Chapter 5 (4 wks. old)

1 week later

Sally was sorting through the mail in the kitchen as Percy fed Olivia in the living room.
Paul, Sally's husband, was away on a teacher exchange program for a month. Percy was already back in university and he was getting back into swimming. It was hard, but he was trying to pick up right off where he left. Thalia had taken the liberty to threaten all of Percy's friends to insure that he wouldn't find out about Annabeth. Sally picked up a package addressed to Percy from the frame shop. It was small and flat. She turned it around a few times and bounced it. It was light. She poked her head into the living room where Percy was entertaining his daughter. Should she open it? Curiosity killed the cat. But she didn't care. She grabbed a knife and ripped open the package. Behind a few layers of wrapping paper was a picture with a deep brown frame. It was a picture of Olivia's birth…with Percy smiling widely as Annabeth smiled and held up Olivia. She was tired but she looked very happy. Olivia's eyes were bright and wide. It brought tears to her eyes which she quickly wiped away. She couldn't let Percy see it as it could spark a memory. She quickly ripped as much of the sticker off the box as she could and threw it away. She put the cardboard box away for recycling and quietly passed Percy and raced to her bedroom. Quickly, she put the picture underneath an old hat in a hatbox and tucked it in the back of the closet. That was where it would stay untouched for the next couple of years. (A/N: Mystery Detectives mood aka Forensic Files. I don't know if you guys have ever watched that show but that sentence reminded me of it.)

...

Matthew dumped the mail on the kitchen counter where Athena was sitting with a cup of tea. Bobby topped the pile with the key. "Thank you for getting the mail," Athena said to the two grumbling boys.

"I can't wait till Annabeth gets better so she can get the mail and we can go back to California," Bobby complained.

Matthew nodded in agreement.

"Well, we're leaving tomorrow."

The Chase family had migrated to New York and were staying in a hotel because Annabeth wasn't ready to go back to university yet as she was still recovering. Before, she even had to leave the university once she hit seven months. They had originally just come for the birth but decided to stay for an extra week. The room they got was fancy and included a kitchen and three beds with ¾ of a wall separating two from one for privacy purposes. Of course Athena and Fredrick were on one side and their children were on the other.

Athena thanked them again and they left. She picked up the key and put it away and stared at the mail. She pulled out a package and didn't think twice before opening it. It was a framed picture of her granddaughter's birth. Annabeth and Perseus were in the picture as well. It was, and even she had to admit, a gorgeous picture and Athena didn't know what to do. Annabeth was taking a shower, Fredrick was out and the boys were on their bed watching TV. Athena stuck it in her suitcase. Annabeth couldn't know she had a baby, they were too late in the game. Annabeth exited in a white towel and greeted her mother and brothers before grabbing some clothes and going back in. She came back out fully dressed and rummaged through her bag.

"I'm excited to be going back to going back to university," Annabeth said as she applied deodorant.

"And you're sure you want to transfer to the University of California?" her mother asked.

Annabeth nodded as she capped the deodorant. "NYU is great but I feel different here…like I'm not good enough. I think being in my own environment will fix that."

Athena shrugged, "If you say so." But secretly, she was doing backflips because that's just another couple thousand miles Percy and Olivia were away from Annabeth.

...

Thalia knocked loudly outside of the Jackson apartment. After a minute, the door swung open to reveal Percy in his pajamas. "What?" he asked annoyingly. He looked at her. She was wearing black skinny jeans and a t-shirt while Jason was wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt. And here he was in pajama pants and a dirty sweatshirt.

Thalia pushed past him with Jason at her tail.

Thalia went into the kitchen and opened the fridge. "Is your mom home?"

"No," Percy yawned, "She took Olivia out, why?" He sat down at the dining table.

"Just wanted to make sure I didn't disturb her," Thalia explained as she poured herself a tall glass of milk.

Percy glared at her, "But didn't mind disturbing me?"

"Hey, are these your mom's famous blue cookies?" Jason asked as he grabbed a couple of cookies from a plate. He sat down next to his cousin. Percy's eyes brightened as he grabbed a handful.

Thalia rolled her eyes.

"Dude, why are you in your pajamas it's like 3," Jason said in-between bites.

Percy ruffled his own hair, "Who knew babies cried all hours of the night. And it's not like I can just, you know, feed her like girls do. I have to go into the kitchen and warm a bottle of milk and—I'm just lucky I haven't had many exams yet."

Thalia laughed silently as she realized something. Annabeth had…milk in her ta-ta's. A grim expression crossed her face. Annabeth is dead now. She couldn't think about her. Thalia nodded, "Well, go get dressed."

"Why?"

"Because we're taking you out," Jason grinned. "And you'll have fun. We'll go to the amusement park then we can get Olivia and go out for linner."

"Linner?"

"Well, it won't quite be lunch or dinner by that time," Jason shrugged. "So linner. Kind of like brunch."

"Brunch is a thing, linner is not."

"Who cares," Thalia commented as she set down her now empty glass.

"But Olivia's only a month old. She's not really ready to go to a restaurant."

Thalia crossed her arms. "We'll figure something out. Now go take a shower. And don't hurry up because I kind of want to watch TV."

Percy stood up and shuffled towards his bedroom.

Jason stood up, "Wait, Thalia. We forgot the real reason we came over here."

"Oh yeah," Thalia said as she hopped onto the couch. "We'll tell him during…linner."

...

The ten of them (Percy, Thalia, Jason, Piper, Leo, Hazel, Frank, Nico, Bianca and Olivia), sat around a large table in a Japanese restaurant. Of course Hazel decided to be a good person and watch over Olivia during linner. It was only 4:30 so Percy couldn't really decide what it was.

"Aw, she's so cute," Piper sighed as Hazel passed Olivia to her. She glanced at Jason who looked at her and shrugged. Piper obviously was waiting for him to propose but Jason didn't get it.

"Okay," Thalia said. "Everyone shut up. We all know the real reason we're here."

Percy looked up with spaghetti in his mouth. "Huh?"

Thalia rolled her eyes. "Obviously you've made a full recovery."

"It's good to have you back, Perce," Frank grinned. Frank was a super nice, teddy-bear like, Chinese-Canadian teenager. And he was dating Hazel. At first Nico really didn't like Frank. That was his little sister. But he warmed up to him. That's how they met Frank. Hazel and Frank attended the same school and while Hazel was in the 9th grade and Frank was in 11th they had somehow managed to become friends. And now Hazel drags him everywhere.

Percy flashed a thumbs up and finished off the food in his mouth. "Wait, Thalia what're you talking about?"

Thalia stood up and leaned onto the table. "Percy?"

"Yes?"

"What's the date?"

"Um," Percy pulled out his phone. "May 4th.

Thalia reached into her back pocket and pulled out a letter. She rested a knee on her chair. "To the Olympian Family,

"You are formally invited to the 8thannual Olympian Family Reunion. It will be held in 2 months on July 4that the Olympian summer home in San Francisco, California. Please contact us if you don't know where that is located. As tradition, everyone in the extended Olympian family is invited. There will be food, entertainment and personal fireworks. And as expected, it will be hosted, by yours truly, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus Olympian.

Sincerely,

Hades, Zeus and Poseidon Olympian." Thalia smirked as she lowered the letter. "And you have to go."

Percy groaned and slumped back in his chair. "I hate family reunions," he pouted.

"They're not awful," Hazel protested. "It's where I met you guys."

"And that's great Hazel," Percy said. He shifted as Piper gave Olivia to him. He held her on his knee. "But all my dad wants do is push himself into my life. It's weird."

"It's weird for all of us, Percy," Nico said. "But you're an Olympian—Olivia is an Olympian. Get used to it. Some people won't like us because of who were related too and that's something that's going to happen. You have to act like an Olympian."

"And how does an Olympian act?"

Nico shrugged, "Like they'll step on anyone to get ahead."

Percy sighed as he began to put Olivia in her carrier. "I can try," he muttered. "But that doesn't mean I can do it."

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