before setting her down.
"Daddy, me next," Danny was jumping on the bed with his arms up. Annabeth and I laughed. I trade a look with Annabeth and we took a seat on the bed. I pulled Danny down to sit between us.
"Danny," His green eyes went between Annabeth and me. Annabeth continued. "You are going to have a little sister or brother soon." Danny looked around the room and stopped at the door waiting for someone to come through the door.
"Where?" He asked. I looked at Annabeth over his head. We tried not to laugh.
"Danny," Annabeth said in a soft voice. He looked at her. She put her hand on her stomach. "The baby is in here. It has to grow in mommy's tummy for a while." Danny put his hand on her hand. He lean down and kissed Annabeth's stomach.
"Hello, baby," There were tears in Annabeth eyes. We nodded to him. He turned to me. "Daddy, my turn," I laughed and picked him up and kissed him.
I looked at Annabeth. "We're going to have a baby." She nodded. "Next time don't bring the house down with your yelling." Annabeth stuck her tongue out at me.
"Mommy bad," Danny yelled at his mother. Annabeth and I both laughed.
2&3
A few weeks later, Annabeth and I were in the car on our first doctor appointment. Danny was at a baby sitter. Annabeth had her eyes closed as we drove. I pulled into a parking space that was far away the building. I woke Annabeth up, who had fallen asleep. We made it up to the building, went in and up to the fifth floor. Annabeth went up to the counter and told them she had an appointment. They took her name and we took a seat.
I kept looking around to see the women that were here. Some were here with the fathers of their baby. I saw woman after woman going through the door that was next to the counter. Annabeth looked up from her book at me. "Percy, relax." She could always tell when I was nervous when it didn't show it. "Everything going to be okay," I nodded and took her hand. She sighed and went back to her book. She calms me down with just a touch.
"Annabeth Jackson." A nurse called from the door. We got up, went through the doors, and followed her to a room. "I just need you to change in the gown on the bed and I'll be right back." I took a seat next to the bed while Annabeth changed. She took a seat on bed. Annabeth smiled at me. The nurse returned. She took a seat on the stool. She looked at the papers in front of her. "This isn't your first pregnancy."
"No, we have a son who a little over two years," Annabeth told her. The nurse nodded and wrote something down.
"I'm going to run a few tests," The nurse took some blood samples. "The doctor will be here in a couple of minutes to talk to you and do an ultrasound." The nurse left us. Annabeth seem very happy about this.
I was about to ask why when a woman walked in. She looked to be in her late thirties. She smiled at us. "Hello, I'm Dr. Fly. I will be with you through your pregnancy and hope if you have other children you will call me." She made us both smile. She brought a machine over to us. "Mrs. Jackson I'm going to need you to lie down. Annabeth lied down; the doctor put some gel on her.
She turned on the machine and put the remote on Annabeth's stomach. She moved it around and smiled. As she was moving she pointed to the screen. "There is the first heartbeat and here is the second." She printed two pictures and handed one to me. She turned off the machine, she clean off Annabeth. "Mr. and Mrs. Jackson you are having twins. Congratulations." She got up. "I'll see you at your next appointment." She left the room. Annabeth changed, made the next appointment, and we left.
Annabeth or I didn't say a word the whole time driving home. I was still trying to wrap my head around that we were going to have twins. We thought that one was hard but two now. Wow, it was the only word I could think of. I pulled in the driveway and turned off the car. I turned to Annabeth who had a smile on her face. "Percy, we're going to have twins." She sounded very happy. "Your mother will be very happy." Annabeth got out of the car.
I watched her go in the house where the babysitter was with Danny. I put my head on the stirring wheel, I was scared. When Danny was born I was on a ship in the middle of the ocean. I didn't get to see him until he was seven months old. He wasn't a newborn anymore. Now the Gods are giving us two at a time. It seemed like Annabeth was happy about this. I was happy for one. I sighed and got out of the car. I put a smile on my face as I went in the house. I smiled at the babysitter as she was leaving. Annabeth was in the kitchen starting dinner with Danny. I kissed Annabeth on the cheek before going to play with my son.
That night after we got Danny to bed and were getting ready for bed ourselves, Annabeth asked. "Is everything okay, Percy?" She came out of the bathroom wearing her pajamas, her hair was out of her ponytail and I thought that made her gorgeous. She climbed in bed and came right next to me. "You haven't said much after the doctor appointment." I wrap my arms around her.
"Promise you won't get mad." She nodded. "I'm scared about us having twins." She buried her head in my chest making it shake. "Wise Girl, are you okay?" She took her head out of my chest and she was laughing. I gave her a confused look. She smiled and gave me a quick kiss.
"Percy, it's okay that you are scared because I was too but I started to think of it as a blessing from the Gods. We have done so much before we were seventeen that they are blessing us." I nodded. "We can do it, Percy." I kissed the top of her head before settling us down on the bed. Annabeth fell asleep listening to the sound of my heartbeat. I stared at the ceiling thinking about what Annabeth was saying that it was a blessing. We battle monsters we can raise twins. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.
2&3
Annabeth POV…
I was about four months pregnant with our twins when Percy came home with some bad news. I was sitting in the family room watching TV while Danny was taking his nap. I was thinking that I was bigger than when I was pregnant with Danny. I rubbed my stomach, just smiling that they were going to be here soon when I heard the front door open. I looked at the clock in the room to see that Percy wouldn't be home for another two hours. I tried to get up to see what he was doing home but he came in the room. He leaned down and kissed me.
"Percy, what are you doing home so early?" I asked. He gave me a little smile.
"I have to go to Washington. I'm leaving tonight." Percy looked everywhere in the room but me.
"How long will you be gone?" I will be okay if it only a couple of days. Percy looked at the floor and didn't say anything. "How long?" I asked again.
"I don't know." Percy looked me in the eyes.
"Will you be back in time for the twins' birth?" I asked. I didn't want to hear I don't know.
"Maybe," That was another word I didn't like. Percy didn't wait for me to say anything. "I have to pack," He kissed me on the top of my head before leaving the room. I sat on the couch mad at the US Navy when I shouldn't it was Percy's job. He came back down with Danny who woke up from his nap and a bag that he set down by the door. He brought Danny to me and sat him next to me. Percy went and made something to eat for us.
After we ate Percy had to go. He hugged Danny. "You be a good boy for Mommy okay."
"Okay Daddy," Danny let him go and ran to his toys. He didn't understand that Percy will be gone for more than a day.
Percy kissed my stomach twice one for each of the twins. He kissed me. "I love you, Wise Girl."
"I love you, Seaweed Brain." He kissed me one more time before he picked up his bag and left. I should be used to this for the times he had to leave.
2&3
I had my twenty week appointment today and Percy still wasn't back. I drove to the doctor's office and waited until they called my name. I sat in there waiting for Dr. Fly to come in. She knocked on the door before coming in. "Hello Annabeth how are we feeling?" She smiled at me.
"I'm good." She looked at the papers.
"Everything looks good. Let's have a look." I nodded and lied down and pulled up my shirt. She did what she had to do. "They look good. Would you like to know the sex of the babies?" I nodded. Percy wanted one of each and I want both of them to be girls because I felt outnumber in the house. "Baby number one is a girl and Baby number two is a girl. You are having two girls." I started to cry because Percy should be here. I'll tell him tonight.
That night after dinner, I called Percy. It didn't take long for him to answer. "Hello, Wise Girl. How are you, Danny, and the twins?" I could hear the smile in his voice.
"We're all good, Seaweed Brain." Danny came over to me. He knew I was talking to Percy.
"Daddy," Danny reached for the phone. I smiled.
"Percy, Danny wants to talk to you." Percy laughed and I handed Danny the phone. I could see the happiness on Danny's face when he heard Percy's voice. Danny was telling Percy all about his day. He was so cute walking around the family room floor with one hand on the phone and the other making movements while he was talking. I wanted to laugh so much but I didn't want Danny to give me that look he was so good for.
"Daddy wants you," Danny handed me the phone before he went to play with his toys.
"Hey, did you have fun talking to your son." I laughed.
Percy laughed. "He's a piece of work but I love him and his mother." I laughed. "How was your appointment?" Percy asked. He knew I had my appointment today and he was wondering what we were having.
"The babies are doing well. Healthy as twins can be." I said. I knew what he wanted. He had a bet with Grover and Nico on what we were having. While Percy was out on the east coast he has been seeing Grover and Nico mostly every weekend.
"What are we having, Annabeth?" I could tell Percy was impatient.
"We are going to have," I took a breath, "Two girls."
"That is great, love." Percy sounded very happy. "You were right. I'll collect your winnings from Grover and Nico."
"Percy you didn't put a bet in my name did you?" I asked.
"Um…So everything is great with the girls?" Percy was avoiding the question.
"Percy," I warned him.
"Yes, you won a hundred bucks." Percy said.
"Ok, I want you to send it to me as soon as you get it." I knew Percy wouldn't like that. He wanted the money for himself. I heard him swear.
"Yes, love." Percy sounded defeated.
"Percy there are two things I would like to talk to you about." I turned the conversation.
"Ok," Percy said.
"Percy, I want to get a van, with Danny still in a car seat and the twins coming soon. My car isn't big enough."
"Okay, we'll look when I get home." Percy agreed with that right away.
"Do you know when you are going to be home?" I asked.
"Soon, it's moving along great." Percy sounded hopeful. "What is the other thing you wanted to talk about?" Percy asked.
"I want to get a nanny." Percy didn't say anything. "I only want one who will be here from the time you and come home. It will only be until all the children are in school." I heard him sigh.
"Okay. You can start looking and have it narrowed down to five and we will interview them when I get home." Percy said.
"Thank you, Percy. I love you." I saw Danny let out a yawn. "I have to go and get Danny ready for bed."
"Okay, love you. Tell Danny that I love him."
"I will. Love you too. Goodnight." Percy said goodnight and we hung up. "Danny time for your bath," He looked up at me with a smile. He was Percy's son when it came to water. He loved it. He ran out the room and up the stairs to his bathroom. I followed slowly behind him.
2&3
I was making a simple dinner of mac and cheese and hot dog for me and Danny. It was June and Percy still wasn't back. I had to interview the nannies by myself and I narrowed it down to two. Percy told me to go with the one that I think is best. I have a meeting with them next week to see who I think is best. The van can wait until Percy gets here. The babies were doing great, moving along. I looked like I was going to pop any time.
Danny was playing in the family room. He missed Percy. He would ask me every night when his daddy was coming home. I kept telling him soon. I saw Danny head pop up; he was looking to the front of house. He ran for the front door when he heard someone walking outside. I went after him.
"Danny, come here." I said.
"Mommy, Daddy's back." Danny called from the front of the house. I sighed because Percy would have told me when he was going to be home. I got to the front door to see Danny looking out the window by the door.
"Daddy would have told Mommy when he was coming home." I sighed.
"Daddy told me." Before I could say something to that the door open and Percy walked through the door. Danny ran right to his arms. I put my hand on my mouth to cover up the gasp. The tears started to fall. Percy had Danny in his arms when he came over to me. He put one hand on my stomach and lean down to kiss me.
"You've gotten so big." He smiled. I hit him on the arm.
"Is that all you have to say." I crossed my arms.
"I missed you so very much." He kissed me one more time. "I brought a surprise." He said to Danny. He put Danny down and went back to the car. He opened the passenger side door and a woman came out. Percy brought the woman the closer and I could tell it was Sally. Danny went behind my legs it been awhile since he saw his grandmother. I pulled him from my legs.
"That is Grandma Sally." I told him. He threw Sally a look then looked at Percy. "That is Daddy's mommy." After I said that he went straight for her, he hugged her legs. Sally got down and hugged him. He took her hand and led her in the house. Percy came over to with the bags.
"Mom going to be here until after the babies are here if that is okay with you." Percy set the bags at the base of the stairs.
"That is okay. It will be great to have more help around the house and Danny can get to know her more." I said. "Oh, we have to go out for dinner because all I have is mac and cheese and hot dogs." I walked away to go find Sally and Danny. I heard Percy sigh. I found Danny showing Sally all his toys. "We're going out for dinner." I said to Sally. She smiled.
"I thought that when Percy told me he didn't tell you that we were coming." Sally picked up Danny and went to the front door where Percy was standing. He nodded and we left.
2&3
I couldn't sleep that night. It was hard for me to sleep anyways with my big belly. I glanced at Percy who was fast asleep. I wanted to hit him to wake him up but he had to work tomorrow. I glance at the clock to see it was only 12:30. I sighed I will never get to sleep now that when I felt the first contraction. I timed it. It was at fifteen minutes. Nothing to worry about but I should get Percy up to get everything ready.
"Percy," I yelled not too loud that it would wake Sally or Danny. He turned over. I shoved him.
"Not now Annabeth I'm too tried." He moved my hand off his body. I was getting angry at him.
"Percy, if you don't get up now we are never having sex again." I hissed in his ear. He sat up very quickly.
"Damn Annabeth what was that all about?" He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. "What do you need me to get so I can go back to sleep?" Percy asked.
"I need you to get the car ready, make sure my hospital bag is by the door and the car seats are in there." I said I felt another contraction. They were getting closer.
"Why, the babies won't be here for another week or two." Percy said. He was going back to sleep.
"Percy, your daughters are coming now." I snapped. "We need to get to the hospital now." Percy jumped out of bed, he went to our closet, and he came back with jeans and a Navy t-shirt.
"I'm going to tell Mom that we are leaving, I'll meet you downstairs." Percy ran from the room. I sighed and got out of bed. I pulled on Percy's Navy sweats because it was the only thing that would fit me. I made my way down the stairs to find the front door and Percy carrying both of the car seats. I walked to the van they got soon after we hired the nanny that was going to start in four weeks. Percy helped me in the van, ran around to the other side, and drove out.
We made it to the hospital in fifteen minutes. My water broke while we were in there. Percy got me a wheelchair and helped me in it. He wheel to the elevator and up to the maternity ward. There was a woman sitting behind the courter who came from behind it when she saw us. She had a clipboard with her.
"Annabeth Jackson, giving birth, Dr. Fly is our doctor." Percy supplied the answers to the questions. The nurse put us in a private room.
"The doctor will be here in a couple of minutes to see how things are going." The nurse said after getting me settle in. I nodded. Percy took a seat next to the bed in the empty chair.
It didn't take long before Dr. Fly came in. "How are we doing, Annabeth?" She checked my chart. She put the chart down and went down to see if everything was okay. "It looks like you are five centimeters, half way there. It's moving along great. I'll come back in a bit." She left us. Percy was holding my hand and I squeezed every time I had a contraction.
Before I knew it, it was time for me to push. We had everything in the room that we were going to need. Dr. Fly was ready between my legs with Percy next to me. "When I say push you are going to push." I nodded. "Push," I pushed. "Push," She said again. She said it a couple of times before she said. "I see the head," I gave one more push and the head came. "One more big push," I gave one big push. "Daddy would you like to cut the cord." Percy went over and cut the cord. A nurse came over and saw me my little girl before they went to clean her off. "Are you ready to go again?" Dr. Fly asked. I nodded. I started to push again and soon my other little girl was out. She didn't come out screaming like her sister. I started to worry when they didn't ask if Percy would like to cut the cord. Percy looked at with worry on his face. Dr. Fly didn't say anything.
"Doctor is everything okay," I asked. She didn't say anything but handed my baby to a nurse who took my baby out of the room. I turned to Percy. "You follow my baby." Percy nodded. Dr. Fly heard and she stopped Percy. She sighed before looking at us.
"It seems that she a little too small. We are to make sure everything is okay. At the best she may have to be in the hospital a couple of weeks." Dr. Fly said.
"What is worse?" Percy reaches for my hand.
"She may not make it." Dr. Fly frowned "Percy, you can come with me." Percy went with her. I was left alone. They brought me my other girl. She looked so much like me. I smiled at lease I'll have one little girl but I sent a prayer to Hera, hoping that she would put our difference aside and help my baby.
2&3
Percy POV…
I followed Dr. Fly to where they were keeping my little girl. They were with another doctor who was doing everything to make sure she was okay. The doctor turned around and smiled. "It looks like everything is okay but I want to keep her in incubator." He told the nurse. The nurse left with my baby. "I guess you are the father," I nodded. "Her lungs need a little more development but everything else is okay. I'm guessing you want to be with her." I nodded. He led me to where they took her. They had just finished putting her in the incubator. I saw her for the first time. She looked so small. I sat in the chair that was next to the bed. I bent my head down and prayed to the Gods that my baby was okay.
Finally went back to Annabeth, who was placed in a different room. She was sitting in the bed holding our little girl. I knew she wanted to know how our other little girl was. We really needed names for them. "She okay, everything will be good in a couple of weeks. Her lungs were a little underdeveloped." Annabeth nodded. I could see tears in her eyes. I went straight for her. I sat on the bed and put my arms around her. I kissed the top of her temple.
"Would you like to your other daughter?" Annabeth handed her to me. She looked at me with gray eyes. I saw that she looked so much like Annabeth.
"She is beautiful like her mother." I kissed the baby before me. "We need names for them." I said. Annabeth nodded. "I would like to name the small one Zoe. I don't care what her middle name is." Annabeth started to cry.
"I love it. This one is Elizabeth Joy and Zoe's middle name can be Faith." I nodded.
"That is great." I got up and put Elizabeth down in the cot that they give us. "Let's get some sleep before Mom with Danny to meet his sister." I crawled next to Annabeth and wrapped my arms around her.