A/N I know it's short, sorry! The new Artemis Fowl book isn't out until the 7th of August here (UK) so I'm a bit wary of looking at other stories...
Foaly was flicking through his diary, filling the 5 minutes until the end of his, so far boring, day.
23rd December: Go to Atlantis for Anniversary- phone Annaliese
25th December: Anniversary(!), Holly's birthday
27th December: Back from Atlantis, pick up groceries
Holly's birthday. He had forgotten! Seeing as Holly had been absent for her last three birthdays, in his time anyway, he had grown used to spending the date with his wife.
There was a cousin Holly had, Annaliese he thought her name was, who visited occasionally, but she was currently working as a travel rep for AtlantisTravelLtd; she was the rep who he and Caballine had booked their holiday with, so she wouldn't be around.
Who else was there? Her father had died, as had her mother, no sisters, no brothers. Root, the closest to family Holly had had, was, Foaly remembered sadly, dead.
Luckily for Foaly, Trouble Kelp had not forgotten Holly's birthday. In fact, he already had a plan.