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Okay now my weep fest is over, and I have exciting news;

THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL! It's still in the process of being developed so I'll probably tell you in the last chapter (don't cry don't cry don't cry).

And I'm going to do my best to make sure that the plot is original and new, not just stretched out.

Now for the disclaimer:

I don't feel like doing characters today, because I really want to get on with the chap.

So;

No soy dueño de Percy Jackson y los Dioses del Olimpo.

Ik heb geen eigen Percy Jackson en de Olympiërs.

Non possiedo Percy Jackson e gli dei dell'Olimpo.

Je ne possède pas de Percy Jackson et les Olympiens.

Ich besitze keinPercyJackson and theOlympians.

Okay, I think I have disclaimed it in enough languages. Thank you Google translator.

Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

"Oh hey Travis." Percy greeted me. Annabeth smiled at me.

"I was just about to come looking for you, see Chiron is having Annabeth and me choose a few demigods to go into New York the day before the Summer Solstice and hang out, we were wondering if you wanted to come with us?" Percy asked.

"Sure." I replied and checked over my shoulder.

"Travis are you alright?" Annabeth asked me.

"Yeah, when is it?" I asked and checked over my shoulder again.

"Tomorrow." Annabeth answered, "Travis are you okay? Why do you you keep looking over your shoulder?"

Just as I was thinking of some really lame excuse for why I was looking over my shoulder, a voice bellowed, "STOLL! YOU ARE SOOOOOO DEAD!" I looked over my shoulder to see a pack of hunters with Thalia at the lead, and she was fuming mad.

I decided it was best not to stick around. "Gotta go!" I told Percy and Annabeth, "Bye, thanks for inviting me!"

I started to bolt but had one last thought, so I turned back, "Attend my funeral please. Tell everyone bye, make sure I'm remembered as a good person; make sure-"Annabeth cut me off.

"Travis," she said.

"Yeah," I asked expecting some words of encouragement.

"You should probably run."

I looked behind me and saw she was right the Hunters were getting closer by the minute, I took off again but not without shouting behind me, my possible last words ever,

"DON'T FORGET TO ATTEND MY FUNERAL!"

"Purple orchids are nice flowers." I mumbled to myself, "But roses are nice too…Maybe they could dye them black…"

"Um…Travis?" A voice said above me, I jumped.

"Gah!" I fell over and looked up, into Katie's amused face. "Oh it's only you." I said obviously relieved.

"Yeah, what are you doing huddled up behind the Demeter Cabin? " She asked.

"This is the Demeter Cabin?"

"Yes."

"Why were you talking about flowers two minutes ago?"

"Oh," I said, "I was wondering what kind of flowers I would want at my funeral."

"You're as obsessed with death as Nico." She said.

"No. I'm serious!" I said and pulled her down to sit next to me, then I whispered in a hushed voice, "I just pranked the Hunters, and they're out for blood!"

"How'd you prank the Hunters? Isn't Connor still in the infirmary?"

"Yes."

"Then how'd you do it?" she asked impatiently.

"Nico and me did it." Katie took this as a time to slap me.

"You idiot!" She hissed.

"Hey you were in on this at first." I protested, rubbing my injured cheek tenderly.

"I didn't think you'd actually have the guts to do it though!" She hissed. I shrugged, "Hey just do me a favor." She said.

"What?" I asked.

"Just live through the night. Are you going with Percy and Annabeth to NY for the hang out of NY before the solstice tomorrow?"

"Wait were going for the solstice? I thought we were going to chillax?" I said.

"We get to 'chillax' the first day, then we're staying in the Plaza. Then the following day we're going to Olympus for the solstice. Capice?"

"Capice." I repeated.

"And there are some rules," Katie said trying to hold back a snicker. She seemed to know that rules an me never seem to get along.

"What rules?" I asked nervously.

"Didn't Annabeth give you the pamphlet of rules?" Katie asked.

"No we were a bit short on time when she was trying to invite me, I was running late from running from my death."

Katie ignored the snipe and shoved a packet of papers into my hands, "Do me a favor, go stay in the Prank Cave, and don't leave until I get you tomorrow. Oh and read over the packet Stoll!"

"Yeah yeah yeah." I said and waved my hand at her and began to walk away, when it hit me. The awkward conversation between Katie and me was gone, it was back to normal. Well, for now at least.

Only two hours had gone by and I was already dying of boredom, I mean the Prank Cave is awesome and everything but after awhile you can get bored easily, especially an ADHD demigod.

I glanced at the pamphlet on the table and thought, what the hell? I'll just read it.

Annabeth Chases' 10 Rules for the NY Trip

1. No pick pocketing

2. No stealing

3. No talking to strange people

4. No tapping on trees to annoy the dryads inside.

5. No shoplifting.

6. No doing anything illegal.

7. No pulling the 'my best friend is Rachel Dare' trick to try and get a free limousine

8. No starting fights

9. No being late to check in to the hotel

10. No sneaking around

Follow these rules and we can have a good time, don't follow them and it's buh-bye.

~Annabeth (Not Anna and most certainly not Annie)

Well there goes all my fun time. It was like Annabeth had created the list for me. (A.N. No not just you Travis! Connot too!) Psh, who was I kidding? I would have all these rules broken by noon tomorrow.

"Travis?" A voice called out, I turned to see Katie in the doorway holding a bag. "I brought dinner." I practically set a new record in the time that I ran over there and grabbed the bag out of her hands, I mean the Prank Cave has some pretty good pizza, but Connor had eaten it all. So I was starving.

"Thank Gods!" I said practically shoving the food into my mouth, she laughed, "I love you so much!" You know earlier when I said that the awkwardness was gone, well now it seemed to be back.

"Um, yeah." Katie said shuffling her feet awkwardly and twisting her hands in her palms nervously.

"Uh, wait I didn't mean it like that." I said, "I don't love you."

For a moment pain flashed on her face but it disappeared as quickly as it came on, "Good because I don't love you." We both stood there staring at one another a tense silence filled the air.

"I mean we're Travis Stoll and Katie Gardner, sworn enemies. My dad's hated your mom since she killed all the plants in the mail room."

"My mom's hated your dad since he stole her favorite gardening hose." Katie said, her eyes were full of hurt, but that didn't stop me.

"Puh-lease, that old thing could be one of her kids it's so strange." The words were out of my mouth before I knew what I was saying. I had meant it as a joke but it came out as a jerk. (Me and Connor's word for a mean joke)

Katie's eyes went from being full of hurt to being inflamed with anger, "You know what Travis Stoll?" she asked in a sickly sweet voice.

"What?" I asked angrily not exactly sure why I was angry.

"I HATE YOU!" If she had yelled any louder, they might have heard her on Olympus.

Then she pushed my food off the table and stormed out of the room, leaving me to wonder how we had started off laughing and ended up telling one another we hated the other.

My life's really messed up sometimes.

That night I found some old alarm clock in the prank cave and set it up before I went to bed, figuring that Katie wouldn't come get me in the morning.

I didn't need it.

I hardly slept a wink that night.

I was up tossing and turning, wondering what had happened to have made us so… so… angry and un-truthful. I knew Katie liked me. I knew she was lying that she didn't like me. I know she knows I know. I knew I liked her. I knew she knew I liked her. (A.N. this is getting confusing…) But the both of us just wouldn't except it and kept pushing the other away. So I was up the whole night contemplating that.

I was up and dressed before the alarm had even buzzed. I was in the middle of eating when there came a knock on the tree.

"Travis?" I was up out of my seat faster than you could say fast. I opened the door, some foolish part of me was expecting to see Katie standing there, but Abby stood there instead. I knew I was disappointed, and apparently it showed on my face.

"It's good to see you too Travis." Abby said and pushed past me and walked into the Prank Cave.

I pulled the door shut and said, "Uh, sorry. It's just I was, uh, expecting-"

"Katie?" Abby asked.

"Uh yeah." I replied.

"Yeah, well don't expect her to talk to you for another lifetime."

"She's mad?" I asked.

"Nah," Abby said pulling a face at the Prank Cave which was littered in soda bottles, candy wrappers and clothes strewn about the place, "she's more like an overheated kettle boiling in a pit of hot lava. You can totally tell that two boys live her."

"Wonderful." I said sarcastically, and collapsed into a chair.

Abby stopped dissecting the place and came over to comfort me, "Listen, she'll forgive you eventually, she can't be to mad, I mean she sent me over here to wake you up, some part of her must still care."

"Aren't you an Athena kid?" I asked.

"Yeah." She replied.

"Why'd she get you? Why not one of her siblings?" I asked bluntly.

"She spent the night in the Athena Cabin last night, pouring her heart out to Annabeth and me, so no need to tell me about your little fight, I already know every little detail. But just avoid her, it'll be no problem."

"It wouldn't be a problem," I said, "if we weren't going into the city today in the Van, it's an hour drive there and back."

"Oh, I forgot about that. Well I'll be there too and I'll make sure your last moments are peaceful, kay?"

"Thanks." I said s sarcastically.

"Listen Travis," she said, "don't beat yourself up about this, you guys'll get over it eventually. I mean you're Travis and Katie."

"Thanks Abby, are you coming into the city?" I asked.

"I already said that dummy, yeah I'll be there and so will Connor. I'll see you on the hill in half an hour, kay?"

"Sure." I said and showed her out

In the Van everyone was laughing (Connor started it) and singing (a couple of the Apollo kids started it). I just sat there miserably, I had dragged Connor into a seat with me, so I didn't end up with Katie, and Katie had done the same, except with Abby.

I was staring blankly at the wall-we were in the delivery truck so there were no windows- trying to figure out how many dirt spots I could count, when Connor nudged me, "Dude, listen Annabeth's making an announcement."

I turned my head to the front of the truck and sure enough Annabeth stood-trying not to lose her balance as we hit potholes- making an announcement. I silently slipped Connor the packet of rules. His eyes widened as he began to read it.

"Okay, so I made groups for the City-"

"Annabeth! Do you want us to have fun on this trip?" Connor yelled.

"What?" She asked, then realization slipped across her face, "Ah you just read the packet…"

"Yes." Connor said, "And I am outraged! Are we to have no fun at all on this trip?"

"Apparently your definition of fun differs from mine." Annabeth said getting a bit angry now, Abby took this as a time to try and get Connor to shut up.

Of course I've been trying that my whole life and it's never worked.

"Connor-" She began, but was interrupted by his tirade.

"What do you mean we can't pickpocket people? That's like saying you can't build towers!"

"That would be a very good metaphor Connor," Annabeth said, "Except for the fact that I don't build towers I design them." Her voice was dangerously low now as if any minute she might draw her knife and just end Connor once and for all, so I decided to pull him back into the seat. I reached into my bag and pulled out the duct tape, and slapped it over his mouth.

He was still talking but at least you could hear Annabeth now.

"So as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted," She took time to glare at Connor as she said this, "I made groups for our trip into NY. I'm going to read them now, any objections?"

No one said anything so Annabeth began to read,

"Will, John, Liz, and Annemarie group one, Clarisse, Chris, Mark and Adriane, group two, Percy, Nico, Thalia and me are group three, we're meeting up with Rachel in the city, Katie, Abby, Connor, and Travis are group three."

Katie was the first to act.

"No! I will not go with Travis! I refuse! I hate him!"

I was second.

"What! I am in no way going with her!" I said pointing to Katie, "She hates me!"

Abby was third.

She pointed to Connor, "No way! Not in this lifetime, will I be in the same group as Connor!"

Connor was…well Connor.

"I really don't care, I like my group."

Percy stood up, "Well looks like you guys are out ruled."

"What how are we out ruled? The only one opposing is Connor!" I said.

"Well, Connor has 5 votes and you guys only have one." Percy explained.

"What!" Abby exclaimed, "Since when?"

"Since now." Annabeth said, "Now sit down and please stop complaining." She said the last words darkly, as if we should feel threatened by them. I sat down because I felt threatened by Annabeth more so than her words. The others followed suit.

The van screeched to a halt making everybody jump in their places.

"And we have arrived." Annabeth said from the floor. She had been standing when the van had stopped quickly. Percy bent over to help her up. Nico and a few other campers pushed the doors open.

Annabeth began to speak…again…seriously haven't we been tortured enough? "Everyone group up outside."

So instead of darting off like I had planned, I stayed and waited for Annabeth to speak again.

"Alright everyone, listen up…" I zoned her out as she began to reread the rules.

I bumped into a lady who seemed to be hurrying off to work; we sprawled all over the sidewalk.

"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry." I said to the lad who accepted my apology and began to hurry off again.

I pulled out my new phone, and decided to have some fun.

Annabeth's phone began to beep in her pocket, she pulled it out and looked at it, "Alright who's seven-six-four three-one-five?" Everyone just looked around and shrugged.

"Why?" Abby asked, still clearly mad at her half-sister.

"Because I just got a text from them, saying 'hello. I can see you.'" Everyone looked around mystified.

All of the sudden Katie spoke, "I know who it is."

"Who?" Annabeth asked.

"Travis just 'ran into' some lady a minute ago."Now all eyes were focused on me.

"Travis," Annabeth said, "Give me the phone."

"What phone?" I asked.

"Travis I'm not an idiot,-"

I interrupted, "of course you're not, you're a Daughter of Athena."

"Thank you for that elaboration, now give me the phone that I see sticking out of your pocket." I sighed and handed the phone over to Annabeth. Who turned to Percy and said, "Go give that lady her phone back."

"What why me?"

"Because your invincible Seaweed Brain. That's why."

"Ah okay. Wait what's she going to do to me?"

"Just go!" Annabeth cried clearly exasperated.

"Fine."

We all watched in earnest as Percy walked up to the lady, who was standing at a hot dog stand, she took her phone back from Percy and said thank you by buying Percy a hot dog and Percy waltzed back to us in one piece like a little boy with a blue lollipop.

Nah, I'm just joking she took her phone back but not before shoving a hot dog with everything on it into Percy's face. He walked back trying to wipe all of the mustard, relish, onions, ketchup off his face. New Yorkers sure have a strange way of doing somethings. I mean who says thank you by shoving a perfectly good hot dog into a person's face? Really who does that?

"It had everything on it." Percy said walking up to us. "Everything."

I couldn't help it I burst out laughing and everyone else followed suit, even Annabeth. Rachel walked up behind us in her paint splattered jeans and tee.

"Well Percy I didn't realize that you were interested in Art." She said trying hard not to laugh.

"Yep, the Art of why did we bring Travis on this trip?" HE replied.

"Oh Percy," I said, "if we didn't bring me this trip would've been so boring, I mean we wouldn't be laughing right now." I said clutching my sides, a few of the demigods were laughing so hard that they were crying."

"If we hadn't brought you on this trip," Percy said, "I wouldn't be covered in hot dog."

"Alright Travis," Thalia said, "I don't completely forgive you for the Hunter prank, but your pretty close, any one who gets my cousin hot dog coated is pretty high on my list."

"So I'll live?" I asked.

"You'll live." she reassured me.

When everyone had stopped laughing we all split up with our groups, and headed off to see.

Annabeth had given each of us ninety-three dollars, for each of us.

"So where to first?" Connor asked.

Katie and Abby looked at one another than said, "Fifth Avenue."

"Well we must arrive in style." I said and flagged a limousine over, I reached my head in and said, "Excuse me Rachel Dare needs this limo please." The guy driving it stopped immediately and pulled over.

"Get in." I said. I held the door open for everyone to climb in. I got in last.

Connor poured everyone some Coke into the fancy wine glasses.

"To the breaking of the rules!" He proposed the toast.

"I am not toasting to that." Katie said and took a sip of her pop.

"Me too." Agreed Abby.

"Fine." I said, so Connor and me toasted to the braking of the rules.

"Two broken." Connor said, "We're doing good."

"Fifth Avenue." The limousine guy said and pulled over.

"Thanks Fred." I said.

"It's Frank sir." He corrected me.

"Um, Fred would you mind waiting here?" I asked, he sighed and shook his head yes.

The girls darted out of the car and into one of the many shops.

I turned to Connor, "There's a McDonalds over there, want to grab something to eat?"

"You had me at McDonalds." Connor said.

So we ate a burger and some fries at McDonalds while we waited for the girls to finish their shopping.

"So where to next?" I asked Connor.

"I was thinking the Statue of Liberty, see what Athena looks like in green. We are all meeting back up at the Plaza at six, it's noon now. So after that, I don't know Central Park…" Connor said.

"What's in Central Park?" I asked.

"Hot dog stands."

"I'm sorry mam," the attendant said to Katie, "you'll have to get off and wait for the next elevator to the top."

"Sure." Katie said and stepped off.

"Wait," I said, "I'll wait with you."

"You sure?" Connor said to me.I knodded.

Just as the doors closed I could hear Connor say, "Yeah, my brother and his girlfriend are just having relationship problems, they just need some 'alone time'-oomph." I was thinking that Abby had punched him to shut him up; I made a mental note to thank her later.

"Listen, Katie," I said, "I didn't mean to be such a jerk last night, I was only joking, and now I'm really, really, really, sorry."

"Apology accepted." Katie said, "But I'm at fault here too. I overacted, so accept my apology?"

"Accepted. And you don't hate me right?"

"No I still hate you," She said smiling, "just in loving friend way." Then she stepped into the elevator, which had just arrived back, and waved for me to follow her in.

The elevator shot upwards, along with my happiness level. Katie didn't hate me, well she did, but in a loving friend way.

If that makes any sense.

Wowza! That was a long chapter! Well next chapter or the following chapter will be the last…My eyes are like seriously watering now…

But anyhow…I hope you liked the chapter!

At the end of the story I will reveal what the sequel will be about, sound good. And I have decided to not change my name, not right now anyway…So I hope you like the chapter…And I'm glad so many people want a sequel…I'm pretty excited about it!

Mars, Mercury, Venus,

~Wisegirl~ :D