"Hey Percy- are you sure you want to go down this weekend? It says there's some bad weather coming." Annabeth shouted from the kitchen table. I lift her her bag over my shoulder and carried it out to our car, while she followed after me.
"We're going. We've changed our mind enough times already." I said and she smiled.
"Alright- if you say so." She said defensively. A gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before walking back inside and checking if I'd left anything. Luckily, our house isn't the biggest, meaning it's hard to forget something. "You should know though- I'm not swimming." She said and I poked my head out the doorway.
"How can you not swim? It's the beach. It's what you're meant to do. Not to mention your fiancé is a son of Poseidon." I said, walking out to the car after locking the door.
"I don't know, maybe because of this bump?" she said pointing at the baby.
"I think it's hot." I said, smiling and starting the car.
"Shut up and drive." She said playfully punching my arm.
We arrived at the beach two hours later, which was good time seeing as the traffic was pretty heavy. When we came in it was already pretty dark, and for Annabeth, it means sleep. Coming back after 14 years was weird- especially because this place is like a shack now, compared to the other houses. WE got into bed before almost immediately falling asleep. It was around 2 0'clock when I heard it. It was a gigantic bang that rocked the entire house. It looked like the bad weather Annabeth had promised had finally arrived. It took a louder bang to get Annabeth awake, considering shes a zombie when asleep.
"What was that!" she said, grabbing my arm.
"It looks like Zeus is having a bad day." I pointed out, before looking out the window to see the waves of the ocean crashing against each other like big fists of anger.
"Looks like Poseidon is in on it too." Annabeth said, lying down moaning. I felt something drip on my shoulder. I looked up to see that the last few years had not down this house will, seeing as it was about to combust on me.
"Annabeth- can you grab some buckets from under the kitchen sink?" I asked, starting to look around the house for more leaks.
"No." she said, but still getting up to grab them. I laughed as she threw me the buckets over the table.
"I guess we just have to sleep and check the damage in the morning." I said before crawling back in bed. Another roar of thunder shook the house. I didn't exactly get to sleep in the next half hour. I contemplated waking in Annabeth up, but considering she would abuse me if I even attempted it, I tuck with lying there and thinking about life. It took another 5 minutes of me thinking the house would come down any minute before Annabeth actually spoke to me.
"Percy- you awake?" she asked, and I gave a sigh of relief.
"Yeah. The storm isn't exactly the biggest advocate for sleep." I said, turning on my side to face her. "Want something to eat?" I asked and she nodded.
"Pancakes is exactly what I feel like." She said and I smiled. I got up and stretched, before walking to the kitchen looking for some pancake mix. I turned on the stove, only to find that the gas was out.
"How about some…" I said, looking through the cupboard "… 13 year old gum?" I asked.
"When was the expiry date?" she asked and I flipped the packet over looking for it.
"13 years ago…" I said, before throwing it in the bin, only to find a packet of Doritos I bought on the way down here. "Perfect." I mumbled, grabbing them and throwing them to her.
"Yes! I love you Percy Jackson." Annabeth said, opening the packet and breathing in the cheesy packet smell.
"Well since we're up, do you feel like telling me the sex of the baby?" I asked, trying to smooth it into the conversation. Apparently, there is no subtle way to do that.
"Percy- I'm not telling you." She said and I moaned.
"Come on Annabeth- it's not fair that you know and I don't." I said and she laughed.
"Percy we agreed we didn't want to know." She said, grabbing a bag of chips and stuffing them in her mouth.
"No, you decided that before you 'accidentally' saw it." I said and she rolled her eyes.
"Exactly my point. You only want to know because I do." She said as lightning flashed outside.
"It doesn't matter! Please just tell me- I want to know so I can start thinking of names." I said, smiling sort of embarrassed.
"You can think of baby names without knowing the sex of the baby." She points out. "Unisex names." She shrugs and I roll my eyes.
"Like what."
"Jessie." She said and I nodded.
"Well that's cool, but we can't name the kid Jessie." I said and she frowned.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Jessie is the name of that kid that accidently stabbed me in the toe at camp Half Blood. He said it was an accident but he was so smug when he did it. "I said, wincing as I remembered the pain.
"Ok well what about Ashley?" she said.
"Ashley is not a unisex name." I said and she laughed.
"It is too!" she said.
"Name one male Ashley." I said and she frowned, trying to think.
"Ashley Carrington." She said proudly.
"Who?" I said, grabbing a bag of chips out of the bag.
"He's a writer." She said, smiling snidely.
"What did he write?" I asked, trying to catch her off guard, which I think I did, considering she went silent. "Ha- you just made him up."
"I did not!" she lied and I shook my head, laughing.
"What about Adrien?" I said and she raised her eyebrows.
"Adrien is a boy's name." she said, and I laughed.
"It's a girl's name too. Don't put up a fight against Adrien." I said defensively and she shook her head. It was when she reached for another handful when she winced.
"What is it- what's wrong?" I asked, immediately sitting up on the bed.
"The baby- she's kicking." Annabeth moaned, lying on her back. "Could you grab me some water. All those Doritos really dehydrated me." She said, but I didn't move. I smiled down at her, but it took her a moment to notice.
"Percy- the water isn't coming over here by itself.- well technically you could summon it but I would really prefer it in a glass." She said, rubbing a hand around the baby. I didn't move. "What- what's wrong?" she asked, getting up worriedly, as if there was something wrong. She grabbed her knife, ready to kill a monster.
"No-" I said, putting her hand down. "You just said the baby was a girl." I said, and she froze before looking at me.
"What- no I didn't." she said, shrugging.
"You did- you said 'she's kicking'. In my dictionary that means we're having a girl." I said smiling. She broke uneasily into a smile, realising she couldn't lie her way out of it. I grabbed her and kissed her, before lying down in bed with her.
"Can you make me a promise?" she said, braking away from a pretty good kiss.
"What's that, daughter of Athena?" I asked and she smiled.
"Son of Poseidon, do not name our girl Adrien."