A/N: Yayyy, I finally got this up! Okay, before you guys all yell at me, I have something to say. I was very busy these past few weeks from school, and many other hectic things. I am not going to be one of those people who updates every week. This is a past-time, not an everyday thing, so I will update it when I feel like it 'kay? :P But in all seriousness, sorry for the wait. In other news, I have a poll up if you haven't already checked it out. Also, I am thinking of changing my pen name to something a bit more "professional" but I suck at making names, so if anyone has any ideas leave me a comment! So, as always, I don't own Percy Jackson, praise be to Rick Riordan! And to you, well, READ, RAVE, and REVIEW! (well, maybe not rave :P )

Poseidon POV

The Sea God was restless. Being limited to one immortal, and a whiny one at that, was tiresome. So when he saw a young girl at the beach, he immediately took an interest in her. He had been watching her for some time now, and she was a puzzling mortal. She was almost constantly looking out to sea, or looking to the stars. He didn't understand what was so interesting about random things that the gods had created. Who would expect him to understand the strange ways of mortals?

After a while of watching this girl, who had come to be known as Sally, there was one day when everything changed. It was a day when Zeus was all pissed off at one of his servants again for forgetting to bring him his favorite breakfast, so he had sent a storm. Poseidon could sense the tension in the air, but neglected to call out when Sally dove into the water. He didn't want to risk giving himself away, but was still worried that something would happen to her. When she hit her head against the cliff, he knew he had to step in. He didn't know why he felt the need to save her-I mean, he had watched countless mortals die before, why would he want to save her? He just did. He made himself a boy around her age, and made sure she was ok.

As the ambulance carried her away, he took one last look at her, and dove down into the water, heading back to his underwater palace. His wife demanded to know where he had been, but he just silenced her and sat on his throne in thought. That girl was not like any other mortal he had ever seen. Most mortals worried about looks, money, business, but this girl seemed to not have a care in the world. When she read her book, it was like the whole world around her just dissolved and the only thing that was there was the story. She was just so….different.

He decided to watch her, and see how her life turned out. He could tell that there were big things in her future, but he couldn't tell exactly what those things were. He watched her through Iris message whenever he got the chance, although he hadn't seen her in person in five years. Even if he hadn't been watching her, he never could have forgotten that beautiful brown wavy hair and sparkling blue eyes. He especially loved when she sat on the beach and read her silly books. She looked so blissful just sitting on the sand, the wind blowing through her hair. He became more intent on seeing her, so he enjoyed days when she would come to Montauk Beach, not far from her home on Long Island.

However, he felt bad for her. She truly had a dark past. Her parents had both died in a plane crash, (probably Zeus's doing) and she was all alone with her mean uncle, who not to mention, was very sick with cancer. Sally was forced to drop out of school to take care of him, and she used the little time she had to herself, carefully. She mostly spent her time, he had noted, in or near the water, whether it was at relaxing at the beach, or competing on the swim team. The more she was in the water, the better, because that meant he could watch her more often.

One day he decided to go and meet her face to face, so he disguised himself as a jogger and conveniently ran towards where she was sitting. She didn't remember him, of course she didn't. He recalled that she had lost her memory of that day when she first met him. But he convinced her to get lunch with him.

He waited 15 minutes, the normal time it would take someone to run home and get changed, and then he appeared in front of the diner in his classic Bermudas and a comfy Hawaiian top. He stepped inside and grabbed a booth, checking his silver Olympian watch. Perfect-12:00 Eastern Standard Time. The little bell rang above the door, and in she walked. "Sally, over here," he called out. She walked over with an expression that looked with confusion mixed in with a smirk. "So Peter, how do you know my name?" she asked cautiously. "You just told me on the beach, remember?" Poseidon said hopefully, spreading the mist over her. Ahh, the mist was so helpful at times like these when you needed a mortal to remember one tiny detail. "No I didn't," Sally replied, even more suspiciously. Or maybe the Mist was a useless piece-of-crap power. But all jokes aside, this was strange. Poseidon had known few mortals who could see through the Mist. He kept this in mind. "Oh right," he quickly recovered, "you told me a long time ago, you know, when we met on the beach for the first time."

"Right," she replied, still doubtful. "So, how have you been?"

"I'm good, listen, about before- I didn't mean to come off as creepy. It's just that I haven't gotten the chance to talk to you in a while," he told her with complete sincerity. She looked back at him with compassion in those sparkly blue eyes.

The moment was ruined by the waitress who came to ask their order. Sally ordered a diet coke and Caesar salad, while "Peter," being the guy, ordered root beer and a cheeseburger. The rest of the meal, Poseidon longed to say something sweet, but the moment had passed. They continued with small talk, and finished their lunch. After Poseidon paid the bill, Sally stood up suddenly. "Crap, my uncle said to be back by one, he's going to kill me. Thanks for the lunch."

"Sally?" Poseidon called out as she walked away. She turned and looked at him impatiently. "Maybe we could do this again sometime." She blushed and her look turned into a happy one. She waved shyly, and then walked out the door into the beautiful summer day.

A/N: Well hope you enjoyed Chapter Two! Please review!

Sincerely, autumnsky66 :)