TC Stark: Hi, guys! So, I gotta say really quickly I hope no one minds the length of the chapters. As I said I just have 36 pages in one document so it's hard deciding where to break up the chapters. Things kinds jump here, I apologize. Thank you again to my reviewers! ^^ Love you!

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Chapter Three

"How many siblings do you have?"

"Three. My older sister Dalia is 25, my brother Cameron is 19, and Courtney is 15."

"Do they all look like you?"

I giggled and shook my head, "They all are covered with freckles. Dalia's hair is blonde and a good three inches taller than me. Cameron is really tall and has my red hair and his cheeks are always really red. And Courtney magically had a light brown hair although she died it black. We call her the milk man's baby."

Anubis laughed at my joke as we were both on our third glass of wine, continuing, "Courtney and Cameron are really into sports, they go to games together all the time. Court wants to be a pharmacy technician, Cameron wants to be a sports reporter and just broke up with his girlfriend, and Dalia is a hair colorist and has been with her girlfriend for two years now."

"What a colorful bunch," He laughed. I could see him trying to picture them all, "I thought you said your parents were Christian."

"They are. But, they love all of us. I think that's what is most important. Dalia is a lesbian, but she's also their daughter and they love her. Dalia is fabulous. Growing up I really looked up to her. She's absolutely beautiful, she was prom queen, and she's completely selfless."

"Is that why you work at a hair salon?"

I smiled sheepishly, "I'm just the secretary. I have absolutely no idea what to do with hair other then my own. But, I needed a job at the time and Dalia knew the salon needed someone at the main desk."

His ringed fingers reach out to gently touch my hair, holding a piece in his hand, "You do a fine job. It's a nice color, different than just black hair."

I didn't know what to make of him touching my hair, deciding to just go with it, "Your hair looks nice black though."

"I would look odd with any other color." He laughed.

The check soon came as I saw him reach for it. I knew he wanted to take me out to dinner, but my hand had had made a dash for it. I wasn't use to people paying for me besides my parents when we went out. I'd like to think of myself as very self-sufficient. I felt as long as I had a job there was no reason why I couldn't pay and if I didn't have a job I shouldn't be going out.

We were outside as Anubis brought out a pack of cigarettes, offering me one which I took gladly. My green eyes watched him bring the lit lighter up to the tip of my cigarettes, waiting for me to inhale. Once mine was lit he went to light his own, "Where do you live?"

"Westchester, New York. Only about 15 minutes away from New York City."

"I've been in New York around the 1800s. What does your summer entail?"

I shrugged while smoking another cigarette, "Working at the salon, going to clubs in the city, going to the beach, basically try to enjoy my last summer before I really need to buckle down."

Letting out a puff of smoke into the dark air, he sighed, "Ah, just when my time was starting to look fun. Now, you're leaving me."

Smiling, I felt flattered while scratching the back of my neck, "I'm…sorry. I'm sure you'll find some entertainment. You are a god after all."

"It's not all its cracked up to be."

I gave a lopsided smile as he took something out of his pocket. It was a silver chain with a cartouche holding a jackal hanging from it. He reached around my neck to fasten the clasp together, finding it rested easily between my collar bones. I looked up at him as he smiled back at me, "Something to remember Egypt by."

I was touched by his gift, taking off one of my unisex rings and gave it to him, "A promise that I will definitely return."

The two of us smiled to each other as we finished our cigarettes and then drove back to the hotel.

"Welcome back!"

I got back to JFK Airport at 5pm four days after my dinner with Anubis. My parents greeted me happily. Even though a piece of me might have stayed in Egypt I actually really missed my family in America. I hugged my mom and dad so tightly, as if I hadn't seen them in years.

On the ride back my parents commented on how tan I look and flooded me with questions. Like what did I see, how were the people, were there a lot of bugs, was it really hot, etc. I gladly answered all their questions as well as adding some other details. Well all details except my encounter with a god.

Mom turned around to notice the necklace dangling from my neck, "That's a gorgeous necklace, Alexis, did you get that from your trip?"

My fingers touched the necklace and smiled, "Yes…I got it at a stand in Cairo."

"Well, its very nice," My dad smiled from the driver's seat, "I hope you brought something back for us." He teased.

"Of course!"

When we had gotten home, I made sure to distribute the gifts and put camera's memory card into the computer so my family could take a look at them. The next day I would have to go back to the salon so I wanted to get to bed early. I know it sounded a bit crazy to go to work the day after an eleven hour flight, but after a two week trip to Egypt I needed the money.

I was sitting at the kitchen counter eating a sandwich as Cameron came up behind me, "Hey, Lex, what cha eating?"

"Not for you." I laughed with a mouthful of sandwich. I swear my brother was so thin but could eat like a horse.

Instead he reach for a plate of brownies that no doubt Courtney had made earlier, she loved to bake. With a mouthful of brownie, he asked, "So, how was rooming with Hanna? Did she snore?"

I laughed, "Like a bear."

My brother let out a loud laugh, "Oh God, I'm telling you that little amount of time we dated sucked. And she wondered why I never wanted to sleep over."

"Poor girl." I snickered.

I had gone to bed not long after finishing my sandwich, relieved to see my room was just the way I had left it. Recently Dalia had moved out to share a studio apartment with her girlfriend Cynthia. The two both had extremely expensive tastes and I knew they must have loved decorating their nice apartment. I loved my sister, but I was happy when she moved out because that meant I moved out of the room I shared with Courtney and into Dalia's old room. So now the three of us could have our own spaces.

It was 8am and I was due at work. My sister Dalia grinned from ear to ear as she hugged me, "Darling! Welcome back!"

"Dee, you highlighted your hair, it's looks great."

She tucked a piece behind her ear and winked, "Thank you, when are you going to let me highlight your hair."

Walking to my desk, I shook my head, "I like my hair, stay away. Go do Cynthia's hair."

As I turned on the computer, my older sister leaned against the desk and pouted, "She won't let me. But, she did let me cut it. I gave her a cute pixie hair cut."

It was cute to see how giddy my sister was towards Cynthia, they were truly so cute together. Except for when she wanted to talk about their sex life; I could've been spared those details. I looked at my appointment book, we still had an hour before the first appointment. There were never many stylists here this early in the morning, just us sisters and two others.

"So, any gorgeous men in Egypt?"

I bit my lower lip and knew I couldn't hide it, "One."

"Oh la la! Do tell, dear sister!"

"Nothing happened," I flicked my eyes up at her, "It wasn't like that. Besides, Frankie had her eyes all over him."

Dalia waved me off and stood up, "That girl can take her dick sucking lips elsewhere. Honestly, keep it classy."

I laughed and waved my head as the boss walked in, me and my sister trying to contain our laughter. The older man looked at us curiously before shaking his head amusedly. We exchanged glares before we both went back to our designated jobs for the rest of the day.

Work ended for me that day at 4pm when the last client had come in. My sister was still working as were some of the other stylists. But, I knew they weren't going to be taking anyone else so my boss had let me go. I had then went home to relax a little before I received a call from a good friend Terry who wanted me to go out that tonight. I really wasn't going to, but she brought up the good point that it was the summer and we probably hadn't gone out to a club in God knows when.

So I found myself standing in front of my mirror applying my makeup. I had just straightened my hair and picked out an outfit. I would be wearing a strapless mini dress that flared out a little at the end and had thick red and black horizontal stripes. My feet would probably hate me by the end of the night but I decided to wear black three inch high heels.

As I was applying my black eyeliner over gold shimmering eye shadow, Courtney appeared in my doorframe, "Going out tonight?"

"Yup, with Terry, Joanne, Ricky, Layla, and James."

"James?" She sounded confused, "Didn't you two break up?"

One eye down, one eye to go, "Three months ago. But, c'mon, Court, we've known each other since we were 13. I mean we've been on again off again since I was 16. I lost my virginity to him."

"Is he the only one you've slept with?"

I just finished the other eye, "No, but I can count my sexual partners on one hand," I then turned to her, "What about you?"

Suddenly he face turned beet red, "None."

I smiled while kissing the raven haired girl's cheek, hearing a car honk outside. It was ten at night and Ricky was picking me up. Ricky was Joanne's boyfriend and didn't drink so he was always designated driver. Though that night the rest of the crew was already in the city and were waiting for us. I bid my parents goodbye and hoped into Ricky's car.

"Where are we going tonight?"

"You know, somewhere loud where people are dancing everywhere and drunk bitches are falling down."

I snickered while lighting up a cigarette as Ricky sped off, "Some people just can't hold their liquor."

The dark skinned man rolled his eyes while laughed, "Oh, please, don't you remember the night I had to carry you and Joanne because you two decided to take one too many jello shots?"

Biting my lower lip and placing a finger on my nose, I giggle in remembrance, "Might make it round number two."

I'm sure Ricky loved that.

Ricky was right. We were at one of the tons of nightclubs that were short lived yet had a crazy night life. There were people dancing everywhere as strobe lights filled the room. The bar was probably as long as one wall and insanely crowded. I couldn't believe we even were able to get in, honestly. Somehow we managed to always do so, I guess we just looked like a good crowd.

Joanne and Ricky were busy on the dance floor as the rest of us sat around a table on high barstools. The tables were on a level about three or four steps above the dance floor to differentiate the two. Terry, Layla, and I were sipping on Malibu Bay Breezes while James drank his Jack and Coke.

James was about 5'10" with muscular build and wide shoulders. He had fair skin, short blonde hair, and Hazel eyes. Tonight he was wearing a green short sleeved collared shirt, and a pair of beige dickies pants. A part of me would always love James, but when you really boiled it down the two of us were just friends. There were always so many problems when we started up dating again. James was also extremely jealous and I just couldn't deal with that suffocation.

"Egypt, wow. You've been blabbing about that place since we met." James shouted over the music.

I rolled my eyes with a smile while sipping on my drink, "It was gorgeous! I can't wait until my next visit."

"You're going to go back?"

"Of course, James. I plan on spending a lot of time there. I'll be studying the history."

Shaking his head, he pointed out, "There's no money in that anymore, Lex. You're gonna be spending your life in hot weather with deceased bugs playing in sand. Now, the medical field, thattt's what you should be looking at."

I frowned, he never understood, "I don't care about the money. It's what makes me happy."

"Will you be happy living poorly?"

Frowning again, I quickly finished my drink and excused myself to go get another one. I guess it was because we were fresh out of a breakup that things felt awkward. Normally in between James and I got along fine. Maybe I was overreacting, it's not like his opinion on my career choice had changed overnight. He had always felt this way and I had always just brushed it off my shoulder.

Leaning over the bar, I tried desperately to flag over a bartender to order a drink. Unfortunately it was loud and there was an insane amount of people. It was buying me some time away from James, but I was looking to get saucy that night. Just then a bartender walked over and placed a Cosmopolitan in front of me, "I didn't order this!"

"No, but he did!" The bartender shouted over the music before walking away.

I grabbed the drink and turned my head towards the end of the bar. My mouth hung open as I saw Anubis lift his glass. Shaking my head, I took my drink over as he turned around in his swivel stool with a grin, "Look at this number. I didn't think you went all out like this."

Laughing, I leaned in, "I didn't think it would be appropriate for Egypt!"

"You look great," He leaned into my ear before lifting up the necklace, "And you're wearing it."

"Yes, I love it."

I decided not to ask Anubis how he knew I was here or how he got here, instead I decided to just go along with it and enjoy my drink. It would have been rude to leave my group as I asked him if he'd like to meet my friends. Together we cut through the dance floor, stepping up to the tables. Joanne and Ricky seemed to come up for air by now, everyone getting a booth at this point since there were a bunch of us.

Everyone turned to me and the new face, "Everyone, I'd like you to meet Anubis. We met in Egypt. And this is Joanne, Ricky, Layla, Terry, and James."

Everyone went to shake his hand until he got to James who just seemed to eye him, "That was only a couple of days ago."

"I knew I'd be in town, it'd be nice to see a familiar face." Anubis retracted his hand. I could tell the two were sizing each other up as I bit my lip and scratched the back of my neck.

Eventually Anubis ended up sitting with us. I couldn't tell you how awkward it was to have James on one side and Anubis on the other. I could tell my ex was eying the Egyptian god and Terry was going absolutely going gaga for him, "So, Anubis, how did you and Alexis meet?"

He gave me a smirk as I shook my head and laughed, "I'm a security guard at the museum in Cairo and one of her friends was being quite the rude one."

"Ha," Layla laughed, "Lemme guess; Anthony."

"Yep." I nodded. Damn, this guy was good at his stories.

"I love a man in uniform." Terry cooed.

The whole group except James laughed, Ricky and Joanne letting us know they were going back on the dance floor. It was then Anubis turned to me, "Would you like to dance?"

I saw James out of the corner of my eyes narrowing his own eyes. I tucked a strand of red hair behind my ear and nodded. After all, he was my ex and I was allowed to dance with whoever I wanted to. Hopefully Layla would dance with him and distract him. I hated how no matter how many girls were there that he wanted to get with he always wanted to keep an eye on me.