Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this chapter, except for of course a pair of hip hugger jeans and a black tank top/bra which is probably more info than any of you wanted to know.

Author's Note: Okay, I'm finally back. Emphasis on FINALLY! I got another chapter out, I got another chapter out. does a dance I'd like to thank everyone who has reviewed me, but that would probably waste all of your time so I'll just leave it at that. Thank you all for being so patient with me. Now, if any of you have read or are currently reading The Opal Deception I'm sure you'll realize that most of this is completely unlikely and unrealistic and that book totally crushed my plot, but I really like this fic so I'll keep updating as long as you all keep reviewing. Thanks for your time now read on!


Juliet looked at the girl as she tried on multiple outfits from inside her closet. The frustration from the LEP officer was radiating through the whole room. Juliet could understand it too, she was a tall girl, and Holly wasn't. Holly came up to about Artemis's nose, Juliet was at least a head taller.

"Need some help in there?" Juliet shouted jokingly. She could hear the girl grumble something that sounded remarkably like an insult towards mudmen and their so called fashion sense. Finally the girl emerged from the closet wearing a very interesting set up. She was wearing a pair of Juliet's old jeans, that looked as if they hadn't fit the girl for years, and she had on a tight black spaghetti strap shirt over it.

"I don't think this exactly screams comfort," she said as she began bunching her hair up into a ponytail. Juliet had to hold back laughter.

"Well, it's not exactly a shirt, Holly..." She said with a laugh. Holly looked in the mirror and gave the girl a confused look.

"Well then what is it?"


Holly sat on the couch in the downstairs of Fowl manor with a, pardon the pun, foul look on her face. She crossed and uncrossed her legs, trying to get comfortable in the tightly fitting jeans. She was not happy about the outfit she was having to wear, luckily Juliet had promised her that she would take her out shopping sometime, or as Juliet put it "we can have some real gal pal time, chicka. I gotta take a break from genius boy downstairs or I'll go crazy!"

Holly wasn't exactly sure what any of that meant, she just assumed it was more of Juliet's "hip lingo". She figured she'd have to start learning that sometime if she wanted to fit in in the mud man world.

There was a creak from the staircase behind the girl and she could hear the soft footsteps that could only belong to one Artemis Fowl. Holly smiled and turned around to see him cautiously making his way down the stairs.

"I'm not gonna hit you again you know," she said softly. "I've got the temper thing cooled."

"What are you wearing?" Was the boys response. Holly looked down again at the outfit and breathed an angry sigh. Apparently Juliet's theory about Artemis not recognizing what it was wasn't exactly an accurate one.

"Nothing else would fit. Sometimes you've just gotta make due with what you have. Maybe this will actually catch on as a new fad." Holly said hopefully. There was a look of disbelief on the boys face and she grimaced. "Not buying it, I suppose?"

"Not even slightly, and even if I did I doubt women in this day and age would willingly walk around town with nothing but a pair of oversized hip huggers and a bra." He said the last part somewhat uncomfortably. That was enough to lighten Holly's mood.

"Well, maybe they just don't know what they're missing." She said leaning in, shockingly close to the boy, causing him to take a step back and almost fall over his own feet.

"Uh," he said, uncertain of how to respond to that. "We, um, we have a lot of, uh, catching up to do I suppose." If it wasn't for the fact that he was certain she would catch onto his uncomfortable feeling in this situation he would've slapped his own forehead. Most of the words in that sentence weren't even real words!

"Oh, that..." Holly said slowly. "Yeah, I supppose we'll have to." Holly motioned for the boy to come and sit next to her. "Take a seat, this might take awhile."

Author's Note: Okay, I know this is really short, put remember, this is pt 2 of chapter 6 and at least I'm getting a chapter out. Remember that. So what did everyone think of this chapter? It's been awhile, I know, trust me, I know. I'm getting back into the swing of things, hopefully. So read, review, and please try your best not to flame me. The other chapters will be longer. This one is just to get another one out there so you don't all forget about me.