Please submit male demigods, I can't publish chapter 3 without it.

R&R

Nope. Still don't own PJO or anything else you recognize

Happy make up your mind day!

And, you know, Christmas and Chanukah

I put their oufits on polyvore if anybody cares, it's the last one

FYI: Katie is 17, Kia is 17(almost, her b-day is in about four days), Faith is 16, Megan is 16, Connor is 16, Travis is 18

"Hey Gardner, what's so funny?" I knew that voice.

"Stoll, what are you doing here?"

"Vacation. Causing mayhem, pranking Connor, usual Hermes stuff." He did not just mention Hermes in front of my friends. Luckily, I don't think they noticed it, they were too busy staring at him.

"Travis, can I talk to you over there?" I asked.

"But wouldn't you rather talk over here? Where there are witnesses?"

"Travis. Corner. Now." We walked over to the corner. "These are my mortal friends Stoll. Mortal. No Camp stuff, they don't know and I don't plan on telling them."

"Cool it Katie. Don't worry, I won't blow your cover," Travis said, making it seem like I was in some James Bond movie or something. "See you 'round Gardner," he said and then ran away.

I walked back to my friends at the table and of course they bombarded me with questions.

"Who was that?"

"How do you know him?"

"Is he your boyfriend?"

"Can I date him?"

"My boyfriend? Gods no," I laughed. "That was Travis Stoll, we go to camp together. And Kia, you can have him."

I paid the check and we walked upstairs.

"I say we play Never Have I Ever," Megan suggested.

"Sure."

We got a cup out of the pantry, and filled it with orange juice, coke, and an assortment of other things.

"Never have I ever…left the country," Kia said. I, having gone to Greece one summer with the other campers, took a sip, but I was the only one.

"Ooh really?" Faith asked. "Where did you go?"

"Greece, we went during camp one year."

"Was Travis with you?" Megan teased.

"Maybe…"

"What kind of camp do you go to anyway?"

"It's a, err, it's an arts camp. I…I take photos, landscapes mostly."

"And Travis? What does he do?"

"He dances, Ballet mostly," I giggled at the thought of Stoll dancing ballet.

"Anyway, are we playing Never Have I Ever or grilling me about Travis Stoll? Faith, it's your turn."

"Never have I ever…killed anything, except plants of course. I am a first class plant killer." I got a little angry at the thought of anybody killing plants, but I quickly shoved it back down. I reached for the cup and took a sip.

"Katie, you've killed something?"

"Yeah."

"What?"

"Monsters," and then I added, looking at their horrified faces. "In video games. You didn't think I meant real life did you? Okay, my turn. Never Have I Ever…" but I never got to finish because somebody knocked on our door.

"I'll get it," Faith said. She got up and opened the door. "Oh, hey. Travis right?"

"Actually, I' Connor, Travis's Brothe-Katie? Hey what are you doing here?"

"Oh hey Connor. I'm here with some of my friends from school."

"Are they…" Connor paused, leaving the question open ended, but it was obvious enough what he meant. He wondered whether or not my friends were demigods.

"No."

"Well, anyway. Me and Travis were going to go down to the hot tub, but we couldn't find any towels. I knocked on the door next door, you answered and here I am. Do you have any towels?"

"Only a few."

"You're going down to the hot tub?" Kia asked, butting in.

"Yeah, sorry, you're name is…"

"Kia. Katie, could we go too?" Kia pleaded. As much as I hated the Stoll brothers, Travis especially, Kia and the rest of my friends seemed to really want to go.

"Sure." Both Connor's and Kia's faces lit up at that. "And I think they have towels for the hot tub and pool downstairs."

We all changed into our swimsuits. I wore an olive green Speedo one piece. Megan had a bikini with yellow skulls and multi-colored rainbows. Faith had a frilly beige bikini, and Kia had a teensy-tiny black bikini.

"Katie, you can't go out in that!" Kia complained. "Travis will be down there!" As if that would make me want to change into anything else.

"This is the only suit I have."

"You can wear one of mine. All you have to do is ask."

"Kia, I'm not changing for Travis."

"Fine," Kia scowled. "But at least take your hair down."

"I didn't even realize it was up." I took out the offending ponytail and we headed downstairs. The pool was on the floor below the lobby. We went down and saw Travis and Connor waiting in the hot tub for us. We all got in and Travis moved over next to me. Kia and Connor started flirting and Megan and Faith had a splash fight, how they could do that in the hot tub I had no idea.

"When Connor told me you guys were coming I almost didn't believe it."

"Yeah, Kia almost had to force me into it. Voluntarily hanging out with you? No thank you," I said sarcastically.

"Ha ha." I looked at him and saw that he was staring longingly at…no, not me. The big pool, to be more specific, the curly slide.

"Want to go on it?" I asked him. His eyes lit up, a mischievous smile appeared on his face, and in ten seconds flat he was at the top of the slide.

"Coming?" He called.

"Of course!" The slide was about two stories high, maybe even three. It twisted around for about two thirds of it and then fell away, leaving you to just fall into the water. There were also two diving boards, one high and one low, and a smaller slide for little kids. For a ski resort in Key Stone, Colorado, it had a pretty awesome pool.

"Bet you I can make a bigger splash," Travis called.

"Oh you're on!" He jumped in and the splash was huge. I should have known better then to make a bet with a child of Hermes. I slid down the slide after, and I have to say, my splash came nowhere near it. I swam over to where he was in the shallow section of the pool.

"Now you have to kiss me."

"Nice try," I splashed him in the face.

"Did you just, splash me?" Travis asked, the surprise evident on his face. "Big mistake." He pinned me against the wall with one hand and splashed me with the other. Then, the nerve, he started tickling me! I started laughing my head off and soon I could feel everybody's eyes on us. Quickly, to get out of his hold, I opened my palm and a little vine appeared, creating a barrier between me and Travis.

"Hey no fair!" He called out.

"All's fair in love and war," I replied, smirking at his outraged expression. Then, what I had just said hit me like a ton of bricks. "All's fair in love and war," Love! Travis and I were definitely not in love. No way. Next question please. He seemed to realize what I'd said as well because his eyes were shining with a new kind of light. Before I could react he pecked me on the cheek and ran off into the hallway, with Connor close on his heels.

I turned to my friends. "What just happened?" I asked them. Faith and Megan shook their heads, but Kia turned and said: "You were totally just flirting with Travis Stoll."