Kira grabbed her food and went over to sit by her brother, pulling Artemis along.

"Hey Thom." said Kira sweetly. He glowed a shade of purple.

"P'shog," Artemis inclined his head ever-so-slightly.

Mary Sue had her I'm-so-mad-but-I'll-still-pretend-I'm-happy smile on.

"Kira, darling. Why didn't you tell me about your darling brother? He's just a darling, aren't you Thommy?"

"Oh, I think every thing about him is darling." Kira said through her teeth.

Mary Sue laughed again. "You know Artemis; I was in the Library just the other day-" "Really?" Kira interrupted. "How did you like your first time? I thought that you just had one of your clones study for you." "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," Mary shot back "I didn't know that 'Artemis' was considered a girl's name. Did you?"

"Well obviously you didn't read well enough. It can be either or." Artemis simply said.Thom, who had looked elated at the fact that his enemy might have a

girl's name, scowled.

"Thom, why are you so grouchy?" asked Kira mock-sweetly. Thom had a hard time lying.

"Because you're going out with the biggest jerk this side of Dublin, after I told you not to." Thom's tone matched hers perfectly.

It came with being a twin.

"Well at least I'm not seeing someone just to make someone mad!" Kira retorted. "No offense, Mary. It's just that, well, no one in there right mind would date you by will."

"Oh, none taken. I've always been sure that you could sweet-talk anyone into anything, Kira, and this is just my proof. Tit for Tat, sweetie."

Kira scowled at her but couldn't think of a come back. She squeezed Artemis's hand as a signal for him to do something.He just ate his 'food' silently.

Kira knew she had sharp nails for a reason.

"Yow!" Artemis hissed suddenly.

Kira pretended to look back then glared at him.

"What?" he mouthed at her.

"What do you think!" She mouthed back.

He gave her a Loaded Look.

"Help Me!" she mouthed one last time then turned around. Thom and Mary both had blank faces.

"Why, hello again. Back from Dream world?" Mary asked mockingly.

"I was reading the dinner sign. Deciding what gross mess looks most like you." Kira added asmile to her message.

Mary Sue gave Kira one of those looks. You know the kind. When your worst enemy can't think of any comeback to your great one and so they just wrinkle their nose at you? Yeah, that one.

A girl named Sandy O'Neilwalked up to Mary.

They were instantaneously transported into a land of make-up and shoes. Thom, Kira, and Artemis all rolled their eyes.

Mary looked at all of them with a dazed expression. "I'll be right back."

They all nodded.

Immediately Thom and Artemis were on Kira's case.

She just tuned them out, lopping her 'pudding' from bowl to spoon to bowl to spoon.

"Are you even listening to me?" Both of the shouted at the same time. "No." she replied calmly.

They just rambled off again. Kira started wondering what the pudding would look like in Thom's hair. Or on Artemis' jacket.

'Resist it resist it...' she kept telling herself.

But everyone knows how easy it is to ignore ones' self.

She tried flinging it but missed.

"Rats," she said calmly, reloading her spoon.

This time she got Thoms face.

Suddenly, a kid from halfway across the room realized that he had pudding on his head.

The greatest pudding fight ever in the history of Teraman Central Boarding School had begun.

It was made better by the simultaneous gooeyness and liquidity of the pudding.

Let's just say it got messy fast.

Very fast.

Soon enough teachers came pouring in to the Cafeteria.

They, being teachers, were quickly acknowledged as targets.

It got personal. When Kira saw a kid pull out an apple she ran out of the Cafeteria as fast a she could.

Feeling slightly compassionate, she pulled Thom to relitive safety.

Getting outside the Cafeteria was like finding heaven on Earth.

Kira now had only to find a shower and life would be perfect.

Thom and Artemis came rushing through the doors and not even stopping to breath, started yelling about how she shouldn't have done that and stuff. "STOP!" Kira screamed. "I am going to get cleaned up then I will visit both of you separately. ONE hour. GO!"

They went, but not without muttering.

One Hour Later...

Kira decided to visit Thom first.

It was safer that way. Kira knocked.

"What!"

Kira barged in. "What do you think?" Kira asked rudely but not angrily.

"What?"

Kira sat down on his bed and looked at him. "Tell me what is bothering you. ONE THING AT A TIME."

"Well, my legs hurt."

Kira stared at him.

He sighed. "And I just don't like the idea of you and Fowl."

"Well get used to it." Kira said bluntly.

Thom snorted.

"Anything else?" Kira asked.

"Not at the moment. Further updates as they occur."

Then I've got to go see Artemis." Kira stood up.

Thom snorted again, louder.

"Bye." Kira waved.

"Bye."

Kira was lucky Artemis room was just 3 doors down because her legs were killing her too. Running, slipping, and getting up again and again does that to you. It dosent help whenpudding isbeing chucked at you.Once again she knocked.

"Enter."

"Ohhhh, scary." Kira said as she walked in and once again sat on the bed.

"Hello, Kira."

"Hey! Would you tell me what's up?" Kira smiled.

He raised his right eyebrow. "The sky."

"OK. The sooner you tell me what's wrong with you the sooner I leave." Kira said plainly.

"Nothing. Everything."

"You promised you would tell me one secret ten minutes after lunch its 10 after exactly. Go." Kira's expression was tough.

"I said. IF, I can think of one. Which I can't." Artemis stated. Kira sighed.

"I hate loopholes."

"Well will you tell me one thing that is wrong right now?" Kira asked.

"I already did," he replied.

"Nothing and Everything doesn't exactly count. One thing and I will never bug you about again." Kira promised

"Fine. Your brother. That was one thing, now you can't bug me about what I feel ever again."

"OK. And now you have to let that go." Kira looked at him. "And by the way, I never said "Or the ghost fish shall eat me" and I had my fingers crossed." Kira smiled.

He glared.

"I don't get why you're mad at me. Thom, I get." Kira admitted. "But I deserve to know why you're mad at me."

"I'm not"

"Then why are you acting like it!" Kira said exasperated.

"Am I? I don't mean to."

"Yeah, sure. The yelling means you really happy." Kira said sarcastically.

Please review.

Sorry Its been taking so long to update. but we both live in Idaho and right now I'm in Iowa and Mulch was just in Europe. So its been tough.

Well, Bye!Potestas