The Bet #3

Disclaimer: Alright. This is torture: I sob don't sniff own sigh anything! starts to cry

Tanya wearily eyed Artemis as he staggered around the room. He was a sad case. She might as well take advantage of this opportunity.

"Hey, Artemis: Is it okay if I invite over some friends?" asked Tanya.

Artemis said something along the lines of, "Barney is my friend."

"I'll take that as a yes," said Tanya. Apparently Artemis was not used to strong martinis.

She decided to invite over her friends: Daniela & Emilia Darwin and Carlynda & Krystyn Blythe. They were also in Ireland because Tanya's family was good friends with their family and they went on vacations together sometimes. (A/N: I know that it seems really coincidental, but Tanya has to invite over her friends somehow.)

(A/N again: Let me interrupt this story for a second to give a brief description of these new characters:

Daniela: pronounced: (dan.YELL.a) She is rather shy, but really nice. She doesn't think that anybody is mean and is really good at tennis.

Emilia: pronounced: (M.E.LEE.a) She loves volleyball. She has been a good friend of Tanya's for 7 years and is really nice.

Krystyn: pronounced: (Kri.stin) She has a weird obsession with cows and looking at martinis. She is really funny and really nice.

Carlynda: pronounced: (Kar.Linda) She is obsessed with Adam Brody and the O.C. She is funny and really nice.)

Tanya answered the door before they could ring the doorbell. (She didn't want Mrs. Fowl to see her son just yet. She knew that there were a bunch of security cameras everywhere, but she hoped that Mrs. Fowl would probably think that it was just darling that Artemis was making more friends.)

"Hey, everybody!" said Tanya.

"Wow! How did you score this one?" asked Carlynda as everybody stared at the huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

"I got him in a pickle," said Tanya pointing to Artemis who was still staggering around the room.

"Wow! That dress is amazing! How did you score that one?" asked Krystyn as everybody stared at Tanya's dress.

"I got to pick out anything I wanted to wear - and it had to be fancy. It was fun! You guys missed out on a lot! So.. What have ya'll been up to? I'm sure you weren't just sitting around the hotel," said Tanya as she led them to her guest room. They all made sure that Artemis stayed behind them and he staggered.

"Oh, we were just... ya know, sitting around the hotel..." said Daniela.

"More like - running around the hotel hallways, getting handfuls of free ice from the machines, riding the elevators nonstop, and robbing the free candy dish at the check in table," said Krystyn.

"Well, sounds fun to me!" said Tanya.

"Not as fun as maxing somebody else's credit card - with permission!" said Carlynda.

"So, who in the world is that guy following us, and what is wrong with him?" asked Emilia.

"I'll tell you guys all about it when we get to my 'room'" said Tanya.

A/N: A short chapter to introduce the new characters, the actual bet will come in the next chapter - promise. REVIEW!!!!!!!!! pleez.