Chapter 3
"Ouch!" Annabeth yelled, holding onto the side of the car, as I turned off the road, still a few miles out from Camp Half blood. "Dammit Percy DRIVE!" she yelled, and my foot stepped down on the peddle harder, forcing us forward faster. "My grandma drives faster then this!" she yelled clutching her stomach and breathing weird excersizes she had been taught.
"I'm sorry- it was your choice not to fly Blackjack-" I said, defending myself while keeping my eyes on the road, considerering that if I didn look at her, she would be staring daggers at me.
"Percy- there are certain rules with pregnant demigods- one being do not stick them on a Pegasus!" she said, before yelling in pain and clutching my arm. She clutched my limb so hard I yelped in pain. It really wasn't going to help my case. It took another few minutes to pull into camp Half Blood, which as enough time for me to go partially deaf- Annabeth can sure scream when she's in pain. If she didn't scream when she was stabbed during the war with Kronus, I can't imagine how she's feeling right now. When we got out of the car I rushed to open the door for her, but she was already on to it, pretty much kicking it open.
"Hey Percy-" Jason said to me, as Annabeth and I speed walked to the Apollo cabin.
"Can't talk now- gotta go." I said, shutting Jason off and chasing after Annabeth, who was practically there already. When we knocked on the door I was happy to see Will Solace open the door. He- like Annabeth and myself- stay behind sometimes and help the other campers during the summer. He smiled when he saw us, which probably wasn't the best idea- considering Annabeth's state of mind. Luckily when Annabeth helped erbiuld the place, she added in a room specifically for emergency appointments at the Apollo cabin. It's hidden under a trapdoor, and is actually nice. Annabeth made sure it was properly furnished before she practically moved in. We seem to be here every other week, but I don't mind. They've got a great selection of magazienes in the waiting room, including 'Half-Blood Weekly.' Annabeth walked into the room, and when I followed after her she turned on me.
"Not today Percy. I just need- quiet." She said, and I frowned, before hanging back on one of the couches. Both Will and Annabeth disappeared into the room, before Jason showed up to join me, this time with Piper.
"Hey Percy." She said casually, sitting down opposite me and picking the copy of 'Half Blood Weekly' off of me. This week there was a very interesting article on why the Sphinx is a great house guest. "How's Annabeth." She asked, flipping through the pages.
"She was in a lot of pain." As if on cue, Annebeth yelped from the room over. I really hoped Will didn't stab her with a fancy docter utensil, considering he might leave without a head.
"I can tell." Jason said, sitting down next to me.
"Any news?" he asked and I shook my head- then I remembered.
"Actually yeah. We're getting married." I said, and they both looked at each other, before Jason started.
"Dammit!" he yelped, as Piper started to laugh, taunting him.
"Did I miss something?" I asked.
"Hand it over Grace- you owe me." She said, and I just sat confused.
"Did- were you guys betting on us?" I asked, and the both froze as Jason gave Piper a five dollar note from his pocket. Piper gave an awkward laugh.
"/you can join in on the bet- but it's a bit unfair, considering you're who we're betting on…" Piper said, and I rolled my eyes.
"What were you betting on anyway?" I asked, and they both went back to flipping through magazines.
"Jason thought that you would wait to propose until after Annabeth had the baby, but I thought you wouldn't be able to wait." She said, and I rolled my eyes.
"That would explain why you spent a day trying to explain the benefits of proposing now rather then later." I said, and she nodded.
"Hey man- no hard feelings. Your best friend won 5 bucks off your other best friend. It's a great day isn't it." She said and I ignored her as Annabeth gave another little yelp from inside. Jason must have seen me tense, seeing as the next moment he was sitting up.
"Percy- everythings fine in there. The only time for you to start worrying would be when you hear Will scream." He said and I laughed. After another 10 minutes Will opened the door, closing it quietly behind him. Annabeth was sound asleep on the doctors bed, as Will told me.
"So what's the news?" I asked, trying to hid being worried.
"She's actually fine. It' likely that she just ate something that was past its use-by date, and the baby wasn't liking it. He says and I smile.
"Phew- so can we go?" I asked, and Will looked back at the closed door which led to his office.
"Sure- just make the journey home quiet, and don't go over too many bumps." He said, I went into the office, and Annabeth slightly opened her eyes.
"Hey Percy- you remember that plan of letting the sex of the baby being a surprise?" she said sleepily.
"Yeah?"
"That's off- I think I saw it in Will's folder. Sorry." She said, drifting off to sleep. I gave a little laugh. I spent the next 30 minutes just sitting there watching her sleep, but after a while I think the entire Appolo cabin thought I was a weirdo, so I ended up carrying Annabeth over to the Poseidin cabin, considering the Athena cabin is pretty full. I put Annabeth in my old room, the sound of waves gently swaying her to sleep. Somewhere along I fall asleep next to her, before waking up to the sound of something rustling in the kitchen. I tried not to wake her up as I went to investigate, only to find Grover rustling thorough our fridge.
"Grover?" I asked.
"Ahh!" he yelled, holding a bad of cornchips close to his body.
"Shhhh!" I said, conscious of Annabeth in the next room. "What are you doing here?" I asked and he shrugged.
"Since you moved out I kind of use your fridge as a permanent supply of food. You know it refills when its empty right." He said, his voice really high pitched and dreamy.
"Yeah- I figured that out seeing as I did live here for 5 years." I said, as Grover smiled, before slowly backing out of the cabin, his hooves clicking on the ground.