Summary: Travis and Katie duel Percy and Annabeth in a battle of ping pong. As in: Tratie vs. Percabeth. Showdown of the century, duh!

Chiron had called the Cabin Leader's meeting to be at seven o'clock. Katie, finishing her planting for the day before schedule, decided to go early. Travis, completing his blueprints for the prank extravaganza next week on time, figured why not beat everyone there and perhaps rig some booby trap?

Then Travis realized how awkward it would be when the next person walked in and saw Travis had been sitting there alone for like an hour. They could draw suspicions about what he'd been doing.

Why would our favorite son of Hermes be alone? Connor was sick with food poisoning and a cold, which totally sucked. Travis even had to postpone some of his cleverest ideas! And, all the younger kids in the cabin actually expected him to answer all their little questions.

So, Travis (as a gentleman, of course) offered Katie to go together and wait for everyone else to arrive later, being it was only six fifteen. As they walked into their 'conference room' Travis noticed it hadn't been set up. All the chairs were still hunched up and…what. No lemonade on the ping pong table. They had to be kidding!

But, it was Katie who noticed the paddles and ball on the floor.

()()()()

Travis served the ball lightly to Katie. She didn't even try to hit it, letting it bounce right pass her, and Katie looked at him as if he had offended her. He responded with a 'what did I do?' expression with raised arms in defense, and Katie responded aptly with an eye roll.

Body language could use improvement. Add that to the check list, Katie.

"Why are you going easy on me? I can hit a fastball!" she insisted.

He muffled a laugh. She gave the infamous death glare. He stopped.

Meh, it's improving. Scratch it off the list, Katie.

"Katie, I've never in my life seen you play any sport! Much less ping pong!" he told her, almost mimicking Katie's classic hand on hip and tone.

She arched a brow. "Travis, that's because I'm not a year round camper! You don't see me play volleyball or run track during the school year!" she chided. "Besides, do you think I have this body by just gardening all day?"she added curtly after.

"Yup," he quietly responded. She rolled her eyes.

"Okay, now I want you to bring it to me as hard as you can!"she commanded Travis, picking the ball from the floor and tossing it to him.

"You sure? Cause I'm like a pro. I'm like Forrest Gump. Like I'm that good! The ball could accidentally smack you in the face-"

"Just do it already!" she wailed, her paddle in ready position.

He sighed and served it over to her as fast as he could. She hit it barely, and the ball went too high. It hit the wall behind Travis instead.

Travis began smirking. "Aw come on. Just a bad hit! Let me serve this time!" she insisted.

He reluctantly bounced the ball over to her with a questioning look etched on his face. After testing the ball for a second and flicking her wrists in a few practice swings, she earned some complaints from Travis. "I'm going, geez!" Clearing her throat, she dropped the ball to the table and let it meet her paddle.

She whammed the ball over to him. Travis stared at her as if she was a goddess.

"How did you do that?" he asked breathlessly. She didn't try to be too smug about it, so she just shrugged.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" she responded, putting her finger in between the hole in the paddle's grasper and spiraling the paddle as if she was a cool cat.

"I'll teach you how to play Chinese style if you show me how you just slammed the ball!" Travis offered. "I mean, dang Katie!" he touched the ball. "Ouch, it's hot!"

She blushed. "You're still probably better than me. I suck at hitting it back and forth," she admitted.

He shrugged."I can't serve, but you can. I can hit slam balls, and you can't," he said. Then he made his voice all high and girly, "We complete each other!" He began to squeal.

Katie wondered about him sometimes.

"Well, do you want to see who really is a beast at ping pong?" she asked intentionally.

"Are you initiating we have a little competition, Gardner?" He knew exactly where she was going with this.

"Yesireebob," she affirmed.

He nodded, but then he sighed. "I'm not pumped up, Katie. The stakes aren't too high."

"Well, I guess we'll have to raise it!" she announced crazily.

"Winner gets bragging rights and a piggyback ride to their cabin!" Travis declared.

Katie looked like she got slapped by a big pillowcase of WTF. "A piggyback ride? Really?" she asked.

"What, Gardner too chicken? Not strong enough to carry-"he began to tease.

"Oh, shut it. Ready when you are, Stoll!" she said, grabbing his hand and shaking it.

"Ready is my middle name, Gardner!" He got into his ready stance, tossing the ball over to her.

"Okay then! One, two, thre-"

"What are you two doing here early?" a voice from the door asked. Katie dropped the ball and her paddle. Percy and Annabeth were hand and hand looking confusedly at the duo beginning their epic clash of ping and pong.

"Practicing our whale songs. We're playing ping pong, duh!" Travis responded. Katie picked up her ball and paddle again and daintily served the ball over to Travis. He hit it into the net. "I think it should be me asking why you two are here early? Trying to get some private time, eh Jackson?" Travis teased.

Percy and Annabeth blushed. "I was thinking the same thing about you two!" Percy added.

"Touché, man," Travis shrugged. The two guys did a quick handshake while Annabeth wiggled her fingers to Katie in hello. He and Katie were now just rallying now, occasionally missing it just to make it seem like they were bad at the game.

Percy continued, "But what you two are doing isn't what I had thought you two were originall-" Annabeth elbowed him. It didn't hurt of course, but he stopped.

"I know man. We were planning on knitting, of course, but we decided to play this instead," Travis joked.

"Mind if we play, too?" Annabeth asked, staring pointedly at the other pair of paddles on the floor.

Katie shrugged, "Sure! Why not?"

"Boys vs. Girls, totally!" Travis claimed.

Annabeth interrupted, "Actually, I don't think that would be a wise thing to do. One, if the girls beat you guys, it wouldn't very good for both of your prides. Also, if the guys beat us…what'll be the bragging? It'd be like "Oh yeah, we just beat up some girls!". That doesn't sound very good, either way."

Katie frowned. "She has a point," she agreed.

Travis walked over to Katie's side. "Then I guess it will be you and me against those two ladies."

"Hey!" Percy whined as he and Annabeth took Travis's old side.

"JK, bro," Travis apologized. Percy nodded.

Katie and Annabeth talked with their eyes. Annabeth said, "We really must love these guys right?"

Katie shrugged with a "Beats me!"

Travis looked over at her. "Oh, Katie Don't do that or your eyes will get stuck like that!"

Annabeth laughed. Katie rolled her eyes.

Men.

"Guys, let's start already! It's almost six thirty," Annabeth broke the silence.

"Well, I don't know how I'll do. I suck at ping pong, "Katie lied dramatically. She gave an exasperated sigh. Travis almost turned and said, "Are you joshing with me?" But then he realized where she was going with this.

His Katie was so deceptive. –squee-

Percy took the ball, "I guess I'll serve first."

The ball was easy and slow. Travis, going along with Katie's plan, hit it like a wimp.

Annabeth took it back, and she slammed it over. Katie missed it.

"Point one for Team Percy!" Percy cheered.

"Team Percy? Why not Team Annabeth?" she insisted.

"Nah, Team Percy has this ring to it. Yours is a mouth full," he decided.

"No-" Annabeth began.

"Hey, why not combine yall's names? To be Anercy? Or, ooh! Percabeth! Team Percabeth!" Katie came up with.

Annabeth and Percy shrugged. "That's such a mouth full and I don't lik- I mean, that's perfect Katie!" Percy said. Annabeth had elbowed him mid-sentence.

"You two can be Kravis!" Annabeth added. "Or, Team Tratie! That sounds better than Kravis."

The two shrugged. Travis rubbed his chin, "I don't know, I think that the- I mean, that's just awe inspiring for a name, Annabeth. Just magical!" Katie, too, had elbowed him mid-sentence.

"Well, I guess it's Team Tratie vs. Team Percabeth?" Percy confirmed.

"Yup, let the game begin!" Travis affirmed, hitting the ball over the net. "Can we start over? I mean, that was just a warm up round."

"Whatever," Percy answered, "we'll still whip your butts!" He slammed the ball over.

"Ah, bitching! Just because you're the savior of Olympus doesn't mean you win everything!" Travis called out, hitting the ball with equal force.

"Guys, let's be mature! It's just a game of ping pong, for Hercules's sake!" Katie chided as Annabeth hit the ball over slowly. Katie tried to hit it, but Travis pushed her aside and hit it.

"Hey, that was my side of the table!" she complained as Percy hit the ball.

"So what? I had a better chance of hitting than you!" he replied. The ball went back over to her side, but he again reached over and hit it. She looked murderous.

"You did it again!" she whined.

"Oops?" he shrugged.

"You are such a-" she began.

"Hey, let's be mature! Remember, Katie?" Percy added.

Annabeth looked at him, pursed lips and arched eyebrows. "Was that necessary?"

"Maybe," he added quietly as he struck the ball. It landed in the net. "Aw, great! You distracted me!"

"You shouldn't have embroiled yourself into their personal problem!" she scolded.

"That wasn't a personal problem if they are right in front of us! Look, I love you and all Annabeth-" Percy began.

"Aw!" Travis cooed.

Everyone turned to look at him strangely. Percy continued, "But I sometimes think that maybe- dang it I forgot. You made me forget what I was about to say, Travis."

"Cool story bro, now tell it again," Travis answered. Percy raised a brow.

"Hey, ya'll! Can we get the ball back in action?" Katie tried to bring everyone back to normal.

Annabeth tossed the ball over to Katie. "It's your serve, so here's the ball."

Katie grinned at Travis. Annabeth and Percy got into ready position. "Here it goes!" she muttered as she smashed the ball to the over side. They missed it by a mile.

Percy looked astounded, and Annabeth shook it off. "I have to hand it to you, Katie. You're pretty good!" Annabeth complimented.

Katie smirked haughtily and waved it off, insisting, "Oh, it's nothing much to brag about." Yes it is!

Team Percabeth served the ball back over to Katie. "So, it's zero to one so far," Annabeth calculated.

"How about first one to eleven wins?" Percy offered. Everyone agreed.

Katie raised the ball back up, but Annabeth intervened. "Isn't it Travis's turn to serve? That's probably one of the rules to switch it off, I bet."

Travis's ears perked up at the word 'bet,' but he frowned as Katie handed over the ball. Gulping, he served. It bounced into the net.

Team Percabeth high fived secretly under the table.

Travis began to complain, "Hey, don't I get a second serve? That's a rule in tennis!"

"This is ping pong!" Percy replied as if it was obvious.

"Also known as table tennis, Sherlock," Travis responded. Percy rolled his eyes. "Fine, whatever! But when your ball goes to the net, that ain't my issue!" Katie knew he was upset. But, showing emotion in front of another man is not in the guy Bible. So, he didn't show it.

Annabeth fished the ball from the net and with the simple flick of the wrist sent the ball flying to the other side. Travis whammed it over, and Percy took a swing at it. He missed by a few inches.

"OHHOHOHOHOH!" Travis cheered, "Bow to your master!"

Katie slapped him lightly on the chest and scolded, "Hey, calm down! Stop bragging; it's embarrassing!"

Percy grimly gave the ball to Katie. She struck the ball like lightning. Annabeth attempted to strike back, but the ball ended up flying to the Tratie's wall.

"What now!" Katie proclaimed.

"Hey! Don't brag! Remember, it's embarrassing!" Travis mocked. Katie rolled her eyes.

Team Percabeth laughed. "You two are just one of a kind!" Percy chuckled.

"But there are two of us," Travis said confusedly. Katie facepalmed.

"Okay, so now it's one to two," Annabeth announced as Katie picked the ball up from the ground.

"Figuring that out must have been challenging," Travis muttered. Katie elbowed him and told him to shut the hole in his face, earning another giggle from Team Percabeth. She shoved the ball into his hand and muttered something probably too dirty to be mentioned on something rated T.

Travis bounced the ball on his side, it hit the wall, and bounced back onto the table and sprung off before Annabeth or Percy could even attempt to hit it.

Travis fist pumped Katie. Percy shook his head and insisted, "That doesn't count! It hit the wall first!"

Shrugging, Travis replied, "Well, I'd do a redo, but we all ready deemed that redoes aren't allowed. So, well, suck it!"

Annabeth cringed as Percy sighed. Travis was just so…so…ugh sometimes. Travis was overall a nice friendly guy. Except when he was in a competitive state or pranking. Then we run whilst we can.

Katie wasn't up for it either. "Travis, do you know what sportsmanship is?" she asked.

"Um, is that when you pair up athletes and ship them romantically?" he guessed. Everyone burst into laughter.

"No, it means when you act civil and polite during a match, game, or something like that," Katie explained to him as if he was a toddler.

"So we should all be in top hats and sipping tea delightfully? That's Pegasus crap, Katie. No one acts like that in games!" he added with a pft sound.

"We don't have to! Just try not to be so, um, so rude!" she commanded.

"What?" he shrieked in shock. "I'm not being rude."

"Yeah, you are!" everyone else in the room simultaneously agreed.

"Geez, fine. I'll be more 'polite!'" he backed off. He asked politely for the ball from Annabeth and handed it politely to Katie. She gave a weird look and served the ball.

()()()

"Yay for you!" Travis dully cheered as Percabeth won yet another game. Team Tratie won a few games, then Team Percabeth would, Team Tratie would win, then Team Percabeth would.

"So, it's ten to ten now huh?" Katie asked as Annabeth tossed the ball over.

"Yup," Travis scathingly answered. "Now please,will you serve the ball, Milady."

Katie threw the ball down and began to raise her voice, "Okay, Travis. When I said to be less rude, that doesn't mean you have to over act it. Just be calmer, that's all!"

"You didn't say please," he reminded.

"Oh my mother freaking gods!" she screeched. "That's it! Go back to being yourself. No one will like it, but go ahead and do it!"

Everyone in the room stared at her. She calmed down and took a deep breath. "Sorry. Now, if we can get back to the game, it's the final showdown…"

Katie threw the ball into the air. Time seemed to slow down. Katie gulped, Travis wiped sweat from his brow, Annabeth looked directly at the ball, and Percy's breathing sped up. Katie was about to hit it when…

"What's going on in here! Why aren't the chairs set up!" Chiron asked with Mr. D standing behind him. Time went back to normal. Katie didn't hit the ball; she let it drop as everyone dropped his or her paddle.

"Now, no time to waste! It's five till seven! Now, set up the chairs now, ya lazy brats!"Mr. D hustled.

"But we have to finish-"

"Shut it, Stoll. Now come on, Annabeth go get the lemonade!" Mr. D ordered. "Put those paddles back where you found them and the ball, too!"

Drew, Clarisse, and Jake along with some other cabin leaders entered the conference room. "Whoa, where's the lemonade!" Jake asked.

()()()

"Okay, and we'll be sure to make sure there are age limits for Pegasus. Thanks for letting us know how they feel, Percy," Chiron thanked Percy.

"Horse whisperer," Travis giggled to himself. Katie slapped him on the knee. He stepped on her foot. She kicked him.

"Is there something going on under there, Katie and Travis?" Chiron asked.

"Footsie!" Drew murmured loud enough for everyone to hear, like the bitch she was.

"No, there was a spider-" Annabeth leaped from the table, "and we were trying to kill it." Katie covered up or attempted to.

"We got it," Travis went along. Annabeth sighed fully relieved, and she sat back down.

"Well, that concludes our meeting. Thank you for bringing up all of the issues. Now, remind your cabins about the new chariot race times. That is all!" Chiron excused himself from the table and concluded the meeting.

Everyone left the room in a hurry to get ready for campfire which would start soon.

Travis and Katie were left behind sitting at the table, staring at the paddles on the floor.

Travis broke the silence, "Wait, who won? Did we tie? Can you give me a piggyback ride?"

Hey friends! Sorry for not updating, but I've been writing some newer stories now that –sobs- this story is coming to an end soon. Like in one chapter.

-begins to blink tears back-

Well, to break the sadness I have an IMPORTANT thing to say.

-clears throat-

This story has been nominated for the Verita award!

Whoever nominated me, you are my best friend. I love you, stranger who loved my story enough to nominate me.

All I ask from all of the people who read this and like/love/don't hate to vote for my story to win. That would mean so much to me as a writer! Hopefully if this story wins, Some Bets won't be a passing trend. It would be a legend! Or make history! Or something epic like that!

Then again, the thought that I was nominated is good enough for me.

But winning would be nice (really really really really really really nice) too!

Thanks for reading, and leave a review please! This was extremely long, but probably (to me) the funniest chapter I've ever written. Sorry if Percabeth was OOC. I don't usually write them. :P

Toodles!

(I don't own PJATO, any of the characters, Forrest Gump, but I do own a ping pong table. HA!)

:D

Loves,

~Bubbles