June 1st

"Yo, Katie!"

Ugh. It was him. Travis Stoll. Why wouldn't he leave me alone? I'm just minding my own business, but he just has to come and interrupt me and my gardening. At least none of my siblings were in the strawberry fields. They would give me so much crap about him being here.

"Katie!" he called to me.

"Katie! Even if your back is turned towards me, I know you can hear me. Stop ignoring me. I'm not here to annoy you."
I snorted. As if, I thought to myself.

"Too late, your mere presence annoys me," I said, turning around to face him.

He grinned and wiggled his eyebrows. "Oh please. We all know what you really think of my amazing-o presence."

"Amazing-o? Is that your Spanish version of amazing or something?" I laughed and stood up. Travis could be so stupid sometimes.

"Whatever Katie. Enough of this chit-chat. I need to ask you a life or death question!" he whined.

"Fine then. Ask away," I answered. Okay worst possible scenario is him asking me for money or a favor. I think I can handle that.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Okay, I so didn't see that one coming.

"Excuse me?" I choked out. He chuckled running a hand through his curly brown hair.

"What I meant to say is 'fake' girlfriend." My eyes narrowed. He wanted me to be his 'fake' girlfriend? Oh Hades no!

"There is no way in Hades I would ever be your 'fake' girlfriend!" I said using finger quotations. I turned around signally my denial. Then I crouched down to continue gardening.

"Oh, I think this picture says otherwise, Katie," he said mischievously. Picture? What in the world was he talking about? I stood up and held my hand out for the photo. He quickly gave it to me and grinned.

I quickly glanced at the picture. It was of some girl and Chris Rodriguez making out.

"Man, Clarisse is going to be fuming when she sees this. What does this have to do with me though?"

"Why don't you look a little closer at the girl?" Travis smirked. I studied the girl's dark hair and green top. Oh my gods. That girl was me. When the Hades did this happen? Wait, it never did.

"YOU SON OF A-A-A…" I shouted, unable to find the right words to finish my insult.

"Biscuit?" he offered.

"BISCUIT! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME? DO YOU WANT ME KILLED, MURDERED, AND DEAD?"

"Yes, I want to find your slaughtered remains in the woods while playing capture the flag," Travis rolled his eyes. "Gods, Katie. All I want is for you to be my 'fake' girlfriend. Is that too much to ask for?" Travis sniffled for dramatic effect.

"Why should I?" I snarled wanting to know what was in this "relationship" for me.

"Well, obviously I'm blackmailing you, but you know my ex, Megan Andrews?" his voice took on a sad tone.

"Daughter of Apollo?"

"That's the one."

"Well, what about her?"

"She dumped me for Jake Mason. She said I wasn't- get this- buff enough. Can you believe that?" I actually felt a little sorry for him. But my anger overshadowed that sympathy.

"Oh yeah, I heard about that. He's so-" Travis's glare cut me off, "never mind. Go on."

"I want to make Megan jealous. This is where you come in. You'll be my girlfriend and we'll kiss, cuddle- you know the works. She'll want me back after a month tops. I'll make her beg for me back." In that moment, I was extremely scared. His blue eyes had darkened and took on an evil gleam.

"Um okay. Why do you want me of all people to be your 'fake' girlfriend?" I really was curious as to why he asked me.

"Because! You don't look half bad and you have an okay personality. You're definitely different than all the other girls I'd normally date."

"Is that a compliment?" I wondered.

"Sure!" he smirked. "So, will you be my 'fake' girlfriend, Katie Gardner?" he asked kneeling as if proposing to me.

"I'm sorry. I think it's wrong to do that."

"Well, I guess I'm off to see Clarisse then. I can't wait to see your remains!" Travis's blue eyes sparkled with mischief. Before I could think twice, I tackled him and was straddling him to get the picture that could be the death of me. I pinned his wrist that was holding the photo and grabbed it from him. I started tearing it up: halves, fourths, eighths, sixteenths. Finally, it was so shredded I seriously think it would be impossible to tape back together.

Then Travis turned the tables and was straddling me and pinning my wrists down.

"What the Hades do you think you're doing?" I growled.

"You don't honestly think that's the only copy I have do you? How do you think this picture was made? It's obviously the workings of a mastermind child of Hermes on the computer." His smirk made me want to slap him. My wrists were pinned down though.

"I'm going to destroy your computer when you let me go."

"Who said I did it? Honestly, I don't do my own dirty work, Katie." He grinned and shook his head like I was the crazy one. His grip on my wrists loosened and I made a move to sit up; he was too fast for me though.

"No- no, Katie. You still haven't said yes," Travis grinned crookedly.

"Fine. I'll be your stupid 'fake' girlfriend. Trust me, I won't enjoy this." A rare smile lit up his face.

"No worries, Katie. I'll make your first real and fake relationship amazing."

"How did you know I've never had a boyfriend?" I blurted out stupidly.

"You just told me," Travis laughed. Oh, I totally fell for that. Dang.

"Whatever," I muttered blushing. Travis kissed my cheek softly.

"I'll see you later, girlfriend," he said releasing my wrists and standing up. I sat up and rubbed my wrist.

"Later?"

"Duh, that's the part in the movies when the guy shows off his new girlfriend to everyone in the world." I continued to look at him confused. "You know in rom-coms?"

"In what?" I asked.

He gasped. "You've never seen a romantic comedy before? Oh my gods what is wrong with you!" he shouted.

"Of course I've seen a romantic comedy before! I just didn't know people called them rom-coms," I shouted embarrassed. How was I supposed to know this stuff? I wasn't a daughter of Aphrodite.

"Geez, Katie. If we're going to make this 'fake' relationship work, then you're going to need to know these things."

"My bad. I didn't know I was 'fake' dating a girl," I giggled.

Travis wiggled his eyebrows. "Oh, you know I'm a man. Don't make me prove it."

"Sure, whatever you say, Travis."

"Well I really must be going, girlfriend. I've got things to do, places to be, people to see." He started to run towards the gate. Then he turned and yelled, "See you later, beautiful!"

I rubbed my temples. What have I gotten myself into?

A/N: This story is dedicated to my two best friends Abby and Unnati. I hope we can all find that one special guy someday.

Also, thanks to MidnightRose24. She's my fabulous beta! :]

And lastly, TwinkleLights123. She's one of my best fanfiction friends.

-Rachel