Enjoy!

We laughed for a few more minutes, then Carter suggested, "Hey guys, wanna play Seven Minutes in Heaven?"

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"Sure." I said.

"Might be fun." Iris added. He was sneaking looks at Drea, who was totally oblivious to him.

Carter pulled out the bottle that he took earlier. He told us to sit in a circle, and placed the bottle in the middle. "Who wants to go first?" he asked.

"Wait." A familiar voice said behind me. The other demigods looked forward, and stared at something behind me in shock. I turned around, only to find that annoying (But oh so handsome) god Anubis. He was dressed normally, as usual, in a black leather jacket, black tank top, dark jeans, and combat boots. His chocolate eyes were filled in embarrassment. Bloody perfect. What's he doing here?

Percy was the first to recover from shock. He turned to Nico, who was sitting next to me. "Hey Nico, how come you didn't tell us you had an older brother?"

He shook his head in denial. "I don't! And for what it's worth, I've never even seen him before!" he pointed at Anubis.

He tilted his head in that cute way whenever he was confused with something. "Yes, and I have never seen you before either. I have only come here due to Lord Osiris' orders. Apparently, I have been moody and have not been running my job properly ever since Lady Kane got a…boyfriend, so he sent me here to "relax", as he put it." He almost choked at the word boyfriend. I couldn't help but notice that he had called me "Lady Kane" again. I guess that he really did have some feelings for me, but Nico had crushed any chances that he might've had before.

Carter beckoned Anubis to sit right next to him, and directly across from me. If I didn't know better, this was one of his lame attempts to annoy me. But the sad thing was, it worked.

"Bloody perfect." I muttered under my breath. I must've said it a bit louder that I thought, because right afterwards, Nico leaned over and whispered, "What?"

"Nothing." I was still glaring at Anubis, who only smiled in return.

"Who is he?" Annabeth asked, and I am a hundred percent sure it was directed to me, Carter, and Zia.

I nodded for Carter to go ahead. He gestured to Anubis. "This is Anubis, the Egyptian god of death."

"He's a friend." I added, emphasizing the word friend.

"Yes, I am Lady Kane's…friend." Anubis agreed. HE glanced at me, and for a moment, I saw his eyes; dull and without color, like his sole purpose of living had been taken away from him.

"I thought Orisos or something was the god of death?" Percy asked. I had to bite back a laugh. Percy really thinks my dad name was Orisos?

"Uh…yes, he is. And it's Osiris, Percy. Anubis is the god of the process of death. HE guides souls to the underworld, and helps Osiris judge them." Carter explained.

"Oh yeah, I knew that." Percy said sheepishly.

All of us laughed at him. "Such a seaweed brain." Annabeth commented.

"Hey!" Percy complained.

"Anyway, what are you about to do, Lord Kane?" Anubis asked Carter.

"Uh…seven minutes in heaven." Carter said.

"What is that?" he titled his head yet again.

Carter gave him the shorter version. Spin the bottle, make out with whoever it lands on in a closet for seven minutes.

"Oh." He said.

"C'mon Percy, spin the bottle!" Travis urged.

Percy grabbed the coke bottle, spun it, and it landed right in front of…

Me.

Oh gods. Now everyone is staring at us. They alternated their looks from Percy, then to me, then to Percy again. I covered my face with my hands, and muttered, "Oh gods…oh gods…"

Suddenly, a pair of strong hands picked me up. I dared not look, because if it's Percy…this would even be more embarrassing.

But curiosity got the better of me. I sneaked a peak, and saw unkept hair, pale skin, and chocolate brown eyes. Oh gods, there were only two persons in this room that I know with those features. IT's either Anubis or…

Nico.

I removed my hands, and to my utter surprise, Nico was carrying me bridal-style to the broom closet in the corner. That backstabbing, sorry excuse for a boyfriend! If I ever live this down…he better sleep with one eye open.

The others were following us, and I could see their reactions very clearly. Annabeth and Percy were eyeing each other nervously. Percy was sweating heavily. Clarisse, Zia, Travis, Drea, Connor, Iris, and even Carter were biting their lips to keep from laughing. I saw a tiny timer in Carter's hand, probably for keeping the time.

Zia rushed ahead, and opened the closet. She tossed out the brooms, and Nico put me down gently inside. Before I could even complain, they shoved Percy inside, and locked the door. I hastily checked the doorknob. Locked from the outside, typical. Bloody typical.

"So…" he rubbed the back of his neck with his hand.

"Hell no." I said.

From the outside, I could hear Connor yelling, "We can't hear kissing in there!"

Percy sighed. He grabbed my cheeks, lowered his head, and kissed me on the lips. I had to admit, he is a very good kisser. No wonder Annabeth fell for him. His lips were softer than silk, and I could smell his breath; it smelled strangely like mint.

I counted the seven minutes in my head. We never parted for air once, and I was a bit surprised at his stamina.

Finally, the timer went off. The ring sounded like music to my ears. We parted almost immediately, and Percy pounded on the door, demanding that they let us out.

"So, how was it?" Iris asked him the moment he went out.

"Uh…she was pretty good, to my surprise." Ha admitted. He spared a glanced at me, to see if I was offended. I felt the blood rush to my cheeks.

"You're not so bad yourself." I said. "Now, who's next?"

"Trying to change the topic…" Travis mused.

I ignored him, and stomped over to Nico. "You backstabbing, traitorous…"

He back up against a wall. "C'mon Sadie, it was just a bit of fun." He defended.

"Well, at least let me hit you on the head next time." I huffed.

He smiled. "Sure. Promise."

That's Nico for you, always finding ways to placate me and joke at the same time.

We sat in a circle again, but right beside the closet this time. Clarisse grabbed the bottle and spun it. IT landed right in front of Travis, who paled.

She gave him a death glare, then dragged him to the closet. "Let's get this over with."

"Be sure to remember me…!" Travis yelled as the closet door was closed. Inside, we could hear banging, cursing, and a lot of hitting. At the seven minute mark, Connor opened the door a little too quickly, and inside was a very bruised Travis kissing a very confused Clarisse. They didn't stop. It seems that they hadn't noticed the door open yet.

Connor snickered. "This is SO going on Facebook." He pulled out his video camera, the one they used to video their prank with, and snapped photos of the two.

I cleared my throat loudly, catching the lovebirds' attention. Travis went wide-eyed. "How-how long-" he stammered. Then he noticed the video camera in Connor's hand. "Oh gods…"

"Sorry bro. You snooze, you lose." He waved the camera around.

"Next!" Clarisse demanded angrily. She grabbed the Carter, and shoved it to Carter's hands.

He gulped, and spun it on the floor. We all looked at it in anticipation. It slowly lost momentum, and landed right in front of Zia.

I wanted to break that bottle in half. How could it get, of all the couples in this room, get Carter and Zia together?

The seven minutes went by quickly. Zia and carter both had crazy grins on their faces.

"All right, who's next?" I said angrily. Connor grabbed the bottle. He spun it, and stopped in front of Annabeth.

"You lucky bastard. Good luck living." I heard Travis whisper to his brother.

He grabbed Annabeth's hand all too excitedly.

Percy was banging his head on a table, moaning, "Why? Why? Why?" Travis had his ear pressed on the door, and was snickering. After seven minutes, Annabeth and Connor stumbled out, both looking like they were dazed.

"That was…" Connor started to say.

"Amazing." Annabeth finished. Percy stared at them in shock, his mouth hanging open.

I leaned over to him. "Ooh Percy, they're finishing each other's sentences already. Looks like you have competition." I teased. He gave me a death glare, which wasn't working seeing how freaked out he was.

Iris grabbed the bottle, and spun it. I could tell that he was silently praying to all the gods that it would land on Drea, by the way he was closing his eyes and the way his lips were moving silently.

Instead, it landed in front of Atalanta. I almost didn't notice that she was there, due to the fact that she had been quiet the whole night. Iris' eyes widened in surprise. "I'm not going in a closet with a lesbian!" he complained.

Almost immediately, I felt the temperature in the room turn a few degrees colder. Atalanta was busy glaring at Iris and Percy at the same time. "Jackson…" she started to raise her voice.

"Sorry!" he pleaded, and pushed them inside. Once the door was locked, Percy breathed a sigh of relief. Annabeth rolled her eyes.

"Dude, that lesbian rumor will be your death. You better put a stop to it, before Atalanta blows a gasket and freezes you for eternity." Iris stated.

"Hey, I didn't start that! How in Hades would I even know how to end that stupid rumor?" he glared at the Stolls.

At the sound of the timer, the door literally flew open. Iris jumped out, and kissed the ground like he hadn't seen it in years. "Finally! Freedom!"

Atalanta rolled her eyes, but stopped the moment they made contact with Percy. She stomped angrily to where he is. "Jackson…"

Connor and Travis were laughing their heads off, which did not help the situation in the least. "Dude, is she that bad a kisser?" he patted Iris' back.

He blushed a little. "No actually, it was rather good…" but then he seemed to remember the rumor. "…but I kissed a lesbian!" he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

"Yeah, and it probably has other girl's saliva on it, and…" Connor added, but Annabeth gave a look that said Shut up. You're making it worse.

"I guess it is my turn then." Anubis said. He started to go for the bottle, but I grabbed it before he could reach it. "Never mind the bottle, death boy. There's only one girl here that hasn't been kissed yet." I glanced at Drea.

Anubis walked over to her formally. He bowed, took her hand, and kissed it.

"Somehow, I felt like I've seen this before." Nico muttered.

I raised my eyebrow. "Where?"

"During the quest…" (A/N: He is of course, referring to their quest in "Chance Meeting")

"Oh." I said.

Drea's cheeks turned red. "I feel that this is somehow familiar…" the something clicked. "Are you, by any chance, related to Set?" she asked Anubis.

"Yes. Set is my father." Anubis said.

"Oh. That's why." She said.

"Let us go, shall we?" he linked his arm to hers, and led them to the closet. Just before the door closed, Drea poked her head out and mouth, "O-M-G."

To be perfectly clear, I was not jealous. Not in the least. I had Nico, who is very wonderful kisser. Oh wait…Nico.

"You haven't had your turn yet." I accused him.

He shrugged. "Yeah…"

"Cheater." I mumbled.

The moment Drea and Anubis walked out, Nico immediately grabbed my arm, and led me to the closet. He locked the door.

Before I could ask him what's going on, he pressed his lips to mine. If I had to compare his kisses with Percy's it would be like comparing silk to clouds; Percy was very soft, and gentle, but Nico had me on cloud nine. His lips were melded with mine perfectly, As if the Fates made us to be the only one for each other.

The others were banging on the door, but I didn't mind. We broke for air, and Nico led me out. He had this crazy grin on his face, like had just won the lottery. But after some time with good old me, I'm pretty sure he felt just that.

"Sadie, kissing two boys in under one hour? What would mom say…"Carter teased.

I rolled my eyes. "Oh shut it."

Then, Nico's stomach made itself known. A rumbling sound was heard all around the room. I looked Nico, and he blushed in embarrassment. "Sorry guys. I guess all that fun made me really hungry."

Carter gestured to the dining table. "Food is there. But you have a point; let's go eat!"

Before we could say more, he, Percy, and Nico were already racing to the table.

Annabeth, Zia, and me shook our heads. "Boys." We said in unison.

"I agree." A female voice said.

Chapter two is done. Yay! What do you think? One more chapter left…