The Smooth Travis Stoll

Travis

Travis Stoll was lying under a tree napping as he usually would around 3 o' clock. The strawberry fields spread out before him. The intoxicating aroma filling his lungs as he breathed in the fresh air. Yup, life could be worse for the guy. Well, actually it was about to get worse for him, because suddenly a certain daughter of Demeter came to put a stop to the peaceful, tranquil day Travis was having.

"STOLL!"

Suddenly alarmed he jumped up in response to the angry girl swiftly approaching with a downright murderous glare.

"Oh hey Katie," he nervously responded, while slowly backing away. " Can I help you," he said with an innocent smile on his face.

"Don't play dumb; I know it was you who put itching powder in my bunk," Katie spat.

"Little 'ole me? Never." He replied with false hurt. He couldn't help notice how her long brown hair was being tossed in the wind, and how her green eyes shone with beauty. Wait. He wasn't supposed to be noticing these things. This was Katie Gardner, his mortal enemy, but he couldn't deny the feelings he'd grown for her over the years.

"Yeah right. I'll believe that when Ares becomes a pacifist," Katie retorted.

"I'm actually serious Kate plus eight, it wasn't me this time. Now that I think about it, I'm kinda offended. Someone's been pranking you without my permission," he said with obvious suprise.

Now it was Katie's turn to be suprised. "If it wasn't you, then who was it? And NEVER call me Kate plus eight again,!" she snarled angrily.

" I honestly don't know. The only other pranker I could think of is my brother Connor, but he hasn't pranked anyone in THREE WHOLE DAYS! Can you believe it?"

"No, not really. And if you are telling the truth, then that means there's some other jackhole out there trying to mess with me," she said with a worried tone.

"Hey, I have an idea. Since I'm the King of pranks; and a handsome one at that; how about I help you find the culprit,?" he offered.

"And what's the catch?" she asked already regretting the idea.

Travis feeling brave today said, "How about you accompany me to the fireworks this year?" As soon as he said it he was unable to meet her gaze, looking down at the ground, while kicking his right foot back and forth slightly out of shyness.

Katie looking at him skeptically through curious eyes replied,"Is this a trick Stoll, or is this just a set up for another lame prank"

Travis with renewed confidence answered,"Of course not Katie pie," he said breking into a sly grin.
With that said, they made their way to the Demeter Cabin to look for clues as to who might have committed the prank.

Katie

"OH MY GOSH! The Travis Stoll Just asked me out to the biggest dating event of the year,"Katie thought to herself giddily. Although she never admitted it, Katie had what one might call a "crush" on Travis. Even after the countless years of torturing, and teasing she just couldn't help herself. It was his tossled curly hair, and his deep brown eyes that did it for her. And the way he exuded confidence, but wasn't afraid to show his shy side.

As they made their way to the cabins they passed campers going about their business, but once in a while someone would shoot the her a glance as if to say, "Why is Katie with Travis? And why isn't she trying to kill him?" Travis oblivious to it all just kept walking.

"Don't be alarmed people, we have a brief truce for now but everything will go back to normal in a few days," he announced cupping his hands to illustrate a megaphone.

Okay, so maybe he wasn't as oblivious as she thought.
They finally made it to her cabin when out of character, Travis Held the door open for her. It was almost gentleman like until he ruined it by saying, " Hurry up Ms. Sunflower."

Rolling her eyes she entered anyways. She then proceeded to show him her bunk where the crime had taken place.

"Uh oh," he muttered under his breath real serious like.

"What is it," Katie asked suddenly alarmed.

" You see, what we got here is a two bit hack pranker who obviously made his itching powder out of baby powder, and ant killing powder, thus creating a mixture that would hardly even irritate your skin. If it was "I" the magnificent Travis, I would have saved time and stole some industrial itching powder from home depot that would have easily resulted in more discomfort, and a minor rash," he said in his best cop voice.

" You really are the King of Pranks, you sick little man," she huffed mildly impressed. They both began to laugh at the comment .

The dinner bell rang signaling for the campers to seperate into their respected cabins. With the dinner signal they said their goodbyes and decided to meet tomorrow to investigate further.

Travis

Travis led, alongside his brother, his cabin to dinner and grabbed a plate and sat down. He forgot to sacrifice to the gods, and was too lazy to get up so he just chucked a roll at the fire. It was just his luck too, cause as the roll flew through the air, Dionysis passed by and got hit in the head by the brown projectile.

With purple fire in his eyes he turned around and snarled, " WHO THREW THAT!"
Panicked, Travis chimed, " It was Clarisse!"

"Huh.." Clarisse beckoned confused.
...Clarisse got kitchen duty for a whole month, and there would be Hell to pay for Travis. Although this thought slightly terrified him, nothing could bring his mood down. He got to spend the day with Katie, and even mustered the courage to ask her to the fireworks. He must've been sitting there with a dreamy expression on his face cause as Conner scooted in next to him he chuckled to himself.

"Hey bro, could that dopey expression on your face have anything to do with you and Katie hanging out today," he joked.

"Could be," Travis responded.

"So did you finally man up and ask her to the fireworks?,"he questioned.

"Of course, you know how smooth Travis operates," he said

"Yeah whatever, just remember to make time for me even though you have a new girlfriend," Connor retorted.

"She's not my girlfriend...yet," Travis stated.

As dinner ended, it was time for lights out and everyone made their way to their cabins. As Travis lay in his bunk, he couldn't help but smile. Today he spent the whole day with Katie, and the actually both had fun together. The best part was knowing he would be able to do it all over again tomorrow.