Parent Stories (A Percy Jackson Fanfic)

Chapter 1: Percy and Sally

Originally written: April 2 2015. Rewrite: August 27 2017 (thank yall for putting up with this story omg it was so bad before I rewrote i'm so sorry)

First fic ever so tada! I will update as often as I can 

Percy is 6. Sally's POV 

I love having a day off. Especially when Percy does too. Working three jobs, plus trying to take some online classes and seeing Gabe at least once a week takes its toll. But it's abnormally quiet and he should be up by now. I go down the hallway and peek into his room, and my face splits into a smile. Percy is playing with his Sponge Bob and Hercules action figures (ironic that Hercules is his favorite movie, I know) and a plush Nemo from Finding Nemo. I can't resist it, I laugh. He turns and grins

"Mommy!" He shouts with a grin.

"Hi sweetie. I have the day off!"

"Yay!" I grin. He's adorable when he gets this excited.

"What do you want to do today?" I ask. He thinks for a moment.

"What can we do?" He asks. Even at six, he knows that money is tight and some things are unfortunately off limits.

"We can go to the park, we can go to the movies or almost anywhere that you want." I reply, tweaking his nose. He wrinkles it and giggles.

"Can we go to the fishy place?" He asks. 

"Do you mean the aquarium?" I ask. He nods. "Sure! Get dressed and come to the kitchen. We can leave right after we eat breakfast."

"Ok!" He says, already rifting through his closet. I went into the kitchen and poured a bowl of Fruit Loops and got out some orange juice for Percy's breakfast. He comes running in wearing a green T-shirt with a dinosaur on it and blue shorts.

"Ready!" He yells.

"Not quite," I say. "Eat your breakfast then we'll get going." Percy nods and sits down, wolfing down bites, as fast as possible. Five minutes later, he's done and we're heading out the door. While we're in the car I look into the back seat and he's bouncing up and down.

When we reach the aquarium and get our tickets we head to the section, Totally Tropical. We look at the jelly fish and the sea horses and when we reach the clown fish Percy gets even more excited.

"Hi Nemo!" He exclaims, to which I laugh at. A strange look comes over his face

"Mommy the fish say hi!" Of course they do. He is son of Poseidon after all. After a few minutes he decides that he's talked to them enough

"Bye fishies!" He says with a wave, and we continue. After an hour and three sections total both of us are hungry.

 "Let's grab some lunch." I suggest.  He nods and looks away from a nurse shark. We go to the cafe and he gets a PB&J with a cookie. After finishing the last exhibit, two hours later Percy looks at me.

"Mommy? Can we go to the gift shop?" He asks timidly. It breaks me a little bit, knowing that he knows sometimes we can't.

"Sure sweetheart." In the end, I ended up buying him a shark, a dolphin and penguin figures and a stuffed seahorse. 

"Thank you Mommy!" He says, smiling hugely, as we walk out.

"You're welcome, Percy." A few minutes after we get in the car, I look back into the back seat to see Percy out like a light, sleeping, and am reminded why I love taking a day off.

Yay! I hope you enjoyed this!