Well, I don't have much to say… but hopefully I will be updating sooner since it is the holidays.

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or any of the characters. Rick Riordan does. And I know there is another ABC of Travis and Katie. I will not copy off it.

J is for jealousy

"Katie!" a male voice called out, over the strawberry fields. Katie inwardly groaned. She got up and dusted herself off.

"Hey Mark." she said, unenthusiastically. He didn't notice.

"Hey Katie-bear." Katie cringed at his latest name for her. "I was thinking do you wanna hang out later?" he asked.

Katie was about to decline when she saw something. More like someone. Who else but Travis?

He was walking over to Mark and Katie when he suddenly did a right-angled turn. And Katie's sister, Isabelle, jumped up to hug him.

Umm... Ok, thought Katie. Then she had an idea. An idea that was totally not like Katie at all.

"Of course! We should totally hang out later!" she said in a really loud, obvious voice. Out of the corner of her eye, Katie saw Travis looking at her. Mark didn't seem to pick up her tone.

"Cool. After or before the campfire?" he asked, happily. Katie felt a little pang of guilt wash through her. She tried to ignore it.

"Before." she replied. Mark nodded and walked off, waving. Katie half-heartedly waved back.

Katie was waiting at her cabin when she saw Mark. Perfect timing, she thought as she saw Travis. She ran towards Mark.

"Hey!" he greeted her. Katie smiled.

"So, what do you wanna do?" she asked him. Mark shrugged.

"Let's take a walk." he suggested. So, they did just that. As they were walking, Mark put his arm around Katie's shoulders. Katie oh-so desperately wanted to shrug it off. Sure Mark was charming, but it seemed like he was wearing perfume. Too much at that.

Gods, this is painful, she thought.

"So." Katie said, breaking the awkward silence.

"So." Mark copied. Then unexpectedly, he kissed her. Katie wanted to gag. Not that he wasn't a good kisser or anything, but... he was sticking his wet, slimy tongue down her throat.

Eew.

Katie couldn't take it anymore. She had to get Mark's tongue out of her mouth. So she did the first thing that popped into her mind. She bit down on his tongue. Hard.

Mark screamed like a little girl and recoiled. Then he stared at Katie in shock.

"What wash dat for?" he asked, his tongue swelling. Katie winced.

"I'm so sorry Mark! You caught me by surprise!" Katie said rushing over to him. He was holding his mouth.

On the way, she spotted Travis with her sister, Isabelle.

When Travis saw them, he burst out laughing. Isabelle, even though younger than me, rolled her eyes and shook her head. Katie was beginning to dislike that girl.

After Mark had gone into the infirmary, Katie waited outside. She was so caught up in her own little world that she didn't see Travis sneak up on her.

"So, what did you do to him?" he asked.

Katie jumped. Then she sighed. "N-nothing." she said, running her fingers through her hair.

"Liar." Travis said. Then he started to sing. "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!"

"Travis. Shut. Up." Katie told him, grabbing his shoulders to stop him from moving.

"Katie, please stop groping my shoulders. I know they are godly and all, but it's kinda weird."

Katie rolled her eyes, but took her hands away from his shoulders.

"Why are you here?" she asked him. Travis shrugged.

"I was in the neighbourhood and thought I'd drop by." he said.

"I wish you'd drop dead." Katie muttered, jokingly. Travis pretended to be overly shocked.

"Katie. How dare you?" he asked. Katie shrugged.

"Later, Travis." she said, walking away. She knew if she stayed any longer, she would never make it out of that conversation alive.

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"Katie. We need to talk."

Katie turned around and saw Mark. She didn't smile. She needed to tell him that she was using him to make Travis jealous, but it wasn't working. He kept on hanging around Isabelle.

"Sure." she said as she got up. They walked to the cabins.

"Mark, I-"

"Katie. It's over. I'm sorry. I can't lead you on anymore." he sighed. "The truth is, I was using you to make Isabelle jealous."

Katie was stunned. Oh my gods. He was using her? When she was using him? How ironic.

She started to laugh. Mark stood there, silently, giving Katie a weird look before walking off.

Katie was still standing there, giggling over the ironic-ness when she heard someone arguing. They seemed to be walking in her direction.

Katie knew it was wrong to eavesdrop so she was about to walk away when she heard Travis's voice. On second thought, it's not so bad, Katie thought, hiding.

"Travis, it's over. I don't want to go out with you. I don't know why I ever did. You're immature, stupid, and reckless, not to mention other things. I don't know how Katie puts up with you." she heard Isabelle say.

"Gods, well you're arrogant, stuck up, snobby, and a perfectionist know-it-all. And what does Katie have to do with this?" Travis replied.

"You guys like each other! It's so noticeable. You realize the only reason she was going out with Mark was to make you jealous, which backfired because Mark was trying to make me jealous. You are so clueless." Isabelle said.

Everything was silent and Katie heard footsteps getting softer and softer. Katie thought the coast was clear and walked around the corner.

And right into Travis.

"Katie?" he asked.

"Yeah?" she squeaked.

"Were you eavesdropping on us?"

"No." Katie answered too quickly. A triumphant smile came across Travis's face.

"Yes, you were. Tell me Katie, why were you spying on me. I know I'm awesome and all, but still. Slightly stalker much?" he asked.

Katie rolled her eyes. "In your dreams, Travis." she said, patting Travis on the back. Travis grinned.

"Actually, you are in my dreams." he said, matter-of-factly.

"Creepy." Katie muttered. "Now, I was going so, bye." she said as she attempted to walk away. Travis caught her elbow and pulled her back, close to him.

"What was all that stuff about you making me jealous with Mark?" he asked her, looking down into her eyes.

"It was nothing. A rumour. And he was making Isabelle jealous with me. So, I'm not the bad guy." Katie replied.

Travis's eyes bored into hers. "You're lying." he finally said.

"No, I'm not." Katie defended.

"Yes, you were. Your nose scrunched up. You always do that when your lying." he said.

"I do not." she said. Then she realized she just did it.

"See? Told you so." he said, laughing. Katie gave him a glare. "And since you were lying, do you wanna tell me the truth?" he asked.

"Not particularly." she mumbled.

Travis was still for a moment before realizing Katie wasn't going to tell him. He knelt down, and begged.

"Please, please tell me! I won't stop doing this until you tell me! Please tell me, with a cherry on top."

Katie finally cracked. "Fine! I was trying to make you jealous! Happy?"

Travis got up, a smug smile on his face. "I knew it!" Then he started to do a little dance that reminded Katie of a leprechaun. An over-sized hot leprechaun.

"Travis! Stop it." Katie hissed, hoping no-one would see them.

Travis stopped, but still had a smug smile on his face.

"You were trying to make me jealous. Whatever for?" Travis asked, playing dumb. Katie was tongue-tied. So, she did the next best thing.

Can you guess what she did? Yes, she kissed him.

So, I will be writing the next chapter soon, but I need ideas for L.

Also, my best friend is finally on Fanfiction! Even if she hasn't wrote any stories. If she does, I will be screaming it from Olympus, because she is just awesome.

Til next time.

The spud. (Thought I'd change it up a bit.)