Albany Mace

"You okay?" asked Albany. She couldn't stand seeing one of her best friends in this condition, especially when the girl is only thirteen.

"I'll be fine" Jasmine replied.

"Can you promise me something" Albany asked.

"What?" asked Jasmine

"Promise me you won't go back to cutting"

Jasmine hesitated. Albany sent her a look of pure desperation.

"Okay. But how did you do it?"

"Do what?"

"You were bullied. Jeremy told me. How'd you get through it?"

"I grew a back bone. I didn't let anyone walk all over me. My mom tried to raise a lady, but my dad won. He raised a lady who doesn't take crap from anyone."

"That's… inspiring. But I haven't seen or talked to my dad, my biological dad, since… ever, and my mom is dead. The only family member I have is Jeremy, but even he can't save me from this feeling."

"What about Nico?"

"Nico? What's there to talk about?"

"Why don't you forgive him?"

XxX

"FORGIVE HIM?!" Jeremy screamed at Albany. "Are you INSANE!?"

"No. I'm serious, Jer. You need to forgive and forget. Both of you"

"So you mean do nothing?"

"No. It's easy to do nothing. It's hard to forgive." Explained Albany. (A/N: What show is that quote from?)

Albany walked off. As she passed the strawberry fields, she caught sight of Katie gardening and Travis irritating her. Albany smiled, after years of pranks, screaming, and running away, they finally got together. They reminded Albany of Jasmine and Nico.

"Hi Albany"

Albany smiled up to her boyfriend. Connor Stoll. He never failed to amaze her. Whether it was his never-ending pranks that never failed to amuse her, or his wit, or even his soft side.

"Hey, you" replied Albany. Connor wrapped his arms around Albany's waist and kissed her forehead. Albany smiled and turned her attention back to Travis and Katie. Katie was blushing and Travis was smirking. He had his right arm hooked around Katie's shoulders and were walking toward Albany and Connor.

"Why are you blushing?" Albany asked her sister from another mister…and mother for that matter.

"No reason" squeaked Katie, with Travis' arm still wrapped around her.

"Dude" piped Connor, "You got Gardner to blush? Nice." He fist bumped his older brother.

"What happened?" asked Albany. Not a lot of things can make Katie Gardner squeak.

"Nothing…" Katie replied, still blushing madly. In the distance, the couples could hear a daughter of Ares screaming the Stoll's names. Said brothers cracked up. Katie and Albany rolled their eyes.

"You guys better run" informed Albany, giving her boyfriend a quick peck on the cheek.

"The cheek. Really?" whined Connor.

"You'll get more if you get out of this alive" laughed Albany.

"Count on it" promised Connor.

"Be in my cabin in an hour" directed Travis to his flustered girlfriend.

"Okay. Just don't die" Katie gave her boyfriend a quick, but passionate kiss. When Travis was about to deepen it, she pulled away.

"Run, Travis, run" Travis groaned and sprinted along with his brother.

XxX

An hour after Clarisse had pounded the Stolls, Albany was walking along the shore of Fireworks beach, when Connor wrapped his arms around her waist, hugging her from behind, and he rested his chin on her shoulder, as Albany leaned back into the embrace.

"What do you think got Katie so flustered?" asked Connor. That was the usual greeting. Not a hi, hello, what's up. Always a question and Albany loved like that.

"Let's go find out"

The duo walked to the Hermes cabin hand in hand. When they entered the Hermes cabin, they were greeted with the sight of Katie and Travis sucking each other's face. They didn't pull apart when the door opened or when Albany and Connor gave a chorus of 'eww's.

"They know we're here, yet they keep going" observed Connor.

Three seconds later, Katie pulled away and tried to make herself presentable. Travis sighed but smirked none the less.

"Done sucking each other's face off?" Albany asked. Katie nodded, looking down, trying not to meet their eyes.

"Katie, I'm disappointed in you" Connor dramatically scolded. "Being in a cabin alone with Travis. That's against the rules."

Katie rolled her eyes and ran her hand through her brown hair. "I'm pretty sure we've established that I'm not always a goody-goody."

Travis smirked and started playing with Katie's hair. "Sure, you're not, babe"

"Don't call me that" complained Katie, lightly slapping Travis' hand away from some faded green highlights in her hair.

"Sorry, Katie-Cat" apologized Travis, who was not sorry at all.

"Or that" whined Katie.

"Okay, Okay" surrendered Travis. But his smirk came back. "Gods, you smell so good" He started to lean in.

"Travis!" Katie wacked her boyfriend in the chest. "Not right now"

"Nah, it's okay. We were just leaving." Said Albany.

"And so am I" added Katie, getting off of Travis' bed.

"Nooo" whined Travis. He hooked his left hand around Katie's waist and pulled her back into the embrace.

"Travis, I have to attend to my garden" Katie explained.

"It can wait" Travis nuzzled his face into the crook of Katie's neck.

"Sorry, Travis" apologized Katie. She gave him a quick kiss and was out of the cabin. Travis sighed. The beautiful daughter of Demeter was out of the Hermes cabin and out of Travis' sight.

"You two have been dating for a month and now you can't wait to get your hands on her" smirked Connor. Albany wacked him.

"Laugh all you want, Connor. I barely spend time with her so sue me if I want a little alone time with my girlfriend."

"Travis, that doesn't sound like you" observed Albany

"No, it's not" admitted Travis. "But I do like hanging out with my girlfriend."

"You hang out with her every day." Argued Connor.

"No, we argue every day. We make up every day. And I prank her every day. When it gets to the point during the day when she's not yelling at me and I'm not pranking her, we start to make out, but it never lasts very long"

"So… You just want to make out with Katie?" asked Albany

"No…But I would like to" Travis smirked

Albany rolled her eyes as her boyfriend gave his brother props. 'Only Travis'

A/N: Sorry if Katie and Travis seem out of character, but I just want to remind you that Katie will seem very out of character, at least from the PJO books, but from 'Not Me' she's emotional. Travis… he's only OOC when he's around Katie. So a little Tratie along with some Connor/Albany. In the later chapters I'll put more Nicasamine and Jalex (Thank you SkylarRocaineDaughterofHerme s for the couple names. PS-LOVE your stories) I decided to update quicker than usual to make up for taking so long to update. Kay that's all I got.

-Dean Dean