Percy and Annabeth-Their future

Oh Baby

"Mom, where are we going?" Sophia asked. She sat in the passenger seat of the car. It was her first time not sitting in the back; huge deal for an 11 year old. She was already 5 feet tall, and was still going to be growing for a couple more years. Much to my dismay, she might end up taller than me. 

"I told you back home! I'm dropping you at Aunt Thalia's, with Lena and Taylor, because Paige is going to watch you for the day. I'm dropping Rion and Luke at the pool because they have swimming camp. Then I'm going to Aunt Selena and Uncle Beckendorf's. Got it this time kiddo?" Sophia nodded, turning up the radio. The new Shakira song came on, and Taylor and Rion started singing like there was no tomorrow. 

"Soph, take a video of that, that is adorable!" But soon enough, we reached Thalia's. Paige helped the girls out of the car, and reasurred me that they'd be having 'no fun at all.' 

"We're going to have lots of fun!" Taylor argued. I laughed, thanking Paige, and smiling at Thalia. Nico waved, his face bright and cheery. 

"Hey Uncle Nico!" Luke put his window down and waved with so much enthusiasm that i had to tell him to slow down.:

"Hey Lukey!" Nico came over and ruffled his hair. It was 8:53. The boys had to be at camp at 9:10. 

Nico almost read my mind. 

"NIce seeing you!" He called. I rolled the window up and we drove away. 

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"Bye guys! Have fun!" I called, Rion and Luke smiling back at me. Their goggles had already left their faces slightly red-tinged around the eyes. They didn't care one bit.

"Bye Mommy!" Luke called. Rion shook his head. 

"See ya, Mom," Rion yelled. He'd decided that he'd have to stop calling me 'Mommy' to become a big kid. I laughed, waving goodbye one last time. Now for my real trip.

Selena had called me the night before, saying she had some extremely special news. I asked her to tell me then, but she'd refused, saying she wanted to see my reaction first. 

Selena and Beckendorf were doing pretty well. Beckendorf was an engineer, and worked right along side Leo. They'd opened up a business with a few other handy demigods, and were booming with business. Selena had become a design assistant, and on the side, a fashion blogger. Basicaly, she paid for herself; her pay was her clothes budget, and her pay was quite high considering. The two of them had moved to Boston, and lived in a cute industrial-style apartment, that was decorated to perfection. I would've expected them to have a baby already, because that was their plan, but they hadn't. They had been married for 2 years now, and I think they were enjoying the married life, no kids. 

Traffic into Boston was a bear. I should've taken the boat in, but it was raining, and i would've been soaked by the time I got there. I'd promised to be at Selena's by 10, and it was 9:45. I was only half way there. 

My phone rang, and clearly Selena had been listening to the radio.

"Annabeth?" I heard her voice on the other end, and it sounded extremely happy. 

"Hey Selena! Listen, traffic is a pain right now, but I'm on my way so-"

"Hey, don't worry about it! Just get here whenever. How's Percy?" I smiled at the thought of my gorgeous, loving husband.

"He's great. How's Beckendorf?" Selena giggled, the 16 year old girl inside of her showing thorugh.

"Oh, he's doing wonderful!" I raised my eyebrows, trying to decipher what that meant. 

"So this news... what is it, exactly?" I waited for Selena to tell me, but she was an expert at keeping her mouth shut about her own secrets. Not so much others, but her own... yes.