Chapter 3

Athena paced the room, "Okay," she said looking at her husband. "We'll tell him."

"Thank you," Fredrick sighed before slumping back in a plastic chair. They had been relocated back to a regular room where Annabeth's heart monitor was beeping at a regular pace.

Bobby and Matthew were both on the ground on their phones. Athena sat down in the other plastic chair. "Yes, but…" Athena started again. Fredrick groaned. "It's not like she'll remember Olive—"

"Olivia."

"Or Perseus or even being pregnant."

"She might."

"I know," Athena sighed. Her voice then dropped to a whisper. "But what about the bet?" Fredrick nodded solemnly. Athena played with her fingers. "And, Ara—"

"Moooom," Matthew got up from his spot on the floor. "I'm hungry…and really tired."

Bobby yawned.

Athena glanced at her watch. It was just pass 1:30.

"How about we head to the hotel and come back tomorrow," Fredrick said getting up and stretching. "Annabeth won't wake up for another couple of weeks."

Athena got up and nodded. She gave her husband one last look before turning to her boys. "C'mon, let's go."

...

Thalia has been in university since she was nineteen. She was only friends with Annabeth in grade school back when she lived in California. But then Thalia moved back to New York. And now she attends NYU. She's changed her major about five times and she's still not sure what she wants to be. Jason on the other hand knows exactly what he wants to be—a pilot. Thalia laughed when she first heard of this. The smile was wiped off her face when Jason pointed out that she still didn't know what she wanted to be. He met his girlfriend Piper at the University of Florida. Piper is studying to be, believe it or not, a fashion designer. They're best friend is Leo who is going into welding like his father. Percy is at NYU to go into business. His dad wants him to take over his business. Poseidon basically owns the sea. He owns the fishing industry and boats (lots and lots of boats). But hey, Thalia's father and Nico's and Bianca's father were quite wealthy as well. Zeus—Thalia's dad—owned the most successful plane company in America while Hades—Bianca and Nico's dad—owned most of the cemeteries across North America. It may sound depressing but it pays the bills. Bianca was studying photography in Illinois but was making a transfer to NYU and Nico was in school. Their half-sister Hazel was only fourteen but she wanted to become a gemologist. She had her boyfriend Frank that Nico didn't approve of because he was a few years older than her—but he got over it. This was their dysfunctional family.

Percy was hooked up to a machine. Olivia had to go back to where all the other babies were and this time she wasn't going to be released before her time was up. The doctor walked in but this time it wasn't Dr. Apollo. You could tell because Apollo always wore a flashy smile and had straight blonde hair. This guy had blonde curly hair and wasn't smiling. "Dr. Apollo is busy so I'll be taking over," he murmured. He pointed to his nametag, "I am Dr. Will." He looked pretty young, maybe a few years older than Percy.

Thalia studied him, "You look like Dr. Apollo," she said slowly. "But younger."

Will cracked a small smile, "I get that sometimes."

That's when Sally ran into the room. She was still in pajamas. Piper gave a wave, "Hi, Sally." Hello's and Hi's went around the room.

Sally smiled at all of them before turning to her son. Tears pricked her eyes, "Thank you for calling me Bianca."

Bianca smiled a bit, "It was nothing."

But Sally looked like she needed a hug and Bianca delivered.

"So, how is he?" Sally asked.

Nico shrugged, "We're just about to find out."

Everyone turned back to Will.

He clapped and rubbed his hands together, "So, let's get to it." He basically told them (that being Sally, Thalia, Jason, Nico, Bianca, Hazel, Frank, Piper and Leo) that Percy slipped into a coma and would possibly come to around two weeks' time. In the car crash he did break a leg and would have a cast for a while but there was no permanent damage. "Except," Will said, "memory loss. It might come back but I don't think he'll remember the most recent things in his life."

"Hey," Leo exclaimed. "That's not bad if he won't remember Annabeth."

Hazel frowned, "It's not that great. What if he doesn't remember us?"

"Hazel," Bianca started, "I've known Percy since I was eleven and he was twelve and we met at one of those family reunions he hates. Therefore, he's known you since you were six. I'm sure he'll remember you."

Hazel gave a small smile.

Jason spoke up, "Regarding Annabeth though, I think it's good. No mourning."

"He won't be sad," Frank added.

"And I think he'll be a better father," Piper said.

Thalia nodded, "And, all around happier."

Sally looked confused, "What happened to Annabeth?"

The four witnesses went over the story—again. Sally looked surprised then angry then neutral. "So…where is she?"

Jason looked at her. "Annabeth or Olivia?"

"Both."

"Well Annabeth's…dead," Nico said solemnly, "And Olivia's in that baby place."

"Can I see her?"

Will shrugged, "I can take you there or I can have my dad go get her."

"Why would your dad go get her?" Hazel inquired.

Thalia rolled her eyes, "Jeez, you could have just told us Dr. Apollo was your dad." She slapped his shoulder and he snickered. "That means you're my nephew."

Will shrugged. He got up and told them to follow him instead. He led them towards a room and shushed them before letting them in.

"Hey Sally," Thalia said. "Guess which one is Olivia."

Sally looked over the rows of babies and started to walk through the rows. "This one." She pointed at a baby in maybe the middle row on the very end. The baby was looking at Sally with wide grey eyes. "She's beautiful."

"Yeah," Piper agreed. "But Sally?"

Sally hummed in response.

"You agree not to tell Percy about Annabeth? It's for the best."

Sally finally looked up at the eight pleading eyes. She then looked back down at Olivia who smiled.

"I won't tell Percy. I promise."

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