Artemis In The Caribbean
Note: Sorry it took me so long to update, I've been busy and I recently picked up the new Artemis Fowl book! The time paradox!! So my nose as been in that all day, it's so good by the way…something that I've been wanting to happen for awhile happened, but I won't tell you because I wouldn't want to ruin it for you! Enjoy the chapter and please review!
Chapter Three: Clumsy Arty
Artemis quickly closed the door behind her and stuffed her face into the two palms of her hands. She cursed herself for acting like such a fool. Not only would she not be taking seriously by Holly and Butler but also Foaly would tease her for life and Jack would call her pathetic. Jack. Jack. The name stung on her tongue as she said it. Almost like he was poison. She destined to try it yet she knew that the results would not be good.
She heard a soft knock on the door. She was centimeters away from the handle yet she paused in mid-air. She was under the assumption that there was a possible chance that the person that was on the other side of the door could be none other then her very own poison. Her Jack. Jack.
She ran quietly to the other side of the room so the person on the other side of the door would not hear her rummaging around like an infant. She quickly grabbed the mirror and fixed her hair.
Why am I doing this? She thought and gave herself a disgusted look. Not only did I not prove my intellectual capacity since we've been hear but I'm started to act like…Artemis forced herself to say the word… a normal teenager. She shuddered.
Another knock was heard on the door and she quickly threw away the mirror, patted down her skirt and answered the door in a hurry. She released a sign of relieve to find that it was only Butler. All that commotion for nothing, she thought.
"Artemis, I came to ask you if you where alright. That incident in the kitchen was not like you at all." He said with a worried look visible on his face.
"Yes I'm fine Butler," She answered quickly. "I just got a tingle in my throat and it was hard to speak, that's all."
Butler nodded, forcing himself to believe but he knew that 'a tingle in the throat' was too simple for a girl like Artemis. "Very well. The Captain is growing suspicious however, and he has ordered us to either walk the plank or help on deck until we reach shore."
"Where did Ja-the Captain, say we where heading?" Said Artemis quickly recovering from her mistake.
"Some place called Tortuga, he needs to restoke on supplies. I suggest that if we where ever in the need to step on land it would be wise to dresss apropiatly as soon as possible."
"Of course. I will ask…" Artemis trailed off, almost uncertain as to say his name, or to think about actually going near him. What was her problem? If she was going to act this way around every gorgeous guy she sees she's not going to get very far in life. "I will as the Captain to borrow come clothes. Did he say how long it will take to make port?"
"Two weeks." Said Butler giving Artemis a suspicious glare. He stepped past Artemis and into the captain. "I suggest you ask the Captain now, Foaly and Holly are taking a tour, devising plan A, and I suggested that I would look up on you and then stay in the cabin to be sure not to raise further suspicion then we already have."
Artemis nodded, not quite processing anything else he said besides the fact that he said 'I suggest you ask the Captain now.' I suggest you ask Jack now.
Artemis left the cabin and walked down the hallways in search for Jack, when she found that he wasn't in any of the cabins, or in the kitchen, she walked down another set of stairs and found him drinking rum in the rum cellar.
She swallowed away her feelings, and slowly walked towards him.
"Jack?" She called but he did not hear her. So she kept walking forward, not wanting to call his name for a second time. She slowly walked up behind him and placed a pale hand on his shoulder, causing him to jump in surprise.
"Luv, you scared me!" He said with a grin and then took another drink of his rum. "What is it luv, looking for a fun time?"
She knew that he was joking, or at least she hopped that he was joking. Or maybe she didn't hope. Maybe she wanted him to be serious and to have the courage to say 'Yes, yes I was, kiss me Jack!' yet she knew that she shouldn't for many reasons more then one.
"Me and my friends are in need of some clothes. From where we come from you seem to dress…differently then we do and we don't want to attract attention for not blending in." Artemis smiled brightly at her speech. Not only was it believable but she was able to say the whole thing without stuttering right in front of Jack!
He put a finger on his chin and gave her a quizzical look, as though he was thinking about what she had just said.
"Where did you say you where from again luv?" he asked.
"I didn't." Was her response.
She knew that he wouldn't ask her again. It wasn't his personality. Even though she's only been here for a night Artemis was smart enough to catch even the smallest glimpse of things, actions, laughs that could say a lot about a person. At one point she had always known that all of those psychology books would come in handy one day.
"Not that it's any of your business, we'll be gone as soon as you make port anyways. And besides, do I look like someone who could hurt you?" She knew that the last comment would work, he didn't know of her past criminal events or even how smart she was, and on the outside she looked like nothing more then a pretty girl.
"Huh, good point luv. If you'll follow me your clothes will be on your back before you can say 'aye." He said, placing his rum bottle down and escorting her to his cabin.
Once they had reached his cabin Jack showed her too a light oak wooded dresser, he opened it and brought out a beige and white dress for her to try on. She looked at it in disgust. Not only was it too big for her but…it had strings on the back to suck her stomach in, and Artemis had nothing to suck in.
"Meh." Said Jack and tossed it back into the dresser. He pulled out another dress, but it was completely different the the other. It was a pirate dress. It looked as if it was a jumper made out of rages. It fell two inches before her knees and it was a worn out blue with rips on the bottom, the sleeves where short and red. Artemis almost wondered by the look of this dress if Jack had managed to sew it by himself.
Nonetheless she accepted the rage/dress because it was the only pirate clothes that he had that looked like it would fit her.
"Well?" He asked.
"Well what?"
"Are you going to try it on?"
Artemis's spit got caught in her throat immediately and caused her make a strange noise. "Now?" She managed to choke out.
"Yes." He said and then noticed her nervous features. "Luv, it's not like I haven't seen what a girl looks like before, and there's no point in not trying it on now, then taking a pile load of stuff back into your cabin, then coming all the way back if nothing fits and plus-"
"Okay, okay I'll try it on." She gave in, her face almost as read as the sleeves on the dress. "But you need to look away."
"I'll be busy looking for more clothes anyways." He defeated and put his hands up in the air.
When Jack turned around Artemis quickly striped from her school uniform and into the dress. When she was done, she called out to Jack and he turned around with a pair of boots in his hand.
He looked her up and down with a grin of obvious approval all over his features. His staring made Artemis very uncomfortable, yet apart of her liked the way he was looking at her. She quickly broke the tension by grabbing the boots in Jacks hand and placing them on her feet.
As Jack was picking up her old clothes and putting them in his dresser, so they wouldn't get lost he noticed something in the pocket of her skirt. It was a gold necklace that had the word "Arty" scribbled on the front of a heart.
"That's mine." Quickly said Artemis as she took the necklace from Jack and placed it on her neck. "My mom gave it to me, Arty's what she calls me."
Jack gave her a puzzled look.
"A nickname, don't you have one?" She explained more thoroughly as of she was talking to a child.
"Oh, yea, my pap will call me Jackie."
Artemis smiled at Jack, he seemed so sweet mentioning his father and the fact that he calls him Jackie. She had minimal, or rather none, experience with guys but she knew they wouldn't admit to stuff like this at there attempt to seem tough.
She quickly grabbed all the clothes that Jack had laid out into a bundle and started to walk away without a word. Of course though her shoe gets caught on the wooden planks of the floor and she trips face forward.
Jack quickly caught her into his arms, and Artemis could smell the scent coming from his chest…No Artemis, stop it! She told herself. The tomato red Artemis gathered herself up and quickly excited the cabin.
He actually caught me. He told me about his father. He gave me clothes…no, he doesn't like me. Why would he? Any guy would do that. She tried to tell herself. She didn't even start to think about how un-intellectual and normal she must sound in her mind, yet she had no time to. All she kept thinking about was Jack. Jack. Jackie.
Jack closed the door and chuckled at the young girl that was on his ship. There was something very strange about that girl. Something innocent, secretive. She seems…exotic, coming from a different planet and all. At least that's what he had come to the conclusion of.
It seems to him that she acts different around him; almost as of she's not showing her true intellect. And her name! Something that Jacks never heard of before. It could be popular on her planet though. But why would she be here, on his plant?
She seemed almost normal, shy, pretty, no trace of not being human besides the fact of the clothes that she was previously wearing. And she was clumsy, that's for sure. Artemis. He thought. What a name. Artemis. Artemis. Arty.
Clumsy Arty.
So what did you think? I really am running out of ideas, I know how it's going to end, and stuff towards the end I just don't exactly know what to fill in between the blanks, you know what I mean? So please help me out and please review!
-Natalie xoxo
