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PurpleQueen981: Aww.. thanks! :) Tratie's the best! I mean, how can you resist a love-hate relationship? Hehe kind of. Some of the songs are ultra old :)
I've been so tired this week and it's the first week back to school. I can barely keep my eyes open.. -.-
WHO'S READ MOA? UGHH CLIFFHANGER! I have two hundred more pages to read. TEAM LEO! xD
Soo... tired...
I have a really important AN at the end, that you NEED to read.
Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or HoO. All rights belong to Rick Riordan.
"Travis freaking Stoll! Get your butt here and face me like a man!" I shrieked. I was dripping with honey and there were hundreds and thousands in the honey. That son of Hermes actually had the nerve to come into my cabin while everyone was asleep and while the harpies were out. He had the nerve to place a bucket of hundreds and thousands in honey above my head and attach a string to it, so when I put my foot down and stepped on it, it came pouring down on me. That was a wonderful wake up call. I didn't care that I was in a white tank top and really short shorts, I just wanted to find him. I found him talking to Percy.. well, more like hiding behind him, once he saw me. Percy just kept smirking and stepped away from him, revealing the cowering 'man' behind.
"And I thought you were my friend," Travis grumbled.
"What friend?" Percy asked, rolling his eyes.
"TRAVIS MARTIN STOLL!" I screamed, storming over to him. "Uh-oh, she used the middle name," Percy muttered and patted him on the back, "You're on your own, buddy."
I stopped right in front of him, so we were face to face. He tilted his head to the side and cockily said, "Aww... I knew you wanted me and my butt, Kitty-Kat. By the way, love the new look." I looked down at myself. I was covered in honey! What so lovely about that? Nothing! But then I realised my top was white... and it was drenched... with honey...
When my expression didn't change and he noticed the sword in my hand, he tried defending himself, "It wasn't me! It was Connor!"
"That's bull! Connor's in the infirmary because of your prank with the Ares cabin!" I stated. It was true. The two of them had filled the Ares with Barbie and Bratz dolls everywhere. And you probably know what the others did. His eyes widened, as if he just realised that his brother wasn't here and ran off hastily away from me. I chased after him, holding my sword up menacingly, hoping I could reach him. Connor was the main one I usually caught, because he was a slower runner. Curse Travis for being such a fast runner! "I hate you, Stoll!" I screamed. And that was a lie. I didn't hate him.. I liked him, but I wouldn't admit it.
"I love you too, Katie!" he yelled, turning back, whilst running. Eventually, he just teleported away. Yes, he can teleport. Lord Hermes had granted Connor, Travis, Chris and the others who fought in the Titan War, the ability to teleport. It annoyed me a lot. Life was so much more easier without it, because that way, I would've been able to catch him. I trudged back to my cabin, taking an extra long shower to get rid of all the yuck and stickiness off of me. It was getting incredibly uncomfortable. Oh, how I loved showers. My mind reeled back to what had happened. He said he loved me.. was that a joke or not?
Throughout the whole day, everyone was talking about the whole Fourth of July thing. What was so good about it? We just had dates and watched fireworks. That sounded like a bore to me. A million guys had asked me out today and I wasn't even a stupid daughter of Aphrodite (don't tell them I said that). It was so frustrating. I sliced and hacked at dummies to release all my emotions - anger (towards Travis, for this morning), irritation (because of love, Aphrodite, boys and my feelings for Travis), confusion (because of my mixed emotions and feelings for Travis) and just everything. Notice how they all involve a certain Stoll? Huh... maybe I really should've joined the Hunters instead of declining that offer. That would have made my life a lot more simple. But then again... it would be boring to just hunt around for the rest of your life, looking for wild animals and monsters to kill. Plus, Aphrodite would kill me, now that she had a 'Tratie' channel. Where did she even get that from?
For some reason that was unknown to me, I actually really wanted to the fireworks with Travis. I didn't know why, but I just wanted to.
I spun around and kicked the dummy square in the chest, causing it to fall over and I moved onto the next one. With each thrust of my sword, I muttered, "Stupid Travis. Stupid boys. Stupid feelings. Stupid.. love... Stupid.. Aphrodite.." The thunder rumbled above me, giving me a warning. "Sorry, Aphrodite," I mumbled, not really meaning it.
I was so into it, I didn't notice a certain someone enter the arena and watch me. He was leaning up against the wall, casually watching me like it was completely normal. He seemed to be deep in thought about something. Huh..
Travis' POV
I crept into the sword-fighting arena with my awesome ninja skills, already knowing that Katie was there. Throughout the whole day, random guys had been asking her out to the fireworks, causing jealousy and envy to seep through me. Fortunately, for me, she declined all the offers and requests, and that ended up with a million broken hearted boys, who went scurrying away to save themselves from their embarrassment.
"Stupid Travis. Stupid boys. Stupids feelings. Stupid.. love.. Stupid.. Aphrodite," she muttered, along with each thrust of her sword into the dummies' bodies and chests. I would not want to be one of those. The thunder rumbled ahead and she mumbled an apology to the love goddess. I leaned against the wall casually, arms crossed against my chest, and my left leg crossed over my right. I watched her move and in my opinion, she was like an angel who had just fallen down from the heavens, even though she was angry and fighting. Even when she was infuriated with me (after pranks, stealing from her and what not) she was, as corny as it sounded, was still the most beautiful woman in the world. (Note how I used the word woman, not word?) She was gorgeous, stunning, breath-taking, you name it. The beautiful straight light brown hair of hers that framed her face perfectly, her bright green eyes that lightened up vividly occasionally, her angelic face with her defined cheekbones, her smooth long legs and her body figure. Yes, I had a teeny crush on her... Okay, maybe I loved her. But who cares? She'll never love me back, but I knew it wasn't just an infatuation or obsession.
She might have been wearing her armour, but it still clearly defined her feminine figure. I could see the perfect curves of her small, petite waist through the armour. I snapped out of my dream Katie-land when she had finished up all the dummies. She blew a long breath out, blowing the hair out of her eyes and brushed her hair back, so it was cascading down her back. She turned around and froze when she spotted me leaning against the doors. "How long have you been here?"
I smirked, "What would you say.. if I said... since you started saying, 'Stupid Travis. Stupid boys,'?"
"Oh," she mumbled.
"Hey, you want to sword-fight? I need to release some... emotions too," I suggested. What I said was actually true. I needed release my frustration, annoyance and jealousy out of my system, so I was cool and lax once again. She shrugged, "Sure. Just give me a minute to catch my breath." She grabbed her bottle of water and chugged it all down in one gulp.
The doors opened and in came Sam, a son of Aphrodite, and I was pretty sure, it was to ask Katie out. He smiled flirtatiously at her and said, "Hey, Katie. I was wondering.. would you like to go to the fireworks with me?"
I clenched my fists and I felt my jaw tighten. Katie looked at him and smiled a forced smile, "Hey Sam. Uhh.. sorry I can't go with you. Someone already asked me." What?! She was actually going with someone? I lost my chance! Screw whoever asked her out.
"Oh, well really? That's too bad. But, I could change your mind," he winked at her. My left eye twitched. Nobody flirts with my Katie.. well, except for me. He raised his hand and touched her shoulder and exclaimed, "Eww! You're all sweaty! That's so gross!"
I snorted and couldn't help but to start laughing. He sounded so much like a girl.. but then again, he was a son of Aphrodite. "Uhh.. I've been training," Katie replied. "And no, you can't make me change my mind. So go." He left simply, obviously down that he had been rejected. Not used to being said no to, huh?
"You ready?" I asked. Now, I really needed to release my emotions.
"Yeah." I grabbed my 'phone' out of my pocket and pressed number one, transforming it into a sword. My father had given this to me, and if I pressed a number, a different item would come up. (1. Sword; 2. Dagger; 3. Spear; 4. Shield; 5. Small knife; 6. Gladius; 7. Bows and arrows; 8. Quill; 9. Greek fire; 0. Back to normal)
"You ready for this?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, hell yes. Come at me, bro," she said and I did. I striked at her, but she went into defensive mode, while I went to offence. She blocked, as I thrusted and it was basically a pattern. After a while, it was vice versa. She was really hard to keep up with in her 'angry, foul' mood. Otherwise, our skills and knowledge were at similar standards. But then, I decided to go all beast on her. I started spinning around with my sword in the air, screaming like a madman, who was running away from a Chimera. She stopped fighting and stood there staring at me, like I had grown two heads. Well, I would be like that too if she was the one doing that.
"Stop messing around, Travis," she yelled, extremely frustrated, "I want to beat you, so get here." I resisted the urge to laugh as she just stared at me with a dumbfounded expression. I grinned internally as I lunged forward at her, taking her by surprise and she lost her balance. I used that disarming trick the Luke had once taught Percy and her sword fell onto the ground with a clatter. Her eyes widened when she realised what my plan was, but she was a little too late. I disarmed her of her dagger, which she had just awkwardly pulled out and within a split second, my sword was at her neck and I had her held up against the wall.
I smirked cockily and triumphantly said, "I win." It was only now, that I noticed that the sword-fighting arena was completely silent, apart from our pants.
She huffed and admitted, reluctantly, "Yes, you do."
I leaned in to whisper to her, "Meet me at the lake after dinner." I could feel her shiver and smiled in victory. I sauntered out of the arena, leaving her standing there, shocked. Time to get my plan to action.
I took a deep breath and shook my head.
"Confident. Romantic. And stay awesome, got it?" Connor said, as I tried to keep my cool.
"Confident. Romantic. And stay awesome... got it," I repeated. He left me in the middle of the strawberry fields, waiting for the girl of my dreams. The girl I had loved since I was eight. My hands started getting clammy and a could feel a bead of sweat threatening to trickle down the side of face. I raised my hand and wiped it off. My hands were literally shaking because I was that nervous. What if she rejects me? What if she humiliates me? Oh well. At least, I know I tried. I could leave a sad, lonely life knowing that she would never like, let along love, me. It was a one in a hundred chance. She hated me. Ever since that kiss from the quest, not so long ago, she had never brought it back up. Was she embarrassed that she kissed me? Did she not want it? Most girls would flaunt and throw their bodies all over me. I had to admit, the amount of attention I received was extremely flattering, but I just didn't like those girls. Too flashy, too pushy, too... weird, and too clingy. They were sluts. 'They' being Drew, a lot of other Aphrodite chicks, and a few other hopeless flirts. They never seem to get the fact that I don't like them, through their dense heads. Isn't it obvious with the way I ignore them and blow them off? I have a 'I Heart Travis' club ganging up on me. Not the gangster ganging up, but the extremely clingy girls are obsessed with me ganging up. Many times, they even fight themselves to try win me over. But you know what? That. Is. Never. Going. To. Happen.
Katie Lilly Gardner is the girl for me. The only girl for me. The only girl I have fallen in love with and will ever love in that sense. As corny as it sounded, she was the most beautiful woman in the world (as I said before) and no one will ever be able to replace her. I spotted her walking towards me, her hair flying back behind her and her eyes followed my every move. What I was going to do, wasn't much.
"Hey, Travis. Any particular reason why you asked me to be here?" she asked, with that melodic voice of hers.
Okay.. Staying awesome... "I didn't ask you. I told you to," I said, raising an eyebrow.
"Seriously?" she asked amused, "This is what your going to do? Just say it Travis. I know what you want."
My eyes bugged out, "Really?"
She laughed, "Of course. Kaycie's my best friend, she's dating your brother and she's a daughter of Aphrodite. She knows these things and she told me." Oh, great. My stupid brother told her.
I sighed lightly. I still needed to do this right. I was admitting was feelings for Katie. I had to now. Otherwise, she would think I was some chicken. "Look, Katie. I really like you. Like, really really like you. Oh, scratch that. I love you. Ever since we were eight, the first day I met you, I fell in love with you. I know that you think this might be a joke, but it's not. It may seem like I'm lying, but I'm not. I really do love you. As I said, I have been for years. Nearly ten years," I continued on ranting. I didn't realise I was speaking continuously until I felt a hand over my mouth, muffling my words. I raised my hand and slowly took her hand off. "You know, if that was your mouth, it would've been better," I said, winking at her. She rolled her eyes, but she was smiling and there was a tint of red seen on her cheeks.
"Uhh... sorry. I got carried away," I said, looking down at the ground.
"It's okay," she said, softly.
I looked back up and just straight out asked, "Will you go to the fireworks with me, Kitty Kat?"
Her eyes seemed to light up more and she exclaimed, "Yes." She jumped on me. Well, not exactly but she hugged the life out of me.
"Excited much?" I teased.
She stuck her tongue out at me, "Maybe." And that was when I leaned in to kiss her.
Perfection.
UNEDITED!
So... tired... need... to sleep... :S How did you like the Travis' POV? Sorry for the shorter than usual chapter.
Okay. I have NO IDEA when summer in America starts, so I'm just gonna have the next chapter as July 4th yadda yadda... yeah, whatever this chapter is probably a few week after the previous one - so... summer?
Song Of The Chapter: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams by Green Day
PS: Someone tell me what 4th July is meant to be..? I'm Aussie, so I don't know.
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MORE ATTENTION! I'll be taking a break from writing because of some personal issues and my yearly tests coming up aren't helping. I'm under a lot of stress and writing isn't helping right now. Depending on how long it is, I won't be writing for a while. Sorry!
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