Artemis woke up the next morning to Juliet standing over him with a planning smile spread across her face."Hurry up! We're going shopping!"

"Ughh! Go away, Juliet. I apparently now have to get dressed very quickly." He was getting out of his bed as Juliet slowly closed the door, giving him a warning glare. He went to his closet and changed into a black Armani suit.

He walked by the guest room where Holly was staying and knock on the door, warning her Juliet was stampeding around waking up anyone who was still asleep to go 'shopping'. "More like torment." Artemis muttered as he walked down the stairs. Juliet had taken him and Holly shopping two days before…

"Juliet! I do not need any jewelry!" is how the morning had started. Juliet had implied that Holly was quite plain and maybe need a new necklace or bracelet. Holly had objected, of course, and then dragged Artemis's opinion into it and then Juliet had ended up pulling Artemis into the shopping trip.

"Thanks a lot, Holly." Artemis murmured while sitting across from Holly. "Don't blame me, Artemis. She was planning to coral you into this trip, too."

The vehicle stopped in the lot of the mall and Butler opened the door for his charge. Juliet squealed when she saw the window display of the clothing section of the massive mall and claimed Holly might want a pair or two of designer jeans. "No." protested Holly and Artemis just glared at Juliet for torturing the poor fairy with words of 'fashion wisdom'. "Juliet, quit!" barked Artemis.

"I'm just trying to get Holly to connect with her inner girl. I'm helping" whined Juliet. She continued to badger Holly toward a new pair of jeans or a gold friendship bracelet.

Artemis was mistaken when Juliet walked over and asked him to take out his wallet. He had thought she wanted some money but slipped his credit card out. He sighed, but resigned, knowing he had no choice but to let her or follow her around to purchase things.

The girls had each gotten a pair of designer jeans and Juliet got a charm bracelet. But this trip was different. This trip to the mall was for Artemis. Juliet had finally decided to use Artemis's memory loss to her advantage while Butler didn't know. She wanted to try to convince Artemis to wear brighter colors than his forest greens and midnight blues and blacks, grays, and browns. She was also trying to get him to wear normal clothes instead of the constant suits. But Butler now knew when she directed Artemis toward a teen clothing section with normal jeans and t-shirts. Butler immediately stepped in and told Juliet to quit trying to change Artemis so drastically.

Holly burst out laughing when Juliet had somehow still bought Artemis a pair of sweats and a tank-top, and walked into the kitchen the next day to see Artemis wearing them with a enraged look on his face. Butler walked in, took one look at Artemis and knew Juliet better not make an appearance if she wanted to live very long. But of course, she walks in, locked eyes with Artemis, and her eyes burst when she saw his face. She immediately turned around and fled to the family room, but she would not escape. Artemis, showing some actual fitness, sprinted after her and caught her at the door, spinning her around and dragged her back to the kitchen to face his and Butler's wrath.

"How dare you hide my suits and leave me this monstrosity, Juliet!" Artemis bellowed. Butler stepped in then. "Jules, I told you not to buy any of these types of clothes for Artemis, even if he has no memory of his love for Armani."

Juliet was now sitting there being chastised for stealing Artemis's clothes while Holly was trying to hold back laughter at Artemis's explosion, but couldn't hold back the smirk. "Wipe that grin off your face, Holly" Artemis ordered, but she didn't, but succeeded in even making it larger and more mocking.

"Arty, I'm sorry for stealing your suits. They're up in the chest in the hallway closet" Juliet apologized. "I didn't know you'd react like this."

Holly stumbled over to Artemis and asked if he wanted to go for a walk to water the weird roses growing by what was the Berserker gate. He accepted and grabbed the watering pitcher from its small shelf. He and Holly walked the trail from the manor to the rose bushes that harbored the sweet smelling flowers. He had been thinking of what Butler had said and thought now was as good a time to ask her what it meant as any other.

"Holly? Was there ever a time where we were… romantic?" He stuttered. This question shocked Holly and she thought she felt the small spark that ignited when she got near Artemis and conversations like this. "Um… there was a small healing kiss a while back, but we had gone back in time when our ages were closer together. And the small kiss on my forehead to make your clone, or what is you now."

"Is that why Butler said we connected better?"

"No, Artemis. He just meant that we were closer friends than such as you and Juliet or you and Butler. Those people care about you but they were there at once mainly to protect you from harm and they still do that."

"Not to sound like I'm desperate, Holly, but would we ever become more then friends someday? Like, when I get my full memory back or such?"

"Artemis, that sounds great. But if you get your memories back, you'll realize we argue a lot. It'd take some time, and even then, we may be fine and happy, but it'd be weird."

"Ok" he mumbled.

"Artemis did this come on from maybe Orion or are you being a serious person that wants to be together?"

"I'm serious."