Amphy trilogy Book 2: Annabeth's pregnancy

Hera is the cause

I was still trying to cope with the idea that Annabeth had my future daughters or sons living in her stomach. Annabeth had started putting on maternity clothes, and she had to be switched to a special diet by her doctor. She started experiencing mood swings which is not good because she had a sword and a knife. She took more and more naps on the couch. It was also a week after the due date and Annabeth was ticked at what had happened to her stomach-it was bloated-and since it was incredibly hot she was getting more and more sick in the mornings. She nearly killed me a couple of times. Sweat was coming off her like she was a triathlete rain cloud. I decided to take her to the Bahamas. She just looked at me like I was crazy, but she agreed. So we got into my baby blue jeep. I started driving down the interstate while Annabeth dozed in the back. As we drove nearer and nearer to the equator Annabeth looked less and less like a hurricane that had just ran marathon. I knew she wasn't asleep. She was just too angry to talk to me.

I decided to find out why was she so angry at me for this, "Hey Annie?"

she growled, "what?"

I continued, "I was just wondering why you don't want to have kids? Just tell me honestly. This is the right place and time, right?"

Annabeth sighed. "It's because I just don't feel like having kids. I'd rather follow what I want to do. I feel like I'm not ready to be mother, and I'm afraid I'll be like my dad. But I really want to have these kids."

I simply smiled, "so, you want to get some lunch. We can stop in Philadelphia at that really good noodle stand at our old college."

She kissed me. We stopped for noodles. Then I got a glance of why Annabeth past her due date. Hera was shaking her head disapprovingly, and it wasn't at me, it was at Annabeth.

We started driving again. I started speeding up. The faster we got away from Hera's relative influence the better. I said a silent prayer to God for Annabeth's protection from Hera. We were running low on gas(due to us speeding down the interstate). I pulled into a 76. I put the pump into the gas tank selected the fastest amount it could fill our tank.

Annabeth saw, "what's the rush?"

"you know, just want to get to the Atlantis hotel."

"I saw Hera you know. But I can feel my curse lifting, Percy."

I was able to drive relaxed. Soon we reached the ferry that would take us off through the Caribbean and to the Bahamas. Annabeth just sat their perfectly relaxed. I could tell, by her constantly gripping her large stomach, that her curse was lifting.

We sat there playing a few rounds of Magic: the Gathering. Annabeth was literally, a world champion, and I was a total noob. Annabeth occasionally had to answer calls to Rachel about their architecture firm, they were starting to form before Annabeth got pregnant. She still frowned and looked at her stomach, then to me and said "I'm sorry I can't be there", then we would resume our game. I'm guessing she still wasn't over this new kid.

Or that's what I figured, before she said, "Do you think it's going to be both boys or both girls?"

I said that I was hoping for both boys.

"I just feel somehow that it's going to be a girl and a boy," Annabeth said with confidence.

I looked at her, "how do you know?"

just then we reached the port. We reached the Atlantis hotel at about 10:20 pm. We got up to our room and Annabeth fell right on the bed and went to sleep. But somehow, I couldn't. There was an uneasy chill in the air like something was waiting for me to leave Annabeth's side. I put her head on my lap and drew the riptide.