How to steal a heart

part 15!

Katie's pov.

When he sees the inside, he gasps. "wow..." I didn't do much, just put some more lights up, made a few flower wreaths for the upcoming holiday season, made a few bouquets. "Katie...you didn't have to do this." I smile at him. "I can spoil you all I want." I say mimicking him. He rolls his eyes. "Only I can spoil you." "No complaining." He throws up his hands "I'm not! Just- this looks great. No one has ever done anything for me like this." He smiles. "I'm so lucky." "yes, you are." This time I'm the one smirking.

"the real reason I asked you to come here was..." I hesitate. "You told me about your past, now I think it's fair that I tell you mine." "Katie... you don't have to do that." I put a finger on his lips. "no complaining. And yes, I do."

"My dad... he uh. He's a famous author, he writes flower journals, whatever that is. And so, he barely had any time for me, and any extra time he did have, he spent it with Josh. My mortal sibling that's 2 years older than me. His mom hated me because my dad cheated on her with Demeter. She would encourage Josh to torment me, hit me, ruin my things, etc. And of course, my dad did absolutely nothing. He tried to help me right away but that just caused a fight so, after a while he just gave up." Travis gives me a sympathetic look, but I continue. "Things got so bad, I gave up too and ran away. Demeter would visit me once and a while, guide me to camp, but she couldn't do everything of course. I finally got to camp, after 3 long weeks of living on the streets, 3 long weeks of constantly getting attacked." I take a shaky breath. "hey, it'll be okay." He says trying to comfort me. "We have each other now." He smiles sadly at me. I lean into him and he kisses my forehead

"Can you do something for me?" Travis asks me as we sit on the roof. "yeah." I tell him. "Be mine." I look at him and smile. "I'm already yours." He rolls his eyes and smiles. "be my girlfriend." "okay." Is all I tell him. He smiles. "okay." 

"We should probably get back for the campfire" I tell Travis a little while later. "yeah probably. Race ya back?" "I'm going to win!" I yell running towards camp.