Kinda PG-13 so beware. Enjoy!

Tratie

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"Kates! Open up!"

I look up from the book I was reading and glance towards my cabin door.

He pounds the door harder. "Hurry! It's an emergency Katie Kat!"

I rush to open the door to my cabin. Travis rushes inside and slams it shut. "Please tell me you haven't seen it"

"I swear Stoll, if this is one of your stupid pranks, I'm gonna take this book and shove it so far up your-"

"Well, let's take this out of your hands for now" Travis cuts me off and carefully took the book, that I was previously holding, out of my hand.

"And I'm sure someone sent it to you by now" He gestured to my monster-proof phone on my bed and I furrow my eyebrows in confusion. "Maybe it's better if I show it to you myself"

He takes out his, and pulls up a text message. The text read "Travis Stoll's smokin' bod". I roll my eyes and slightly shake my head at it. But what immediately catches my attention is a picture.

A picture of Travis Stoll's smokin' bod.

Guess the text wasn't lying.

It's a selfie of him. He seemed to be in his cabin's bathroom and telling from his damp hair, he was fresh out the shower. "Uh, Trav...are you naked?"

I look up at him and a tint shows up on his face "No, I was wearing a towel but it was cropped out"

"Yeah" I kept staring at the picture, well more like his abs. You couldn't blame me, I've never seen Travis shirtless. Didn't help that I was kinda enjoying the view.

Kinda

"Are you flexing?" A teasing smile shows up on my face

He grabs a pillow from my bed and buries his face in it. "I guess someone hacked my phone and sent that photo to almost the whole camp."

I tear my eyes from the photo and look at Travis. Sure, we bickered and argued about his stupid pranks that ticked me off, but we would always laugh later about how stupid and immature it was of us. Of course, we flirted here and there but me and him were always friends nonetheless. Over time, the enemy labeled disappeared and I considered him more as my friend. I try to focus on priorities, Travis was hurt and embarrassed and I needed to comfort him.

"Sorry that happened to you, Trav" I pat his back "It's a total invasion of privacy"

"I know," He lifted his head up from the pillow and looked at me with a solemn look "that's not even the worst part"

Right on cue, there's a pounding knock on my door.  "Travis! I know you're in there! Get out! We need to talk!"

"Who's that?" I raise an eyebrow at him

"Remember that girl I went out with a few months ago? The crazy one?"

"Shelby?"

He nods "Seemingly, she saw the picture, and now she wants me back"

There's more pounding and it's getting louder. Travis groans "This can't be more humiliating"

I nod, gazing back to the picture. Travis has been bragging that he's been working out more and according to the picture, it's been paying off. In his abdomen, his biceps, in his forearms where his veins popped —and was it me or was his jawline more defined now?

"Katie? Are you staring at the photo?"

"No"

Yes

"Kates," He grabs the phone out of my hands "I need your help, what do I do about Shelby?"

"Just be honest" I shrugged "Tell her you're not into her"

"Travis! I can hear you! I know you're in there with a girl!" Shelby yells from outside the cabin "I'm coming in there one way or another!"

"You think she'll listen to me me? You gotta help me Kates" He pleads

"On one condition," I smile widely "no more pranks"

His eyes widened and opened his mouth. But paused before speaking, like he was thinking of what to say.

"Fine" He huffed "But if this doesn't work, deal's out the window"

"Okay, it's settled" I smile "Follow my lead"

"That's it! I'm coming in!" The doorknob wobbled  and it sounds like she's picking the lock. Shelby bursts in.

"Travie, I've been looking for you all around camp, and then I saw you run in here. I got worried that you were hooking up with a someone, but turns out it's just Katie"

"Just Katie?" I raised my eyebrow at her "And what's that supposed to mean?"

"Oh nothing, I know you guys are just friends" She took her eyes off me and eyes Travis hungrily. "So Travis"

I look at him and the petrified look on his face almost made me burst out laughing. But instead of me bursting into giggles, I shot him a look that read 'Trust me'

"Actually Shelby, me and Travis were hooking up" I brush my fingers against his knuckles

She scoffed "Really? Aren't you guys just friends, I mean what? Are you guys dating or something?"

Travis' horrified face morphed into his usual cunning smirk "Yup, I'm dating her. My girlfriend."

"And you love her?" Shelby raised her eyebrows and her voice turns steely "I mean, you guys have known each other for a long time right? So obviously, you love her by now, right?"

He put his arm around me and kissed the top of my head. "Of course I do"

"Really...her?" She looks at me disapprovingly "I mean, don't you want someone...hotter?"

My blood boils "Excuse me? Like you're one to-"

"You're seriously gonna mock my girl in front of me?"

My girl.

I couldn't help but blush at his comment.

But focusing back on Travis, I noticed he was angry—no scratch that— he was fuming. I've never seen him so upset, even arguing about his pranks, he's always carried a nonchalant attitude. Travis never got mad. Until now.

"Travie, I-"

"No Shelby" He get up from my bed and stomps towards her "Katie's the best person I know, she loves me for who I am. Unlike you, who just wants me back because of that stupid picture"

"That's not true, I-" Shelby's face turns scarlet

"Oh yes it is" He clenches his jaw "Seriously, how self absorbed can you be?"

"I am not self absorbed!" She put her right hand on her hip and pointed her left towards me "And she's not your girlfriend, you're faking"

I scoffed and got up from the bed to put my hands on my hips "And how could you possibly know that?"

"I know everything that happens at camp, if you two were a thing the gossip would've hit by now"

"Well, we definitely are a thing" A wide smirk grows on his face

"Oh and how are you gonna prove it-"

He shuts Shelby up by leaning down towards me and connecting our lips together. It happened so fast in a swift motion that it took me a split second to process what just happened. I impulsively kissed him back. Feeling him smile against my lips, I tangled my hands in his hair and pulled him closer. Travis put his hand on my side and the other gently cupping my cheek. I pulled away before it went too far, considering that Shelby was right in front of us.

She scowled "Ugh, I'm officially scarred for life, you two brats deserve each other"

She turned to exit my cabin and Travis rushed to lock the door. "Thanks, your the best Katie Kat"

I nodded and wagged my finger "And remember, no more pranks"

He tapped his chin playfully "I don't recall agreeing to any of that-"

"Shelby!"

"No! No! Fine, no pranks!" He quickly covered my mouth with his hand and laughed.

We both notice how close we are to each other and he uncovers my mouth and backs away. "Can't believe how shallow she is, just because I look different now, doesn't mean I'm a different person"

"I get it," I chuckled "the muscles don't make the man"

Travis laughs "Exactly, you always get me. You know you're my one and only best friend on this planet right?"

I smile and nod at him.

"And you'll always see me as that right?" He asked cautiously

I bit my lip "Sorry Trav, I can't"

He blinks at me

"I mean, we just kissed, I saw you shirtless! I have no idea how we're gonna stay just friends after that-"

He cut me off by connecting his lips with mine for a brief moment. He pulled away and grinned "I was hoping you'd say that"

I smiled and pulled him in for another kiss. This time, I feel a spark run through me as he pushes me onto the bed.