Katie Gardner was not the type of girl who chased after boys for fun.
However, Katie Gardner only chased the Stolls.
Why?
Well, simply because she had to inflict pain on them for any prank they had done towards her cabin.
Now, that that's cleared up, on with the story.
Katie woke up to the intoxicating smell of nail polish. She coughed a few times before opening up a window. There was the usual scuffle in the morning inside the Demeter Cabin which Katie was thankful for; she did like some familiarity after all. She was plagued by nightmares last night. Horrible nightmares which Katie did not like to discuss.
"Katie! Mariah stole my fertilizer again!" one of her sisters, Lea, complained.
"Mariah, please replace her fertilizer," Katie ordered, her tone exasperated.
"Thank you, Katie! And good morning!"
Grabbing her towel and clothes, Katie heard loud noises from the front of the cabin. She rolled her eyes and marched outside. Surprisingly, there was no damage—so far, for that matter. Katie smiled at the sunshine that kissed the top of her head and the cool breeze that swept through the camp. She walked to the bathrooms and took a shower.
The mess hall was—no pun intended—a mess. As Katie walked in, her ears were pounding with the chatter of people. There was food on the floor which people probably dropped. Even a godly place like this was not able to escape the litter, messiness of teenagers. Katie sighed as she plopped down on her designated seat, staring at her food. As usual, it was another delicious breakfast made by the camp nymphs and dryads. Katie began to eat, listening to the idle chatter of her cabin mates.
"Katie!" a voice called out, startling Katie who was deeply engrossed in her book.
She let out a sigh of annoyance and turned around.
"Oh, just great. A Stoll to ruin my day. What the hell, Travis?"
"You weren't busy, so I decided to talk to you."
"I wasn't busy? I am reading a book, here, mister."
"Yeah, you're not busy."
"Reading a book is being busy, for me!"
"Whatever. So, anyways I convinced Chiron that we should hold a dance for the campers and—"
"Wait, what? How did you convince Chiron?"
"I have skills, Katie-Cat."
"Please don't call me that."
"Call you what, Katie-Cat?" Travis teased with a smirk.
"Anyways, proceed."
"You're on the planning committee with none other than, the handsome—"
"Oh, dear gods, no…"
"The charismatic—"
"I've been good my whole life. Why me?"
"The intelligent—"
"Hold up, right there, Stoll. Intelligent?"
"You kind of ruined my momentum, so I'll just continue in hopes of regaining the pride you so cruelly took away from me."
"You had no momentum…."
"The freaking awesome, TRAVIS STOLL!"
Katie rolled her eyes and folded her arms over her chest.
"Well, Stoll, good luck. Sleep with one eye open, yeah?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Nice 'prank', Stoll. Really."
"It's isn't a prank, Katie-Cat."
"Stop calling me that!"
"Wait—Katie, don't walk away!"
Katie hadn't always held a grudge against the Stoll brothers. She just didn't like their pranks, especially if they were towards her cabin. There was actually a time when she and Travis were best friends. Although it was a long way before, she remembered. She remembered Travis' lopsided grin, the games they used to play in the woods, sneaking out just to see each other at night.
What had caused the rift in their relationship?
Sophia Fletcher.
Katie closed her eyes at that name. She shuddered inwardly and shut the thought out of her mind.
"Hey, Travis! Chiron told me that it wasn't a prank, so stop your sulking and get over here," Katie commanded, her hands on her hips.
"Yes, ma'am," he joked, smiling at Katie. Did Travis imagine it or did she actually smile back?
"So, anyways, I figured we could discuss this tomorrow during free time."
"Alright," Travis said as Katie turned around.
"And you might wanna wear a less see through tank top!" he yelled after Katie.
Katie marched up to Travis, prodding her finger into his chest. "That is inappropriate, Travis."
"But, it's true. I don't understand why you're hiding all that—"
Katie clamped her hand over Travis' mouth. "Shut the fuck up."
Travis licked Katie's hand and laughed as she recoiled.
Oh, gods, he has abs! Katie thought as her hand froze on his shirt.
"If you want, maybe I can show you the real deal next time," Travis whispered into Katie's ear.
She huffed angrily and stomped away.
"Well that went well," Connor said as he revealed himself from the bush he had been hiding from.
"You saw that?" Travis asked, his eyes wide.
"Hell yeah."
There was a moment of silence before Connor spoke again.
"Trav, are you really doing this for the money?"
Travis thought about Katie, which wasn't hard since she was all he pretty much thought about. He thought about her laugh that seemed to brighten up his day. He liked her eyes, hazel eyes that were so beautiful, his knees got weak just looking at them. He loved her smile, especially if it was directed at him which was a rarity. He mentally smacked himself; he did have a crush on Katie Gardner.
"Dude," his brother said as Connor nudged him.
"Uh, what—yeah?" Travis stammered as he jerked back to reality.
"You zoned out for a minute."
"Oh."
"Were you thinking of Katie?"
"Uh, no," Travis lied, staring at the ground.
A/N:
Thank you for reading the story! I am pretty sure this is a super late update, and for that I am sorry.
I hope you enjoy!