Dance? A Traitie short story

Going to the dance with a Stoll

Katie's point of view

I was walking towards the lake my thoughts dancing. I was thinking of my boyfriend Janson. I loved him more than anything in the world he was the BEST! I smiled to my self as I walked toward his cabin ( Apollo ) to ask him what I would wear to the dance we were going to together.

The camp held an annual dance every year for couples to go to. we have been dating for almost a year now, so this was our first one! I knew I loved him and only him. well... said a voice in my brain. there is... I mentally slapped myself "NO, I only like Janson!" Travis~ my brain whispered again. No, I thought. I don't like him he always plays pranks on me! Buuut he is extremely cute and... NO, I only like Janson! I told myself for the millionth time.

Then a noise broke my daze. It was coming from the back of the Apollo cabin. My curiosity leads me back there and I peer around the corner. There was my boyfriend. making out. with a girl. from Aphrodite! My smile wiped off my face immediately to be replaced by tears. I ran away from the cabin trying to get as far away as possible. In my daze I ran into someone. "Hi kit-kat..." Travis trailed off. "Oh my gods what happened!" but I didn't answer I just ran. I ran all the way back to my cabin. The only person in there is my sister Miranda. I pay her no attention as I flop on my bed and sob. She runs up to me. "Oh my gods, Katie what happened!" I can't speak through my sobs. I can't believe he would cheat on me like that! Well, we had never kissed and I JUST SAW HIM KISSING SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT HIS GIRLFRIEND HE HAD NEVER KISSED!!!!!! That thought makes me sob more.

Just then Annabeth, Piper, and Hazel walk in. "What happened Katie, we saw you running here in tears" I still can't speak I can't do anything else but sob. Then out of nowhere the door flys open pushing the four girls away as Travis comes running in. He sits on the bed next to me. "Ok Kaite" he starts "What happened. You were smiling one second and the next you were crying" I look at him then at my feet. I sit up on the bed my feet dangling to the ground next to Travis. "M-my b-b-boyf-frie-end" I choke through my tears "I-I-I saw him k-k-kissing an Aphrodite girl"

"WHAT!" Travis yelled "Oh my gods I'm so sorry Katie" he gives me a small hug and I sob into his shoulder. "Oh Kaite" Hazel murmurs I can feel Travis shaking with anger "I'm going to kill that jackass! You deserve much more than him!" I pull away "I was going to go ask him what I should wear to the dance that we were going to go to together. I guess that's not happening anymore..."  I trail off as I start to cry again "I just thought I loved him and he loved me I guess I was wrong." Travis puts his arm around me and rubs my back. "I'm so sorry Katie" Annabeth says in sympathy as they all walk over to me. We here a knock on the door and then a "Katie?" it was the voice of my stupid boyfriend. He opens the door"Woah!" He says "What happened?" I walk over to him and slap him in the face. Hard. He stumbles back in surprise "Katie..."

"NO" I yell "If you want to go making out with other campers be my guest but don't expect me to stay around! WE ARE DONE!" Tears are streaming down my face again as I slap him.

Travis stands behind me and behind him are the other four girls. He sets his hands on my shoulders"Look jackass if you as much as touch her I will give you an injury much worse than a slap." Janson starts to back out of the cabin " And" I say
"We are no longer going to the dance together. You can have the pleasure of going with that bitch." I jab my hand in the direction of the Aphrodite cabin. He gets the message and leaves.

          I stare at the closed door and start to cry again. The five of them rap me in a hug. I don't normally cry this much but it felt like my whole world was falling apart at the seams, and it wasn't just Janson. That just added to the shitty month I was having. I was trying to look to the dance as a place of comfort. I had lost a lot of people in one month. I owned a dog back at my house outside of camp, her name was Winnie. She was the greatest thing that ever existed, And now she's gone. And I wasn't about to tell anybody ether. The only person I told was Janson. When she died I turned to my best friend outside of camp, Tessa, she was one of the only people outside of camp that I trusted with my life. When I called her to talk it went straight to voicemail. I tried for hours to reach her to no avail. When I talked to my dad the next day he told me that she had moved to California with her father, that her mother, someone who felt like a mother to me since forever, had been killed in a shooting at the school she worked at. That was all 3 weeks ago, I had tried to erase everything from my mind and just think about the dance. But now the reality of things crashed down on my shoulders. I was broken and I didn't know how to mend myself.

We all sit back down on my bed "Ok" Miranda states snapping me out of my daze. "We need to make him jealous"

"What?" I say "How and why?"

"Eazy! We get you another date to the dance then make you drop dead Gorgeous." Miranda states like its obvious. "As for the why" She continues "Why not!" I smile "Well, who will I go to the dance with then?" Miranda looks at me then to Travis "I think I have an idea" she says with a smirk. "Travis are you going to the dance with anyone," She asks innocently. " Um no. not that I know of."He replies confused

"Than its settled!" Miranda says happily "Travis can go to the dance with Katie!" Travis and I both turned red as strawberries at that statement."Wait" I say "You want me to go to a dance with a Stoll?!" Not saying that I don't want to but I can't tell them that. I play my 'I hate Travis Stoll' card and continue with "Janson knows I dislike him he won't believe it"

"Than that's even better!" Piper exclaims happily. "Um tell me how that's better?" I say confused "Well for starters, it will make him more jealous because he will think you hate him more than Travis"

"Well, I do!"

"Oh do you," Travis says smirking at me. I roll my eyes at him. "That's a perfect idea!" Annabeth says slowly then starts talking faster. "That's perfect actually because he just saw Travis in here defending Katie!" I sigh "I'm not getting out of this am I"

"NOPE!" The girls all say at the same time. I look to Travis who is as red as I am."Look!" Miranda laughs "They are both as red as tomatoes!" I throw a pillow at her "Oh shut up"

"Are we forgetting that I have a say in this whole dance thing too right?!"Travis says rolling his eyes."I'm part of this deal too you know" Piper looks at him and smiles."And you want to tell us that when we all know you like Katie" Travis turns redder than he was before if that was possible, "W-what are you talking about I d-don't have a crush on Katie!" Piper smirked and I blushed furiously. I hid my face in a pillow to hid my red face. "Ok!" Piper yells startling us "I can't watch this anymore! You two are going to the dance together whether you like it or not! You obviously like each other!" I pull the pillow away from my face. "Fine!" I say exasperated "Ill go to the stupid dance with Travis if it will make you shut up!"

"YAY!" The girls yell. I roll my eyes. This is going to be a fun night.

This is the first chapter of my book! If anyone reads this, tell me if you like it!

See you!

<3 - Hannah