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This is: Vacation
Percy, Sally, Gabe
Summary preview: A double-edged sword.
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Percy had some seriously mixed views on vacation. On one hand, no school. Always a plus in his personal opinion. But on the other hand... Gabe.
Gabe who was this huge, hideous, and (if he was being completely honest to himself) terrifying presence in his life. Because vacation was the annual time of the year that Percy dreaded and Gabe delighted in.
Why would Gabe be thrilled? He had a personal monkey at his beck and call to bring him cash, however little, and do every little thing for him. Percy only ever went along with it because he would never let the man take out his anger on this mother because of him (again).
So vacation was spent hiding away in places that got more and more cramped as the years went by, giving out the money he earned, and avoiding projected beer bottles to the best of his ability.
Percy knew that vacation would be so very easy to despise with every bone in his body.
But he got to see him mom during vacation. Percy got to make new inside jokes with her and be given blue food to eat. Vacation meant being able to see the one person in his life that wouldn't be disappointed in him for failing most of his classes and being kicked out of yet another school. Percy got to see his mother happy during vacation.
So despite the fact that it wouldn't be that difficult to just catch a bus or a taxi to a completely different place and never have to deal with Smelly Gabe again, he came home everyday.
Running away would only be a slap in the face to his mom, who tried her best to give him a decent home.
So Percy really didn't like vacation all that much.
But he also couldn't wait for it.
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Next chapter: Mother Nature
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