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Okay, so I updated quicker like I promised! The reviews definitely inspired me! And thanks for following, or adding me as a favorite or this story as a favorite! I feel so loved :3. Well anyhow, here's the update!
The two stared at eachother. The audience grew so quiet you could hear a pin drop. And then...
The silence seemed to thicken by the second. Finally, Travis couldn't take it anymore.
"Katie, I'll admit it. I like you. There! Happy now, you..." He tured to Aphrodite, who cut him off before he could say any more.
"That's enough. What about you Katie...?" Aphrodite turned to the daughter of Demeter innocently. "Do you have something to say?"
"..." Katie looked down, a blush staining her cheeks.
Travis looked at her, and a wave of desperation crashed through him so hard he felt the breath squeezed from him.
"I... I don't..." She began.
Travis' eyes were growing wider and wider. Was she about to say she didn't like him back?
Aphrodite saw the problem. With a flick of her finger, the handcuffs chaining Travis to his chair lifted. She pretended she hadn't seen anything.
Travis was vaguley aware of his handcuffs lifting. Almost against his will, he stood up and walked over to Katie. He pushed her chin up with one finger and stared into her eyes.
Before any common sense could take control, Travis leaned down and captured Katie's lips in a kiss. The audience gasped.
Katie wasn't sure what to say. When she saw Travis get up out of his chair and walk towards her, she had no idea what he was planning on doing. Hopefully nothing in the prank category.
When his lips met hers, all traces of thought vanished. She could feel his desperation, his wanting her to love him back; all his feelings through that kiss. He was telling her how he felt in the best way in the world, and Katie was lost in it all.
Travis pulled away, his eyes glittering with... were those tears? He walked back to his chair and sat in it without talking.
"In that case, I accept!" Katie broke the silence. A wide grin split Travis's face, and the audience roared their approval.
"Perfect! Now for step two!" Aphrodite squealed above the din.
Katie's brain was still a bit foggy from the kiss. Step 2? She thought. Then she remembered.
"Why don't we just skip that part?" Travis seemed to have realized what was about to happen at the same time she did.
"You can't mess up the show, silly!" Aphrodite said. "Why don't we use... Hm... Already used Mind Mayhem... "
"Mind Mayhem?" Katie asked, disturbed.
Aphrodite ignored her. "I know!" She snapped her fingers. "Let's dig up some past!"
"What?" Travis gulped. The past between him and Katie wasn't exactly sunshine and roses.
"Ah, yes. Thoughts are one of the best things in the world. No matter how hard you try, you can't stop judgement or critisism from running across your mind when you see someone. What did you two think when you two first saw eachother, or when one was doing an activity?" Aphrodite pointed at the screen almost lazily.
The TV went blank for a second, then split into two halves again. Suddenly, a video started playing. Katie recognized the right half as her point of view of her very first day of camp. Travis saw the same thing on the left half, only from his point of view.
There was no sound, but words ran across the bottom. It took a second for the demi-gods to realize that the sentences were their thoughts that were going at the time.
Katie blushed at some of the things that ran across her side. Travis was trying to keep up with his thoughts. He must have had coffee.
"This isn't where we're looking at." Aphrodite waved at the TV and the memory began to fast forward. She stopped waving suddenly, and the video came into focus.
Katie was looking at Travis from her point of view, and Travis was looking at Katie.
Both demi gods looked at the other's side to see what they thought of them.
Katie's screen:
What a scrawny little boy. He could be a scarecrow. Only a scarecrow with a twin, too. I bet they have weirdo names, like Freedle or something like that...
Travis's screen:
I guess she's hot, but certainly not my type. She's too fat. Almost like a whale, except for whales use their blubber for warmth. It's hot out here. I wonder what she uses hers for...?
The two glared at eachother. The audience laughed behind them.
"A scarecrow? I looked like a flippin' scarecrow?" Travis's insides were boiling.
"I wouldn't complain! You called me fat! Do you have any idea how insulting that is to a girl?" Katie spluttered, her face looking hurt.
"Next memory!" Aphrodite said. The screen returned to normal, so it was no longer split anymore. After a couple of seconds, Travis recognized the scene from his own mind.
He was walking in a store with his twin. School had just let out, and the two were stuffing things in their pockest with such ease, Katie wondered how they didn't have some sort of medal.
Connor turned to his brother and said something, holding up a rose.
Travis grabbed it out of his hand, laughing. Thoughts ran below:
This thing is so hideous. I can't believe girls actually like them. The only thing a plant is good for, is eating!
Katie read the words quickly, and when she was finished a sharp cry escaped her lips. "How dare you!" She shouted as Travis stomped the flower into the ground.
Travis watched silently, fuming at Aphrodite. The memory ended, and one from Katie's point of view started.
She was watching Travis try to play basketball with an Apollo kid. She smiled to herself as she thought:
Why does he even try. That boy is just as scrawny as he was when I first met him. No! Don't pass it to Connor! He'll just give it to the Apollo kid... Yup. I knew it. He's such an idiot...
Travis looked at his new girlfriend, shocked at her. The Katie he knew was never that judgemental. "Why would you even think that?" He yelled at her.
"In my defense, you were pretty awful!" Katie retorted, still mad about the rose incident.
"At least I was okay. I bet you couldn't even make one basket, being the whale that you are!" Travis snapped feircly, but immediately regretted it.
Hot tears streamed down Katie's face, blinding her from Travis. She didn't care. "Well if that's the way you want to be, then FINE! I'm calling this relationship off, Stoll, until you learn some respect!" Katie squeezed her wrists through the handcuffs and stormed off the stage.
"Let me out, Aphrodite!" Travis strained at his bonds, screaming at the love goddess.
Wordlessly, she followed his orders.
Travis sprinted off the stage in the same direction of his girlfriend. The crowd was husehd.
Aphrodite turned slowly towards the camera, then her face split into a smile. "And that's it folks! Thank you for watching 'Aphrodites Love Show!'"
The end music played, but the crowd didn't budge.
"Hey!" Someone yelled from the back. "You got to get them back together again!"
"Yeah!" Another person agreed. Soon the whole audience was taking up the cry.
"Alright, alright." Aphrodite sighed. "We'll do some more messing around with the couple. Although, they are so cute when they aren't together... Hmph..." The love goddess turned to the camera again. "Well, you heard them folks. Will this couple be able to forgive eachother and mend the disasters in the relationship that I happily wrought? Come back for more!
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