Annabeth stayed in the stall for a while after looking at the two lines. When she finally came out, she wasn't alone, but couldn't tell who it was.

"Miss?" It's Mrs.not that she would know, thoughI can't tell who's in that stall. They're just standing there, doing nothing.

"Uh- yes?" Annabeth was still reeling. She didn't want to face Percy yet, talking to this woman would stall it.

"I- I just took a pregnancy test- can you, um, tell me if it's positive?" Annabeth sympathized with her.

"Of course." Her own voice sounded strange, and the other woman's voice was as well. Obviously- both of us have found out or are finding out whether or not we are pregnant. The woman passed it over. Silence. Annabeth glanced at it and then back, glanced at it and then back.

"It's positive." The stall door unlocked and the woman flew out, her eyes meeting Annabeth's…Piper's eyes meeting Annabeth's. They stared at each other. "P-Pipes?" Piper's gaze, startled and like a deer in headlights, went to the two pregnancy tests in Annabeth's hand- hers and Annabeth's, two rows of two little lines sealing both of their fates. Thank God Aphrodite decided to give me a hint. But at the same time, seriously Aphrodite? Your surprise was to get me pregnant at the same time as Piper?

"I- I didn't take two." Piper narrowed her eyes. "Annabeth?" Tears formed in Annabeth's eyes. She didn't really know what to feel- she'd only gotten married a few months ago. She'd have to go on maternity leave, and the firm was really strict, they might make her quit she didn't have enough leave for this, she'd barely gotten married and she was already going to have a kid, and what was Percy going to think? -what if he didn't want a kid yet, what if he got mad at her like some men did, what if something happened to the baby, what if- what if she'd been pregnant at the club and had drunk- she was going to have a panic attack if she didn't stop this. She looked down at the pregnancy test in her hand again. Two pink lines. That wasn't going away. She met Piper's eyes again, and she nodded, and pressed them both into Piper's hand. Piper looked down at them slowly- a little afraid. Her mouth formed the shape of a few choice swear words that Annabeth wasn't going to mention before looking at Annabeth, again.

The door opened and some cousin of Piper's came in, and brushed past them, and Annabeth led Piper just a little ways out of the bathroom onto a bench. Piper sagged onto it and started to talk, softly. There were a few glances from people who'd attended the wedding and were probably waiting for Jason and Piper to cut the cake, but they left Piper alone when they saw the expression on her face and recognized Annabeth, the woman who'd made the matron of honor speech.

"I- I had some suspicions after what Mom told us, and I had some symptoms, and during the speeches I was thinking- Hey, Thalia, Annabeth, Leo, I appreciate this and all but hurry the hell up, I've got to get to the bathroom, but then when I was there, I just, was too afraid it would be positive." Piper started tearing up. "Annabeth, what's Jason going to think? It's obvious that I got pregnant before the wedding and that's, like, a no…"

"Well, you need to tell Jason sometime soon, but maybe, maybe after the wedding." Piper nodded, sniffling a little, and wiped her eyes on her sleeve- she'd changed out of the flowy wedding dress- and stood up. "You need to go cut the cake or we'll have a riot."

Piper grinned mischievously. "Follow my lead." Annabeth was surprised by Piper's intentions of the classic throwing cake in the face and turning it not classic, but she decided to follow my lead.

"Joining us as we cut the cake is my lovely friend Annabeth!" Piper called. She and Jason cut the cake. Piper got a handful of cake…wheeled…and threw it at Annabeth. Annabeth smiled. Jason, also, had a bunch of cake in his face, and soon enough there was a fully-fledged cake fight, and Annabeth was very, very glad she'd changed out of the matron of honor dress.

Percy looked like a deer in headlights when Annabeth nailed him in the eye with a fistful of vanilla and dark chocolate wedding cake. However, she was better than he'd ever been at archery and cake fighting was no different, she dodged his own strike easily.

It won't be like this much longer. The thought was numbing. In nine, maybe even eight, months, they would be burdened with a screaming, crying, taxing, 'bundle of joy'. Annabeth met Piper's eyes. Her mouth was open, she still looked a little faint. Annabeth took aim.

"Ack!" Piper coughed and glared at Annabeth, her eyes promising murder as the cake lodged itself right into Piper's mouth, sticking to her lips and teeth. Annabeth just smiled and hid behind Percy just as Piper's retaliation stained his rented tuxedo. Percy complained but Annabeth just soaked it in, right before Percy wheeled on her, slinging her over his back right on her stomach.

"Careful, Perce," she begged slightly. "You'll-" she stopped. You'll hurt the baby. She wasn't ready to tell him just yet. Percy just laughed, carefree, and Annabeth struggled to push her abdomen slightly upwards, unsure of what it was going to do to the child taking up her belly.

"Percy!" he put her down now, looked at her worried eyes but Leo, cackling, hit him with a piece of cake, and his attention was diverted. Annabeth slipped off and stared at at the remains of the cake, and was thankful that the reception's walls and floor, and even ceiling, had white sheets on them, courtesy of the Olympians scattered around the room, Annabeth noticed certain gods gleefully pelting cake at other certain gods.

What Piper maybe hadn't forseen in this arrangement of a cake fight instead of just shoving cake in Jason's face was the cleanup. Maybe it had been very childish and kind of immature but Annabeth had a feeling everyone had enjoyed it, demigods, gods, mortals alike.

"Annabeth," Piper whined. "Come help me." Annabeth knelt down, now fully aware of the fact that exerting herself too much would not be beneficial to her. "What do I tell him?" she whispered, gesturing at Jason worriedly. "We just got married! Literally, two hours ago at most. I'm Piper Grace now and I'm already pregnant.

"Well, you could make a big, big plan to like confuse him and when he's all clueless and, 'Piper, what are you getting at?', you could tell him. I'll make you a deal. We'll tell them together." Piper smiled, wide. Today had probably been the single best day of her life- she'd gotten married to her long-time sweetheart and she'd found out she was going to have his baby.

"Do you want to tell anyone else first?" Piper nodded, slowly. "Your dad?" she shook her head.

"I want to tell the girls," she said softly. "Reyna, Hazel, Calypso. Thalia."

"Yeah." She turned back to tearing down the sheets from the walls and folding them up into balls of soiled sheets. "I'm going to go help Percy. I'll see you soon."

"So, what did you guys want?" Hazel looked like she was anticipating the thing Piper had been mysteriously speaking about on the phone, Annabeth all the while had been trying not to laugh in the background. All of the girls were gathered in Annabeth's apartment, Percy was at the high school where he was working and Jason was asleep, according to Piper.

"Well, uh…" Annabeth started. She looked over at Piper and smiled. She was going to finish but Piper blurted it out, having gone crazy from not telling Jason or anybody else except for Annabeth who already knew due to the circumstance of them meeting in the bathroom at her wedding reception.

"We're pregnant!" Silence. And then…squeals. From Thalia and Reyna, mostly. The Huntresses. Annabeth had never pictured Thalia or Reyna as a squealer, but…there they were. Hazel and Calypso were smiling, more low-key about it but still happy for them. Hazel, who was still only dating Frank, and the same with Calypso, Reyna and Thalia who, unless quitting the Hunters, would never have a boyfriend, much less an engagement, or a marriage, or a child.

"Both of you?" Hazel checked.

"Yes." I still need to tell Sally and Paul. I don't know if I should do it with Percy though. They are his parents, really. And, well, we're going to California tomorrow, with Jason and Piper. I'm going to tell Sally after the sonogram Piper and I booked. Annabeth stood.

"Piper, you and I have a doctors' appointment, then I need to go talk to Sally and pack since we're flying down to New Rome tomorrow, right?" Piper appeared to have forgotten and slapped herself, not hard, though.

"I forgot about that. Sorry, guys, we've got to go. Will you guys be coming down to see us off tomorrow?" Calypso nodded, Hazel, Thalia and Reyna shook their heads.

"Frank and I will be seeing you guys and settling you in New Rome."

"The Hunters are moving tonight." Thalia gave Annabeth a big hug. "Hey, if you need anything with Kelp Head or the baby or anything, Iris-Message me, okay? I think Artemis will let me go to take care of a pregnant woman, that's one of her domains."

Well, let's start with Mrs. Jackson. Annabeth isn't it?" the doctor was a woman, which Annabeth appreciated. What she did not appreciate was lying down on her back and having cold stuff smeared on her belly in order to see a blue picture of the thing taking up space in her stomach. It wasn't exactly the best experience. Also, she couldn't actually see where the baby's head was, and it was way to soon to find out the gender.

However, both Piper and Annabeth's babies were healthy and they both got a couple pictures and their plan was formulated.

After dropping Piper off at the apartment building, Annabeth drove down to the Upper East Side to see Sally Jackson, she knew Paul would be at school wrapping up the rest of the week until winter break. She knocked.

Percy opened the door. Annabeth was surprised, since he was a teacher, but he had probably resigned by now and was saying goodbye to his mom.

And now, she had to say goodbye to everything else in New York City, too.