Hola! I now present to you chapter seven! This chapter is a little bit longer compared to the previous ones, and I can't say if this pattern will continue or not. Enjoy! (:
Oraldisaster101: Thanks for telling me. I went through the story, and you were right. I fixed any mistakes I could find. Again, thanks for the tip.
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Travis was in a pretty good mood. His brother was in the clear, he had an idea for his next prank on Katie, and Chiron didn't know about the prank war. Actually, Chiron was so impressed by Katie and Travis' good behavior, that he was considering cutting their punishment in half.
That sounds great, doesn't it? And it was, but for some unexplainable reason, Travis was little sad that he no longer had an excuse to hang out with Katie. He decided to ignore it.
Probably just me being excited about the prank war, Travis thought. He accepted the idea, and moved on from other way more ridiculous ones.
Funny though, how life worked. Because, at the same time, he was not really excited about going to do the dishes with Katie today. Travis knew she had a plan for revenge from the cereal prank. (He still didn't get why she was so upset. He thought she would like cereal as much as her mother did. *chuckles*) Travis, however, thought it was brilliant. He also knew he needed something to top it, but he couldn't worry about that right now. He needed to keep an eye on Katie.
"Way to sound like a stalker." Travis said to himself, and then chuckled lightly.
On the way to the kitchen, he thought of the possible ways Katie could revenge on him while they were doing the dishes. Now, it was possible that Katie could exact her revenge outside of their punishment, but it was most logical (okay, when did he become a child of Athena?) that she'd do it then. She'd be able to watch, and there would be no way for him to get out of it… unless Travis ditched. But as tempting as that was, Travis feared it'd be worse than whatever revenge Katie might have ready for him.
So, Travis walked to the kitchen with a sense a dread. But for whatever reason, when he got there, he cheered up.
He looked at Katie with her long dark hair and green eyes and thought, Wow. She's really pretty.
Then he smacked himself in that could've-had-a-VD style. All the while, Katie was staring at him like psycho. Which, now that he thought about it, he probably was.
"Hey, you can continue to hit yourself all you want. You and I both know I'd enjoy that, but I also have to get back to my cabin and look for my gloves, so let's just finish these dishes, okay?" Katie said, snickering slightly when Travis stuck his tongue out at her.
"Yeah, sure." Travis replied, eying her warily. He still hadn't given up the thought that she was going to prank him here.
However, he perked up at the mention of her gloves. About a week ago, he convinced Jason to steal them for him. That means he could truthfully deny ever doing it himself (good thing to, darn that sneaky Piper and her charmspeaking). This also meant he could use it for future pranking. Travis almost smirked, but he didn't want to give himself away.
Katie caught him staring and then sighed. "I'm not going to prank you here, that'd be too predictable and not to mention a little amateur."
Travis relaxed only slightly. Katie sounded truthful, but he had seen her lying skills in work before when she was convincing Chiron not to punish them when Travis got them in a certain situation involving duct tape, grape vines, and prom dresses. It's best not to go into detail about it…
An awkward silence settled in. And Travis got fidgety, he didn't like silence. Finally, he decided to break it… with a pretty lame question, though.
"So, how's it going Katie-Kat?"
"Didn't I tell you not to call me that?"
"No, you're too busy yelling at me for other stuff."
"…Oh, well don't call me that."
"Got that, Katie-Kat."
Travis smirked. He didn't even remember where he thought of the nickname, but once he said it. It had stuck; no way was Travis giving it up now.
Katie sighed, and then smiled slightly. What an idiot, she thought.
Then dishes were uneventful. Travis didn't even splash Katie with water. He was too bust being suspicious, and a little paranoid. Once he left the kitchen, he sighed with relief and sprinted towards the Hermes cabin. He wanted to grab some pranking supplies before the sing-along.
As he was looking around, Travis grabbed toilet paper, shaving cream, and other various not necessarily legal things. After grabbing everything, he sighed, realizing how exhausted he was. The sing-along didn't start for another 20 minutes. He could take a short nap.
He plopped down on his bed, and then let out a girly shriek that rivaled (and beat) Aphrodite's. He looked down and he sat on a clump of Cactus. Thankfully, the needles weren't too sharp or long; saving Travis from some permanent scaring, but it still hurt more than Travis would like to admit.
That sneaky Gardner. Travis was the least to say surprised, it was a decent prank. However, she was still an amateur and she did not know what she was getting herself into. Travis was ready for his own revenge, and an evil idea occurred to him.
Travis couldn't help but think, Man, I love prank wars.
As Travis was painfully removing the cactus from his butt, Connor walked in. He let out a low whistle.
"That's definitely going to need some Nectar."
Travis could swear he heard something that sounded suspiciously like a certain daughter of Demeter laughing outside his cabin.
So, tada! I liked the prank idea, though it was a little cruel. Review and gime me your thoughts on the chapter and the the story, please!
I realized I hadn't been doing much explaining on the characters looks (mainly because there were already descriptions in Rick's books), so I added some in there also.
Also, any recommendations should be left in the reviews.
Thanks, and bu-bye. (:
