After The War (ON HOLD)

First Day of Married Life... and Loss

Note: What should Piper's child be named? Should I be a boy or a girl? I have some ideas, but if you have some, please comment! I am trying for 700 words in this chapter, so it will hopefully go long! Enjoy!

Annabeth's P.O.V

My first day of married life was off to a bad start. I woke up screaming loud enough to wake the dead. And Percy. There was a huge, hairy spider crawling up my leg. "Eeek! Get! It! OFFFF!!" 

"What is it, Wise Girl?" Percy asked.

"Spider!!!!" I screamed. 

"So? No big deal," I gasped. 

"NO BIG DEAL??????" 

"Yeh. Sheesh Annabeth, it's just a spider,"

"JUST A SPIDER???" I woke up for real, tears streaming down my face. Percy woke up too. 

"What's wrong?" He asked. 

"I had a terrible dream," I said and stopped crying.  

"Care to tell me about it?" he asked softly. 

"I woke up in the dream, and there was a spider on my leg. I yelled at you to get it off, and you said it was no big deal.  And just a spider. " I shivered. 

"You know I would never do that," Percy complained. "I know your fear of spiders." 

I nodded. I got up to shower and make breakfast. After I showered, I put on a camp tee and some jeans. I had started on the pancakes before Percy came down from his shower. He had on a camp tee and a green sweatshirt. He was wearing shorts. 

"Blue please," He said as I put down a plate of regular pancakes. I sighed.

 "Really?" I asked. 

"Yep. Thanks" I added blue food die to the batter. 

 "Eat up," I said, plopping a handful of blue pancakes on his plate. 

"I have to go. My job starts in an hour and I'm meeting Piper at camp in ten minutes." I said and left. 

Piper's P.O.V

"Ok. Guess what?" Piper asked Hazel and me. 

"What?" I asked. 

"Twins! A boy and a girl!" 

"Yey! Do you have any idea what you guys are going to name them?" I asked. Piper laughed. 

"Not mine! Clarisse's. She's thinking Charlie and Silena Rodriguez" I smirked. 

"Do you know yours yet?" Hazel asked. "Nah. We want it to be a surprise" Piper said. 

"Clarisse's due in July right?" I asked. 

"Yep. July 6th." 

"Ooh that's soon," I said. "Just a week and a half." Piper nodded. 

A week later

Piper's P.O.V

"You sure?" I asked for the second time. 

"Yes," came the muffled reply. I sighed and rushed over to the Jackson house. 

"Annabeth! C'mon! Clarisse wants us at the hospital!" I said, using my key.

"Really?" Annabeth asked, startled. 

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I shooed her out the door. 

We got in her car and drove to the hospital. 

"Clarisse Rodriguez," I told the nurse at the front desk. 

"Second-floor room 203," She said, and we raced up the stairs. We walked in. 

In Clarisse's arms was a small baby boy. I looked questioningly at Chris. He shook his head. 

"Annabeth," I hissed, but it was too late. 

"Where's the girl?" She asked. Clarisse cried.

 "It didn't make it," Chris said. Annabeth frowned and apologized. 

"I'm sorry for your loss," I told Chris. He smiled sadly. 

"This one's Charlie Luke Rodriguez," I grimaced. Almost everything I had heard about Luke was bad. Chris noticed my face and grinned. 

"Luke died a hero you know," He said, and I just shook my head. We left Clarisse and Chris with their lost girl and loved boy. 

We drove home in silence. Annabeth sighed. "This ruins my happy mood." 

"About??" I prompted. She smiled. "My own baby girl." 

 "Really?" I gasped. "How long?"

"A few months,"  She laughed. "I waited to tell you until I knew if it was a boy or a girl." 

"That's fine. So it's a girl huh? When's your due date?" 

"January 6th." 

"Oh! That's close to mine. January 10th" 

She smirked. "My baby will be older. Unless you have yours a few days early." 

 I smiled. "I don't care. I just hope he or she is healthy." 

I walked up the lane. 

"Jason!" I called. 

"What is it Pipes?" 

"Clarisse and Chris's baby girl died, but their son is perfectly healthy. Also, Annabeth's having a girl just a few days before us." He looked sad, then smiled as he heard about Percy and Annabeth's child. 

"I hope ours and theirs are healthy." I smiled. 

"Me too, Jason. Me too"