Hello readers! This is the first chapter of the third Life as a Royal Demigod stories. This story focuses more on the kids of the characters rather than the original characters. I hope you enjoy this story. If you haven't read Life as a Royal Demigod or Life as a Royal Demigod in NYC, then I would strongly recommend it! Thanks and I don't own PJO!
The sun beams hit the corner of my desk. I was typing the some documents for the United Nations. I looked over at Duchess who was bathing in the sun. A lot has changed in the last six months. After Max and I went to Paris, we traveled all around the world. It was so much fun traveling even though I have been to all the places we saw. Max hadn't seen much of Europe so he was fascinated, like a child staring at the wonders of the world and being mesmerized by the large monuments. Speaking of children, we have a new addition to the family. That new addition is one month old Erik Maximus Rodriguez who was born on May 15th. Erik is Clarisse and Chris' son also my full nephew. Like Chris, he has tan skin and brown eyes with black hair. Clarisse has always been tough but I was amazed with how well she handled labor. I got the call from Chris at 2 in the morning. Max was already working at the hospital. I rushed over there and she seemed to be in little to no pain. She didn't even take an epidural. Max was the only obstetrician in the E.R. at the time. I now have two babies to spoil. Reyna is pregnant and so is Piper. By the time of my wedding, Reyna was a month along and Piper was about a week along. They're all staying at Camp Jupiter for the summer. I glanced at the clock, Max would be home any in minute. In just a few minutes he walked through the door.
"Hey beautiful what are you working on?" he asked giving me a kiss then looking at the computer.
"Translating some documents for the UN." I said.
"Are you all packed for the trip?" he asked walking back into the kitchen and pouring a glass of water.
"Yes I packed this morning." I said. All of our friends agreed to take a yacht down and back to Bermuda. Everyone except Connor and Sadria. Sadria is only a week away from her due date and opted to stay in Manhattan. She found out she was having twins but she doesn't know their genders. We joke around with her on what we think they will be. She said that if she could have two girls, then she would be so happy. She also said she would be ok with a boy and a girl. We asked here how she would react to having twin boys. She was so scared to think about that. She said if they are anything like their father and Uncle Travis, then they will be a handful. As for Max and I, we haven't decided when we want kids. I suggested a year but he said that he would want to wait until he has a stable schedule. We took a walk around Central Park. I've always loved this park. I know that there is a way to buy a piece of the park to build a home on.
"Couldn't you see us living here?" I asked him looking around the park.
"You mean in New York? Or did you mean Central Park?" he asked me.
"Well I was thinking Central Park." I said then looked at him. He had a puzzled look on his face.
"Are you joking?" he asked.
"No I'm not. We can buy a piece of land in Central Park, like the outside that's on th street and build a home." I said with a smile.
"Even though we have been married for six months, I'm still not used to the idea of spending so much money. When we first moved to New York, Clarisse and I lived in a small run-down apartment because that's all we could afford now you and I can afford to buy a piece of a park to build a house." He said.
"I think it would be perfect! It would have a gorgeous view, we can live in an actual house and we are in the middle of everything. We can go so many places just by walking. I think its perfect Max!"
"I would rather think about homes when we get closer to having a family." He said.
"Fine, I suppose that's fair enough." I said and he smiled then kissed my cheek. We walked back to the apartment and then finished packing. We spent the rest of the night watching tv and talking.
The next morning, we all met at the docks with our bags. We had a huge yacht for all of us. On the yacht, there were five bedrooms, one for each couple. We got on board and placed our bags in our rooms. Percy was going to navigate us all the way down to Bermuda. We were all above deck going out of the harbor. Clarisse was holding tiny little Erik in her arms while Kat was watching Ariel walk, yes walk around the deck. Annabeth is about eight months along. She carefully sat down in one of the benches. Her stomach was huge at this point and she smiled looking at both Erik and Ariel. We all sat around talking and relaxing to the ocean. Thalia and Nico were both nervous which wasn't suprising. Spencer didn't get nervous since he was married to the daughter of Poseidon and I have only been slightly scared of the water. I grew up on the Aegean Sea so this wasn't that bad. We all got changed into our swimsuits and bathed in the rays of the sun. Kat's phone rang and she placed Ariel on the ground and answered it.
"Hello." she said then kept nodding her head and smiling. "I'll tell them, ok bye." she said then ended the call.
"Who was that?" I asked her.
"That was Connor and he said Sadria just went into labor."
Sadria's POV
I was finishing up a dress when my contractions began. I tried to calm down but each one was worse than the one before. I yelled for Connor, who was watching baseball downstairs.
"Connor I need you!" I shouted. He came up the stairs and into my sewing room.
"Whats going on Sadra?" he asked.
"I think I might be going into labor." I said.
"I'll grab the bag, just wait here and I'll help you." he said then frantically ran around the brownstone looking for the bag then got in the car.
"Connor!" I yelled. He then ran back into the house.
"Sorry I forgot to help you!" he said. I never imagined him this nervous but he was. He grabbed my hand and then helped support my back as we walked downstairs and out to the car. He quickly locked the door then helped me into the car. Then we drove over to the hospital. The minute we walked into the hospital, my water broke. Connor ran over to the desk while I leaned against the desk in pain.
"Hi yeah my wife is in labor so can we get her into a room?" he asked her.
"Sir I'm going to need you to fill out this paperwork before we get her a room." she said.
"I will fill that shit out later! I just need a room for my wife because her water just broke and she is in a shit-load of pain." he said. A nurse came over with a wheelchair and helped me while Connor continued to argue with the receptionist. She took me to a room and got me ready for labor. I laid on the bed in agonizing pain.
"Honey can I get you anything?" Connor asked.
"Get my mother!" I screamed. After a while, my mom and Paul walked into the room. My mom walked over and brushed one of my curls out of my face.
"I know you're in pain honey but it will be ok." she said then kissed my forehead.
"Mom how did you deal with Kat and I?" I asked her.
"Well labor was very painful but when I went through the pain, I had two beautiful baby girls." she said and I smiled.
"Mom I'm so happy to have you here." I said which made her called Kat to tell everyone about me. After a long time, I finally was ready to get an epidural. At this point, I was in so much pain that no matter how I sat or stood, I couldn't get comfortable. The doctor came in with a shot and I grabbed Connor's hand.
"Just focus on me and not the pain." he said then I squeezed his hand while the shot was injected into my spine.
"Alright Sadria you should feel numbness in your lower body within a minute. I waited a minute and nothing happened. I waited for five minutes then it reached ten and I still felt all the pain.
"I still feel the pain and no numbness." I said.
"Well sometimes the epidural doesn't work on certain women." he said and I got a nervous feeling.
"What do you mean?" I asked in an irritated voice.
"The epidural isn't working and you will have to give birth naturally." he said. I turned to Connor with a panicked look.
"It will be fine. I'm here for you." he said then kissed my forehead. I leaned back against the bed in so much pain. After a couple of hours, the babies finally were coming. After many tears and squeezing Connor's hand, the babies were finally born. Connor and I didn't know the genders of the babies so we sat on the bed anxiously waiting for them to bring the babies over. A nurse walked over with a baby wrapped in a blue blanket with a blue hat.
"Congratulations on your baby boy. The other one will be over shortly." she said then handed me our little bundle of joy. He had blue eyes (for now) with light brown hair just like Connor. He even looked more like Connor. Then another nurse brought over a baby wrapped in pink.
"And here is your little girl." she said smiling. I placed our little girl in the other arm. She had bright blue eyes with curly red-orange hair just like mine.
"What should we name them?" Connor asked me.
"I really love the name Charlotte for our little girl. It's French and reminds me of Paris." I said.
"I think that's a beautiful name and for our little boy I like the name Duncan. What do you think?" he asked.
"I love that name, Duncan and Charlotte Stoll." I said and he smiled. My mom and Paul walked in as did Katie and Travis. Katie happens to be six months pregnant.
"They are so beautiful. What are their names?" My mom asked walking over.
"Our little boy is Duncan Travis Stoll and our little girl is Charlotte Katarina Stoll." I said.
"I like the boys middle name." Travis said.
"Those names are lovely." my mom said. After a long nine months, on June 17th, our two beautiful babies were born. My mom was right, it was extremely painful but well worth it in the end.
Carter's POV
We cruised along the water and finally reached Bermuda. We were staying in Bermuda for a day and a half. When we arrived, we all checked into the resort and got changed to go swimming. Clarisse and Chris stayed back to take care of Erik. We got into the water and Kat was bouncing Ariel in the water. Annabeth was practically a floating device with her huge belly. We swam around for a while then returned back to the resort. We gathered in Percy and Annabeth's room to Skype Sadria and Connor.
"Hey guys." Connor said answering the call.
"Hey!" we all said. Connor walked over to Sadria who was holding a pink and a blue blanket.
"You had a boy and a girl! How adorable!" I said.
"What are their names?" Kat asked.
"Duncan Travis Stoll and Charlotte Katarina Stoll." Sadria said.
"Those names are adorable!" Kat said. We talked with them for a while then hung up.
"Well lets go have dinner." I said.
The next evening, we changed it up. The girls were all going shopping then grabbing dinner while the guys went and did something.
"Remember Percy, no drinking." Annabeth said. Percy said he wouldn't drink while Annabeth is pregnant.
"I won't." he responded then walked out.
"I'll try to keep him in line." Max said.
We went shopping then got dinner. It was fun hanging out with the girls. We watched a movie while we waited for the guys to return. The movie finished and they still were gone. They returned but two things were wrong, Max and Percy were drunk., Percy stumbled throughout the room.
"Are you drunk?" Annabeth asked.
"Maybe." Percy said and laughed.
"Percy, you told me you wouldn't drink." Annabeth said.
"What are you my mom." he responded.
"NJo 'm your wife! I don't like being lied to Percy Jackson." she said.
"Hey beautiful." Max said then gave e a sloppy kiss.
"Have you been drinking too?" I asked him.
"Yes I have." he said then stumbled across the floor. I got mad at Max for lying to me. We got to the hotel rooms.
"Why were you thinking?" I asked him.
"Thjat you are so beautiful." he said then I rolled my eyes.
"Max you know how sensitive I am to alcohol." I said.
"Whatever, lets just party!" he said.
"Not going to happen. Now please get some sleep." I said to him.
The next morning we woke up and I could tell Max was having hangover symptoms. We got back on the boat towards home. I sat next to Annabeth to talk to her.
"So how did you deal with Percy?" I asked her.,
"I was so frustrated at him that I didn't speak one word to him." she said
"I can't believe they would do that." I said. The rest of the boat ride was uneventful day and a half. We got back to Manhattan and went to the apartment.
"Honey I'm sorry I got drunk last night. I just got carried away with my drinking and I won't do it again." he said.
"That's all I ask. So watching Erik and Ariel, does it give you more thought on when we should think about having children?" I asked him.
"I want to have a baby soon. When the time is right, we'll know." he said then gave me a kiss. We crawled into bed and he wrapped his arms around me. The more my friends have kids and I watch them become mothers, it makes me want a baby more than anything.
That's it for the first chapter. Not my favorite but the story has just started. As time progresses, the story will get better! Thanks everyone and thanks to my friend, I'm-too-outrageous-4u for giving me the Bermuda idea! Thanks and please review!