Fourth installment of the Proud Mary Keep On Burning series. Thanks again to all my lovely reviewers, ya'll rock!

Enjoy!


"Aaw, look Artie! Isn't Amy Lee adorable when she's sleeping?"

Tina pointed to her small grey cat, who was currently snoozing on her bed.

"I still think that's a weird name for a cat." Artie muttered while shifting through the World History notes he and Tina were supposed to be studying for tomorrow's test.

"I like Evanescence, sue me. Anyway, I'm gonna go get us some Oreos."

The second the door closed shut behind her, Amy Lee's eyes snapped open. Artie glared at her.

"You stay away from me."

Amy Lee let out a soft hiss, then jumped onto the floor and slowly made her way to where Artie had stationed himself.

"Nuh-uh. I don't care that Tina's only had you for two days, I'm gonna throw you out the window if you get all psychotic like you did yesterday. Tina might not know about how demonic you are, but she'll see through your facade soon enough."

Artie then realized that he was making monologue to a cat.

"I seriously need to get out more." He thought to himself, and went back to his notes.

When he looked back down, he saw Amy Lee swiping furiously at his legs and realized she'd probably been using him as a scratching post for the past five minutes.

"Joke's on you, I can't feel what you're doing." He said with a smirk that quickly changed into a look of horror when she jumped onto his lap.

"Nononono-"

"Hey, I'm back. Did you find those notes on Columbus?" She put the cookies on the floor and glanced at Artie.

Amy Lee was batting at Artie's glasses in a completely gentle manner.

Tina walked over to Artie and leaned into his ear. "I think she's trying to give you a hint."

She slipped off Artie's glasses and gave him a kiss.

For a full minute, too. Artie counted.

When she pulled away, she smiled. "You know, it's more fun to kiss you without the glasses."

"Yeah, only now I can barely see you."

Tina slid the glasses back on (taking care not to poke his eye, talk about a mood killer) and gave him a small peck on the lips. She stroked the cat sitting on her boyfriend's lap, who began to lie down and purr contentedly.

Tina turned her back on the two to rifle through her backpack to find the missing notes, and Artie leaned down to whisper to the cat, "Alright, I forgive you now. From now on, we'll have peace."

He then noticed her paws tighten, a sign that she was digging her claws into his thighs.


Finally, some Artina! To be honest, I've been getting the feeling I've been making the others too serious, I was happy to make something a little more light-hearted.

Generally, I don't like giving away what the one-shot's going to be about in the first A/N, hence why I wasn't all "Hey guys, here's some Artina fluff!". I'd rather have it as a surprise. =P

Anyway, please review. Over 500 hits and only what, 9 reviews? C'mon people!