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It Takes Two: percabeth!au

chapter two :)

Mattie Jackson and Hayley Chase meet at the start of summer and discover that they are each other's identical clone. With a little more investigating, the two girls discover that they are, in fact, twins. Things only get crazier when they find out that their adoptive parents were once in love. Now, they have to work together to reunite Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase before Mattie’s dad ends up dating the new camp counselor and Hayley’s mom gets married to a kid hating, gold digger.

And what better way to do that than to switch places?

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i rewatched It Takes Two and decided to make it percabeth :)

read on ao3

chapter one here!

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The faded white stone was the first thing Annabeth Chase noticed when she and her daughter pulled into the driveway of their summer house. Well, summer house was a loose term now. Annabeth had been living here all year while working on a new project. One that was very near and dear to her heart. When Chiron called and asked if she would be willing to redesign the old camp, she was more than happy to. She even threw in a family discount, because that's exactly what he was. Family.

Annabeth Chase was a very famous name in the architecture world. She graduated top of her class at Berkeley and quickly got a job at Medusa & Co. Architecture. Her coworkers were somber, but the work was good. Working for a big company like Medusa & Co. brought on a lot of challenges, but that's what drew her in. Annabeth loved a challenge. What she didn't love were the rumors and scandals constantly going around about faulty cement, old metals, and rickety wires being used to create their buildings in an attempt to make more money. When she decided to investigate and learned that the rumors were true, Annabeth just had to leave. Creating her own Architecture Company took some time, but the exposure and resources she acquired while at Medusa & Co. helped her along the way. And the money she got from her tip to the media about what was really going on at her old job didn't hurt either.

Now, she was the proud owner and head architect at Parthenon Architecture. Having expanded her company to five different states all over America, Annabeth was a busy woman. So busy that she never really had time to think about her life outside of work. She knew she wanted to get married and have a family. Something permanent. But even with the casual dates, her friends insisted she go on, Annabeth never felt that spark that she knew made something worth pursuing. She knew what that felt like. She'd experienced it before, with-

"Woah," The sweet voice of her daughter broke Annabeth from her thoughts, "Remind me why we don't stay here more often?"

Annabeth didn't have time for romance, but she wanted a family. Thanks to adoption agencies, she could have that. But honestly, Annabeth wasn't even sure if she was ready to be a mother when she went in for a consultation with the agency. Her parents divorced when she was young, and due to her mother's career in government at D.C., Annabeth was left with her father. Eventually, her stepmother came into the picture and the blonde little girl was pushed into the background. The woman wanted absolutely nothing to do with Annabeth and her father did nothing to help. Things only got worse when her little twin brothers came into the picture.

Annabeth's mother would come back every other month and the two would spend the day together, but she couldn't be there every time the girl needed her. The best thing her mother did for her was sign Annabeth up for Camp Half-Blood when she was a seven. That first year at camp changed her life. She made friends who became family and finally found a place that felt like home. People who felt like home. A boy who felt like home.

"Remind me how often we come to Rhode Island?" she teased the ten-year-old.

The girl turned back to her mother and responded with a straight face, "Ha-ha."

Annabeth laughed at that, "Come on, Hayley, let's unpack. I wanna show you something in the house."

Despite her estranged relationship with motherhood, Annabeth never had to think twice about adopting Hayley. Before adopting the girl, she did her research. Apparently, Hayley's birth mother moved to California a week after she was born, hoping for a fresh start with her new child. Unfortunately, her new life didn't have room for a baby. The woman tried for about two months before abandoning the little girl at an adoption agency. Annabeth knew what it was like to feel abandoned, so she was happy to claim the two month old as her own.

She tried her best to be an attentive and caring mother, and being her own boss helped make that possible. Still, with Annabeth being so busy with the camp reconstruction plans, she and her daughter hadn't been able to spend as much time together this year. Hayley had spent the greater part of last year begging her mom to let her join them in Rhode Island, and as much as Annabeth wanted her around, she wasn't about to pull her daughter out of school for a whole year. Especially with everything they've gone through at past schools.

Much like Annabeth, Hayley Chase is a famous name. Hayley wasn't a problem child. She is a good kid. A good kid with bad luck. Getting her daughter into schools was the easy part. As the granddaughter to a Congresswoman, an American and Military History professor at West Point, and the daughter of the third most famous Architect in the United States, schools were eager to have Hayley in their programs. And having an eleventh-grade reading level didn't hurt either. It was when the school year began that things usually went south.

Wrong place, wrong time basically sums up Hayley's life. Nothing too crazy happened, but it was usually enough to ensure that the girl wouldn't be getting an invitation back. So far, she had been kicked out of three schools. Once for getting too many detentions due to 'continuous disrespect,' which is just a fancy way of saying, "You're child pointed out too many of my teaching mistakes and I'm sick of being contradicted."

Another time was when a nasty girl in her class tripped Hayley in the lunchroom. The girl's tray went flying, and the food fight that ensued was blamed on her. The last incident was the result of a classroom fire, but there's really no time to unpack that. Hayley never meant for these things to happen. She knew how hard her mother worked, and she admired her greatly for that. The last thing she wants is to add stress to her life.

What Hayley didn't realize, however, was that she made Annabeth's life anything but stressful. The woman couldn't be prouder to have a daughter as clever, kind, and patient as Hayley. Annabeth spent her whole life wanting to build something permanent, but when she finally did, she looked around and realized that it's wasn't worth much without someone permanent beside her. She wants to do right by her daughter, and that's one of the reasons why she was so excited to finally have Hayley over at the summer house with her. Not only would she get to spend time with her daughter again, but Annabeth would get to show Hayley where she grew up. Her home.

Camp Half-Blood.

Hayley was now carrying a backpack over her shoulders and tugging a suitcase behind her as she walked up the steps to the giant house, "What is it?"

"It's a surprise," The woman answered, simply. Annabeth had just dropped her bag onto the porch and was currently scrummaging in her bag for the door keys.

"What kind of surprise?" Hayley pressed while admiring the exterior of the house. The two story mansion had once belonged to her great-grandmother, but it hadn't been used in years. The green-eyed girl suddenly found herself hoping that the surprise wasn't spiderwebs and dust. Then again, her mother had been living here on and off again for the past six months. If there was even a hint of spiders, the house would have already been hosed down by exterminators, "Surprise like, 'I'm doubling your allowance for not causing trouble this year!' or surprise like, 'Grandma's coming to visit'?"

Annabeth had unlocked the door but held it ajar, "Actually, yes, your grandma is coming in a few days to visit."

A grim look overtook Hayley's face. It's not that she didn't like Grandma Athena, it's just that she was very... controlled. Hayley always assumed that it was the Congresswoman in her that made the old lady so uptight. Every time she came to visit, her mom would get anxious and start to stress work. The little girl knew all about her mother's upbringing. The mother-daughter pair were very close, and Hayley was protective of the people she loved, so she never enjoyed seeing the effect her grandmother had on Annabeth.

"Why is she coming here?" The young girl asked, trying her best to hide her disapproving tone, "The only thing she does when she comes over is stress you out and give me passive-aggressive looks for not indulging myself in nonfiction books."

"Hayley, if you want to read Agatha Christie, read Agatha Christie. If you want to read Marvel Comics, read Marvel Comics. Don't let her make you feel bad about your interests," If there was one thing Annabeth was willing to face her mother for, it was her daughter. It pissed the woman off to no end when her mother, the one who had basically abandoned her as a child, tried to tell Annabeth how to raise her daughter.

That's another thing Hayley loved about her mom. No matter what she did, her mom was right behind her with unconditional support. When Hayley entered the Spelling Bee, her mother stayed up the night before and helped her practice, even though she had scheduled an early meeting the next morning to ensure she would be off on time to attend the contest. When the girl wanted to join an art class, Annabeth went out and bought her a whole new art supply kit. When, at the age of four, she decided that blue and yellow were magic colors, and her mom decided to make blue cookies for her. She only made them once, and Hayley was young when she did, but the girl still could have sworn she remembers her mother tearing up when her daughter took her first bite of the blue food.

And there was the time when she was three, and Hayley had her first asthma attack.

Annabeth had been a wreck for the entire process. Of course, Hayley had recovered quickly, and thanks to her Flovent medication, she hasn't had a major attack in years. All thanks to her mom. If Annabeth Chase was anything, it was a planner. Hayley was on a strict schedule when it came to taking her medication. Even though her daughter's asthma hadn't acted up in years, she wasn't going to chance losing her ever again.

"Rebel against Grandma?" Hayley joked, "Sounds like a plan."

Annabeth huffed out a laugh, but Hayley could tell something was off. She just now noticed that her mother hadn't been looking her in the eyes and that she was still standing in front of the cracked open door, blocking the girl from what's inside. She also noticed that her mother didn't answer her question about why Grandma Athena would be visiting.

"Why don't we go inside? I may have lied about the surprise- or rather, the extent of it. There is actually more than one."

Hayley's confusion must have been very noticeable, because right as she was about to ask more questions, Annabeth opened the front door to reveal two people waiting inside.

"Piper! Leo!" Hayley dropped her bags onto the porch and ran to her godmother and honorary uncle. The two dropped down and hugged the little girl with just as tightly as she did them.

"Hey, Hay!" Leo teased the girl as her arm wrapped around his neck.

"Oh my goodness, there is no way you got this big over one school year!" Piper exclaimed as she pulled back from the girl's other side, "You get any taller and you're gonna outgrow Leo."

While that was definitely an exaggeration, Leo still scoffed at the girl. Watching as the three got reacquainted, Annabeth picked up her daughter's bags that were abandoned on the porch and laid them inside. After she placed her own bags on the floor, Piper's dark eyes shot up and reached Annabeth's gray ones.

The woman smiled down at Hayley before walking over to give her mom a big hug. Piper McLean and Annabeth had been friends for years. The two met in the third grade. They bonded over daddy issues and a mutual love for Skittles. You know, normal kid stuff. After decades of sleepovers, secret handshakes, bad haircuts, and One Direction phases, the girls were still inseparable. If anyone could read Annabeth like a book, it was Piper. They were a fantastic duo. So much so, that Piper was her personal assistant. Technically, she was here for work, but Annabeth was just grateful to have her best friend here for the occasion.

Annabeth met Leo Valdez in college. He was the smartest person on the robotics team and the two shared many classes together throughout the years. They became fast friends, bonding over conspiracy theories and arguing over who was the better Property Brother. When Annabeth needed a Head of Construction at her firm, she knew exactly who she wanted by her side. Leo was more than happy to accept.

Leo and Piper were great employees and even better friends. They were supportive when she told them she wanted to adopt. They were always there to remind her that it's okay to take a break. And whenever one of them decided to take her out and let her live a little, the other would watch Hayley. And they both loved Hayley.

"Glad to see you're still alive," Piper's tone was flat and quiet against Annabeth's ear. She knew her friend didn't want Hayley hearing what she had to say, and honestly, neither did Piper, "Oh, and look at that. Is that a phone sticking out of your back pocket? A phone that I have been trying to reach you on for the past hour?"

Annabeth pulled back from the hug and Piper could finally see the guilt written on her face, "I know. Look, I'm sorry I didn't answer, but I knew what you would be calling about. I couldn't exactly have you yelling at me with my ten-year-old in the passenger seat."

"So, she doesn't know then?" The black-haired woman knew the answer, but the way she was now staring Annabeth down -arms crossed, eyebrow raised- made her realize the real question she was asking went along the lines of, what the hell is your plan here?

"No," Annabeth sighed out, "I was going to tell her on the drive over from the airport, but there was just so much to catch up on-"

"Yeah, Annabeth!" Piper whisper-yelled as an exasperated look took over her face, "There is so much to catch her up on. Starting with-!"

"Hey, you two," Leo coughed out, loudly. As the girls turned their attention back to him and the little girl, they saw Leo motioning to Hayley. Annabeth's daughter sent confused glances to the three adults, "Annabeth, why don't you show Hayls what's outback?"

Annabeth clasped her hands together and moved past Piper, who was now giving Leo the death stare, "That's a great idea, Leo. Come on, Hayley, there's another surprise waiting for you."

Hayley loved a good surprise as much as the next girl, but she was very aware of the mumbled bickering going on between Piper and Leo as she and her mom walked to the back of the house. That kind of put a damper on things. There was definitely something being kept from the little girl, and she had an idea that whatever it was wouldn't be found outback.

"Come on, kiddo," Annabeth said as they reached a little study. Hayley almost missed the door as they walked up to it. The wood of the door matched the wall around it, and a few strayed out plant decorations hid it even more. It was like the room was intentionally being hidden away. Once her mother opened the door, Hayley could see why. It appeared to be a private study- a homey, little room. There was a desk that sat in the middle, surrounded by comfortable looking chairs and giant bookshelves. To the side, there was a giant bay window that let the sun in and overlooked the coastline. A telescope stood off to the right of the window and a globe of the world to the left.

"Wow," The girl breathed out. Hayley stepped into the room and heard her mother chuckle from behind her.

"Just wait," Annabeth took her daughter's hand and lead her to the giant bay window. Annabeth sat down on the cushion while placing the little girl in her lap. She pointed out towards past the water and to an open area that was covered by what looked like to be a camp.

"Is that the camp you've been working on up here?" Hayley asked, eyes still set towards the campground, "It looks beautiful."

From what she could see, the cabins were beautifully designed with different symbols on each building, "What do the different symbols mean?"

"Each camper is placed in a certain cabin based on what you designed your schedule to look like. For example, if you wanted to spend the majority of your summer in the gardens, you could request to be placed in the Grain cabin. It's just to help to keep campers organized," The woman explained, "Obviously you could still participate in the camp singalong with the Lyre cabin, or go swimming with the Triton cabin, but this way you could be focused more on your interests and be surrounded by people who shared them."

"You said you went there, right?" Hayley turned to look back at her mother, "What cabin were you in?"

"I was always in the Owl cabin," Annabeth grinned at the memory, "We spent a lot of our time in the arts and crafts department. We also held the highest number of wins in Capture the Flag."

"Capture the Flag?" The girl stared at her mother with an amused expression, "What's that like?"

Annabeth grinned down at Hayley, "Well, I guess we'll have to go over there one day and let you find out for yourself."

Her daughter's green eyes widened as she jumped from her mother's lap, "Wait, really? I get to go?"

"Well, since we won't be here the whole summer you're not an official camper, but yes. I talked to the activities director and he said they would be happy to have you come down and join in on the fun," she explained, "My only condition is that you aren't allowed to ditch me when your grandma get here. THAT, and I want a ceramic mug."

Hayley wrapped her arms around her mom's neck, "I will, I promise! It'll say Worlds Best Mom and everything."

There were many surprises in store for Hayley Chase this summer, but her daughter finally getting to experience Camp Half-Blood was Annabeth's favorite. With the architect's demanding schedule and her daughter's extracurriculars, the two didn't have a lot of extra time for just them. Summer was when they could be together the most, and no matter how much she wanted her daughter to experience the same joys she did at camp, Annabeth didn't want to send Hayley to the other side of the country without her. And there was no place for Annabeth at camp now.

However, due to her new project being Camp Half-Blood, Annabeth had the perfect excuse to bring her daughter to the place most special to her. She wanted to share her experiences with her daughter. Show her the giant pine tree right at the camp entrance where she would sit under the shade and read. Tell her about the firework show that the camp would have every year. Share every strategy she helped come up with to win almost every game of Capture the Flag. Bring her to the dock where she spent almost every day with a boy. A boy with messy hair and sea-green eyes. Green eyes that Hayley's own resembled. Annabeth wasn't sure if that was a blessing or a curse. Looking into those eyes remained her of the boy she loved. The boy she wanted to build something permanent with. The boy who teased her, encouraged her, and stuck by her no matter what. Her best friend.

The boy who she tried to keep. The boy who she couldn't keep. Annabeth thought fate was a cruel being. For years, the blonde girl just wanted someone who would stay. Someone who wouldn't leave. And when she finally found that someone, life forced the two apart. Although she hadn't seen him in years, Annabeth would still think of that boy and wonder about the man he became. While working at camp, the woman was reminded of him more than ever. The memories -and feelings- they shared.

Yes, Annabeth wanted to share her experiences with her daughter, but she could not share him. Annabeth could not tell Hayley about the boy who was shorter than her for a majority of their youth together, and how he would glare at her when she teased him about it. She could not tell her daughter about the boy who would sit through every one of her architecture rants with a smile. She could not tell her daughter about how he could coax the truth out of her with a single look, and hold her when it hurt too much to talk about.

Annabeth could not tell her daughter about her first love, P-

"Annabeth!" A voice shook the woman from her thoughts. As Annabeth's daughter pulled away from her, she noticed that her once ecstatic expression was now replaced with a look of confusion. And it wasn't hard to figure out why.

When she turned her head towards the voice, Annabeth came face to face with Luke Castellan, her fiancé.

Andrew Jean

Professor  Lunday

English 1301

30 November  2019

Welcome To Buhama Bucks 

Going into  my senior  year  of  high  school  I  quit  track  due  to  an  injury  so  I  had  extra  time  on  my  hands.  So  I started  hanging  out  with  my  friends  more  often  but  the  problem  was  the  fact  that  I  had  difficult  friends.  The  problem  with  them  is  that  they  loved  eating  expensive  food.  They  hated  fast  food  and  places   like  little  Caesar's   was  considered   “broke   people   food”. At  the  time  I  only  got  money  from  my  mom  and  the  places  they  wanted  to  eat  wasn't  enough. I  realized  that  I  needed  a  job. After  months  of  searching  I finally  got  an  interview  at  Canes. My  first  interview  didn't  so  well  I  was  really  confident  but  didn't  speak  loud   enough which  was   the  problem..   My  classmate Devin, who  worked   there  got  me  another   interview. This   time  it  was  with  another   manager  Katie, I felt   confident  but  this  time  I  made  sure  to  speak  up. The   day  after   Devin  comes   to  speak  to  me  and  tells  me  that  I   got hired. Finally,    my  first  job  was  at  Raising  Canes  because it  was  the  perfect  place  for  me. It  was  next  to my  school  and  with  great  hours 4-12  on  friday  and  4-10  on  saturday.  I  worked   the front counter and  drive  thru. Front  counter  was  my  element  I  felt  comfortable  there  since  I  was  able  to  talk  to  customers while,  drive  thru  I  sucked  at   it. I  prefer   talking  to  people  when  I  could  see them  not  with  a  headset. My biggest  problem  is  trying  to  multitask  in  a   fast  period  of time. Plus  the  system   didn't  work  so  well  so  I struggled  more  when   I  couldn't  hear  the  orders. After  2  weeks  of  trying  to  be  decent  at  it   we  all  gave  up. I  wanted  to  get  better  at  it  but  it  was  just   easier   to  move  on. Since  I  wasn't  good  at  drive   thru  the  manger  hated   me .  But  after  a couple months  I  didn’t  enjoy  working  there  my  hours  got  cut  and  my  bosses  hatred  increased.  I  only  stayed  at  that  job   because  on  Fridays  id  get   girls  numbers.  It  was  basically getting  paid  to  talk  to  girls   because  at  the   time  I  wasn't   good  at   it. But  after  a  girl  called  me  cute  in  front  of  my boss  he  put  2  and  2  together.  His  thought  I  sucked  at   drive   thru  on  purpose   just   to  be   put   up  front.   After  that  he  took  away  my  Fridays  and  only  gave  me  4  hours  a  week. My  paychecks  went  from  $200  to  $80   so  I  had  to find  a  new  job.   When  I  worked  only  on  Saturdays  I  became  close  to  Sydney,  She  was  my  work  best  friend  we  would  beat  each  other  up  all  the  time. I  roasted  her  all the  time  one  time even  on  the  headset.  I  had   a  different  relationship  with  each  manger. Katie  was  fun  and  we  would  talk about  fighting  each  other  and  she  loved  embarrassing me  in front  of  girls.  Kat  and   I  would  joke  about  her  not  being  my  boss  and  my  reactions  when  we  would  count  money  together.    After  months  of  looking  I  got  a  text  from  my  current  boss  telling  me  that  I  got  the  job  right  when  summer  started.  I  was   happy  to  get a  new  job  because  I  didn't  want  to  quit  I  wanted  to  be  fired. Normally  people  find  being  let  go  from  their  job  a  bad  thing  but  I  found  out  that Matt  doesn't  like  firing  people. His  goal  was  to  make  me  quit  and  my  pride  wouldn’t  let  him  win. My plan  was  to  work  both   jobs  but  it  wasn't  possible.  Matt  would  always  be  rude  to  me  and  say  stuff  about  me  behind  my  back.                                                             Canes  and  Bahama  Bucks  are  two  different  jobs at  Canes   it's  hard  to  talk to  everyone  where  at  Bahama  if  you don't  speak  your  gonna  be  bored. Shifts  at  Canes  feel  like  a  long  time where  Bahama goes  by  fast.   After  getting  the  new  job.I  was  so  happy  and  after  training  I wasn't  good  at  anything.  From  making  snow cones  to  working  the  register. Since I  sucked  at everything  I wasn't  very  well liked.  I  had  a  manager  named  Regan,  that  was  really  nice  but  really  annoying  so  she  made  me  extremely  nervous  and  it  made  me worse. People  didn't  really  like  working  with  her  and  I  always  got  scheduled  with  her.  When  she  went   back  to  college  everyone  was  happy especially me.   Eventually the  more  I  worked  the  better  I  got.  I  went  from  making  the  worst  snow cones  that  looked  deformed  to  perfect   ones.  As  the  summer  ended  and  the  people  I  didn’t   like  left   I  started  to  enjoy  my  job. I  went  to  everyone's  least  favorite  to  favorite.  I  got  excited  to   work  because  it  became  fun. Less  people  came  in   so  we  got  goof   around  and  found  ways  to entertain ourselves from  throwing  snowballs  at  targets and whatever  came  to  our  mind.  At the  store  I  have  coworkers  that  I  can   tell  them  anything, Whether  it's  whatever   going  on  in  my  life  at  the  moment,  or  if  i'm going  through something . Since ever one  was   in   high  school  and  I  was  able  to  open  instead  of  closing.  The  opening  shift  is  the  best  shift  because  no  one  comes  in and  I  get  to  chill  and  do  homework. After  a  while  I  ended  up  doing  everything  for  the  store  if  I'm not  there  we  run  out of  stuff.  I'm basically   a  manager  to  the  store  so  I'm incharge  of  telling  the  owner  what  we  don't  have  and  dealing  with  problems.   I  never  thought  I  would  have a  job  I  enjoyed  so  much. From  not  always  having  to  put  on  a  uniform  when  the  weather  is  cold  and  being  able  to  wear  a  durag. The  special  perks  I  get  from the  morning  shift  of  weekdays  is  that I  can  watch  Netflix  or  YouTube  on  the  big  tvs  at   work. But  what  I  like about  my  job  is  putting   smiles on  kids  faces. Their  faces  light  up  when  they  see  how  it's  made and  especially  when they  get  an  umbrella  with  their  favorite  color.  Or  meeting  new  people  and  finding  out  their  backstory  and  how  their  day  was.   A  bonus  of  working  there  is  that  sometimes  Maddi,  my  best  friend  would  come  visit me and  me  being  a  manager  I  get  to hook  her  up.

                  My  favorite  part about   my  job  is  my  coworkers. There is   clay,  He’s  a really  tall   17  year  old. When  I  work  with  him  we  goof  around  and  he’s always  putting  me  on  to cool shows. Then  Lauren, sometimes  she  can  be  annoying  especially  when  her  friends  come  in, but  she’s  cool  we  yell  at  each  other  to  see  who  can  scream  louder.  The  thing  I  like  about  her  is  the  fact  she  will organize  the store  with  me which  makes  my  job  easier. Now Sofia, she  hated  me  when  I  first   started  I  always  worked  with  her when  I   was  terrible. It's  ironic  that  she  hated  me  since  she  was  my  favorite  person to  work  with. I  just  liked  her  personality  plus  she  always  got  hurt  which  was  funny. Now  I'm her  second  favorite  person  there  but   recently  I  haven't  been  working  with  her. We  used  to  have  a  girl  named  Mattie,  or  Matson  as  I  called  her  because  it  her  birth  name. She  was  everyone's  favorite  mine  included. Her  and  I  playfully  fought  all  the  time. Her  and  I  had  a joke  that  if  we  were  in  a  horror  movie  she would   die  first.Im  protective  of  her cause  she  always  meets  the  creepiest  guy  hence  why  she  would  die  first.  Every time  she would  have  an encounter with  a  creepy  old  dude  she would  tell  stories  about  it.   I  felt  closer  to  her  than   anyone  else  because  I  know  some  of  her  friends  in fact  I've  had  a  thing  with   3  of  them  plus  her  ex  was  my best friend’s little  brother. I  got  sad  when  she  left  to  work  at  a  vet  but  she  might  come  back  fingers  crossed.  Now  Ava  is  like  my  little  sister  we  got  a  secret  handshake  and  everything. I tease  her  all  the  time  by  saying  she's 12. she’s  the  person  I  talk  to all  the  time  if  its  about  girls  or  school. I  call her  the  mean  version  of  one  of  my  best friends  Maddi,  both  of  them  give off  mom  vibes  and  I  go  to  them  first  when  I'm going  through  something I  love  how  she's  childish  yet  mature. We used  to  have  a  guy  named  Sterling, Mattie  was  the  reason  he  got  hired  since  they  were  friends.  He  was  a  model  and   an actor  so  that  made  him  cool  to  me  because  I  wanted  to  do  those things. He  was  my  work  best  friend. His  personality  was  goofy  and  funny  we  instantly  connected.  He  would  give  me  advice  on  girls and  other stuff.  He  hated  when  I leave  work  and when  I  wasn't  working  he  wouldn't  have  as  much  fun. Sadly  he  quit  out  of  the blue  his  original  plan  was  to  get  the   first  check  then  leave  but  after  a  month  of  being  there  I  though  his  plans  changed. Once  he  left  work  got  boring  for  a  bit  but  within  his  absence  I  became  closer  to  clay.  Usually  at  jobs  when  you  see  someone   you  work  with  you try  to  avoid  them. But  With  morning  shifts  I  can't  wait  for  the  next  person  to  arrive.  The cool  part  of  my  job  is  even  when  im  not  working  and  I   wanna  hangout  I see  whos  working  and  pop  up. With  all  the  pros  with  my  job  there are cons  too. My  boss  Melissa,  is  the  biggest  one.  I admire  her  for  being  able  to  own  multiple  stores  after  selling  snow cones  at  Minute  Maid  park  during baseball season.  But  she’s  a  terrible store  owner  if  you  were  to  look  at  the  review  most  of  them  are  about  poor  management. Her  refusal  to  restock  products  like  spoons.  The biggest  complaint for  customers   is  the lack  of   sugar  free  flavors since  we  have  been  out for  months.  I  wish  there  was  a  sight  where  you  rate  your  boss like  in college  and  you  rate  your  teachers.  The employees  biggest  complaint  is  her  taking  away  our  tips. She took $50  worth  of  it   over  whip cream  being  in  the  freezer  which  I  got  blamed for.  That  made  me  mad  especially  when  she  didn't  apologize  when  we  found  out  the  delivery  people  put  it  there.  I prefer  working  for   her  rather  than  Matt. Mostly  because  of  her  parents, especially  her  father  Alfred, He’s  a  weird  old  man  with  a  hearing  problem  but  he is  extremely  handy. When  something  doesn't  work  and  I'm having  trouble  I  call on him. His wife  I  call  Mrs.Alfred  is  extremely  nice  I've only  met  her  once  and  she  helped  me  clean. Sometimes  I  wonder  how  her  parents are  really  nice  but  their  daughter  takes  advantage  of  teenagers. 

                 But working  for  her has  made  me  realize  that  this  place is  gonna  help  me  with  advertising. Since we  sell snow cones and the weather gets cold you have to find ways to get people inside. My idea was to make a sign and do funny dances in the street. Did I look dumb? yes. Did drivers make fun of me? yes. But it worked we went from no customers to  a bunch. Working here I also learned that if you want to open a business make sure it’s a place where people can see. That helps if I ever want to own my own firm. Most importantly how to make something look appealing for example. We have a flavor called galaxy at it taste bad but we made it look like an infinity gauntlet since Endgame had just came out on dvd and for a slogan I put you'll love it 3000 it’s inevitable since Iron man and  Thanos said it. 

                I have grown a lot since I started working at Bahama Bucks. I started taking on more responsibilities and improved my problem solving skills. This job has given me transferable skills with public speaking and much more. Plan is to be employed till next summer when I transfer to New York. When I leave this job I hope to find one as fun as this one.