Of New Life

Chapter 6

I'm back with another chapter as promised. I'll try to have the next one up by tomorrow, but if not it will be up soon. Enjoy :) 

*Rights to Uncle Rick* 

Percy's POV:

Percy woke up to a sharp infant scream from down the hall. Next to him, Annabeth groaned and pushed her face into the pillow. She had been discharged after 3 days in the hospital and they had been home for 4 days, making the twins a week old. So far, they hadn't really left the house. Their friends had been so helpful to them. Calypso, Katie, Piper, and Hazel often rotated bringing them homemade meals. Calypso also brought Annabeth tea, saying it was good for postpartum (Annabeth didn't argue, Calypso had her own kids a millennia ago).

He could tell the baby crying was Silena. Percy sat up and looked at the clock, rubbing his eyes. It was only 2:43am. He sighed and got out of bed.

Next to him, Annabeth mumbled, "Thank you, Percy..."

"No problem, go back to sleep." she didn't protest.

Percy walked down to the nursery to see little Silena wailing to no end. Somehow, Luke was still asleep. He was the better one throughout the night. He walked over to her crib (made by Leo, part of it consisted of wood from the mast of the argo ll), and frowned when he saw her. Most of the time she would be wide awake with tears streaming down her grey eyes. But her eyes were closed.

Percy picked her up and rocked her back and forth hushing and whispering to her. Nothing worked. He took her back to his room, where Annabeth was now up from the still crying baby. She frowned too.

"What's wrong?" she asked groggily. Annabeth sat up and reached out for Silena. Percy placed her in Annabeth's arms, but she continued to cry.

"She hasn't stopped crying and she looks to still be asleep."

Annabeth looked for a second like she wanted to start crying too. "Poor thing. I think she's having a nightmare-"

"Babies can have nightmares?" He asked, sitting down next to her. Annabeth smirked at his ignorance.

"I don't know if all do, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a demigod thing. We will ask Chiron when we take them out tomorrow." Chiron and most of the other campers hadn't actually seen the baby yet. The plan was to show them off around camp tomorrow, and take them to see Sally and Paul the next day, as they aren't allowed inside camp.

Just then, Silena opened her eyes just then, and started to cry harder. She reached her little hands up to Percy, causing Annabeth to roll her eyes.

"Well," She stated. "You got your wish, she's a daddy's girl."

Percy smiled and gave a short chuckle. He reached over and took the little girl. Her cries slowed down, until she was just sniffling.

"Just keep her in here for tonight," Annabeth whispered. "She probably has separation anxiety too."

"Isn't that dangerous for the baby, to sleep with them I mean. I don't want to hurt her because one of us moved and ended up on top of her-"

"It'll be fine. Just sleep on your back and let her sleep on your chest, she'd like that anyways."

Percy held her close as he laid down. In her sleep, the baby curled up on his chest and snuggled into him. Percy's heart skipped a beat from it. Next to him, Annabeth curled into his side putting her head on his shoulder. All three of them were asleep in seconds.

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Annabeth's POV:

Annabeth woke up again at about 8:00 to the sunlight streaming through her window. Surprisingly, the babies slept through the rest of the night. Either that or Percy played hero and dealt with it so she could sleep. Big shock, her husband wasn't in bed. She sat up, stretched, and went downstairs to get her morning coffee.