Chapter 4

Piper's POV

When I saw Annabeth and Percy walk in with Juli, my heart went into overdrive. We were all here. Now, sitting on a bumpy bus and going about two-hundred-miles-per-hour, I am losing my patience. Luckily, Annabeth stands up and yells at Leo, and he pulled into a rest stop.I stood up and stretched, then I grabbed Jason and Justin's hand. Travis picked Katie up and carried her all the way into the rest stop. Percy and Annabeth walked together slowly, arms around each other, heads on each other's shoulders. Frank and Hazel held Lily between them and swung her, and she giggled which was the sweetest sound. Rachel and Nico raced each other, and Leo stayed on the bus.

I took Justin into the bathrooms, where I saw Annabeth and Juli washing their hands.

"You can go , Annabeth, I'll watch her," I said.

"Thanks," she responded softly, and left.

Juli was humming a little song as I laid Justin on the baby changing station.

"You seem happy," I told her.

"I am! Mommy said that I am going to be a big sister for two siblings!" She held up three fingers. I almost dropped the wipes.

"Really?"

"Yep! I am going to be a good big sister and take them shopping for teeth!"

"Shopping for teeth?" I wasn't sure if I heard her correctly.

"Yeah! My top teeth are from Walmart, and my bottom teeth are from Target. Daddy told me so."

I nodded. "Are you going to get them from the same stores?"

"I don't know! But I got a Happy Meal at McDonald once, and it had a bunch of teeth! I kept them for my sister and brother." I stood Justin up and slid his pants up. "Where did you get yours, Justin?" Juli asks.

"K-mart! They had as many as all the grass!" I didn't understand that, but Juli nodded like she understood. She was about to respond, but I ushered them out to the hallway towards Annabeth.

"Mommy! Justin got his teeth from K-mart! They had as many as the grass!"

Annabeth looked at me for answers, but I just shrugged. Who understood kids?

We got back on the bus and Leo grinned from his newly plush and comfy drivers seat. I climbed all the way up, and my breath caught in my throat. Wow.

The bus seemed to have doubled inside, with plush couches and a fully stocked play area. It had bathrooms, a large table that would seat all of us, and a kitchen. Leo's area up by the driver's seat had to have at least a hundred buttons.

"Mr. Leo?" a little voice asked. Leo bent down to Juli's eye level.

"Is this magic?" She asked.

"Sort of, just...a lot of folding and eye tricks."

"Oh....and Mr.Leo?"

"Yeah, kiddo?"Juli planted a kiss on Leo's nose, and he broke into a grin.

"Thanks, fairy princess. Everybody else, welcome aboard to the Argo III!"

"It isn't a boat," Percy stated.

"Not now, no. Maybe later," Leo responded mischievously.

The all the adults sat on the couches and the kids started to play. Then, we all told what we had been through. I didn't realize how late it was until Hazel started snoring, and Katie and Annabeth appeared to be asleep on Travis and Percy's shoulders. The kids were lying in a nest of blankets together, Lily in between Juli and Justin.

"Oops! Beds upstairs, everyone. Rooms labeled and you all have your own bathrooms.

I carefully picked up Justin and then Jason and I made our way up the spiral staircase and found our room. We stripped off our clothes and climbed into bed, to exhausted to do anything else.

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