Annabeth's POV
"Ugh…" I groaned as I rolled out of bed. I checked my alarm clock. It was 7:21 in the morning. I quietly got out of bed, careful not to wake anyone (as I am the only early bird, Percy doesn't get that), and went to the showers. After I brushed my hair, I went to the training center to practice with my sword (definitely not one of my strong points, I got my drakon bone sword only a couple weeks ago). It was surprising that the legendary Stoll brothers hadn't pulled a prank on someone yet. Unless…
Sure enough, a scream rang through the camp. We knew who it was all too well, we heard it every day. I smirked as I wondered what they did this time.
Katie's POV
"STOLL!" I screamed with rage. Oh my gods, Travis was DEAD. MEAT. I ran up to the arena to see if he was there. Only Annabeth was there, though. She was hacking a dummy to pieces when I ran up to her.
"HAVE YOU SEEN TRAVIS STOLL?!" I tried to keep my anger in while screaming. Okay, maybe I didn't do a good job.
"No, what now?" Annabeth replied with a sigh. I could see that she was struggling to hold a smile in.
"I'd rather not talk about it. Bye!" I gritted my teeth and stalked away. Hey, I was furious. Don't judge me.
I stormed along the path when suddenly, I heard someone laugh. I turned toward an "innocent" looking bush (which was shaking, by the way, hence the quotation marks around "innocent") and immediately shrank it. (By the way, I'm the daughter of Demeter. I can do things like that :D) Hiding behind it was the "one and only" Travis Stoll. I glared at him, and he didn't shrink away even when he saw my murderous face.
"What?" He tried to look innocent. Unfortunately for him, even though his father, Hermes, is the god of thieves, he has a terrible poker face. He doesn't seem to notice that.
"WHAT ELSE?! THERE ARE EGGS AND CHOCOLATE BUNNIES ON THE ROOF!" I screamed in his face. (A/N: HA! Oh, and all author's notes are in parentheses and bold. )
"Why do you think it's me?" asked Travis, with a smirk.
"BECAUSE YOU DID IT LAST YEAR?" When Travis opened his mouth to protest, I screamed again, "AND THE YEAR BEFORE LAST YEAR? AND THE YEAR BEFORE? AND THE YEAR BEFORE? AND THE YEAR BEFORE?!"
"Okay, maybe I did do it. But it's only a little Easter decoration…"
"Um… there are still… what? Two months? Three months until Easter?" I started to calm down.
"..."
Ha! Got him there.
"You better go there and clean it up!" I screamed again.
"Make me." He stuck his tongue out at me.
Hm…I got an idea…I smirked evilly, and shouted, "HEY, CLARISSE!" to a retreating figure in the morning light.
"Y-you wouldn't." Travis stuttered. I took my time, enjoying the horrified expression he was using to express his dread.
"What?" Clarisse asked curiously. We became friends after the Second Titan War, so she was happy to beat anyone up for me. Travis, especially, knew this, and he paled.
"Could you get this guy" I jabbed my finger at Travis, who suddenly looked like a scared little guinea pig (Me: Pun intended- remember the Sea of Monsters?) "to clean up the mess he made of our cabin?"
She didn't even need to reply, he automatically ran as fast as possible to the Demeter cabin and started cleaning the roof. We watched with satisfaction as he finished cleaning, took a step back to admire his handiwork, and promptly fell off the roof. Since we have a grass roof, it isn't a long way to fall, but it's enough to make others laugh when you trip.
Well, that settles it, I thought to myself with an evil grin .
Travis's POV
That went well, I thought despairingly as I trudged back to my cabin. I play a prank, and I get humiliated. AND in front of Katie!
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did I just say that? I mean, thinked that? I MEAN, think that? Okay, this is messed up. Even my thoughts are weird! All because of Katie.
Gods, I needed to get myself together. And stop pranking the Demeter cabin. If I keep doing it, I'm gonna get killed. But I can't help it- Katie looks so cu-, uh, I mean, funny, when she gets mad. Did I just think that? Seriously, what is wrong with me?
Everything, a voice whispered in my head.
Really? Was that necessary? I thought back.
Yep, the voice replied back.
Okay, now I'm losing it.
You're just arguing with yourself, I thought again. What could possibly be wrong with that?
Everything, that stupid little voice in my head said again.
Shut up, I thought back.
Percy's POV
I woke up to someone screaming, "STOLL!" No question to who that was. Oh, Katie, I thought with a smirk. By the time I showered and changed, I saw Travis on the Demeter cabin's roof, cleaning chocolate bunnies and eggs off the roof. I turned and saw Annabeth, laughing at Travis along with the large crowd around the cabin. I wisely (Me: Wisely? HA! Percy: HEY!) decided not to say anything. It turns out, this was something of an annual tradition, however, because Travis was too caught up thinking of Katie (Travis: HEY! Me: It's true. Katie: Ew.) to realize that he was several months too early, so people were caught off guard. Otherwise, there would've been more people around the cabin.
"AH!" Travis screamed as he toppled off the cabin roof. (Katie: Oh, the good memories… Travis: HEY! Me: You know how many people have said that already?) Quite a few people burst into hysterics after that. (Travis: HEY! Me: *facepalm*) I watched, my eyes glimmering with amusement as Travis trudged back to the Hermes cabin after casting one last angry (and slightly wistful) look back at Katie Gardener.
I looked at Annabeth, slightly bewildered, and she smirked back at me. I stuck out my tongue (being the mature person that I am) at her, and she stuck her tongue out back at me. (Me: Aren't they so cute? Percy and Annabeth: HEY! Me: SHUT UP.)
After the crowd dispersed, I jogged over to Annabeth.
"What the heck just happened over here?" I questioned a slightly annoyed Annabeth.
"Well, Travis decorated the Demeter cabin's roof with chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs again. For just about the 25th time in a row. Only this time, he forgot it wasn't Easter yet, and Katie got Clarisse to make him clean it all up. And then he fell off the roof. Very entertaining. It's gotten to be an annual event now."
I nodded like I understood her, like when she talked about architecture, but in reality, I lost her somewhere around "chocolate bunnies" and "Easter eggs". Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm the best boyfriend ever. (Me: Sarcasm intended.) But still, you would nod off after five minutes. I just have a lot, and I mean a lot, of experience with this type of stuff. You can trust me about that. (Annabeth: HEY! Me: Hay is for horses! Annabeth: Oh, shut up.)
Anyway, we went over to get some breakfast at the pavilion, where we witnessed a very interesting scene…
Annabeth's POV
I clutched Percy's hand as we walked in on a screaming match between Katie and Andrew. Andrew was Katie's boyfriend- at that point, anyway. You'll see why I said that later.
Anyway, Andrew said, "Katie, you are an annoying, vain, selfish, clingy person and, let's face it: You don't deserve me. It's over. Done."
Katie yelled back, "What have I done to you? You're the one who forgot my birthday two weeks ago, humiliated me in front of the Ares cabin, purposely stepped on my hand on the climbing wall and acting like it's an 'accident', laughed at me when I showed up with my hair messy, went behind my back with that other girl and didn't care, and is acting like it all doesn't matter. It's all about you, huh? Well, I have news for you. I am making it clear to everyone: I am the one breaking up with you."
Andrew wasn't listening, he was too busy flirting with the Aphrodite cabin and totally ignoring Katie like she didn't matter. I shared a look with Percy; from what we've seen of the two for a while, Katie didn't matter to him.
Katie's mouth opened and closed like a fish. She snapped up, regained her composure, grabbed Andrew by the shoulders, swiveled him around so he was facing her, and slapped him across the face. Hard. 100 times. (Me: Okay, yeah, bit of an over exaggeration…)
The look on Andrew's face was priceless. He acted like he was about to be crowned king of the world, but someone just stole his crown. He stared at Katie with fury and outrage.
Katie looked shocked at her actions, but stared at him with an expression equivalent of his.
Andrew raised his hand like he was about to beat her up, when suddenly, he was pushed to the floor.
Travis stood in front of him. His expression was clear: If you lay one hand on her, you will never again see the light of day.
For a minute, there was complete silence. I could see the Aphrodite girls that were flirting with him, they now looked disgusted at him and his actions. The Demeter cabin was looking at Katie sympathetically as she was led away in shock by- surprise, surprise- Travis.
Mr. D looked at Andrew lying on the floor, too humiliated and shocked to moved, and said, "Well, that was some amusing breakfast entertainment."
That broke the ice. Everyone went back to eating, chattering, and occasionally throwing a disgusted look at Andrew, who was still lying on the floor. No one could help it- Katie was so nice, it hurt to see her heart broken.
Percy poked me. "I hope that won't be me lying on the floor in the future."
"Then you better watch your back," I replied, while poking back. Though, we both knew, somehow, that what just happened would never happen to us. Never.
Reyna's POV
(Me: The setting is at Camp Jupiter) I blinked awake. Gods of Olympus, what time was it? I rolled over and checked my alarm clock. Why hadn't it rung already? Then I saw the time: 5:34 A.M. I turned around and saw a silhouette looming over me. I almost screamed, but regained my composure and flicked on the light. I saw a tall, blond guy with electric-blue eyes and a tiny scar above his lip.
"J-Jason! What the Pluto are you doing here?!" I spluttered. My heart did a little flip-flop and I realized I was in my pajamas.
"Oh, you know… just chilling." He gave me a wink.
I regained my senses enough to say, "Get out of here before I kick your podex!" And he knew me well enough that I wouldn't be afraid to do it. That didn't stop him from lingering in the doorway on purpose.
"Besides, I thought that you would be with your girlfriend (I couldn't keep the bitterness out of my voice) Piper, the Greek." I said "Greek" like someone would say "banana slug".
Jason automatically stepped out, but I could see his hurt expression. I tried to put on a satisfied expression for him to see when he looked back at me, but when he was gone, I collapsed on my bed, suddenly exhausted. I mentally kicked myself for being so stupid. After all, wasn't I the one who sent him out?
On the other hand, he disappeared for eight freaking months. I had panicked, not knowing where he was, and he came back, with the Greeks. With a new girlfriend, Piper.
I put on my purple cloak and toga, and went out for another senate meeting.
Jason's POV
I stormed over to to the Fifth Cohort's cabins. How dare she treat me like that? What have I done to her? It's not my fault that Juno had to erase my memories and transport me to Camp Half-Blood.
I flopped onto my bed and stared at the ceiling. After I cooled down, I began to understand her fury. I disappeared for eight months only to come back with a new girlfriend. To tell you the truth, I wasn't so sure I liked Piper anymore. When I stayed away from Piper, I started to like her less. Maybe… was she using charmspeak on me? I did notice that Piper had been casting a lot of dark looks in Reyna's direction, but was spending way more time with Leo.
I guess I would have to wait and see.