I'm so glad I finally got to meet his best friends. I'm sure there I'm going to love them. "So, tell me about your friends Seaweed Brain."
"Well, Jared is a senior on the swim team, and he kind of brought Mel into our group. She's great. A little violent though."
"Hm. What is this violence you speak of? I've never heard of it. Could it possibly have anything to do with fighting multiple monsters on a daily basis?", I asked.
"I meant she's violent for a normal girl, ok? She's...feisty."
"Ok, so what about Wanda and Ian? They look pretty close."

"Yeah they're going out. Wanda and Mel are practically sisters. And Ian and Kyle really are brothers. When Mel went away for the summer, the only connection she had to Jared was through Wanda. Some weird rule about only one contact or something. So Jared spent a lot of time with Wanda. Now things are kind of weird between them. But most of the time you wouldn't even notice.", Percy stated.
"Wow! That's...interesting." I'm trying to process it all.
"Yup." Percy says. "My friends sure are interesting."
"And Kyle, Sunny, and Jodie?"
"Well Kyle, being the jerk he is, just kind of switches between them. Right now he's not going out with either of them. But they're both in love with him. It's amazing they can still be friends."
"They sound like daughters of Aphrodite." We both laugh. "They all seem really nice, though." He adds.
"They are. I couldn't ask for a better group of friends." After that, we walk in silence. Just being together is enough. Gods, I sound like a lovesick daughter of Aphrodite myself. Opening the door to the courtyard, we stepped through into the sun. Maybe this wouldn't be such a bad year after all...