"Daddy! Papá!"

A little brown blur streaked through the decorated living room and right into Nico's arms. He stumbled a bit from the sudden weight, but righted himself quickly and swung Aaliyah into the air.

"How's my favorite girl on her special day?" he asked with a smile. Aaliyah was turning three today. It seemed like only yesterday that she had said her very first word. She was so tiny then. She wasn't so tiny now.

"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, guess what! Uncle Jason and Auntie Piper said they were getting me a puppy! A for-real puppy! Can I keep it, Daddy, pleeeeeease?" Aaliyah made her best puppy dog face (how ironic) and clasped her hands together pleadingly. Those huge brown eyes of hers melted Nico's heart. Damn Leo for giving her those eyes.

Nico sighed. "Alright, Al, you can keep it if Jason and Piper give it to you." The little girl's eyes lit up and she practically jumped out of Nico's arms.

"ThankyouDaddyloveyou!" she shouted before racing out of the living room, probably to go find Leo. Actually, she'd most likely asked Leo before Nico. Leo would give Aaliyah anything she asked for, the sucker. That sneaky runt already knew how to play her father like a lyre. Too crafty for her own good, he thought to himself.

A CRASH! and a cry of "Seaweed Brain!" snapped Nico out of his thoughts. He looked up just in time to see an aggravated Annabeth tug Percy by the ear into the living room. Nico raised an eyebrow. "What'd he do this time?"

Annabeth sighed. "You're gonna need a new hall table."

Nico groaned. "Percy, what the fuck, man? I just got that one."

"Daddy, what's 'fuck' mean? You and Papá say it a lot." The three adults whipped their heads around to look at the three-year-old with her finger on the corner of her mouth in a confused expression.

Aaliyah's scrambling father was saved by Percy, who squatted down in front of her and cried, "Happy birthday, Aaliyah! How old are you, twenty? Twenty-one?"

Aaliyah laughed and punched Percy playfully. "No, Uncle Percy, I'm three!" She held up four fingers. "Three years old!"

Percy let out a fake gasp. "No, you can't possibly be three! You're too little. You're your daddies' little princess, you can't be three." He picked her up and swung her into his arms. Aaliyah shrieked and wiggled around.

The little girl reached out for Nico. "Daddy! I got captured! Ayudame, ayudame!" she screamed.

Suddenly a deeper voice yelled, "Fe, fi, fo, something else! Who has taken my daughter?" Everyone looked over to see Leo standing in the kitchen doorway with his hands on his hips like he was Superman.

Aaliyah grinned. "Papá! You came to save me!"

Leo grinned and nodded. He moved over to Percy and plucked Al from his arms. "You shall not steal children! Pedophile." The last part was whispered under his breath. Aaliyah chuckled and stuck her tongue out at her uncle.

Nico clapped his hands. "So anyway, let's go out back. Frank, Hazel, Jason, and Piper are here and Leo's doing something or other with fire and food. Come on!" He led the group out back where the other couples were laughing and drinking.

Jason looked over at his friends and smiled. "Hey, guys! Come have a beer, they're good."

Aaliyah went up to Jason and tugged on his sleeve. He looked down at the birthday girl with a quizzical expression. "Uncle Jason, what's beer?"

Piper covered her mouth to keep from doing a spit-take. She swallowed but kept her hand there so her laughs wouldn't come out. Everyone except Nico was doing the same thing. Jason stuttered senselessly for a second before saying, "Well, Al, it's a drink you can't have."

The little girl frowned. "Why not?"

"Because," Nico interjected, "you'll be dumb like your uncle. Now, are you ready for cake and presents?"

"Yeahyeahyeahyeahyeah! I want cake and presents! Papá, Daddy, please lemme have them!"

Leo laughed. "'Course, princess. I'll go get the cake and you can get all the presents out while I do that." He turned and went back into the house.

Aaliyah was a blur of energy as she raced around to find the presents. After couple minutes she had them piled up on the table where everyone was sitting. It wasn't long after that when Leo carefully walked out with a big pink cake that read Happy birthday, Aaliyah! in huge blue icing letters. He set it on the table and produced some candles from his pocket. He put three around the birthday message before lighting them with a flame from his thumb. As they burned, everyone began to sing.

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Aaliyah

Happy birthday to you

"Make a wish, honey," said Nico from behind her. He and Leo were crouched behind her and they watched as Aaliyah blew out the candles. Everyone cheered loudly. Aaliyah giggled and turned around to hug her fathers.

"Thank you, Daddy and Papá," she whispered in their ears.

Both men looked at her lovingly. "You're welcome, love," said Leo. "Now let's eat that cake, yeah?"

Yaaay, fluff! Btw, ayudame is help me in Spanish.