Chapter 49
I went to the baby room, a little while later, to see them both, the names Abigail and Hunter Jackson written on a sign side by side each other, and seeing the two peacefully asleep in their temporary bed.
I pulled out my phone, and called Poseidon's mobile.
"Hello?" He groggily answered.
"Hey Dad, I just called to tell you that Abby and Hunter are with us." I smiled as I could hear the cogs slowly turning in Poseidon's mind. I heard bed covers rustle and a soft click of the bed side lamp turning on, my mum mumbling some profanities at Poseidon.
"Really, what are they like?" He wondered as I asked a nurse if I could go in and see my kids. She nodded and opened the door, letting me in as I looked over mine and Annabeth's little rebels.
"They're perfect dad, here I'll video chat." I whispered as I put the front facing camera on, showing them both to my dad, and presumably mum too.
"Oh Percy, they're gorgeous." I heard my mums soft voice, staring in awe at the phone. I heard the door open and glanced over my shoulder, seeing Annabeth being wheeled in, in a wheel chair.
"Hey you should be resting." I said softly, as not to rouse the babies from their first sleep in the open world. I leaned down and pressed my lips to her head as I handed the phone to Annabeth at my mothers insistence.
"I know, I couldn't get much sleep, I just wanted to see them." She smiled softly up at me, grey eyes shining with love and happiness.
"I'll leave you to talk for a minute, I need to go get this looked at, I'm pretty sure you broke it." I said holding up my arm with a slightly mangled looking hand.
She looked half sympathetic. "I'm sorry, but you did kinda deserve it." She grinned, rolling my eyes in response.
"That'll teach you to use protection next time." My mum laughed over the phone at Annabeth and mines reddening face.
"I'm not having this discussion, it was bad enough the first time." I shivered at the memory, as I pecked Annabeth's lips, before heading to the door, in search of a doctor.
I looked over our little family, as they slept in their newly built cradles at home in America. I had a small smile on my lips as I watched over Hunter, my arms wrapped around a tired Annabeth.
"They're perfect, aren't they?" Annabeth whispered. I pecked her shoulder, as she snuggled into my chest, both of us glancing over to Hunters sister Abigail. We'd got back from Canada a couple of days ago, driving and taking a boat over. I glanced over to Annabeth as I wrapped my hands around her waist.
"Why don't you go get some sleep, you look shattered." I said running my fingers in soothing circles on her hips. She hummed and leaned her head on my shoulder, snuggling into me. I chuckled lightly, lifting her up and wandering over to the bed. "Sleep, I need to do work anyway so I'll watch over them." I said lightly as I kissed her forehead, smiling when I saw she was already gone. I pulled out my laptop and started it up, having some homework per say that needs to be done for A.M. I glanced over to the two babies, sighing with relief knowing that they had finally settled down from a restless sleep, wanting dinner.
A couple of weeks later at Hungary, Annabeth had stayed home with the kids, leaving me to deal with the press. I sighed as I stepped out of the car, instantly being swarmed by press, cameras flashing, yelling of questions and fans holding out things for me to sign.
"Okay, press wait over there, I will answer questions when I've done some signings." I said smiling to the fans, taking pictures and signing books, shirts, bags and hats. I spent a while signing things answering questions to fans and eventually made my way over to the press who, quite surprisingly, listened to me and stood to the side.
"Percy, how are you adjusting to the life of a father?" I mentally rolled my eyes, knowing that this entire interview is going to be revolved around my private life.
"We're adjusting well, a little hard trying to balance time between racing, working and family life, so I'm having to manage a lot of the company from home, or have my brother manage things when I can't get there. But other than that its quite fun really, a part from waking up silly hours in the morning."
"How do you think being a father will affect the chances of winning the title?" I thought it over for a while before answering.
"Well, considering I'm second in the championship, a little bit behind Bottas after his win at Canada. I guess it depends on how I do in races than being a father affecting anything."
This went on for a couple more minutes, eventually the topic changing more onto the racing side of things, a couple questions about the kids here and there.
The race went by, quite uneventful on Williams half, winning the race by a few seconds and I eventually made my way back home in the UK before heading back to the US, mainly so we could refuel and stop in on the family before going home to Annabeth. I smiled faintly as I looked out the window, thinking of Annabeth. It was weird how we first started out meeting through the internet, even if it was a bit one sided, to making a life for ourselves. We'd been through a lot in the relationship and it feels like that this relationship might be one of those rare celebrity ones that actually last.
