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"Relax Athena." Aphrodite said with a shake of her head. "There's no reason to be worried." A second later the disheveled temple looked like it had seconds before Athena had arrived. Everything was in its place, the spilled wine had been cleaned up and there was a tray half covered with fruit on the table between the couches.

"Your husband is standing outside waiting for you to let him in. We are half naked and you say not to be worried?" Athena asked in disbelief. For a quick moment she wondered if this was a set up by the goddess of love and Ares. The thought brought a pain to her heart and she refused to believe it. Not after what they had just shared.

"Athena, no offense to you my love, but I highly doubt anyone is going to come to the conclusion that you and I were just..." Aphrodite blushed slightly but she wore a sweet smile on her lips. She wasn't trying to be mean, it was true. No one would think the Goddess of Love and the Goddess of War had just become lovers. There were just too many reasons why it wouldn't happen. Taking a step forward, Athena reached her hand out and caressed Aphrodite's cheek softly.

"I understand." She whispered and bent her head forward for a tender kiss. "And that may just be a blessing for us." She whispered against the sweet lips pressed to her own. When they pulled away both goddesses smiled brightly. New clothing appeared on their bodies and they regrettably parted to sit on separate couches.

The front door to the temple opened on its own and Hephaestus limped in with no clue as to what was going on. "Aphrodite! If that man whore Ares is in here I swear by Zeus's lightening bolts I'll.." He didn't finish his threat as he entered the large room and his eyes feel on Athena seated on the couch.

"Or you'll what Hephaestus?" Athena asked coldly as she rose from her seat. Her brows arched she looked every bit as formidable as she did when she was clad in her armor. Putting her hands on her hips, she waited for Hephaestus to get enough brain power to answer her.

"Athena." He said happily as he clapped his massive hands together then rubbed them. "I didn't know you where here." His eyes darted nervously to Aphrodite as if to accuse her of playing some trick on him. It was well known that even though Hephaestus and Athena worked together often Athena did not like the blacksmith.

"Well I am here. I wasn't aware that your wife had to have your approval for visitors in her own temple." Athena said as she sat back down. She opened her mouth to say something else when Aphrodite cut in.

"Hephaestus you look tired come sit." She said smoothly as she stood up slowly from the couch and sashayed up to her husband. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she kissed his cheek softly in hopes he would forget about the harshness in Athena's tone. She was trying to avoid a confrontation between her husband and her lover.

Closing his eyes, Hephaestus quickly feel for Aphrodite's charms. Wrapping an arm around her waist he smiled stupidly and puckered his lips for a kiss. "Come sit with me." Aphrodite said as she let her husband go and sat. She couldn't bring herself to look at Athena.

Following his wife Hephaestus sat next to her, slipping his arm around her waist. Shaking his head he seemed to come out of the spell he had been under and passed Athena a smile. "I have to say I'm a bit surprised to see you here."

Balling her fists tightly Athena forced her shoulders to shrug. "I just wanted to stop by and say hi." She explained as nonchalantly as she could. She had no reason to be mad at Hephaestus but she was having a very hard time fighting the urge to rip his head off and feed it to the Minotaur.

Aphrodite shifted uncomfortably avoiding all eye contact with Athena. Hephaestus didn't seem to notice anything was wrong. He was too happy to find his wife not with Ares but with Athena. Laying his free hand in Aphrodite's lap he winked playfully at her in hopes she would shoo her guest out and they could have some alone time.

"Well that's nice." Hephaestus said with a nod of his head. He licked his bloated lips and glanced around the room, his eyes falling on his wife's chest. "You two should try and get along better. You are sisters." He pointed out but didn't sound like he was paying attention to anything other then Aphrodite's ample cleavage.

"Yes I couldn't agree with you more." Aphrodite said with a fake smile plastered on her face. No matter how many times she'd been in the same room as Ares and Hephaestus or any of her other lovers for that matter she'd never felt this awkward. Athena was changing everything in her life.

"Sometimes we let the past get in the way of what could happen." Athena said wisely as she tried to catch Aphrodite's attention. She watched helplessly as Hephaestus nuzzled his face in Aphrodite's neck and moved his hand up and down her leg. Her stomach turned and she suppressed the urge to be sick all over the marble floor.

Athena's words struck Aphrodite deeply and she lowered her head. "Yes but sometimes things happen in our past that prevent the things we want to happen in our present to happen." Aphrodite whispered as she lifted her head and met Athena's gaze.

"If you two are going to get philosophical I'm going to leave." Hephaestus grumbled teasingly. He nudged Aphrodite with his bulky hip and laughed loudly.

Both goddesses joined his laughter weakly and looked away. Sighing softly Athena felt the sting of her nails digging into her palms. Looking down at her hands she noticed they were still balled into fists.

Looking up in time she felt like she'd been slapped hard across the face. Hephaestus had taken the opportunity to plant a large sloppy kiss on Aphrodite's lips and his wife was not fighting him off. She wanted to look away but she couldn't. Her mind was screaming for her to go away and hide but her body wasn't listening to her. She didn't think her heart could hurt more then it did earlier that day. But she was wrong.

Aphrodite hadn't expected her husband to be so bold. His kiss had taken her by surprise and she was loath to return it. But she had, he was her husband. Fearing what Athena was thinking she pulled away as gently as she could. Hephaestus smiled at her, looking rather smug he nodded his head and sighed happily.

Glancing quickly at Athena, Aphrodite felt like her heart had been ripped out of her chest. The Goddess of War was as still as a statue. Her eyes glued on the sight before her and a frown etched onto her lips.

Why can't that be me? Athena asked herself sadly as tears formed in her eyes. "If you'll excuse me." She whispered as she stood. "I have things to attend to." without waiting for Aphrodite to say anything Athena disappeared from the temple.

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