Percabeth

Shopping

Annabeth's POV

After we hitched a ride with the Gray Sisters Taxi Cab, we headed straight toward the nearest mall in NYC.

"How about this one?" I asked, holding up a pink onesie for the girl. Percy shook his head.

"How about this one?" Percy asked, pointing toward light blue onesies with a wave pattern on them. I rolled my eyes.

"How did I know you would want to get a onesie that has blue on it?" I giggled.

"Please?" Percy pleaded. I sighed.

"Fine," I agreed. "As long as we can get the one with pink owls on it."

"Deal." Percy grinned. The air began to shimmer next to Percy.

"Hey!" said Piper. "I heard you were shopping for baby clothing!"

"Yeah." Percy responded.

"And don't buy any maternity clothing without me! I want to do it with you."

"Ok," I agreed. "But do I really already have a pregnancy stomach?" Piper shrugged.

"Not really. You can only tell if you knew you were pregnant."

"I think you look beautiful." Percy butted in.

"You always think I look beautiful." I argued.

"Because you always do." Percy wrapped his arms around my stomach and kissed my cheek. Piper looked uncomfortable.

"Um I'll leave you guys to it." She said, slashing through the connection. Percy smiled.

"Where were we?" He asked playfully.

"In public." I nagged.

"Fine." Percy sighed.

"Come on," I said, pushing our cart toward the register. "Let's checkout."

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"Can you guys help with the groceries? Just put them in the room up those stairs." I called out.

"Coming!" Piper and Hazel responded. Jason and Frank trailed down after them and Leo and Calypso walked through the screen door with dirt covering their bodies.

"We have another room?" Leo asked. I nodded.

"It was here when Percy and I got home from Greece."

"Oh." Frank said, surprised.

"Did anyone know about this?" Hazel asked the group. They all shook their heads.

"Well," I said. "I guess we should go explore it."

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The staircase was wide but it twisted and turned, and it was hard for my pregnancy brain to keep track of all the steps so Percy carried me, which he didn't seem so opposed to.

"Are you sure I'm not too heavy?" I asked.

"I've held up the sky, wise girl and you're asking me if you're heavy?" I laughed.

"I guess so." I smiled. We entered the room, the other six carrying groceries behind us.

"Wow." Hazel said.

"I know right? This is one heck of a nursery." Leo exclaimed.

"Good," Piper said, taking a deep breath. "We'll need it for four babies."

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Okay, no more surprises...😏Maybe.

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