Ok. So I really do have an explanation on why I haven't updated in forever. My computer was down and I had a boatload of family up. Plus my friend who I see like twice a year is coming up this weekend and my family again. And I have to go to Ohio. So I'm gonna try to put as many chapters as I can up from now to then! Thank you to by awesome beta ! And all you readers for enduring my not updating. :D

I looked down at the sleeping baby in my arms, her dark hair in little ringlets falling all around her head, and her little mouth in an "o" shape. Her eyes fluttered open. They were startlingly blue. Just like Thalia's.

"Voilet! Are you up from your nap?" I asked as she stretched her arms above her head. Suddenly she started crying.

"Violet, sweetie what's wrong?" I said gently rocking her, but she just kept on crying. I got up and walked to the kitchen to get her bottle. I held it in her mouth as she gently started to drift back to sleep. Her eye lids falling down and covering her blue eyes. She was so beautiful, and innocent, and perfect.

At this moment there was nothing more I wanted then my own little baby, to hold, and watch grow up. To bring her to her first sleepover, and hang her report card up on the fridge, to let her cry on my shoulder when her boyfriend breaks up with her. To watch her games, and cheer for her. To watch her come home all giggly and happy when she has her first kiss. I wanted one of my own.

I awoke to the crying coming from the pack-n-play in the corner of my room. I got up for the hundredth time tonight and looked at the clock. Since it was 8:30 am, I might as well just stay up.

I cooked some breakfast as Violet sat in her highchair. I had eggs and toast, and, well, she had those baby foods that look like someone threw up in the cup. I think it was pear, at least that's what the can said. It definitely did not look like pear though.

After that we had a nice walk through Central Park, where Violet was enchanted by the horses and various dogs walking around.

After our walk, we stopped down at the office where everyone told me how cute Violet was. I could really get used to this mom thing. It was just too bad Blake and Thalia came home today.

"Ok Violet, home sweet home." I said as we walked into my penthouse. We settled into the living room, Violet on the floor playing with her toys and me sitting next to her watching the national news. Then someone started knocking in the door.

I picked Violet up and walked over to the door. Upon opening it I found Grover and Juniper.

"Hey!" I said letting them in.

"Hey Annabeth!" Juniper said hugging me.

"Annabeth," Grover said, doing the same.

"Oh! Is that Violet!" Juniper asked looking at Violet.

"Yes," I said handing Violet over to Juniper.

"Oh my gods! She's so big!" Juniper said tickling her tummy. Violet giggled.

"Are Thalia and Blake here yet?" Grover asked taking his coat off and hanging it on the rack.

'They should be here any minute," I said smiling as we all walked into the kitchen for dinner.

"Hello?" Thalia's voice came from where we just were.

"Right on que," I said laughing.

"In here!" Juniper yelled.

"Hey!" she said, walking in with Blake.

"Did you find the place?" I asked as she hugged me. Thalia and Blake went looking for a place to have their wedding. For two days. Thalia had a long list.

"The NYC Botanical Gardens," Blake said taking Violet from Juniper.

"Wonderful," I said smiling.

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"Wow, Annabeth this great," Grover said, eating his second serving of veggie lasagne.

"Oh, it was nothing," I said as Juniper stood up.

"Ok everyone, Grover and I have an announcement," Juniper said, pulling Grover out of his chair. Grover smiled proudly.

"We're having a baby!" Juniper exclaimed. Great. I tried to be happy, I really did. But it was hard when I knew I would never have one.

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"Ms. Chase? You have a visitor," Malery buzzed. Olivia was on maternity leave. Everyone was taunting me with their babies.

"Send her in," I said back. And through the black doors to my office, in walked Thalia.

"Hey!" she said, smiling.

"Hello," I said back, dolefully.

"You seemed a little down last night." She sat on my desk and seeing my still down mood.

"It was nothing," I said, pushing it away.

"Annabeth, I'm not stupid. What was it?" she asked staring me down. I just stared back.

"Come on, let's go to lunch," she said, pulling me of my seat.

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"So are you going to tell me what's up?" Thalia said, chewing her salad.

"Babies," I said, frowning.

"Babies?"

"Yes babies!"

"You're upset about babies?"

"Yes."

"What about babies exactly?"

"I want one!" I whined. I sounded like a little girl who wanted a Barbie at Walmart.

"Oh! Really?" Thalia asked.

"Yeah. But there's the small problem that the love of my life is dead and whenever I try to date a guy, they turn out to be either cheating bastards, possessed by monsters, or gay!" I complained, putting my head in my hands.

"Well, if you're really serious about this, how about a sperm donor?" Thalia said seriously. I considered the idea, barfed a little, and dismissed it.

"Probably not," I said, disgusted.

"Well then, how about adoption?" She asked.

Adoption? Please… there was….absolutely nothing wrong with it. I mean, it doesn't involve a guy I've never met giving me sperm, it's safe, and I'm saving a child. Hello St. Annabeth.

"Thalia! You're a genius!"

1 month later

"Ok, sign here, here, and here," said Julia, my news-obsessed, control-freak, adoption consultant. I signed my name in all the designated spots.

"Annabeth are you excited or what?" Thalia said, in between eating one of the suckers from Julia's desk. I looked down at the folder. On top was the picture of Alice. The 2 month old baby who, in two weeks, would be all mine. Long story short, her birth mom had her at 16 and couldn't take care of her. So guess who got her? Me!

"Terribly," I finally answered Thalia.

"Ok, so you have an extra ticket for the ride home?" Julia asked, putting all the papers in a folder.

"Yes," I replied, grabbing my purse.

"Ok, I'll see you at JFK in two weeks, 7 am?" she asked as we walked out.

"Yes!" I yelled back.

"Thalia! I'm finally going to have a baby!" I said once we were outside.

"And I am finally going to have a wedding," she said as we got in her car and went to get her wedding dress fitted.

Ok… there you have it. The next chapter is going to make you all pee. And you'll only get it if you review! Haha. No you'll get it anyway.. But I'm going to OHIO tomorrow and CEDAR POINT! So you probably won't get it for about a week.