THE JOY OF BABYSITTING
"Good morning Everyone, this is your commander speaking! All aboard the ARGO II" Leo spoke in the megaphone that he had managed to borrow from Coach Hedge.
Leo, Calypso, Jason, Piper, Josh, Jessy, Nico, and Will were all on their way to Camp Jupiter. They were coming to visit Hazel who had just given birth to a baby boy. Annabeth, Percy and their daughter couldn't come because Annabeth was also eight months pregnant. Nico wanted to just shadow travel to Camp Jupiter, but Will didn't like that idea, so he was stuck on the boat. A bigger, slower form of transportation, If he had shadow traveled he would've been there by now. 'His significant annoyance really was annoying sometimes' Nico thought to himself. He didn't realize he was already starring out into the distance if Jason's daughter hadn't poked his shoulder with a doll.
"Uncle Nico, will you please play dolls with me?" she asked
"I don't play with dolls"
"But Uncle Will said you used to play with dolls" she pouted
"They weren't dolls! They were mythomagic figurines!" he explained while looking around for Will "Where is everybody?
"Uncle Leo and Auntie Cal are steering the boat, Mommy and Daddy are helping Josh go potty" she told him
"Have you seen Will?" he asked her and she shook her head her blonde hair flying in the process
"Uncle Will said you'd play dolls with me if I asked nicely" She said pouting and giving him the puppy dog eyes. Nico bit back a curse, Will was always trying to get him to spend time with the kids. Sure, Nico loved them and they were adorable and everything. But, Nico just wasn't good with kids, he and Will had helped babysit a few times, but Will was always there whenever Nico didn't know what to do. Taking care of kids has always reminded Nico when Bianca used to take care of him.
"Please, Uncle Nico" she pleaded sniffing
'Oh no' he thought
This scene somehow reminded Nico when he was younger and begged Bianca to play mythomagic with him.
"Okay. I'll play dolls with you" he told her
"Yey!" she screamed jumping up and down her blonde hair flying everywhere, she showed him two dolls "This is Rapunzel, and this is Flynn Rider!"
Nico knew that she was talking about Tangled. It was the twins fifth birthday party Last week, March 27th, and Jessy was dressed as Rapunzel from Tangled, while Josh was dressed as a blond superman. The party decorations were Tangled meets Superman, and Nico wondered how Piper had managed to pull it off. Jessy was telling him about Rapunzel and Flynn Rider and how they would live happily ever after when she suddenly stared at Nico
"Why do you always wear black?" she asked
"I like black"
"You should wear pink, pink is pretty" she said as she combed her dolls hair
"I don't want to be pretty" he told her
This little girl loved pink so much, but today Piper had managed to dress her up in something that wasn't entirely pink. Jessy was dressed in a small Camp Jupiter T-shirt, a denim skirt, and pink shoes. If she didn't have anything that was pink in her outfit she would've thrown a tantrum. It also doesn't
help that Piper's charmspeak doesn't always work on her own daughter. The little girl kept looking at him, and Nico was afraid that she'd charmspeak him to wearing something that was Pink. It was a good thing that her brother came running towards them holding a toy sword that Leo had given the little guy.
"Uncle Nico can you make skeletons appear again?" the little boy asked
"NO!" his sister screamed backing away from them
Nico laughed remembering the last time he and Will had babysat the kids. He made a few child skeletons appear to play sword fighting with Josh and dancing with Jessy. Jessy was so scared that she had called 911 telling the officers that there were dancing skeletons in the living room. Thank the gods of Olympus that Will had managed to snatch the phone away from her, and that the officers did not believe what the girl was saying.
"Please Uncle Nico" the little boy begged "The skeletons were fun"
"NO!" his sister screamed "Daddy!"
Yes, it would be much better if you went to your daddy, Nico thought then he would get some peace and quiet. But he also didn't want to disappoint little Josh who looking at him with his big blue eyes.
"How about I teach you how to play mythomagic instead?" he asked the two. Josh smiled and nodded at the idea but his sister wasn't that excited
"You get to play with doll's" he told her
"Okay" she smiled at Nico
Nico and the kids had spent the entire trip playing mythomagic Nico didn't even realize that they were already in Camp Jupiter if Piper hadn't called them.
"Thanks for watching them, Nico" Piper told him as she carried an already yawning Jessy
"We played with dolls mommy" Jessy told Piper
"They're figurines" Josh corrected his sister before he was carried by Jason
"TIME TO MEET THE BABY ZHANG!" Leo screamed in the megaphone which startled Jessy who dropped her Rapunzel doll
"LEO!" Calypso scolded him picking up the doll and giving it back to the little girl
"Sorry" he apologized coming over to look at the twins "Time to meet the baby Zhang" he whispered to them this time
'Time to meet the baby Zhang indeed, now Nico had a nephew to babysit' he thought
"Are you excited to meet the little guy?" Will asked him
Nico didn't have to think twice with his answer "Yeah. I am." he said smiling as he looked at the twins who were already sleeping in their parent's arms
"Uncle Frank turned to a baby!" Jessy screamed when she woke up and saw the little Zhang
The little guy looked so much like Frank, that the kids thought he was Frank. Everyone couldn't help but laugh at the twins reaction to the little guy. Josh was already telling Jason how he wanted to play sword-fighting with the little guy. Nico looked over at the three children and smiled. Maybe Wil was right, Nico thought, maybe they should start thinking about adopting a baby.
Hi everyone! How do you like this chapter? Do you like it? Love it? Or do you think it needs more improvement? Tell me in a review! I'm also thinking of changing the summary for this story.
xoxo, chinfev1203
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