He clasped and unclasped his hands nervously before letting out a sigh and running his hand through his brown hair. Travis had been standing outside of Demeter's cabin for almost an hour now trying to work up the courage to go inside. He had been pacing back and forth earlier in order to calm his nerves, but had to stop because a group of hunters walked by and looked at him like he had an extra Hydra head growing out of his neck.

Travis couldn't help it. Today was Katie's birthday and he had to make sure that he got her the perfect present. Travis had never gotten her a present before, considering that the two had just gotten on speaking terms last month (by speaking terms he means they could stand being within ten feet of one another without starting a shouting match). He wanted to get her something really nice, something special. He didn't even steal the present like he typically would for his brother's birthdays. He saved up money by working at the camp store, even though being around all that good stuff and having to refrain from "borrowing" some was hard work.

"C'mon Travis... you can do this... just go in there and give it to her..." he muttered to himself.

"Talking to yourself Stoll?" Travis, slightly startled, looked up to see Katie smirking at him.

"Oh hey, Katie, hi," he responded awkwardly trying to hide his blush and his present behind his back.

"Hey... I saw you through the window, you've been standing out here for quite some time"

"Oh I was um, just admiring... your flowers! They look great. Did you use some new fertilizer?" Travis asked, feigning interest while attempting to hide his ever growing blush.

"No, they're the same as ever," Katie raised an eyebrow in an amused manner.

"Oh...well..." he trailed off.

"What are you really here for Travis?"

"What do you mean? I told you I was looking at the flowers!" he replied pretending to be offended that she didn't believe him.

"What's that?" she questioned changing the subject.

"What's what?"

"You know what...that!" she motioned to his back.

"Oh...this..." he quickly thrust the messily wrapped box into her hands. Katie looked at him confused, but Travis refused to meet her eyes. She carefully unwrapped the box and opened it to find a note that said "Happy Birthday Katie, Love Travis". Upon lifting the paper she saw a beautiful silver bracelet with a assortment of flower charms on it. A wide grin formed on her freckled face. She looked up to thank Travis, but he was still facing the ground. His face was an even brighter shade of red than it was earlier when she had caught him talking to himself. She took a step forward and lifted his chin with her finger.

"Thank you Travis, I love it."

"Really?" he asked, mirroring her grin.

"Yes," she leaned forward to kissed him on the cheek arousing a blush from both of them, "but my birthday isn't until another two months." Travis's jaw dropped. Not only had she just kissed him, but she had let him know that he had gone through all the trouble and it wasn't even her birthday? Katie giggled at the sight of his bewilderment. She turned around and walked back to her cabin with a slight skip in her step.

Travis sighed in contentment. At least Katie seemed happy, and he had even gotten a kiss! But he couldn't believe that he got her birthday wrong, he'd have to yell at her half-brother later. Now he was going to go through all of this again in two months! That means he'll have to think of an even better present... Oh Zeus!


A/N: Wow...It's been over a year... Idk I just had a certain urge to write. I hoped you enjoyed it!