"Kaaaattiie!"

Kill. Me. Now.

Thoughts, courtesy of Katie Gardner, daughter of Demeter, who is shortly about to be annoyed by none other than THE most irritating demigod on the planet, Travis Stoll.

"Katie! What up, babe?"

Groaning, Katie lifted her head, attention shifting from the strawberries she was trying to grow, to the very distracting son of Hermes.

Distracting because, annoying as he is, Katie couldn't help but notice that he was also incredibly...hot. Not that she cared.

"What do you want, Travis?" she snapped, irritation evident on her face.

"Oh, sorry, Katie. You busy?" he asked, smiling widely.

"When has that stopped you from annoying the hell out of me before?" she asked, eyebrow raised.

"Point taken," he said, plopping on the ground next to her. "What's your obsession with strawberries, anyway?"

"I'm the daughter of Demeter, Stoll. Surely even someone with a brain as small as yours can remember that. Don't you have someone to prank?" she snapped, rolling her eyes.

"Ouch, babe. And how do you know I haven't pranked someone already?"

"I know because they'd be screaming bloody murder, and they'd be chasing you and Connor around camp. Don't call me babe."

"But...what if that person hasn't found out, yet? Babe?"

"Please. Every prank is obviously-"

"KATIE! KATIE!" Lily, a ten year old from the Demeter cabin came running up to Katie and Travis, tears spilling down her face.

Katie hurriedly got up, brushing dirt off her jeans. "Lily? Whats wrong, sweetie?" she said, wiping the tears off her sister's cheek.

"Our...our cabin!" she wailed, pulling on Katie's arm.

"What? What happened to it?" Katie asked, worried. She dragged Lily along with her, and ran towards the Demeter cabin. As she neared it, her eyes widened as she took it all in.

Eggs. Easter eggs, covering the grass laden roof of the Demeter cabin.

Most of the campers surrounded the cabin, trying not to laugh, and some of them outright laughing. The stunned children of Demeter surrounded the cabin, glancing anxiously at Katie, waiting for her to say something.

The first emotion Katie registered was shock. Disbelief. Anger. Who would do something like this?

Then, outright fury.

Who else would do anything like this? It had to be...

"STOLL!" Katie shrieked, her voice carrying across the camp.

The shocked campers all disappeared, leaving the children of Demeter to stare helplessly at their freshly pranked cabin, while their counsellor went crazy.

"TRAVIS! CONNOR!" She stormed angrily towards the Hermes cabin, when someone tapped her shoulder.

She whirled around, and stood face to face with Travis Stoll.

"Hey, babe," Travis chuckled. "I was right behind you, remember?"

She gaped at him, anger and embarrassment clouding her thoughts. "You...you..."

And she smacked him, right across the face.

Travis recoiled, more from shock than pain. "What the hell was that for?"

"What was that for?" Katie seethed, furious. She grabbed the front of his shirt. "You pranked my cabin, Stoll! What the hell is wrong with you?"

"It's what I do, babe," Travis said, giving her a lazy grin. "Pretty awesome, huh?"

"Awesome? You call ruining the roof of my cabin, and totally humiliating me, awesome?" Katie shrieked, her face just inches from his.

"Maybe not for you, but this is real convenient for me," Travis beamed, eyes holding a mischievous glint.

That confused Katie. "What? What are you talking about?"

"This," he whispered. He leaned in and kissed Katie, full on the lips.

Her eyes widened in shock, but then she closed them and lost herself in the kiss. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer, her hands running through his hair. Her lips parted, and she pulled him even closer to her. She, Katie Gardner, was kissing Travis Stoll. That annoying, incredibly hot son of Hermes, who made her heart race every time she saw him, and somehow, annoyed the hell out of her at the same time, the one who made a point to come to the strawberry fields every day, the one who...who...

Just pranked her cabin.

"Oh, crap!" She pulled away from Travis and pushed hard against him. Then, she punched him.

"Katie! What in Hades was that! You're going to disfigure my gorgeous face," Travis complained, rubbing his jaw.

"Gorgeous? Stoll, you can't just go and kiss me like that! You were trying to distract me, weren't you?"

"Maybe I just wanted to kiss you, babe," Travis smirked.

"Yeah, right!" Katie snorted. "You thought I was going to let you off the hook if you planted one on me? Go to hell, Stoll."

"Hey! You kissed me back!"

"I so did not!" She so did.

"Sure, Katie," Travis winked. "You know you loved it."

"Shut up, Stoll! I did not!" She did. A lot.

Katie shook her head, trying to clear it of any thoughts about Travis' lips. "Besides, we won't have time to kiss anytime soon. You're going to spend the next few days cleaning the top of my cabin."

"Oh, really now? Sorry, Katie. No can do. Gotta plan my next big prank!" Travis said, smiling. "So, if you want a repeat of that kiss..."

"Stoll. What part of that sentence did you not get? You. Clean. Top. Of. My. Cabin. Understand?"

"Or what?" Travis challenged, leaning close to her.

Katie gulped. "Or...or..."

She pushed him away from her and crossed her arms. "I'll tell Chiron."

Travis paled. "What? You wouldn't do that! That's so lame!"

"I don't care, Travis! Do it, or I'll tell him!" Katie snapped. "My punishment will seem like cake walk compared to what Chiron will do to you."

"Tattle tale KATIE!" Travis hollered.

"Oh, stop being such a kid, Stoll," Katie said, rolling her eyes. "You and Connor can start tomorrow morning."

She flashed him a smile, and turned and headed back towards her cabin, leaving him gaping at her retreating figure.

"Who's dumb idea was it to prank the Demeter cabin, anyway?" Connor muttered. "Oh, wait. YOURS. What's wrong with you, dude?"

A very happy Travis and a furious Connor were currently de-egging the roof of the Demeter cabin under the hot sun.

A happy Travis because, Hades, yesterday he got to kiss the most beautiful girl in camp. A furious Connor, because this wasn't how his pranks were supposed to turn out.

"I told you this was a bad idea!" Connor shouted, gathering another egg. "Why the Demeter cabin? You know Gardner's so uptight."

"Hm? Oh, yeah. Sorry about than, man," Travis said glancing down towards the lawn in front of the cabin, where Katie was standing and glaring at them, squinting against the sunlight.

Connor looked from Travis to Katie, and turned towards his brother. "Dude. You like her."

"What? Do not!" Travis protested.

"You do! Man, you're totally into Katie Gardner!" Connor exclaimed.

"Sh, Sh! quiet down, man," Travis whispered frantically. "She's right there!"

"Ok, dude, relax," Connor said, lowering his voice. "You have a thing for Gardner. Katie. Freaking. Gardner."

"Ok, ok. I do. Happy?" Travis muttered, rolling his eyes.

"Oh, man!" Connor said, running his hands through his hair. "No wonder you want to prank the Demeter cabin so much! You want Katie's attention!"

"Yeah well, guess what," Travis said smugly. "I kissed her yesterday."

"What!" Connor gaped at him. "You got her to kiss you? After you pranked her? What happened? Are you guys together or something?"

"Uh, not exactly," Travis grimaced. "She kinda punched me."

Connor blinked. "Well, I'm not exactly a girl expert or anything...but I don't think that's a good sign, man."

"No, Connor!" Travis whispered, shaking his head. "She kissed me back!"

"You're serious?" Connor said, grinning. "Didn't imagine it or anything?"

"Nah, I'm sure," Travis replied, gaze flitting over to Katie again. "She likes me. I just need to get her to realize it."

"Which means..." Connor started.

"More pranks, bro." They both shared a smile and bumped fists.

"Hey! What are you guys doing?" Katie shouted from the ground. "Stop talking and get back to work!"

"Sure babe!" Travis shouted back, winking at her.

"Don't call me that," she muttered half heartedly. Travis laughed and got back to cleaning the roof. Man, he couldn't wait for the next prank, to get her attention again.

Who knows? Maybe it'll end in a real kiss next time.

Pranks. 'Coz that's one of the things that sons of Hermes do best. Even if they are lovesick.

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