YAY LAST CHAPTER! Just so you know there will be an epilogue! Well, it's been quite a journey. Thank you all for reading my story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson.

Ears

"Don't you dare walk away from me!" Katie shouted, walking briskly after Travis. He continued to stomp hotly, making sharp turns to try to throw his girlfriend off. "Where are you even going?" Katie finally made it to Travis and grabbed him by the shoulder, forcing him to look at her. "What's wrong with you?" Katie asked, narrowing her eyes.

"What's wrong with me?" Travis asked, "I have a problem with you never listening to a word I say!" Katie looked at him. Her face was a mix of disbelief and hurt.

"Of course I listen to you!" Katie yelled.

"Then how could you forget about our date?" Travis asked, folding his arms and staring at her pointedly.

"It was an accident!" Katie cried, throwing her arms up, "Why are you so mad? You forget dates with me all the time! And I have never stormed off in the middle of an apology like you just did."

Travis blushed madly and turned away from her before he could blurt out, "This was the date I was going to say I love you!" He pressed his two lips together and exhaled deeply through his nose, somehow managing to keep silent. The tardier she was to the date, the more Travis got wound up. When she kept him waiting for an hour, Travis started to doubt every single part of his speech. He even started to doubt if they were even at that point in their relationship. What if Katie thought the relationship wasn't as serious as Travis did? What if she found out he was going to say it and bailed?

Katie sighed and put a hand on her forehead. "I listen to every word you say! How do you think that I know every single joke from the book, 300 Jokes That Will Guarantee You the Girl? How do you think I know that you hate tomatoes, but you will eat ketchup on anything? You have this theory that cloudy days make everyone more sluggish- thus the best pranking weather. You hate how everyone thinks you're Connor, and you are always surprised when I can always tell the difference between you two- even when you are pretending to be him. You say you hate the color green, but I think you're doing that just to spite me." Katie then lowered her voice to a whisper, "I know you love your mother more that anything. The only reason you don't go and see her during the year is because you're afraid she'll be ashamed of you. You like strawberries, you like milk, and you think strawberry milkshakes are the best things ever. I know you like seeing me angry, and I know you like pranking me. You watch me in archery because you know I'll be horrible at it, and you like to laugh at me. You always tease me at councilor meetings in front of everyone. You tell people I'm a lot to handle and that I have a stick up my butt- yeah, I hear that too. I hear everything you say, Travis. Don't you dare think other wise.

In the middle of her speech, Travis had turned to look at her. By the end, he started to feel bad about himself when Katie was talking about all the times he was horrible to her.

"I'm sorry, Katie," Travis whispered, throwing his arms around her, "I was wrong. You listen, and that's what makes you the best girlfriend ever." Katie smiled into his hug and lifted her head up to look at his face.

He was smiling, but there was something else in his eyes. Was he… sad? He looked doubtful. Instantly, Katie's heart fell into her stomach. Was Travis still upset with her? Was he not happy with her? Does he love me? Katie thought. She came to the revelation long ago that she loved Travis.

Travis broke away from their embrace and started to back away. "I've got to go. I will see you at dinner, okay?"

"But- what about our date?" Katie asked, pointing to the brunch Travis had prepared.

"Enjoy it. I have to go. See you at lunch," Travis said. He then jogged away to the woods.

"See you," Katie said, but he was already gone.

Travis still doubted if he should express his feelings to Katie. He jogged into the woods to get some privacy and practice his speech for the umpteenth time.

"Katie, I love you. This might be a shock- or not… I'm not sure. Anyways, I have been waiting all of this time to say this to you-"

"You're doing this again, are we?" A voice said from behind Travis. He turned around to see Bria Tart, daughter of Aphrodite. Normally, guys would be thrilled to be alone in the woods with Bria. After all, she had long, blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, a perfect manicure, and an amazing body. But Travis wasn't like other guys, in fact, he couldn't care less about how she looked. All he knew was that she could be nice, but most of the time she was with her sister Maci and they were making fun of how other girls looked.

"Hi, Bria," Travis said, dully. Discouraged that he couldn't bring himself to express how much he loved Katie. He didn't need Bria here to distract him. "What do you mean, again?" Bria shrugged her shoulders and whipped out a brush.

"I come here in the woods to get away from Maci. She may be my best friend, but sometimes, I can't take how much she talks behind peoples back!" Bria said, brushing her hair. Travis raised an eyebrow. Right, he thought. "Anyways," Bria said, "Every single time I've been here, I hear you repeating the same speech over and over again! Seriously, when are you going to tell her?"

"You… heard me?" Travis asked.

"Honey," Bria said, "Everyone's heard you." Travis squeaked.

"Really?" he asked in a high pitched voice.

"No," Bria giggled, "Just me, I guess." Travis sighed in relief. The two just stood there in the opening in the woods.

"Well," Travis said, "do you need something?" He wasn't sure how to say 'Leave me alone' while not being rude.

"Why haven't you told her yet?" Bria asked, twirling a piece of her long blonde hair. Travis sighed. I guess I can't make her leave, he thought.

"I don't know, Bria. I know this speech backwards and forewords," Travis said, "When ever I see Katie's face, I forget it every time. I just feel the need to blurt out 'I love you' every time I see her!"

"Aww," Bria cooed. Travis stared at her dumbly as Bria started muttering about 'Tratie'. "Maybe you should practice on an actual human being. Practice your speech on me. Pretend I'm Katie. Then, maybe you won't forget next time!"

Travis sighed. He wasn't going to persuade her other wise.

"Fine," he said, "Katie, I love you-"

"Katie! Don't' pull on the reigns too hard!" Percy yelled up into the sky. Katie loosened her grip on Guido and the pegasus noticeably relaxed. "Good!" Percy yelled, "Now, try to make a left turn!"

Katie took a deep breath and pulled the reigns to the left. Guido tensed up again and neighed. The pegasus then started spiraling towards the ground.

"PERCY!" Katie screamed over the wind in her ears, "What do I do?" Not hearing a response, Katie started to panic. She was going to die on this thing! She didn't really like flying in the first place! Katie then felt the reigns be taken out of her grasp. Looking up, Katie saw Percy on Blackjack, trying to calm Guido down.

By the time they got to the ground, Guido was back to normal and Katie recovered from a mini heart attack.

"I need to-" Katie said weakly, slowly sliding down from the saddle, "I think I'm going to be sick." Just as she got a foot on the ground, her other foot got caught on the saddle and Katie pulled at it to get it free.

"Katie, be gentle!" Percy warned, but it was too late. Guido reared back, making Katie fall on her back. The pegasus then raced off into the woods, taking Katie's shoe with it. Percy helped Katie onto her feet.

"I am so sorry," Katie babbled, "I'll get Guido back, I promise!"

"Katie, that's not necessary-"

"No, I'll get him. Don't worry." Katie then took off to the woods, where Guido was last seen.

"Ow, ow, ow," Katie grumbled, moaning every time she had to take a step with her bare foot. "Where is that stupid horse?" Katie growled. The next time she saw Guido, Katie might just flay that horse alive.

"You mean the world to me," A voice said. Katie lifted her head up and craned her neck. Did she hear someone talking? "You're fantastic and I don't know how you can deal with me everyday." It was someone talking… and it sounded a lot like a declaration of love. Katie snickered and started over to where the voice was coming from, ready to get entertained. Hopefully there was fumbling and stuttering.

As Katie got closer to the voice, the trees started to get less and less. Katie finally made it to a clearing where the voice was coming from. Hiding behind a tree, Katie took a peek at who was talking. To her surprise, it was her boyfriend.

"Travis?" Katie whispered in surprise. Travis evidently didn't notice her and he continued on with his declaration of love. Katie narrowed her eyes at whom he was talking to. A blonde girl stood by him, patiently listening to his speech. Bria, Katie thought, Daughter of Aphrodite.

"I love you and I will always love you. You're the one for me. You are incredible. Your smile makes my whole day brighter. This may be cheesy, but I just want to spend my day cuddling with you."

"Awww," Bria cooed. Travis turned red and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Yeah, I guess that's pretty cheesy. But, anyways, you make me happy- and I'm saying this for the thousandth time, but I love you." When Travis finished his speech, Bria walked up to him and gave Travis a hug. He looked surprised at first, but then his smile grew as she whispered something in his ear.

The entire time Katie was listening to his speech, she could feel her heart breaking. Quickly backtracking out of the woods, Katie tripped and fell to her knees, her head hanging low. Her breath was ragged and there was a major throbbing in her head. He doesn't love me, she thought. At first she felt despair, but it slowly turned to anger.

I can't believe Travis would cheat on me! I can't believe this! After everything we've been through! When was he planning on telling me about Bria? During brunch? Katie's anger then turned back into sorrow. Why doesn't he love me? Is it because I'm hard to handle?

Refusing to let any tears fall, Katie bit her lip and unconsciously placed a hand on her heart.

The conch horn sounded throughout camp. "Katie! What's wrong?" Percy asked, running over to her. Putting on a brave face, Katie stood up with Percy's help and smiled weakly.

"Nothing's wrong. I'm sorry I couldn't fine Guido." Percy waved a hand dismissively.

"It's fine. He's back at the stables. Want to got to lunch?" Percy asked, pointing a thumb at the Mess Hall. Katie inhaled sharply, feeling herself crack.

"Nah," she said, shaking her head, "I'm not hungry. I think I'm going to go back to my cabin." Her voice broke on the last word. Percy gave her one last look, but then ran off to lunch.

Katie started trudging over to the empty Demeter cabin, enveloped in her thoughts. Do I hate him because he cheated on me? At the thought of hating Travis, Katie's heart broke a bit more. Okay, I can never hate Travis. I can be mad at him beyond comprehension, but I cannot hate Travis Stoll. Katie sighed tiredly as she climbed up the steps of her cabin. So I still love him. If he's happy with Bria, I guess I can't force him to stay with me. Because Katie loved Travis, she decided to let him go.

"-But, anyways, you make me happy- and I'm saying this for the thousandth time, but I love you," Travis said, finishing his declaration of love. He waited for Bria's criticism, but it never came. Instead, she walked up to him and gave him a hug. Surprised, Travis wasn't sure how to react.

"That was perfect. Katie's going to love you- that is if she doesn't already," Bria whispered. Travis felt his smile grow and he hugged her back. Bria finally broke away, practically jumping from excitement.

"When are you going to tell her?" she practically screamed.

"After lunch. Hades, I'm so excited, I'll probably do the entire speech in front of everybody during lunch!" Travis said, jumping along with the daughter of Aphrodite.

In the distance, the two could hear the conch horn sound. Travis couldn't contain the smile on his face.

"Go get her. Oh!" Bria said, "Good luck. You won't need it though. Katie already loves you."

Travis waved goodbye to her and bounded out of the woods, sprinting over to the Katie-less Mess Hall.

YAY! WE'VE MADE IT FULL CIRCLE!

In case you did notice, the very first chapter of this story is the aftermath of this chapter. The epilogue is the aftermath of the first chapter!

Also, Bria made another appearance. Bria was from the chapter Hair. She was one of the Aphrodite kids that was ragging on Katie.

So, I can't wait 'til the epilogue! Are you sad to see this story go? I love y'all!

~ xhiddendreamx