Chapter 20

Percy jumped into the rectangular pool in his backyard. He quickly resurfaced. Olivia laughed and slipped into the pool. She wore a two piece pink suit. It was Saturday and Percy specifically put time aside to spend time with his daughter. And then Percy heard the doorbell (OH MY GOD THE DOORBELL IN MY HOUSE RANG JUST AS I WROTE THIS).

Percy sighed and climbed out the pool. The funeral the Olivia had demanded for her bear started in a couple of hours so he wasn't expecting anyone for a while. He reached down for Olivia and wrapped a towel around her. As he walked through the house towards the front door he dropped Olivia on the couch in the living room. Wearing only swim trunks he opened the door. Percy's jaw dropped. "Dad!"

...

Annabeth swirled the milk into her coffee. She was in her hotel lobby for breakfast. The place was pretty well empty as most people come for breakfast earlier. She choose a table in a corner and sat down by herself. She opened up her laptop and powered it just as her phone buzzed in her pocket. She quickly pulled it out of her dark jeans and answered.

"Hello?" She shifted her weight and crossed her leg over the right one.

"Annabeth?"

"Yes mother?" Annabeth replied. She recognized her mother's voice anywhere.

"How are you?"

Annabeth made a suspicious even though she knew her mother couldn't see it. "Fine, how are you."

"I am well, thank you."

"So…why'd you call?"

...

Percy swallowed. "Um." He glanced down at his attire then back at his dad who was fully dressed in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt. "Come in."

He widened the door and his dad walked in. "Grandpa!" Percy heard Olivia yell. Percy closed the door behind him and followed him into the living room. Poseidon sat down beside Olivia.

Percy stood beside the couch.

"So," Poseidon said. "You've been swimming?"

"Clearly."

"You've already gone to the Olympics and won," Poseidon said. Both he and Percy have gold medals in a few different swimming Olympic events.

Percy frowned. "Is swimming for fun a crime now? I wasn't training. And even if I was, why is that bad?"

Poseidon shrugged, "You should be training anyways."

"Why?"

"Because you're that good, Percy," Poseidon replied.

"Did you come here to try to get me to enter a swimming competition?" Percy questioned.

"No."

"Well, then why are you here?"

...

"Oh, I don't know," Athena said through the phone.

Annabeth sighed. "Well, I have a lot of work to do."

"Wait, Annabeth."

Annabeth sighed and took a long sip of her coffee.

"What are you doing in New York right now?"

Annabeth logged into her laptop. "I'm working with a really great client right now."

"Oh?"

"Mhm. He's a part of the Olympian family."

The other side of the line went dead.

Annabeth frowned. "Hello? Mother?"

"Sorry, sorry," Athena said.

"Yeah, anyways, he's having me design a new branch for Canada," Annabeth continued.

"I used to be associated with the Olympian family," Athena said. "What's his name?"

Annabeth opened up Google Chrome. "Oh, Percy Jackson. Er, Percy Olympian. Do you know him?"

...

"For the funeral of course."

Percy glanced at Olivia who was nodding solemnly. "It's very sad, grandpa."

Poseidon nodded back.

"Is this a joke?" Percy asked.

Poseidon shrugged. "I knew Beary too."

"Oh my God." Percy sank into the loveseat.

Poseidon turned to Olivia. "So, what happened?"

Olivia stood up on the couch. "Grandpa, you wouldn't believe it! It was a battle."

Percy groaned loudly.

...

"I've heard of him," Athena said.

"Yeah," Annabeth nodded. "Did you know I've met him prior?"

She could hear her mother swallow. "Have you?"

"Yeah," Annabeth replied. "I met him 4 years ago at a fourth of July party."

Was that just a breath of relief she heard through the phone?

"Oh, that's nice Annabeth."

"How do you know him?" Annabeth typed his name into the google bar.

"Just…stuff."

Annabeth took another sip. "I just googled him," she announced.

She clicked on the first link.

"Anna—"

"He's won a couple of medals at the Olympics." She continued to read. "And his father has as well…"

"That's nice Annabeth," Athena said.

Annabeth exited the screen. "I should go now. Tell Bobby and Matthew I say hi."

"Alright. Bye Annabeth."

"Bye."

...

"Be quiet, daddy," Olivia said.

"Yeah, be quiet, Percy," Poseidon added.

Percy rolled his eyes.

"So, I walked into a room and Mrs. O' Leary and Beary are in a huge battle, but Beary was losing."

Percy put his head on the arm rest as Poseidon nodded.

"So I swooped in!" Olivia yelled, jumping off the couch. "The war went on and Beary had many wounds. I held Beary in my arms as he died." She climbed back onto the couch. "The battle had ended, Beary was dead."

Percy began to clap dramatically, bringing the attention to himself. "Thank you, Olivia."

Olivia gave a single nod.

Percy turned towards his dad. "I don't understand why you're so interested," Percy accused.

Poseidon held up his hand. "You'll understand when you're older."

Percy's jaw dropped and he stared at his father dumbfounded. "You did not actually say that."

"Any more questions before I go?" Poseidon held his keys in his hand.

"Um, yeah, so you came all the way to New York for this funeral because…"

"Well…I don't know. I had to pay my respects. Oh, and you know how the worst way to break up with someone is through a text?"

"This isn't a break-up, dad." Percy rolled his eyes as Poseidon waved him off. Percy sighed. "Just let yourself out, we need to get back to swimming before it gets cold."

Percy lifted Olivia up and onto his shoulders.

Poseieon got up and headed for the front door. "Will do. See you, Percy. Bye Olivia, see you at the funeral."

They both waved as Poseidon left through the front door.

Percy grinned and said to Olivia, "Wanna have some fun?"

To which Olivia cheered loudly.

Guys, does anyone know why it won't allow me to reply to all the reviews and only a few? Tried on my phone and Microsoft Surface. Also, this chapter was kinda lame, I'll probably update again later today.

Anyways, I put this in my notes to tell you. So, everyone knows Silena and Beck, right? Well, trigger warning. The original concept I had for them went like this: Silena and Beckendorf were walking down the street and there was this drunk driver and Silena wasn't watching and Beck pushed her out of the way and got hit by this car. He died. Then, Silena found out she was pregnant with Beck's children (she was having twins). But Silena got really depressed. And this was when she was like 8 months pregnant now. She called Annabeth and Annabeth was with Percy and Annabeth was really worried. So she got Percy to drive to Silena's house and they found Silena dead. They called paramedics who were able to save the two kids.

The end.

OMG guys, I cut it all out it was the most depressing thing. I even just toned it down just now. I didn't even want Beck to die so I just changed so no one dies. But seriously...do you think Silena, Beck, Bianca, Luke, etc. to die? I don't know, maybe not now. Bianca is one of my favs, I love her.

Also, BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, PLS READ:

I am leaving for vacation on Monday and there is no way I can update this story. Maybe that's why I've been updating a lot. But...do you guys think you can wait till I come back in September, or? I don't want to update this all now, there's still a lot of plot holes I have to fix. So...yeah.

Anyways, I will see you guys again later tonight.

PS. Do any of you guys wanna play cards against humanity with me?

Ok, sorry for this long A/N. Props to those of you who read it all.

Ok, bye.

Update: I have to put in the line breaks. Also, Olivia is four. I'm not sure what I did but some people were confused.