So this is how I think the couple we know as Tratie came to be as told in two parts. NO FLAMES!
Disclaimer: I own PJO and all the characters. HAHA! I got you! I hate to admit it but I don't :(
Travis and Katie did everything you could think of someone doing with another person. He stole from her, Katie slapped him, and they annoyed each other, laughed together, confided in each other, and jogged together.
So what were they doing at six in the morning? Jogging of course. For five miles.
They took a break when they reached Thalia's pine tree the second time. One lap around the whole camp is a mile so they were on the second. Katie forgot to bring water so she had been water falling from Travis's bottle.
Travis took a gulp from the bottle and handed it to Katie. Katie moved the bottle towards her lips. "Katie, you have no idea where-" Travis tried to warn her.
She was so thirsty she just pressed the mouth to her lips and drank half of the bottle. No big deal.
"My lips have been." Travis finished.
Katie screamed in agony. "Why are we doing this again?" She said hoarsely.
Travis shook his head in disapproval. "We made a bet. If you started walking first within the five miles then you give me a sponge bath while I'm wearing swim trunks. If I started walking, then you can slap me for no apparent reason seven times a day for the next two weeks." He reminded her.
"I thought I did that already." Katie's hand had a spasm and slapped Travis across the face. "Oops." She innocently said.
Travis cockily smiled. "Better run Gardner." He threatened.
She turned and sprinted off before he could start running. He looked after her and looked at the sky. "Did you just see that?" He whispered to it.
Zeus's face appeared in the clouds and it nodded.
Travis came up with a genius plan. He was going to wait until Katie came back around to the tree to tackle her. "Travis!" A voice screeched.
"Katie?" He yelled.
"Help me!" She shouted back.
He stood and cautiously jogged to the outskirts of the strawberry fields to actually see that Katie was in trouble. He ran over to her and knelt down. "Hey, Kates, what happened?" He asked quietly. "Why are you on the ground?"
She rolled over onto her other side so her back was facing Travis. On the back of her thigh was a seven inch long gash. "Katie… Oh my gods…" Worry was evident in his voice. "Babe, you okay?"
"One: Don't call me babe. Two: I'm not okay!" She said, misery etched in her voice. A groan escaped her lips.
"Relax Katie. I'm going to pick you up very gently and take you to the Apollo cabin. On the way you will tell me what happened. Understood?" Travis asked coolly.
Since when was Travis so bossy? Katie thought.
Before another thought could be thought, Travis picked Katie off the ground bridal style. He made sure he wasn't touching her gash or else she would scream.
Katie now had to start telling him what happened. "Travis, I'm going to tell you how I hurt my leg." She stated plainly and since her head hurt from when she feel and hit it on the ground, she set it on his chest.
"Go ahead. I'm listening." He said.
"Well, while I was running, I slipped on the wet grass. And I fell onto a stupid rock and hit my head on the ground. That's why my head is on your chest, not because I actually wanted to." Katie snapped the last part.
Oh she so wanted to. Travis thought. He smirked and continued walking.
Travis and Katie reached their destination and Travis used one hand to knock on the door. A girl with a peppy smile and a tight bun with a nurse's outfit on opened the white door. "May I help you?" She asked.
Katie looked at Travis with pleading eyes saying 'Don't let me go with her.'
Instead of saying never mind, Travis responded with, "I've never seen you at camp."
The girl giggled. "Of course not. I work the doctor shift from eleven at night to eight in the morning. I sleep in the day time. I'm Candy though."
"Well I'm Travis and this is Katie. Katie and I were jogging and she started running from me but fell on a rock and hurt her leg. Can you take care of her?" Travis asked.
Candy smiled another blinding smile. "Yeah. Come in please."
Travis had only been in the Apollo cabin a few times but when he walked in, it was deathly quiet. Someone was usually talking or gossiping or singing or talking about a new medicine. But not now.
"Follow me." Candy whispered and crept to the back.
In the back was a room closed off. Candy opened the door and flicked on a light to reveal a doctor's office type thing. It had the examining table, the little chair and everything. "Please sit me down." Katie whispered.
Travis took her towards the table and sat her down. "See you babe." He winked and walked out.
"No! Travis! I hate you so much!" Katie yelled.
"Now miss, if you don't calm down, I will have to give you a shot." Candy stated.
"Travis Stoll, you are going to burn in sulfuric acid once I am done here!" Katie remarked.