Five Years Later:
"Hey Katie-bug!" Travis called as he walked through her front door, without knocking of course. This had become their daily routine, Katie goes to school, Travis works in a grocer down the street (though Katie can't begin to imagine how he got the job) then Travis appears at her house for dinner. He probably could cook for himself, but he never needed to, Katie always had something waiting for him (though again she has no idea why, it's just become a habit at this point).
Somewhere between the first and third, (or was it the second?) time they had helped Percy save the world Katie had decided she liked Travis Stoll. At first she almost considered checking herself into an asylum. How could she even begin to like Travis as a friend, let alone as more? But his presence in her Manhattan apartment at the moment begged to differ.
"In the kitchen!" She called as she continue to chop up the chicken she was putting in the soup for tonight. Travis walked in with his devious smile on his face; the one that made Katie swoon on the inside but also become nervous, bad things happen when Travis is in a devious mood.
"Put the turkey thing down Katie! We are going out tonight!" Travis called as he smiled, pulling the knife out of her hands and grabbing a large bowl from the cupboard. Figures, the doofus knows where everything is in her apartment.
Though, surprisingly, nothing had gone missing yet.
"I believe you have to ask me first." Katie responded; crossing her arms and ignoring the butterflies in her stomach. Travis jumped down in front of her and got on one knee, grinning up at her. Katie's heart began to beat faster but she managed to maintain a slight smile.
"Katie Gardner would you do me the honor of going to dinner with me?" He said dramatically and took Katie's small hand in his own. Katie could feel the scars and the roughness of his hand but also the gentleness behind it.
"Let me grab my coat Stoll." She sighed, pretending to be annoyed but honestly, she was ecstatic. It wasn't every day the boy you liked asked you to dinner on one knee, this was a blessing.
And for Katie Gardner, or any demi-god, those were few and far between.
"As you wish my lady." Travis said with a bow before running out the front door, both of their shoes in hand.
"STOLL!" He heard behind him, he grinned as he picked up the speed, he could hear Katie close behind him on the stairs.
"Travis, the point of shoes is to put them on and wear them." Katie called, annoyed as she followed him down the stairs.
"Just trust me!" Travis called, and for some reason Katie listened. Travis felt himself breathe a sigh of relief as he saw that she was still following him. He ran down the street, both of them receiving weird looks from people as they ran by, but neither was fazed.
Finally, after about two minutes of running, they arrived at the beach. Travis stopped at the end of the pier staring out into the ocean. He heard Katie come up behind him not even breathing heavy. He turned back to look at her and felt his breath catch.
She didn't look any different than in the kitchen but somehow she seemed prettier Travis felt his jaw go slack as he looked at her brown hair, simply down with only a small piece clipped back to keep it out of her eyes. This was not how her hair usually looked, she almost always had it up to prevent the dirt from her many gardens getting in her hair. Her green eyes sparkled in the star light and he found himself unable to look away. That is until Katie slapped his arm anyway.
Katie took his second long distraction as a second to admire the curly brown hair that drove her crazy, but at the same time seemed irresistible. His blue eyes looked back up at her green ones and for a moment, there wasn't a sense of mischief or a look of worry in his eyes, which were the only two ways Katie had ever seen him before.
"I um… well I." Travis stuttered and gestured to the end of the pier in front of him where a picnic was laid out. It consisted of subs, chips and several drinks and candies, probably from the grocer Travis worked at. He ran his hand through his hair nervously before gesturing for Katie to sit down. She complied and he sat down, still watching her with caution, as if she might run off and leave him.
They spent the whole night sitting there talking about the most random things, neither saying the one thing they both thought. Neither could, not wanting to risk their friendship. They never said anything but at the end of the night as Travis walked Katie back to her apartment, this time with their shoes on, they both leaned in at the same time.
They didn't have to say anything.
A/N:
Hey! So here's the Tratie that the guest, me, wanted hope you enjoy Special thanks to all who favorite and followed, you guys are the best. Keep reading and please review with which couple you want me to do next cause I'll only write one if you guys tell me who you want to see! That way everybody wins; I get reviews to boost my self-esteem and you get to read about your favorite couple! Thanks everybody!
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