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Mckenzie's POV:
How could my mom expect me to call that… man dad, much less father?! No he's not even a man. A man is someone that stands up for what he loves and thinks is right. I bet you he didn't even care about my mother if he did he wouldn't have left her. I would never call Percy a dad or father because he left my mother. My mom is a great person with a great heart that doesn't deserve to suffer. I don't know why Sandra actually feels like he's a father that deserves respect after he left our mother pregnant at age sixteen without looking back and is getting married next month!
Annabeth's POV:
I knew Mckenzie had a point. Percy had never been in their lives. It hurt to see my son talk like that about his father, the man that owned my heart. I didn't even try to talk to Mckenzie because when an idea or opinion gets into his head it's impossible to get out.
After dinner I went to the bathroom to make an Iris message. " Oh goddess please accept my offering." I threw a drachma into the rainbow. "Percy Jackson, Beverly Hills, California." I said. Percy instantly appeared. He looked surprised.
"Percy" I said "There's something I need to tell you." The sooner this was over with the better.
"Uh, sure what is it?"
"I don't know where to start …"
"Why don't you start at the beginning?"
I rolled my eyes. "You know what happened the night after the war, in your cabin."
He looked down, blushed and said, "Yes."
"Well that night I got pregnant and now."
"Wait, you got pregnant!? "
"Will you let me finish? Yes, I got pregnant and had twins, a girl and a boy. Sandra Adamaris and Mckenzie Theodore. They got attacked by Echidna and the Chimera today. I had to tell them the truth about our parents. I also told Chiron and he wanted them to go to camp but I refused."
"Annabeth that doesn't sound like you, you're usually so rational and logic. You know they're in greater danger now."
"How would you know how I am now, you haven't even called or IM-ed in almost 15 years! I yelled at him trying not to sound too hurt.
" You're right. I'm sorry."
"Anyways, I want them to meet you and your fiancée, if she's okay with that."
"Sure! Ann will be glad to meet them once I tell her the news. She's a very comprehensive person." It hurt to hear him speak of his fiancée like she was the greatest person in the world but I knew that I had to be strong and move on.
"There's just one more thing I have to tell you. You might not like to hear it though."
"Come on, tell me already Annabeth."
"Mckenzie isn't very fond of you. He thinks that you're the worst man ever." I could see in his eyes that he was sad about the news he just received.
"It's understandable, I haven't been in his life to set an example. Don't worry I know we'll get along fine once he gets to know me." As always he managed to be optimistic. I envied him for that.
"Well when can I expect you here?"
"Tomorrow, around 5. Is that okay?"
"Yeah that's fine."
"Call me. I'll go pick you up at the airport."
"Okay, see you." With that I ripped through the message.
That night I dreamt with the day I found out I was pregnant.
Dream:
"So, one more minute and you'll know for sure." Silena said. I was very nervous.
"I hope I'm not pregnant. My mother will be very mad."
"Uh, Annabeth. I don't think your mom is going to be mad."
"No! It can't be. I can't be pregnant!"
"Unfortunately you are."
Just then Athena appeared. Her eyes said it all. "Annabeth I am very disappointed. I can't believe you lost your virginity with that … spawn of Poseidon!"
"Mother, I know you're mad but I wasn't thinking clearly. I don't know, I wasn't processing things." I was feeling miserable. Percy had left camp without telling anyone and now I was facing a teenage pregnancy by myself.
"That is very clear. And it's all thanks to Aphrodite. Now what do you plan on doing."
"I'm going to be a single mother."
"You're actually planning on having the child, after that spawn of Poseidon left you!?"
"Yes, the only other option would be abortion and I'm not going to have an abortion. I will not take the life of an innocent child."
"Very well. But be aware that I do not approve of what you did and therefore your children will not have my blessing."
Silena and I averted our eyes as my mother turned into her true divine form. Things couldn't get worse then this. My children would have a hard time in school and thinking strategically to stay alive without my mother's blessing.
That night when I went to the beach Poseidon appeared next to me. " Hello Lord Poseidon."
" Hello Annabeth. I want to talk to you." I was sure he was going to tell me that my children wouldn't have his blessing either but I was wrong. " Your mom was a little harsh with you, with all due respect. I don't like the fact that Percy got you pregnant since now things between your mother and I will be worse, if that can happen. But I do want you to know that you will have my support in whatever you need. Well that is except if you want to know where Percy is because even I don't know that."
"It's fine I actually think that it's better if he doesn't know. That way the monsters won't know about their existence either."
"Very true. Well I need to go but remember that I'll help as much as I can."
"I will, thanks."
My dream changed to when I was in labor.
"Push!" Chiron commanded. I pushed and screamed in pain.
"Ahhhh."
"Come on Annabeth push the first one's almost out." Again I pushed and out came Sandra crying.
Grover cried "Annabeth it's a girl!" Chiron cut the umbilical cord and handed her to Grover . He turned to me again. "Push!"
Two minutes later Mckenzie came out. This time Grover cried "It's a boy." I couldn't believe my ears. I had a son and a daughter. I mean I knew I was going to have twins but I didn't expect a girl and a boy. Those kinds of twins were very rare.
When Grover handed me my children he asked what I was going to name them. "I honestly don't know."
"I do!" Silena said as she entered the room.
"How is it that you know but I don't when I'm their mother?'
"I just thought that I could help you pick out names because I knew you weren't thinking about names. I chose Mckenzie and Adamaris."
" They sound nice."
"I thought of some names too." Chiron said.
"What are they?"
"Sandra and Theodore."
"Very sophisticated."
"I wanted names that could be used for children and adults."
"I think I'll use those names. They'll be Sandra Adamaris and Mckenzie Theodore Chase."
"Jackson" Grover was obviously going to point out that they should be Jackson not Chase.
"No they'll be Chase. They won't know who their father was."
"Annabeth, they're bound to ask about their dad."
"No, something tells me that they won't ask."
My dream switched again. This time I was about to go to Yale. Mckenzie and Sandra were two years old.
"Now don't cry Mckenzie." I said as I was trying to calm Mckenzie. He was always very fond of me and hated it when I had to leave. " I'll be back later, just like I always am. I'd never leave you." It hurt to leave my kids like that but I had to get my degree in architecture. I needed to set a good example for my kids.
Later that day when Mckenzie and Sandra were asleep I IM-ed Hephaestus and asked him to forge me sword that were kind of like Percy's. That would return to their pockets. He said that it was the least he could do after Percy and I got rid of the telekhines. When I was done talking to Hephaestus I noticed that there was a package on my bed. On the box it read:
Annabeth Chase
Long Island Sound, NY
Inside the box were two Yankees hats like the one I had. There was also a note that read: Just a little something' to help my grandkids, Poseidon. He had kept his word he had helped me a lot even though I'm a child of his sworn enemy. Apparently what mattered to him was that his grandchildren were save and away from danger. I went to the room my children were left the caps on top of the drawers.
Suddenly I woke up to the sound of the alarm clock. I had to get my kids ready to go to school and meet their father.
