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My dad finally got back from D.C.
He said it was crazy with all the stuff going on after the bombing.
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A/N I DO NOT OWN THE KANE CHRONICLES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO RICK RIORDAN AND HIS ASSOCIATES.
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I was so mad at Carter that night! I mean the nerve of him! Telling me how to live my life! How pathetic! I think can handle Anubis, after all, I did fight the gods! Grrr….
I was in the middle of raving inside of my mind when I finally got up the stairs to my room. I opened the door, and my jaw dropped. There, sitting on my bed, was Anubis.
Somehow he was here, in Brooklyn House, staring at me with those gorgeous chocolate brown eyes. He had the look on his face like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
"Err, Hello Lady Kane," He greeted me awkwardly.
"Uhhhh…" was the only sound I could make. I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact that he was sitting in my room. Had someone died here long ago? A new realization presented itself to me then.Oh my gods, had he heard my argument with Carter?
I felt a blush arising on my face. If he had, then what did he think about it?
"Anubis, how long have you been sitting here?" I asked him.
I could see his face start to turn red. "Umm, about since you walked in the house," he replied.
My own blush intensified. I asked him my next question, already knowing his answer.
"What did you hear, Anubis?"
"Everything…" he replied
I sighed. No surprise there, I thought. I was way too scared to ask him how he felt about the little spat I just had with Carter, so I just stood there awkwardly. He sat there, and the silence overcame us both. The quiet lasted only about ten seconds, but it felt like years to me. Finally Anubis spoke, shattering the silence.
"How did that argument start?" Anubis asked innocently.
Oh gods, how can I tell him what I told Carter? That I love Anubis? I started to panic. There was simply no way to tell him how the conversation was started without telling him I love him. Once I realized this, I decided to take an alternative approach.
"It's none of your business!" I stated flatly, my voice rising a bit to the end.
Anubis looked at me calmly, which sort of ticked me off. How can he just sit there all quietly and peacefully when he can tell I'm distressed? I felt the anger rising in me.
"I believe it is my business since the argument was, in fact, over whether or not you could date me." Anubis replied, just as flatly, although I could see a smile tugging at his mouth.
Oh shit, I thought. He had heard more than I thought. Damn him in his dog-like hearing.
"No, Anubis, it is not your business. It was simply a personal argument, and I will not share it with you," I told him. "This is my business."
"Very well then, Sadie," he replied, looking rather disappointed. Ha, take that jackal boy, I thought. Anubis stood up from my bed and began walking over to my closet. I could yet again fell a blush coming on. I had to keep him occupied…
"Anubis, what is on your wrist?" I asked. He stopped dead in his tracks and glanced down at his wrist.
"This? This is a bracelet forged by Lord Osiris. It grants me the ability to travel anywhere in the mortal world. With this, I need not appear just in places of death." He explained.
Oh, so that is how he managed to get in my room, I realized.
"So, how long have you had that bracelet?" I asked. He hesitated slightly before responding.
"I got it tonight," he stated. I could tell he wanted to leave it like that, but I couldn't allow that. Anything to keep him from opening the closet.
"And you came here? On the first night of freedom you came straight here?" I asked his pale complexion reddened. He was growing more embarrassed, and he was no longer focused on approaching the closet.
"Yes Lady Kane, I came straight here." He replied uneasily. He could tell where this was going next.
"Why?"
This simple question was enough to make him completely forget about the closet and instead find an interest in his shows. I mentally laughed at the look of him, trapped in the corner with no way out. He had to explain to me now why he had come here, of all places, and I had a pretty good idea as to why he was blushing.
"W-well, I, umm, I had no where else to go?" His response sounded more like a question then a statement.
"Don't try to fool me Anubis. There are plenty of places that you would like to go. Why did you pick here of all of them?"
He mumbled something under his breath, so I leaned in closer.
"What was that?" I asked him, leaning in near him.
He was about to say something in response, but I burst out laughing then. The sight of Anubis, a god, blushing so hard that his face was the color of crimson was just too much for me to take. I fell back, rolling on the floor laughing, and saw a confused look come across his face.
"What is so funny?" He asked confused. I finally stopped laughing and lie there on the floor, out of breath.
"You are the funny one Anubis. Never would I have thought that a god of death could turn so red! You looked like an atomic bomb has been dropped on your face!" I responded in between giggles. Anubis still looked at me like I was crazed, and offered a hand to help me up. I gratefully accepted his offered hand, and rose to my feet. I guess Anubis still failed to see what was so funny, as he still retained his confused look.
"Lady Kane, what is so funny?" He asked again. At this point, I realized what I had just done, and felt another blush rise to my face, quite embarrassed after my little outbreak.
"Did I forget to mention that I am just a little emotionally unstable after my conversation with Carter?" I asked. Anubis nodded his head, and I saw the confusion in his face vanish, later to be replaced with realization. Somewhere in his brain it clicked that I was awfully tired and exasperated inside.
"Sadie, you should go to bed." Anubis said. I realized this was the first time he had not called me "Lady Kane" all night. Hearing him say my real name caused another blush to rise to my face.
"You called me Sadie," I said flatly. I guess he realized it too, since a blush appeared on his face as well.
"Is that not your name?" He asked.
"It is, but usually you are so formal." I stated.
We stood there, when I saw a sudden fear appear in his eyes. He quickly dropped my hand, which I hadn't even realized he was holding and turned away.
"Go to bed, Sadie," he said. "It has been a long night for you."
"You are absolutely right," I said, turning off the lights. I walked to my bed, and slipped under the covers. Flipping over in my bed to get comfortable, I could sense his presence still here. I was about to ask him why he was here when he turned to walk out the door. I closed my eyes, willing sleep to overcome me when I heard him whisper from the doorway.
"Good night Sadie," he whispered. A smile spread across my face.
"Good night Anubis," I replied, and sleep overcame me.
And that is the end of Ch 3! R&R please, I appreciate it!
Don't be afraid to tell me what you think, and all ideas are welcomed!
Also, I am going back over Ch 2 to revise misspellings and other assorted errors.
No change to the plot line for Ch 2.
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