Just to preface this chapter with I am going with the common trope of Hephaestus kids have found a way to let demigods use technology now without it being dangerous. I just find this the easiest way to explain it while keeping it within the context of the world. Anyway I hope ya enjoy this chapter! Also a little bit of M stuff in here no smut just referencing to something smutty.

Annabeth's POV

I opened mine and Percy's apartment door and lightly yelled out a "Hello?". Hmm odd, it's 6 and Percy had said he would be home by now from his group project. I took my phone out to check to see if Percy had texted me and saw that he had while I was walking home from Bailey's.

"Hey Wise Girl sorry I'll be late Mike didn't show up so it was just me and Lily tonight. I'll be home by 645 at latest. I love you!"

My blood started to boil a little, Lily was a daughter of Demeter and had befriended Percy last year when they were in the same class. She was a short brunette with a small body and bright green eyes, you could say she was pretty if it wasn't for her overly flirtatious personality that didn't care if the person she was flirting with had a significant other. She would constantly flirt with Percy even when we would all hang out in a group. Percy of course being a guy didn't see it as clearly and rarely would stop it unless it was overly obvious what she was doing but even then he would just laugh it off as a joke. He told me several times he saw her as just a friend and one of the guys since she became a part of his marine biology study friend group. If her being a part of that group wasn't bad enough she would also occasionally fuck Bailey anytime the guy she was seeing pissed her off. She would try to flirt with me too sometimes and even drunkenly offered a threesome or even a foursome, with Bailey in mind, on more than one occasion.

After calming myself down and taking a deep breath I texted back thanking him for the update and letting him know that he better keep her at a safe distance. I added a "lol" between that and the "I love you too" and sent it. I flopped onto our bed and tried not to get any more anxious. Figuring I needed another person's point of view I called Piper. She picked up and had gotten a "what's up Ann-" before I blurted out that I was pregnant and spilled everything to her from the tests to Percy being late working with Lily.

"Okay. Slow down. You're freaking out because you are feeling like you don't have control and you do." She started off with, I rolled my eyes annoyed with her using her psychology degree on me to calm me down.

"Okay."

"Okay. Now first, I've told you that you shouldn't listen to Bailey about anything but sex advice, trashy stories and architectural shit. Second, Percy will absolutely want to keep the kid because you know Percy loves children and wants kids with you and I know you do too. Finally, it is absolutely up to you at the end of the day on whether you keep it or not but you need to talk to Percy about it first." She said, in a bossy but motherly way. I knew she was right and that I should listen to her.

"Okay…you didn't say anything about Lily…" I meekly said as if I was just a child that got scolded.

"Annabeth, Percy loves YOU. Yes, he's a guy and has a hard time telling when someone is flirting with him. Also I'll say it, he's an attractive guy in looks and personality so he probably does get flirted with a lot, but he had eyes for you only and you know that. Lily is just trying to get under your skin and make you feel insecure and undermine your relationship. I've told you before that she is not someone to worry about with Percy. Percy is so in love with you he doesn't even register her as a girl, you probably have to worry about him and Grover before you worry about another girl." She said, chuckling a little at the end.

"Thanks Pipes, I needed that."

"You're welcome, now go take a shower or bath or something to calm down more while you wait for Percy and then tell him that you are growing a little sea monster." She told me, I could hear the smile through the phone and couldn't help but crack a small one too.

"Okay, I'll tell you how it goes tomorrow. Bye." I said and hung up the phone.

The time read 6:12 PM, I decided that I had time to run a bath and try to relax before Percy got home. As I lowered myself into the warm bath I let out a loud sigh. I grabbed my phone and laid back in the water and turned on a podcast before setting my phone down and closing my eyes. Losing track of time and fighting the urge to fall asleep I realized that the podcast was almost over and it was about a 45 minute podcast. I grabbed my phone and saw that it was now 7 PM. I jumped out of the bath and grabbed a towel before storming out of the bathroom.

"Percy? Are you home?" I yelled out, wondering if I had fallen asleep and just not heard him enter. No response. I started getting worried and getting a pit in my stomach. I walked over to our room and started throwing on sweats to go down to the library and see what was going on. I then heard the door unlock and open with Percy yelling out.

"I'm home, Wise Girl!"

I stomped out of the room and saw him coming from the kitchen. Before yelling at him, I didn't know why I was feeling so angry or what was going on at all I just started yelling.

"Where the fuck have you been?"

He stared at me shocked and confused. He started to say Wise Girl but I cut him off.

"You told me you'd be home at 6 and then at 6:45! It's 7:05! What the fuck was taking you and Lily so long?" I continued now getting even more mad because of his confused look.

"Wise-"

"No! I told you Percy that I don't like her flirtiness with you and I've accepted that she is going to be a part of our friend group but if it takes you an extra hour to work on a project that was already worked on then I have a right to be suspicious!" I continued, pacing back and forth in front of our bedroom door. He had kept trying to interject with "Baby" and "Wise Girl" but I didn't let him.

"Annabeth!" he snapped, raising his voice slightly and now with a look of annoyance and anger. I stopped in my place and looked at him, Percy rarely raised his voice at me so hearing him do so always snaps me back to reality.

"I texted you after I left the library that I was going to stop by and get us some pizza. Did you not see it?" he asked, his voice settling back down to normal.

I lifted my hand up and opened my phone, there was one text notification buried under a bunch of random email and app notifications that had popped up while I was taking a bath. I looked up at him with tears in my eyes because I immediately felt a wave of guilt and sadness because of what I had just done.

I walked over to him and hugged him burying my face into his chest before looking up at him.

"I'm sorry…I- I just…I don't know…I just have been stressed today and I'm tired and…I'm sorry I took it out on you." I said, holding his face now and giving him a kiss.

"It's okay, Wise Girl. I'm sorry I raised my voice. I just was getting tired of being talked over and I am tired too. I know how you feel about Lily and I promise you like I always do I will tell you if she does anything inappropriate. She's been really good about not flirting with me since I talked to her after my birthday. She was telling me some about this new guy she's been seeing and how this might become something serious." He said softly and wiped my tears away with his thumbs. I let out a snort of disbelief but he ignored it and gave me a kiss back.

We then went and got some pizza that he had brought home and sat down on the couch to eat and watch a movie. I thought of when I should tell Percy about the pregnancy but the little fight we had made me nervous about telling him and made me think that maybe I should wait until after finals when things were less stressful. By the time the movie was over and we were full and tired, Percy decided to take a shower before bed so I cleaned up the trash from dinner. After he had gotten out and dressed for bed we laid down and cuddled before drifting off to sleep.

I shot up from bed sweating and panting. The nightmares have gotten easier to manage and lessened over the years but still happen especially when I'm stressed. Thankfully I don't scream and kick anymore but I do wake up clenching the sheets with sweat dripping down my forehead. I looked over at Percy and reminded myself of the easy calming mechanic my therapist had taught me for when I had nightmares. As I calmed myself down I couldn't help but smile at how Percy slept curled up facing me with drool dripping from his mouth. I leaned over to kiss him on the forehead and saw his phone light up. Normally I wouldn't snoop on his phone but something in me told me to. I reached over and picked up the phone, I unlocked the screen and a message from Lily had popped up.

heyyy so do u think we could try adding bailey next time, i know she was going to try and convince annabeth to join in but you know how prude she can be…anyway bailey said shed be down if youre ok with doing it at your place this time she knows that annabeth has to work on her project on wednesday ;P

My stomach churned into a giant knot, this had to be a joke or something. I scrolled up and saw a picture of her bare chest with cum on them sent from Percy. I almost threw up on the spot, I looked over at Percy with tears in my eyes trying to find a way to justify this. I put his phone down and grabbed mine. I took a picture of the texts and then rushed out of the bedroom to call Bailey.

"Hey, what are you doing so late?" she answered, clearly and zoned in on some homework or something.

"Look what I just sent you and tell me she is lying." I whispered.

"Hold on lemme look." There was then a long pause before she continued. "Look…I was going to tell you today but then you told me about the baby and…I'm sorry Annabeth-" I hung up the phone. No no no, this could not be happening. I stared at Percy and then at his phone, I knew if I woke him he would deny it and try and explain it but there wasn't anything to explain. I sat down and wrote him a note saying I hope he enjoyed Lily and Bailey and that I never want to see him again and if he tries to contact me he will regret it. I put it down on his phone and packed what I could as quietly and quickly as possible. As I walked out our bedroom I looked down at Percy one last time with tears rolling down my cheeks.