Okay, I know, odd, but lets just assume they know each other well, crossed the best friend thing, and have hit, and are well past the OMG I can't believe I love you thing, and are having a secret relationship.

Holly plonked beside Artemis. "Hey." He smiled at her. His softest, most caring, most secret, most reserved, most passionate smile. It's odd how so much can be expressed in a simple smile, 17 muscles, 184829 (I'm just making it up) neurons and charges. How they could hold the most intimate meaning.

"Hey." He replied, casually putting his arm around Holly's waist. No one except Holly noticed, but Artemis' hand slid a little lower then protocol allowed.

She enjoyed the shiver that engulfed her body. She mock glared at him. "You're just a perverted hormonal teenage boy, you know that Fowl?"

"Oh really?" Artemis asked, coyly, wanting to agree, knowing she was right, jokingly.

"Yeah, really." she remarked back, smirking.

"Well, I'm not the one who likes marmalade..." He let the sentence trail.

Holly gasped. "shut up!" she cried. "Foaly could be listening!" but inside, a small memory aroused her.

"He isn't." Artemis replied cockily. knowing how much he'd riled her up.

"Well, I'm not the one who likes chocolate..." Holly replied, totally unexpectedly.

Artemis blushed. "Well, I don't. Not normally, but when its all over you..."

"Shut up." Holly said shortly, before coming up with a good remark. "Well, I'm not the one who bites people."

Now Artemis shut up. He was obviously thinking about the time he'd bitten her, accidentally of course.

Well, apparently not. Holly felt his hand pull her closer. She was about to look at him to find out what was wrong when she felt his lips on her neck. His lips were soft and smooth, like linen and silk. So warm, oh, so warm!

Her hand ruffled his hair and he just pulled her closer as she moaned softly. His lips slid down her collar bone, coming closer and closer to her heart. He looked at her, raising a dark eyebrow inquiringly. She nodded. He kissed her collar bone again. She felt a shiver again. She was warm everywhere. Her hands roamed on his back, feeling his shoulder bones. "Mud boy, you're so skinny!" she exclaimed.

He smirked. "Didn't that turn you on?" he asked. "And that's--"

"I know, I know, Artemis." she rolled her eyes.

"No," he said, "Mud man. Your Mud Man." (Alright, I know, people are drowning in cheese, but isn't it cuute?)

"You know what?" She asked.

"What?"

"I'm glad they don't know what we do at night."

"So am I."

He smiled. He kissed her on her lips and soon, she was on top of him, straddling him. He had propped himself up on his elbows.

"You know what?" he asked her.

"what?" she asked.

"I love you Holly." he said. It was the truest, most honest thing he'd ever said in his life. And she could see it.

"You know what?" she asked after a chaste kiss in reply to his statement.

"What?" he asked.

"I love you too. Especially when you've got marmalade all over you." She said, but he could tell, she was telling the truth too. He smirked.

"Do you have a jar anywhere?" he asked, innocently, except, both of them knew what he meant and it wasn't innocent at all.

"Lets check." Holly said, before delving into a passionate kiss with Artemis.

Man, they thought, I could live like this forever...

Meanwhile...

Foaly snickered. Then fell off his chair, laughing. It had been bound to happen sometime. Except. He hadn't expected the marmalade and chocolate thing. He was soooo glad he'd planted a camera in Holly's apartment...

Okay, I realise, this is, SO smutty, and SOO OOC, but I like it. It's not too bad. except for the OOC-ness. well, it's my first Artemis Holly smut, so ah well...

PS I own no one.