Demigod Parent/Teacher Conferences: Part II- Travis and Katie Stoll

A/N: Hello!

I'm back!

So, Tratie has 3 kids:

Zander (Boy): 9

Kayla (Girl): 13

Lindy (Girl): 4

And Connor and Lexia (MY OC!) have 2 kids:

Sawyer (Girl): 11

James (Boy): 4

UPDATED VERSION! THERE'S A CHUNK TOWARDS THE END THAT I ADDED!

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Parent/Teacher Conference Night.

Not the best part of my job, but it has to be done. I teach 4th Grade at Jeffery Lawrence Elementary. I have a relatively decent class, behavior-wise, but I've had some.. Not so fun experiences with Conference Night. My name is Mr. Thompson, and I'm 27. I've been teaching for 3 years, and my friends think I'm crazy for going back to school. I can't say I disagree with them.

It's 6:30 pm, and I'm about half-way through my conference session. So far, I've had crazy moms, protective dads, and just about everyone in-between.

I sighed, it's time to meet the next couple. I checked my list:

Katherine and Travis Stoll.

They had a son named Zander. He's a troublemaker, but a very smart and polite child when it comes down to it. He's ADHD, and dyslexic, and gets discouraged easily.

I think Zander's embarrassed of it. As far as I know, he hasn't told any of his friends.

I opened the door to find a couple in their mid-thirties, sitting in the chairs outside my door, in the middle of a heated argument; I caught a snippet of the discussion:

"No, Travis! Letting Connor and Lexia babysit was NOT a good idea!"

"Katie, we didn't have any choice! Kayla's at Percy and Annabeth's!"

"I know… It's just, I love Connor and Lexi, but they're not the most responsible people I know..."

"Sure, but they have Sawyer and James, and they're still fine. They most know something about kids."

"I guess. I just with Lindy and Zander could've gone with Kayla to Percy and Annabeth's. I mean, Thalia and Nico are there with their kids."

I chose this moment to interrupt, "Mr. and Mrs. Stoll?"

Two heads swiveled towards me. The man had wavy brown hair, and an upturned mouth, nose and eyes. The woman had straight dark brown hair, and brown eyes.

Mrs. Stoll smiled, "Yes. You must be Mr. Thompson. I'm Katie, and this," she pointed to Mr. Stoll, "is my husband Travis. It's a pleasure to meet you."

I smiled back, "You as well. If you could please follow me into the classroom."

I turned on my heel, and walked through the doorway.

The Stolls walked in behind me, and I sat down at my desk, and pointed to the pair of chairs sitting in front of it, "You can sit there if you like."

Travis sat, Katie doing the same.

I cleared my throat, "So, Mr. and Mrs. Stoll, does Zander have any siblings?"

Travis nodded, "Yeah. We have Kayla, who's 13, and Lindy, who's 4."

"Do they get along?"

Katie chucked, "Uh…. Fairly well. Not many siblings get along perfectly, eh?"

I smiled, "Yep. I had loads of sibling rivalry when I was growing up… So, where are the kids now? Does Kayla babysit?"

Katie bit her lip, "Normally Kayla would babysit, but she's at a family friend's tonight, sleeping over. Travis's brother and his wife are babysitting tonight."

I nodded, "Do you all see family a lot?"

"Oh, yes. We have a huge family, and we get together every weekend. There are tons of kids to play with. Kayla's actually at some of my cousin's tonight," Travis replied.

"Okay. Do the kids do any extra-curriculars?"

"Kayla is in Gardening Club, Zander plays basketball, and Lindy does swim lessons," Katie told me.

I checked my clipboard, "How long have you two been married?"

Katie bit her lip, counting, "Fifteen years."

"And.. Uh, how long have you two been, for lack of better phrasing, romantically involved?"

Again, Katie counted, "Twenty-one years, right, Travis?"

Travis screwed up his face, making Katie laugh, "Oh, that's just so attractive Travis!"

He pretended to pout, "It's my counting face... And, yeah, Katie-kins, I think it's been twenty-one years. We were what, sixteen, seventeen, when we started dating?"

Katie nodded, "Yeah. We started dating right about when Percy and Annabeth did, and a year or two before Thalia and Nico did."

I interrupted, "You keep talking about Percy, Annabeth, Thalia, and Nico. Are you close to them? Do they get along with the kids well?"

Travis snorted, "Oh, yeah. The kids have extra sets of parents. Annabeth takes them fun places, Percy lets them do whatever, as does Nico, and Thalia's like the 'cool' mom."

"It sounds like a very tight-nit family."

"Well, neither Katie or I had a strong family unit as kids, so we naturally want our kids to have the childhood we didn't. Same with Percy, Annabeth, Nico and Thalia."

"Okay. Well, if you're ready, you can go. Any questions?"

Travis nodded, "How do you think Zander's doing, academically?"

I thought for a moment, "He's doing well. The ADHD and dyslexia holds him back a bit, and he tends to get frustrated easily. Do you know if the ADHD and dyslexia are genetic?"

Katie grimaced, "Yeah, they are. Travis and I both have ADHD and dyslexia. Unfortunately, so do Zander and Kayla. We're not really sure if Lindy does yet."

"For her sake, I hope not," Travis muttered.

"I do think he should do fine on the End of Grade standardized testing, but he'll need practice reading for long periods of time."

Katie nodded, and checked her watch, standing up, "Travis, we should go. I want to get home in time to put Lindy to bed. Thank you so much for your time, Mr. Thompson."

Travis got up too, "Yeah, thanks."

As they walked out, I sighed, finally parents that don't leave me scarred for life.

A/N: Yeah, it's a little short….

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-Lexia