A/N: What to say...Sorry for any mistakes, I guess. And...I don't even know. I'm not coherent enough right now to have a good one of these...

Me: Bleh. Don't feel good. Hungry. I don't own PJO.

Annabeth's POV

Later that afternoon, at exactly three, I picked Hayley up. Katie had taken care of Ellie.

Moon came buzzing from the car rider line with so much excitement I thought she might burst. She tossed her bookbag in the back, and before I could even think of protesting, she had hopped up front with me, her seat belt buckled and the stern look of not-moving on her face.

I didn't argue - I was still a little dazed from earlier before. It was still like a really, really sweet dream. Of course, I should've known. Morning sickness. I really hadn't had any cravings, but the dots should've still connected. Oh well. What's been done has been done, so there was no reason questioning it now.

I started driving, even though a few of the afternoon-workers gave me crazed looks. I just smiled and continued what I was doing. "So, how was it - ?"

"Oh Zeus, Mama!" She shouted, smiling wide. "It was ah-maze-ing! My teacher was this really tall, really young lady, called Mrs. Burn. She couldn't've been more than twenty-six. I'm serious. As the day went on, we got to read this book called Green Eggs and Ham. Then we went to the library, and were introduced to the librarian Mr. Mac (A/N: I just had to use him. He was my librarian in Elementary school, and I owe a lot to him. This is just a small gratitude to pay.), and he was really nice. He even let me check out my own copy of this really awesome-looking book I found." She reached back and yanked her bookbag up front, opening it to reveal a rather thick book. "Mrs. Burn said that it was way too old for me, but I told her that Mama had read books bigger to me before, so it was nothing." She showed me the book, Charlotte's Web, and smiled even bigger, if that was even possible.

"Then, after that we went to lunch, where I got my own really cool number. It was Daddy's birthday numbers, which I thought was a little odd, but didn't mind. At least now I could remember it." She paused. "See: 81893. I know my lunch number because it's Daddy's birthday!" Moon beamed at me, and I couldn't help but smile. "Then we took a nap. But Ellis and I didn't sleep. We talked, like I said we would. Mrs. Burn looked like she was going to get mad at us, but she just smiled and mouthed for us to whisper so the other kids could sleep. I really like her. She, after that, taught us our alphabet, and had us do a work sheet on it. Then something called a "Who Am I". Both times I signed my name in Greek. See?" Moon held up her alphabet paper, which had a bright red 100 in marker on the top.

Where the name slot was, she had written Σελήνη. "What'd she say?" I asked, quite interested now.

"She was amazed. She said that when she was little, she was able to read Greek, too, but that's where she was from. Greece. She told me that she was awestruck that I was writing in her native language. I found that quite exciting myself."

I laughed a little. "So, a good day afterall, huh?"

"Yep. Yes, ma'am." Moon was still beaming.

"Well," I started, "would it make it even better if I had a surprise for you?"

"A surprise?" She asked. Then shouted, "A surprise! What is it?"

I shook my head. "I can't tell you. Yet. Then it wouldn't be a surprise, now, would it?"

Her face fell a little. "Oh. Well, I guess not..."

"Oh, don't be sad." I said, putting my hand under her chin and turning it towards me. "I'll tell you when your dad gets home. This is a surprise for all of us."

"Really? It must be pretty big then." She sighed, looking through the window at the mixing colors of green and brown and yellow as Fall was setting in.

"Yeah, baby," I sighed, too. "It's pretty big."

I suddenly didn't feel too confident about this.

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Moon's POV

When we got home, I was seiously wondering what this surprise was. Mama said it was huge. But I didn't see a curio cabinet anywhere in there. I didn't see a new car in the driveway, or a carousel outback. There wasn't even a new horse-stable, complete with horses, which is what I was really hoping for. (What? My grandfather is Poseidon. I really like horses, and you have to admit that would be a big surprise for all of us.)

I don't know how many times I asked Mama to tell me. Daddy had called a few minutes before we got home, and said he'd be a little late because he had a couple of meetings after school.

Mama's face had fell, but she managed a quick, tight smile as she said goodbye and she loved him. I hollered, "Love you, Daddy!" Across the room from the couch, and apparently Daddy heard it, because Mama said that he loved me, too.

So, I waited. And waited. Forever. Even Spongebob couldn't keep me distracted for long. So, I read for a while. Charlotte's Web was very interesting and all, but I just wasn't in to it. There was a surprise. And I couldn't know it until Daddy got here.

It was killing this granddaughter of Athena.

Finally, I just exploded. "Mama, please, please, please, please, please tell me what it is!"

She replied so calmly I felt like dying. "No, Moonlight Jackson. Not until Daddy gets here."

"But - !"

"No buts. This is important, for all of us." Mama smiled. "I promise it will be worth the wait, sweetie."

I sighed and threw myself face first on the couch. "Why can't you jus' tell meh?" my words were muffled by the couch's cushion.

"Because I - " Mama stopped halfway through her sentence. I don't even think she knew why, but then we heard the door open. About time!

"Daddy!" Shouted, running for the door. Aunt Thalia looked really surprised. Oh, no, she wasn't the surprise, was she?

"Uh, no, not 'daddy'. Just Thalia." She said.

"Thalia?" Mom asked, walking around the corner. Mama looked surprised, too. So, she wasn't the surprise. Good. "What're you doing here?"

"Break from the hunters. Lady Artemis said something big was going to happen around here, that I should come and see what it was. It's a big buzz on Olympus - Apollo even came to tell it to Artemis. And she wasn't exactly angry afterwards, which was amazing." She paused. "I mean, as you know, she's always angry after he shows up, because he's constantly flirting with us. Especially me."

"Oh," Mama said, then heard the door open again. She smiled. "Looks like you're just in time."

It was Daddy. "Daddy!" I shouted, and raced for the door. It's about time I learned the surprise.

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Annabeth's POV

I took a deep breath. I really wasn't expecting Thalia - that was a real surprise to me. Almost more than the news of me being pregnant.

But, oh well. Now was the time; I had to tell them.

"Daddy, Daddy, guess what?" Hayley said, following Percy like an obediant dog to the couch.

"What?" He asked, a confused look on his face. I couldn't tell if it was just from playing or if he was really confused as to what she had in store for him.

"Mama said that she's got so huge surprise for all of us, and then aunt Thalia shown up - " she pointed at Thalia "- but before that Mama made me wait to figure out what it was. And now you're here so we can know!" I swear, sometimes the way kids reason and explain things just make you want to laugh with sheer happiness.

Percy looked to me. "What's the surprise, then, Wise Girl?" He smirked at me as Moon climbed up in his lap, and he held her close to him. That gave me confidence to say it. He would be happy - wouldn't he? And apparently it's a good buzz on Olympus, thanks to Thalia's intel.

"Okay," I sighed, smiling. "Thaila, Percy, Hayley, you know how I've been a little sick lately?" Thalia shook her head, Percy nodded, and Moon nodded as well. "Well, this morning Katie talked me in to going to the doctor. And...well..."

Thalia rolled her eyes. "Annie, quit beating around the bush. What is it?"

I glared but kept smiling as I noticed Percy's eager face. His eyes were gleaming - was he expecting something? - and Moon was about to jump from Percy's arms in anticipation. "Fine, Thals. I'm pregnant." The words didn't feel real when they flicked off my tongue. Not at all. And niether did the way Thalia jumped up in surprise, or the way Percy smiled so wide that I was sure he would explode.

It only felt real when the with-her-mouth-open Hayley went, "That's it?" She looked outraged. "That's the surprise? And here I thought I had gotten a horse, not a brother!"

Her last words kind of shocked me. "How - why do you think it's a boy, Hales?"

Moon seemed like that was the wierdest question I'd ever asked her. "What do you mean? Of course it's a boy. Why wouldn't it be?" She frowned. "I mean, I think it is at least." She walked over and, as if what she was already guessing wasn't strange enough, placed her hand on my stomach. "Hmm...yeah, it's a boy." Moon beamed up at her father after that. "Daddy, did I mention I got a 100 on my alphabet sheet?"

Moon ran off to go show him, and Percy glanced at me with a look that said he thought Moon was right.

I shook my head and smiled. "There's no way she's right. She's just off in her own little world." I smiled confidently as she came back, and got Percy distracted with her work. I couldn't shake the feeling of her being right, though, no matter how I tried.

I mean...surely it wouldn't be a boy, like she said. Right?

Ending it here. Now, the next chapter is going to skip a LOT of years. Not too many to not have a good story, but quite a few.

Hope you enjoyed!

~Future