Travis's POV

I hate strawberries. I hate dirt. I hate gardening. I hate getting sunburnt. But, here I was, at the strawberry fields, for the fifth time this week. Why, you may ask?

NO! I know what you're thinking! You're thinking I'm here because a certain Demeter child has captured my attention. I've read what you guys say about Katie and me! It's not true! AT ALL.

At least I don't think so...

Wait, what was I talking about? GAH! You people keep putting ridiculous ideas into my head! STOP IT! I'm blaming you all if I kiss her!

Oops... I SO did not mean that! AT ALL!

Great. Now I wasted half of a page talking about Katie. This is gonna have to be longer than I intended because of you. Not cool.

So, I was at the strawberry fields because apparently Chiron thought I needed to 'learn more about Greek history'. What does Greek history have to do with stealing? NOTHING! I don't get why I have to learn it if it doesn't apply to my future job!

Just my luck, the Athena cabin was too busy working on the designs for Olympus, so I couldn't get a cool dude, like Malcolm, to tutor me. And Chiron didn't trust Will and I alone together after our last, um, incident. It was not our fault that we broke his computer! It was the evil harpies... Anyway, Percy is, well, Percy, and Mitchell is about as good with Greek history as I am.

So I get stuck with Katie. (Bet you guessed that didn't you?) All week we had been meeting at the strawberry fields so she could still work on her precious strawberries. Honestly, what's so great about them? Silly string is better.

All this week, we had learned the basics of Greek mythology, like the gods and goddesses and their parents. We also touched a little into the giants. Katie thought I had finally graduated to the next level: Greek myths and heroes.

Today's lesson was the Trojan War. Since the Trojan War would take a year to cover, Katie just briefed over how it started and ended. Not a bad story, but I thought the Trojans were idiots. Who lets a huge random horse into their city? Especially one from their enemies? I get that it was a sort of trophy, but come on. It caused their fall!

Katie was going on and on about this Paris dude. It took me awhile to realize she was talking about a guy, not the European city.

"So Paris had to judge this contest between Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena. Not his smartest move. Each of the goddesses offered him bribes so they would get chosen as the fairest goddess. Hera offered him power over some countries. Athena offered him wisdom and skill in battle, and Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful girl in the world. In retrospect, he should have chosen the skill in battle."

"What are you talking about? Paris is a genius! To be able to have the most beautiful girl just by judging a contest! Pretty sweet deal if you ask me." Katie glared at me, but continued.

"It just so happens the most beautiful girl was Helen. She was married to the king of Greece. Naturally, when Paris came and stole his bride, he went ballistic and started the Trojan War."

"So, why is Helen called Helen of Troy if she was from Greece?"

"Maybe it's because she married Paris. I'm not exactly sure. Anyway, before Paris could enjoy his marriage to Helen, he dies in battle."

"Wow, bad luck for that dude."

"So, this war started because Paris wanted Helen. It ended with him not getting the girl because of his foolish decisions. Idiotic, right?"

I sighed, and before really thinking, I said, "That's normally how it goes. The guy ends up alone 'cause of his foolish decisions." I looked down, thinking of all the pranks I have played on her trying to get her attention.

Curses! You guys just had to get me thinking about Katie and her captivating eyes and silky brown hair and luscious lips! I don't really like her.

Do I?

Katie looked at me funny. "What's that suppose to mean?"

"N-nothing," I stuttered. I took this as an opportunity to run out of the fields as fast as I could.

Gosh, I'm an idiot. Our next lesson is going to be so awkward.

Did ya like it? Should I continue? I just felt like some Tratie, so I wrote this. This is actually a drabble in another one of my stories, but I just liked the idea of Katie teaching Travis, so I revised it and made it a story. Any ideas for lessons? Review and tell me! Thanks!