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This chapter I think will include more of their thoughts so it might get boring for those who like just reading about the action so be warned. It's the longest chapter. Also there are some out of characterness. Some cussing because when two girls compete for one guy, there has bound to be some swear words exchanged.
Recap:
"My plan is going to be called GROH. It stands for Get Rid Of Hannah and is foolproof. I will pretend to be your girlfriend and make Hannah give up on you. What an ingenious plan right Arty?" said Holly.
Artemis didn't have any confidence in Holly's plan but agreed.
"Talk"
'Thoughts'
An Artemis Fowl Stalker
Chapter 5: Plan A
"HS (Holly Short) calling AF (Artemis Fowl). Do you read me loud and clear? Roger." started Holly in her mike.
Artemis, like always, was too mature to even roll his eyes and replied, "Captain, is this even necessary? You don't have to be so serious about this."
Yesterday night, Holly had convinced Artemis to call Hannah and tell her to meet him at a classroom at school during lunch saying they had to discuss about their future. "What future!" Holly remembered Artemis saying. He had to rehearse several times before he had enough guts to dial her number. He still ended up stuttering over the phone causing Hannah to compliment his cute voice.
Now Artemis was alone in an empty classroom waiting for Hannah to come.
Holly was shielding somewhere waiting for the target.
"Yes it is Artemis. Your future is at stake. The earlier you get her off you, the earlier you will have your freedom and your parents won't have to push you into marrying her. This is a serious operation."
'She's right,' thought Artemis. His parents had pressured Artemis already in buying an engagement ring that morning already even though they had only seen Hannah once.
"Yes HS, I read you loud and clear. Have you caught sight of the target? Roger," Artemis felt ridiculous for replying back.
"No, not yet. She's 5 minutes late. Roger."
Artemis sighed and peered out the open window at the other students coming on campus. From the school's 5th floor, he could see Hannah's school just across the street.
Holly was shielding at the school's entrance making sure she would be the first to come close to Artemis's stalker. Holly wanted to know what she would have to come up against seeing that she was suppose to act like Artemis's girlfriend and compete for his heart. Holly glanced up at Artemis's window and saw him staring out into the crowd below.
'Was he looking at me?' wondered Holly. She quickly took her eyes off Artemis as her heart skipped a few beats. She blushed slightly at that thought. 'Nah, he was looking elsewhere.'
Holly allowed herself to look at Fowl again to study his expression. There was something about Fowl that made her want to look at him She was in a trace just staring at the Fowl heir. His dark hair laid over his pearly blue eyes. His hand was at his chin and his mouth hung slightly open and Holly wondered how it would feel like with her lips on his.
During Holly's trace, Artemis's eyes caught Holly's. 'What! She's suppose to be shielding!'
"Holly! What are you doing? Aren't you suppose to be in hiding? I can totally see you!"
Holly broke away from her daze and noticed she had forgot to shield. She reshieled and restrained herself from slapping her own face. "S-sorry."
"Focus Holly," said Artemis still not getting that she was distracted because of him. "Wait I see her. Enemy HD (Hannah Dellings) is spotted. Target is to your left."
Holly turned to her left and was surprised that she didn't fall back from Hannah's appearance. She looked almost nothing like the picture that Artemis had given her. Instead, she looked almost like Holly herself. Full auburn hair and round hazel eyes. The only difference was probably their height and body structure.
'No wonder I caught sight of her,' thought Artemis as his eyes followed Hannah to the school building. 'It's the red hair.'
"AF, our target has had a major makeover. Do you have something to do with this?" She was mainly indicating Hannah's and her similarities.
Artemis maintained his coolness and wasn't about to reveal that he was the one to suggest Hannah to change her appearance to look like Holly. He replied, "How should I know?"
Artemis didn't think Hannah would take his words that seriously and actually get a makeover for him. He pitied her for being so naive and childish. Artemis softened a little when knew that the love she gives to him will never be returned.
Holly flew steadily behind Hannah as she walked up the stairs to meet Artemis. Still shielding, Holly got a first close up look at Hannah.
Holly noticed Hannah was beautiful both as a blond and a red head. Her body figure was also very curvy and full unlike Holly's body which was just fit. A pinch of jealousy ran through Holly's veins. She had everything Holly didn't. Being careful not to make any noise while following Hannah, Holly noticed that Hannah was wearing hazel contacts too. Hannah was like a new and better Holly, a pretty Holly.
Hannah excitedly walked up the stairs into the unoccupied classroom that Artemis was waiting in.
"Hi Arty!" She ran to Artemis and have him her usual welcoming gesture: a hug. "I can't believe you actually called! You actually changed your mind about me. I feel special." Hannah gave Artemis a wet kiss on the cheek. Artemis looked as if he rather be anywhere but there. He looked towards the door at the glare which he guessed was Holly and made a pleading face as if telling her to go on with the plan.
Holly's face grew red at Artemis and Hannah's close contact. 'What makes her think she could act that close to Artemis? She hardly knows him and she's acting like they're a couple already.' She wanted to interrupt their hug right there, but another part of Holly wanted to see Artemis suffer in the hands of a female.
"Get your hands off my boyfriend!" came Holly's voice as she unshielded and was now visible to Hannah and Artemis.
Hannah broke away from her embracement and Artemis was more than happy.
"Excuse me but who the hell are you?" questioned Hannah who was obviously disappointed at the disruption.
"Someone better than you."
"Nice get back girl but I think you are mistaken. Artemis is my boyfriend." indicated Hannah.
Holly scoffed and when on with the script that she had written with Artemis last night, "You are the one confused here Ms. Hannah. Artemis and I have been together for years already. I'm here to warn you to stop bothering my boyfriend and leave him alone. He's disgusted by your perverted actions." Holly walked over to Artemis and pulled him away from Hannah's reach.
"No he's not!" retorted Hannah. "Artemis loves me! He would never like a whore like you." Hannah studied Holly.
Her clothes: out dated 3 months ago
hair: wasn't done
skin: dry as a crocodile's
nails: bitten crudely
height: hah! Shorter than her!
Hannah smiled and saw that she was at an advantage.
Holly retorted, "Well pardon me. Whores? Please. Have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately? "
"You! You're going to wish you never said that you bitch." Hannah turned to Artemis for help. "Arty! She's picking on me!"
Artemis could help but think that this was some sort of Mean Girl movie but Irish version.
"Umm.. Holly's telling the truth. I don't love you. I love Holly." Artemis said these words motionlessly. He had practiced these lines several times but it was harder to say out loud. He tried to mean it but years of hiding his emotions caused him to sound like a robot.
Hannah couldn't believe it. A beautiful lady like her losing to some midget?
"No you don't! What do you see in her? She's just some flat chest deformed midget! I'm a hundred times more better than her." Fake tears streamed from her face. She would get Artemis's sympathy that way and she might come back to her.
Holly rolled her eyes and sighed, "Women stop with those puppy eyes. It's getting on my nerves."
Hannah stopped crying and stood straight up. "Arty I don't believe you. You're breaking up with me because this slut threatened you right? She's blackmailing you right? You dwarf, what did you do to my Arty?"
"Stop making up excuses. You're just jealouse because Artemis likes me and not you."
"No! If you guys are a real couple then- then- then you must kiss!"
That caught Artemis's attention when he was backing off and letting the two girls fight over him. Kiss! The only person he had kissed was his parents. He had no experience in kissing and surely didn't want to embarrass himself in front of two ladies. He didn't have experience.
Holly was shocked just as much and Artemis. Kiss a mud boy? Ewww.. But then again she was thinking about it earlier. She mentally slapped herself for even thinking about kissing Artemis earlier. He was just- too good for her it seemed.
"Do it," came Hannah's voice again. "You guys are a fake. I know it."
Artemis felt like it was only him and Holly in that room. There was a curious buzzing in his ears, and an odd leaping in his stomach. He had to do it to convince Hannah. They must succeed. He must pretend that this is a job, a task, not a real kiss.
"Come on Holly. We are a couple." His hands cupped Holly's face who's eyes where mixing with confusion.
"What?" Holly started to panic at the idea of Artemis agreeing to kiss her.
"We do this all the time right Holly? It's normal for us." He nodded at Holly to proceed with the plan and to remind her that their objective was to get rid of Hannah.
Holly's leg felt weak but she remained standing ready to accept Artemis's kiss. Her eyes closed and lips parted slightly. This must be some joke thought Holly. Please let it be some joke.
Artemis stood still uncertain whether he should kiss her. Desire told him to take advantage of this moment and kiss her. His little good side told him that taking advantage of someone wasn't right. Especially if it was Holly. 'Do you really want to waste your first kiss. Your first kiss should be true, not some set up to get a girl off you. It shouldn't kiss someone because someone told you to.'
Artemis ignored his angel side and his lips came closer to Holly's. He tilted his head as Holly's eyes remained closed. Her hot breath on Artemis's lips sent tingles of Artemis's spine. He was so close, so close to feeling her lips against his. To feel that weird sensation run through his body. But not close enough yet to kiss her. His body refused to move. His mind refused to focus on anything else but her lips ready for kissing. Thoughts ran through is mind about her body. Her legs and lips occupied his mind. Yes, he wanted to feel her, too feel the sensation of another body against his.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" shouted Artemis as he distanced himself away from Holly. "Sorry Holly I can't kiss you." It would make perfect sense that Hannah had said this but Artemis actually felt so guilty about his perverted thoughts that he couldn't bring himself to kiss her. 'Her lips on mine? Where did that come from? You are turning into a sex-manic like Hannah for God's sake.' thought Artemis. He ran his fingers through his hair and pulled on it.
Holly felt somewhat embarrassed and let out a sigh of relief although she was expecting him to kiss her. Was she not good enough for him to kiss her? Still in a state of relief, Holly remained quiet.
"Ha! I knew you guys weren't a couple. Don't think I'm stupid. I could see through your plan from the beginning!" exclaimed Hannah. "Too bad you couldn't turn him on bitch. This is how you kiss a guy."
Immediately, Hannah took hold of Artemis's neck and planted a kiss on his lips. Artemis tried to push her away but the unknown monsterous strength that Hannah had held them close together. Holly mistook Artemis action as a sign of pleasure. 'He kissed her but not me?'
"Freakin Fowl!" Holly yelled and threw her shoe at Artemis's head.
"OW!" she heard Artemis scream. She ran out of the room not wanting to see the image of Hannah kissing Artemis again. The image disturbed her. She didn't know why she reacted that way. Why should she care if he's with other girls. It wasn't like she liked him. 'Wait, no. I am not being jealous am I? Over Fowl? Dammit.' Holly ran to the nearest wall and slammed her head against it. "Wake up Short," she mumbled. Several students stopped to look but quickly walked away not wanting to be near some crazy lady.
"You know that's a pretty stupid thing you're doing." came a voice behind Holly. She turned and found Artemis. He was panting from running after her. He had ditched Hannah in the classroom to run after her. "Why did you run off for? You're suppose to help me get rid of Hannah. Not leave me to suffer from her kiss. She stole my first kiss Holly."
"Like I care." She turned her back at Artemis and crossed her arms showing her disinterest. She was actually pretty mad, more at Hannah though.
"You do care," insisted Artemis who was good at reading someone's thoughts. "If you didn't care then you wouldn't have thrown your shoes at me. I now have a briuse on my head because of you."
"Don't talk to me like it was my fault," retorted Holly. She did feel partly guilty for injuring him. "I-I was trying to aim for Hannah. It's just that your big head was in the way."
"I do not have a big head. Besides, are you mad at me for not pulling away from Hannah? I swear I wasn't enjoying it or something." He paused as he figured out the next thing to say. "She was over me so it was hard to pull away."
Holly looked somewhat convinced. Artemis didn't want any misunderstandings between them so he continued, "I'm sorry. I should of just went on with the plan and kiss you. Then I would have to kiss her."
Holly's eyes shot up at Artemis as he mentioned that.
"I mean I should of kissed you to go on with our plan. Not because I like you or anything. Are you also mad at me because I didn't kiss you?" asked Artemis.
Holly flushed red and stammered, "N-no! I wouldn't want to kiss a mud man like you. I don't know where your mouth has been. I'm also sorry I threw a shoe at you. I didn't mean to."
Artemis wasn't convinced but smiled. "You were jealous weren't you?"
"No I wasn't. Come here. Let me heal you."
Holly placed her hand over Artemis's skull searching for the injury. The tickling sensation shot sparks throughout Artemis's body. It was tortured letting her touch him with her feathery light touch Their closeness made Artemis's heart rate increase and his face grew hot.
"Are you okay Artemis? Your face is getting red and your heart beat's beating abnormally." replied Holly.
"No-no. I'm fine. You have a good aim. Um. What about Hannah?" asked Artemis trying to get to another topic instead of discussing about his heart rate.
"Well she's not convinced we are a couple so plan A has failed. Don't worry. I have plan B."
"What's that? I don't know the details of your new plan yet."
"Don't worry Fowl. I'll inform you of this until you're ready. But now I need to use the washroom. Where is it?"
"The ladies' is around the corner there. I'll be waiting in the front gate and your new plan better work. I have a hunch that my mother is going shopping around for an engagement ring now."
In the washroom, Holly met her current enemy: Hannah Dellings.
"What are you doing here? This is my restroom. Your act has ended already." said Hannah.
"Oh? Is this your restroom? I don't see your name on it." Holly began wondering that if she attacked now, no one would even notice.
"Yes it does." Hannah opened one of the stalls in the restroom and showed Holly her name on the restroom stall door. It said: ArtyXhannah 4ever.
Holly wanted to gag.
Hannah began again, "I'm telling you Artemis is mine. If you are from around here you know my reputation. I'm a fearless girl so don't you go messing with my boyfriend. If I see you with him again then I will call all my friends out to get you and your family."
Holly laughed inwardly at her threats. Her words meant nothing. "Well I advise you to watch your back too. I got some friends in high places too." Holly was indicating the whole fairy race.
"We'll see who gets Artemis's heart in the end. It's quit obvious. I got the money, looks, body. You got nothing you stick. I bet those aren't even real." Holly gritted her teeth as Hannah continued. "What's there in you that Artemis likes? He likes your flatness, your attitude? Please, I wouldn't want an abusive girlfriend if I were him. Look at yourself. Your an average girl who is just probably trying to find a guy that wants you. You want to be needed right. I know what virgins like you think. You think because Artemis cares a little about you then he wants you. Oh please. He doesn't care a damn about you."
Holly who was holding her hands tightly in a fist took her anger out. She punched Hannah straight on the face spilling blood out of Hannah's nose.
"You fag! My new nose! You broke my nose you.. you.. you wannabe."
Holly smiled triumphantly at her skills. She wasn't about to let someone get away for insulting her like that. "Fowl did complimented my aim."
Hannah's face had two lines of blood running steadily down. Anger caused her to lunge at Holly and pull her hair. She was trying to rip the locks of auburn hair from Holly's skull.
"Ow! Ow!" screamed Holly.
In all of Holly's cat fight in school, Holly detested the hair pulling tactic. Because of that, she once cut her hair super short just so no one could pull her hair. Now that her hair was longer, her hair again is being jerked out of her head.
Pain got Holly to her senses and she used her nails to scratch Hannah in her forehead. There was a line of blood dripping down her forehead. It was then that Holly wished that her nails were a bit longer to do more damage.
Hannah also decided to use her nails in battle and swung her claw like hands towards Holly's face attempting to leave 4 lines of blood on her cheek. Holly was too quick though. Years at the LEP academy had sharpened her skills and she dodged Hannah's blow by ducking down. She got back and got revenge by hitting another punch giving Hannah a back eye.
Hannah fell to the floor but she did not admit defeat.
Holly, thinking that Hannah had already given up, started out the restroom door.
"Wait!" hollered Hannah.
"What do you want now?" asked Holly as she turned around. "Need another beating?"
"No." Hannah got up and wiped away the blood from her still dripping nose. She was still ready to compete for Artemis. "I'm not giving up. You think by beating me up you can stop Artemis from loving me? No. I will get Artemis's heart. You wait and see." Hannah was just like a stubborn child.
"Dream on. Artemis told me he doesn't like bimbos like you. He has better taste in women."
"Liking you would be good taste?" Hannah still wanted trouble. "Please, don't think too highly of yourself. The competition is on. I won't hold back now."
Hannah caught sight of a poster on the wall outside the washroom. It was an advertisement for the annual Valentine's ball for students from Saint Bartleby's Public School for Young Gentlemen and Ladies. The school dance will be held at a hotel for both the schools. There was usually a king and queen crowned at the dance and an idea sparked in Hannah's brain. She grinned to herself for her smartness.
"Let's make a bet."
"What do you mean?"
"Next week, both Artemis's and my school will be holding a Valentine's ball. Anyone can come so even a peasant like you can come. Artemis will definitely get the King's spot. Whoever wins the queen's position will get to be with Artemis. Whoever loses will back out from the game and never sees Artemis again. How about that?"
Holly's hotheadedness agreed without thinking. "Deal." How hard can it be to crowned Queen?
Hannah knew that Holly has been caught in her web. She also wanted to know the name of her enemy. "If you are brave enough than leave me your name."
Holly started out the door and turned back at the doorway. "I'm glad to leave my name. Remember the name of the person who will beat you, Holly Short." And she left leaving Hannah in the restroom alone.
Hannah got out her cell phone and dialed for Tiffany. (A/n: For those of you who forgot, Tiffany is her friend from chapter 1)
"Yea Hannah?" can Tiffany's voice.
"Tiff, Round up the girls and meet at my place in 10 minutes. I got something for them people to do."
"Roger that."
Hannah pocketed her cell and cleaned her face. 'You were born to the wrong family Short. You don't have the power to win against me.'
A/N: Review! That was the longest chapter I wrote right? I hope the length didn't scare people away. Review, Review!
Clarification: The reason why Hannah knows that Artemis will win is that she knows lots of people and can easily influence them to vote for Artemis. That's also why she is so sure that she can be queen.
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