Travis was extremely happy. Happy enough maybe pranking wouldn't even be better. He' d gotten a daughter of Aphrodite to help him with Katie. It wasn't like he really cared. But she hated him. And now Conner had come out of the closet with his new boyfriend Nico. He felt alone without his slightly younger brother at his side.
Piper approached him. "So do you still want to do this?" she asked him. She was hoping he didn't. She wasn't like her other siblings. She really didn't know how to play matchmaker.
"Yes!" he said excitedly. She mentally groaned. Was the radio really worth it; she wondered to herself.
"Okay!" she said, feigning excitement. "What do you want to know about getting a girl to like you?"
"How to get her to like you when she hates your guts." He replied. Piper's jaw dropped. He was going to be a lot of work. No. The radio wasn't worth it. She sighed.
"Well, I guess you have to change what she hates the most." Travis' face dropped. His pranking. No! Not his prettyful pranking!
"Travis?" Piper said, trying to bring him back to earth.
"No. I'll do anything else you tell me just don't make me do that. Don't take away my pranking. "He said, getting down on his knees, begging. Piper rolled her eyes. Boys. She never really understood them.
"Well, if you want to be with her…"
"No. Anything but that." He begged. Piper growled. He flinched.
"Okay" she said. "Maybe you should stop pranking her, for a while, at least." She said, trying hard not to lose her temper. Although, he was making it very hard.
He groaned. Did Piper not understand? Pranking Katie was his life.
"Why? You might as well kill me. I'll have nothing to live for." He cried, dramatically. Piper facepalmed while letting out an aggravated sigh.
"You're obviously too immature to understand love, aren't you Travis?" Piper said and then stormed away. Travis just stood there in the dust staring in shocked silence at the place she'd once stood. No one but Katie had ever spoken to him like that. It was quite a turn-on actually, but she had a boyfriend, so she wasn't available to him. Besides, she didn't look interested.
On the other hand, when has that stopped him before? He licked his lips, then remembered Katie. The girl he'd had a crush on for over 5 years.
That evening, Piper laid on her bed in the Aphrodite cabin. She was tired beyond belief. And it was Travis's fault for waking her up so early that morning for his 'Katie' lessons.
15-year-old Marie shook her shoulder just as she was drifting off.
"What?" snapped Piper.
"You've got a visitor. I know I'm not supposed let him in at this time of night, but I didn't think you would mind." Piper raised an eyebrow in curiosity. Well, actually she raised both, as she couldn't do that for some strange reason.
Piper soon felt a warm hand touching her brown hair, brushing it lightly. She turned just enough to see who it was. Jason.
"You okay?" The son of Jupiter said. He decided to stick around for a few days to see Piper as he was already here.
"Yeah, just really annoyed." She said, sitting up.
"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked her, concerned. She told him what had gone on that day.
"He's not worth your time." Jason told her. "If he wants to be a dick, let him." Piper laughed.
"I guess you're right."
"Oh no he's not." Marie said. "Travis and Katie are cute together, and you better not give up on them."
"How are they cute together if they're always fighting?" 9-year-old Tiffany asked.
"Gosh Tiff, you're so dense. Have you never seen Sonny With a Chance? Sonny and Chad were always fighting too, but they started dating, didn't they?" 14-year-old Kaylyn said.
"But they bro—"started her twin sister Destiny, but Kaylyn interrupted.
"The point is, Travis and Katie have chemistry. Don't give up on them." Piper groaned. Her sisters were dense and naïve. Stupid Aphrodite girls.
Katie started walking out of the Demeter cabin the next morning. She was happy. Ever since Nico and Conner started dating, the Stolls haven't been pranking her. Life was good. Until she opened her cabin door and a bucket full of goo fell on top of her.
"What in Hades is this?" she yelled.
Travis, from the side of the cabin replied, "Slime. I stole it from Nickelodeon Studios a month ago. "
"How did you—Never mind." She knew by now to stop questioning the Stoll's power.
"You know, Katie. Conner recently started dating, and I'm alone a lot, so I was wondering—"
"No. Just No." she said, disgusted. Slime? Really? Then he has the audacity to ask her out. Gross.
Piper stood watching them in sympathy. She'd seen the whole encounter. She really did feel sorry for them. Her sisters were right, even though she didn't want to admit it. They would be cute together, and they did have chemistry. She pulled out the small potion her mother gave her.
"Travis." She called. The son of Hermes headed over to Piper, hoping she changed her mind. "Last night, my mom visited me in a dream and told me that she was proud of me helping you with " Operation Tratie" and left me a love potion. All you need to do is slip it in her drink."
"Gimme, gimme,gimme." The boy responded, eagerly.
"No. Bad Travis. Say you'll stop pranking Katie and swear it on the River Styx. "Piper said. The eagerness in Travis's face faded.
"No!" The son of Hermes screamed as loud as he could.
"why do you insist on pranking Katie. Aren't there other people here you can prank?" Travis fell silent. He did it to everyone, but he did it to Katie the most. He just wanted her attention.
"Uh... Um... Fine. I, Travis Stoll, swear on the River Styx not to prank Katie Gardner."
"Good Boy." Piper said, handing him the potion.
