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chapter 5

percy pov

there we were, annabeth and i in the back of a camaro that was driven by my father poseidon not to mention athena was in the passenger seat. i am thankful to be next to annabeth and not next to athena or my father.

i reached over and took her hand and i made sure it was slow so our parents would not notice. "are you nervous?" she asked. "i am just a little curious on what our parents will do" i replied.

as i sat waiting, annabeth put her head on my shoulder and we sat in silence as my father drove to the water park. what was even crazier was that today was our 4th anniversary and i was going to take us somewhere special for just the two of us.

"are you ready for today?" i asked.

"well both our parents who have infinite power are with us and anything could happen, but i'm with you so i'm happy" she said.

"what are you two talking about back there?" athena asked.

"oh we're just talking about the plans we might be doing today" annabeth said.

right before athena could say something my father proclaimed, "we're here!" he said that so loud i jumped out of my seat.

we arrived at the water park at 10:15 a.m, how we arrived so fast i have no idea. but there were quite a few cars in the parking lot so our parents made a new one just for us at the very front.

"now isn't that better than walking!" poseidon said.

before i could say anything, annabeth said, "of course it is poseidon, because now we don't have to worry about people getting in your way.''

"perhaps we might change into something human like" poseidon said to athena.

"perhaps you are correct" athena said.

soon after they said that, we exited the car and started walking towards the water park. as we walked into the park, i reached over, grabbed annabeth's hand, and pulled her towards the ticket booth.

"what rides would you like to go on?" i asked.

before she responded, my father asked, "why are we at this stand?"

"so we can purchase tickets" annabeth said.

"oh we don't need to do that" athena said.

"how come mother" annabeth said.

"just don't worry about it daughter."

as we walked around the park, i looked at my father poseidon and he seemed to be transfixed on everything people were doing.

"see anything interesting father?" i asked politely.

"it just amazes me how people like water parks more than the actual oceans and lakes" he said with a sad expression on his face.

"it's just more convenient to go to a water park dad" i said.

"but the ocean is everywhere son" my father said.

"i know dad, but people don't like the oceans and lakes because there is pollution in it.

"oh that's an easy fix son" he said.

"wait, really?" i asked.

"i'll do it when we get back" he said.

after he said that we walked around for a few minutes to decide what to do for fun. as we came upon a stand for pictures, i looked at athena and my father poseidon to see if they wanted to join annabeth and me.

"will you join us dad?" i asked.

"ok but just one" he said.

so we went and took a picture, but when it came back to us, annabeth and i were happy but our parents looked miserable because they were next to each other.

we quickly got out of the booth and went to the changing room so we could put on our swimsuits. it was easy for my father he just changed his pants and shirt into swim trunks and a hawaiian tank top.

i wore my typical blue shorts with green flip flops, my father however wore green shorts with white flowers on them.

"what would you like to do first percy?" poseidon asked.

"i don't really know; i want to go on the waterslide but the line is really long."

as soon as i finished that sentence my father snapped his fingers and they all vanished without a sound.

"what did you do to them dad?" i asked.

"i sent them to another waterslide so we could have this one to ourselves" poseidon said.

"about time you used your powers constructive" athena said.

as we walked towards the water slide, i could not believe how many people my dad had moved.

we went and grabbed our rafts for the ride and i was of course riding with annabeth and my father refused to go with athena so he went on a separate slide.