Heyo people, how're you doing? Chapter 20! YAY!We're finally out of school so hopefully I can update more often. So here's Clarisse's chapter.

Clarisse, December 21, 5 days left.

"Hey, Annabeth! You busy?" I yell to her as she changes Emily's diaper.

"Kind of, why?"
"Katie's on the line."

"Oh, good, let me talk to her." She straps the pantsless Emily to the changing table and grabs the phone, motioning to me to finish changing Emily's diaper. I walk over and regard the baby. She blinks at me and starts sucking her fingers. I pull out a diaper and lift her booty and shove the diaper under. Then I tie it together.
"There, not so hard, huh, kiddie? Pretty easy." She blinks again. Annabeth walks over and hands the phone back and looks at the baby.

"Clarisse, you put the diaper on backwards. I didn't think that was possible." I talk to Katie a bit more, then grab Chris and we head to the jailhouse. We pay the guard and get Katie and Travis out. They both wink at a certain officer as we leave, making him half rise and clench his fists.

When we get back, Annabeth hands them Emily, still wearing the diaper backwards.

"What's up with the diaper?" Katie asks.
"Clarisse did it. I can't get it off. Come on, why did you have to use Celestial Bronze wire?" Annabeth asks irritatedly.

"How else do you do it? Honestly, there's no straps or anything." Travis gives me a look. "Fine, here, I'll get it off!" I pull out my hunting knife and start towards Emily. Katie goes white, grabs the baby, and runs off, with Travis on her heels. I chuckle and Annabeth gives me a look. It seems to be the rage. I go out to the barn with Chris to fight and wind down.

"What shall we do, hmm?" I ask while looking at the programming screen. Chris smiles at me.

"Whatever you want."
"Great! How about…20 monsters, of various strengths. All at once."
"Okedoke. Here's a vest, it kind of works like Laser Tag." He helps me strap it on , since I have trouble with it. He seems to like rubbing it.

"Chris?"
"Yeah?"
"I think it's on."

"Oh. Yep. Right." He blushes and pulls his on. I strap it on, since he has trouble with it, and try not to rub. Then I push the play button and monsters come to life.

I lose myself in swirling and stabbing, ducking and slashing. I let my mind go on autopilot and do the fighting according to years of training. I think Chris does the same, by his actions.

A few minutes later, Chris and I are looking at each other over piles of dust.

"One on one?" I ask him.

"Sure," he answers, and lunges. I duck aside and bring my sword up, flat side, whacking him aside. He rolls and it's my turn to charge, faking left and going right. I manage a light tap on his arm, but he hits me hard and I fly. I stoop over and cough, and he concernedly comes closer, so I cough harder. His hands on my shoulder. He starts to ask me if I'm okay, but I reach up with my hand and twist his. He drops his sword and kneels. I kneel in front of him and level my sword at his neck.
"I surrender." He whispers.

"Do you?" I ask, also quiet. My sword dips, which isn't good, but I ignore it and move a little closer.

"Definitely."

"You'd better," And then we are together.

Meanawhile, in the house:
"Justin? Should I wear white shoes or green ones?" Juli asks Justin very seriously.

"Well, your dress will be white, but your flowers will be green. So I'd say green."
"Are you sure?"
"Yep. Mommy says that you should accent your main color with accent colors to bring it out. Green accents would also work best because it'll bring out your eyes."
"PIPER!" Jason cries, wheeling to face her. The kids were playing in the room next to the one they were in, and they could hear everything.

"Yep honey?"

"You taught him about colors and accents? Why? He's a boy!"
"Well, you can teach our girl fighting techniques."

"Okay, but-. Wait, did you say…our girl? We're having…a girl?" The last part came out quieter. Piper finally looked up from her magazine, eyes shining.

"Yep. We're having a girl."
"YES!" Jason yelled, pumping his fist. He pulled Piper up and twirled her around the room, both laughing excitedly.

Back to the barn.

Chris and I finally separate and stand up, brushing off our clothes. I look at him and blush, and we head back to our room. We head into the living room, where Jason and Piper are kissing passionately in the middle of the room. Justin and Juli are standing a few feet away, trying to copy there positions.

"Okay…you put your arm here…and I'll put mine here…legs twisty…" they go on, but I whisper to Chris to find Percy. They come back just as Juli says,
"Okay, now, kiss!" Percy hollers at the top of his lungs and Justin and Juli separate, looking sheepish. Percy lunges for Jason.

"Don't teach my two-year-old to KISS a one-year-old!" He manages while wrestling Jason. Annabeth runs in, separates the two, and whispers something to Percy. They both run out.

Weird ending, I know. But this leads up to the next chapter. So I know that I said that there would be more fighting, sorry, I tried. But you can imagine it for yourselves! YAY!

Also, I know that Piper wouldn't be able to tell the gender that early, sorry, it just happened.

I was looking at my numbers for this story (you know, favs, follows, the like?) And I literally got tears in my eyes. For one, it's so AWESOME! Also, this story's almost done! This story is OLD!

Well, that's all. Maybe we can get 200 reviews by the end of this story. That's our goal, okay? 177 as I write this.