Mortals Meet Percabeth

Brianna Flint

I took a deep breath, preparing myself for chaos. My ebony black hair tickled my neck, as I rested my knuckled on the door of the beautiful Greek styled house. I purse my chapped lips. I was about to babysit for the Jackson kids. I'd babysat for their cousins, the Graces, before, but according to Mrs. Grace, these 4 were troublemakers far more than her three kids, Adley, Ryder, and Axel.

I knocked lightly on the door and chaos erupted from inside. The barks of a dog echoed and I flinched, my heart pounding.

"Bob!"cries out a woman  from inside the house. She swings the door open, and hurriedly rushes me inside, holding the collar of a bullmastiff.

"I'm so sorry about Bob. He's a little rough." The woman, I assume is Annabeth Jackson,  pets the large, but still adorable bull mastiff. She blows a blonde curl out of her eye. She's wearing a grey dress that is cropped at her knees.

"No, it's fine. He's so handsome," I smile widely.

"Brianna, I assume?" Mrs. Jackson lets go of Bob's collar, and he bounds away.

"Yes, Mrs. Jackson," I shake her hand. She smiles, her grey eyes studying me. She pulls away walks over to the edge of the wondrous staircase.

"Cayden, Wyatt! Sophia, Marissa! Babysitter's here!" Mrs. Jackson calls.

"Coming, Mom!" one kid cries out. Annabeth smiles. She says something under her breath and turns towards me.

"So emergency numbers are in the kitchen. Tell them to be careful, do their homework, and no pool. Ummm what else? I'm sorry this is the first time anyone has stayed with the kids who isn't considered family so I'm a little on edge," Mrs. Jackson rambles. I smile knowingly.

"Oh, Percy and I will be home around 11." The pitter patter of footsteps fill the room and one by one 4 kids file downstairs.

"There you are! Brianna, meet Cayden, Wyatt, Sophia and Marissa." Cayden, the oldest at about twelve, smiles, snapping away at a piece of gum. Wyatt, looks to be about 9, and has book at his side. Sophia and Marissa are adorably whispering to each other. They look to be 7 years old.

"We're missing a child," Annabeth says,  tapping her chin as if she's thinking.

"DAD!!" all the kids yell out at once. I chuckle. Annabeth laughs, crouching down.

"We'll be back by eleven okay? Be careful. You know Aunt Thalia's number in case anything happens to us. Cayden, if it does-"

"Mom," Cayden stops her. "We're fine. You guys are strong. You're fine. Nothing will happen." The other three kids look at their brother and mom quizzically I bite my lip, confused and nervous.  (Cayden is the only one who knows about the demigod stuff. It's a story for a different fanfic)

"I know, Cayden," she kisses his cheek. She wraps her arms around the kids as Mr. Jackson comes down the stairs, rolling up the sleeves of his button up shirt.

"How come I'm missing out on a group hug?" Mr. Jackson chuckles. He wraps his arms around the kids as well. Annabeth stands up to watch her husband tickle and hug their kids. She sighs happily and turns to me.

"We'll get out of your hair, Brianna. Again, we'll be back by eleven. Also, we have a cat around here somewhere. He's more of a loner. His name is Damasen," she says. She reaches behind me to grab a coat and purse from behind me.

"Numbers on fridge, do homework, no pool, cat, dog, back by eleven," I rattle off. Annabeth smiles lightly.

"Yep, you got it."

"Percy!" she calls out. Percy kissed Marissa's curls and stands up next to his wife. He grabs his coat from behind her, and kisses her cheek.

"Let's go , wise girl." He smirks. Annabeth smiles, and seems to become a young teenager. She opens the door.

"Bye kids!! Love you!!! Race you to the car, seaweed brain!" she says, all in one breath, before racing out the door. Mr. Jackson stands shocked, before racing out after her, yelling, "LOVE YOU KIDS!!!" I chuckle and close the door. I turn to the kids. Cayden, runs a hand through his blonde. Wyatt adjusts his glasses. The girls whisper to each other, Marissa's black curls unruly unlike Sophia's blonde groomed curls. Then they all disperse screaming and laughing. I hear distinct barks and meows. This is going to be a long night.

Hi everyone! I'm back with a really bad chapter that I think you'll all hate because I made Bob and Damasen Percabeth's pets!! So yeah! I'm finally taking this book off hold! Also I want to start writing another Percy Jackson fan fiction so if you have any suggestions please comment them!! Also the fact that this has 17k reads blows my mind! Love u all!

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