"So, you still are afraid of me, huh?" Koblade asked standing over her, "Or are you just afraid for Carmen."
Holly started to get up but, he grabbed her by the back of her neck and pulled her up to face him, "Don't worry, her death won't be as painful as yours."
"NO!" Holly yelled flinging forward in her bed. She immediatly kicked the covers off and fell out of bed. Ignoring the pain, she grabbed her communicator and dialed.
Artemis appeared in the doorway stunned and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Carmen!" Holly yelped as she picked up the communicator.
"You know you're supposed to be on vacation. So why are you calling me at like 1:00 in the morning for you. That's not a good sign," Carmen said sarcastically, obviously eating lunch.
"Are you alright?" Holly asked frantically.
"Yeah," Carmen said straightening up seriously, "What's up?"
"I had a nightmare," Holly sighed sadly as Butler and Juliet arrived in the doorway, guns in their hands. Juliets surprisingly bigger than Butlers.
"Well that's strange, I would never imagine you having a nightmare," Carmen laughed putting her feet up on her desk and leaning back.
"It involved Koblade," Holly growled angrily. Making Carmen, who seemed to be eating a carrot at the time, choke.
"Are you kidding me?" Carmen sputtered after dislodging the carrot.
"I wish," Holly said sadly, "It was extremely weird and..."
"IF HE EVEN THINKS ABOUT MESSING WITH YOU I WILL KICK HIS..." Carmen yelled.
"You know about him," Holly asked surprised.
"Yeah, Foaly called me this morning and told me," Carmen said sadly, "How someone like him can just get away with that after doing what he did is just..."
"Yeah, I know," Holly said sadly.
Carmen smiled at her, "Don't worry though, we have friends."
Holly smiled back, "Right."
Carmen waved and Holly set the communicator down, just as Artemis's parent's arrived in the doorway, "Is everything alright."
Holly walked over to them, "I'm sorry. I had a nightmare."
Artemis's mother smiled, "It's no problem. Do you need anything? Are you alright? Want to go have some hot chocolate and have a big talk?"
Juliet giggled and nodded but Holly replied, "No thanks. I think I should just get back to bed."
"I'm just glad you didn't wake the twins," Artemis's father sighed.
His parents and Butler walked away, followed by a trudging Juliet, who muttered under her breath, "I wanted to have a talk."
Holly and Artemis laughed, "I think you'll be alright."
"I hope," Holly replied shrugging.
He hugged her and she hugged him back, "I don't think it's a good idea for him cause he would have better luck messing with me, then messing with you."
"What are you talking about?" Holly asked laughing.
"Well if you got mad because he was messing with you, once you found him. You'd probably beat him senselsess or even better just destroy him. I mean you've got a pretty good right hook."
To prove his point, he dramatically rubbing his arm where she had hit him earlier that day. She laughed and put her hand on his, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit you that hard."
"Yeah, that's what you say," Artemis said sarcastically, "But, I know it's a lie."
"Maybe," Holly smirked, turning around and going into her room. She closed the door and leaned up against it for a minute, biting her lip, until she heard him walk away. She then jumped back into her bed and fell into a deep sleep.
Holly rubbed her eyes as she walked down the stairs, causing her to fall. Artemis grabbed her arm, surprisingly, already dressed, "You might wanna try walking, not falling."
"Oh, why didn't I think of that first," Holly growled, standing back up straight and walking down the rest of the stairs, "I mean I must be mental."
Artemis laughed, "Or just to eager to get to breakfast to go on every step."
"Or, I'm just to tired to focus on anything. INCLUDING YOU BEING ANNOYING!"
"Ouch," Artemis said dramatically, putting his hand over his heart, "That really hurt."
She punched him in the shoulder and laughed, "That reminds me, I'm not supposed to hit you that hard. It might damage your sensitive skin."
"Very funny," Artemis rolled his eyes as they walked into the dining room. Juliet was already seated and eating cheero's.
She saw Holly and jumped up, "Oh, do you want to do something today. It would be so fun to go boy watching."
"I thought I said, no boy watching," Holly immitated her.
Juilet crossed her arms and pouted, "I'll return to me post then."
"Oh stop acting like a child," Artemis said.
Right then Analay ran into the kitchen straight to her brother. She was crying and sobbed, "Get him away from me!"
Artemis picked her up and walked over to the door, where his younger brother came through. He grabbed him from behind the neck and asked, "What did you do to Analay, Austin?"
"We were just playing," Austin shrugged.
"You're a jerk!" Analay yelled from Artemis's arms.
"Will go by Holly and Juilet for a minute?" He asked her and pointed her in their direction. She nodded and walked towards them. She tugged on the bottom of Holly's pajama pants until she looked down.
"Will you hold me," She asked, sniffing and wiping tears away.
Holly nodded and picked her up, setting her on her lap. Holly rubbed her back as Artemis led Austin out of the room.
"What did he do?" Holly asked and Analay looked up with her.
"He tried to put a spider in my hair," She pouted. Holly smiled and laughed, recieving a push from Analay, "It's not funny!"
"Why would you be afraid of something so small," Holly asked and Analay shrugged, "You shouldn't be afraid. What you should do is get payback. Go get a spider and put it in his hair."
Holly tickled her and she giggled, "That's a good idea, but there so gross."
"I know," Holly laughed but smiled, "But it can't hurt you, and if it tried then I'd protect you."
Analay hugged her as Artemis walked in, "Thank you, Holly. You're the best!"
Holly smiled as she jumped off her lap and past her brothers. Artemis nodded at Austin and he walked sadly to the door.
"What did you do give him a verbal beating?" Juilet asked, "I mean, Holly gave Analay advice and you put your brother down."
"You let Holly give my little sister advice?!" Artemis yelped.
"It was good advice, I couldn't stop her," Juliet smirked and Holly smiled, "I think your little sister likes Holly. They became best friends in the past two minutes you were in the hall."
He laughed and replied, "That's surprising cause Analay doesn't talk to much around new strangers. I mean if they were here for a couple of days she would say something but you've only been here a day."
"I'm special," Holly smirked, getting up from her seat and going back upstairs.
"So what did she say to Analay?" Artemis asked Juilet sitting down.
"Just that spiders are more gross than harmful," Juilet replied walking out the door.
"I guess that means no one is going to eat breakfast with me!" Artemis shouted at the closed door.
"Girls," He muttered.
Holly's door flung open and Juliet jumped into the room, "CAN WE PLEASE GO BOY WATCHING!!"
Holly groaned and fell on her bed, "Will the tormenting ever stop?"
Juliet grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and pulled Holly up to face her, "Not until you go boy watching with me, at least once!"
Juliet let go of Holly's shirt and she fell back onto the bed in a fit of giggles. she rolled off the bed and started pulled out clothes from a drawer, "Just once."
Juliet shrieked and hugged Holly, "I'll be downstairs in half an hour!"
She ran out of the room and Holly yelled after her, "Why the heck are you going to take so long?"
Juliet's face appeared in the doorway and she replied, "Well, I have to look good if one of them is already girl watching, don't I?"
They fell into another fit of giggles as Juliet walked away down the hall. Holly changed and went back downstairs for food. When she arrived the dining room was vacant. So she walked through another door and into the kitchen. Artemis was currently rummaging through the cabnet when she walked in.
"So, you decided you wanted something to eat?" He asked, crossing his arms and leaning against the counter. Holly nodded and jumped to sit up on the island, "There's cereal, poptarts, and yogarts."
"You have any fruit?" She asked sitting indian style on the island, "I'm on a diet."
Artemis laughed, "What is it with skinny girls going on diets? That's so dumb and get off the island before my mother sees you."
Holly jumped off and Artemis pulled out a bowl of fruits from the refrigerator, "For your information, I made a deal with Trouble and I can't wrestle Lily till we're about the same size. So, I am forced to lose fifteen pounds. The upside, is watching Lily suffer and gain ten."
"How small is he?" Artemis asked ammused, following Holly into the dining room.
"Let's just say that if someone ran her over with a bike, she'd definitally be squished," Holly laughed biting into a tasty banana.
"And you're okay with having to lose fifteen pounds?" He asked.
"It's not much a problem," She replied easily, "It's not that hard with how physically fit I am. Plus, it would just make me more attractive or at least that's what Foaly said."
"No offence," Artemis stated boldly and seriously, "but I don't think you have to lose any wait to look more attractive because you look amazing just the way you are. You don't have to change and Foaly doesn't even know what to say to his own girlfriend."
Holly looked up at him, surprised at his outburst but happy at the same time. She smiled at him, "Thanks."
He smiled back at her and replied, "You're welcome."
They kept eye contact for a couple of seconds until Juliet loudly burst into the room like she owned it. They looked away from each other and blushed.
"I am so ready to go now!" Juliet exclaimed loudly.
"Did you brush your teeth?" Holly asked throwing her a fake smile.
"NO!" Juliet shrieked, running from the room to possibly brush her teeth.
Holly turned to Artemis and asked, "Do you want to come with us?"
Artemis and started, "As mush as I'd love to go boy watching, I..."
"You don't HAVE to go boy watching. I just wanted to know if you wanted to get out of the house or something."
He stood up to face her as she threw her banana peel away, "Alright, if you really want me to."
She rolled her eyes and pushed him, "I'll be right back, I have to brush my teeth."
Artemis laughed and followed Holly upstairs to practice the art of teeth brushing as well.
"Check out the butt on that guy!" Juliet exclaimed, wiggling in her seat, "This is so much fun!"
"Yeah, checking out a guys butt is awesome," Holly said lamely, watching some guys pass, "Either they're to skinny or they're to muscular."
"Oh so they have to be perfect?" Juliet crossed her arms and pouted.
"No, not perfect. These people are just overly muscular or they have no muscles at all," Holly replied, leaning her head down on the table.
"Alright then, why don't you try looking for a guy, who's body is like perfect, but don't look at his face cause that might ruin it," Juliet said fast, smiling as someone whistled at her.
"You are so full of yourself," Holly stated, already searching the crowds, "Found one!"
"See all you had to do was look at a guy without looking at his face," Juliet stated, "Where is he?"
"There," Holly pointed, finally looking up to see who it was. She wished she hadn't.
Juliet started to laugh, "You have a good taste in men."
Only if she had looked up early would she have noticed that it was Artemis. Her face paled and then went completely red. She threw her head down on the table with a loud bang, then covered her head with her arms to block out Juliet. Artemis walked over to them and asked, "What's the matter with her?"
Juliet stopped laughing and was about to reply when Holly kicked her from under the table, "Ow!"
"It's nothing," she replied fast, "Are you hungry?"
He nodded and she tried flagging down a waitress. When that didn't work she got up and decided to give the waitress, who was know flirting with a boy, a piece of her mind.
"So, what was all that about?" Artemis asked, sitting down in the seat next to Holly's.
Juliet smiled in a knowing way and bit her lip, "I can't tell you, but I wish I could."
He rolled his eyes at her as Holly came back with the waitress. They ordered their food and waited for her to come back. As they waited, Holly and Juliet whispered to each other.
"You do know that I am still sitting here and if I wanted to I could hear everything you're saying. You both suck at whispering," Artemis stated in a know-it-all tone of his. Holly crossed her arms, glared, and pouted at him, "You could talk to me."
"Eww...!" Juliet exclaimed loudly, "Why would we talk to you?"
She then giggled wildly as the waitress brought their orders, "I think you should take her off the medication."
"Her!" Artemis exclaimed, "Both of you haven't shut up since I got back over here! By the way how many guys gave you their phone number today Holly?"
"Ha! Very funny Fowl! I should beat you up for that one!" Holly replied angrily stabbing her food with the fork. He just laughed.
"Holly did see one particular guy that Holly was interested in," Juliet stated as Holly glared at her, "He's okay but, I would go for someone stronger. Someone I could wrestle with and still win."
"I can beat you Juliet, so he must be pretty weak," Holly laughed, getting her glare reversed on her. She just stuck her tounge out.
"You know your calling yourself weak, right?" Artemis asked.
"Yeah," Holly replied drinking some of the water she had.
"I don't see that possible. I mean you are a girl but you sure don't punch like one."
"One, your weak," Holly said setting down her fork and watching Artemis start to protest, "Two, the only reason I say I am weak is because I haven't had professional training in wrestling. And Three because I haven't beat Trouble yet, so technically, to everyone, I am weak."
"That is in Haven," Artemis stated, "We are in the real world. Not were everyone is perfect."
Holly laughed and Juliet rolled her eyes, "Will you two finish your food so I can go home and wrestle Holly."
As soon as they walked through the door, they were instantly greeted by screaming. Analay once again was running away from Austin. This time she ran straight to Holly, who in return, picked her up and putting her on her hip. Analay laid her head on Holly's shoulder and cried. Artemis looked at Holly blankly for a moment and then turned to Austin, who immediatly dropped the beetle he was holding. Holly was filled with a vision of Mulch and had to hold back the laugh that was building in the back of her throat.
"What did I tell you about... "Artemis started to say but stopped when his parents burst into the room. They looked extremely displeased, "AUSTIN ADAMS FOWL! YOU COME HERE NOW!" His father growled, making Austin cower closer to Artemis.
Artemis didn't even look down at his little brother's innocent-looking face. So, Austin started to walk towards his parents slowly. Artemis looked back at Holly, he was biting his lip and looked a little upset.
Once Austin made it to his father, Artemis senior took him by the hand and led him out of the room. Angeline then crossed the floor and took the now silent Analay from Holly's arms.
"He's not getting in trouble, is he?" Analay frowned, with tears still drying on her face, "He was only playing."
"Oh, Honey," Angeling cooed, "He keeps taking all the playing a little to far for you. He knows he shouldn't but he neglects what we tell him anyways."
She took Analay out of the room and the three of them stood there looking at each other in silence. Juliet shrugged, turned, and made her way upstairs.
"Is is really necessary to primp befor you fight me!" Holly yelled up the stairs behind her.
"YES! Juliet screemed back. Holly just rolled her eyes and looked at Artemis. He had dissapointment and sadness written on his facial expressions.
"Is something wrong?" Holly asked taking a step closer.
Instently he bottled his emotions, "Yes."
Holly took another step closer and looked into his eyes. There, all his emotions were running wildly and Holly knew something was wrong, "Then why don't I believe you?"
Artemis bit his lip and not only from Holly being so close to him. He looked back up into her eyes and noticed how sad and worried she was. He put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed. He felt her shoulders relax as she breathed in and out. He smiled a little and replied, "Trust me. I'll be okay."
"Oh please! Are you here to pretend you two actually are nice to each other or are you here to fight?" Juliet yelled standing not to far from them. Neither Artemis or Holly noticed her come down the stairs and had no idea how long she was there. They instently moved away from each other and looked at Juliet, who laughed, "Lets go!"
Artemis and Holly followed Juliet downstairs to the basement where there was workout machines, weights, and a wrestling mat. Holly and Juliet possitioned themselves on the mats and began to wrestle, which truthfully turned into a full fight in minutes. He didn't know who through the first punch but it was extremely interesting to watch. Most of the time they were dodging each others moves.
Artemis sat down on the sidelines thinking, 'Why wouldn't Anna come to me? I'm here older brother for crying out loud! I guess it's because Holly's a girl and is the type young girls would put as their role models. That would be kind of cute, Holly being a role model.' He smiled to himself.
Holly was on the mat also having some thoughts as well, 'Why does he choose to hide emotions. I mean he laughs and is happy alot but everytime he is sad or scared. He hides it. I mean he let me know it was okay to cry so why won't he? I wonder how cute he'd look if he started to cry, probably cuter than now, if possible.'
Just then she froze, 'I did not just think that?!"
Juliet punched her hard. There was a loud crack as Juliet's fist made contact with Holly's face. Holly fell to the floor hard in shock. Artemis coming out of his own daze, was instently by her side, "Are you alright?" He seemed concerned.
Holly sat up and started giggling, which caused Juliet and Artemis to stare, "You do know that the last time you asked me that, you got punched in the face right?"
Artemis laughed and touched the side of her cheek, "Just answer the question."
"I'm fine," Holly replied, sparks of magic already repairing the bruise and cut, even her broken nose, "You punch hard."
Juliet smiled, "Thank you. You do to, that one to the gut killed."
"Sorry," Holly apolgized, getting up with the help of Artemis.
"Don't say sorry I just got my revenge," Juliet replied as the two started to laugh, "Did it hurt?"
"Not really," Holly replied rubbing the back of her neck and started to head for the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Artemis and Juliet said in unison, making Juliet glare at Artemis. She hated it when that happened.
"You hit me in the nose. I feel I should get a wash cloth before the blood comes out of my nose," Holly stated still climbing the stairs. Artemis began to follow but Juliet stayed downstairs, deciding to clean up the mats.
They went all the way upstairs to Holly's room after getting her a washcloth. She kept it to her nose as it bled, "I thought healing it would prevent that?"
"Not all the time," she replied, sighing and removing the washcloth to see if the bleeding let up any. It was going down extremely fast, "I'm getting better though."
He laughed and sat down on the bed next to her, "So how do you like your room?"
"I don't like it, I LOVE IT!" She exclaimed happily, "This bed is so big! I've never had a bed that I could roll over like six times in and still not fall out of it! I mean everyday at home I wake up with a headache on the floor because I fall off of my bed!"
Artemis laughed as she rubbed her head, "I guess I know what to get you for Christmas."
She laughed and took the washcloth away from her nose, "All better!"
He smiled but rubbed her nose to check anyways. She bit her lip as he did and then leaned back, "It seems fine."
"That's good," She replied, looking down at her hands in her lap.
"I'll talk to later okay," Artemis said getting up to leave, "I have something I have to get to. We might get pizza for dinner. Is that okay with you?"
Holly nodded but didn't look up from her hands. He stood there for a moment inspecting her and wondering but turned and left. Holly fell backwards on the bed and growled, "What the heck was that all about?"
Okay, I made it close enough to 4000 words. YEAH!! Anywho, there is a story you should really read before this one. I told you already. It is by slimefrog and it is titled strictly ballroom. It is interesting but has some extreme language. I warn all of thee. The characters of Koblade (last name I forgot the first name) and Carmen belong to slimefrog and I'm trying to give them the same personality as slimefrog has.
One... no Two... no Three things I have to say to three people.
One: KORU-CHAN!! Where are you? I haven't talked to you in one million days and you haven't really reviewed the end of my other story. I think. Not sure, I have slight memory loss I think. Maybe I was dropped on my head as a baby. or maybe it was from running into a wall last week. Not so sure. Please message me!
Two:HollyBridgePeppermint, I am extremly happy that you reviewed and there is no pressure on the dress thing, but I am excited that you have great talent to let me see it. I hope your computer writes what you want it to.
Three: OH MY EVIL FRIEND!! You have to know how mad I am. Twice I was on the computer when you were and twice you were (away) You didn't even talk to me :,( I cry! Please check on your computer when your away.
Thank you to all of my lovely lovely reviewers. I still love you even though it is a new story. THANKS AGAIN A TON!!
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