Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians
"Hey Katie," Travis said sitting down pushing some of Katie siblings off in the process.
"Travis what are you doing?" she hissed.
"What do you mean?" he asked stealing a roll from her plate. Katie snatched the bread out of his hand right when he was about to take a bite.
"I mean," she said, "What are you doing at the Demeter table?" She glanced nervously at Mr. D and Chiron. Chiron was eating some grapes and Mr. D was flipping through a wine catalog, glancing at them every now and then, not caring.
"Relax Katie," he said, "Chiron is too busy trying to eat a whole stem of grapes and Mr. D obviously couldn't care less. I give it, three minutes before Chiron finishes eating and then I'm in trouble." Katie shook her head.
"Fine. What do you want?" she asked.
"Oh yeah," Travis said glancing nervously back at his table. Connor motioned him to go on. "I-I like your hair," he said.
"Ummm, thanks?" Katie said turning pink.
"I like your shirt."
"We're all wearing the same shirt."
"I like your eyes."
"That's oddly sweet of you."
"I like your smile."
"Are you just going to be complimenting me about everything?"
"I like your teeth."
"You are complimenting me about everything."
"I like your fingers."
"Travis this is getting ridiculous."
"I like your nose."
"What?" Katie asked.
"What?" Travis said confused. Over at the Hermes table, Connor facepalmed at Travis's stupidity. In his mind, he was telling Travis that that wasn't what he meant when he told him to compliment her.
"You like my nose?"
"Ummm, yeah," Travis said.
"That has got to be the stupidest compliment ever," she said.
"Nuh uh!"
"Yuh huh!"
"TRAVIS STOLL!" Chiron boomed over at the head table. Travis quickly got up.
"Meet me at the climbing wall at 10," he whispered to her.
"But that's after curfew," she whispered back.
"TRAVIS! TABLE, NOW!" Chiron said.
"Just do it," Travis said. He winked at Katie, and then sat back down at his table.
"You are a moron," Connor said to Travis.
"What?" Travis asked confused.
"Her nose? Really?" Travis just shrugged.
Katie shivered rubbing her bare arms and tugging at the sleeves on her T-shirt trying to make herself warmer. She glanced all around her at her surrounding, looking for harpies. It was 10:02. Travis was two minutes late.
Maybe he's not going to come, Katie thought to herself. Just then, Travis came bounding over to her.
"Travis!" she said smacking him on the arm. "You're two minutes late! Do you know how cold it gets at night? What if the cleaning harpies got me?" He laughed.
"Sorry, I just had to get something," he said holding up a black bandanna.
"What's that?" Katie asked.
"It's a bandanna, Katie," he said giving Katie a duh look. Katie rolled her eyes.
"I know that but, what's the bandanna for?" she clarified. Travis held the bandanna out for her. She took it.
"Put it on," he said.
"What?"
"Just put the bandanna on," he said again. She sighed and started putting the bandanna on her head.
"No! Put it over your eyes," he said.
"Why?" Katie asked.
"Since when did you asked so many questions?" Travis asked. He took the bandanna from her and started tying it over her eyes until all she saw was black.
"Travis?" Katie asked.
"I'm right here," he said holding his arm out for her to take. "Let's go," he said leading her away.
"Are you kidnapping me?"
"What? No! Don't you trust me Katie?" Travis asked. Katie sighed.
"Lead the way," she said. After a few minutes of extremely slow walking, some stumbles, some falls, some "Travis!"'s, and some "Oops"'s, the two finally stopped.
"Where are we?" she asked. Travis let go of her arm.
"Where do you think?" Travis asked.
"I don't know, I can't see!" she said.
"Try using something besides your sight," he said. Katie sighed in exasperation.
"Fine," she said. She sniffed the air. It smelled so familiar. It smelled like… dirt. Of course that could just be Travis. She also smelled strawberries.
"We're in the strawberry fields aren't we?" she asked.
"Ding, ding, ding! You are correct!" Travis said like a host on a gameshow. Katie rolled her eyes under the bandanna. "Let's go." The two started walking again. A few steps before they stopped, Katie smelled the horrible stench.
"Oh my gods!" she said, "What is that?" She covered her nose with her free hand. Travis pushed her hand down.
"Where do you think we are?" he asked her.
"I don't know? The smell is making my eyes water!" she said.
"Think about it," he said. Katie sighed.
"I honestly don't know. A dump?" Travis shook his head, but realized that she couldn't see him do that.
"No," he said.
"I really don't know. The only place that smells just as bad as this are the Pegasus stables," she said.
"Ding, ding, ding! Winner! Winner!"
"We're at the Pegasus stables?" she asked smiling. This was actually kind of fun.
"Yup," Travis said, "Now come on." He led her away. After a few minutes, they arrived at their next destination.
"Alright," he said letting go of her arm, "Where are we now?" The entire place was silent. The only thing she heard were a few crickets chirping here and there. She sniffed the air. It smelled like smoke.
"Are we back at the climbing wall?" she asked.
"Nope. Guess again," Travis said.
"Ummmm, the campfire?" she asked.
"You are correct!" Travis said overdramatically like he was on TV. Katie laughed. Just then, she heard a screech somewhere not too far from them.
"What was that?" Katie asked. Travis shushed her. A few seconds later, another screech was heard, except it sounded much closer this time.
"Travis, what is that?" Katie asked.
"It's the cleaning harpies! Run!" Travis said frantically.
"Wait, Travis! I can't see!" Katie said struggling to get the bandanna off. Her hands were shaking too much from the terror of being a harpie's lunch. She couldn't get the knot off. Travis grabbed her hand.
"Hold my hand! I'll lead you!" he said. Then, he started running, slow at first but then Katie got the hang of it and started running too. Minutes later, nothing could be heard but chirping crickets. The two stopped, both breathing hard from running so fast.
"Well-"Travis said between breaths, "-that got us to our next destination much faster."
"Are you saying that you wanted us to get chased by harpies?" she asked. Travis shook his head.
"I'm just saying that it was pretty convenient," he said. Katie just rolled her eyes.
"So, Katie," Travis said, "Where are we?" Katie sniffed the air. It smelled like seawater. Katie listened for a moment. She could hear sounds like waves were crashing on a shore.
"The beach?" Katie asked.
"You betcha!" Travis said. He took her hand instead of her arm this time.
"Onto the next one," he said.
"How many more are there?" Katie asked.
"Just one more. Come on," Travis said leading her away. The two casually walked, hand in hand, to their next destination.
"Okay," Travis said still holding onto her hand, "Where are we now?" Katie stopped to listen. She heard crickets, but that wasn't anything out of the ordinary. She tried smelling, and she smelt nothing out of place. It just smelled like camp.
"I don't know," she said. Travis let go of her hand and went behind her to untie the bandanna. When he got the bandanna off of her eyes, they were right in front of the door for the Demeter cabin.
"Oh," she said, "Thanks."
"No problem," Travis said.
"So why did we go through all of this?" Katie asked.
"Well, you know how at lunch, I complimented your nose?" Travis asked. Katie snorted in recognition. "Well, I just wanted to show what an awesome nose you have because you used it through this entire thing right?" Katie nodded. "So my compliment wasn't a stupid one, it's totally valid!" he said.
I guess that makes sense... in Travis reasoning, Katie thought. Katie rolled her eyes.
"Thanks for the compliment about my nose," she said.
"You're welcome," he said nonchalantly.
"Well, goodnight Travis," Katie said.
"Goodnight Katie. Sweet dreams," he said. He started walking away.
"Oh Travis," Katie said. He turned around.
"Yeah?"
"You have a pretty awesome nose too."
Awww... Tratie is so cute! The next one is about her hair... ideas? REVIEW!
~ xhiddendreamx