RIIIIING! The bell sounded, dismissing the high schoolers from last period. Katie practically sprinted to her locker to gather her things. Today was the day she was going back to camp! It was a few weeks before summer vacation, but she had gotten special permission to leave school early. She grabbed her bag and met up with her friends to walk out to the parking lot.
"I just can't believe your'e leaving!" said Katie's friend, Jenna.
"Yeah, we're going to miss you so much! Are you sure you can't stay until the end of the school year?" asked Hanna.
"No, I really wish we could hang out more, but I can't stay." Katie replied with true honesty. She really did like her mortal friends, but nothing could compare to Camp Half-blood.
"Hey guys," whispered Jenna, "hottie alert!"
Katie turned around to see one of the most horrific sights of her life. A tall boy with his hands stuffed in his pockets was strutting towards them. His brown, wavy hair flounced with each step he took. "What are you doing here, Stoll?" Katie asked with as much distaste as she could manage.
"Well, hello to you too, Gardner." Travis said while flashing a smirk.
"You know him?" Hanna whispered in Katie's ear.
"You didn't answer my question." Katie said, ignoring Hanna.
"I'm supposed to take you to camp." Travis said.
"You?"
"Yeah, didn't Chi- didn't Mr. Brunner tell you?"
"Well, he did say that someone was coming to pick me up. But he didn't say it would be you."
"Well, surprise! I'm your ride." Travis stated.
"Fine, let's go. See you guys later." Katie hugged her friends goodbye and her heart began to sink. Great, a five hour car ride with Travis Stoll. Just what I need to start off the summer.
The two demigods piled into Travis' car. "So, where do you live?" Travis asked.
"Excuse me?" Katie said in a steely voice.
"You know, so you can get your stuff for camp." Travis said.
"Oh, yeah. Just turn left here. It's the house at the end of that street." Katie told him, a little more gently.
Travis pulled into the driveway of a small, yellow house with a huge garden on the front lawn. Then, to Katie's surprise, he jumped out of the car and opened Katie's door for her. "Umm, thanks." she said.
They walked up the front path and into the house. Then they went upstairs, and Katie instructed him to wait outside her bedroom while she gathered her things. She walked over to her dresser and started stuffing clothes into a large duffel bag. Then she grabbed her knife and plant book. She opened the door and proceeded to walk downstairs, but Travis stopped her.
"Let me carry that for you" he said as he took the bag and book from her arms.
"Okay." Katie said with a look of puzzlement. It wasn't like Travis to be so... well to be so nice. Katie liked it though, it was a huge improvement over the Travis who put chocolate bunnies on her roof.
Well, that was chapter one. I know that it's kind of short but I just wanted to see what people thought before I post the other chapters. Please review so I know what I should fix or change about my writing, it's means a lot to me. Thanks for reading!