Bearcub's Note:
Dedicated to my friend, Pebbleheart.
This chapter is really long so go grab yourself a snack or something and enjoy. (I am currently typing this while eating bread. I like bread.)
Pebbleheart's Note: I am so, so sorry this is late! FanFiction was being weird about letting me copy and paste stuff, and then I read through it twice to check for errors. I'm really sorry.
Day One (after TTB aka The Tratie Breakup)
Katie moved the boxes full of her belongings into her new home. She looked in awe at her home because it was so neat and polished, unlike her dad's home which was neat and clean and average. It was really fancy.
As she set one of the boxes out, apparently it wasn't sealed well, because something fell out of it and fluttered onto the floor.
She looked at it and realized that it was a picture. She turned it around and saw that it was picture of her and Travis, making a funny face in Hawaii with the others. She smiled, but it quickly disappeared because she had left Travis and Travis had left her.
But she always felt hurt when she thought about him. She was about to toss the picture into the trash can, but she hesitated. I'm a strong and powerful woman, she thought, and let the picture go.
She smiled triumphantly. She didn't need Travis at all. Not one bit.
Ohhhh… but she looked photogenic in that picture… not at all thinking about him. She grabbed the picture back and tucked it into her pocket when she heard her mom walk in.
"So glad you decided to come here." Demeter smiled.
Katie tucked her a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "You have no idea."
Few years later...
(Katie and Travis are currently twenty-five years old and have finished college and are running their own businesses.) (Katie works at Olympus Architect Industries and helps her friend Annabeth Chase with designing the garden and anything that has to do with plants… Travis works at HDS co. (Hermes Delivery Service) because his why not? He's not a mailman. He just instructs people to deliver stuff…?)
"What? No! I specifically told the gardener to use sandy soil for the juniper plants! Why did he get the clay soil?! That's not right! And why are the roses white! They're supposed to be red! Do you know what the color red is? It's the color of blood! I'm sure you know what the color red is-" Katie took a deep breath and looked at the traumatized Grover and the worried Juniper.
"Maybe you need to just calm down and take a vacation," Juniper suggested, handing her a cup of herbal tea.
"Yeah… and I'm just going to go tell the gardener that." Grover took Katie's clipboard and ran as fast as his feet could take him and out of the room.
Then Annabeth walked in. "Hey, Katie. Hey, Juniper," she said with a big smile.
"Okay, first of all, why are you smiling? You never smile like that." Katie noted, and Juniper elbowed her.
"Did he?" Juniper asked excitedly.
Annabeth nodded and Juniper squealed, running to Annabeth and hugging her.
"Am I missing something?" Katie raised an eyebrow.
Annabeth's smile was so big that Katie thought she looked like a Cheshire Cat.
Annabeth showed Katie her left hand and Katie saw a diamond ring on her ring finger.
"Percy asked me-" Annabeth started but Katie was already squealing and telling Juniper, "We have to plan! Hurry! The wedding needs white roses! Forget the red ones! Quickly, come on!"
But then Katie stopped and turned to Annabeth. "I am invited right?"
"Of course, Katie. I wouldn't tell you if you weren't invited."
"Great!" Katie turned to Juniper. "We need a lot of roses. White ones please. Thank you."
And so that was how the gardener was saved from being fired and the white roses were used for the wedding.
In Rochester, New York
Travis looked at his watch and glared at his brother. "You just had to trick that new worker into falling into the mail machine. You know the operator hates you, right?"
"You and me, bro. Besides, that new guy didn't get hurt… That much." Conner shrugged, sheepishly.
Travis rolled his eyes, "Now we need to get a new one. You made me look bad!"
Conner snickered. "You have to admit that it was funny."
"Yeah it was. Until you made me look bad!"
"Poor you." Conner waved his hand impatiently. "Now let's go get lunch. I'm hungry. Pizza anyone?"
At the pizza place…
Travis received a text from Annabeth.
"Hey, who's texting you? Don't tell me it's that annoying Mel-"
"Shut up, Conner. Anyways, it's Annabeth. She says that we're invited to her and Percy's wedding. Oh great." Travis looked at him.
Conner shrugged. "I'm all for it as long as there's food."
On the wedding day…
"Flowers. Flowers. There needs to be more flowers. Why aren't there enough flowers?!" Katie scowled, twisting the fabric of her dress.
"You need to calm down. Besides, it isn't even your wedding," Juniper told her.
"So? There aren't enough flowers!" Katie said, freaking out, looking at the bouquet flowers put into heart shapes.
"Just calm down. Everything will be alright. Besides, Lou Ellen and Miranda made cake," Piper said as she came in, wearing her bridesmaid dress already.
"Hey, why aren't you wearing your bridesmaid dress?" Piper asked Katie.
"I don't know." Katie groaned in frustration.
"Worry about the flowers later and yourself more. You were working on the flowers all night," Juniper told her.
"Fine." Katie frowned.
Meanwhile, Lou Ellen was talking with her girlfriend, Miranda.
"Should we tell her that Travis is coming?" Miranda asked Lou.
"Why?" Lou asked, taking a piece of chocolate from the cake.
Miranda thought about it for a moment. "Good point. My sister will have no idea what's going on."
"Operation Tratie is a go," Lou said, munching on a strawberry.
"Hey, stop that. It's for the wedding!"
"We're here," Travis told Conner, who was busy texting.
Travis rolled his eyes. "Hey, teenage girl, stop texting and get out of the car." Conner glowered at him and got out of the car.
"What'd you get for the new 'it' couple: Percabeth?" Conner asked.
"Well, we got Annabeth a bunch of baby diapers wrapped up nicely." Travis snickered and Conner laughed.
"What about Percy?" Conner scratched his head.
"Nothing. He's getting married."
"But Annabeth's getting married too." Conner looked confused.
"No, stupid. He proposed to Annabeth. That's his gift." Travis rolled his eyes.
"Ohhh… that's fine with me. Baby diapers are expensive," Conner said.
And then they finally went to the wedding.
"Put the flowers there! No, not there! There! Are you blind?! Just give me the flowers." Katie snatched a vase of roses from the frightened wedding planner who ran away as fast as her high heels could take her.
Katie huffed and brushed strands of her hair out of her face. She was currently wearing a white chiffon dress that reached to her knees and her hair up in a messy bun because she didn't care.
As she slowly turned around to put the flowers where they should go, she bumped into something. No- she bumped into someone.
"Hey! Watch it! Are you blind too?" Katie turned around to see a pair of shocked blue eyes and dark wavy hair that only belonged to one person. (Or two if you count Conner, but we're not counting him right now.)
Travis had dropped off his gift to the gift table, and dropped off his brother to the nearest girl he saw, because Conner was being incredibly annoying. Conner seemed perfectly okay, but the girl didn't.
He walked towards the tables piled with food and flowers because he was hungry, and he heard that Lou had made cake. He liked cake. Then he heard someone shouting.
"Put the flowers there! No, not there! There! Are you blind?! Just give me the flowers," he heard a female voice yell.
Travis then felt a feeling of nostalgia. That voice sounded incredibly like- like. He bumped into someone because he wasn't watching where he was going, and his eyes widened with shock when he saw who.
Katie gasped when she saw who. It was Travis (surprise).
"You!" She pointed an accusing finger at him.
Travis blinked a few times before remembering who he was and smirked. "Me."
"What are you doing here?!" She glared at him.
"Uh… Attending a wedding." Travis raised an eyebrow at her.
"Stop it! Stop doing that!" Katie yelled at him.
"And what exactly am I doing?" Travis asked her.
"Jerk!" Katie yelled, to Travis' confusion, before storming past him.
Travis sighed. He really wasn't good with people. Especially Katie. Why did he ever open his stupid mouth? The world will really never know.
Meanwhile…
Katie was beyond pissed. Travis was such a jerk! Being all rude after everything that has happened. What an (Pebbleheart refuses to publish any swearing, so this has been censored).
But then again… She wasn't being exactly fair to him, telling him to stop even though he had no idea what he was doing. Katie smiled. That was her Travis.
She frowned and mentally slapped herself. Stupid, stupid, stupid. She shouldn't be talking about Travis. Get a grip, she told herself in her head.
She hated Travis. And he hated her.
"Katie! The wedding's starting!" Miranda shook Katie out of her thoughts.
"What?" Katie turned to face her sister.
"I said: the wedding's starting!" Miranda said louder.
"Okay, okay. Coming." Katie frowned.
Miranda looked at Katie, concerned. "Okay, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Uh.. I've been living with you for most of my life. I know when something is on your mind. So SPILL."
Katie sighed, "Fine," and she told Miranda all that had happened, like the breakup and how they just met today.
"Girl, you need to move on. It's been like- how many years? You were seventeen when you broke up and now you're what… twenty-five? Gee, Katie. You meet the guy who broke your heart eight years ago and you meet up again and here you are, sulking like a five year old about it. Katie, move on. Just be friends or something, okay? Highschool couples break up all the time, but you're TWENTY FIVE! So get off your lazy-"
"Okay, okay! I get it! Geesh!" Katie rolled her eyes.
"Good. Now let's go." Miranda turned and walked away, but not before saying, "But you broke up with him."
Katie frowned. Again.
Katie went to the where the wedding was held and looked for her sister and friends. She saw that Miranda was sitting next to Lou Ellen, who was sitting next to Conner, who was sitting next to some other girl, who was sitting next to the one and only- Travis Stoll.
Miranda saw Katie's expression of horror and smirked.
Katie almost growled and marched to the empty seat next to Travis because it had to be the only vacant chair there. She ignored everyone's cry of annoyance or pain when she stepped on their feet to get to the seat. She sat there, not looking at Travis.
"Katie." Travis poked her. She ignored him.
"Hey Katie. Katie. Katie. Katie. Katie-" Someone shushed him.
"Katie Kat." Katie froze and glared at him.
"Don't. You. Dare. Call. Me. That," she said through gritted teeth.
Travis sighed. "I'm sorry," he said.
"For what, exactly?" Katie asked, snippily.
"For hurting you, okay? For everything, because I was being so stupid. I'm sorry, Katie. Really."
"Do you expect me to forgive you just like that?" Katie snapped.
"No, I just…" Travis put his hands on his temple. "I didn't ask for forgiveness (though it would be nice). I just wanted you to know how sorry I am."
Katie sat there, silently.
The wedding started and everyone had to shut up and be polite. Piper, Hazel, Miranda and maybe even Thalia (though she refused to admit it because she thought that weddings were for sissies) had a few tears in their eyes. Lou Ellen was grinning like a snake, if snakes could smile. Leo was grinning like madman. Jason was grinning normally. Frank was grinning like a panda (literally). Conner was making barf noises. Everyone else was grinning. Except two people who were thinking about how their life could've been different if nothing had ever come between them.
After the wedding (Percabeth was exhausted, standing in front of everyone and trying not to act stupid on their wedding), everyone went to eat the provided lunch and cake.
"Okay… So here's the plan: I already got Katie to sit next to Travis and now they just need to sit next to each other at lunch, okay? So everyone sit next to each other," Miranda told her friends.
"Do we have to? I just got married," Percy whined.
Annabeth punched him in the arm and he winced and said, "I didn't mean it that way."
"I have a feeling you'll be punching him more than ever." Lou shook her head.
"Hey! I'm not that stupid!" Percy whined.
"You got lost trying to find the men's room here." Jason shook his head.
"You should be glad that Hazel found you before you could go in the women's room." Leo cackled and everyone burst out laughing.
Percy glared at everyone, flushing bright red. "It was an honest mistake."
Then Miranda shushed everyone and said, "Travis is coming!"
Travis sat next to Conner and said, "Hey guys."
"Hiiiiiii…," everyone said, looking at each other.
Travis raised an eyebrow. "Why are you making weird faces?"
"Because- Oh did you hear that? I think the chef accidentally cut off her thumb when she tried to cut Miranda's cake, ha ha. Come on, Miranda. Let's go save the chef before she accidentally dismembers her other fingers." Lou Ellen dragged Miranda out of her seat.
Travis gave them a strange look. "Okay, what happened-"
"Oh look! Katie's here! Heyyyyy Katieeeeee! Over here!" Piper pointed to the seat next to Travis.
Katie looked confused until her eyes landed on him. She frowned, but walked towards them and sat down.
"Hi," she said.
Then music turned on and Percy asked Annabeth to dance. She said yes, and of course almost everyone cooed and silently cheered that Percy with his stupid mouth didn't whine about not eating lunch yet.
Of course to punctuate that, Leo hollered, "I WANT CAKKKEEEE," before being slapped across the face by Thalia.
Of course, couples, one by one, were led to dance all except Travis and Katie who sat next to each other awkwardly.
"Hey, Katie?" Travis asked after a few moments of awkwardness.
"What?" she sort of snapped.
"Do you want to… uh… dance?" he asked, quietly.
"No, sorry. Not in the mood," Katie said, not looking at him.
"Oh, okay." Travis turned away and the two looked at all the couples and even non-couples dancing and having fun. Oh, if nothing had ever gone between the two of them.
"So… how are you doing?" Travis asked Katie.
"Fine. You?"
"Fine."
"How's your job?" Katie asked.
"Fine. You?"
"Fine."
"Okay, can we just pretend nothing happened and just talk like normal people? Please?" Travis asked.
Katie rolled her eyes. "Sure."
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Travis asked, awkwardly.
"Why do you care?"
"Hey! I was asking an honest question!" Travis put his hands up in surrender.
A smile tugged at the corner of Katie's mouth. "No."
"Okay."
"Okay?"
"Okay."
"What about you, Mr. Just-an-honest-question? How's your love life?" Katie looked up at him because he was still taller than she was. (And was even more attractive than before but she was never going to tell him that.)
"I have a girlfriend. She's nice."
"That's great," Katie forced out of her mouth. Those two words were one of the biggest lies she has ever told in her life.
The two didn't get back together, but they still had a lot of fun. They ate cake, talked, and even sort of danced.
They were walking in the parking lot when a car drove up to them. The window rolled down and a blonde girl smiled at them.
"Oh, that's my girlfriend," Travis said quietly, edging towards her.
She's really pretty, Katie thought and looked away when the two kissed.
The blonde girl waved at Katie and smiled. Katie forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, but waved anyways.
"Bye, Katie." Travis waved.
"Bye," Katie said, but he didn't hear her because he had already climbed into the car and was driving away.
Katie felt terrible, and the reason was something she never wanted to admit. So what if he has a girlfriend who's really nice and really pretty? So what? It's not like that matters or anything, Katie thought angrily.
She drove home and stomped into her house, slamming the door shut.
She wanted to scream, so she did. Into her pillow.
Why did she feel this way? Why did the Fates hate her so much that they had to put him back into her life? And why did she miss him?
"I hate my life," Katie muttered into her pillow. "I hate drama and I hate Travis Stoll."
But she didn't hate him and she knew that. She still loved him even though it has been eight years since they have seen each other.
Travis really missed Katie. She was the same as she was before, just angrier and even more beautiful. God, he really did miss Katie.
And then he felt guilty. He was the reason they broke up. He screwed up. If he hadn't then maybe they could've been happy.
No, stop, Travis thought. You have a girlfriend. Your girlfriend is sweet, kind, caring, and beautiful. And Katie is mean, impatient, grouchy, and can be violent. But… She's also beautiful, sweet, kind, and caring and loves nature and- Travis slapped his face making his girlfriend look at him, confused. Oh, right. He was still in his girlfriend's car.
"What's wrong?" his girlfriend, Melody, asked.
"Nothing. It's nothing…" Travis gave her a weak smile.
She nodded and smiled back before asking, "Hey, who was that girl?"
"Her? Oh, no one. Just an old… friend." Travis winced at his lie but Melody didn't notice.
But Travis was so wrong. Katie wasn't 'no one.' She was the best thing that had ever happened to him.
Katie was in Starbucks, sipping a cup of coffee and reading a book...
When she heard a familiar voice say, "Hey, Katie Kat."
Katie turned around and said, "Hey, Travis…," but her voice trailed off when she saw his 'girlfriend.'
Katie waved at her and she smiled back, showing off her perfectly white teeth.
"This is Katie Kat and this is my girlfriend, Melody. Katie Kat meet Melody. Melody meet Katie Kat," Travis told them.
"Hi," Melody said, her voice very perky.
"Hi," Katie said flatly.
Melody's smile flickered for a second before she turned to Travis and said, "Travis, babe, can you get us," Melody emphasized the 'us' meaning only her and Travis, "some coffee? Low fat mocha for me, thanks."
Travis shrugged, walking away to order.
Katie almost barfed on Melody. Babe? Ew! That's disgusting!
"How does Travis know you?" Melody asked, her smile sweet but eyes glinting with curiosity and something else.
"We're friends." Katie shrugged, sipping her coffee and looking at Melody right in the eyes, almost daring her to ask another question.
"How long have you known him?"
"Since I was five."
"And do you have any feelings for him?" Melody asked, her long painted fingernails scratching the counter.
"No…," Katie lied.
Melody smiled. "Okay good. You-" When she saw Travis, her smile widened and she said, "Thanks, Travie," when he handed her the coffee.
"So, Katie. Where do you work?" she asked like nothing had happened.
Possessive much? Katie thought but smiled in reply and asked, "Why?"
Melody's smile wavered but before she could say anything back, Travis cleared his throat, uncomfortable with the tension between his ex and girlfriend, and asked, "Melody, are you ready to leave?"
"Yeah. Nice talking with you, Katie." Melody smiled, not looking away from Katie as she walked away.
Travis gave a dry smile at Katie. "I should probably go."
"Yeah, you should. Bye." Katie turned around, going back to her book.
Travis opened his mouth to say something, but Melody called him.
"Bye," he muttered, walking away.
A few days later, Katie was sitting on a bench at the park, reading a book, when someone plopped down next to her.
"Hey, Katie Kat."
"Oh, it's you. And I told you not to call me that," Katie said, not even looking up.
Travis frowned. "No can do, Katie Kat. I already dubbed you as Katie Kat the Great."
"I like the great part."
"And cocky."
"He said oh so cockily." Katie snorted and finally looked up (to Travis' relief). "What do you want, Stoll?"
Travis pointed at an ice cream cart.
Katie groaned, "Oh no. Not again," and kept a hand on her wallet.
"Thank you." He snatched it out of her hands and marched to get ice cream.
Katie glared at him. Travis came back with two cones. One was chocolate and the other was strawberry.
"How did you know that my favorite was strawberry?" Katie asked.
"My memory isn't that bad," Travis said, giving the wallet back.
Katie laughed and was about to retort when she saw a familiar blonde girl walking towards them.
Oh, shoot.
If Travis was worried, he didn't show it. He smiled brightly and waved at Melody.
"Hey, Melody!"
Katie's heart deflated, slightly. Melody flashed Katie a grin that looked some what triumphant as she told Travis, "Come on. Let's go get some lunch." She glared at the ice cream cone. "Travie, you are going to get diabetes if you keep eating sweets."
She snatched it out of his hands. "Hey!" he cried and grabbed it back and pouted at her. "Just for that, I won't let you have any."
Melody rolled her eyes and smiled sweetly at Katie. "Well, bye-"
"Wait! Do you want to come with us for lunch?" Travis asked Katie, hopefully.
Katie looked at Melody's face that had a sneer forming and then back at Travis' adorable smile.
"Sure. Why not." Katie got up and took a breath. "Let's go."
Melody sneered.
"So Kathy-," Melody started.
"It's Katie," Katie corrected her.
"Katie Kat," Travis said, still eating his ice cream.
"Apologies, Katie. Where do you work?" Melody asked, again.
"Why?" Katie responded with the same thing.
"No reason. Just making some small talk." Melody sipped her champagne.
"I work at Olympus Architect Industries," Katie said plainly.
"Hm. I'm a model." Melody smiled.
"That's nice." No wonder you walk like you're always on a catwalk, Katie thought.
"I know," Melody said.
Katie squinted her eyes at her.
Melody tapped her fingertips on the table.
Travis cleared his throat awkwardly and said, "Let's order, yeah? I'm hungry."
"But you're not even done with your ice cream," Katie told him.
"And you threw yours away. What happened to not being a waster?" Travis smirked.
"It was too cold!"
"It's ice cream, Katie Kat. And I thought you were the smarter one."
"Smarter one of what?"
"Smarter one of u-," Travis stopped, pale. "You know what? We should order now."
"No, no. I'm not that hungry. Tell us, Travie. Smarter one of what?" Melody asked, her eyes narrowing.
"Uhh… Oh look! A waiter! Hey, waiter!" Travis stood up and waved at the waiter who looked confused like Katie.
"Sit down," Melody told him.
"No, I'm hungry," Travis said.
"You have ice cream!"
"But I don't want ice cream!" Travis fired back.
"You used my money to pay for it," Katie interjected quietly, marveling at the beginning of a couple argument.
"Sir, please sit down," the waiter said behind Travis, making him jump and accidentally drop the ice cream cone… onto Melody's hair.
"UGHHHHH!" Melody screamed.
Travis glared at the waiter and said, "What is wrong with you, sneaking up on customers? What kind of a waiter are you?"
The waiter looked stunned.
"You should get some napkins, please," Katie told him and the waiter nodded, quickly walking away to get some napkins.
"Sorry, Melody," Travis told her.
Melody gave him a tight smile. "It's quite alright."
"I'm just going to go. Thanks for inviting me and everything." Katie got up.
"Yeah, yeah. You should go." Melody waved her away.
"Wait what? You're leaving me- I mean us- already?" Travis started.
Melody glared at his mistake while Katie felt giddy for some reason.
"Yes, she is. Now where are those napkins?" Melody said, her voice fading away as Katie walked towards the exit until she was out of the restaurant.
She sighed when she was outside, staring up at the sky. "Damn you, Travis Stoll. Damn you and your stupid words."
It was 6:30 a.m. in the morning and Katie was still in bed.
Then there was a knock on the door. Katie choose to ignore it but the knocking didn't stop. Katie wanted to scream but got up and stomped to the door anyways.
She opened it and yelled, "I DON'T CARE WHO OR WHAT YOU ARE BUT GET OUT OF MY HOUSE BEFORE I KICK YOUR-" she paused when she saw Travis.
"Nice to see you too, Katie Kat." He helped himself in.
Katie glowered at him. "What is it? What do you want in this terrible hour?"
"Someone's grouchy."
"You woke me up at 6:30!"
"Actually, it's 6:35 for your information."
"Because that's soooooooo much better!" Katie punched him in the arm.
"It is. You should be glad that I let you sleep in for five more minutes." Travis smirked, rubbing his arm because man, that girl could punch.
"Shut it, Travis and get out."
"No."
"Why the hell not?!" Katie wanted to tear out her hair but then figured that would hurt and considered tearing out his hair.
"Because I'm bored!"
"Well I'm tired, so go away!" Katie pushed him but he dodged her, making her stumble.
"Let's go to the beach," Travis suggested.
"How about no?"
"No beach? Okay how 'bout we go get breakfast?"
"I want to sleep."
"Ooooh! Let's watch a movie."
"No." Katie rolled her eyes.
"Movie it is!" Travis ran to her living room to watch a movie or two. Katie sighed, deciding whether to follow him or go back to her bed and sleep.
She decided the second option. Right when she collapsed on her bed, two arms grabbed her waist and pulled her up. "Put me down, Travis!"
"How about no?" he mimicked her.
"You son of a-"
"Hey hey hey, no cursing, Katie Kat." He threw her over his shoulder, her pounding on his back as he simply walked down the stairs, not minding her.
He put her on the couch and grabbed two CDs.
"Moana or Mulan?" Travis asked.
"Where did you get those?" Katie snapped.
"I found them."
"Mhm," Katie said, unconvinced. "Moana."
Travis gasped. "What! Do you have something against Asian people? You racist little girl!"
"You're only a few months older than me and no, I just feel like Moana."
"Why?"
"Either Moana or you go." Katie told him.
"Fine, fine, fine. Whatever you say, your majesty." Travis held his hands up in surrender.
"Good boy."
And they watched Moana, singing along to most of the songs. When they finished, Travis asked, "Now what?" He spotted a CD on the coffee table labeled TRATIE.
"What's that?" he pointed at it.
"I don't know. The Aphrodite campers had sent that to me for some reason. I have no idea what it is but when I showed it to Annabeth and Piper, they laughed how they got one themselves too. I'm honestly too scared to watch it."
"Well I'm not! Let's watch it!"
They put the CD into the movie player and the movies started.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Half-bloods of all… uh.. Blood! I introduce you to the wonderful ship of Tratie!" they saw Lou Ellen in the video say.
"Why is Lou Ellen in this?" Travis asked.
"I don't know. She does all kinds of crazy stuff. Remember when she decided to give herself acupuncture? It did not turn out right at all." Katie and Travis both shuddered.
"Tratie, a ship so beautiful that it makes Percabeth look a bit boring and Jasper, disgusting! What is a ship you might ask? Well a ship is a vessel larger than a boat for transporting people or goods by sea. Ha ha ha, well not in this case. In this case, a ship (also known as OTP which means One True Pair) is basically pairing up two people romantically and basically putting their names together," Drew's high pitched voice rang when she stepped into view of the camera.
"The wonderful ship Tratie is…"
"Oh no," Katie said, just realizing what Tratie meant.
"What?" Travis asked her.
"Shipping Travis Stoll and Katie Gardiner! It's a beautiful ship! Though they argue a lot, but that's okay!" Lacy said.
"Oh schist!" Travis's eyes widened, and Katie groaned, covering her face with her hands.
"Here is the wonderful presentation of Tratie. Please note that no animals were killed in the making of this video except for a fly that got too close to Tyson while filming, but that doesn't count. And Katie's sister, Miranda, approved of this video so we were allowed to take as many stalkerish pictures and record as many videos as we wanted. Let the show begin!" Lou Ellen smiled as Miranda gave a thumbs up while planting a small blueberry bush.
A picture of Katie splattered with paint and Travis, laughing his head off showed up.
Then it changed to a picture of Travis pranking a satyr by dressing it up as a clown when it was asleep and Katie scolding him.
Another picture showed up of Katie planting while Travis annoyed her.
A picture of Travis and Conner shooting Katie and her GO GREEN! Club with water pistols, war paint on their faces.
The picture of Travis and Katie planting cumquats side by side showed up.
A picture of Travis catching Katie as she fell from slipping on a fallen streamer at the surprised birthday party he had planned for her.
Then a video of Travis and Katie at the Duran Duran concert showed up, the band screaming "Hungry Like the Wolf" in the background while Travis and Katie cheered. In the video, Travis and Katie were also laughing, super close to each other.
A picture of Travis waving Tylenol in Katie's face from when he got her sick showed up.
A picture of Travis and Katie both eating ice cream showed up. Ice cream somehow got on Travis's nose and on Katie's chin.
Then there was a video of Travis and Conner running after Katie who was holding a bag of jelly beans.
"Give it back, you devil!" Travis shouted and tackled Katie who screamed and they tumbled down a hill.
Conner looked at them and waved at the camera, smirking.
"That little devil." Travis glowered at Conner.
Then a picture of Travis kissing Katie's cheek (which was bright red) from Conner putting mistletoe all over her ceiling. Conner was outside the window, making a face that was apparently caught in the picture.
A picture of Katie yelling at the security guard at Disneyland showed up, Travis smiling in the background.
A picture of Travis licking Nutella from a spoon showed up with Katie smacking her forehead and looking annoyed.
Then a video of Travis and Katie at the Monterey Bay Aquarium showed up from when they decided to go on that field trip.
"Look! An octopus!"
"That's a squid, Travis."
"No it's not."
"Yes it is."
"I think I'd know what calamari looks like if I see one."
"No you won't."
Their voices faded away as a picture of Travis reciting a poem to a blue paint splattered Katie came into view.
The next picture was of Travis and Katie kissing at the Spring Fling.
(The Travis and Katie that were watching the video looked away.)
A picture of Travis being dramatic and holding the flower out to Katie because she was too short to reach it appeared.
A picture of Travis stealing the tea plants while Katie wasn't looking showed up right after.
Then a picture of Travis trying the unicorn frappuccino with a concentrated face and Katie trying not to laugh showed up.
A picture of Travis kissing Katie's forehead at the beach in Hawaii showed up (the Katie and Travis watching the video flushed).
A picture of Travis and Katie making weird faces at a sea lion in a selfie showed up.
And then the TV screen turned black and Valentina Diaz's (a girl from the Aphrodite Cabin) voice said, "And the beautiful ship just had to break up! What's wrong with them?! I hate this so much! I can't believe it! Mom will be soooo disappointed. But don't worry, Tratie fans. True love will always stay true. No matter how far away your lover is."
Then the credits rolled in and Katie paused the video.
"They even added a credits list? What is wrong with them?!" Katie said, half yelling and 100% blushing.
"Is that what they do in their free time? Get a life!" Travis looked anywhere but at her, pink on his cheeks.
"I am going to kill Miranda," Katie decided.
"Conner is dead," Travis said.
Awkward silence…
"Hey, Katie?" Travis asked.
"Hm?"
"Do you ever… miss us?"
"I-I… No- I mean Yes- I mean…" Katie suddenly took an interest in her shoes.
"I do," Travis said, quietly.
Then Travis did something unexpected and kissed her. She did nothing to stop him, kissing him back.
When they broke away, Katie asked, "What about Melody?"
"She found out that I still had feelings for you or had feelings for you because I don't think she knew about us dating before, and well, she yelled at me how I wasn't being a good boyfriend and that I needed to pay more attention to her and blah blah blah so I broke up with her."
"You still had feelings for me?" Katie asked him, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Well, any guy in my position would, because I still do and it's kind of too far to go back now." Travis took a breath before saying, "So, Katie Kat. I know I make stupid mistakes sometimes-"
"Sometimes?" Katie teased him.
"Hey, hey, I'm the one who's trying not to make a fool of myself doing this. Anyways, uh… Would you give me a chance and be my girlfriend, again?" He added a please at the end.
"I don't know. Would I?" Katie grinned.
"That's what I'm asking you." Travis put an arm around her.
"Yeah. I know I would."
They kissed.
A few months later…
"You're going to propose to her! So exciting!" Juniper squealed.
"Wait… You're back with Katie?" Percy asked, confused.
Everyone stared at him.
"What? They're always arguing."
"That's true. But so are you and Annabeth," Piper told him.
"Hey!" Percabeth said. (Percabeth meaning both Percy and Annabeth.)
"Good luck, amigo. Don't mess up like Percy did." Leo gave Travis a pat on the back.
"I did not mess up!" Percy whined.
"Are you sure? You stumbled on so many words, I was sure Annabeth was going to burst out laughing." Jason snickered and Piper slapped his shoulder.
"I thought it was adorable." Annabeth kissed Percy's cheek.
"Aww…," Hazel cooed and hugged Frank.
"Thanks, Annabeth. And Jason? At least I had the guts to ask my girlfriend to marry me."
"OOOOOOOOOOOO!" everyone shrieked in delight and burst out laughing (except for Jason).
Piper smiled at her boyfriend who looked at her lovingly. "That's okay. I would wait a million years for him," Piper said.
A chorus of Awwwww's and barf sounds (from Conner) erupted.
"Okay, okay. We get it. You guys are so in loveeeee. Now can you guys help me? I'm dying here!" Travis told them.
"Get her flowers," Will suggested.
"No duh, daisy boy." Travis rolled his eyes. "Any good suggestions?"
"Get her chocolate," Piper said.
"Diamond necklaces," Hazel suggested.
"Cooking oil!" Leo howled.
"A dead stuffed bunny." Lou Ellen grinned.
"A better ring." Percy snorted.
"A book about ethics." Annabeth shrugged.
"How to kill my husband book." Conner snickered.
"BABY DIAPERS!" Leo howled even louder.
"I got nothin'," Thalia said.
"A photo album." Jason shrugged.
"McDonald's happy meal," Nico whispered.
"A dress?" Juniper kind of asked herself.
"A couch." Grover nodded.
"Again, I got nothin'," Thalia said, picking her nails with a knife.
The conversation ended when Leo suggested something dirty that ended with Travis flushing, Hazel fanning herself, and the girls all slapping Leo.
"Okay, you know what? I'm just going to go now. You guys are no help, whatsoever," Travis muttered, trudging away.
"So… why exactly are we eating at a fancy restaurant? You sure you don't want to just go grab some pizza?" Katie asked Travis.
She was dressed in a pale green dress that was somewhat fancy and Travis managed to get himself into a suit.
"Oh… Um… No reason. Just feel like it." Travis flashed her a smirk.
"Okay…" She looked at him suspiciously.
"But there is something I have to tell you."
Travis stood up, and got out a small velvet box. He then got on one knee, a surprised looking Katie staring at him in shock. "Okay, I know, Katie Kat. Sometimes I'm a freakin' idiot (no comment there please) sometimes, but I know one thing that I'm right about, and it's that I love you and even if I tried to deny that, well, that wouldn't work out really well, would that, seeing that we got together eight years after we broke up…" Travis cleared his throat. "What I'm saying here is… Katie (middle name) Gardiner, the love of my life (and other sappy stuff that the author isn't sure to include), would you marry me?"
Travis soon found himself tackled on the ground with Katie kissing him.
Everyone in the fancy restaurant was cheering and clapping, obviously happy for the couple.
"So is that a yes?" He smiled when they broke apart.
Katie rolled her eyes. "You're such an idiot, Stoll. Yes."
Travis' grin was so big that his mouth hurt. "I love you."
"Love you too." Katie smiled at him. "Now shut up and kiss me before I take back the yes."
Travis laughed and the couple kissed. Again.
Author's note: Yayyyyyyyy finally. (Still not the last chap)