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"Katie, you're going to have to jump in eventually!" Miranda hollered over to Katie, who was sticking her big toe in the water. Katie had rewarded her cabin for such great progress with the strawberries by taking them all to the beach to play in the water. She had to convince Chiron that they would be safe and okay, but he ended up deciding that the cabin deserved it.

Katie never really liked to swim, however. She always felt safer on Earth…just a natural quirk since her mom was the goddess of the Earth and all. But all of her siblings seemed to love the idea Miranda brought up about spending free time at the beach reserved for the Demeter cabin only, so she couldn't spoil their fun.

"No thanks, I'm okay. I think I'll just be a life guard or something." Katie shouted back to her sister who was far out in the water. Miranda shrugged as if saying "well-that's-your-loss" and splashed one of her brothers.

Katie sat down on the sand, her feet touching the waves only when they came back again, and looked out into the horizon. Wow, it was pretty amazing. She felt pretty cliché to say it was almost magical the way the sun made the water sparkle like diamonds. And with all of her siblings splashing and wading in the water made her smile. The sun was warming her back, her toes covered in sand. Nothing could ruin this moment.

"Wassup Gardner?" Katie cringed. Why now? Why not bother me at dinner or something?

"Travis, not now." Katie begged, but Travis plopped on the sand next to her. He was in his swimsuit as well with a white tee shirt on top. He even had sunglasses on

"Well, I doing swell. Thank you for asking. I must say you look very hot in that swimsuit, by the way." Travis smirked. Katie had to control herself to not slap him across the face.

"Look, Travis. My siblings and I are trying to have fun right now…and I need to relax a little bit…"

"Well, I'll say…" Travis muttered. Katie shot him a death glare. He shut up.

"Look, the beach is reserved for us today. Besides, don't you have some cabin to prank or store to raid?" Katie pointed out. Travis shook his head.

"Eh, it's a free country so I have a right to be here. And nope, not until Connor comes back from stalking that girl from that cabin with those things. Until then, I'm all yours!" Katie smacked her hand onto her forehead.

"Travis. Just go away! We were having fun!" Travis put a hand over his chest, and scoffed at the thought.

"Well the party don't start till I walk in!" He sang. Katie sighed and gave up. So much for relaxing today.

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"Why aren't you in the water? I'd love to see you dripping while coming out of the water like some hot girl in a movie. As Connor and I say: the wetter the better!"

"I'm being a lifeguard." She simply replied, trying to ignore him by drawing little doodles in the sand with her finger.

"Ooh, like those hot girls on Baywatch. I can just imagine you in a red swimsuit, everything bouncing while you run…" Travis began to daydream. Katie slapped him across the face.

"Ouch, I thought you were supposed to save someone's life, not hurt people. But as I'd like to say, I'd drown for you any day so you could just save me and give me CPR and…" he went back to his daze. Katie scooted farther away from him.

"Hey now!" Travis yelled after zoning back in. He stood up and sat down next to her again.

"So…do you even like to swim?" Travis added. Katie decided she wasn't going to spill out her guts to explain why she doesn't like to swim, so she shook her head no. Then Travis did the unexpected.

He stood up, lifted Katie up, threw her over his shoulder and marched towards the water. As he carried her deeper into the sea she began hitting him and squealing.

"TRAVIS! I SWEAR IF YOU DON'T PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW, I WILL BEAT YOU UP SO BA-" And he dumped her into the water. She ended up swallowing a bit of sea water under the surface and could have sworn something brushed her foot.

"TRAVIS STOLL! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" She yelled as she broke the surface. He was triumphantly standing there in the water next to her, laughing hysterically. She splashed him in the face, and he stopped laughing. He splashed some water back at her too. Soon a big splash war began between the two.

"Okay, stop it! Stop it! I got too much water in my eyes!" Katie begged and Travis stopped. Once he threw his arms down, she sent a small wave into his face.

"That was NOT fair." He scolded, trying to flush the water from his eyes.

"Since when do you care about the rules?" She teased. He picked her up again and dunked her into deeper water.

"I hate you so much." She reminded him as she resurfaced.

"Do you even know how to swim?" Travis asked her.

"Well, that wasn't random and yeah…but not really good. But I swear if you pick me up again like that I will sue you for sexual harassment."

"I bet you can't hold your breath underwater. That's why you keep freaking out like that." Excuse me? What did he just say...?

"I can hold my breath under water! I'm not a toddler!"

"Sure you can."

"Yes I can….I even bet I can hold my breath longer than you!" Travis's ears perked up as a plan suddenly popped into his head.

"Oh really…"

"Uh huh."

"How much would you bet on that, Katie?"

"I just bet that I can hold my breath longer than you!" She stated simply, folding her arms across her chest. There was no turning back now, and she didn't even realize what she was getting herself into.

"Well, I think I so much better than you at holding my breath, I'd sleep outside in the woods if you were better than me. I swear it on the Styx. Agreed, Katie?"

"Agreed, I swear on the Styx too." After she replayed what she just said, she realized she just made a bet…with Travis Stoll. About holding your breath. Underwater. Or she'd have to sleep in the woods. She really needs to get away from those Stoll brothers, they were messing her up.

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"Okay, on the count of three you two will go underwater and the first person to come back up officially loses. Ready?" Miranda explained to the two. Great…so Katie just made a bet…about holding her breath…or she's have to sleep outside…and got her sister involved. She was a bad influence.

The two nodded, and Miranda counted to three. Katie took a deep breath and submerged under the water.

Okay, relax. When your heart slows down, less oxygen is needed. Just relax and don't think about it. Katie thought to herself. She didn't really like being underwater at all, but there was no way in Hades she was sleeping outside.

Thirty seconds had passed, and Katie opened her eyes. She saw a distorted Travis underwater and shut her eyes again. She felt like she needed air but she wasn't going up until he lost.

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Nothing interesting really happened after that, besides Katie feeling like she would die unless she resurfaced. But when she did, Travis was already above the water, shaking his head in defeat. Miranda had counted to a minute forty seconds and announced Katie won by three seconds.

"HA! Looks like someone sleeping outside tonight!" Katie teased Travis while they trudged out of the water.

"Well, I look forward to it. Maybe some nymph will snuggle with me after she sees me beautifully sleeping…" He responded with a grin before speeding off ahead of her back to his cabin. Katie rolled her eyes.

If she was correct, dinner would begin in about thirty minutes so she herded all of her siblings together and headed towards their cabin. She dried off and changed into some dry clothes.

"That Travis Stoll is cute…" Katie heard Miranda say behind her. For some reason, blush rose to her cheeks. No, Katie. He isn't cute…he wasn't cute when he put those chocolate bunnies on the roof or pranked her cabin or dared her to that stupid bet, Katie tried to convince herself.

"Don't you think so, Katie?" Miranda asked. Katie shook her head and headed out to the dining area.

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"How'd you sleep?" Katie teased Travis as she stood in line next to him for breakfast. He looked tired, black circles under his eyes and a bed head hair. Though his hair was usually messy…it looked even messier than usual.

"Those stupid Harpies gave me some trouble. And those friggen wood nymphs thought it would be funny to wake me up every six seconds…" Travis complained. Katie laughed.

"Well, that's what happens when you make a bet with me, Travis. We shouldn't do anymore of these anyway…. Unless you want to lose." Katie began. Travis turned to look at her.

"Actually, I have a feeling we'll be doing these a lot later. And I'm going to win them all." Travis grinned, grabbing a plate. Katie rolled her eyes.

"How much would you like to bet on that, Stoll?"

Hey guys! I really loved writing this chapter and I hope you liked it. By the way, this chapter happens way before any of my other stories occurred. I should have had this as the first chapter, but this idea popped into my head after I posted it. :(

Well don't forget to review, and CC is appreciated! And I'll try to update much quicker next time, I promise!

PS: Disclaimer- I don't own PJO and the characters. Just this fanfic and the plotline so HA!

~Bubbles