The Bet 2

Thank you, thank you all reviewers. Orlando Bloom WILL be in this story A LOT as soon as I get the plot rolling. So sorry if the title is lame, but I wasn't really worrying about that. Tanya IS NOT going to be a Mary Sue. Promise. This bet part is going to go pretty fast because it's not the most important part of the story. If you have any ideas, please feel free to give them to me. They are mucho appreciated. (esp. a new title name)

Disclaimer: sigh, idon'townanything... sniff sniff

So Tanya got her fancy dose at the Fowl Manor. She had a load of fun maxing out the credit card on her outfit: a BEAUTIFUL turquoise and other shades of blue with matching turquoise jewelry. (It matched her eye color perfectly!) Now Tanya wasn't much for spending loads of time on a fancy hair-do or high heels. So she ran a comb through her already curly hair and let it flow. As for the high heels... she decided that it would be okay to wear some bright pink flip-flops because the dress already made enough noise, and that would cover up the loud flip-flop sound of the flip- flops. (The dress was also long enough to hide them from critiquing view!)

After Tanya was finished getting ready, Tamma came to get her. She led Tanya to a private dining quarter where only Artemis was sitting. He looked pretty bored, but, by now, Tanya figured out that that was how he always looked.

"So, are you're parentals coming?" said Tanya.

"No," sighed Artemis, "They think it would be 'just charming' for the two of us to have dinner by ourselves."

Tanya looked at the table where the dinner was laid out for them. She was not pleased with what she saw: caviar, tuna, shrimp, escargot, lobster, something that looked like a baby squid, and some monkey brains imported from China. She was about to scream and run around the house yelling, "WHAT THE FISH?!?!?!" when she spotted the lemons and artichokes hidden behind the massive blob of monkey brains.

Tanya sat down at her spot across from Artemis. "Are you going to eat that?" she asked pointing in the direction of the monkey brains.

"I do not care for any artichokes or lemons, thank you," said Artemis as he reached for the brains.

"Well, will you please pass them to me?" asked Tanya.

"If you insist, but I would recommend the caviar," said Artemis as he passed the artichokes and lemons.

Tanya LOVED artichokes and lemons. They were her most favorite food in the world. She would eat them 24/7 if she could, but they weren't very cheap. And now that she had the opportunity, she fully intended to eat the whole platter. So, as Artemis politely ate his caviar, Tanya gobbled up the whole plate of artichokes and lemons.

Of course, Tanya ate a couple too many artichokes and lemons which made her act a little weird. I guess you would call it getting high on artichokes and lemons- if that is at all possible.

Artemis stared in disbelief as Tanya asked the waiter for a martini. Of course Tanya didn't want to drink the martini, but she was going through a phase where she loved looking at martinis. She found them quite fascinating. She always wondered who the genius was who invented putting the salt, olive, and pretty glass cup all together.

The waiter actually brought Tanya a martini, but Tanya was too high on artichokes and lemons to notice. However, Artemis did notice, and I think the brains were poisoned or something because he picked it up and drained the whole glass!!!

Tanya, who had been busy making a caviar castle on her plate, looked up to see Artemis chugging a martini.

"What the fish?!?!?!?!?!" said Tanya, "What do you think you're doing? I just ordered so I could look at it! You just wrecked the perfect salt rim!"

Artemis stared at her blankly, and then burst out into a loud rendition of "Barney Is a Dinosaur from Our Imagination."

After plugging her ears, Tanya recovered from her artichokes and lemons and managed to pull Artemis off of the table before he dive bombed the squid.

"Oh, dear. The stupid boy has gone and got himself drunk," said Tanya to nobody in particular.

A/N: I should have the rest of this chapter up and running by tomorrow. I'm having a minor case of writer's block right now, so I can't finish today. PLEASE REVIEW!!! Thanks a load for reading this!