Chp 21
Annabeth's POV
One Year 3 Months Later

I sighed as I got out of bed, feeling the dull pain in my stomach. I could hear the shower going, so knew Percy was in the bathroom. I walked to the spare bathroom and straight to its bathroom.

I held up my hair as I felt whatever was left of last nights supper coming up. I didn't even know I had anymore food left in me after last nights lovely experience. The drastic loss made me feel weak.

I rested my head against the bath tub. I knew I had to tell him. I didn't want him to get all hyped up and then me having to tell him the news. I got up and washed my face, flushing the toilet before walking back to our room.

He was out the shower, changing into a pair of shorts and a t shirt. He smiled. "Morning." He said, kissing my forehead. I gave a fake smile and went into the bathroom. "Don't take too long, everyone will be arriving shortly." He said, giving a wink before he left the room.

I got into the shower and washed off the sweat and tears from the night before. I got out and dried myself, pulling on a cool summer dress to beat the heat. I pulled on my pumps as I heard everyone downstairs.

They had come over for breakfast, all of us going to catch up on the latest news. I went downstairs and was greeted by everyone. Percy kissed my cheek and started making his famous pancakes. His mom and Paul had started joining us.

Soon enough we were all putting pancakes on our plate and started eating. I swallowed hard, chewing the food that tasted like cement due to the thought of seeing it in an hours time again. "So any grandchildren on the way?" Sally asked, smiling cheekily at me.

I wanted to be sick right there. Instead, I put on a smile and said, "Keep praying." She sighed. She was so ready to be a grandmother, although she didn't like the term. She just wanted to be able to hold her only sons children.

Percy gave me a side glance and a smile. He probably was thinking they never know, that I might find out shortly. When everyone finished, we took our plates to the kitchen and left the guys to making coffee and packing the dishwasher.

I swallowed as I felt my stomach flipping. "I'll be back now." I said, glancing at Sally, my mom and Aphrodite. They must have seen something in my composure or face as they followed quickly after me up the stairs. I managed to get to the toilet before I saw the pancake again.

My mom held up my hair and I stood, wiping my mouth with a facecloth and leaning against the bathroom doorway. "Oh my word! You're pregnant! We need to tell Percy!" Sally said, turning to walk to the door. "No!" I said, putting my hand out and resting it on her arm.

"I went to the doctor yesterday." I said, answering their confused looks. "I miscarried." I said, feeling the tears come down my cheeks like they had when I had been driving home yesterday.

"And he said not to worry, that it happened to half of all women, but it doesn't change the fact I lost the child." I said, and wiped my cheeks. "Percy would be so disappointed if I told him." I said, looking at Sally.

She nodded. "He'd understand." She said. "You miscarried?" A desperate voice said from the doorway. We all looked in the direction and I saw Percy standing there. It was written all over his face. He was disappointed. Even if he didn't say it, it was going to be our child.

"I'm sorry." I said, sobbing. He came in, pulling me into his arms. "Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, pulling away with a his eyebrows furrowed and concern on his face. "Because now you're disappointed. You're disappointed in me." I said.

"I didn't say anything." He protested. "It's written in your face." I said, feeling the sadness go through me. "Annabeth, we can just try again." He said, putting a hand on my arm. I just looked at him.

"You say that like this doesn't mean anything. I had our child, and it died, Percy! It's not just an emotional loss, it's physical for me too! And if I lost this child, what is the odds I lose the next child?" I asked, feeling my body go into shock again.

"Hey." He said, looking at me till I stopped hyperventilating. "One step at a time." He said. I sat on the edge of the bed, letting myself cry for the loss I felt. The love I had for my lost, unborn child had grown while I had waited to see if I had any symptoms the past month.

Percy softly asked my mom, Aphrodite and his mom if they minded if we cut things short so we could talk. I faintly heard the cars drive off. I felt myself getting pulled to my feet and a Percy steering me to the bathroom.

He sat me down on the toilet seat and turned to the sink. He waited till the water was warm, then wet a cloth and turned the tap off. He rung it out and kneeled in front of me.

He wiped my face clean, wiping away my tears and streamed eyeliner. He helped me up and lead me to the seat on the balcony of our room. He let me sit and kneeled in front of me.

"Annabeth, I am not disappointed in you. I am upset that we lost our child, but we still have each other. And you need to promise me you won't hesitate to come to me with anything. I worry when you're not yourself. If you had told me, I would have gone to the doctor with you. I would have sat with you last night, all night." He said, stroking my cheek gently with his thumb.

"But I have full trust that this will just make us stronger, and we'll try again and he or she will be perfect." He said. I gave a little smile and nodded. He pulled me into his arms, and I buried my head into his neck.

We were silent for a few moments, him just holding me like that. "Why did you think I would be disappointed in you?" He asked, softly. I pulled back. "We had talked about it, and - and we finally tried and I just-" I paused as I thought for the words that slipped my mind.

"I just thought if I couldn't give you something after you've given me so much, you wouldn't love me the same." I said, and shook my head, looking down at my hands. "It sounds stupid now that I'm saying it." I said.

He just gave a little smile. "Please, you've given me all I could ask for. Someone to love forever." He said. I smiled properly for the first time all day. I knew we would come out this, because we had each other and we were determined we would try again.

~ The Following Week ~

I swallowed as everyone seemed to give us sympathetic looks as we entered the dining room at my moms place. I got myself water to drink, one of the rules of no alcohol after miscarriage.

Aphrodite, who could be quite oblivious and impatient, flat out gave a little smile and said, "I'm sorry about the miscarriage." Percy looked at me cautiously, and my mom gave her a look that said 'shut up'. But I just gave a little smile and said, "It's fine."

Sally gave me a supportive smile from the kitchen. "Everything okay?" Paul asked, trying to be a good father in law. I nodded. "Yeah, we'll be able to try again soon. My dad and Helen were upset but said that I must be positive second time around." I said, smiling as I looked down at the glass in my hand.

We quickly got off the subject and started chatting like we always did. I was happy there were such supportive people in my life, the most supportive right by my side whenever I needed him.

Dramatic? Most definitely! Please tell me if you thought this was amazing, or you want to claw my eyes out for twisting it off course. But fear not, Positivity is sure to come up!

Please tell me how many more chapters you want for the end of this story - dont want it to become too long!