A/N: Okay...THANKS, THANKS, THANKS!~!~!~! Yes, Di, a hint of Tratie in there, but I just really wanted a little thing to happen - and it just sorta completed the chapter, ya know? :) Suzie, gah, you're too sweet! Thanks to those few who favorited and alreted this story! All of you rock!

So, anyway, to get to the point I was trying to make, I've skipped a couple of months - we're now to the fifth month of the pregnancy, at eighteen weeks. Now...I don't know if any of you have made guesses, and I'm still undecided about how to leave this chapter...Cliffy? Or not...hmm...*devious smile*

K: Hold still, hold still! *rips duct tape off mouth*

Me: Ow! I mean...thanks. But OW!

K: *smiles* She doesn't own PJO. (And yes, Di, you did go to Baskin Robin's...yuuumm...)

Annabeth's POV

Five months.

I was throwing up for the first half of that, constantly. I can't even tell you how much work I managed to slip by and miss. I mean, I told Percy I could go, that the company needed me, but, apparently, the son of Poseidon is very hard-headed.

He wouldn't let me, and even had to have Thalia come in and watch me while he went to work. I was shokced by it.

Earlier that morning, Percy and I had been fighting over just that very subject.

"It's not going to kill me to go to work, Perseus," I said, crossing my arms and glaring. He rolled his eyes in an annoying way and grabbed his car keys.

"No, Annabeth." He said, walking past me to get something else. "The doctor's all said you needed bed rest."

"So!" I protested. "Since when have I listened to doctors?"

"Since now," he sighed, pecking me on the lips. "Now, I've got to go - " there was a knock on the door. Percy smiled suspiciously, walking to it, while I was still glaring hard, my arms still crossed.

Percy opened it, and Thalia walked in, her arms crossed also. She looked at him irritably. "Why'd you wake me up at six forty in the morning? I was trying to sleep," she growled, collapsing on our couch.

Percy smiled. "I need you to watch Annabeth," he said simply, smirking to the point in which was almost unbareable. "She's been put on strict bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy."

Thalia glanced at me. "So, what?" She asked, looking back to Percy. "I'm now the babysitter?"

Percy opened his mouth to say something, but I broke in, "I don't need a babysitter!" I shrieked. "I can take care of myself just as well without one!"

He shrugged. "I can't trust you."

"I can be trusted," I mumbled, as he walked over, kissed my cheek, then left.

I groaned, falling down on the couch next to my best friend.

"So..."I started, looking around. "What now?"

Thalia shrugged, then cusioned herself on the couch. "Wake me up later..." she started snoring softly, so I stood up, went back to the bedroom, and sat down on the bed, watching what little TV I could stand.

Discovery channel was playing a quite interesting thing on great white sharks, so I just left it on that channel. I wasn't truely paying attention though, and only caught small glimpses at what was really happening.

Hmm...seven AM. What to do, what to do?

I got off of the bed and walked to the kitchen, my stomach grumbling for something to eat. I rubbed it without even thinking about it, feeling the baby kick. I smiled as I took down a bowl and made some Cherrios, then sat down at the table, eating gingerly.

It was seven fifteen by the time I finished, and I sighed, putting my bowl in the sink. There was nothing to do around here all day.

I could read. I thought. Maybe play a little self-on-self chess? Solitaire? Call around? Maybe Katie would let you babysit again. Maybe wake Thalia up and see if she wants to go and do something? We need new baby furniture, anyway...

I went with my last thought, and walked over to Thalia, shaking her shoulder gently. I knew how she was when she was woken up from a nap - vicious. She snapped up instantly, first reaching to her bracelt for Aegis, then stoping when she realized it was me.

"What, Annabeth?" Thalia asked groggily, laying back down. I shook her shoulder again.

"I'm bored," I stated simply. "I want to go furniture shopping - and paint. We need paint for the baby's room."

"You haven't even found out the gender yet," she murmured, sinking back into the clutches of Morpheus.

"So?" I commented. "We'll pick yellow - yellow's a neutral color." I started to drag her off the couch, but she stopped me and went ahead and got up. I just couldn't help it, though - I was about to go insane from not being able to do anything.

Anyway, the doctor said bed rest. That didn't mean I couldn't go shopping. That just meant I couldn't go to work.

"Speaking of gender," Thalia said, yawning, "when do you go and find out, anyway?"

"The - " I started, but realized that I didn't know either. I'd forgotten. "I don't remember," I said honestly, walking into the bedroom and slipping my shoes on. I was already dressed in the other ways, except that my hair was down.

I didn't feel much like pulling it up that morning.

I grabbed my car keys, but Thalia snatched them away. I must've looked surprised, because she chuckled, "I'm the babysitter, which means I get to drive." She said.

I rolled my eyes, trying as hard as I could to surpress my smile as I walked out to the car, and sat in the passenger seat. I hadn't been in this side of my Honda for a long time (since I was so used to driving it), and I realized it was a whole different perspective than what I'm used to. Thalia put the keys in the ignition and started the car, backing out and into the driveway.

"Well, okay, babysitter. Where we heading?" I asked, looking out the window as we traveld into a part of Manhattan I had never even seen.

Thalia smiled. "Believe or not, this Babysitter knows how to pull a few strings - I had a friend of mine make some good quality stuff."

"When'd that happen?" I wondered, almost snorting. She shrugged.

"Just trust me, Annie. I promise you'll love it." She pulled into a store I had never seen before, where someone was standing, who suspiciously reminded me of a Hepheastus boy.

"Hey, Thalia!" The boy greeted happily. "I was startin' to wonder when you'd come and get these pieces!" He gestured inside, then turned to me as I stepped out of the car and onto the sidewalk. "And you must be Annabeth."

Taking my hands, he led me inside the tiny warehouse, where I gasped in amazement.

Everything was there. A homemade desk, rocking chair, changing table and crib. A tiny nightstand, and a bookshelf. I couldn't believe it. I walked slowly and sliently, running my finger across the flawless wood. "How'd you do this?" I murmured, mostly to myself.

The boy, who's name I learned was Thomas, smiled at me, wiping his hands on some little towel thing. "Just a little work from an Hephaestus son - yours truly. See, I run a shop downtown. People come to me when they need something handmade. But when Thalia came in there and challenged me with this, well, I just knew I had to make it perfect for the savours of Olympus."

Thalia grinned. "I told ya to trust me, didn't I?"

I nodded, a smile upon my lips, as I sat down in the rocking chair. It went back and forth, not slowly, but not too fast, at just a perfect angle. It didn't make the slightest noise as it went back, and it fit just perfectly, even when I was five months pregnant. I leaned back in it, resting my head against the back. "Aw, Zeus..." I muttered. "This is wonderfully...relaxing..." I felt close to falling asleep, so much to the point that I closed my eyes, when Thalia walked over and shook my shoulder as I had shook hers earlier.

"Oh, c'mon, Annie. You can't get sleep that easily," Thalia told me. I glowered up at her, but got on up.

"Thomas," I said, looking at him, "this is all wonderful! How much will it all - "

Thomas shook his head. "I won't hear of it, Annabeth. It's free. Just...say it was a gift. An early baby shower present."

I rolled my eyes. "No, because I won't hear the end of this. I'm paying you. How much?"

"Free."

"What's the price, Thomas?"

"Absoulutely not a cent owned, Annabeth."

"Tell me what the price is, Thomas," I glared.

He didn't seem a bit phased by it. "No, no, no. There's no price on all of this, Annabeth, I promise."

I sighed. "Respect your elders, Thomas."

He shrugged. "You're no older than me."

"When's your birthday?"

"December twenty-sixth. When's yours?"

I smirked in victory. "November fourteenth, to be exact. I'm older. Now, what does it cost to buy all of this from you?" I paused. "Or to at least repay you for all of this work done." I gestured to all of it, using both of my arms.

Thomas put his hand on his chin, and I saw his bkue eyes calculating something. He started drawing in the air with his finger, constantly shaking his head and murmuring something. Eventually, he looked me head on and said, "One...cent."

I groaned. "You are in-possible Thomas!"

He smiled. "I know. My penny, please ma'am?"

I gave him a wry look, taking out my wallet and digging in it. He closed his eyes, and left his hand wide open. I smirked and layed a one hundred dollar bill in his hand. Then I walked off, got in the car, sat down, and locked the doors. I rolled the window down, watching as Thomas stared unbelievingly between the money and me.

"And that's not even half of what you're getting!" I called.

He rolled his eyes, said something to Thalia, who came walking out. She handed me the keys to the Honda.

I looked at her. "What are these for?"

"So you can drive yourself home," she stated simply. "I'm going to help Thomas load all of this into the delievery truck. We'll be at your house in a bit."

I smiled at her, grabbing her arm before she could walk off. "Thanks, Thals," I said, giving her a hug. At first, she went rigid, then slowly wrapped her arms around me.

Well, as best as she could, considering I wasn't the skinniest human being or demigod to walk the planet.

I walked over to the driver's side of the car, got in, cranked it and turned around. I went home smiling. This was possibly one of the best days of my life.

So, I decided I wanted you all to guess - what gender is the baby! I would ask for names, but I've already got some picked out! Of course, if you do have a suggestion, go ahead and let me hear it!

I can change plans! Thanks again, to all who review! :D