A/N: Feel free to throw bricks at my face for not update in for-freaking-ever. And I even said I was posting more soon! I know, I know. Feel free to throw more bricks. But my hiatus shan't continue, as it is Summer, and my dance recital happened, so now I have time for updates! =D I also apologize for how E is for Evergreen wasn't a drabble. I may replace it later down the road, and post the current one as a two-shot.

I don't own PJO. Or Converse.

F is for Forever Alone Day

"Yo, Kates!" Two feet jumped down on the plant Katie was watering, effectively showering her face with dirt.

"Ugh!" Katie groaned, annoyed. She rubbed the dirt out of her eyes and looked up at the person grinning down at her. "What the Hell do you want now, Travis?"

"I wanted to inform you that I have decided to grace you with my presence tonight, love."

Katie arched an eyebrow. "Travis…" She slowly, as if she was talking to two-year-old. "I do not want you anywhere near me for an entire night."

"Katie, my lovely love, do you not understand? Don't you know it's Valentine's Day?"

Oh, yes. Katie did, in fact, know that it was Valentine's Day. In fact, she awoke today to squeals from various siblings about romantic plans they had in mind, or shrieks over the discovery of gifts placed under pillows in the night. Katie knew immediately what day it was- Forever Alone Day- and, after several sad, lonely moments, Katie decided to try her luck by looking for a gift from her non-existent beau. She felt under her hand, and was shocked to find there was something there. She then felt pain and annoyance as she pricked her finger on the gift. She had pulled it out and rolled her eyes. It was a rose- kind of. Because the actual rose itself was gone, completely, so it was pretty much a stick with thorns.

"You received my gift, right, my lovely love lovely?" Travis asked with a grin as she stood up, swiping the dirt off of her jeans.

"You know, the thought alone that you were in my cabin while I was sleeping, next to me, with your hand under my pillow- while I was lying on it- is enough to give me nightmares for a month." Katie shot at him with a glare.

"Too bad I don't care." He shrugged. He looped his arm through hers and pulled her out of the gardens. "You shouldn't be working, my lovely lovely love love. Everyone has the day off of everything, for the big V-Day." He grinned at her. I will be at your cabin at 12:00 sharp, to pick you up. Wear something pretty." He started walking away from her when he stopped and looked over his shoulder. "Not that you aren't pretty in everything you wear, Katie-Kat." With a cheeky grin, he left a furiously blushing Katie abandoned at her cabin.

~*~Wow*~It Is*Late!~*~

Twelve o'clock sharp, Kronos's ass. It was 12:30, and Katie, dressed in a flowy, floral tank top and skinny jeans and grey boots, was waiting impatiently in her cabin.

"If he doesn't show up in five minutes, I will change and go back to gardening." She told herself, biting her lip.

12:31 came around. He wasn't there.

12:32, and still no Travis

12:33. No Travis.

12:34 rolled 'round. Katie was solo.

And right at 12:35, Katie had finally decided that he was just playing her, and was about to pull off her pretty top to replace it with the common camp shirt when a knock sounded from the door. "Kitty-Kat!" Travis called through the door. "It's me!"

Katie resituated her shirt, smoothed her hair and rolled her lips again, making sure they were perfectly lip-stained. The quickly walked to the door and opened it to see Travis Stoll in remarkably clean dark wash jeans, a light blue button down, and a pair of his signature black Converse hi-tops. He grinned at her. "You look hot."

She smiled a little, blushing a tad. "You aren't too bad yourself." She said, than immediately thought, I just said that. Holy shit, I just complemented him.

Well, at least she was being honest. He really did look quite smashing.

He grinned at her again and looped his arm through hers and started guiding her towards the lake. "Sorry I took so long…..I had some stuff to take care of." He shrugged.

Katie rolled her eyes. "Mm-Hmm." Suddenly, her brow furrowed. "Travis, are you seriously taking me to the lake? Like practically every other couple in camp?"

Travis scoffed and looked offended. "I am so much more creative than that, my lovely love lovely love love."

Katie frowned at him, but before she could comment, he had a hand clamped over her eyes. "Shhh. We're almost there." He whispered. He guided her along, catching her every time she stumbled over a log or rock, because of her temporary blindness (compliments of Travis himself.)

"Okay." He breathed into her ear. "We're here." He pulled his hand away from her eyes.

Katie's eyes nearly bugged out of her head. They were in the forest, but on the edge so that they could look out across the Sound. There was a blanket on the ground, and a picnic basket on that. There was a tall, skinny blue vase with a daisy in it. "Travis.." She whispered. She turned to him. "You did all of this?"

He smiled- honest to God smiled, not smirked- and looked at the ground, shuffling his feet nervously. "Um, well….yeah. Do you…like it?" He asked.

"I love it! Thank you." She smiled, making her way to the blanket where she sat down. He sat down next to her, and they looked out across the lake.

"You're welcome, lovely love lovely love love lovely."

"Stop that!"

"Stop what?" "That whole "lovely love lovely" thing! This morning, you called me "love", and ever since, you've tacked on an extra "love" or "lovely" every time!"

"Oh."

Silence ensued. Finally, Katie decided to shatter it. "So, um, Travis….picnic?" She asked, gesturing to the basket next to her.

"Yeah! Oh, let me just…." He fumbled. He grabbed the basket and opened it's lid. "Um, Kates?"

"Mmm?"

"I, uh, don't have the food…."

"...what?"

"Yeah. I, uh, kind of forgot to pack it and I feel bad about it." Travis scratched the back of his neck apologetically.

"Travis! You brought the basket, but forgot to fill it?"

"Uh, something exactly like that…I have a spoon, though." He lifted it up.

Much to his surprise, Katie only started laughing. "What's so funny?" Travis asked, genuinely confused.

"This! Something was bound to happen. You pack a beautiful picnic, only to realize you only brought a single spoon. It's just so you, Travis. This has become the norm for you. I'm not even that surprised anymore."

"Aw, that's no fun."

She only giggled. He quietly grabbed her hand. Katie didn't try to pull away.

She wasn't even sure that she wanted to.

They sat in more silence for a little bit longer. Only this time, it was Travis who interrupted it. "Hey, Katie? What are we?"

"Demigods….?"

Travis shook his head. "Yeah, I know that. I meant, what are we?" He gestured to the two of them.

"….friends?" Katie tried, testing the waters after catching his meaning.

"Oh." Travis said, looking across the water.

But, my friends, Travis wasn't going to give up that easy..

He turned to her. "But we kiss. And go on dates. Like this."

Katie blushed a bit. "Well, we don't kiss all the time, only once or twice. And we've only been on this date….and the dance."

"So, does that make us a….we?"

"What?"

"Jesus, Katie, are we dating or not?"

"Oh." Katie said after a pregnant pause. "Um." She played with the hem of her shirt. "I…..guess so?"

"You guess so?"

"No! No! I know so." She corrected herself.

Travis smiled largely at her. "Does this mean I can kiss you now, whenever I want?"

Katie only answered with a light kiss.

"Happy Valentine's Day, Katie." Travis whispered, his forehead against hers, an-honest-to-God smile on his face.

Katie smiled, too. "You should smile more often. It looks good on you." She kissed him again. "Happy Valentine's Day, Travis."

She knew word would spread fast, as word often did in Camp Half-Blood. She knew that in the morning, several would be questioning her sanity- herself among those people. But at the moment, she was ridiculously, wondrously, unquestionably happy.

And that was good enough for her.

A/N: Meh. Well, an updates an update, right? At least they started dating. Could you leave your input in a review…? Did anyone catch my casual Llamas With Hats reference? I love you all- and I'M BACK, BABY!

Read on and Rock out,

NinjaNakkiOfCabin11 =)

P.S. Did you see the new cover I made for this story? Do you like it? More reasons to leave a review, no? ;)