Handling a Baby [Percabeth fanfic]

Prologue

Prologue

"I'm pregnant!" Annabeth shouted excitedly in the pavilion. I dropped my pizza. Everyone looked at her.

"Awesome!" I smiled. We now had a ton of preparations to get ready. I was so startled. I had to let this sink in.

"I'll help with the house," Leo offered.

"House?" asked Annabeth.

"Of course. You have to have a house with your Percypoo," Leo replied. I glared at him. What the heck? Annabeth twisted her wedding ring.

"Sure," Annabeth said.

"It should be right beside mine," Travis said. Katie and him held hands. Katie was five months pregnant with their eighth kid. They already had seven and that was crazy. Their kids sat right beside them. They kept bugging Travis.

"I'll make you the best house. I'll draw the plans right now," Leo said. He took out a piece of paper and a pencil. He started stretching for about thirty seconds. He then held it up for me to see. The house was pretty good with three stories, completed with a swimming pool and training arena. I was speechless.

"Wow," I managed to say.

Annabeth cleared her throat. "Oh my gods. I love it, Leo!" She ran over to him and gave him a hug.

"I'm soaking this in," he joked. Calypso nudged him pretty hard. "I'm just joking." He held up his hands in surrender. Annabeth then came back and sat down beside me. Chiron cleared his throat and everyone looked at him.

"This is news!" he said. He then sighed. "I guess you can get a house. You can stay in the Big House for however long it will take. With Leo, I'm thinking you can move in your house in about a week."

"Whoa, whoa! A masterpiece doesn't take a week," Leo said. He was being very dramatic today. "I need a few months at least. It'll be amazing!! Ol' daddy will be proud."

"Ok.... Thanks, Leo," I said. I dismissed myself from the table and went to the woods to walk around.

I kept shake my head. Wow. I had a lot to soak in. I couldn't believe it. Annabeth was going to have a child! There were so many things to do: The name, crib and supplies, clothes, house, and baby shower. There was more than that! I finally ended my walk in the woods and settled down in the Poseidon cabin. I just couldn't stray from it. I decided to Iris message Tyson and Poseidon.

I did the procedure and Tyson's image appeared. He looked started when he saw I was there. "What's up, brother?" he asked me.

"I have news. Can you go get dad?" I asked him.

"Sure!" He scrambled and I waited for a little bit. I finally saw Poseidon. He smiled when he saw me.

"Hello, Percy," he said majestic-like. "What brings you to call me?"

"I have big news, very big news," I replied.

Tyson couldn't wait. "What is it, Percy?"

I hesitated. "Annabeth is pregnant!" I finally stated. Poseidon put his hand to his mouth. I could tell he was startled.

"Wow. Athena must know immediately. I think Zeus would like to know also." Poseidon paused. He sighed. "I'm so proud of you, Percy. Tell me all the details when I come to visit you." He winked and left. Tyson's eye was still wide.

"I'm going to be an uncle!" he squealed with delight.

"Yep."

I then heard a gruff voice. Tyson frowned. "I have to go, brother. Farewell." The image then dissolved into mist. I walked out of the Poseidon cabin. Annabeth was waiting. I grabbed hands with her and we walked.

***

8 months later, Annabeth's stomach was huge. The house was almost completely done but still had work to do on it. Leo had been working on it almost every day. He also insisted to furnish it. So, that would take a while. Annabeth and I were eating lunch when Leo came up to us with a grin.

Behind his back was a mahogany crib. It was beautiful and delicate. Annabeth gasped. I knew she loved it.

"I love it so much!" she praised. "Thank you!" Annabeth tried to get up to hug Leo for the fifty millionth time, but I held her down because she had to use so much of her effort to get up. Leo grinned.

"I'm not gonna steal your lady, but she's da bomb." Instead, Leo bent down to lightly hug her and dusted his hands off. He pulled up a chair and ate with us.

"You have no idea how much we appreciate you," Annabeth said.

"Aw. It's nothing," Leo replied.

"No. It's huge a huge favor. We thank you so much," I added. Leo finished his sandwich and went back to work. Annabeth's baby shower was also today. All the guys were going to hang out at Travis' house, probably playing poker or something. The girls were of course going to go to Annabeth's baby shower. I wondered how much useless things she was going to get.

At 3:15, Annabeth was already for her party and went outside. Travis' 'party' was at 5:30 so I had time to do whatever. Poseidon had already visited us twice and Athena only once because I still think she despised me after I married her beloved one of a kind daughter. I then crawl into the bed and took a nap. I had been doing that lately because things had been so stressful...

I woke up and moaned. I didn't want to get up. I looked at the clock and I sat up, startled. I had missed my alarm. It was 6! I quickly brushed my hair and ran to Travis' house. They all looked at me and laughed.

"Hey, Percy," Jason said. He bro-hugged me and I did that to others too. A lot of the guys said congrats. We then settled down to some poker. Travis apparently smuggled some Coke into his house. I opened one and drank. It was so good. They had also ordered pizza.

After a few hours, I had won 100 dollars and I had to leave. Annabeth was probably done by now. I said goodbye to them and headed out the door.

Annabeth and I talked for a little, and then I went to sleep.

***

Two weeks later, during the middle of the night, I heard Annabeth gasping. I only could hear her manage two words, "It's time."