I knocked on the cabin door angrily. Then he answered. "Hey Kate," Travis said leaning against the door frame.

I'm Katie Gardner, I'm 14, soon to be 15 in about 2 weeks. I have straight hair down to my mid-back with long bangs that hang below my eyes, but I usually have them swept aside. I have emerald green eyes and I'm kind of tan I guess. Depends on who's asking.

Travis Stoll turned 15 about 2 weeks ago so he's a month older than me. He has brown curly hair with lowlights of blonde. His eyes are a mesmerizing royal - what am I talking about? This is Travis Stoll we're talking about! His eyes are NOT mesmerizing. They are just blue. Royal blue, not as bright and electric (literally) as Thalia's but pretty close. He likes to prank my cabin a lot with his younger-by-a-year brother Connor. They look so much alike you'd think they were twins but they aren't. We tell them apart because Travis is taller.

ANYWAYS Chiron and Mr. D were out on business so the campers were left alone and OF COURSE the Hermes cabin had to have movie night. Oh, and get THIS. The entire camp (even Annabeth (probably for Percy)) listened! So I marched over to their cabin and was going to tell them off until I saw how much fun everyone was having. Not even I, Katie Gardner, can kill that.

I realized we had been standing there for about a minute and I didn't have an excuse for why I was there anymore so I did what I thought was right. I lied. Yep. "I uh… came to watch the movies! Yep, that's why I'm here."

Wow. GREAT lie. "Well, okay." I heard him mutter something under his breath but all I caught was "Kill with looks….we all die." RANDOM.

But he just turned around and I followed him quietly after shutting the door. I thought back to how we first met. Now that I think about it, it seemed sort of silly.

*flashback*

"And this is where you'll be staying until claimed," Chiron said as we walked into the Hermes cabin which was stuffed and cluttered with people's belongings and sleeping bags. "Oh, and keep a watchful eye on anything valuable. We have a couple of exquisite pick-pockets." He left with a thoughtful look on his face. I was still amazed that my old Latin teacher had turned out to be a centaur when a girl with blonde princess curls slammed the cabin door open. She looked about 10, no older than I. "STOLL! Oh, hi. You must be new. I'm Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena. And you are?" "Katie Gardner, daughter of unknown," I replied. She laughed then returned to the angry state I had seen her in when she entered. I noticed she had stormy gray eyes and tan like the ones Katy Perry talked about in "California Gurls". A few seconds later boy with a curly brown mop for hair fell off of a top bunk. He looked around our age too. "Yeah Princess?" he questioned his tone clearly irritated. I guess he had been napping or something.

"Don't yeah Princess me! You know what you did!" The kid rubbed his eyes then looked at me. I had been wearing a red plaid long sleeve button up shirt, dark wash skinny jeans, a black slouchy hat, and my black boots. "Who's the chick?" he said, a little on the rude side. "That's Katie. Now seriously. GIVE ME MY BLUEPRINTS." "Why does everyone assume it's me! Why not Chris, or Connor?" he said sounding frustrated. I giggled, causing the curly haired boy to turn to me, an angry expression plastered on his face. "What's with you, Katie?" I was taken aback at first, but then I turned on my who-the-Hades-peed-in-your-cornflakes-this-morning look and he blushed then turned away quickly. "Well, Katie, this is Travis. He's a son of Hermes, so he'll be in here too since this is his cabin." Annabeth said awkwardly. And with that she turned and left.

"Well, looks I have to be stuck with you for a while," I concluded. "Hey, don't sound so upset. It's not like I want you here either." Just then boy that looked exactly like Travis except maybe a tad bit shorter and younger, maybe by a year. "Hey Trav- WHOA. Who's the babe?" I looked around the room for said "babe" but there was nobody in there but us. "This is Katie." Travis replied obviously annoyed. "She isn't a Hermes is she?" the mini Travis said. "I don't know, Connor! She isn't even claimed yet!" Travis practically screamed. With that he swiftly jumped onto his bunk bed again, and I presume went back to sleep.

*Later that day, still in flashback*

"OH MY HADES! IF YOU HATE ME SO BAD JUST LEAVE! I'M SURE WE WOULD ALL APPRECIATE IT!" Travis screamed at me. "IF I COULD I WOULD! IT CAN'T BE THAT LONG UNTIL MY MOM CLAIMS ME ANYWAYS!" I stormed out of the cabin just to storm right back in. "BY THE WAY IT'S BADLY, NOT BAD." Then I stormed right back out as I heard Travis telling Connor, who had been standing there the whole time, "She's going to be my girlfriend. You bet your waffles." "Good luck with that man. Katie would never date you." I scoffed. Connor was a smart man.

*2 Hours later, still in flashback*

We were at the campfire and I sat next to Annabeth. The Apollo kids were singing some song about a bear and satyr when everyone started staring at me. "What?" I questioned. A girl my age I had met earlier I remembered her name was Silena Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite, came over with a convenient mirror. She held it up and above me I saw a little green, misty wheat looking thing. The sign for Demeter. Annabeth hugged and congratulated me. I looked across the fire at Travis, his face seemed relieved that I was finally leaving, but his eyes told a whole other story. They were filled with a mixture of emotions, sadness, longing, happiness, and was that love? Nah, I must be mistaken. So, after 6 hours of staying in the Hermes cabin, I was leaving.

*End of flashback*

So here the whole entire camp was, about 80 people, crammed into one room just because the Hermes kids (mostly the Stolls) said "Hey! MOOOOOOVVVVAAAAAAYYYY NNNNNIIIIIGGGGHHHHHTTT!" Whatever.

After the first movie ended my phone buzzed in my pocket. Why was my dad calling? I walked out much to Travis's dismay, and went to the beach. "Hey dad, what's up?" "Katie dear, you remember what you promised me at the beginning of the summer?" I racked my brain trying to remember. Then it hit me. "No. No, no, no, no, no. NO!" I cried. I dropped the phone and ran to my favorite spot in the woods. "I heard Thalia's voice in the distance calling my name. I just sobbed and sobbed until she and Annabeth found me sitting with my back against an old oak tree. "Katie what's wrong?" Annabeth asked. I just cried harder. "M-m-my d-dad is m-m-making me m-move back a-a-and g-g-go to sc-sc-school!" I threw myself at the soft, grassy earth and screamed, but it was muffled so only the three of us heard. Thalia and Annabeth sat down beside me and rubbed my back. I cried softly for Zeus knows how long until I sat up and wiped away my tears. I gave them each a hug, "Thanks guys. I'll miss you."