Chapter 3: Reunited

Fowl Manor, Ireland

The sun made it's grand appearance at about 7:00 in the morning, it's light trickling through the curtains in Artemis's bedroom. Juliet pranced into his bedroom and thrust open the curtains.

"Rise and shine Artemis! Someone's here to see you!" Juliet said with sing-song cheeriness. Artemis groaned.

"Tell them to go away." He mumbled as he covered his head with a pillow.

"Stop being a grumpy pants Artemis!" Juliet said, hitting him repetitively with a pillow.

"Ok, ok, I'm up already, stop hitting me!" Artemis said, glaring at Juliet. She smiled at him and skipped out of the room. Artemis excepted defeat and got out of bed. After 15 minutes, he decided he looked presentable and went downstairs. Strolling into the kitchen, Artemis came up to Juliet.

"So who wanted to see me?" He asked. Juliet smirked, desperately trying to suppress a giggle but failing miserably. "Whats so funny?" He said, trying to read Juliet's eyes to find an answer. At that moment, a pair of hands covered his eyes.

"Guess who?" Said a familiar voice. Artemis smirked.

"I wonder." He said sarcastically, clasping his hands over hers. As she pulled her hands away, Artemis turned around. Figuratively speaking, his jaw hit the floor. There, standing in front of him was Holly, 5 foot 5 with rounded ears. "Your...your..."

"Human" Juliet finished.

"Temporarily" Holly corrected. "Artemis, stop gawking!" She scolded. Regaining his composure, Artemis smiled.

"It's good to see you again Holly." He said, sticking out his hand. Holly rolled her eyes.

"Artemis, you really need to loosen up a bit." She said, as she wrapped her arms around the boy. Artemis laughed, embracing her back.

"Perhaps your right." He sighed. Releasing his grip, Artemis took a step back. "So is there any reason you're here?" He asked.

"Well, I figured that Mulch could man the shop for a few weeks while I took a vacation. And since Ireland is the best place on earth, I figured that I would go vacationing here. So I was wondering if I could hang with you guys for a few weeks." She said happily.

"Oh my gosh yes!" Juliet cried. "Oh you have to stay! Please Artemis, can she stay?" Artemis smirked. "Well, I suppose she could." Juliet grinned.

"Holly, you can stay in the guest bedroom." She said, pointing down the hallway.

"One step ahead of you, my stuff is already in there." She said smiling triumphantly. "Oh, I almost forgot, Artemis, we're throwing you a sweet-sixteen party. Juliet and I are going to plan the whole thing so you don't have to worry. In fact were going to go start planning right now."

"But..."

"No butts!" Holly said, pointing to hers. She turned to Juliet, "Come my dear, we have planning to do." She said, locking arms with Juliet. Smiling and giggling, they walked down to Juliet's room and closed the door. Artemis sighed. Somehow he knew he had absolutely no say in this what-so-ever.

"Women" he thought to himself. He pored himself a cup of coffee and sat down to read the paper.