"How do you always appear when you're on my mind?" Travis walked over to her.
"I just forgot something." Katie lied. She wasn't about to tell Travis that she came to check on him. She wasn't about to tell him that she was worried about him.
"You didn't leave anything." Travis slurred leaning down.
Katie smelled the alcohol on his breath. "You're drunk." She said flatly.
"It's a bit late to be visiting another cabin." He ignored her. He grabbed her hand pulling her in and shutting the door behind her.
Katie shook her head. "I think I should go…" She looked longingly at the door.
Travis put his hands on her shoulders. "But you just got here, besides I was just thinking about you." He grinned down at her.
Katie eyed the bottle of alcohol on the table, Travis wasn't taking the news very well it seemed. She sighed.
"You're drunk Travis." She repeated the same way.
"I haven't drunk much, yet I feel good." He sat down on the couch pulling her down with him.
Her body was awkwardly stretched out across his lap. She quickly righted herself and Travis frowned. "Come on Katie loosen up." He stretched an arm over the couch behind her head. Technically his arm wasn't around her; she reminded herself, pick and choose your battles.
"How did you know I wanted to see you?" he asked leaning in closer to her.
The sofa they were sitting on was rather old. Katie's body was sinking deeper and deeper into the sofa, and closer and closer to Travis. His body was warm and solid.
She shook the thought from her head.
"Please stay Katie." Travis looked at her.
Katie was about to roll her eyes at him but something made her pause. She looked at him and saw what looked like sincerity and…sadness.
"It's late." She bit the inside of her cheek standing up from the couch.
"Wait." Travis jumped up grabbing her wrist. He pulled her close to him, grabbing her other wrist as well. "Please stay with me." He bit his lip.
Katie's breathing was faster and she felt a weird sort of twisting in her stomach. This wasn't the normal Travis. This wasn't the Travis that was laughing and joking or trying to hit on her. The alcohol made the jokes fall away, everything wasn't cryptically hidden behind sarcasm or laughter. It was all out in the open.
"You came here because you were worried about me, right?" he asked quietly.
She nodded slowly.
He dropped her wrists and wrapped his arms around her pulling her even closer into his chest.
Katie had never hugged a guy before. Not like this. Not with her heart thrumming in her chest, not with the aching in her stomach. Not where her body molding into his.
"I want to spend the night with you." Travis whispered in her ear.
Katie's eyes widened and her breath caught in her throat.
"What are you saying!? That's out of the question." She struggled free of Travis pushing herself away. But Travis held on to her hand determinedly pulling her close again.
"You don't understand what it's like. I love you damn it. And you're always rejecting me. But then you do something to tease me and I just want you more than ever." The agony in his voice was something she'd never heard before. "Do you know what it's like to have to restrain yourself all the time?" His gaze was entirely serious. He looked completely sober. "I want you Katie. Be mine."
"I-I don't plan on being anyone's." Katie looked down. She couldn't look at him any longer, his gaze was too intense.
He shook his head. "I can't pretend not to care." His brown eyes bore holes into her green ones. "I can't pretend that I don't want you. I need you, Katie."
He bent down putting one hand behind her knees and another on her back. With one swooping motion he picked her up bridal style.
"Travis- Don't." Katie breathed, shocked.
He carried her over to his bed laying her down and positioning himself on top of her.
"I love you Katie." He said quietly, yet earnestly. She could feel his warm breath on her face.
Katie's brain was a rush of thoughts. "Not like this Travis…" She finally managed.
"You're the only thing I care about. Why can't you see that?" He asked more to himself than to her. "You'll forgive me won't you?"
His hands were suddenly on the hem of her shirt pulling.
Katie squeezed her eyes shut holding her breath.
Travis let out a sigh kissing her forehead before he rolled over away from her so that he was on his back.
Katie peaked open an eye glancing over at him. He was sound asleep, his chest rising and falling slowly.
Katie let out a breath.
She didn't even know what to think of the whole ordeal. She got up and quickly scoured the cabin for alcohol. She found all the bottles and drained them down the sink. She glanced over at Travis, he was still sleeping.
Maybe the truth was… she did know what it was like… to want someone like that.
Some days she wanted to push Travis up against a wall and kiss him till her lips ached. But then some days she pretty much wanted to rip his head off with her bare hands…
But what happened right there. Part of her, part of her wanted Travis to kiss her, part of her wanted him to take her clothes off, part of her… wanted him.
She shook her head quickly. "Katie, snap out of it." She gave herself a small smack. "You are a female, a female teenager with hormones to be exact. It's just biologically natural to want Travis. He is an attractive strong male. He would bear good children." She said scientifically.
She briefly wondered what her and Travis's kids would be like. "Stop!" She commanded giving herself another slap.
"It's just the hormones." She repeated out loud. "Then why did my heart skip a beat when he said he loved me…?"
She made a frustrated noise pinching her wrist, hard. "You do not love Travis Stoll. You do not love Travis Stoll." She repeated over and over pacing his room.
Her gaze wandered over to him.
"I don't love you." She told the sleeping Travis as she crawled into bed next to him. She curled into the warm body. "I don't love you." She whispered.
She began to drift off to sleep. She'd be gone before Travis woke up. And he wouldn't remember this night. He wouldn't remember what almost happened. What they could have been…
She'd erase this night from her memory as well. But… it was going to be hard to erase these feelings from her heart.
Travis woke up. His mouth dry and his body sore. His head throbbed as he sat up. "There's nothing like waking up to a hangover…." He frowned falling out of bed. He laid on the ground for a moment trying to gather his thoughts.
After a couple minutes he realized something was poking him in the head. He sat up and grabbed the object prepared to chuck it across the room.
He froze.
It was Katie's bracelet. Her favorite one to be exact. He thought back, trying to remember if he stole it.
"I didn't take this from her, actually she was wearing it yesterday…" He trailed off.
"HOLY FUCK." He shot up holding the bracelet in his hands. "I-"
Flashbacks of the previous night came to him. He couldn't remember exactly what happened or what he said. But it was clear enough.
"Me and Katie we…" He stared at the bracelet as if it would reveal the secrets of the universe.
"Damn…" he let out a breath. "For as long as I can remember I've wanted her. And now I can't even remember the night we first had sex!" he yelled at the bracelet throwing it at the wall.
He quickly picked it up. "It's not too late to fix this." He told himself.
Travis held out a bouquet of flowers to Katie.
"I want to ask for your hand in marriage." He asked her in utter seriousness.
Katie stared at him for a moment. "Are you still drunk?" She asked incredulously.
"No, I'm completely serious." He said still looking at her hopefully.
Katie looked around trying to figure out where his siblings were. "This is a mean prank Travis."
She turned around looking down at the ground. Just when she thought things were good between them. Then he'd turn around and be a complete asshole. Why is he toying with her emotions like this!?
She blinked away tears. She wasn't about to let Travis see her cry. She wasn't about to let him win.
Travis put down the flowers and took a step closer; he put a hand on her shoulder turning her to face towards him. He used his other hand to put on her chin to tilt it up to look at him.
"Did I make you cry?" He asked studying her eyes. "I promise Katie, I'm not normally that forceful. It wasn't how I wanted your first time to be like."
"What?" Katie asked confused.
"Well…we… you know…. We did it last night didn't we?" The typical mischievous grin crept back on his face.
Katie's face flushed. "What are you saying." She pushed him back. "We didn't do anything last night."
"But I remember…" Travis blushed.
"You fell asleep halfway." Katie looked down at the ground.
Travis mentally cursed. What the hell was he thinking last night? "Halfway? How far in was that?"
Katie shook her head. "You fell asleep from the start!" She said quickly. It would have been easier if he hadn't remembered anything at all.
"But then why did I find your bracelet on my floor…" he held it out to her and she snatched it back. "Well obviously I was in your bedroom." She retorted.
"But I could have sworn that someone was sleeping next to me. No, I'm positive." He looked at her studying her. "That there was someone else in my bed last night."
Katie's face flushed. "You're imagining things Stoll." She told him quickly walking off.
Travis sighed dropping the flowers. "Why don't you love me back?" he asked quietly.
So this chapter was super shitty. And at the beginning a little out of character. But I'm planning like 3 stories right now. And the next chapter will be a Percabeth one. I literally just had the stroke of genius for it. I'm excited. Please review! The more reviews I get the more encouraged I will be to write the next one.
Also would anyone be interested in a story of OC's. Because I have the greatest idea for it. But I don't want no one to read it….