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Times had been tough for the Jackson family as of late, far tougher than dear Sally Jackson had ever intended for her son Percy. The revelation that he was the demigod son of Poseidon, something she had kept from him for most of his young life for his own safety, had come fast and hard and with little warning. Everything since had been a constant trial, with little respite in between. It was tough to say the least, with Percy having to do a lot of growing up in a very short amount of time. For most, his experiences would be deemed traumatic, the type of thing that would put a young man in therapy.
However, Percy had come out the other end of it all, stronger, more mature and with newfound confidence, Sally had seldom seen in her son before. All the things he had been through frightened her half to death to think about, but she knew it was better he be on the path he was now on rather than being hunted all his life and putting mortals in danger in the process without a means of defending himself and them. He was seemingly better for it, so she chose not to air her fears. The last thing she wanted her dear Percy to do was worry about what she would think when he should be worrying about himself, such distractions were often the difference between life and death for demigods.
Still, Sally Jackson cherished being able to spend some time with her dear boy so for the time being she was going to do the one thing she was capable of doing and enjoy the limited time she got to see her son every now and then. One such time was when Sally and Percy went to the ground reopening of Waterland in Denver, Colorado, a water park that Percy had become intimately familiar with in the past. But after being bought out by a mystery benefactor a few months back, it was back in business and Sally thought there would be few places better to take a son of Poseidon for a bit of fun than a water park.
They arrived in the later portion of the morning, around 10 am and lined up for their tickets. The grand reopening had attracted a crowd, so it was another hour before they finally managed to get inside the park. It was wonderful, with a plethora of flumes, boat rides and water guns, with families buzzing around in swimming shorts, swimsuits, and bikinis, enjoying themselves, riding the rides and eating ice creams, hotdogs, and whatever other delights they could get their hands on. Truly, whoever had brought this place back from the clutches of the immortal gods had put in the effort.
Sally found herself grinning at her son's wonderous expression as he looked around at everything, matured or not he was still a young man with an affinity for water. Practically dragging him to the changing rooms, she allowed Percy to get out of his clothes and into his swimming shorts while she got into her own swimsuit. It was an old, blue (predictable) and rather conservative on how much skin it showed. Sally had no desire for people to ogle at her body, not that she thought she was all that attractive anyway, but if such a suit minimized the chances further, she was all for it. Practicality over beauty was kind of her thing.
Imagine her shock when she reached into her bag and found her swimsuit gone as if it had vanished into thin air. She knew for a fact she had packed it, seeing as it was one of the most important items to bring on such a day out it would be foolish of her not to. Percy's mother further searched her bag making absolutely sure it wasn't there.
"Well, that's just great," Sally muttered. Blowing strands of hair out of her face in frustration, she made her way out of her changing stall and looked around for somewhere she could find a replacement. "Percy sweetheart, it appears my swimsuit has gone missing. I'm going to go to the gift shop to see if they sell replacements."
"'kay mom, meet you back here," Percy shouted back from inside his own stall.
Taking that reply as her cue to leave, Sally made her way out of the changing area and down the wide concrete pathway to the nearest gift shop in sight. Luckily finding one wasn't hard, there were food and shopping cabins dotted all over the park, many having only recently been built by the new owners. The shopping cabin Sally eventually found herself in was called "Seagoer's Shack" and was big enough to hold about give shoppers at a time. However, this was more than enough space to serve its purpose. Sally quickly found what she was looking for in the forms of various types of swimwear. Naturally, Sally quickly gravitated towards the more conservative garments, that was until…
"I wouldn't buy them if I were you, you'd be much better served by something more breathable." Sally turned around to face the person who'd just talked, finding a rather beautiful woman in a park uniform tied to look like a crop top smiling back at her.
"Oh, I'm here with my son, I wouldn't want anything too revealing," Sally replied politely, waving her hands in front of her in an embarrassed manner.
"Come on miss, live it a little," the attendant said cheerfully. "There's no way someone like you should be hiding a body like that."
Sally blushed at the attendant words and the woman pointed to her body. Nobody had talked to her like that in quite some time and from a complete stranger she had to admit it was a little much, but still flattering in its own way.
"No, no, I think I'll go with a more practical swimsuit," Sally insisted, reaching for such a garment on the rack in front of her.
"Are you sure?" the attendant pushed; Sally could have sworn her voice changed slightly but she couldn't put her finger on it. Very suddenly, she felt very relaxed and felt obliged to at least take the attendant's words into account. "Personally, I think this blue bikini would look amazing on you. Revealing in all the right places, but still classy and appropriate for a public place. After all, why shouldn't you show off that hot body of yours."
The last words felt like a whisper in her ear as the attendant's hand came up and got a good handful of her ass through her jeans. Sally felt like she should be protesting this clear sexual harassment by a woman who looked almost half her age, but something in her told her that she should buy the bikini and that she should have the confidence to show off her body. She subconsciously bit her lip at the other woman's ministrations, relishing in the feeling of being groped only for the very sudden relaxed feeling to disappear as quickly as it come, and the woman was no longer groping her. Smiling once again Sally followed the woman to the counter and wordlessly paid for her blue bikini, completely forgetting her previous convictions to pay for something more akin to her old swimsuit.
"You enjoy yourself now," the attendant said with a slight smirk, winking at the older woman. Sally merely smiled back in embarrassment and quickly exited the shopping cabin, hastily returning to the changing area.
Changing into her new bikini, Sally could not help but blush as she looked at herself in the mirror. While not a string bikini by any means, it did show off the top of her plentiful, freckle-covered breasts that did strain out over the fabric as she found it to be a tad too tight for her size. Why she bought this size specifically she truly could not explain, maybe it had to do with the attendant she had met. Something about her was persuasive, she could barely remember what the woman had said, she just knew that she felt the need to listen to everything she had to say. Regardless, she was too embarrassed to go and ask for a replacement, so this would have to do.
Stepping out of the changing rooms, she met back up with Percy and they went about their day. It was fun, more fun than she had allowed herself to have in a long time, and all the better because she got to spend it with her darling son. Percy seemed to enjoy himself too, seemingly allowing himself to relax for the first time in a while. She liked to see him smile like this, these treasured moments where everything just seemed right with the world. The young mother could almost see the sight of her lost love, the god Poseidon right there, next to Percy. However, she knew that was a wish too far, a life she could never have. She turned that life down long ago in the name of giving Percy as normal a life as possible, and that was a choice she would have to live with for the rest of her life.
Trying her best to ignore her ever-darkening thoughts, Sally carried on with her day alongside Percy and tried to enjoy her day without thinking too hard about what-ifs. Walking down the road to the next attraction, Percy and Sally were suddenly stopped by a very excitable young woman running up to them, something clutched in her hands. She bounced up and down in a giddy fashion before thrusting her hand out towards Sally, the things in her hands revealed to be tickets.
"Congratulations!" The woman practically shouted at them, a huge smile on her face. "You were the five hundredth person to enter the park today, as such you win a promotional free trip down our newly opened, new and improved tunnel of love attraction!"
Sally examined the odd woman with a critical eye, finding the whole situation rather fishy. She looked innocent enough, but something about her rubbed Sally the wrong way. Come to think of it, she was fairly certain this woman looked shockingly similar to the woman in the shopping cabin, sure their hand style and colour were different, but the build and body shape was pretty much the same. Though to be fair, she hid her still clearly fit body behind a company polo shirt and Sally was still having a hard time recalling what exactly went down in the shopping cabin, so she may just be making things up in her own head.
"I'm…not sure, I'm just here with my son. Would it not be better to give them to someone else?" Sally asked somewhat nervously.
"Oh, come on," the attendant said with a smile. "You wouldn't want to leave without going on ALL the rides now, would you?"
Suddenly, Sally began to feel very relaxed and compliant again. Realising somewhat on a subconscious level she had been through this before, she instinctively tried to shake the feeling off. However, the feeling quickly became too strong, in particular when she looked down and saw her son Percy acting in much the same way.
"I…I'm not sure, but maybe it would be rude to turn it down," Percy practically slurred, seemingly barely about to string a sentence together.
"I…uhm…. sure, thank you for your generous offer," Sally muttered, the words coming out with her quite meaning them too.
"Fantastic, the ride is just down the path and around the next left-hand corner. I'm sure you'll get something great out of it!" With a smile and a wink, the park worker bounced off to attend to her duties.
Within moments, Sally and Percy came back to themselves once again. Looking at each other in confusion, the two shrugged at the strange woman's antics and made their way towards the tunnel of love attraction. In spite of neither being particularly keen on the idea mere moments ago, the desire to do so was now present in their minds in a way they could not really describe. Regardless, they made their way down the path and around the corner and were met with the site of a round raft with seats inside, sitting on a small river-like body of water going into a well-lit, artificial but beautiful tunnel in the shape of a heart.
Luckily, and quite curiously, they found there was no line for the ride when they arrived. Walking up to the turnstile, they handed over their tickets to the attendant, this time a rather bored-looking man in a company polo shirt and shorts. Once inside the ride, they climbed aboard the raft and sat in their seats. There was a slight awkwardness about it, being as it was a ride designed for couples, however, Sally decided to make the best of it with her son. It was supposed to be a fun day for them to relax, and a fun day it would be.
Setting off down the body of water and into the tunnel, Percy and Sally smiled at each other as they tried to enjoy the lovey-dovey music and equally cliché, yet beautiful scenery along the water banks. Cherub status holding bows and arrows with heart-shaped arrowheads, lush green grass and ruby-red roses brought it together in a way even two family members could admire and appreciate. After a while though, they turned their attention back to each other. Percy had never really admired his mother, but he had to admit she was very beautiful. While not one to engage in the sort of familial actions of his godly family, he could see why his father was so taken with her even after all these years...
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