Percy's P.O.V
I had woken up to pounding on my chest. Little fists causing tiny earthquakes. Athakis does like to wake us up every morning like this. When I opened one eye and saw my little girl I was surprised. .
"Good morning sweetie. This sure is a surprise." I half whispered.
"Hi Daddy!" Emilii responded in definitely not a whisper.
"C'mon you don't want to wake mommy. Let's go in the living room." I picked her up and set her down. Very stealthily, I slipped out of bed and led Emilii into the living room away from her mother.
"Daddy, I'm hungry."
I started to panic. I wasn't a great cook and it looked as if we were fresh out of cereal.
"Um....."
"You don't know how to cook, do you daddy?"
I laughed. "No baby girl but I do know how to wake mommy up without making her mad, so you wait here and I'll go get her. What do you want to eat princess?"
"Yuck. Princesses are stupid. But I want pancakes!" She said. I chuckled and kissed her forehead. I briskly walked into our room to a sleeping Nat. I slid right next to her and gently brushed the side of her face.
"Baby, wake up." I kissed her cheek as she stirred.
"Morning."
She leaned in to kiss me but I pushed her away.
"There's a ravenous toddler waiting for the best mommy in the world to make her pancakes."
"You couldn't do it?" Her tone was angry but she was still asleep so it was far less scary than she intended.
"Do you want our children to die?"
She shook her head and slowly got up out of bed and left the room to start breakfast. Athakis was in his room playing with his action figures when I walked in.
"Hey buddy!" He looked up and grinned
"Hey daddy. Come pway with me." I didn't see a reason why I couldn't so I sat down on the carpeted floor, crossed my legs and picked up an action figure with him. I had actually gotten sucked into the plot and began having fun when we both caught a whiff of the pancakes cooking in the kitchen. We both ran into the kitchen afterwards, the toys left abandoned in the now vacated room. Emilii was sitting at the island with her plate ready for the next hot pancake to be deposited there.
Athakis took a seat next to her and they hugged. I smiled.
"Athakis, I think it's time to get a haircut." Nat said.
"No mommy. I don't want to." He clutched his scalp
"You don't have to cut it all off, just get it trimmed. It's too long sweetie."
"Does Emilii have to get a haircut?" He asked.
"No, because mommy does her hair."
Emilii poked her tongue out at him and smirked.
"Can daddy do my hair then?" Athakis said.
"Sure buddy. I'll trim it for you."
"Then I want daddy to braid my hair today!" Emilii squealed.
"Is Wanda coming over today?" I asked Nat.
"Yeah. The whole team actually, well minus Scott he has other things to do."
"But that means that you guys got to bathe." I said
"Yay!" Athakis said
"I don't like getting my hair wet." Emilii whined
