Hey guys! I decided to turn oneshot into a multi chapter story about Travis and Katie over the years! The first one was when they were 12, now they are 13.
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians
"Thanks for the ride, Argus!" Katie said waving to the security guard. He grunted in response in the van and drove off, probably to pick up the other campers. Katie sighed happily and picked up her bags. She breathed in the smell of Camp Half Blood, pine and grass, the smell of her home. She walked up the hill and touched Thalia's Pine Tree. Right when she stepped through the borders, she was hit with an impact so hard, she dropped all of her things and fell to the ground.
"Ow," she said rubbing her head. When her vision cleared, a beaming Travis Stoll was staring down at her. "Hey Travis, nice to see you too?" He offered a hand and helped her up. Without saying anything, he gave her a big hug.
"I missed you, Katie," he said. She blushed and smiled. She and Travis weren't exactly the best of friends, but they didn't absolutely loathe each other.
"I missed you too, Travis. I IMed you yesterday saying that I was coming back," she said awkwardly hugging him back. He released her and took one of her bags, probably to be chivalrous. She, being the feminist that she is, snatched the suitcase back, giving him a glare. He rolled his eyes. That was the Katie he knew and loved.
"Yeah, I know, but it's still good to see you in the flesh, you know. Not through some faded image from my school lawn's broken sprinkler," he said. He looked at her up and down. He frowned.
"Something wrong?" Katie asked. Travis shook his head.
"Why aren't you in your camp clothes?" he asked her. She looked down at her clothes. She was wearing her school uniform.
"Oh, uh, I don't know. I guess I didn't have much time to change into my T-shirt. I got home from school and not two minutes later, Argus arrives at my doorstep for camp," she said. He nodded and started dragging her towards her cabin. When they arrived to his cabin's door, he stopped and faced her.
"Katie, I think I should take your bags," he said. She glared at him.
"Why? Do you think women are too weak that they can't even carry their own suitcases?" she asked. He sighed.
"No, Katie. It's just that, I should warn you-"
"You know what Travis, I think I'll be fine," she said opening the Hermes cabin door. Right when the door opened, she was tackled to the ground. Her things went everywhere for the second time today.
"Katie! You're here!" she heard Wendy say. Katie sat up rubbing her forehead. Travis was laughing in the background.
"I told you so," he said shaking his head.
"Wendy?" Katie asked, her vision still blurry from the impact.
"The one and only," Wendy said beaming. She squatted down on the floor and helped Katie organize her things. Once they were done, Wendy helped Katie off of the ground.
"So, I see that you haven't unpacked yet," Wendy said.
"Nah. When I just got into camp, Travis led me here," Katie said.
"Oh, so I guess you haven't seen the new Apollo camper…" Wendy said.
"What!" Katie and Travis said simultaneously. Travis then sheepishly looked away and coughed as if to show he had no interest in the two girls' conversation.
"What's his name?" Katie asked.
"Will Solace," Wendy said dreamily.
"Loser," Travis said covering it up by coughing and then looked at the ceiling.
"That's a cute name," Katie said. Travis rolled his eyes.
"Travis is a better name," he said under his breath.
"What did you say, Travis?" the girls asked him.
"Hmmm? Oh, um, nothing. You girls just keep talking about this dreamy Will," Travis said sarcastically. They didn't hear his sarcasm and brought up the subject again.
"Oh! I love his hair! His hair just looks like gold in the sun!" Wendy said mesmerized.
Travis rolled his eyes. His gold hair is nothing compared to my luscious locks, he thought. Travis has seen this amazing Josh… he's not that great.
"Do you think there's any chance that I could meet him?" Katie asked hopingly.
No! Travis thought, Don't get sucked into his spell too!
"No!" he said aloud. The girls turned to him.
"What do you mean no?" Wendy asked raising an eyebrow.
"I-I mean…" he said stalling, "I-I just think that you sh-should unpack first. Yeah! You should unpack and say hello all your cabin mates and friends! What the heck, how about you say hello to everyone in camp! Except for new campers…" he said. The girls looked at him weirdly.
"Okay," Katie said getting up and grabbing her suitcases, "You're right. I should say hello to my cabin mates. After all, I haven't seen them in a year."
"Yup!" Travis said, "Say hi to all of your Demeter friends! Be sure to take a long time… and don't run into any Apollo boys while you're walking there!" Wendy rolled her eyes.
"Sure thing, Travis. Bye Wendy, Travis. See you guys later?" Katie said walking out the door.
Once she was gone, Travis flopped onto his bed, relieved.
"You like her," Wendy accused. Travis sat up so fast that he almost hit his head on the bed above his.
"W-What? What are you talking about? I don't like Katie!" he said. Wendy rolled her eyes and started leaving the cabin.
"Y-You aren't going to tell her… are you?" Travis asked from his bunk. Wendy smiled.
"Nah. Your secret's safe with me," she said, "Plus, what kind of sister would I be if I did?" Then she left the cabin.
Katie sat in the mess hall pavilion with her Demeter brothers and sisters, waiting for the Aphrodite cabin so everyone could start eating.
"I don't get why the Aphrodite kids have Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner outfits," her sister, Fern said. Katie snorted in agreement. Silena was great and all, but she really needed to pick an outfit and stick with it. I mean, at camp, you're supposed to wear your Camp Half Blood T-shirt. How many ways can you crop a simple shirt?
Just then, the Aphrodite cabin came in, late as usual and took their seats. The nymphs came out and started giving everyone their welcome back dinner, full of mashed potatoes, pizza, olives, grapes, and more. It was like they were celebrating Thanksgiving. When it was their turn, the Demeter cabin left to give their share of their food to the Gods. When Katie sat back down, the Hermes cabin was called up. On his way back, Travis nudged Katie in the back. Katie turned around and rolled her eyes when she saw who it was. He smiled and winked at her. She rolled her eyes again and turned back to her food. Travis smirked and walked back to his table.
"Wow," Fern said looking at Katie and Travis, "What's going on here?"
"Hmmm?" Katie said looking up from her mashed potatoes.
"You and Travis?" Fern said.
"What about us?" she asked.
"Was I sensing some romantic tension? Hmmm?" Fern said pushing the subject further.
"Oh. Umm, no." Fern raised her eyebrows. "I don't know," Katie mumbled. She got up from the bench to carry her plate to the kitchen. When she did, she bumped into a something that spilled her plate of food all over her and she fell to the ground.
"Owww," she said, "Third time today."
"Oh my gods, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" she heard a deep voice say. She looked up and saw a gorgeous boy standing in front of her holding his hand out and in the other hand, holding a bunch of napkins.
"Ummm," she said, at a loss for words. Smooth, Katie, she thought to herself. She grabbed his hand and he pulled her up.
"I really am so sorry," he said handing her the napkins. She took them and started wiping potatoes off of her shirt.
"I-It's fine," she managed to get out. He smiled a blinding white smile.
"I'm Will," he said holding out his hand for a handshake.
"Will? Where have I heard that name before?" she said to herself. "I'm Katie Gardner," she said shaking his hand.
"Gardner? Lemme guess, you're Demeter's daughter right?"
"Yeah, I guess it's pretty obvious from my last name, huh," she said. He smiled again, almost blinding her.
"So, who's your parent?" she asked, "Wait! Let me guess, Aphrodite?"
"Apollo," he said.
"Dang it. Oh! You're the guy Wendy was talking about!" Katie said.
"What?" he asked.
"It's nothing," she said waving her hand dismissively. She smiled. Wendy was right, this guy was cute. "Well, I'd better go get changed," she said.
"Right. Sorry about that, again," he said.
"It's fine," she said.
"So, I guess I'll see you around, Katie," Will said.
"Bye," Katie said walking out of the mess hall to get changed.
Travis watched the two and their little exchange from the Hermes table. He was prepared to barf. I mean, come on! Will wasn't actually concerned about Katie! He was obviously hitting on her! He probably does that I'm so polite move on every pretty girl he sees. Travis glared at the blonde haired boy as he went back to his table and started laughing with his buddies. Travis felt someone nudge his left shoulder. He turned around and saw Wendy giving him a warning look.
"What?" he asked.
"Don't go and do anything you'll regret," she said.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"Just because you saw the two of them like that does not give you the right to punch him in the face," she said. He rolled his eyes.
"Please, Wendy. You're making me sound like a protective boyfriend," he said. "Plus, I wouldn't do something so upfront. I'm much more sneakier than that," he said. Wendy rolled her eyes and turned to talk to another sibling.
"Hey Connor," Travis said.
"What?"
"I have a new target for pranks."
The first few months of summer were just… normal. Of course, Percy stirred up trouble, The Aphrodite cabin stirred up trouble between couples, The Stolls stirred up trouble by pranks (and there seemed to be as whole lot for the Apollo cabin), and Mr. D stirred up trouble for every single person at camp.
Katie would spend a lot of her time in the strawberry fields. In her free time, she would spend time with Wendy in the Hermes cabin and she would spend some time with Will. She would also sometimes bust the Stolls in their pranks.
Katie was in the arena, slicing up a dummy. And you ask why? Because she couldn't take all of the giggles in her cabin because of their dates for the fireworks. Plus, when they would realize that she still didn't have a date, they would stop talking and they would all sit in this awkward silence. Katie hated how everyone pitied her so she just left so they could have their fun.
"Stupid… fireworks… dates… boys… UGH!" she said slicing off the dummy's head and thrusting her sword through its heart.
"Woah," she heard a voice say behind her, "If this is a bad time, I can leave." She turned around to find Travis sheepishly looking from the ground to her with his hands in his pockets.
"Oh. Hey Travis," she said.
"What was that all about?" he asked nodding towards the dummy's head lying on the floor a few feet away.
"It's nothing," she said.
"Really?" he asked.
"No," she said walking over to a bench and sat down taking sips from her water bottle.
"Well?"
"It's just, everyone's got a date to the fireworks but me!" she said opening up to him. He was silent for a few moments before he busted up laughing.
"What's so funny?" she asked.
"The fireworks? Really?" he said laughing.
"Yeah, so?'
"I just thought that you were better than that. You know, better than the girls who sit at home eating ice cream and wallowing in self pity because they don't have dates," he said.
"I am!" she said defending herself.
"Right. The only difference is that while they're eating, you come here and slice some heads off," he said.
"I knew I shouldn't have told you," she muttered to herself.
"No, I'm sorry," he said calming down. He suddenly blushed deep red and was very interested in his shoes.
"Travis? What's wrong?" Katie asked.
"It's just, about the fireworks," he said.
"Yeah?" Katie asked. Travis rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"I was just wondering if you would be my dat-"
"Hey Katie!" Will said walking into the arena.
"Hi Will," Katie said.
"Do you want to go to the fireworks with me?" he asked.
"Sure," she said.
"Cool," he said waving goodbye.
"Cool," she said back. She turned back to Travis.
"So… what did you want to ask me?" she asked.
"Ummm, nevermind," he said looking at the ground.
"Oh. Well, see you," she said.
"Bye," he said leaving the arena and walking back to his cabin.
Katie was having a great time at the fireworks. Will was great, polite, and sweet. Katie looked around at all of the people at the fireworks. Almost everyone was here, but she was looking for a face, and he wasn't here.
"Katie? What's wrong?" Will asked, lying down on the blanket.
"I was just wondering where Trav- I mean, nothing," she said giving up and lying down next to him.
The next day, everyone who wasn't a year rounder was heading off to the real world and everyone was saying their goodbyes.
"Hi Katie," Travis said. Katie turned around and saw Travis standing next to her at the top of Half Blood Hill.
"Oh, hi Travis. I missed you at the fireworks," she said. He shrugged.
"I decided not to go," he said.
"Oh," she said. Just then, the camp van pulled up. "Well, Argus is here, I'd better get going." She gave him a goodbye hug, and he hugged back.
"Bye. Take care of yourself. Don't get killed, okay?" She smiled and nodded.
"I'll IM you when I get home. Bye Travis. See you next summer," she said. She grabbed her things and started walking to the van. Travis watched her get in the van and drive off. Wendy walked up next to him.
"Don't worry," she said. "Something tells me she feels the same way about you." He smiled.
"I guess we'll find out next year," he said walking back to his cabin. The entire time, he was thinking about how much he couldn't wait for next summer.
I guess that's it! I hope you liked it! Review this story! You could, I don't know, review about what you want to happen when they're fourteen, or something. Just don't forget to REVIEW!
~ xhiddendreamx