Heroes of Olympus Children

Leo & Calypso

A/N: Alright we're jumping forward in time a bit to when Inara's born. Also the picture for this chapter is of conjoined backyard.

Leo smiled down at a sleeping Inara. She's a quiet baby, only whining when she's hungry or tired. Other than that she's quiet, the exact opposite of her brother who would cry all night.

"Daddy?" a small voice says from below.

Leo looks down to his right side and sees a four year-old Alex beside him. "Yeah buddy?" Leo asks kneeling down to look his son in the eyes.

"What's in there?"

"That's your sister."

"I wanted a puppy." Alex says quietly. "But I guess a sister's okay too."

"Alex," Calypso says walking into the nursery. "Trenton and Jake want you to come outside and play with them."

"Okay." Alex rushes out the door and into the conjoined backyard.

Back when everyone had just begun to settle down Leo, Jason, Percy, and Frank had gone out looking for some houses nearby and found five houses next to each other with a large, connected backyard. So naturally they had to get them. The girls reactions were as expected; general annoyance.

"Come on," Calypso says, taking Leo's hand. "She'll be fine. The baby monitor's outside so we'll know when she wakes up."

"I'm just worried." Leo sighs. "I have a daughter. Oh gods, I'm gonna have a heart attack when she's a teenager."

Calypso laughs and shakes her head. "Well that can wait until she's actually a teenager. Until that day comes though, relax and take a deep breath. Everything will be fine."

Leo nodded and the two walked outside to see Piper holding a sleeping Isobell and the other watching the kids play. Calypso was right, he just needed to relax. After all, the kids were growing up far too fast. They needed to enjoy this while they could.