Hey guys! Soo sorry for not updating sooner, but my parents surprised us with a three-week trip to my grandfather's house. And he lives in the middle of nowhere with no cell service or wifi, so I wasn't able to update. With that said, here's chapter 12! I hope you all enjoy it!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the brilliant book series that is Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It belongs to Rick RIordan, all rights are his, not mine.

Cassandra was as excited as ever to meet her new brother. It was almost my due date and I was visiting my friends at Camp Half Blood for the first time in forever.

"So when are you due?" Annabeth asked.

"Soon," I replied. "Very soon. Cassandra's excited."

"I'll bet," Thalia replied. "I also bet Apollo is being super overprotective."

"He is," I answered. "Which is probably why Dionysus is spying on us."

The two girls, as well as Nico and Grover turned around, shocked to see the other god looking at us intently.

"Wow," they said in unison.

I chuckled.

"What are he and Cassandra doing today?" Annabeth asked. "You said earlier that they were having mother-daughter time."

"I think they went to the beach," I answered. "But I'm not sure. Either that or they're having a picnic in central park."

"That sounds nice," Thalia said. "So how are you feeling about having the baby?"

"Let's put it this way," I said. "I am very, very nervous, but, I also want my little boy to leave my body, because I would like my body back to myself."

They all laughed.

"I see the baby boy doesn't have a name yet," Grover commented, quirking his eyebrow.

"Yeah," I sighed. "We have had some ideas but they don't feel right. Apollo said he felt the same way until we came up with Cassandra."

They nodded. "What was brought up?" asked Thalia. "Sorry, I'm just really curious."

"Well, " I replied. "Apollo came up with Flash. Because he thought that would be funny. We also discussed Christopher and Nicholas, but they just don't feel right to me."

"Maybe it'll come to you when the baby is born," Nico said, which surprised me. "Sometimes that's what happens."

"Yeah," I said. "Well, speaking of baby stuff, nature calls, again."

I stood up and listened to the sound of their laughter following me. I got to the Big House porch, and Dionysus looked at me questioningly.

"I have to pee," I answered.

I heard Chiron walk up as I locked myself in the bathroom and relieved myself. I was washing my hands when I felt the baby deliver a very sharp kick to my ribs, knocking the breath out of my chest.

"Okay, baby," I muttered. "Come on. Settle down."

I then felt more pressure followed by sharp jab of pain. This was followed by another kick and a rush of fluid between my legs.

"What the hell?" I said out loud.

Chiron knocked on the door. "Percy are you alright?"

I opened the door and stared into his brown eyes. "Well Chiron," I said. "I do believe that my water just broke."

His eyes widened with shock and I heard him call my friends as another painful contraction hit me. They appeared in the doorway in seconds.

"Take him to the infirmary," he said. "I'm going to IM Lady Artemis."

The next few minutes were hectic. My friends carried me to the infirmary, and we gave Will Solace, son of Apollo, the shock of his life when we told him I was currently in labor with his half brother. Artemis showed up not long after and said,

"Apollo's on his way, but I'm going to have to do to you what I did to Apollo."

Sure enough, my husband appeared a few moments later, running in from the doorway.

"Okay, Cassandra's with D and Hermes," he gasped. "We're good. Everybody's here though."

Artemis nodded. Then she touched my stomach and my whole body went numb. The next thing I new, there was a piercing cry, and Artemis cut the umbilical cord before handing the boy to Will to get cleaned up. I looked down and saw just a scar where Artemis had performed the surgery to get our son out of my body. Will came back and placed the small blue bundle of blankets he held into my arms. Apollo moved to sit behind me on the bed. We looked down at the sleeping face of our son, who still had yet to be named. He had a small tuft of blond hair, and a birthmark that ran down the side of his face. As I stared down at him, I saw him shiver and then open his eyes, which were electric blue. I gasped, a single thought floating into my mind.

"Luke," I said.

Apollo looked at me, confused.

"That's his name," I said. "Luke."

Apollo looked down at him and smiled. "It suits him," he said.

He embraced me in a hug, and kissed me softly. We were then interrupted by my father and the Council walking in, and Poseidon placed Cassandra on the bed next to us.

"Hey Cass," I said, and Apollo ruffled her hair. "Meet your little brother."

She stared in awe at the tiny baby who was once again sleeping in my arms.

"What's his name?" she asked quietly. "Can I hold him?"

Apollo took Luke from me and placed him gently into his big sister's arms, supervising as she held him carefully.

"His name's Luke," I said, looking Hermes directly in the eyes. He smiled at me.

Cassandra cooed. "Hey Luke," she whispered. "I'm your big sister. My name's Cassandra. But you can call me Cass, cause everyone else does. I can't wait until you get bigger so we can play together..."

I wrapped my arm around her shoulder and pulled her in for a hug. Apollo joined us, being careful not to squish the newest addition to the family. The other gods trickled out silently, not wanting to ruin the tender family moment.

That's the end of chapter 12! I hope you all enjoyed and I promise I will update again soon. Let me now id you have any suggestions, because they are all welcome :). Thanks for reading!