Back then, and now

Percy Jackson thought he'd never see Annabeth Chase again. They were best friends in elementary school-the kind of friendship where two kids just knew they'd grow up side by side. Then her family moved away, and that was that. Seven years, zero contact. Just a ghost of a memory.

But on the first day of junior year, she walks into his school-older, sharper, and carrying secrets behind stormy gray eyes. Percy can't believe she's here. And neither can his friends, who aren't sure how to take this sudden shift in Percy's world.

As Percy and Annabeth reconnect, feelings bubble to the surface-old and new. But people change. Time changes. And so do the stories we tell ourselves about the people we used to love. Sometimes, picking up where you left off isn't that simple.