Salutations! Hee hee, always wanted to say that…I apologize for taking forever to update, but school has been Hades. I have swim practice right after, and loads of homework (Thank you, math teacher), projects, quizzes, etc. Not to mention practicing my instruments…but that would make me seem like a brat for complaining, wouldn't it? I'll save it for my diary.(Not that I have one you should know about.) This was originally supposed to be a Chris/Clarisse one, but since I've never read any C/C fics, and don't intend too, I didn't feel inspired. So one day, I was drinking some soup, when I got the idea of making this a Katie/Travis. So…yeah. Before I sign off from yet another long author's note, I just wanted to put a little book review in. I recently read The Red Pyramid (kudos to Sarah who let me borrow it. Gracias, you little 12-yr-old! :D) I didn't think it would live up to PJO standards, but it was a very, very, great book. I can't compare it to PJO, or say which is better, since they're different, but Rick Riordan pwns. Again, 'Nuff said.

DISCLAIMER: If I was actually Rick Riordan, I would give Anubis a thousand more lines, since he reminds me of an older version of Nico. Death related, dark, dresses in black, sarcastic, loner, and insanely hot. They could be twins!

"Today's such a wonderful day, isn't it, Travis?" Katie said as the couple frolicked through the strawberry fields.

"Almost as wonderful as you." Travis winked, grabbing her hand.

She giggled, and they lay down to bask in the sunshine. Katie played with Travis' beautiful curly brown locks, while Travis sighed contently. This was amazing. This was true happiness. This was-

*RECORD SCRATCH*

"MADNESS!" A very loud Katie Gardner said, yanking herself up.

"Gee, thanks for ripping half my hair out, Katie." Travis Stoll rubbed his head. "Next time, you might wanna remove your fingers from my awesome hair before you act all crazy."

Katie smacked the side of his head. Travis yelled at her for hurting his head, again. Katie yelled at Travis to stop yelling at her. Travis yelled at her to stop yelling at him to stop-well, you get the point. The fighting continued, until a rustle came from behind a strawberry bush.

"Someone's there." Katie whispered, mid-slap.

"Noooo…" Travis rolled his eyes. "I thought it was a giant strawberry trying to do yoga." And he earned himself another smack.

"Hello? Who's there?" asked Katie while Travis rubbed his head and mumbled incoherent things.

No one answered, so the demigods cautiously walked toward the bush. The field was silent, when all of a sudden came a, "BOO!" behind them and one half-blood made a girly scream and jumped in the other's arms.

"Oof! Travis, get off of me!" Katie dropped the son of Hermes down on his ungodly butt.

Once everyone (meaning Travis) stopped rocking in a fetal position and gained their composure, they turned to face their alleged boo-er.

"Okay, I'm kind of in a rush to finish this chapter, so I'll make this quick." The stranger blurted before Katie or Travis could say a word. "I know what you're going to ask me." She did a poor imitation of Katie's voice. "'What in the name of *insert god here* are you doing here, how are you controlling us', blah blah blah. Who am I? I'm a writer. What am I doing here? This is a free country. How am I controlling you...Next question. Wondering why I know all your questions? Other writer friends' failed attempts + twitter,"

She paused to take a breath. Then she did that creepy smile that all fans seemed to have. "So let's finish that scene, shall we?"

"Hold up, hold up!" Katie put her hands up in a "stop" gesture. "First of all, I do not sound like that."

"Actually, you do, Katie." Travis said.

"Stay out of this! Second of all, I still have more questions, and I better get answers. And finally, I will never, not in a million years, finish that 'scene', or whatever the heck that was!" Katie was practically steaming, the plants around her were swaying restlessly, as if they felt her anger.

"Ooh, touchy, touchy, are we?" The writer's eyes narrowed. "For that, I might just put something tragic about you in the next chap-" Just then, something beeped from the girl's pocket. "Oh, that's my pager. I gotta run. I got a flamer to scream at. (Thumbs up for stereotypical flame/flamer relationship! Oh wait… this isn't Youtube..) But don't worry, I'll be back." The girl did yet another horrible mimic of the Terminator and ran off.

There was an awkward silence between the two demigods. Travis cleared his throat multiple times, and Katie played with a small vine. After Travis' seventh throat clearing, his ADHD brain couldn't take the silence anymore.

"That was…" He struggled to find words to describe their encounter. "…different."

"Different? That's all you have to say?" Katie was still fuming from her argument. "Aren't you mad at all that someone's writing ridiculous stuff about us?"

"I seriously doubt she'll be writing anytime soon."

"Oh, yeah? Why not? Please enlighten me."

"Because I stole her computer." Travis flaunted the laptop from behind his back.

Katie cracked a smile, and pretty soon, they were both laughing for nothing in particular. The whole situation seemed pretty funny. Once they stopped laughing, they smiled at each other again.

"Even if today was totally weird, even by half-blood standards, I had fun." cheerily said Travis. They had a moment, until he said, "And it's okay if you have a crush on me and my 'beautiful curly brown locks'." Katie gave him a death glare that she always gave Travis and his brother after they messed with her.

"Ow, ow! Kidding, Katie, jeez!" Travis screamed as Katie Gardner pulled him by the ear back towards camp.

And…scene. Honestly, I like the Travis/Katie pairing, though I always wondered why no one picks Connor. To me, it feels like Travis is older, but whatever. Actually, I've never read a bad Tratie fic. All the ones I've read are amazing, so why did I rag on it? For the heck of it, of course! This wasn't my favorite chapter, and some of the phrasing and grammar was pretty crappy, but hey, that's what school is for. My English teacher this year is actually going to teach us stuff, unlike last year, so I hope to improve my writing! Leave your reviews, constructive criticism, and ideas for future pairings by clicking the link below! My goal is 5 reviews per chapter, but if I don't know biggie. Next chapter will be up sometime this year! :)

P.S: Why do I always post this late at night? The world may never know..