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Percy:

How is Annabeth so good at this? This isn't even possible. Earlier today, I walked into Annabeth's room, and she was trying to solve her Rubik's Cube.

"Why do you do that for fun?" I asked.

"It makes you think," She replied without taking her eyes off of the cube.

"It's so boring"

"Well, I like to do it"

"So, these are basically the things you do for fun?"

"Yup," She answered as she put the solved cube down.

I walked out of her room and back into mine. Sometimes, she can be so boring. Just the thought of having a day like Annabeth's fills me with tedium. Its Annabeth life and I know these things are enjoyable to her, but I feel like she really does want to do something different. I do think she enjoys these boring things because she has not been able to actually do something fun. Annabeth needs some fun; she needs some amusement. Suddenly an idea hit me. I quickly walked back to her room.

"Annabeth, have you ever been to an amusement park?" I asked before I even fully entered her room.

She finally put her Rubik's Cube down and turned to look at me,"No."

"Well, then you're going to go to one!"

"When?"

"We can go today!" I answered, realizing that it was Saturday morning.

"That sounds really fun, but I can go today!" She answered hesitantly.

I ignored her, and started to drag her away from her tedious Rubik's Cube.

"I have an English paper due on Tuesday, and there is a history report due Monday! Isn't there also a biology project due?!" Annabeth continued to babble about all the homework she had to do. "You haven't asked Chiron, yet?"

"I'm about to!"

I asked Annabeth stay in the living room, which she did, as I entered into Chiron's office. Chiron is usually there, so I always go there first when I'm looking for him. As soon as I peeked into the room, sure enough, I saw Chiron was there.

"Morning," Chiron greeted me. "What do you want?"

"Can Annabeth and I go to the amusement park, today?" I asked trying to sound extra sweet, which I'm sure I failed at.

"You guys can go on your date when the chores are done," Chiron replied.

"It's not a date!"

"Whatever you say..." Chiron said as a grin started to form on his face.

I walked out and told Annabeth that we could go after we finished our chores and immediately began my chore. I decided to sweep today. Most of the chores were still open, and that is usually the most desired chore, so I had to take it. When I went to the kitchen to sweep, I noticed that Grover was also doing a job in the kitchen (washing the dishes).

He told me some things about school, but I didn't really listen because I was rushing to sweep as fast as I can to try to finish my chore as fast as possible, so we could get to the amusement park, but Grover didn't know this.

"Why are you sweeping so fast?" Grover asked me, making me slow down to answer him

"When I finish, I can take Annabeth to the amusement park," I answered and continued to sweep.

"You're going on a date with Annabeth?" He asked.

"It's not a date!" I insisted. "Why does everyone think it's a date?!"

"You and Annabeth are going to a place? Alone? To spend time together? Percy, that it is a date!" Grover insisted.

"Well, um, wait,...it's not a date!"

XXX

"How far away is the amusement park?" Annabeth asked me as I gave a puzzling look to the map that she handed to me.

A map? A MAP?! Could you given it to anyone worse? Maps and I don't go together; we don't like each other; we don't work well together. I can't read a map. I can read probably read Chinese better than I can read a map. I'm that confused.

"If you rely on directions from me with a map, we will most likely end up somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean!" I said and dramatically pushed the map away from me and into Annabeth's hands. "We don't need a map, anyways. I know exactly where it is. I used to go there all the time."

"Fine! We won't use a map, but if we get lost-"

"We won't!" I said interrupting her, and snatching the map from her and throwing it away

"My map!" She said, and hit my arm. "You owe me a new map!"

"We'll have to get a ride. The amusement park is too far away to walk from here." I said , trying to changing the subject about maps. Even talking about maps gave me a headache.

Luckily, we live right next to a subway, so we were conveniently able to catch one. The subway wasn't busy because it was Saturday morning. I didn't expect it to be crowded. We took a few different routes, and we arrived near the park in about 30 minutes.

I really wanted to go the amusement park. I completely forgot how much I loved that place. Some of my best memories as a kid came from that place. An amusement park is every kids favorite place. I ate (way too much) candy, threw up on the rides, ate more food, and did other stupid things. It was thrilling, exciting, and everything else that made be overjoyed. I felt the essence of fun, and I wasn't even inside the park.

"We're here!" I announced in an enthusiastic way.

I looked through the entrance gate and saw all of the colorful lights flashing everywhere. I could hear the roller coasters racing across the tracks and the joyful outbursts off the people on them. It was good to be back and even better to bring Annabeth here.

I turned toward Annabeth, "What do you want to do first?"

Annabeth's face glowed up as she looked around,"I want to go on the ferris wheel," Annabeth replied as she pointed toward the 65 feet ferris wheel.

I have never ridden the ferris wheel before even though I have been here several times. I came to the amusement park for the roller coasters when I was younger not the ferris wheel. It was too slow and calm for my liking.

"Okay," I said as I walked up to the person at the entrance that sold the tickets,"Let me buy tickets."

"I will pay for mine" Annabeth protested, which I expected because I know how stubborn she is.

"No, I'll buy your ticket for you."

"Thanks for the offer, but I insist on buying my own ticket," Annabeth insisted again.

After a point, I ignored her and bought her for her ticket anyway. Her protests eventually subsided, but she continued make to comments like "I'll pay you back" and or "I am paying next time!".

We waited in the line for the ferris wheel for a long time, but it didn't bother me because Annabeth and I were able to have quality time to talk. With all the talking, it made the time we waited in line didn't seem that long. Now that I think about it, I have nevered been on a ride with someone else, not even my mom. She didn't like heights because her parents died in a plane accident, so I always rode on the rides alone. I didn't really have many friends to come with me either.

The person that admitted the people onto the ferris wheel seated us.

As the enclosed cart thing started to rise higher of the ground, I began feeling almost light headed. The height was not the thing bothering me. I didn't like being too high, but I didn't have a fear of heights. The tight enclosed space in the cart was bothering me. I am claustrophobic. I don't like being in small spaces. That's one of the reasons why I love the ocean; it's open. It has no walls or boundaries. This is another reason why I never rode a Ferris wheel.

"Are you okay?" Annabeth asked when she noticed that I was slightly pale.

"I'm fine," I replied, not very convincingly.

"Are you scared of heights?"

"No, I'm scared of small, enclosed spaces; I'm claustrophobic."

"What? Why didn't you tell me that earlier? I wouldn't have made you get in here!" Annabeth said.

"It's okay. I'll live. You seemed like you really wanted to go on the Ferris wheel, and I didn't want to disappoint you. And I also forgot about my claustrophobia until I was already in this thing," I said.

"Your such a seaweed brain! How can you forget about a phobia that you have?" She didn't sound so concerned anymore.

XXX

We continued on a few more rides (mostly roller coasters) before we decided to eat something.

"What do you want to eat?," I asked while scanning through the over-priced variety of food stands.

"I don't know...a salad?" She answered, but she sounded like she was asking a question.

"Okay," I responded while taking out my wallet.

She began to pull out her wallet but I interrupted,"What are you doing?"

"Paying for my food," She answered.

"It's fine. I'll pay for your food," I insisted. You can't make the person you're taking out pay.

"Why are you always so against me paying for myself?"

"It's not gentlemanly-like. 'Hey want to go to the amusement park with me?' 'Yeah sure!' 'Great, here's the check!' No, I'm not doing that!" I insisted. Annabeth rolled her eyes while I walked to the food stand.

This is probably the worst part about going to the amusement park—everything is overpriced. This is usually how it goes with the cashier:

Me: Can I have a bottle of water?

Cashier:That would be $4.00 (£ 2.46)

Me: WHAT?!

Cashier: It's actually on sale.
Me: ...

Anyway, I pulled out much more money then need to compensate for the overpriced stands as I approached the cash register. The prices were probably one of the reasons why Annabeth was so hesitant to let me pay for her food, the prices for way too high so she didn't want me paying them for her. Annabeth feels responsible for herself therefore she feels the need to have to provide for herself.

The cashiers smiled at me warmly as all should because of the customers are "always right". I ordered my food and made my way back to a bench in the center of the park, where Annabeth was waiting for me. Annabeth soon came into vision as I made my way closer to the center of the amusement park.

I handed her her food, and we began to eat. We didn't actually talk about anything important; instead, we were talking for more as a time passer.

"How do like the foster house?" I asked. I just realized that I haven't asked her that. As soon as I said "foster", she tensed. I could tell that she refers to it as a home, and probably forgot it was a foster home.

"You know that I love it there," She said.

"How did you get there?" As soon as that came out of mouth, I regretted it. That was probably something she doesn't want to talk about.

"My father—" She began.

"You don't have to tell me" I replied, interrupting her.

"No, I want to. Anyways, it's quite simple actually—my father didn't want me in the house anymore because my stepmother didn't like me,"She replied like it wasn't a big deal, and it had lost meaning to her.

After that we ate, in an eerie, but healthy silence. The silence made me think about how sad all of our lives really are. I never wanted to accept the sadness of my reality. Even though deep down I know that some may view my life as sad, but I am continuously happy, and sometimes people wonder how I, and many others, are so happy when when their life's seem to be filled with problems. But I have came to realize that being happy is not about having a perfect life without problems because everyone has problems, so happiness is about being able to handle problems. At that moment, I felt happier than I have ever been. I was reminded in why I am happy to wake up every morning, enjoy the sunlight, breath fresh air, which makes me grateful for everything that I've ever had.

XXX

We were on our way home. I felt pleased with how the day had went. I got to do a whole bunch of things I never got to do in such a long time, which was mostly ride roller coasters. Before today, do you know how long it has been since I have rode a roller coaster? Too long.

Annabeth was not too excited about riding roller coasters because of a bunch of lame excuses "it isn't safe!" or "the dollar coasters have too many germs".

"I had a lot of fun today," Annabeth said sounding so far away,while looking out the window that i wants really sure if she was talking to me or herself.

"Me too," I replied.

She turned to me,"I'm sure our second will be even better."

"Our second what?"

"Our second date."

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