Artemis panics as soon as Tinsley leaves. All the eyes of the group are focused on him.

"Tough break, man." A broad shouldered guy sitting next to Dasha says.

"Ahh, I thought you two make a cute couple." Christy says. "But I'm available. You know."

Artemis raises an eyebrow, thoroughly confused at the conversation. "What?"

It takes a moment for Tinsley's last line to sink in.

"My boyfriend is here to pick me up."

For whatever reason, that bothers Artemis. So she has a boyfriend, Artemis thinks to himself, why is it any of my concern? It isn't, he assures himself as he picks up his tray of untouched food and heads to his next class.

"Mom?" Tinsley says quietly in the chair next to the hospital bed.

"Hey, honey." Her mom says softly. The sight of her mom has Tinsley on the verge of tears, but she acts strong; the bandages, the casts on her arm and leg, its all overwhelming.

"Mom, I love you." Tinsley whispers.

"I love you too, hon." She struggles a little bit, trying to get comfortable without moving her left arm and leg, both had suffered tremendous bone fracturing in the accident. She is pale, and she's lost weight, Tinsley notices.

"So what's going on in your life?" Her mother asks

Tinsley has already informed her mother of Artemis and her decision to work as maid and babysitter. Her mother has heard her gush about Myles and Beckett, speak in amazement of Butlers culinary expertise and amazing fighting skills. All this was covered in Tinsley's last visit, but that had been happier. Neither of them were saying what they wanted to, the reason Tinsley had been in such a rush to visit.

"I lied to Artemis today." Tinsley confesses. "I told him I had a boyfriend. I thought it'd make it easier for him at our school if people didn't assume we are in a relationship."

Her mother coughs. "Is that what you want, Tinsley? Him to assume you're in a relationship? I thought you liked him."

Tinsley's eyes widen. "I -I completely don't know what you're talking about."

"You're such an open book." Her mother chuckles.

Tinsley has to admit, Artemis has been on her mind a lot, and sometimes when he is, she smiles a little bigger, and it makes her a little bit happier, but that is because he's helped her and she appreciates it. He's not straightforward, she can never tell what he's thinking, and he probably doesn't even see her as a friend.

The doctor enters the room. "We're almost ready for the surgery to begin."

Tinsley nods, tears beginning to spill out.

"I love you mom." She says one more time.

Her mother smiles at her. "Don't act like this is goodbye."

By the time Tinsley arrives back at the manor, Artemis has already finished the final touches of his brain probe and is contemplating who would be a possible candidate for its test run.

Tinsley knocks on the door of the study, Beckett is on her shoulders, a big grin spread across his face.

"Artemis, can you please help me with my math homework?" Tinsley asks as she sets Beckett down. Artemis doesn't want to be bothered by this, but Tinsley has that pleading look in her eyes.

"Alright." He concedes.

"Thanks so much!" Tinsley returns a second later with her math textbook and notebook. Artemis glances at her notes; they were nothing more than doodles of random faces and circles meant to be the beginning of faces, and not even decent at that. She looks a tad sheepish. "Um…I didn't understand anything."

He lifts the notebook up. "I can see why. Well, let's see what I can do."

About half an hour later, Artemis is at the end of his rope.

"Its just covering triple integrals in cylindrical coordinates, this is elementary!" He says flustered.

"Sorry." Tinsley looks just as flustered as him. She tries another problem, and Artemis watches, not her work, but her face. Her thinking face as she tries so hard to solve what comes so naturally to him is funny. it's the only reason he's been able to stick with helping her out on her homework for so long. She shoves the piece of paper to him, with the most recent answer she's come up with.

"Wrong." Artemis sighs, defeated. "You're kind of an idiot."

Tinsley laughs, but it's a bit hurt. "Oh, yeah, I suppose."

All of the sudden Tinsley is knocked out her chair by something. She lets out a startled yelp as Holly un-shields in front of Artemis and Tinsley's horrified faces.