Nope. Still don't own Percy Jackson. Sad thought isn't it?
"Theo! Theo! Theo! Theo!" It was Connor running up to Theo calling his name all the way. It was one of those rare moments where he wasn't with Kat. He was actually on his way to meet her at the lake. Percy had decided that he should show her some more of the cool little water tricks that he had learned over the years so that she could help him in figuring out how else they could use their powers.
"Yea? Which one are you?" He could never figure out which one was which no matter how many times they told him that they weren't twins and that it was easy to tell the difference between the two.
"I'm Connor."
"Ok. Whatchu want?" He stopped on the trail and waited for the boy to catch his breath.
"Wanna be part of a random survey? You do? Great! What's your favorite color?" He hadn't even had time to try and get a word in.
"Blue." He figured it was best to just go along with the boy's scheme whatever that might be. It didn't seem to be too physically threatening to him at the moment.
"What's your favorite weapon to fight with?" He wasn't even writing anything down. Theo figured that he had just had too much sugar for the day and was randomly hyper. Instead of questioning him, which he had learned the hard way not to do, he smiled and laughed a little while answering his question.
"Sword."
"Do you like waffles?"
"Yes."
"Can you play any musical instrument? If so, please name which one."
"Yes. Guitar."
"Really? That's perfect! I'll go get you one right now! Stay right there!" With that the boy ran off back towards the Big House. Theo's excuses about having to get to Kat were wasted on empty air. With a sigh he stood there in the middle of the path waiting for the boy to return so that he could get to the lake, or rather the dock. Soon enough Connor appeared on the horizon carrying what looked like a guitar.
"Here you go! Where you goin now?"
"Down to the lake to see Katrina."
"Did you know that you're the only one who calls her by her full name?" He couldn't help but smile. This was going even better than he and Travis had hoped. It was going to be perfect! Romantic setting at the lake, accoustic guitar with Kat missing her music, and the boy that she liked the one to bring the music back into her life.
"Yes, I did know that. Can I go now?"
"Sure, but you might wanna bring the guitar with you. I've heard Kat moping around because she doesn't have any music here because of the whole no technology policy." Theo looked down at the guitar with new interest. He hadn't thought of that. It had been a while since he'd played guitar. He used to love it. Then he traded it in for camp, a sword, and Kat.
"Good idea Connor! I bet she'll love it. See ya."
"See ya." With that Theo set off down the path for the lake and Connor stayed where he was. Now, all he had to do was wait for Travis to get Percy away from Kat. He was waaaay too protective for anything to actually happen between Theo and Kat. He didn't have long to wait. Soon he saw Travis running up the path towards him.
"Hey!" He called to his brother and waved his arm back and forth. "I'm good on my end. How about you?"
"RUN!"
"What?" And then he saw Percy charging up the path behind him. He looked like he was on a war path. He had feathers in his hair and Travis looked thoroughly soaked. He waited for his brother to reach him and then he fell into step beside him.
"What'd you do?!"
"Threw a few buckets of honey and feathers on him and insulted Annabeth a whole bunch."
"You insulted Annabeth?! Why'd you do that?" Connor risked a glance behind him and sure enough Percy was still there looking madder than a hatter.
"He wasn't leaving!"
"What'd you say?"
"Just some things about how she had him whipped and that she was ugly and a bad fighter and still was flirting it up with a bunch of Aphrodite guys and that I had kissed her and that she loved it..."
"TRAVIS!"
"Oh shit..."
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"Hey Katrina." He found her sitting on the dock trailing her toes in the water. He'd only made two wrong turns this time.
"Hey Teddy. Watchu got there?"
"Guitar."
"A guitar? Do you play?"
"A little." He sat down next to her on the dock. A little closer than was really necessary for two friends, but neither complained. Both friends even leaned just the tiniest bit into each other without noticing it.
"Would you like to hear a song?"
"Are you kidding me? I would love to!" He ran his fingers over the strings experimentally. It was even in tune.
"What do you want to hear?"
"I want to hear what you're thinking right now. Your thoughts in a song." He looked up at her in surprise. In her eyes he found a different sort of... eagerness? An anticipation of some sort. Something he wasn't used to seeing there. Even oddly.. hope. He thought for a moment. Was this his chance to tell her how I felt? She did ask him for his thoughts... But what song was his thoughts? As soon as he thought the question a song popped into his head.
"Ok.. Here goes nothing." He began to strum the opening notes.
What day is it?
He began to sing his song.
And in what month? This clock never seemed so alive.
I can't keep up.
And I can't back down I've been losing so much time.
'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do, nothing to lose.
And it's you and me and all of the peopel and I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you.
All of the things that I want to say just aren't coming out right.
I'm tripping on words. You got my head spinning. I don't know where to go from here.
'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do, nothing to prove.
And it's you and me and all of the people and I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you.
Something about you now.
I can't quite figure out.
Everything she does is beautiful.
Everything she does is right.
'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do, nothing to lose.
And it's you and me and all of the people and I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of..
You and me and all of the people with nothing to do, nothing to prove.
And it's you and me and all of the people and I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you.
What day is it?
And in what month?
This clock never seemed to alive.
He finished the last few notes of the song and looked up at her hesitantly. She was looking at him strangely. Why was she looking at him like that? She opened her mouth but no sound came out. She tried again and this time she spoke.
"Can I play a song?"
"Only if it's your thoughts just like I did. It's not that easy to bear your sould to someone you know." He tried to joke as he handed over the guitar.
"Of course." She situated the guitar on her lap and started strumming a few chords. "Alright... No laughing at my singing ability." She looked up at him to confirm the promise.
"Cross my heart and hope to die."
"Ok well... I'm not going to sing the whole song 'cause I don't know all the words. I'm just gonna sing a little bit."
"Well if only a little bit are your thoughts than go for it." He scootched just a little bit closer to her. She smiled and bent her head down over the guitar and let her hair cascade down like a curtain between them, and then she sang.
This night is sparkling, don't you let it go.
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home.
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew.
This night is flawless, don't you let it go.
I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone.
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you.
Please don't be in love with someone else.
Please don't have somebody waiting on you.
Please don't be in love with someone else.
Please don't have somebody waiting on you.
"Well... that's it." She said as she trailed off her last chord. "I'm sorry that I'm not a very good singer... or really know how to play the guitar or anything like that. Sorry you had to sit there and listen to that 'cause I mean..."
"Katrina." He cut her off as soon as the depth of what she had just sang sunk in.
"Teddy?" She peeked up at him through her hair. He reached forward and tucked her hair behind her ear, and left his hand there cradling her cheek.
"You're too pretty to hide away from the world." She blushed and opened her mouth to try and start talking again.
"Katrina."
"What?"
"Stop talking." With that he leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers. She blinked in surprise and almost pulled back, but then she stopped. She blinked her eyes closed and leaned into him. It was a gentle kiss. One that seemed endless. It didn't demand more or less. It just simply was, and she loved every moment of it.
"FINALLY!" They flew apart to see Annabeth, Travis, and Connor up on the top of the hill. "You guys were as bad as me and Seaweed Brain."
"You can say that again!" The Stoll brothers high-fived while Annabeth giggled at the blush creeping up their cheeks.
"C'mon boys. Let's leave them some alone time, and don't go try and push them into the lake. Percy showed her how to make air bubbles in the water. Pushing them down there isn't going to do much."
"But... but..." She grabbed them both by their face and dragged them away back towards the cabins.
"So... ummm..." Katrina fiddled with the frayed edges of her shorts that used to be jeans.
"Wanna go out?" Theo smiled shyly at her. She looked out at the water and then back at her friend. Could she really trust that he wouldn't walk out on her? As soon as she got attached to someone they seemed to be ripped from her. Her parents used to work a lot so she wasn't espicially close to them, but when they started working less and they had gotten a better relationship she had had to come to camp. Charlotte had gotten chomped by a dragon. Annabeth was with Percy more than she was with her, and her brother was as flaky as they came or he was spending time with Annabeth. Could she trust him?
"You can trust me you know. I'm not going to leave." She looked at him in surprise.
"I've seen it in the way that you look at Annabeth and Percy. You want somebody to be close to you but there's always something getting the way. I figure it must be because it's hard for you to trust people. I don't know why it would be hard for you to trust people, but it seems hard for you. I'm just telling you that you can trust me." She studied him hard for a few moments.
"Yes."
"Yes as in..?"
"Yes I will go out with you." She smiled at him. The thing was, she didn't trust him completely not to walk out on her, but she didn't care. He was worth the risk. Worth the tiny bit of doubt and as time went on she would probably grow to trust him more and more. Just look at Percy and Annabeth. They trusted each other completely. He smiled back at her.
"Awesome." He leaned back on his arms and she rested her head on his shoulder as the two looked out over the water. She had found her family. She had found where she belonged. She hadn't even known that she was searching for such a place but here it was. Here it had been. Here it had patiently waited. The Stoll brothers. Percy, her brother. Tyson, her other brother. Annabeth, who was practically her sister. Theo. They were her family. Where she always wanted to be. For better or for worse. For sword practice or rock wall climbing. She sighed into his arms. This was definitely where she wanted to be.
"KAT!" And there was Percy now. Being his over protective self. She smiled. This was something that she could get used to. Something that she was falling in love with. Something that she would never ever give up. She'd come a long way from the scared little girl who had watched her protector get eaten by a dragon. She was a warrior now, and she didn't have to go anywhere else to find that out. She didn't have to do any ridiculous quest to prove that to herself. She smiled up at her brother and began to explain that now Teddy was her boyfriend.
So watchu think? I do believe... That that is all this story has. We have reached the end my dear friends. You're all amazing people and I love you dearly! The songs I used were You and Me be Lifehouse and Enchanted by Taylor Swift.
