Walking home, I felt self-conscious. After the kiss, I felt exposed, happy, overwhelmed, my emotions were all jumbled. Happy, because, well he kissed me, angry, for him not asking for permission. And so the emotions went on and off. I could barely walk and was in a dream- like state.

When I reached the front door, I opened it and stepped in. "Medusa, is that you?" My sister's melodic voice echoed to me. A sudden wave of deja vu swept over me knocking me out of my dream state.

"Ye- s" I said cautiously. "

"Come help me make dinner." She said, repeating the other day's events.

When I walked into the kitchen, the first thing I noticed was the knife in my sister's hand. She was leaning against the counter holding it with a clump of parsley in the other hand. I relaxed and told her, "Yes Euryale, I will."

"What took you so long?"

"Oh," I replied, meanwhile inwardly cursing myself for not thinking of a story "Uh, the ritual got held back a little since the sacrificial ram got loose and we had to catch him."

"Where is the blood and mud on your clothes." She inquired.

"Okay," I said knowing that I could not escape my younger sister's wrath. "You caught me, happy?"

"No," she replied," For the past three days, I have had to do the cleaning, I have had to make the meals, you should be helping and you should be more responsible!"

"I am your older sister!" I said fiercely. " I have other duties, I gather the water from the well, I am the one who worships Athena to keep us safe. I am the only one who has the skill in sword fighting, not you! So, you can tell at me when you take care of the drachmas, and the spending of them!"

I could see she called down some when she replied," Oh, fine. Just next time, please come home and help make the dinner."

I went up and wrapped my arms around her thin frame. "I will my baby girl, I will." I whispered into her ear. After that I helped her make dinner and set it in the table. "Stheno!" I called into the house," Dinner!"

"Medusa! Your home!" She said running into the room with no shoes on.

"Yes I am!" I replied joyfully. "I got home a while ago. What were you doing while I was gone?"

"Oh, I played outside with my clay men." I looked to the door and noticed a trail of muddy foot prints coming inside.

"In the mud?" I asked.

"Maybe." She said shying away.

I ruffled her brown hair and pushed her gently into her seat.

When we were halfway through our meals, Euryale brought up me being late. "Medusa, I know that the ritual did not run late. You, are a terrible liar."

Stheno, who always loved trouble, nudged  me under the table,"So, Medusa, where were you really?" She said coyly.

"Fine," I said feeling my cheeks burning," I was with a young man."

"Yes!" My youngest sister exclaimed. "Medusa has got a suitor!"

"Now be quiet, and let Medusa explain." Euryale said trying not to smile.

"No he is not my suitor." I said.

"But you feel attracts to him don't  you?" Stheno asked.

"Yes. Maybe. I do not know." I said putting my head in my hands.

With that, Stheno hopped out of her chair and ran around the table singing," Medusa has a suitor, Marisa has a suitor." I sat there watching the sun setting with Euryale laughing, and Dynamo singing