Author's note:
Thanks to all of you who reviewd that last chapter, and thank you to dogbiscuit1967 who came up with a new name and slogan for the daycare.
Disclaimer:
I do not own anything from the PJO and HOO series, and all credit goes to Rick Riordan.
chapter 14
Lilly's P.O.V
we were in the daycare receiving our uniforms and our jobs. The uniform is an orange T-shirt that has the daycare logo and our name and job on the back of it. The job roles were in my hand on a piece of paper and it was my job to distribute them, since I seemed to be the only person that was willing to try and read it.
"Michael," I said to the only other child of Athena that hadn't gone over to the dark side, "You are the Accountant and Office manager; so basically your job is to make sure that the management and financial side of the daycare is running smoothly." His only response was to move into the office where Chiron was waiting for him so that he could get on with the work and start ringing the list of parent that we had been given by the gods that thought it would help the mothers or fathers of their children.
"Juniper, Clarisse and Katie," I said as I addressed the three girls that were all waiting by the stairs patiently, unlike Nico and Percy who were having a fight with the foam weapons that were supposed to be locked away in their cabinet, "You three are responsible for caring for the demigods under the age of three, who will be upstairs and away from the rest of the group." As I said this I pointed to the area that surrounded us, leaving a space for light to leak in through the glass roof.
"It is also your job to educate them in the typical daycare style and to make sure that they are safe at all times, although for Clarisse this is only until she has her baby," I pointed at her, "Unless you want this job part-time or permanently."
"Thalia," I called her, trying to get her attention from where she was playing with her daughter after missing three days, "You are the Messy Play coordinator, so it is your job to have two messy play activities, such as painting or play-doh modeling, planned for the children to do; one before and one after lunch,"
I then looked to the only other occupants of the room, who were currently busy having a sword fight with foam swords.
"Nico and Percy…" I never got to finish my sentence, because they had both begun throwing plastic daggers at each other, although I doubt Percy was feeling anything.
"NICO!" I received no reply.
"PERCY!" Still no reply;
"PERSEUS ACHILLES JACKSON AND NICHOLAS ORPHEUS DI ANGELO!" I screamed, finally getting their attention as they turned to look at me. I distinctly heard Clarisse whisper 'ooh full names' to Thalia, who only proceeded to laugh from where she was writing down activity ideas.
"Percy and Nico, your jobs are to supervise all of the demigods who are using the play are on the clean side of the room. Nico you are also in charge of providing snacks and making lunch; and Percy, you are in charge of training any of the kids over the age of five who do not live at camp." When I had finally finished I knew what was coming…..
"And what is your job?" Nico asked, since he was the only one brave enough to get on my nerves after I broke Connor's nose when he decided to take my clothing and hang in from the roof of the big house. I guess it comes with the boyfriend territory.
"I am the teacher, who is in charge of introducing them to the Greek myths and teaching them the normal pre-school things like adding and subtracting etc.," and then I remembered what else had to be done;
"And has anyone come up with a better name for the daycare, because I really think the one we have now is a terrible name."
Thalia looked thoughtful, while Percy and Nico just went back to fighting with the weapons. I was about to give up when a breeze, that smelt strangely like olives, drifted in and blew on the papers that were on my clipboard. It blew up a piece of paper, and on the one underneath it said;
'DEMI DAYCARE
When your little demigod needs a safe place to learn and play Demi Daycare will save the day'
And considering the breeze smelt like olives, it is safe to say that mum came up with this for us.
"Hey Lilly," I heard Katie say from the upstairs section, "Why does your top look different to ours?"
When I looked at my top I noticed that it was now grey with an orange pegasi on it. The writing below the pegasi was exactly what was written on the piece of paper.
"I think Lady Athena decided that this was a better name and slogan for the daycare," I said as I removed the t-shirt to reveal my blue vest underneath; "I will take this t-shirt to piper and see if she can work some Aphrodite magic and reproduce it so we all have one with the names and jobs."
Thalia's P.O.V
As Lilly walked out of the daycare I noticed Nico was looking lovingly after her. Which was really out of character for him, but I guess he really loved her. Just like I really love Percy.
"Ok guys," I said as I placed Saphira into the travel cot that was by my chair; "We need to decide exactly what we are going to do tomorrow." They all just looked at me like I was an idiot.
"What?" I snapped at them.
"All we have to do is look after a bunch of kids Thalia…"Nico said before I cut him off.
"No, we are going to have to spend some of the morning making sure that we know exactly who's child is who's, since they are all going to be claimed as soon as they set foot in the boundary," I explained;
"Which means we need a system not only for mortal parents, but for godly parents as well." I finished my little rant just as Michael came out of the office.
"Which is exactly why I asked Piper to make us some shirts that change to these designs based on who claims them. And for the mortal parents, each parent has been sent an application booklet which they need to fill out, that also includes the price of the daycare per hour, and also states that they need to include a picture of their child and themselves that can be hung on the wall so that we know," he said, before he handed us all a sheet that had the prices on it.
'Opening Times and Prices'
Monday – Saturday: 6am – 6pm
Sunday – closed
Prices: 3 drachma or 5 dollars per hour'
Which I thought was pretty decent, considering we were open for so long, and that we were caring and training their children. Although closing at six at night was a little bit late, which means we would have to provide a light diner for children who will stay that late. But it definitely beats having to sit and train all day, which contrary to belief does get quite boring sometimes.
Thanks for reading and i hope you enjoyed it. The nexr few chapters will just be about the daycare, but most of the chapters will be set after the daycare times.
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