Riptide

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Since we'd been filming for almost 2 months now with no breaks, Walker, Aryan, Dior, Charlie, and I decided to explore St. Louis, since none of us had been there before.

We had all split up into our hotel rooms, me and Dior in one and the boys in the other.

It was getting pretty chilly out, since it was mid fall, so I knew I should at least wear a hoodie in case we were out late.

I put on some dark gray cargos before putting on deodorant and pulling one of the hoodies I stole from Walker on, walking out of the bathroom to see Dior laying on her bed, already changed into a long sleeve and camo cargos.

So Clarrise of her.

Literally, it's almost her entire Clarrise outfit from set.

We meet the boys down in the lobby of the hotel before beginning to wander around town, no specific place in mind.

I was looking for some cool or interesting places to go that were near us as we walked, so I had Aryan make sure I didn't run into anything, because I don't fully trust anyone else to.

Let's be real, they'd all let me run into a pole.

"The closest two interesting places are Forest Park and Citygarden, which is a place full of like sculptures and stuff." I say to the four of them.

"Ooh, let's go to the art place." Dior votes with an excited smile.

"I wanna go to the park, there's a big dinosaur apparently." Walker argues, looking over my shoulder at the picture.

"I vote art." Aryan chimes in.

"Lame, I vote dinosaur." Charlie says.

"You're the tiebreaker Del, what's it gonna be?" Walker asks, standing behind me and resting his chin on my shoulder.

"That's cheating!" Aryan shakes his head, pushing Walker away from me as we all laugh.

"Let's do the park first, since it's closer, and then we can do the art place." I decide, Charlie shrugging carelessly.

"Save the best for last." Dior grins as we all start walking again.

"Whatever." Walker scoffs at her, walking up beside me and interlocking our hands. "Hi"

"Hey" I chuckle softly in response, my vans crunching in the thin layer of snow on the sidewalk.

"Is that my hoodie?" Walker asks, his eyes on Aryan and Dior in front of us.

"Maybe." I reply, a grin on my face as we walk.

"Theif." Walker shakes his head, pulling the hood over my head.

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Once we got to the park, Walker and Charlie immediately started running around trying to find the dinosaur, Walker dragging me along with him.

The second we found it, they pushed through the small group of people just standing next to a railing and walked up to the dinosaur with huge grins.

Walker immediately calls first dibs on a picture, so he posed with the dinosaur while I took a couple.

After that, Charlie posed and we took his pictures, then they posed together.

Then, they forced the rest of us to take a group photo while Aryan got a fan that had been watching us the whole time to take our picture.

Once we were done, we explored some of the other parts of the park, before deciding it was time to go to the art place.

When we got there, Dior and I took pictures of a ton of the sculptures and stuff there, which was super cool.

Walker kept complaining that his feet hurt so we left after about 20 minutes, heading back to the hotel to go to bed.

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12.10.23
3 days before Percy Jackson premiere

A little over a year later, it was almost time for the premiere of the show.

Quick updates:

DAMN Walker had a glow up. He actually looks his age now and he's like 5'10 all of a sudden.

(I actually cannot find his height on google so we're gonna go with that cause I'm pretty sure he's taller than Logan Lerman who's 5'9 so yea)

I also grew, but I'm still only 5'5, so I'm officially tied for the shortest one in the friend group, since me and Leah are the same height.

Leah and Connor started dating in June, so 6 months on them, and Momona introduced Brady and Xochitl, who hang out a lot, so we all have faith for them.

Javon and Payton broke up, on good terms, because Javon's family moved to Italy a few months ago and they mutually agreed not to do long distance.

Aryan totally lost his baby face, and looks his age now. Him and Leah taught Walker how to take care of his curls, so they look a lot more defined and healthy now.

Brady and I are starting the travel volleyball season again soon, since it officially starts in late January, so I'm looking forward to that.

On the other hand, after the school district's winter break is over, both mine and Walker's parents decided that it was time for us to go back to public school, which I'm kind of excited about honestly.

School volleyball doesn't start until late February, in which I'll have an even tighter schedule. Walker's thinking about doing track, pole vaulting specifically, so that'll be cool.

The whole PJO gang has a lot of interviews coming up for the next few weeks, along with the premiere, so I'm gonna be busy a lot.

Right now, I'm laying in my bed at home, watching a movie with James and Betty, who are 9 and 4 respectively.

Inez- who was now 7- was downstairs with our mom and dad, helping make cookies.

My 15th birthday is in 5 days, and this year I decided to be a normal kid, so me, my siblings and parents, and some of my friends are all going to Skyzone for a few hours, then coming home and having cake, and that's it. Although that'll be in New York!

Walker and I have been dating for over a year now, and while he hasn't told me he loves me, I know he does.

Wouldn't hurt to tell me though.

I am so sorry for my dissapearance💀