hey again! Now you get to meet my alter ego...Artemis! YAY! I'm ok Oo. Here's chappie 2!

Disclaimer: I know I didn't do this in every chappie in Finding My Love, but I was threatened to be erased from FanFiction, so I don't own Sly Cooper...blah blah blah here's the chappie already!

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Artemis sat ather computer desk, looking up Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (Oh yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about!) because she had nothing else better to do at 5:02 a.m. anyway.

"...WHAT? Bentley's in a wheelchair...Carmelita's a playable character...3D? Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!...what in the...?" She became terrified when she heard a knock on her door...she had seen the news, and the reporter said that there was a dude running around town beating on chick's front door and murdering them. She thought it was all bogus...but at 5 a.m. you doubt nothing...or well...she didn't anyway.

She grabbed the biggest and heaviest thing nearest her, which happened to be an umbrella, and made her way towards the front door...she opened it slowly...

"Oh! Carm! Nice to see you this late!...erm...early! What's up?" Artemis immediatley hid the umbrella from Carmelita, putting it in the corner behind the door. Carmelita smiled warmly.

"Heya Art...can I come in?" Artemis smiled brightly.

"Sure! I was just surfing the net...nothin better to do. Come on in!" She side stepped and allowed Carmelita entry...making sure to lock the door after she was in. After Artemis turned off her computer, she joined Carmelita in the living room. They sat on the sofa, but there was a silence for about a minute...Artemis noted how Carmelita wasn't herself...like something was wrong...

"Art...I need your help..." Artemis nodded.

"Shoot." Carmelita took a deep breath, trying to find the right words to say.

"...you go to Sly's for Christmas...right...?"

"Every year. Why?...Ooooooh!" Artemis smiled when she saw the hopeful expression on Carmelita's face.

"I...want to see him again...I promised..." Carmelita began to get teary eyed. Artemis put a comforting hand on her shoulder, signaling that she needn't go on any further.

"I get ya. You wanna go back to Sly because you love him and your ready to return? Did I cover it all?" Carmelita's eyes widened.

"How did ya know?" Artemis rolled her eyes.

"DUH! This is my FanFic after all!" Carmelita blushed.

"Oops forgot!" They laughed, but Carmelita got serious again.

"...will...you help...me?' Artmeis laughed again.

"Of course I will! You're, like, my friend...and...like...yeah!" Carmelita smiled brightly.

"Art! Thank you so much!" She said as she hugged Artemis tightly...a little...too tightly.

"Uhh...Carm...can't...breath...help-!" Artemis's face started to turn a bright red. Carmelita laughed, letting her go, laughing harder as Artemis gasped for air.

"So, you want to spend the night, I take it?" Carmelita developed a puzzled look.

"Sounds like fun...but Christmas is in a week." Artemis stared at her like she was Supergirl just waking up from a crashed rocket.

"...And...where have you been...? Christmas is...like...tomorrow." Carmelita stared back...it...was...

TOMORROW?

"Oops! Thanks for the tip!...umm...it...IS okay if I stayed the night...right?" Artemis laughed.

"If it wasn't, I don't think I would have offered." Carmelita laughed with her.

"Okay. I'll stay. I have my dress in the car."

"Oh! Oh! Oh! The black one?" Carmelita shook her head.

"Nope. Two more guesses." Artemis thought about it...Carmelita didn't have to many dresses...

"The dark blue one with the strings that go around the neck...?" Carmelita smiled jokingly.

"Ding!Ding!Ding! We have a winner folks!" They laughed again.

"'K. I'll grab two sleeping bags, you gonna sleep in those clothes?" Carmleita nodded. Artemis grinned, putting her long brown hair behind her ears. Artemis was about 5'4, and a little chubby, but she was still pretty, according to her friends.

"You're hanging around me too much." And with that, Artemis walked upstairs thinking 'Wow. She really does love him.' While Artemis was upstairs, Carmelita walked over to a few photos hanging on the wall. One was of Artemis and herself at the beach with a group of friends, just hanging out...one was of Bentley grinning an extremely nerdy grin while he was sitting by his computer...one of Murray in a tutu (Don't ask, okay? That was a HORRIBLE sight.) dancing on a stage...one of Sly in his tuxedo dancing with Carmelita at Rajan's party two years ago...

"Sly..." She reached over and gently touched his face in the picture, her fingers running down his lean figure. She smiled a little, a single tear falling down her face.

"When will we be dancing together again?" She asked the picture, knowing perfectly well that she'd get no response...

"You really miss him don't you?" Artemis stood at the foot of the stairs, clutching two sleeping bags with a look of sympathy on her face. Carmelita simply nodded, wiping her tear away.

"Hey, don't worry about it! You'll see him tomorrow!" Artemis said as she rolled out the sleeping bags. She paused and looked up at Carmelita...noting how she seemed distant...as if her mind was in an entirely different place. She was staring out the window, gazing at the stars.

"Carm...you okay...?" Carmelita snapped out of her thoughts.

"Come on...what is it?" Carmelita sighed. Artemis was just persistant like that.

"What if he doesn't love me anymore?" Artemis smiled reassuringly.

"Don't worry, Carm. He does." She wiggled into one of the sleeping bags.

"Well, the sugar I had earlier is wearing off, so I'm just going to go to bed before a sugar crash kicks in. Stay up as long as you like." She was asleep within two seconds. Carmelita slid into the other sleeping bag beside Artemis, placing her head on the pillow. Her eyelids began to feel heavy, and looking back at the picture of Sly and herself, she smiled once more.

"Don't worry, Sly..." She vowed as her eyelids began to slowly fall.

"I'll be there tomorrow." She fell sound asleep.