That Friday, Percy and Annabeth brought Carly home for the very first time.
"Welcome home Carly." Percy said to his sleeping daughter, who was fast asleep in mommy's arms.
Hung above the mantle was a huge banner that read, WELCOME HOME CARLY!
"Time for a tour." Annabeth said leading her daughter down the hall.
"And that's mommy's office, remember, the stuff that is in there are not toys." Annabeth said as they walked next door to the nursery.
"And finally, the last stop of the tour is your nursery. Remember, it's right across the hall if from mommy and daddy's room, so if you need us, just cry." Percy said as Annabeth gently placed their daughter into her new crib.
"I can't believe we're parents now." Annabeth said with a smile as they sat down in the family room.
"And to think, when we first met, we couldn't stand each other, and now we're raising a daughter." Percy said.
Suddenly, there was a buzz.
"What's up?" Percy asked into the speaker.
"Please tell Ms. Chase her family is here." The doorman said
"Send them up." Percy said.
"Will do."
When the elevator opened and Annabeth's parents and stepbrothers piled out.
"Dad." Annabeth said, running up to hug her father.
"Hello beautiful, now where's my granddaughter?' Mr. Chase asked his daughter, hugging her back.
"Right here." Percy said, coming out from the nursery, where he was changing Carly's diaper.
"Oh, she's beautiful." Annabeth's stepmom said, rushing to take her granddaughter from Percy's arms.
"Thanks. Mom says she looks just like me when I was her age." Annabeth said.
"She's right." Her father said.
Percy smiled right as the elevator dinged and Frank, Hazel, Nico and Reyna exited out of it.
"What are you guys doing here?" Percy asked, pleasantly surprised to see them.
"You didn't think we'd wait till the summer to come and visit my new little cousin did you?" Nico asked with a grin.
Annabeth smiled as she got her hugs from them.
"So, how are things at Camp Jupiter?" Percy asked as Hazel took Carly in her arms.
"Pretty quiet, that's why we decided to come out here." Nico said as he put his arm around Reyna and kissed her cheek.
"So are you 2 dating now?" Percy asked, since they had been hanging a lot more often since the giant war.
Reyna smiled and said "Yes, it took Nico a few years to work up the courage to ask me out, but now that we are, I've never been happier."
Nico smiled at his girlfriend.
"Nico's been a lot happier too, in fact, he finally decided to stay at Camp Jupiter full time to be with me and Reyna." Hazel said.
"Glad things are working out for you cuz." Percy said.
"Thanks, so anyway, back to your little angel. Are you having a baby naming or anything?" Nico asked
"Oh, that reminds me. Yes we are having a baby naming and actually, Frank and Hazel, we were hoping you guys would be Carly's godparents." Annabeth said.
"We'd be honored." Hazel said and Frank nodded.
The baby naming.
They had decided to have a small service in their apartment. Percy and Annabeth stood in front of everyone with Carly in Percy's arms.
Sitting in front of them was Sally, Paul, Annabeth's family, Poseidon and for some reason Amphitrite, Athena, Tyson, Ella, Malcolm, the rest of the Athena cabin, Frank, Hazel, Jason, Piper, Leo, Calypso, Nico, Reyna, Thalia, Rachel, Grover and Juniper. Since Nico was sitting at the end of the aisle, Mrs. O' Leary (who I forgot shadow traveled between camp and the Jackson's apartment), sat at his feet. Standing up with Percy and his family was Aphrodite.
"Welcome everyone. Today, we are here to celebrate the baby naming of the daughter of Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase." Aphrodite began.
After she went through all the basics, she asked "What name have you given your child?"
"Carly Silena, Zoë Jackson." Percy said.
"Will the 2 people you have chosen to be Carly's godparents come forward." Aphrodite asked
Frank and Hazel rose and walked up to them.
"Do you Frank Zhang and Hazel Levesque accept custody of Carly if gods forbid something were to happen to her parents?" Aphrodite asked
"We do." Frank and Hazel said in unison.
After Aphrodite said a few more things, the ceremony was over.
Sorry for the wait, but the next chapter will be interesting. It'll be Carly's first Summer at Camp.