Danny smirked triumphantly, "See what you can learn when you have a baby brother?"

Artemis simply looked at her expressionlessly.

Then, Danny yawned, "My day must be catching up to me. "Night, Artemis."

"Goodnight Danielle."

She turned around, nostrils flaring, eyes narrowing, and face flushing, "My name, for the 2nd time, is Danny. If you keep calling me 'Danielle' then I'll see how you would like to take a nice loooong walk with my brother."

He cocked an eyebrow again and lay back down on his pillow.

Danny flicked his light off and walked out.

The waves crashed noisily on the shore masking all other sounds.

A floorboard creaked, just barely heard over the relentless pounding of the surf.

The hair on the back of Artemis's neck rose up slowly, as a shadow fell across the wooden floor, coming from the slight crack in the doorjamb.

'Just relax.'

He told himself,

'Its probably just someone getting up for a glass of water or something.'

The shadow paused in its flight across the floor and silence prevailed.

It even seemed as though the waves had ceased for the moment.

The moment seemed to span eternity before the shadow moved away and out of sight.

Artemis relaxed and unwillingly succumbed to sleep.