Ok, first off, this chapter can be skipped, it doesn't really have anything to do with the story, it's just an… interlude. Right, an interlude, the story will continue right after this chapter, I just wanted to wrap this part (because it's been killing me since I didn't really end the part well) up, so if you don't want to read this then you don't have to, but if you do, then, well, enjoy!

8 years and two months later…

Will let them into the cold, dingy hospital room.

The three young children were itching to see their mother for the first time since they'd arrived back from the past, two weeks ago.

And now, they'd been told that their mother had improved. A lot.

So, right there, in the middle of the dull and lifeless room sat the direct contrast, that was Percy di Angelo.

"My babies!" he said, holding out his arms as they jumped onto the bed.

Nico stood in the doorway holding Sebastian, "Kids!" he said, fighting the smile but not his worry, "Careful!"

"Dad, we're three hyper-active legacies," stated Alethia, matter-of-factly, "This is calm for us."

Yup. She definitely inherited Percy's sass.

Nico just shook his head, unable to stop the slight curve that formed on his lips as he walked towards them.

He deposited Sebastian into Percy's waiting arms and swooped in for a kiss.

"Ewww!" said the other three children in the room.

Percy and Nico laughed.

A bit of Percy's hair had grown back since the therapy which had ended around a month ago, making it look like he had a butch cut.

"So, you'll be out in a few," commented Nico.

"Yup! And then I can fix whatever you guys broke while I was away," Percy smirked.

"Hey! We didn't break anything! That you don't know of," he added as an afterthought.

Percy smiled.

"So, when'll you be out mom?" asked Jack.

"Well, Will said I should be ready to go by Monday, so I should be able to see you guys when you come home from school," smiled Percy, ruffling his son's hair.

"So," said Nico, "How did you guys find younger us's?"

"They were awesome!" said Amarilla.

"Momma got hurt a lot," said Alethia.

"Daddy was being a perv," Jack glared at Nico.

"Daddy's always a perv," said Percy, smiling at his son whilst Nico pouted.

"You two are mean. At least the girls have my back, right?"

when Alethia and Amarilla started whistling and refused to meet his eye his pout deepened.

"Oh come on!" he said, throwing his hands up in the air, "is anybody on my side today?"

Sebastian made grabby motions for Percy.

"Not you too!" said Nico.

"You know, there's always a seat left for you on team momma," smiled Percy.

Nico waited half a minute, and when no one snapped and joined his side he sighed, "Team Momma! Yay! But FYI, kids, I'm the one who changed your diapers, momma just kept whacking me till I got up."

"Nice one mom," said Amarilla, looking at Percy with pride in her eyes.

"Oh come on!" said Nico.

"Sorry Neeks, better luck next time," said Percy.

Nico sighed, "You may have won the battle, di Angelo, but you have yet to win the war."

"You do know that that could apply to you too, right? Or to anyone here, for the matter?"

Nico sighed.

"And the score is?" Amarilla whispered to her siblings.

"Momma two," smirked Alethia.

"And daddy none," smirked Jack.

"Well, we should be going," said Nico, stealing another kiss and the baby from Percy, as well as the three children, "these little munchkins still have school tomorrow, but we'll come back after for the weekend!"

"Bye!" Percy said, but as they were leaving, he motioned Jack to stay.

"And Jack, honey, I hope you remember the talk I had with you," he said.

"Yes, mom," Jack replied.

"And at any moment if you're ever nervous, or worried, or scared, I just want you to know that my door is always open."

"Thanks, mom," smiled the four year old, "but you'll make sure you and daddy aren't doing anything permanently scarring in there when it happens, right?"

Percy chuckled, "Of course, babe, now go on, and Nico, it's not polite to stalk people in the shadows," he directed the last part to the cluster of shadows by the door.

Nico un-melded himself with the shadows, chuckling, "Ok, ok, I'm sorry, see you tomorrow, love you!"

"Ditto!" Percy called, and the door slammed shut.

Percy turned on his side and found his way to the land of Morpheus…

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ok, ok. Umm, sorry if they seemed a bit OOC, but this is the first time I used future thems, so I wasn't really sure what their personalities would be. Now, I wish you all a goodnight as I hide from my best friend who wishes to pummel my arms (as she has attempted and chased me around school for several times today for) because I kept repeatedly beating her at tic tac toe, the handshake, not the American variant of X's and O's/ Noughts and crosses, the one that goes, 'tic tac toe give me a high, give me a low, give me a three in a row, Johnny got shot by a U.F.O'.

so, bye…

-httyd4eva

peace out yo;P