Granddaughter of the Seas (4)

➰Book 1 of the Michelle Trilogy➰

Chapter (4)

Nana Sally

Michelle Jackson's POV

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I woke up, to the sound of music blasting in my eardrums.

Who the f*ck plays music this loud?!

Oh right, my annoying brothers do. I got up, instantly noticing I was on a couch. A light blue couch. In front of me, was a glass coffee table and on either side of the rectangular table, there were la-z-boys, aka recliner chairs. The walls were painted a dark yet light blue and I had a clue to where I was, but once a certain duo jumped on me, barking excitedly, and began licking my face, I knew I was finally in Manhattan, New York.

Manny the Maltese, and York the Yorkie excitedly barked at me as I smiled hugely. I'm almost 100% positive that they were an alarm, signaling my awakening to the rest of my family. I mean, Nana Sally has trained her dogs to do almost anything, thanks to having offspring with a sea god.

"Oh my baby has finally woken up!" I heard my Nana Sally exclaim. Instantly, the little attention I had trained on the Dynamic Duo of Dogs, reverted to my Nana Sally. If my smile could've gotten any bigger, I'd probably look like The Joker off of the Batman movies/comics/ TV shows. Which I definitely enjoyed.

"Nana Sally!" I greeted, instantly wrapping my arms around her petite frame. I towered over her by a good inch, seeing as she was a little old already. She had graying hairs, a warm smile, and a small stature, but for a woman in her 60s, she looked great.

"Oh look at you baby girl, you're so tall. You easily tower over my 5 and a half foot self" she replied, half surprised, half amazed I suppose. I hardly grew thanks to the Hispanic genes I inherited from my mother, who was exchanging "goodmorning"s with my Papaw Blofis.

"Ha-ha-ha, I finally hit my growth spurt!" I exclaimed happily.

"And you got even more beautiful since the last time I saw you"

"Well...good genes clearly run in the Jackson Family" said Uncle Percy, and I ran into his arms. As he walked though the white, front door.

"Uncle Percy! Ohmygoshimissedyousomuch! Where's Aunt Annabeth?" I asked, just as my brothers arrived from down the hall. They must've slept in my Uncle Percy's old room and left me on the couch. Ugh, such gentlemen.

"Aunt Annabeth is here!" I heard a kind voice reply as my Uncle Percy loosened his hug. Instantly, I abandoned Uncle Perc, blame my ADHD, not me, and ran towards my Aunt Annabeth just as Percy made his way to the living room, only a few strides away, to greet everyone.

All four of my brothers hugged, well more like surrounded, my Uncle Percy while I wrapped my arms around my Aunt Annabeth and squeezed. She had gotten back to her usual self. She had lost a few pounds after the birth of the twins I suppose.

"Hey darling, don't break me" she warned playfully, and I laughed.

"Sorry i just missed you guys so freaking much" I replied, and soon she hugged me back. But after only a few seconds, I was pulled off, and embraced (more like bear hugged) by a certain 20-year-old idiot in tinfoil.

"Tobias!" I screeched, feeling as if my bones were about to break. Quickly, the black haired, gray eyed, childish dummy let me go.

"Sorry squirt, I missed just missed ya" he replied, pinching my cheeks and that's how I knew my Aunt had rubbed off on him.

"Yeah, yeah old man" I retorted, using the silver streak in his hair to my advantage.

"Hey! Seth! What's up bro?" He said, instantly forgetting me thanks to his ADHD. Demigods will be demigods. But I mean, I can't blame him. I have ADHD too and it's just so hard to stay in one topic. Like this one time, in English, the teacher was-

"Chelle!" Yelled a special 7-year-old replica of my Aunt Annabeth, pronouncing my nickname like "Shell". Ironic, I know. With her blonde hair in pigtails and sea-green eyes wide and containing excitement, she ran towards me, giving me a toothy grin. She was missing her two front teeth, but her smile was still radiant.

"Sage!" I yelled back, my matching eyes widening at the speed she was coming in and at the joy of finally seeing her after so long. She tackled me in a hug that sent me crashing backwards. I dissented calling for help, but I knew I was a goner once the triplets join in.

Callum, Lilly, and Theo joined in the dog pile, yelling my nickname as I giggled at their excited faces. I sat up, encasing them in a group hug, before I shooed them off so that I could greet the rest of my cousins.

"Alvie!" I shouted, making sure I could be heard over the loud voices of the Jackson Family. Instantly, the 12 year old, sweet, shy, autistic boy looked over at me. His gray eyes were assessing me, as if contemplating on whether he should get out of his shell or stay safety inside. Unluckily for him, I was always the one to get him out of his shell.

"Well? Are you gonna hug me or am I just gonna stand here all day?" I asked, and his face broke into a small smile as he walked over to me and gave me a squeeze.

"I missed ya cuz" he said and I smiled brightly, he rarely ever talks.

"Ha-ha, I missed you too Alvster" I replied, using my personal nickname for him.

"Ooh, guess what? I got you a gift!" I began, my ADHD finally being on my side as I slipped off a ring from my middle finger. Good thing Alvie had lady-like hands. I placed the ring, one Alvie had been wanting for a while, in his palm as he stared at it.

"I got it for you, as a thank-you gift for letting me borrow your books and everything and for just being there for me when...it...happened" I explained as he looked at the ring that took me so long to find.

"Chelles, I-I can't take this. It's too much" he said tentatively, so I just tapped my temple and nodded my head, giving him permission to delve into my memories. I, being a very good host, showed him the memory of how I got that ring, of how I had to disintegrate all those Greek monsters to get him that ring.

'I got it just for you, and if you don't accept it, it'll break my heart Al' I told him through my thoughts, and he simply nodded and placed the ring on his middle finger. He smiled as he hugged me once more, muttering a quiet "thanks".

And that's when I saw her, a stranger with long, curly, raven hair, and bright blue eyes. The other thing I noticed, was that she had on an engagement ring and her stomach was pregnant-round. Not fat-round. I knew the difference, it was pounded into my head after many mistakes with my Aunt Annabeth.

But hey, it's not my fault her and Uncle Perc have a very...active life.

"Soooo...who got this pretty lady knocked up? My bets on Tobias!" I said, and that's finally when all my family members looked my way. Tobias and the girl, whom he still hasn't introduced me to, had pink cheeks. Tobias casually walked up to whatever her name is, and wrapped an arm around her. She looked decent enough, not like the play toys (girls) Max dates or dated.

"Uh, Chelles, this is Sophia. Sophia, this is my cousin-"

"Correction: amazing-super-awesome-warrior-supreme-and-ruler-of-all, cousin; Michelle. 'Sup Soph. I hope my cousin hasn't driven you crazy yet" I said with a cheeky smile, my sea green eyes awaiting her response to my weirdness.

"Hey Michelle, and believe me, he has. If I was sane, I wouldn't be marrying him" she replied jokingly, showing me her engagement ring. I laughed at that, instantly approving of her while Tobias wore a look of sadness. Big baby.

"Toby, quite being such a baby. She was kidding you goofball" I said, instantly watching his childishly sad expression turn happy again.

"Gosh you can be so dense my idiot in tinfoil" she replied, kissing his cheek.

"Hey! That's what I call him! Oh my gods I love her already!" I said, legitimately happy about my cousins choice in a wife.

"So...where's my aunt-"

"Louisa has arrived!" Said a certain, 40-year woman (who looked like she was in her 30s). Easily, she could've been my sister. With our dark (almost blue) hair, sea-green eyes, and matching personalities, we were a force to reckon with. Gods know our family hated it when she and I set our minds to something.

"Ohmygods Aunt Lou!" I yelled, dashing towards her at top speed.

"Hey! My favorite little munchkin!" She said, hugging me as tightly as I was hugging her. And then that's when I noticed the bundle in my Uncle Leo's arms.

Holy Hephaestus.

"Oooh it's an ickle bubba!" I said, referring to the small boy and not even bothering to say "hi" to my uncle Leo. The littlie, was at least 4 years old, but was small and slightly on the scrawny side, just like my Uncle Leo, but this lil fella made scrawny look cute.

"What's his name? What's his name?!" I asked excitedly, noticing he had a mess of curly brown hair, but his eyes were hidden from me thanks to his eye lids. Elise and her twin-like sister, Alokia, were standing behind Lou and Leo, so I squeezed past them and hugged the pair, dismissing the ickle bubba...for now.

"Alokia! Elise! I missed you guys so much!" I said, squeezing them I a hug.

"We missed you too Chelles, oh, and you HAVE to come over. We gotta take you to this new archery range, it's beautiful!" Said Elise and I quickly nodded as they went to greet the rest of the family. I'm pretty sure Alokia was on the shy side, seeing as she simply nodded.

"So, Uncle Leo, what's this little ankle biters name?" I asked, just as the little boy opened his seeing orbs, showing me his beautiful emerald eyes that glistened like Greek fire with mischief.

"This, is Charlie. Charlie, say hi to your cousin, the lame one: Michelle" said Uncle Leo as he set the little boy down. I didn't even say anything about his little lie, I kneeled down and sat on my feet as the little boy rubbed the sleep from his eyes and yawned.

"Hi" he said brightly yet tiredly, and I cooed an 'awe' at his adorable-ness. Then, the beautiful little squirt hugged me and I picked him up.

"Pwetty" he said, playing with my dark hair.

"Awe thank you, you handsome little munchkin" I praised. I closed the front door before sitting on the nearby couch and bouncing the little boy on my legs as he giggled. I made funny faces that he copied, but then I remembered something, well, more like someone.

"Hey, guys!" I said loudly, getting everyone's attention. They all looked at me, grins on their faces as I began speaking again, "Where's Max?" I asked, and then the grins turned to grimaces.

Oops. Was it something I said?

I waited for them to say something, but once they got ready to speak, the front door flew open, and in walked a 16 year old with ebony hair and droopy gray eyes.

"Heeyyyy cuzz" he said, looking at me with his dilated gray pupils.

Max.

Was.

Drunk.

What the hell?! Or to better phrase it: What in the name of Hades was going on?!

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Ok so:

Louisa Valdez,

Charlie Valdez,

Tobias Jackson,

Sophia (Soon-To-Be-Jackson),

Max Jackson,

Alvie Jackson,

Sage Jackson,

Callum Jackson,

Lilly Jackson, and

Theo Jackson all belong to ArtemisApollo97 NOT ME!

And this chapter is kinda short, but it's mostly just a filler. I dunno.

So what'd you think?

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Thanks for reading, and stay tuned, after chapter 6, things get crazy and stuff. Lol

btw: WEast: yes this is THE Michelle Weather-Seasons from the story i co-wrote with Moonshroom420 : Frostbittem summer ?

-Elle