Jason:
After the Second Titan War, Jason just wanted everything to go back to normal. He wanted the time to mourn the demigods lost and to be able celebrate the victory with his friends, but nothing in his life was fair. His peers just had to raise him on that shield and pronounce him Praetor. Not that it wasn't nice but he never wanted that, he was already son of the King of the Gods and he didn't really want the extra attention. Even he had to agree though, that being Praetor suited him. He was looking forward to helping lead the rebuilding efforts and getting rid of the last remnants of Saturn's army and he did get to do that for a short time, before the Gods had to butt their way in yet again. Juno herself had shown up at Camp Jupiter and declared a new 'quest' of sorts; this time a solo mission to infiltrate a high school in New York, Goode High. Thus Jason found himself climbing the steps of Goode the cool morning of August 28th, with not a clue of what he was looking for. Juno only said to make friends, he had friends at Camp Jupiter but he didn't argue, goddesses didn't often take kindly to that.
He felt out of place in the mortal world, he hadn't actually been a part of it outside of his various quests since before Lupa raised him at the Wolf House. He hated how nervous he was, he fucking destroyed the Lord of the South, the Titan of constellations, Krios. A bunch of mortal teenagers shouldn't make him so uneasy. Upon entering the school he wished that he had his friends by his side.
Percy:
That morning Percy woke feeling refreshed, he was actually looking forward to sophomore year. That new Great Prophecy was scary but hopefully it wouldn't happen for another 60 years. For the first time in his life he could breathe easy without the dread of turning 16 hanging over him. He road the bus to Goode High staring out the window daydreaming of Annabeth. His life had been perfect ever since they had started dating after the war, he couldn't wait to see her again, but first he had to finish this school year.
After getting off the bus Percy entered the school and went to his locker to organize his stuff for the day. As expected, a few seconds after opening his locker his mortal friend Spencer sauntered over to him.
"Really? You're actually using your locker?" Spencer asked with a hint of disbelief in his voice.
"We haven't seen each other in months and those are your first words to me?" Percy responds without looking at him.
"I mean come on, if you can't fit all your shit in your backpack then you're bringing too much stuff. Oh and also, hope your summer was a blast" Spencer said while looking down the hallway, probably for our other friends.
Percy wouldn't say he was very close to his mortal friends, with the exception of Spencer. Their friendship worked because Spencer was too busy outside of school to bother Percy with his mortal problems.
Not wanting to be questioned too much he just said his summer wasn't all that great, Spencer's wasn't either apparently. They exchanged schedules and saw that they had Latin 1 first period so the pair walked to class together. Upon entering the classroom Percy noticed that they were really early, only one other person was sitting in it. A tanned blonde boy with his nose buried in a book.