A/N: Happy New Year! This is officially my longest story ever published! Yay! :D

TITLE: Daycare

SUMMARY: Percy runs a small daycare center for kids. One day, another volunteer comes in for her first day on the job.

DISCLAIMER: For those who haven't realized it yet, I am not Rick Riordan. I mean, the disclaimers have been going on for ten chapters. If you would like to own it, I'm sure you can buy it on eBay or something. xD

IMPORTANT:

I entered a competition on Inkitt for my other story 'Scorpius, Savannah, and The Room', and it'd be awesome if you could go vote for my story (inkitt[slash] fandom3). I hate doing this on another story, but I have nowhere else to put it. Sorry.

Nico: Hi.

HIIII! You're back!

Nico: Just for this chapter. Don't get too excited.

Wait, you were in my other chapter though.

Nico: Whatever.

*sigh* Moody teenage boys.

"You can't catch me!" Jenna shouted, hurdling over the stuffed animal pile that lay on the colorful rug.

"I'm gonna getcha!" Percy responded playfully, dragging out the second word while chasing her. He pretended to trip over the pile, stumbling dramatically emitting a laugh from the child.

"Mr. Jackson can't catch me." she singsonged, enunciating every syllable. The young adult shook his head in defeat. "I can't catch you, Jenna."

"I knew it!" she exclaimed, running back to where he was sprawled out on the floor.

"It's okay Mr. Jackson." the blonde haired girl smiled solemnly. "Not everyone can catch the great Jenna, the awesomest person ever."

"I'm glad you care." he replied, tousling her hair and getting up. "Now go play with the other kids, I have to do some work."

"But..."

"Caleb and Matthew don't bite, you know." Percy said, wiggling his eyebrows teasingly.

"Fine." The preschooler pouted, but then grinned. She laughed and dashed off to find the other kids in the small daycare.

The Daycare By The Sea was a small, but roomy place. Most of it was bright-colored objects. It was a two story building, with the daycare on the bottom floor, and Percy's small flat on top. He ran the business with only two others: Jason Grace and Leo Valdez, though they aren't too important at the moment. They helped, took care of finances, but Percy was really the only one who worked with the kids a lot. The walls were painted purple, blue, and green with one wall entirely a chalkboard, and A-Z rugs covered the floors. There was a video game room for the older kids with comfy beanbags and pillows. The ages they took were around 3-12, so there was sometimes a massive age gap between guests. They mostly took kids in during the summer, but sometimes older kids came after school just to hang out.

Today was a pretty quiet day in their terms. If you could call it quiet. There were seven kids today: Caleb, Matthew, and Jenna, who were all five years old; Abby and Charlotte, twin seven year old sisters; Kenny, a four year old who loved airplanes; and Ari, who at twelve years old, came every day and helped out with the younger kids.

Ari winked at Percy, and herded the other kids to where six easels sat. Percy nodded his thanks, and gratefully went back to his desk to do some of that dreaded paperwork that sat untouched on his desk.

.o0o.

"Hello."

Percy wiped away his shaggy black hair that just loved to fall over his eyes. He looked up from the computer he had been staring at for the past fifteen minutes. There was no one standing in front of the counter top. He shrugged, and his eyes traveled hesitantly back to his work.

"Uh, hi?" The voice questioned, almost hesitantly seeming.

He looked up again. There, in front of him, was a hot, smoking girl who probably had no idea what she was doing there. Figures.

"Uh... hi." Percy said smartly, mentally slapping himself.

"I'm here for the internship?" the woman asked again. "I'm Annabeth. Annabeth Chase."

"Nice to meet you." Percy replied, ushering her along. "Let me show you the ropes."

She nodded in response, following him as he left the front desk. He didn't trust his voice to speak without blurting out that she was hot.

Get your head out of the clouds, Percy reprimanded himself, shaking his head. He showed her over to where the kids stood/sat, all six immersed in their paintings. Jenna looked up.

"Hi!" she said happily, grinning. She loved new people. Jenna strode away from her easel, her blonde curls bouncing in her step.

"Hi there." Annabeth replied shyly.

"Are you Mr. Percy's girlfriend?"

Annabeth blushed for a moment.

"Uh, no. Probably never."

"Are you sure? You're pretty."

Percy chuckled at rubbed the back of his neck.

"Nah, she's new here. She's gonna help out." he said, fondly ruffling her hair.

"She's pretty." the little girl repeated before going back to her easel.

.o0o.

"Bye!" Annabeth called from the door. She hung up her keys outside the door, blowing kisses to the few remaining children in the daycare.

"Bye Miss Annie-beth!" the children called back. Percy waved her out the door, cleaning up some of the toys in the daycare and tidying up the cubbies. He felt a tug on his shoulder. Looking down, Percy saw Jenna looking up at him with wide eyes.

"What's up?" Percy asked, moving towards the girl.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"Anything?"

"Anything."

"Are you and Miss Annie-beth married?"

A/N: Thanks for reading! I have barely any ideas though, so if you guys could give me some, that'd be great. I honestly have no idea how to continue writing, but I'm sure I'll come up with something.

Nico: You're supposed to know this stuff. You're the author.

Am I?

Nico: Yes.

Responsibilities. Urgh.

Nico: Too bad.