Sorry I wouldn't write this earlier, but here is chapter 8
Chapter 8.) Arcade Games
Percy pov
We were sitting on the blanket at the park eating Chinese food when the ants came. Only a few came at first. We shooed them away. But then a lot more came. And they hurt.
"Ouch!" Annabeth yelped.
"What?" I asked.
"An ant bit me!" She said.
"Ok let's move."
We moved but that didn't help. No matter where we went there were ants waiting for us.
"Let's just finish it here and then relax on the blanket." Annabeth suggested as we were moving again.
"Better than getting more bits."
We stood there for five minutes before putting throwing our trash away and finding a shady place to rest.
"So what do you want to do?" I asked her.
"I'm going to read my book. Why don't you rest for a while?"
"Ok." I rested my back against the tree and fell asleep.
Twenty minutes later
"Percy, wake up." Annabeth said shaking me awake.
"Yeah." I said rubbing my eyes.
"It's getting hot here. What do you want to do now?"
"Why don't we go to my house and chill for a while?"
"Percy we can do that later." I want to do something fun now."
"How about the pool?"
"I don't have my swimming suit silly." she gently punched me.
"Ok, how about the aquarium?"
"We did that already. And you were haut talking to the fish."
"They had very interesting stories!" I said defensively.
"I don't want to go back." She said firmly.
"I got it!"
"Where?" She said.
"The arcade!" She gave me the funniest looks.
"Why would insane to go there? It's all hot and smells."
"They opened a new one about seven blocks from here."
"Does it have A/C?"
"Yes and it has that game you liked back at Las Vegas."
"Really!"
"Yeah, do you want to go?" I asked knowing the answer.
"Of course! Let's hurry up and pack."
Seven blocks later
"Wow!" We said in together as the cool air was blown at our faces.
"Ok so here's the plan." Annabeth said. "We spend most of our money on the games. How many blocks are we from your home?"
"About ten blocks."
"Ok we can walk home. We can spend all our money."
"Sounds like a plan."
"Wait."
"Hey?"
"How about the ice-cream?"
"Oh yeah. Almost forgot about that."
"We combine all our money and save fifteen dollars, just in case something happens." I knew what she was talking about. We spent a whole day without a single monster. They all can't be on vacation.
"Ok how much money do we have?"
"Around thirty bucks."
"Good. So we save sixteen dollars. We then have fourteen dollars to spare and we split that up. We each have seven dollars."
"That's good." I said.
"Ok. So where do you want to meet in thirty minutes?"
"How about we stick together. Just in case something happens." I said.
"Fine, but once I find that game I won't get off of it until I spend my seven dollars."
"That's cool." I said simply.
"So what games are you going to play?"
"I was thinking of some racing games, a few action ones and then at the crane."
"Sweet." She said distracted, looking for the game. "Oh I found it."
"That's a long line."
"I can wait." she said determined.
"How about I play all my games and by the time I'm done the line will be short."
"That's sounds fair."
We walked from game to game. I was having a great time. Annabeth even played one of the racing games with me. I got second place while she got third. We kept walking until we headed towards one of the many crane games.
"Percy, look they have Tails!" I look around until I found a familiar two-tailed fox that was known as Tails.
"Can you buy me it?"
"I'll try." I said. She gave me an amazing smile and I knew I would spend the rest of my money just to see that smile again. The first try I got close. The second try I got some kind of gum that I chewed and a few pieces of candy that Annabeth ate. By the fifth try I got a lot of candy and gum but no Tails.
"Annabeth, this is my last two quarters."
"If you don't win at least you tried." she said trying to give me encouragement.
"Ok here goes." I slowly moved the crane towards the toy. Then with the advice from Annabeth I got the crane directly above the toy.
"Now all you have to do is slowly go down, lift the toy up and easily drop it down the exit." I did what she said. But when I tried to "easily drop it down the exit" I knew I couldn't. I got the toy once but I dropped too soon and it bounced off.
"Annabeth I think you should do this part."
"Why? You're doing great."
"I mess up when I drop it. I bet you can do better."
"Fine." I move back for Annabeth to grab the controls.
"Ok easy, easy. Now drop."
"Oh my gods! We won!"
"I know! We make an excellent team."
"We do." She said smiling.
"Do you want to play your game?"
"No. Let's get some ice-cream and go home."
We walked out smiling and laughing. She was holding on her new toy while I put my arm over her shoulders.
Sorry if there are any mistakes. Next chapter will be up soon.