Chapter Four
"You forgot something this morning." Sam reached over into the drawer of his bedside table, and removed the silky bra she had worn the night before, holding it up by one finger.
"You can keep it." Artemis cast it aside, putting her hands on his shoulders, as hands snaked around her hips, his lips pressing against her abdomen.
"Sam." Artemis's fingers traced through his hair, "Are you sure we should do this?"
Sam stopped, looking up at her, "You suddenly have a problem with this?"
"I was thinking." She released herself from him, and lie down next to him, "You're the chief of police, Sam. If this leaks out, isn't this going to ruin your reputation.a little?"
Sam looked at her, leaning up on his elbow, "Your right." his hand was on her waist, "We.we shouldn't do this."
"I'm sorry Sam." she pressed a kiss to his lips, "I really am."
"It's okay, Art." Sam shook his head, "It's.it's my fault. I'm stupid. I didn't even think about what would happen if someone found out."
Artemis smiled, "I guess I should go?"
"No." Sam stopped her, "Stay." he shook his head, "You can stay one more night." He pressed a kiss to her jaw, "Can't you?"
"Sam." She looked almost longingly at the door, "I.I don't know if I should."
Sam stared at her for a moment, "Art? What is this really about? This isn't about my reputation as a cop. it's about something else, isn't it."
Artemis pressed her lips together, "It's.it's a little bit of a lot of things."
Sam sighed, sitting up, pulling her into her lap, "Tell me about it."
"Well." She laid her head against his chest, "Miguel.he thinks I've been.sleeping around."
Sam smiled, "What do you call it?"
A smile tugged at her lips, "Don't be a smart ass. Anyway, he's got it in his head that I'm his.girlfriend or something, and he.he doesn't like what I'm doing anymore."
"To be honest, I don't really like what your doing, either." Sam shook his head.
"No one does, do they?" Artemis asked, looking up at him, and then straightened, "Anyway. it's a little. odd."
"Do you like him?" Sam asked.
"Of course I like Miguel. It's just that. I know it would never work between us."
"Are you trying?" Sam asked.
"Of course I'm trying." Artemis sighed.
"Maybe Miguel wants it a little to much."
"Maybe.but, I'm not so sure." Artemis shook her head.
"Look.You said there were other things." Sam put his arms around her, "But.lets.sleep on it? Okay?"
Artemis took in a deep breath, "Okay."
Sam pulled her close to his chest, and pressed a kiss to the top of her head, before the both of them drifted to sleep.
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"What is this, Tabitha?" Miguel asked, looking at the vial she had handed him.
"Oh, just a little something that the boys used to make back in the day." She forced a giggle, "It was supposed to make them irresistible to the girls." She giggled some-what girlishly.
Miguel smiled, "Thanks Tabitha."
"Well, the way your talking, it sounds like you need all the help you can get." Tabitha hoisted Timmy up onto her hip a bit more, finding that he was starting to slip.
"Yea.I'll tell you if it worked." He smiled, "I have to get home, Mama will be wondering were I went."
"Good Bye Miguel." Tabitha smiled, waving at him as he exited her house, and then she turned to the living Timmy, "Little does our little Miguel know.but that potion is going to do more then get him in the sack with Artemis."
"Tabby, I don't understand. Charity is dead.so why do we still have to get rid of Miguel?"
"We don't have to get rid of Miguel." Tabitha set him down on the couch, "But we're doing it anyway, just to be on the safe side."
"How exactly does that potion work?" Timmy asked, a little cautious when it came to Princess and her potions.
"Well, you see Tim-Tim," Tabby sat down next to him, "When Miguel puts that potion on, Artemis will instantly be attracted to him. little does Miguel know, that to make him irresistible, he has to be someone she finds to be irresistible. Noah Bennett for example." She smiled, folding her hands on her crossed knees, "I love my job."
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That afternoon, Miguel lie across his bed, the vial in his hands, looking at it. As much as he hated to betray Artemis with some stupid potion, that would probably wreak havoc and evil in Harmony.he just. He wanted her so badly, he could feel her pulsing through his veins already. He just had to find the perfect time to use it.
"Miguel?" Pilar knocked softly on his door, "Are you coming for dinner?"
"Yea, just a minute Mama." Miguel stuffed the vial into his pocket, and straightened him self-out to look at least partly presentable, before exiting the room for dinner.
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"Miguel did you-" Teresa picked up a small silver vial off the floor as her younger brother started to exit the room.
"What?" Miguel asked, turning, not seeing the vial in her hand.
"Oh nothing.I- I dropped something, I thought it was yours."
"Oh." Miguel nodded, continuing out of the room.
Teresa looked at the vial some more, examining it, Pilar looking over at her daughter.
"What have you got, Teresa?" Pilar whipped her hands on a dishtowel, before sitting at the table.
"This fell out of Miguel's pocket." Teresa showed her the vial, "What do you think it is?"
Pilar took the vial into her hand, dropping it almost immediately , the cover popping off, a silver dusty liquid pouring out onto the table.
"What is it?" Teresa asked.
"What ever it is, it's evil." Pilar got up to get her dishrag out of the sink, and wipe it up, "And I don't even want to know where Miguel got it." She rinsed the liquid from the rag, "Go.throw it away."
"Yes Mama." Teresa got up, and threw the vial in the trash.
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"Mama, have you seen a little silver vial?" Miguel asked, as he walked into the kitchen the next morning.
"I had Teresa throw it away."
"Mama!" Miguel leapt for the trash, digging through it, removing the silver vial after a moment, "Why did you do that?!"
"It's evil Miguel! You know that!" Pilar wrenched it from his hands.
"It's MINE, Mama!" Miguel tried to get it from her again, but Pilar held it away from him.
"No, Miguel. It is not yours. If I give it back to you, you go give it back to whom ever you got it from."
"No!" Miguel spoke rudly, "It's mine."
"Then I am not giving it back to you."
"What is wrong with you Mama?" Miguel asked, staring at her, "Give me back the vial!"
"No Miguel! You plan to.to do evil with it!"
"What are you talking about!
"It broke open last night..." Pilar told him, "There is nothing left in the vial."
"Mama!" Miguel shouted, "How could you! You knew it was mine!"
"You will NOT bring evil into this house!" Pilar shouted back, "You saw what it did to the Bennett's."
"We're not the Bennett's mama! I'm not evil! I'm not going to bring evil to Harmony! That's Kay's job!"
Pilar slapped him square across the face.
Miguel looked down at his sneakers shamefully, "I deserved it."
"Yes, you did, and I am not usually a violent person, Miguel, but sometimes you really push the limit."
"I'm sorry Mama." A tear formed at his eye, "I'll.I'll get rid of the vial."
"You better, Miguel. I will not have my own son bringing evil back to Harmony."
"Don't worry mama." Miguel shook his head, "I won't."
"You forgot something this morning." Sam reached over into the drawer of his bedside table, and removed the silky bra she had worn the night before, holding it up by one finger.
"You can keep it." Artemis cast it aside, putting her hands on his shoulders, as hands snaked around her hips, his lips pressing against her abdomen.
"Sam." Artemis's fingers traced through his hair, "Are you sure we should do this?"
Sam stopped, looking up at her, "You suddenly have a problem with this?"
"I was thinking." She released herself from him, and lie down next to him, "You're the chief of police, Sam. If this leaks out, isn't this going to ruin your reputation.a little?"
Sam looked at her, leaning up on his elbow, "Your right." his hand was on her waist, "We.we shouldn't do this."
"I'm sorry Sam." she pressed a kiss to his lips, "I really am."
"It's okay, Art." Sam shook his head, "It's.it's my fault. I'm stupid. I didn't even think about what would happen if someone found out."
Artemis smiled, "I guess I should go?"
"No." Sam stopped her, "Stay." he shook his head, "You can stay one more night." He pressed a kiss to her jaw, "Can't you?"
"Sam." She looked almost longingly at the door, "I.I don't know if I should."
Sam stared at her for a moment, "Art? What is this really about? This isn't about my reputation as a cop. it's about something else, isn't it."
Artemis pressed her lips together, "It's.it's a little bit of a lot of things."
Sam sighed, sitting up, pulling her into her lap, "Tell me about it."
"Well." She laid her head against his chest, "Miguel.he thinks I've been.sleeping around."
Sam smiled, "What do you call it?"
A smile tugged at her lips, "Don't be a smart ass. Anyway, he's got it in his head that I'm his.girlfriend or something, and he.he doesn't like what I'm doing anymore."
"To be honest, I don't really like what your doing, either." Sam shook his head.
"No one does, do they?" Artemis asked, looking up at him, and then straightened, "Anyway. it's a little. odd."
"Do you like him?" Sam asked.
"Of course I like Miguel. It's just that. I know it would never work between us."
"Are you trying?" Sam asked.
"Of course I'm trying." Artemis sighed.
"Maybe Miguel wants it a little to much."
"Maybe.but, I'm not so sure." Artemis shook her head.
"Look.You said there were other things." Sam put his arms around her, "But.lets.sleep on it? Okay?"
Artemis took in a deep breath, "Okay."
Sam pulled her close to his chest, and pressed a kiss to the top of her head, before the both of them drifted to sleep.
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"What is this, Tabitha?" Miguel asked, looking at the vial she had handed him.
"Oh, just a little something that the boys used to make back in the day." She forced a giggle, "It was supposed to make them irresistible to the girls." She giggled some-what girlishly.
Miguel smiled, "Thanks Tabitha."
"Well, the way your talking, it sounds like you need all the help you can get." Tabitha hoisted Timmy up onto her hip a bit more, finding that he was starting to slip.
"Yea.I'll tell you if it worked." He smiled, "I have to get home, Mama will be wondering were I went."
"Good Bye Miguel." Tabitha smiled, waving at him as he exited her house, and then she turned to the living Timmy, "Little does our little Miguel know.but that potion is going to do more then get him in the sack with Artemis."
"Tabby, I don't understand. Charity is dead.so why do we still have to get rid of Miguel?"
"We don't have to get rid of Miguel." Tabitha set him down on the couch, "But we're doing it anyway, just to be on the safe side."
"How exactly does that potion work?" Timmy asked, a little cautious when it came to Princess and her potions.
"Well, you see Tim-Tim," Tabby sat down next to him, "When Miguel puts that potion on, Artemis will instantly be attracted to him. little does Miguel know, that to make him irresistible, he has to be someone she finds to be irresistible. Noah Bennett for example." She smiled, folding her hands on her crossed knees, "I love my job."
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That afternoon, Miguel lie across his bed, the vial in his hands, looking at it. As much as he hated to betray Artemis with some stupid potion, that would probably wreak havoc and evil in Harmony.he just. He wanted her so badly, he could feel her pulsing through his veins already. He just had to find the perfect time to use it.
"Miguel?" Pilar knocked softly on his door, "Are you coming for dinner?"
"Yea, just a minute Mama." Miguel stuffed the vial into his pocket, and straightened him self-out to look at least partly presentable, before exiting the room for dinner.
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"Miguel did you-" Teresa picked up a small silver vial off the floor as her younger brother started to exit the room.
"What?" Miguel asked, turning, not seeing the vial in her hand.
"Oh nothing.I- I dropped something, I thought it was yours."
"Oh." Miguel nodded, continuing out of the room.
Teresa looked at the vial some more, examining it, Pilar looking over at her daughter.
"What have you got, Teresa?" Pilar whipped her hands on a dishtowel, before sitting at the table.
"This fell out of Miguel's pocket." Teresa showed her the vial, "What do you think it is?"
Pilar took the vial into her hand, dropping it almost immediately , the cover popping off, a silver dusty liquid pouring out onto the table.
"What is it?" Teresa asked.
"What ever it is, it's evil." Pilar got up to get her dishrag out of the sink, and wipe it up, "And I don't even want to know where Miguel got it." She rinsed the liquid from the rag, "Go.throw it away."
"Yes Mama." Teresa got up, and threw the vial in the trash.
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"Mama, have you seen a little silver vial?" Miguel asked, as he walked into the kitchen the next morning.
"I had Teresa throw it away."
"Mama!" Miguel leapt for the trash, digging through it, removing the silver vial after a moment, "Why did you do that?!"
"It's evil Miguel! You know that!" Pilar wrenched it from his hands.
"It's MINE, Mama!" Miguel tried to get it from her again, but Pilar held it away from him.
"No, Miguel. It is not yours. If I give it back to you, you go give it back to whom ever you got it from."
"No!" Miguel spoke rudly, "It's mine."
"Then I am not giving it back to you."
"What is wrong with you Mama?" Miguel asked, staring at her, "Give me back the vial!"
"No Miguel! You plan to.to do evil with it!"
"What are you talking about!
"It broke open last night..." Pilar told him, "There is nothing left in the vial."
"Mama!" Miguel shouted, "How could you! You knew it was mine!"
"You will NOT bring evil into this house!" Pilar shouted back, "You saw what it did to the Bennett's."
"We're not the Bennett's mama! I'm not evil! I'm not going to bring evil to Harmony! That's Kay's job!"
Pilar slapped him square across the face.
Miguel looked down at his sneakers shamefully, "I deserved it."
"Yes, you did, and I am not usually a violent person, Miguel, but sometimes you really push the limit."
"I'm sorry Mama." A tear formed at his eye, "I'll.I'll get rid of the vial."
"You better, Miguel. I will not have my own son bringing evil back to Harmony."
"Don't worry mama." Miguel shook his head, "I won't."