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Poseidon looked at Athena and blinked. He couldn't quite believe what words had just escaped out of Athena's mouth. Maybe he was dreaming, or maybe she was teasing him. He looked into her grey eyes curiously. "Thee?" he whispered.

Her face was red. "I said I love you."

He blinked a few more times, before he smiled. "I can't believe you said that."

"What?"

"How could anyone love me?"

Athena looked at him. "You've been married, you've dated, and you've just flirted around. Has no one ever told you that before?"

"While sober or telling the truth?" he asked. "No, not really."

She looked at him curiously. "Not even your Sally Jackson."

"It never came up."

"I love you, Poseidon. I have for a while."

He smiled and touched her cheek. "I'm glad you were the only person to really tell me that; it would feel wrong any other way. Because, I think I've loved you for years. Years in which I wasted with every other girl in the universe, but the one I loved."

Athena rolled her eyes. "And my father's the dramatic one?"

"Well, think. Why would I want anyone else to tell me that? I regret every other woman. Not the children, not the women particularly, but the time I spent away from you."

"I wouldn't have taken you anyway," she insisted. "I was too caught up in pleasing my father; at the very least no one would have found out about us if we ever did become anything."

Poseidon sighed. "Isn't that what we just did?"

She laughed. "I guess it is."

He tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "We're so dumb."

"Speak for yourself."

"I can prove we were both idiots." Athena arched her brow, before Poseidon decided to demonstrate with a gentle kiss. His hands wound through her hair as he pulled her as close to him as possible.

They didn't separate till they heard a cough. It was coming from that annoying Ares kid whose one arm was in a sling.

Instead of laughing, making fun of them, or calling them names, he stood there quietly. "Um, hi."

Poseidon's eyes narrowed and he pulled Athena a little close to him. "Yes?"

"Listen I'm really sorry, about the whole harassing thing. It was rather dumb and mean of me. I learned my lesson."

Athena looked at him suspiciously. "You learned your lesson?"

"Well Elle kind of beat it into me. Speaking of her, do you know where she is?"

The couple looked at each other for a second. Poseidon asked, "Why do you want to know?"

He shrugged. "I just want to see if she got my flowers."

"That was you?"

"Yeah, I sent her about four dozen wildflowers. Is that weird?" He thought a moment. "She's not allergic is she?"

Athena looked at him oddly. "No she's not."

"Good." He paused a moment. "And she doesn't have a boyfriend?"

"No, she doesn't."

"That's dumb."

"Dumb?" Poseidon asked.

He nodded. "Tough girls are really hot, you know."

Athena looked at the boy in front of her disbelievingly. "You like Elle, because she beat you up?"

"Uh, duh," he said with an obnoxious laugh. "Doesn't everyone?" After that he walked away, leaving the gods standing there wondering just how insane he was.

Poseidon didn't dwell on it long and pulled Athena back in for another kiss. They heard another cough, not two seconds later.

This time it was Apollo, who somehow despite looking like a teenage boy appeared every inch a doctor. He was wearing a white coat, gloves, and his hair was perfectly in place. He even looked somewhat serious besides the goofy grin he had permanently etched on his face. "So lovebirds, are we going to see about this kid or what?"

Athena and Poseidon both walked into the infirmary which he had set up quite well. Over in the one corner he had an ultrasound hooked up to the wall. "We're ready."

"Good," the blonde said. "Do you know how long it took me to set this all up? I missed breakfast and lunch. Plus the entire time that kid with the broken am was asking me questions, apologizing, and asking me to thank Arty for giving him a black eye."

"What's up with him?" Athena asked.

Apollo laughed. "Your daughter not only broke his arm, but gave him a mild concussion. I think he's out of it. Either that or he loves pain."

Poseidon sighed. "Can we ignore the kids of my nephew who are just as insane as him and check up on the little life in Thee's stomach?"

"Sure thing, Uncle P. Just come over here and have her lay down."

Athena did exactly that. "You can tell us the gender, right?"

"Gender, due date, and number, yep."

Poseidon looked at him. "Number?"

Apollo nodded. "We don't know, there could be multiples."

"My mom was a multiple," Athena said with a sigh. "I love children, honestly. But I don't want anywhere near as many multiples as my grandma had."

"Thee," Poseidon said, "I doubt you're carrying three thousand kids. Maybe twins, but no more than that."

Apollo rubbed some Vaseline on Athena's stomach so the ultrasound could glide over her stomach and see better pictures.

After a moment, the screen beside the cot lit up. Athena stared at it intently, visibly entranced by the picture on the screen.

"Look see, no multiples at all Thee," Apollo said. "Just one little baby."

She looked at it and a giant smile lit up her face. "One little baby, one little baby what?"

"Well give me a moment; let's see if e can get them to move." Apollo gently prodded the baby inside till he could get a better look at the ultrasound. After a minute his eyes lit up. "Are you sure you wanna know?"

"Apollo…"

"Geez Uncle P, no need for threats." He pointed to the screen. "That little baby is a girl."

A happy squeal came from the door.

A/N:

Well I had nine reviews about the baby. Four wanted twins, five wanted one kid. So one kid won out. All five people wanted a girl, so we are going to have a girl.

I'm going to put up a poll with the possible name options. I'm not reusing anyone I've made up before, so think again.