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Story: The Ocean's Son
AN: Last chapter, enjoy!
Chapter 20: Perfect
Manhattan – New York City – Two Years Later
Annabeth's POV
I sat in my hospital bed waiting for Percy to come in. Percy and I have been married for over a year now, and yesterday I had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl. These last two years have been the greatest of my life. I continued to work as the lead architect and owner of my own firm; Minerva Design, Inc. here in Manhattan. Poseidon created a second base of operations for the Neptune Foundation on Long Island, not far from camp. The new headquarters was on a Shelter Island, it faced out toward the Atlantic Ocean. It was a brand new facility, I was so proud of it because my firm designed it completely with help from seaweed brain, of course. Two new submarines were built for the foundation, the Trident II was Percy's ship here in New York, and its sister ship Aegis is the main research ship in California. Speaking of California, Tyson is in charge there, and he is doing a great job.
The door to my room opened, and in walked Ian and Thalia hand in hand. They were so cute together, and they've been going out for two years now. They were both in college; Ian would graduate in a few months, and Thalia would finish her climatology degree next year.
"How are you feeling Annie?" Thalia asked concerned.
"I'm fine Thals, I just want to see my babies." I said. They both smiled at me.
"Uncle Ian, I like the sound of that." Ian said proudly. Thalia and I both gave him an amused smile.
"You're such the proud uncle, and you haven't even seen them yet." Thalia quipped. Ian just pulled her close to him.
"You're just as excited as I am, Aunt Thalia." He said. Thalia gave him a surprised look as he raised his eyebrows suggestively. Thalia's face turned red making Ian and I laugh hard.
"You two are so mean." Thalia said. Ian kissed her on the cheek, her pouty face washed away as she gave him a big smile. The door to the room opened, and I sat up straight as my mom and Percy's dad walked in.
"Mom, Poseidon" I said surprised.
"Hello dear" Athena said.
"How's my favorite daughter?" Poseidon said. I blushed at the question. Poseidon just laughed at my embarrassment. My mom and Poseidon have been a couple for two years now. I couldn't believe it when they started going out, but they made each other so happy. I was proud that the two of them had put aside their rivalry, but now I was just glad that they had found happiness together. My mom is still a maiden goddess, but it's only a matter of time before Poseidon pops the question, and then she'll have to leave her maidenhood behind. Secretly, I knew she couldn't wait until that day.
"I feel good; I just want to see my babies." I said urgently. My mom walked over to me, and then she gave me a hug.
"Percy will be here soon with them." Athena said reassured me.
"Do they have names yet, I know they're a boy and a girl, but that's all that Percy would tell me." Poseidon said anxiously.
"Yes, the baby girl is named Alisa Sophia Jackson. Alisa means rational and Sophia means wise. The baby boy is named Dorian Sophus Jackson. Dorian means of the sea and Sophus means wise as you all know. We wanted to honor Sophus in both of our children's names as well as both our godly parents" I said.
"Sophus will be very proud that you gave them each his name. Both names are great, thank you for thinking of us." Poseidon said. Athena had her arm around Poseidon; she squeezed him tightly as she looked at me.
"I agree both children honor their grandparents, thank you dear." Athena said. The door opened as Paul and Sally walked in followed closely by my father Frederick and my stepmother Helen. Greetings were given all around; the room was starting to get full. Suddenly, the door pushed open revealing Percy with two bundles wrapped in blankets. Percy walked over carefully, and then he handed me the bundle wrapped in a blue blanket. I looked down into the face of my son, his eyes were as green as his father's, but his hair was as blonde as mine. I smiled as the little baby. He stared back at me, and his eyes were so deep that I couldn't help, but get lost in them. Thalia and Ian looked over my shoulder. Thalia cooed at the baby, which was completely shocking to me. Ian chuckled softly as he kissed Thalia on the cheek making her blush. I passed Dorian off to his aunt Thalia, and then around the room to all his grandparents.
Percy walked over, and then he handed me the small bundle in the pink blanket. I pulled back the blanket to reveal a beautiful baby girl. She had piercing grey eyes like mine, but her hair was jet black and messy like her father's. I smiled down at the little baby, she looked up at me, and I could tell that she was trying to figure me out.
"Hello Ali, I'm your mommy." I said as Percy looked over my shoulder. I passed Ali off to her aunt Thalia, and then she went around the room to visit her grandparents. After two hours of visits everyone had left. Percy was lying next to me in the hospital bed. I had Ali in my arms, and Percy held Dorian. These were our precious babies. I had a family now, and my long time dream was finally realized, I had made something permanent. I had a loving family of my own. I looked up into Percy's eyes as he stared down at me.
"This is perfect." I said. Percy gave me his crooked smile, I just laughed at his amusement.
"Correction, this is perfect and permanent." He said. He remembered my dream all those years ago. He remembered my greatest wish, and now it had come true.
"Thank you, seaweed brain." I said happily. Percy looked down into my eyes.
"What for?" He asked.
"Everything" I said. He gave me a his biggest and brightest smile as he reached down and kissed me softly.
"I love you wise girl." He said.
"I love you too." I said. I thought that these two years had been my happiest, and they were, but now I realized that my remaining years would be even better, thanks to my wonderful and perfect family.
AN: I know a short ending chapter, but I just wanted to give a little future peak. Will there be a sequel, I'm not sure. Same goes for Guardians of Light and Justice, I want to finish off the Fear the Night story and the Cybernetic Hero story, but my main reason for a sequel delay is the Champion of Olympus series. That series still has a few more stories to go. Many thanks to everyone who read and reviewed this story.