Tales Of A Demigod {A Collection Of Stories} (PJO & HOO Related)

Our Baby

Bryan and I had decided to know the gender of our baby. It was the 18th week. We had gone to get the gender tested and the next day Rachel would pick up the gender. Today, was the gender reveal party. It was just Rachel, Ronny, Bryan, Sam, James, and I. I spun my dagger, that was how I was going to pop the balloon. Bryan grabbed the back of my hand, so we could pop it together. Sam had his arms wrapped around Rachel's waist, she had told him she was pregnant and he proposed to her a week later. They decided to keep the gender a surprise.

Pop

Pink, and Blue confetti came out of the balloon, "Rachel, What?" I stare at her, "You're having twins!" Rachel assures me. I bring my hands to my mouth, Bryan put his hands on my slightly swollen stomach. "Oh my gods." I whispered, James came over to give me a hug, pulling away with a big smile, "Looks like you'll need two names, maybe one could be James." He smirked. I rolled my eyes, "Definitely not." He looked down sadly, "But you could be the Godfather." I whispered quietly, He looked up at me, shocked, "But, Mel, why would you..." I ruffled his hair slightly, "You're my best friend besides Bryan. How could I not." He grins, giving me a bear hug. I looked back at Bryan, "We need to figure out baby names after this." I whisper to him quietly, he nods. Rachel brings out a cake with half blue frosting and half pink frosting. It said, 'Twins' written in pretty cursive handwriting Tw in blue and ins in pink. I was happy. So happy. Everyone left after about an hour, James stayed in the extra bedroom, since he wanted to be around during the rest of my pregnancy. He was the twin's godfather after all. But all three of us came up with names, two names for girls, two names for boys. 

Bryan's Girl Names + Boy Names

Amy                              Aaron

Emma                           Ryan

Mel's Girl Names + Boy Names

Elizabeth            Christopher

Ava                        Noah

James' Girl Names + Boy Names

Jessica                 Andrew

Savannah            Logan

I looked at the names written in our handwriting. I looked up at Bryan, and James, "We all need to pick our two favorite baby names besides our own that we chose."  I wrote down the names on a separate piece of paper, ready to put tally marks into the categories for each name. I looked at Bryan, "Which names?" He smiles, "I'm picking Elizabeth and Logan." I scratched down the tallies. "James?" He nods, "Elizabeth and Noah." I nod, "I'm picking Emma and Logan." I stare down at the piece of paper I had just scratched the tallies onto with my pen.  "So. The girls name will be Elizabeth, Lizzy or Beth for short; and Logan." Bryan stared at the sheet of paper, "Beth and Logan. Those will be my children's names.." I smiled softly at him, "We can pick middle names in the morning." I give James a hug goodnight, heading to the bedroom along with Bryan, 

'Beth and Logan Martyr. My children. Our Children. '

That night I dreamed what my children will look like, will Logan have mine or Bryan's eyes? Will Beth have the shared brown of Bryan's hair? Or will she have my mother's blond hair? Will she have my eyes? Will she be cursed to look like me? Questions flooded through my mind, will they be hunted by monsters, just as Bryan and I have all our lives? Will they have the powers of Pluto or Poseidon? Will they have powers? I woke up, sitting up quickly, letting out a sob. Bryan sat up. "Mel whats wrong?" I buried my face into his chest, "I'm overthinking what'll happen to the children when they're born." He stroked my hair, "It's okay. I have been too. They'll be fine." I nod, tears still streaming down my face, 

'How does Rachel deal with this?! Doesn't she have the same fears?!'

I fell asleep in Bryan's arms, waking up the next morning and running to the bathroom to throw up. 

'Morning Sickness, great.'

Bryan leaned in the door, "Mel. You okay?" "Yeah!" I looked up at him crossly, "I'm okay because I'm throwing up!" He walked into the door, holding my hair back from the toilet. "Sorry, that was a dumb question." I threw up again, my throat burning, I groaned. Done with my puking. Bryan kissed my forehead, "Go shower." He walked out the door, I heard him yell, "James don't go in Mine and Mel's bathroom!" I heard a loud sigh, "Is Mel okay?" "Morning Sickness, she just needs to clean up." I closed the door, locking it and undressed, stepping into the shower and turning it on. As shower thoughts burst into my head, 

'What if Logan and Beth did have powers, will they have only my powers, or only Bryan's powers?'  I sighed. 'Shadow traveling children would be a nightmare. But so would children that could flood the apartment. Oh gods help Bryan and I.' 

I stared down at my swollen stomach. They were my blood, I had to remember that. They would end up fine, like me. Was I fine? I facepalmed, wincing as I hit my forehead too hard. "Stupid!" I washed my hair, scrubbing my body of yesterdays dirt. As I stepped out I noticed fresh clothes on the sink, "Who came into the bathroom?" I yelled, "Bryan did!" James yelled back, "I just picked the lock for him!" I groaned, "James what the hell!" "Hey! It was Bryan's Idea!" I rolled my eyes, getting dressed. The shirt being tighter than I remembered.  I rolled my eyes, 'I'm pregnant you idiot!' said the voice in the back of my head. I walked out of the bathroom, Bryan stopped me right outside the door, "I have middle names that I think you'll like." I nodded, "Okay, and..." He sighed, smiling lightly, "For Beth, Lillian. And for Logan, Aaron." I ran the names through my head. "Elizabeth Lillian Martyr, and Logan Aaron Martyr." I smiled, hugging him lightly, "I love them. Did you tell James?" He nodded, "He understood, he did get to pick Logan's name." I kissed Bryan's nose, walking into the bedroom to text Rachel, sitting on the bed. 

M: Hey Rach?

R:  Yeah Mel?

M:  Elizabeth Lillian Martyr.

R:   ...

M:   Logan Aaron Martyr

R:    Are those...

M:  Yup!

R:   EEEEEE BABY NAMES!!!!

M: Don't tell Ronny and Sam. I want it to be a surprise for them.

R: My Lips are sealed.

M: What's your little person's name going to be?

R: If they're a girl. Melissa Chloe Hill

M: AW they're going to be named after me?!

R: No it's my grandma's name. LOL

M: Awe :P

R: If they're a boy, Jacob Benjamin Hill.

M: Cute!  Can I tul?

R: Sure! Tul

I stared out the window parallel to the bed. 'This all seems like a dream... A really weird dream.'