The Roof, Or The Lack Thereof

Chapter 1: Strangled

"TRAVIS. FREAKING. STOLL!" I scream as I wake up, and see the sky. I should not be able to see the sky. "GET YOUR IDIOTIC BUTT OVER HERE, YOU SORRY EXCUSE OF A BOY!"

"And just what exactly did I do this time, Katie-Kat?"

How dare he? How dare he? I almost strangled him when he put easter bunnies on the roof. I actually attempted strangling him when he mowed the grass on the roof. So WHAT THE FRICKIN' HECK DID HE THINK I WOULD DO IF HE "REMOVED THE WHOLE DANGED ROOF! YOU REMOVED THE WHOLE! DANG. ROOF!"

"Oh, but how did you know it was-" He didn't get to finish, as I had jumped off of my bed and wrapped my hands around his throat. Travis looked alarmed, but I could see in his watering eyes that he had expected it. Before I could kill the little Rat, Connor burst in the room laughing.

"Oh man Travis, I think that was our best one yet. What was her face like? Did she go full out vulture-demon on ya?" His laughter stopped abruptly as he looked up and beheld the scene in front of him. "KATIE! KATIE-STOP! PERCY! PERCY! HELP! SHE'S KILLING HIM!"

"NO, NO, PERCY, YOU CAN STAY WHERE YOU ARE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HE DESERVES WHERE HE'S GOING." of course, Percy didn't believe me, and came bursting through the door, nearly knocking it off it's hinges. As he restrained me, I yelled all sorts of cusses and insults at both him, and Travis, many of them pertaining to the door that Percy broke.

"Calm down, Gardner, he'll fix the roof." At this he shot one of his famous not-so-deathly death glares at Travis, just daring him to contradict him. "Won't you, Travis."

Travis quickly nodded his head, as he couldn't speak, and Percy's question came out as more of a statement.

Travis was kind of pitiful, without his voice. He didn't even make an effort to make contact with anyone all week, with the exception of his brother, but even then he only walked silently beside him. Oddly enough, he didn't even look interested in pranking me back for the loss of his voice, which has only succeeded in making me feel even more guiltier than I already do. However, he hadn't fixed the roof, so maybe that was his payback. I never got in trouble with Chiron about it either, which makes absolutely no sense.