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Katie could feel the anger pulsing up inside of her. Or was it anger? She was never quite sure, but she had this feeling a lot lately. And, for some strange reason, it was only when she looked at Travis Stoll…and Becky, his new Aphrodite girlfriend.

Right now, sitting at the campfire, watching the pretty raven-haired girl bat her eyelashes at Travis and wrap her hand around his, she felt that strange feeling bubbling inside of her, threatening to burst. So, without a word to her friends, she stood up and strode towards her cabin, ignoring their shouts of "Hey!" and "Katie, what's wrong?" She hurried inside, finding it completely empty, which was good. Because, for whatever reason, she felt like she could cry.

She plopped down heavily onto her bunk, her eyes burning, wondering what the heck was wrong with her. Gods, why did she feel like this when she saw Travis and Becky? It happened every time since they got together last week. Every time she saw them together she had to walk away because, if she didn't, she thought she might break something (probably Becky). But for the life of her, she didn't know why.

Because she couldn't like Travis Stoll. He was her tormentor, the guy she felt was what an annoying brother would be like. But he hadn't picked on her lately. He'd been spending all his free time Becky, when it used to be with her…

Katie groaned aloud and let herself fall backwards onto her bunk's mattress. That burning feeling was still there. In her stomach and in her eyes.

She was broken. She was malfunctioning. She had a loose screw in her head.

She was losing it, to be frank.

And gods, did she hate it.

But the only thing she could think to help her situation was to make Becky somehow disappear, but that would make Travis upset, and that thought made her feel worse than when she thought of him with that Aphrodite girl. Still, she had no idea why. And she had pondered this for hours.

Why did she feel this way?

The only conclusion that seemed logical was that she liked Travis. But that was also completely illogical.

Katie had been faced with a puzzle she could not complete.

With a sigh, she reached over, snatched up her pillow, and pressed it over her face. Maybe she could suffocate herself and end all of this…oh gods, no, she was not going suicidal over Travis Stoll. She sighed again into her pillow.

A knock at the cabin door startled her, and she removed the pillow from her face, propping herself up on her elbows to glare at the door. It was probably one of her Demeter siblings, wanting to know if she was all right…

"Kates?"

Oh my gods.

"Travis?" she said in disbelief.

"Are you all right?" he asked through the door.

Katie grimaced. No, she was not all right. And the source of her troubles was right there, just outside the door. But she wasn't about to tell him that. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"You sure? You ran off in a hurry…"

Katie was a little shocked. He had actually noticed her through Becky's flirting? Any of the other guys she knew would've been blind to the world if an Aphrodite girl had been holding their hand. "I'm sure, Travis," she said when she felt she'd found her voice.

There was silence, and she thought he'd left. Then he said, "What would you say if I said I don't believe you?"

She almost laughed. "I'd say 'Go away.'"

"I thought so." Suddenly the locked popped and the door swung up, revealing Travis standing there with a white piece of plastic in his hand. He grinned at her. "It's a good thing I know how to pick locks, then."

Katie wanted to grimace and grin at the same time. She stuck to grimacing, though. "Travis, seriously, I'm fine," she said, but then she saw Becky standing outside the door behind Travis. The word 'fine' trembled on her lips and that weird feeling started up again.

Travis raised his eyebrows. "Katie, I've known you for too long," he said. "You can't pull that crap on me."

She grimaced again. "Well, it works on everyone else," she mumbled.

"So something is wrong!"

She glared at him. "I didn't say that."

"Didn't have to." And he closed the door, stepping inside. She heard Becky say something from outside, but he ignored her, and that made her smile a little.

Travis walked up to the foot of the bed, not sitting down because he knew she'd kick him off because she'd done that every time he sat on her bed. "So what's wrong?" he asked.

Katie looked at him for a minute, subconsciously biting her lip. Finally she just shook her head and said, "It's stupid. But…I'd like it if someone sat with me here for a while." And she sat up completely, crossing her legs underneath her and looking up at him hopefully.

Travis gave her a strange look and warily sat down on the edge of the bed. "Okay…"

She smiled at him. "Thanks."

He shrugged. "I'm a nice guy."

Katie rolled her eyes. Then she noticed the white plastic still in his hand and her eyes narrowed. "Is that…a library card?"

Travis looked down at it. "Uh, yeah," he said. "Why?"

"You have a library card?"

Travis gave her another strange look. "Of course not! But Annabeth does. Don't tell her I took it, okay?" He looked a little scared for a second, because Annabeth would kill him for her library card.

Katie stared at him. Then she began to chuckle softly until it turned into laughter that caused her to hold her sides. Travis frowned at her until her laughter became infectious and he started to laugh, too.

Katie didn't understand that burning feeling she got whenever Becky was with Travis. Katie didn't understand much about Travis, actually. But he stole Annabeth's library card just to make sure she was all right. That made him a great friend in her book. It made that strange feeling sizzle out into nothing.

So they sat there, talking and laughing, Becky locked outside, until the other Demeter kids came back from the campfire. And Katie could swear she hadn't felt that good in a while.

But, somehow, Travis Stoll could just make her smile.

Just so ya know, she was feeling JEALOUS. :D