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Will you be my girlfriend?

Travis POV

From the time she first entered camp I was entirely smitten. She was beautiful even though just ten with her beautiful curly blonde hair tied in a ponytail, slight freckles on her cheek area and her forest green eyes that held innocence. She was cute even when she was angry. The first time I met her was when she had to stay in Cabin 11 when she first came to camp and I developed a small crush on her since.

Connor and I had been at camp for two years already because we came when I was 9 and Connor just 8. Our mother was killed in an accident and we were moved from orphanage to orphanage until dad (a.k.a. Lord Hermes) came to take us to camp. Luke had taken us in and loved us like a family. We were well known since our first day at camp because it was rare for a god to have two kids from the same mortal when they are not twins. Also, we were claimed fairly quickly and the fact that we are the camp pranksters led to our popularity gain.

When Katie first came to camp and stayed in Cabin 11, the three of us became good friends- Katie, Connor and I- due to the fact that Katie was clever and she had the best ideas for our pranks and despite her strictness she was actually really nice. Also, her sweet demeanor and overall friendliness didn't make anyone suspicious of her easily so she could easily find out information about our victim. The fact that she could beat both Connor and I in poker despite the fact that she never played it before earned her extra points. She was also only person I talked to about the painful topic of losing my mother, aside from Luke and Connor. The one week she stayed in Cabin 11 felt like heaven to me and we had a lot of fun and I got to know a lot about her. But of course, all good things come to an end, so when she got claimed by goddess Demeter we were separated. She was with her siblings in the Demeter cabin all the time- gardening and talking, getting to know her half-brothers and sisters. And despite how well she fit in with them and happy she looked, I missed her. It was almost like I had never existed for her and I felt like I had lost a great friend. So, guess what? I pranked her for attention because I wanted to be friends with her again. Being a son of Hermes, it was only natural for me to resort to pranking for things I can't achieve any other way.

It first started off slow, I pranked the Demeter Cabin along with Connor. It was just a simple prank, we had fixed an air horn behind the Demeter cabin door and when you walk in the horn goes off. But this was just the beginning, the pranks on Demeter Cabin went from occasionally like for most cabins to almost daily. However, tension in camp was rising because Luke had turned to the dark side, and I felt betrayed. Connor and I had to take up the responsibility of Cabin 11 on our shoulders and the fact that other campers especially the Ares cabin thought that we were turning to Kronos' side too was bad. We did our best to show the other campers that the Hermes cabin was not fighting for Kronos. Katie had to step up as cabin counsellor too when her former cabin leader, Olivia had been killed in an attack against a dracaena. It was heart breaking to see Katie cry along with her cabinmates when the news was announced and even more when Katie went in front to speak about her sister at her funeral. All I wanted was to go and hug her, but I had to stop myself. So, I guess along all the pranks and counsellor duties my crush on Katie developed with each passing day. But this was one thing I didn't tell anyone because once I admit it to anyone, it becomes more real. I didn't want to lose Katie like I lost my mom or Luke.

It had been almost a year since Percy came to camp and Thalia's tree had been poisoned. Also, Tantalus was not helping our case because when we were supposed to protect camp we were having chariot races, but Percy saved the day by getting the Golden Fleece and Chiron was back too.

As days went on the threat was getting more serious. More and more people were coming back severely injured and some even killed. A lot of demigods were going to the dark side and it was terrifying to watch, because we knew those people and we would be forced to fight them. Connor and I continued to prank other cabins so we could release some tension around the camp. Then I found out that Katie liked Michael Yew, Apollo cabin's head counsellor. Of course, this led to increased pranks on the Apollo cabin. And also, the great chocolate bunnies prank on the Demeter cabin. But then came the battle of labyrinth, when we found out that Quintus was indeed Daedalus and a battle had broken out. All cabins fought against any monsters or demigods from Kronos' side. I wished to all the gods that Connor and Katie would stay safe. And so, I fought alongside my brother in the battle and defeated a lot of monsters. The enemy had retreated, but a lot of demigods were killed. Michael Yew being one of them. Katie avoided meeting people other than her siblings and the Apollo cabin. She spent most of the time perfecting her sword-fighting and archery skills. She looked pained most of the times. And it hurt me to see her like this but it was just then that I realized that I was not the only one who hated seeing her like this.

He hated seeing her like this too, because he liked her too. I couldn't believe how I hadn't seen it before. Anyone with eyes could see how much he was hurting when Katie was sad, and despite that I couldn't tell before that he had a crush on the same person as I did because I was too blinded by my own feelings. I wasn't the only one looking for Katie's attention, he was constantly fighting for Katie's attention too. And regardless of the fact that this was not the first time that Katie caught some other camper's attention, this time was definitely the worst. All the time I had liked Katie I always thought about if I was deserving enough of her, and that's why I never really acted on my feelings. But I knew that he was definitely deserving of Katie, because he was one of the best people on the world and he cared a lot for the people he truly liked. I had to trample my feelings for his. So, I watched. I watched as he tried his best to get Katie's attention, and as she laughed along with him. As he got to know about Katie.

And then the war was just around the corner and when Percy came back to camp without Beckendorf everyone's hopes were crushed. The prophecy made everyone fear Percy because he held the power to destroy or save Olympus. At the war council, when Percy talked about a spy and Katie said that it could be one of the Hermes' son, I felt a direct punch to the gut because I couldn't believe she would think that of us. So, I blamed Annabeth, Katie's really good friend, which I will admit was a low blow. And before I could think about it we were driving to the Empire State building fighting against monsters and demigods along with other campers and all was forgotten. Soon the war was over and we were back in camp. Thankfully both Connor and Katie were mostly uninjured.

Then again, I watched as they grew closer and all I could do was suppress my feelings when I noticed that Katie liked him back. So, when he asked her out and Katie said yes, I was not surprised. But I was sad and jealous and for once I wished I was Connor.