A/N: Hello! I missed Percy's birthday, and Percabeth's Aniversary, but that's okay! Anywhoot...I know I sorta messed up the song 'Rock-A-Bye Baby' down here, but I think the ending sounds a little violent...don't you think?

Anyway...

Me: Okay, just me today. First, I'd like to thank the LOVELY The Greek Goddess Athena for inspiring me with the music! I loved her idea so much, so I asked if I could borrow it. She told me yes, so thanks just so much! *smiles wide* Anyway, I don't own PJO, any potential songs mentioned in this story, or Johnny Cash!

Annabeth's POV

Not sooner had we got Hayley in the car and started off for home than she had began wailing.

The cry was piercing, like I guess most baby cries were.

"It's okay, Hayley," I said, rocking her pumpkin seat gently. I swear that almost made it worse. Percy continued driving, and I could tell it was practically killing him to not be able to turn around and unbuckle Hayley so he could rock her the proper way.

He looked at me with the rear-view mirror, his eyes begging. I shook my head and sent a death glare his way. He just kept on driving as I tried to sooth Hayley's cries. Surely it'd be better when we got home, right?

-One Week Later-

Wrong.

"Wwwwwaaaaahhhhhh!" Hayley screamed from the nursery. Percy and I looked at each other, forgetting whose turn it was this time.

"I'll get her," I finally stated, sitting up in bed and walking out of the room. I couldn't remember the last wink of sleep I'd gotten. I don't think Percy could, either. I walked into Hayley's room, glancing at the wall we had painted a few months earlier. I managed a smile before her cries broke into my thoughts.

"Waaaah!" she wailed, her arms flailing and legs kicking in the air. Her face was as red as a tomatoe, as it had been since we brought her home. When was the last time she even slept?

"It's okay, Moon," I whispered, picking her up and rocking her in my arms. Her scream quieted for a minute, but then was back up right again. "What do you want, hmm?" I asked. "We just fed you an hour ago. And I know your diaper isn't full. What's the matter, huh?"

I sat in my rocking chair, the one I was still madly in love with, and rocked back and forth. She stoped screaming, but her face was still contorted and redish, little tears still leaking down her cheeks.

I sighed. "If only Thalia was here...I don't think you've slept since she left..." I tried to remember what Travis and Katie had told me about Baby Whisperers. Maybe I could sing like I used to do to Ellie?

"What song ya wanna hear, sweetie?" I asked, rocking slowly as she sniffled. I wiped her nose with the sleeve of my long-sleeved shirt. "Hmm...Rock-a-bye baby, in the tree tops. When the wind blows, the craddle will rock. When the bow breaks, the craddle will fall. And down will come Hayley, in-to Mommy's arms."

Hayley was silent for a moment, her green eyes calculating, before she screamed again.

"That's my luck," I mumbled, standing up and walking around the room. After a few minutes of that, I walked out into the hallway and made my way to our bedroom. Maybe she'd sleep if she were in the bed with us.

When Percy heard my footsteps, he sat up in bed and rubbed his red eyes. "Have you ever seen a baby cry so much?" he asked, smirking softly. "I think she has your temper."

I rolled my eyes, but grinned. "As long as she doesn't have your brains, I'm fine."

"Oh, ha-ha."

I sat down next to him on the bed and laid Hayley down on the comforter. Her yelling quieted to a little shriek every now and then as she inspected her new surroudings. The shrieks died down as well, and Hayley rubbed her eyes with her balled up fists, yawning as she did so.

Her eyes fluttered slowly to a close, and Percy and I held our breaths. Had this really worked? I wondered, as we stayed still for a few moments. Hayley's breathing evened out as she fell asleep.

Percy and I glanced at each other slowly, before smiling and releasing the sigh we had been holding in.

The moment we did so, Hayley's eyes flew open, and her chin whimpered for a few seconds before she screamed again. Percy groaned and slammed a pillow in his face, falling backwards on the matress.

I groaned myself, thinking hard. What calms a baby? Rocking chair? No, that failed. Singing? Eh...But what about music itself? Hmm...

I snapped and stood up, running to the living room. I yanked up the CD player from the entertainment stand, and grabbed a stack of CDs. Running back to the room, I shoved the cord into a wall outlet, opened up the top and a CD case, and jammed the CD inside.

Percy was giving me a weird look, as if saying, You've finally lost it, Annabeth, but I just continued what I was doing. I grabbed Hayley's basonet from the corner, which we had recieved during the baby shower, and pulled it close to the CD player. I put Hayley in it, and then pressed the play button.

Soothing music by Bach rang out into the room. It seemed to confuse her, so she cried more. I switched it to a pop CD. Instant screaming. I went through mine and Percy's entire collection of music (which, believe me, was a lot) and came to nothing left but a CD only I liked.

I sat next to Percy and showed him the case. He made a small face, but I didn't care right then.

"She'll like it. I know it." I said. He didn't look so sure.

"Whatever you say, Wise Girl." Percy said, rubbing his eyes again. I could just see how tired he was. It was pretty much evident.

"Trust me, Seaweed Brain. Was it not Sherlock Holmes who stated that "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."?" I asked, sticking the CD in the player.

Percy looked at me funny again. "How should I know?"

"Just believe me, Perseus." I sighed, pressing the play button and laying down on the bed. If this didn't stop her from crying, I was just going to go to sleep and let her cry it out. That's how tired I truly was, that I'd let my own daughter cry herself to sleep.

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash floated from the player, and I smiled as I heard it. I got lost in singing along, and didn't realize until Percy hit my knee what had happened.

Hayley was silent. A small smile was on her pink lips. Her green eyes glanced at me, and a 'gah' sound came from her mouth.

"You like that?" I asked, smiling.

"You like that?" Percy asked, looking incredulous. Hayley blinked a couple of times, before returning her attention back to the music as Ring of Fire started. Not long after Man in Black had ended, Hayley was sound asleep in her basonet. It didn't look like anything could've woken her up.

I slowly raised myself from the bed, and walked over to the player. I wanted to conduct a test and see what would happen. I turned the volume down, and Hayley stirred a little bit. I put it back on, and she was back to being sound asleep.

I smiled. This was my ticket.

Somehow, Percy and I managed to get her back to the nursery and keep the music playing, which kept Hayley asleep.

We inched out of her room slowly, and then sprinted to our room, collapsing on the bed. "I told you it would work, didn't I, Seaweed Brain?" I asked, closing my eyes tightly.

He laughed quietly. "You did." Percy gave me a quick kiss on the lips. "Goodnight."

"Night," I said, and was out in two seconds flat.

Whoo! Thank you Jesus, I finally got it DONE! :D :D :D :D

Anywhoot, once again, thank you The Greek Goddess Athena, aka, Suzie. Me making Hayley like Johnny Cash is forever in your debt. :)

Hope you enjoyed!

~Future