riley doesn't want to go on the thrill ride o' love
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the sun was sinking behind the mountains by the time we found the water park.
judging from the sign, it once had been called 'waterland', but now some of the letters were smashed out, so it read 'wat r a d'.
the main gate was padlocked and topped with barbed wire. inside, huge dry waterslides and tubes and pipes curled everywhere, leading to empty pools. old tickets and advertisements fluttered around the asphalt. with night coming on, the place looked sad and creepy.
"if ares brings his girlfriend here for a date," percy said, staring up at the barbed wire, "i'd hate to see what she looks like."
"percy," annabeth warned. "be more respectful."
"excuse me," i said offended, at the same time.
"why? i thought you hated ares."
"he's still a god. and his girlfriend is very temperamental."
"you don't want to insult her looks," grover added.
"who is she? echidna?"
i raised my hand over my heart, "i take offense to that statement."
percy scrunched his eyebrows, confused.
i rolled my eyes, "my mom is his girlfriend."
"aphrodite. goddess of love and beauty." grover added dreamily.
"i thought she was married to somebody," percy said. "hephaestus."
"what's your point?" grover asked.
"oh." percy said uncomfortably. "so how do we get in?"
"maia!" grover's shoes sprouted wings.
he flew over the fence, did an unintended somersault in midair, then stumbled to a landing on the opposite side. he dusted off his jeans, as if he'd planned the whole thing. "you guys coming?"
annabeth, percy, and i had to climb the old-fashioned way, holding down the barbed wire for each other as we crawled over the top.
i was slightly better at climbing fences then the other two. i climbed over fences in dresses and heels, when i was stuck at a party, and i wanted to go home. i moved faster and held it down from above.
