Between Sea and Sky -AAThanatos

Chapter 12: A new start

P/N: Found this pic. Love it.

Percy's POV

We decided to stay in New Rome since Jason and I both start school here in the fall, my father was apparently keeping tabs on this whole debacle. I wasn't sure if it was Jason, Chiron, or Tyson who was giving him the details. All I know is I got a short note of encouragement in our hotel suite and a large check, more money than I had ever seen in my name. That's when we decided to just find an apartment in the city.

A really awesome two bedroom apartment had opened up right in the middle of the town square, a little pricey but with Jason's money my money and our two new roommates that insisted on moving with us we could afford it. Will was going to UCLA in the fall which wasn't too far away from New Rome, well it didn't really matter how far away it was because Nico or Mrs.O'leary could travel him there. We brought her with us and she helps the legion train, stays with the elephant. We had the place set up in only two weeks. Both the rooms were massive with their own on suite bathrooms and a half bath in the living room. Nico cooked almost every night for us.

We decided to leave most of our things behind, I couldn't return yet. Couldn't sleep there in the place where it happened. Some of my personal items along with Jason's were sent by Pegasus. We got a king size bed with a scene of the ocean and sunset ablaze across the top. Both of us on our blanket. Jason was an amazing home maker, made everything fit in its proper place and really feel like ours. Little touches of pictures and installed a water fountain for me. Will got everything for the living room while Nico made the kitchen his. Our styles blended together seamlessly and it all just seemed so perfect.

Our only issue was how often we caught Nico and Will "christening" the house. Jason and I hadn't done that yet. I go in and out of my moods. Nico made me go to therapy twice a week, so I was getting better and hoped to change that soon. I was finally coming out of my funk from the trial. Sure we had our encounters in the hotel but I hadn't been up for it since, maybe it's because the DNA results wouldn't be taken until after she gave birth. They made an amendment that she wouldn't be executed until after the baby was born. I refused to go to the doctor check ups so they sent me written reports on the baby just In case it turns out to me mine. I still didn't know what I wanted to do about it if the baby was mine.

Maybe I was a bad person. I don't want to turn away my blood, but I also didn't want to have a constant reminder of my attacker around to give me a constant flashback of being raped. Jason has been supportive to the point of saying he will sign on to be the co-parent! That the child won't be Annabeth's and mine it would be ours. Seems a little fast... yet fully welcome. Jason was like that, fast and comfortable. As quick as our relationship started and evolved, I loved every second. Three months together and moving in together seemed so natural. Maybe parenthood would be too? Of course that's if it's actually mine.

Annabeth was still being held in the dungeons even with her condition. She was allowed to go see her father once, guard accompanied off course. Because she's pregnant he will be allowed to come for the birth. Mr. Chase wrote me a letter telling me that he doesn't condone his daughters actions, and that if I wasn't ready to be a father that he would take the child until I was... or if I never was. That he would send me pictures and updates and make sure the child doesn't hate me, that he would explain it logically with pure truth to the child when they were old enough. That their mother was put to death for rape, that their father was the victim of that crime. He was always such a logical man, no wonder Athena came after him.

Sitting at the dinner table we ate without Jason, he was helping Reyna with some training exercises with the legion. Nico and Will were so disgustingly in love even while they ate, feeding each-other off the others fork.

"You two need to get a room." They laughed and flicked some peas in my direction.

"Maybe you should be doing something in your room my dear. I know you two fucked at the hotel and you have been in treatment for a month now, time to get back on the horse" Nico said with a sassy flourish.