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Chapter 1: Pranks, Facebook, and Pictures

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"Good morning."

I nearly jumped out of my bed. I mean, who would wake me up at 6:30 in the morning? A pair of brown eyes were gazing at me, his mouth hanging agape, and staring at in awe. His entire face was red, and he was backing slightly, as if he was considering about making a run for it without even explaining himself. I wanted to scream at him for almost giving me a bloody heart attack, but I felt myself blushing instead, and wondering at the same time what he was looking at, when my gaze travelled down to my body…

Oh crap, I only had underwear and a shirt on!

I hastily grabbed the nearest thing on my nightstand, my wand, and chucked it at that super annoying (but cute, h I hate myself sometimes) son of Hades.

"Nico, you pervert, get out of my room!" The wand made a beeline for him. I suppose it was the magic that acted as a targeting system, because my wand was spinning, and following Nico wherever he went. While he was distracted, I checked the door to see if anyone had come in, and thankfully, no one did yet. My face was probably red from embarrassment, and anger.

To my utter satisfaction, Nico ran for the door, but tripped on a tripwire that I had made for Carter, or whoever barges into my room without knocking. A bucket full of sour milk dropped on his head, some splashing on me. I recoiled at the smell. Ugh, not one of my best plans.

Apparently, Nico had never seen, or heard, of sour milk, because he just looked at me in confusion. "Sadie, if you wanted to give me a milk bath, you could've-"

He never got finish that sentence. My wand finally caught up on him, and wacked him hard on the head. He stumbled in front of my door, and fell flat on his face.

I silently thanked the Stoll brothers for teaching me how to prank.

Nico pouted, which made my heart melt. It was a lot cuter when he does it, rather than that god Anubis, which I've completely forgotten. I had even removed his poster from my closet door. Nico muttered, "Ow." He rubbed the back of his head, where a nasty bump was beginning to show.

Inwardly, I smiled. But on the outside, I was showing pure concern. "You okay?" I asked innocently.

He gave me one of his death glares, which was really effective. "I just got hit by a boomerang thingy. Do you really think I'm okay…uh-oh." His eyes lost their focus, and he began to tip forward. I caught him just in time before he did a face-plant to the floor, again, and was really surprised at how thin and light he was.

"Nico? Nico! Earth to death boy, hello?" I shook him hard, but came no response from him. I was beginning to get worried. What if I had overdid it? What if…what if I killed him? I gasped at that thought.

Just as I was about to go hysterical and cry my eyes out, I felt his hands grab mine. "Ha!"

"Ahh!" I screamed. Nico fell over to the floor, laughing his head off.

"Your face-you should've seen…oh gods…too bad I couldn't get a picture…hahaha!"

I was fuming mad. Here I was, concerned for his sake, and it all turned to be a prank? I had to admit though, I didn't see that one coming.

The moment he sat up straight, I slapped him upside the head, right where my wand whacked him earlier. .

"Ow! What in dad's name was that for?" he complained, rubbing the spot.

"That's for being a perverted jerk! Now, get out of my room before I ha-di you to pieces." Then I thought of something better. "Or send everyone that picture of you sucking your thumb." I smiled evilly.

Nico paled, or at least, he paled more, since he was already pale from the beginning. "You wouldn't."

"Yes I would. Try me."

I suppose I have to explain where that picture came from. About a week ago, Percy had invited Carter and I to Camp Half-Blood, where we had a nice game of Capture the Flag. (Carter went ballistic, however, and nearly trampled half the campers with his avatar.) That night, we were all sticky, sore, and tired from the game, and Chiron had allowed me to spend the night at Nico's cabin. Needless to say, I was very happy, but little did I know that that night would give me leverage over my boyfriend for life. The moment I came in, I heard moaning from one of the beds, and upon closer inspection, I saw Nico, but not in any way I saw him before. He was sucking his thumb, and hugging one of those care bear dolls that little kids loved. I wanted to laugh at him on the spot, but I thought better of it. I quickly grabbed a camera that I stowed in the duat for emergency reasons (like this epic moment) and snapped about twenty pictures of him, all in different angles. I even heard him mumble the care bears theme song once.

Finally, the flash seemed to irritate his eyes, as they fluttered open angrily.

"Wha-"

His expression softened when he saw it was just me. "Oh, Sadie. What are you doing here?"

"Oh, you know, just watching you sleep." I said, trying to keep up a straight face.

"Watching me sleep…" he eyes widened. He glanced down at the care bears doll he was holding, and immediately put a hand in front of his face. "This is not what it looks like!"

"Oh, and what does it look like, death boy?" I cooed.

"Uh…" he scratched his head, thinking of an answer. "I'll get you back on that."

I couldn't hold it anymore. I fell on the floor, laughing. "Geez, Nico! I never thought…You…dolls…oh stop, this too much, stop!" Tears were leaking out of my eyes.

His face reddened. "I uh.."

"You can't get out of this one, death boy." I showed him the camera.

He made a grab for it, but just as his hand was about to get a hold of it, I dropped it, and about midway to the floor, it disappeared in my duat locker.

"Where is that damn camera?" he demanded.

I glared at him. "Did you just curse at me?"

"No! Now where is that damn camera?"

"Ask me nicely."

He pursed his lips. A hand grabbed mine, and he knelt in front of me, looking at me through puppy dog eyes. "Please, my beautiful Sadie, can my fairest maiden please give me the damn camera?"

I thought for a moment. "No, too cheesy. And you still said damn."

He threw his hands up in the air. "Oh, come on! And in my defense, Care bears is a really cool show!"

I hugged him from behind. "Whatever helps you sleep at night. Now, ask me nicely, and I may give it to you." I whispered playfully in his ear.

"Please, just don't tell anyone." He moaned.

"I won't tell anyone." I promised. Blackmail material like this was for one-time use only, and I prefer to use it in a much more…difficult situation.

"Pinky promise?" he held out his pinky.

I rolled my eyes. "Pinky promise." I intertwined my pinky finger in his.

He smiled. "Cool."

Now, back to the current situation. "You promised! Pinky promise, remember?" Nico moaned.

I rolled my eyes. "Please, Nico. That is so like, twenty years ago or something. Now, if you excuse me, I have some picture to upload on Facebook."

Nico tackled me from behind. "No!"

We rolled, until he eventually was on top of me, pinning me down. There was practically no space between us. Before I could complain and demand that he get off me, his lips were already on mine. That was one of Nico's good points: he was an amazingly good kisser. I felt myself giving more and more into the kiss.

We finally broke for air, gasping. "Please, don't do that." He whispered again in my ear.

"On one condition."

"What?"

"Kiss me again."

"With pleasure." Needless to say, the second time was even better than the first.

Too bad Carter had to come in and ruin the picture.

"Sadie, what are you doing? Nico, get off her!" he was hysterical. I saw his hand twitch, and his khopesh appeared.

Nico sheepishly stood up, and offered a hand. I took it gratefully.

If possible, Carter's already beet red face turned redder even more. "Just what do you two think you're doing?"

Nico shrugged. "Kissing. Why , you jealous that you couldn't kiss Zia?" Nico taunted.

Carter's eyes narrowed. His sword hand was twitching, as if he was already considering beheading Nico on the spot. "No. I just wanted to learn why you were straddling her." He turned to me. "and for heaven's sake, Sadie! You told me you tow weren't going to go past kissing!"

I eyed him questioningly. "We aren't!" I protested, throwing my arms in the air.

He raised an eyebrow. "Then why are your pants off?"

"My pants…" I looked down, and remembered. Nico. My room. Me sleeping. My entire face felt hot. "It's not what it looks like!"

"Oh sure. What does it look like, exactly?" he growled.

"Look man, I just went to check on her today, and-" Nico started to explain, but Carter cut him off.

"Whoa, hold it there. You went to her room?"

"Yes."

"Alone?"

"Yes."

"Early in the morning?"

"Yes."

"Just the two of you?"

"Yes."

"And you're wondering why I'm going hysterical right now." He glared at me. I smacked Nico in the arm.

Then carter did something that I never expected. He turned around, put his sword back in the duat, and walked away from us. "Oh it's cool. Never mind. Sadie's old enough to know what she's doing anyway."

We looked at him suspiciously, but decided that he really meant it.

"Okay…I'm just going to go to my room now and put on some pants, if you don't mind."

He nodded sheepishly.

Later that afternoon, as I checked my Facebook page, I noticed that there were twelve new photos that I was tagged in. I opened them, and saw that they were all from Carter.

I opened one, and I almost clawed my eyes out.

It was a picture of me and Nico, kissing, this morning, when he straddled me to the floor.

I checked the comments, and found out that almost the entire Egyptian and Greek pantheons had liked this.

I read the comments, and here were some of them:

Percy Jackson: Finally, Nico! Taking the next step? Congrats, man! Took you faster than and I. XD 11:40 a.m.

Annabeth Chase: *groans* Percy, don't embarrass us. Oh, and by the way, Sadie, nice job. ;D BTW, was he good? 11:50 a.m.

I went red at those comments alone. But before I went out to kill Carter, I decided to read some more.

Nico di Angelo: Guys, WE DID NOT HAVE SEX! It was a simple misunderstanding. Oh and Carter, YOU'RE DEAD! 11:55 a.m.

I smiled at that comment. At least Nico had been a gentleman, and didn't play along with Carter's games. I will remember to reward him later for that.

Zia Rashid: Guys, Congrats! Finally, taking the next step…before we know it, the Kane family might just get bigger! :P 12:01 p.m.

I groaned at that comment. Even Zia…I facepalmed. When I get hold of Carter…

Amos Kane: Sadie! You told me you and Nico weren't going to… what has this world come to? 12:25 p.m.

Julius Kane/Osiris: Sadie, if I were you, I would hide your boyfriend where I couldn't get a hold of him, because if I do, I'm going to send him to Hades in a very painful way. ):( 1:01 p.m.

Ruby Kane: No comment. *sniffles* Oh my little girl, so grown up…1:20 p.m.

Hades: Yeah, Nico! Bang her hard! 2:00 p.m.

Nico di Angelo: DAD! *facepalms* 2:01 pm.

Chiron: Nico, you two are too young to do anything like that! KP for two weeks. 2:27 p.m.

Poseidon: That's my nephew. Finally, it seems Percy's luck on girls has finally fallen on you. I mean, just last week, I saw him with Rachel…2:49 p.m.

Percy: Dad! 2:49 p.m.

Annabeth Chase: Percy! 2:49 p.m.

Percy Jackson: It was just a walk! A friendly walk! I swear! (Please don't kill me.) 2:52 p.m.

Every molecule in my body told me not to read anymore. Gods, this was getting too embarrassing. But it helps escalate my anger, so I figured if I just read a few more…

Artemis: Oh my, not another maiden lost. 3:00 p.m.

Aphrodite: Nico job, Nico. I knew that you two were meant for each other. Next time, invite me. *winks* 3:25 p.m.

Ares: Yeah, and me! 3:26 p.m.

Nico di Angelo: *facepalms* GUYS FOR THE LAST FREAKING TIME, SADIE AND I DID NOT HAVE SEX! 3:28 p.m.

Percy Jackson: We never said you did. 3:29 p.m.

Nico di Angelo: O.O 3:30 p.m.

Horus: Ha! Denial means that you two really did it! Congrats di Angelo! You finally became a man.3:33 p.m.

Nico di Angelo: HEY! 3:34 p.m.

Bast: My poor kitten, so grown up…and doing IT with a boy… 3:35 p.m.

I felt like I was about to have a heart attack any minute. Then, I saw somebody's name, someone which I hoped would be the last person to see this.

Anubis: No, Sadie, why! And worst of all, why with HIM? 3:47 p.m.

Horus: Oohh! Is Anubis getting jealous? 3:47 p.m.

Anubis: Am not! 3:49 p.m.

Horus: O.o 3:50 p.m

Nico di Angelo: IYF, Anubis! 3:52 p.m.

Anubis: before I kill you, what's IYF? 3:53 p.m.

Nico di Angelo: In your face! 3:54 p.m.

Anubis: That's it! Wait, did you just admit that you two really did have sex? 3:55 p.m.

Nico di Angelo: Uh… 3:57 p.m.

I groaned. Why did Nico's stupidity take over all of a sudden?

Percy Jackson: I knew it! 4:00 p.m.

Amos Kane: NO! Sadie, if you're reading this, come down here, NOW! 4:00 p.m.

Ruby Kane: Grown up already…and doing IT…4:00 p.m.

Horus: Yeah! 4:00 p.m.

Hades: Go, my son! 4:00 p.m.

Annabeth Chase: Finally, Sadie! 4:00 p.m.

Artemis: Oh no… 4:01 p.m.

Aphrodite: Just remember to invite me next time. 4:01 p.m.

Ares: And me! 4:01 p.m.

Just as I was about to turn around to find Carter and wring his neck, another comment popped up.

Carter Kane: Thank you for supporting my sister, guys. I mean, their moans were heard outside of her door. It literally scarred me for life. 4:03 p.m.

I couldn't take it anymore. I jumped back down on my chair, and commented on the stupid picture so fast that my laptop nearly broke.

Sadie Kane: Carter, you are SO dead! And for the rest of you, NICO AND I DID NOT HAVE SEX! 4:04 p.m.