A/N: I only had one review! What is wrong with you people! Also, my speel check is broken, sorry.

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Eliza Star: I'm glad that you like Flirt, hehe. He is.intriging. I'm so happy that the sibling thing is working out. I think I might have Artemis and Flirt have a stareing match, giggle. Who shall freeze the other first? Also, Artemis gets a new nick name.

************************************************************************ As I walked away I heard Artemis sigh and mutter something that was probably obscien under his breath. I just happened to run into Root, "So, was that woman you where dancing with pretty enough?" I asked with a grin. He just growled at me, and I think I heard him mutter, "stupid humans." I just smiled as I walked away, 'maybe I should look for Holly.' I though. 'Yeah, I think I will.' The ball would be ending soon, so it shouldn't be too difficult. When I peaked in I saw Holly sorrounded by addoring men, those poor fanfiction writers, Holly would never go for Artemis, she could have anyone she wanted. I headed over and noticed how Holly kept trying to sneek away, so I decided to help her out. "Hey, Holly, could you help me out, I need a pad." I whispered under my breath. Soon the men had all disapated, they probably didn't want to deal with a PMSing teenager.

"Are you serious?" Holly asked in a worried tone.

"No, I just figured you might need a break from the men." I said with a smile.

She sighed and gave me a relieved smile, "Maybe I should have you follow me around and save me when the mob becomes to large."

"You just have to go over by Artemis, that would probably make them go away." She made a face at me and we both laughed. It felt good to laugh with a girl again, even if she is a hundred something.

"What does it feel like to be tall?" I asked as we walked away from the ballroom.

"Different."she laughed. We split up soon after, now that she wasn't surrounded by men, she could continue on her mission.

I decided to sit and watch the final dances, my friends always said I'd be a wallflower. I was soon constantly being asked to dance, a few even cut in. I won't lie and say that I didn't like the attention. I even got a few good partners and did a turn succesfully. Suddenly I was dancing with Mr. Fowl, "You seem to be the bell of the ball," He comented with a grin. I just laughed. "How are you enjoying youself?" he asked.

"I'm having a wonderful time actually." I told him honestly. "I'm afriad poor Kovs, Artemis, is swamped with girls." I said with a laugh.

"Kovs?" he asked with a grin.

"King Of Vampire Smile." I explained.

"I didn't think that Artemis liked nicknames." He commented.

"He doesn't." I said darkly. That was when Flirt asked to cut in. Before I knew it we were twirling around the ballroom and I actualy knew what I was doing. "Did you manage to get away from the brightly painted butterflies?" I asked.

"It took some trying." He responded, his ever present grin still there.

"It must have, especialy when you headed towards them." I commented dryly.

"If I didn't know better I'd say you where jealous." He said with a cocky grin.

Now I was annoyed, "I don't even know you." I retorted sharply.

"That doesn't matter to the other girls." He said with a coy smile.

If he thought that I would fall for THAT, "Excuse me, I've danced a lot, and I think I'd like to rest. I'm sure you'll be able to find another partner." I responded shortly while heading off of the dance floor.

"Would you like some company?" asked Flirt.

"No thank you, I just need a little time to myself." I replied coldly. I bumped into Artemis on the way out and just gave a polite excuse me before I headed into the dinning room. I realize that Artemis had heared our entire conversation, and I didn't care.

I think I heard Artemis warning Flirt off as I left, well, that was fine by me. I was soon assauged when I saw the layout of food on the dinning room table. This was a serve yourself affair, thank God. I grabbed some chicken, veggies, and lots of choclate. Then I chose a seat and ate contentedly. I wasn't as nervous as I had been earlier, thank goodness. I watched the many people chat in their cautous way. Who would want to live like that? I know a friend who's Dad is rich, yet they live middle class, and live off of the money they make. Why didn't they choose that, they'd have their money to fall back on. It aslo helped you appreciat how good you have it when you have to work. I checked the clock and saw that it was eleven, that's it, I'm going to bed. I genraly die after nine, I was going to be a zomby soon. I should probably warn Artemis, shit, here comes a power struggle.

I wandered into the lounge where I saw Artemis and John chatting. "Hey, Artemis." I said, deciding to use his real name this time. As soon as he stopped and looked at me I continued, "I just thought I'd let you know I'm going to bed. Just so you don't go looking for me or anything."

"No you're not." He suddenly said. I gave him an I-am-being-painfully- patient look so he continued. "It is rude to leave a party half way."

"And I care because." I trailed off, waiting for a good answer. John was watching this with amusment, I had forgiven Artemis but not him. So I proceded to ignore him.

"This is your first impression, make it a good one." He responded seriously.

"Though that is a lovely sentiment, I must leave, if I stay any longer my exaustion will cause me to make an even worse impression." I told him tartly. "Besides, it will get me away from Mr. Shamless flirt over here, I doubt you'd dislike that." At that, John's expresion turned sour, and Artemis gave him a superior look. "I'm still waiting for a good reason."

"Just trust me on this." He said.

I gave him a long look, I did trust him, even if he pisses me off, oh alright! "Alright, I'll trust you." I told him, making sure he understood what a big deal for me that was. "I'm going to go read a book."

"NO! If you are at a party you socalize." Artemis said sternly.

"I never thought I'd hear that word come out of your mouth." I told him with a giggle. "Please! Pretty pretty please with sugar on top?" I pleaded, then I began to give him the puppy dog pout.

"If you even TRY to give me the puppy dog pout I'll kill you." He said, and he sounded serious.

"But," I began, making myself sound like I'm about to cry.

"Goats but, birds fly, you do as I say." He said sternly.

"Excuse me?" I asked. "You know that's just asking for trouble."

He sighed, "You know what I meant."

"No. I don't believe I do." I said darkly.

"Can't you just behave for one night? I'll, I'll take you shopping again." He pleaded.

"Really?" I asked suspiciously.

"Yes." Artemis replied wearily.

I gave him a long look, 'would I feel all right doing this, yes I would.' "Alright, fair enough, but if I start acting scary, you better do something." I was serious, I do stupid things when tired.

He just sighed, then he spotted a group of boys dressed in simple suits. They were engaged in a deep conversation.

"Hey, that's the boys from our school." Flirt said in surprise, lets go and say high." He told us over his shoulder, already halfway there. When he got there I saw the boys greet him like an old friend, and I think I heard a, "Leave some girls for us old chap." And here I was thinking they only said old chap in the movies!

Artemis grabbed my hand and began towing me towards them, it took me a second to realize what he was doing. "Wow! Wait a second, I am tired, and I don't want to deal with a bunch of rich snobs!"

"You dealt with me," he said, trying hard not to laugh.

"I almost went after you with an axe." I told him flatly.

"Come on," he said while secureing my other wrist in his hand, and giving me no opertunity to escape. "Hello, are you all enjoying yourselves?" he asked sounding hospitable. He had let go of my wrists when we reached his friends, and it was all I could do not to rub them.

There was a corus of, "Hello," and, "Drop the act Artemis, we know what your really like." And so on. Someone spoke up and asked, "Artemis, who's your friend?"

"This is Cerinthia." Artemis responded. "Cerinthia this is Robert," he said while pointing to a blond boy, he could have been the classic country bumpkin, all gangly and unsure of himself. "Tom," he said while pointing to a boy with red hair, he had a mass of freckles, and an easy yet honest smile. He was someone you could trust. "And this is Kyle." He said, pointing to a boy with regular brown hair. It was tousled, and his suit in mild disaray, he had slightly pale skin, it was winter, and he looked like he could be a Jock. That is, he could, but it was more likely that he was trying to be a bad boy.

I gave them each a nod and a smile as Artemis named the three boys. "So this is the famous Cerinthia," said Kyle, swaggering a little as he walked forward. It was all I could do not to laugh, as it is I did grin an amused smile.

"Yes, we've heard a lot about you." Said Tom with a friendly smile.

"By the way, watch out for old Flirt here," said Robert while jerking his thumb at John. "He's incoragable."

"I've already been warnned," I said dryly while giving Artemis a look.

All of the boys gave Artemis a hard time, "I always knew you'd be a good big brother Art." Said Kyle while giving Artemis a jostle.

Artemis gave him an annoyed look before saying scathingly, "Why don't you drop the act Kyle, she's already crushing on Flirt over here." He said coldly.

I just looked at him, "That is it, you are not my big brother, I wouldn't even let my big brother act like that. I suggest that you curb your tongue and use a little more tact in the future." I told him, my voice even colder than his had been earlier. This is why I don't like to stay up late, my temperment goes down hill

"Oh Art, I think you pissed her off." Said Robert with a boyish grin.

"She just hasn't had her nap yet." Artemis said scathingly.

"If you hadn't promised clothes, you'd be dead by now." I told him, we were squaring off now.

"You wouldn't be able to hurt me," Said Artemis.

"I may not know how to fight, but don't doubt me in a cat fight." I growled.

One of the boys started to laugh at that, I ignored him. "If you don't start behaving you wont have any promise of clothes." Said Artemis sternly.

"That's it!" I excliamed. I turned towards the boys, my expresion pleasant, "I am very pleased to have met you, and I hope you have a wonderful time here." I said, giving them a genuine smile as I left.

No sooner had I left then I heard someone say, "She's a fiesty one all right."

"Flirt." Growled Artemis, "I'm warning you."

I decided to go to the Library, maybe I could sleep on the couch. Luckily no one was there, so I settled down and was out like a light before I knew it. The next thing I knew was voices in the background and a few chuckles. I opened my eyes and realized that Artemis was looking at me and shaking his head. The boys continued to laugh as I sat up, feeling surprisingly awake. "Oh, Artemis, sorry about my attitude earlier. You are still wrong, and don't you ever do that agian, but it was not the buisness of every one on the room." Artemis just looked at me, clearly shocked. "You see why I wanted so go to sleep early?' I asked seriously.

"You'll mange." He said dismisivley as he stood up. But the nap had restored my patients and I just shook my head. I stood up and began to head out the door.

"You don't need to leave just because we're here." Said Robert.

"Oh no, I'm going in search of caffine." I laughed.

"Oh no, You don't need any caffine." Said Artemis in a worried tone.

"Oh come off it, I'm not that bad."

"Yes you are." He replied.

"Fine, do you have anything else to keep me going?"

"Actualy yes, I have some pills that I used to use to keep me from falling asleep also." He said.

"Sorry hun, no pills for me, I appreciate the offer though." I told him. I try to avoide using medecine unless it's a life or death situation, my friends think I'm nuts, but I have the best immune system out of all of them

So far I was wide-awake, that was a good sign.