I'm rewriting the triplets' story- they're all having one each. This one is Lilly's one.

Apologies for not updating as often as I usually do this week, but it's been a long week. And for not replying to PMs- I'll get round to those tomorrow, hopefully! :D

Sage had grown up, for the last four years, in a house full of brothers. For members of the typical male species, they were alright, often funny or nice to talk to or beat at Monopoly, but they were also very annoying. Which, according to Tobias, was a big brother's job.

This had Sage wondering. If a big brother's job was to be annoying, what was a big sister's job?

She had asked her father, who had laughed and ruffled her hair in that endearingly irritating fashion of his. Her brothers were much too like their father- Tobias in particular- so it was no use trying to get a straight answer from him.

It was every use prying an answer from her mother though. Annabeth was very smart, being a daughter of Athena. Sage proudly took after her mother, having learnt to read days after her second birthday.

"What's a big sister's job, Mammy?"

"A big sister's job?" Annabeth repeated, smiling. Sage nodded, awkwardly clambering up onto the sofa next to her mother. "Well, it's whatever you make of it. Why?"

"Because Tobias said annoying us is his big brother job." Sage paused, mulling over her next words. Annabeth was pregnant with triplets, a few months along from what Sage could work out. "I don't know what to make of being a big sister. How'd you do it?"

"Any way you like, Sage."

"I don't have to be annoying, do I?"

"Not if you don't want to." Sage shook her head and her mother's smile brightened. "Good girl." Sage crossed her legs and watched her mother imploringly. "Big sisters aren't irritating like big brothers, as far as I know. I've always imagined big sisters to be someone to talk to who understands and will help."

"Will I get a sister or will there be more boys?"

"We'll find out later." Annabeth laughed softly, shifting slightly to get comfortable. Sage recalled that Annabeth had a baby scan that afternoon and, as long as her eldest two brothers behaved, they could all go and sit in the room to see what the triplets would be.

Sage awaited this scan in heavy suspense. Her parents had struggled to decide keeping these three babies a surprise and finding out what they were, but Sage had pleaded with them to find out- she had to prepare herself if more brothers were on the way. Older or younger, they would surely be aggravating.

After bullying Tobias and Max into behaving, Sage got to sit eagerly at the foot of Annabeth's hospital bed. Her brothers were sat to the side of the room in uncomfortable plastic chairs. Percy was keeping a wary eye on them from his wife's side. His excitement was evident and rather infectious. Sage, even more than before, could not wait to discover her unborn younger siblings' genders.

The midwife arrived and organised the scan, Annabeth uttering a grumbled complaint of the coldness of the gel. On the screen, a blurry collection of baby silhouettes materialised, one of them seeming to wave vaguely at them.

"All perfectly healthy," The midwife assured. "Do you want to know what they are?" Percy and Annabeth nodded eagerly, their four children mimicking. The midwife was quiet for a moment, announcing, "Two boys and one girl!"

"Yes!" Sage beamed. Two brothers, OK, she would have to handle that. But she was getting a sister! That made everything worthwhile.

Sorry it's so short, but it's all I've got for the mo :P