Hey, it's my new story! I know that this has been done to death, the whole Percabeth meeting mortals thing, but I decided to make it into a story! Enjoy!

Also, this story starts after BotL

I was really excited. Yeah, I know it was the first day of school tomorrow, but that just meant I would get to see my friends tomorrow. I was going into sophomore year of high school at Goode High School, in New York.

I was most looking forward to see my best friend Percy. Although I don't have a crush on him (I already had a boyfriend), most of the girls in school did. I had met Percy last year, and he seemed really nice. He was also in most of my classes, except I have music when he has study hall.

Our friend group consisted of me, Percy, my boyfriend Sean, two brothers named Connor and Travis Stoll, my second best friends Julie and Tess, and two guys named Ben and Josh. It was obvious that Julie liked Ben, and he liked her back, but they both refused to acknowledge that fact. I was also sure that Tess liked Percy, but he was way too oblivious to notice.

Travis had said that his girlfriend, Katie, was going to Goode next year. Travis was also in our grade. Although Connor was a freshman, he was so close to his brother that he was in our group anyway. The only way to tell the two apart was that Travis was slightly taller.

I grabbed my phone and sent a text to Julie, Ben, Tess and Josh. They were the only ones in our group with phones. I found that odd, but Sean's mom didn't let him have a phone, and Percy and the Stolls-well, when I asked them why, they just said, in a serious expression, "Cuz we don't want to be eaten." After that, I decided to not ask them about it again.

The gang said that they were able to come over, and Josh, who lived closer to Percy's then the rest of us, said he would go over and get him. Tess offered to get Sean, and in half an hour we were all going to meet at Starbucks for our last day of summer.

I was the first one at Starbucks. After me arrived Ben, then Tess and Sean. Five minutes later, Josh, Percy, and the Stolls arrived with a brown-haired girl wearing a green dress that I didn't recognise.

"Guys," Travis said, joining us at our table. "This is my girlfriend, Katie Gardner." Katie waved at us, then they went to get drinks. Katie had an iced green tea, Connor and Travis both had carmel frappuccinos, Josh had a mocha frappuccino, and Percy had water.

"Are you guys excited for school tomorrow?" I asked sarcastically.

There was a collective groan from our table, but I swear I heard Katie whisper, "I hope it's better then last summer." Percy and Travis, who were next to her, nodded. I wondered what that was about.

"So, what are your names?" Katie asked, turning to us. Percy started to answer, but she held up a hand, saying, "Not you, Kelp Head." Percy pouted, while I wondered how she knew who he was. Then again, she was dating Travis, and Percy was friends with Travis, so I guessed that made sense. But she called him Kelp Head, a nickname that made no sense to any of us except Travis and Connor, who sometimes call him that. She turned to me, cuz I was sitting next to Percy.

"Hi, I'm Grace Alder," I said. We all said our names, then started taking about how we thought our school year was going to be. Around 6, Percy left, saying he had to get home. The rest of us took that as a cue to leave, but as we were leaving the shop, I heard Travis ask Katie, "Is anyone else coming?" She shrugged, muttered something that sounded like "Wise Girl", and she and the Stolls turned down another street, leaving me to wonder how they knew each other and who the others were.

Sorry, I really don't know how to make a long chapter. I hope you enjoyed, and I already have the next chapter written! It'll come up very soon.