A/N: OK finally the next chapter, you're all sooooo used to me updating within like...a day. Well this time ya'll had to wait a little longer, I had no motivation. Weird. And I kinda went on some weird Danny Phantom rant :weird looks: yes I know thats really really weird, shut up. I love any and all fluff. Anyway I have a few responses to reviewers and an apology, this chapter is a tad bit short. But you get more fluff :smile:

Identitycrisis: Upon further staring at my reviews I realized that I had retaliated to the wrong instance, so to please and say sorry I went back and explained why she was allowed in. So you can ALL go read Magical Mishaps again for that little part of explaination. I've made a mental note to think everything through before posting rather then just trying to get the chapters out before a riot ensues. Thank you.

Crazygirliecaptain: No, there really isn't much of a big plot, its mostly just tension and fluff. mmmm fluff. Though I did get a plot bunny for an AU Artemis Fowl that I think I might try out later. :wink:

Plane rides are very uncomfortable when you've just kissed your co-worker.

Holly had made that mental note several times since they left for the airport, not bothering to check out of the hotel, Artemis seemed flustered and in a hurry to get home, did she really have that effect on him? She hadn't meant to turn his brain into mush…she hadn't even meant to kiss him, it just kinda…well, happened. Now, he wouldn't even look at her. 'Maybe he's mad at me….' That was another possibility that waged war against her heart's argument that he'd liked it and was now embarrassed.

When they'd arrived at the Dublin airport, Butler took one look at Artemis and pulled Holly to the side. "What happened to him?"

Holly fidgeted, her eyes glued to the ground as koolaid colors stained her cheeks. "Just, an unexpected glitch in the show." So she lied…big deal, she seemed to lie a lot now. Lied to Butler, lied to Artemis, lied to herself…everyone. Artemis rapped on the window to show he was ready to get going and was beginning to get angry with them standing around talking.

"Alright." Butler said, looking at Holly with great disbelief. The car ride back to Fowl Manor was spent in more uncomfortable silence and when they stopped in the driveway, Artemis hurled himself out of the car and ran up the steps and straight to his room, locking the door behind him.

For the next week, they rarely saw Artemis; he took all his meals in his room and only came out to go right into his study, locking himself in. Holly spent most of her time walking around the grounds thinking, or moping around in the library or her room. Juliet tried to get her to say what had happened but Holly always said the same thing. "It was nothing Juliet, just a glitch in the show."

Artemis POV

Artemis' journal, encrypted, disk three

This is beginning to become exasperating. I don't enjoy avoiding my friends, and I don't enjoy avoiding her. I know I'm being silly about this, but quite frankly I'm not sure how to react.

I don't know if she did it just for the show. Or if she didn't it out of feelings.

All I really know…is that I felt something when her lips met mine. I felt a spark, more then a spark, magic.

I had been locking myself in my room or my study for a little over a week, refusing to see anyone. I knew it was going to hurt them, or at the very least make them worry, but I wasn't thinking about Juliet and Butler, I was thinking about her. Holly.

Sometimes when I ran from one room to another, I would catch a glimpse of her in the hall. Her head was always down…once I was sure she'd been sitting outside my door…crying. I was sure I saw tears and panic in her downcast hazel eyes. I felt awful, putting her through this. But she was putting me through something worse.

I kept dreaming about that show…trying to remember every look she gave me. Every time she stirred the fire in my stomach with a single touch, making the beast in my chest purr. I awoke many a time, in a cold sweat, my heart racing. It felt like I was on fire, the places she'd touched me during the show burned the most intense. It was terrible, but at the same time exhilarating. After about three days, I began only moving from room to room, so I could watch her. Watch her as she walked through the rose garden. I winced when she reached out and got pricked.

I followed her movements, going from room to room. But I couldn't force myself to face her. Every time I saw her in the hall, the tiger, or whatever it was in my chest, would begin to purr and fill me with the desire to reach out and pull her into my arms, kissing her passionately. Strange thoughts….I Artemis Fowl the second, was experiencing desire, but not the kind I normally felt. This wasn't desire for power, or gold, this was desire for a living being. Desire for love.

I had never felt this emotion before, well, not this strong. I remember back before the mind wipe I felt a deluded version toward Holly, but I could always push it away. Now it seemed I was addicted to the feeling, the burning sensation that contact with her caused. The searing burn on my lips after she pulled away and ran off stage. The tingling left to run wild through my body.

Her kiss was magical.

My All Seeing, All Knowing POV thingy

On the third day, of the second week of Artemis' seclusion, he came to dinner. He did not speak, nor look up from his food; he ate quickly as though nervous, then retreated to his study, however he didn't lock the door.

Holly watched him throughout dinner, hardly touching her food. Juliet watched her push her peas around on the plate, occasionally raising an empty fork to her lips, pretending she was eating. When Artemis left the table, Holly waited maybe three minutes before following him, leaving her dinner uneaten.

Artemis sat at a computer, staring at the blue screen. He wasn't doing any work, wasn't researching, his fingers were still…he was thinking. When Holly slipped into the room silently, she was just in time to see Artemis' forehead collide with the screen.

"Damnit."

Holly bit her lip and came up behind him, softly tapping his shoulder. He turned around quickly, staring into her eyes. "Artemis…"

His sapphire eyes seemed to glow with the light of the computer screen. Holly felt the hair on the back of her neck stand on end. "I guess…we need to talk…about what happened." She said quietly.

Artemis stood and shook his head. "No, we don't." He said with an air of cold emotionless-ness. Holly bit her lip harder, feeling her heart begin to pound, causing her physical pain. Artemis watched her, afraid that she would soon split her lip, the monster in his chest was clawing at his heart. Compelling him.

Holly's lip began to throb under the pressure, as her hazel eyes remained locked with his bright blue ones. Suddenly she closed her eyes and turned her head away from him. The words were caught in her throat, fighting with the sobs for first right to be expressed. She moved her head slightly back toward him, her eyes remaining tightly shut, as she prepared to say that she was sorry for what she did something warm, and very slightly wet covered her mouth.

Her eyes shot open, to find Artemis, with his lips pressed firmly to hers, his hands clutching her shoulders. Holly struggled only the slightest bit out of shock, before relaxing and kissing him back, her hands on his chest.

They stood like that for several minutes, blue sparks emitting from Holly's fingers and dancing around their connected bodies. The tears that had been welling up in her eyes retreated. 'His kiss is magical.'

Juliet smiled and quietly shut the door to the study, patting herself on the back as she skipped down the hall to tell Butler that the illusion was now a reality.

A/N:grin grin grin: Anywho, yea next chapter should be the last. No idea when it'll be out. And Rain Drops for Tears...absolutely no idea when I'll get around to swallowing my fear of that and finishing it. Other fic, the AU one, perhaps when I finish Rain Drops for Tears. R&R