Chapter Five: Stranger in the Trees

Once everyone left Yetty's house she was feeling a little nervous. Artemis would come out from the bathroom in a minute or two and she couldn't stop having these thoughts about him. He is so Hot. His skin was just the perfect color and he is at least a few inches taller than me! A deep blush came over her cheeks when she realized Artemis had stepped into the living room and was now staring at her. He has such a gorgeous body. Shut-up! She silently screamed at herself.

"You owe me you know." He told Yetty

"For what?" She was trying to act as though she hadn't done anything wrong. As though she had never seen him with his clothes off. But her face told the truth.

"Well, you saw me naked this morning. My privacy was invaded. And what's worse, you just stood there and gawked at my body. Yes, you definitely owe me for not telling anyone."

" And Just how do you expect me to fill the debt?"

It was just the question Artemis had hoped for, "Well, for starters you could let me stay here until the fairies aren't so mad. Deal?"

Yetty thought for a moment if her parents came home she could just tell them Artemis was a new friend of hers. They wouldn't mind; just so long as he slept in the living room of course. "You have yourself a deal. So now that the debt is filled I can start getting ready for the big party tonight. Do you want to come?"

Artemis looked at her, "I'm not really into to big social events."

"Please. It would mean a lot to Becky. She has a huge crush on you and it would just break her heart if she didn't see you there tonight." Secretly Yetty wondered if she just didn't want him to come for herself.

Artemis turned his gaze on her, "There's one other thing, Yetty. I said this would just start to fill the debt. I never said it would cover it completely."

Yetty walked out of the living room wondering what would fill the debt; if anything.

A few hours later Yetty looked at herself in the mirror one last time. Making sure every little detail was perfect. She opened her hand bag and pulled out a pink lipstick. She applied coat over coat of gloss on top of the makeup on her lips. She walked down her hallway and found Artemis sitting on the couch reading on of her father's magazines. She rolled her eyes; only a boy like Artemis wouldn't be bored by fishing and golfing.

He saw her and stood up. Artemis walked across the street. They had plans to meet Rosie and Romeo at their house. Since Romeo was the most experienced driver; and the only one with a car.

"Hey Rosie!" Yetty called out. She ran up to one of her best friends and gave her a hug. "Are you ready for tonight?"

"Of course! How could I not? You've been planning this party for a long time. Besides, I was ready the moment you told me about it all those months ago.

"Come on, or we're going to be late." Romeo yelled as he hopped into the driver's seat. Rosie opened her door and let Yetty step into the back next to Artemis. Rosie took the front seat next to her twin and buckled up her seat

They were only in the truck for a few minutes when Romeo pulled up into Tristan's driveway. Everyone got out and started towards the beach. Tristan, Becky, and Mike were already waiting there for them. A few kids from their school were there as well. Tristan was hooking his stereo up. He had brought an extension cord from his house and was using that to plug in his stereo. He had also brought colored lights so the beach wouldn't be too dark but it wouldn't be too bright either. Looking around Yetty found that more kids had showed and the beach was starting to fill up. She looked where Becky had moments earlier only to find her missing. Taking another glance around she noticed that Artemis was missing as well. "Oh well." she sighed. Even though she liked Artemis she was still glad that Becky had gotten him and not someone else.

Artemis and Becky sat in a cove that was on the beach. It was quieter than at the party which was good, because Artemis was starting to get a headache. That kind of music just wasn't for him. He much preferred Mozart to Usher any-day.

Artemis stared into Becky's eyes. He thought of them as stars on a cloudy night; brightening his way home. "You look beautiful tonight." Becky blushed a deep shade of red.

"Thank-you." Becky said as she lay her head on his shoulder. Artemis leaned in to kiss her. It was his turn to blush. He felt like a moron. The rest of his thoughts blurred away as Becky leaned in closer to him and their lips connected. The kiss seemed to last a lifetime, when in actuality it was only about thirty seconds long.

Artemis not wanting his emotions to take control got up and left. Becky followed shortly behind. "Is something wrong, Artemis?"

He shook his head. "No, I just didn't want to go any farther than kissing, and I knew that might happen if I didn't gain control of myself then and there." She nodded her head in agreement. For a while they stood there hand in hand, until Yetty found them. "You guys had me worried sick! I couldn't find you anywhere and I've been searching for almost an hour." Out of breath she looked them up and down. She noticed that their clothes looked really messed up. "You guys didn't do what it looks like you did, did you?" They shook their heads. "Well you guys better tidy up if you don't want others to think that." Artemis brushed off his suit and helped Becky straighten up her dress. When they looked decent, they went back to the party together. Artemis decided it best not to hang out with Becky for the rest of the night and instead followed Yetty around. They got to the edge of the party and Artemis noticed a shape in the trees. He tapped Yetty on the shoulder and pointed towards a tall oak. She signaled for Artemis to follow her and together they went towards the tree. Surely they wouldn't get hurt after all the odds were two against one. Unless of course there was others with that person, but Yetty refused to think of that possibility.

Artemis and Yetty went in the opposite direction of each other. Artemis went around the left side of the tree, and Yetty the right. Unfortunately luck not on their side that night. There behind the tree stood three really short people Yetty decided they were a few of the fairies Artemis had ticked off. And if she was right about them being fairies then in their hands was the most advanced guns in the universe and they were pointing straight at Yetty and Artemis. The third person in the group put his gun away and came up to Yetty and placed handcuffs on her. The same was done to Artemis. With guns pointing at their backs Yetty and Artemis were led away from the party.