Holly and Artemis walked back into the ballroom holding hands. They were immediatly greeted by Sool.
"I don't mean to be rude but I should be on my way," he said nodding and trying to be polite.
"You and I were going to have a little chat before you left so, I will see you later," Artemis replied indicating for Holly to leave. She curtsied, sort of, and walked off, "Now we can discuss the situation in the hall."
Artemis turned around and walked out the door with Sool following, "Now what is it you need to discuss?"
"Well, I do not need to discuss it now but since you asked I shall tell you," Sool said crossing his arms, "I had a suspicion that there was a fairy here by unknown sources."
Artemis swallowed but his face remained calm and at ease, "And what have you learned."
"There is no fairy here," Sool said starting to walk past him, "Those damn kids don't know what there talking about anymore. They seem to be more and more suspicious."
He went to the door and opened, "It seems the only thing you have here is a good party."
He walked out into the night and Artemis had to laugh. He had been so nervous and Sool hadn't noticed anything wrong at all. He sat down on the bench and set his head in his hands. Tonight was a very frustrating night, even though everything had gone as planned.
The door opened and the girls from before ran out to greet him. He jumped up instantly and they stopped in front of him smiling.
"Thank you so much," They said in unison and group hugged him. While they were he swore someone was touching his head and it made an itch. He let go and scratched his head trying to make it go away. He swore under his breathe and Holly laughed.
"Did that tickle?" She giggled as the others smiled and walked off to the front door to leave, "Young genius, criminal mastermind, kidnapper, thief, and possibly killer," He scratched his head again, "And he is going crazy from an itch."
He grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him, holding her close, "What did you do to my head?"
"Nothing," Holly replied innocently, but he caught and evil glint in her eye.
"Then I guess your not daring enough to take my dare," Artemis said without really thinking and now that he did, it seemed dumb. She was interested though replying, "I am the most daring person you will ever meet, Fowl!"
"Then tell me what you did to my head," Artemis demanding about to itch it again when she grabbed it and placed her own hand one the spot. She rubbed it gently and he felt better, "I dont get it."
"It's an annoying trick I learned the only way to satisfy that itch on the head is to gently rub it, not scratch it to death," Holly replied crossing her arms. He smiled at her and kissed her on the forehead.
"We should get back to my party," Artemis said taking her hand and leading her back to the ballroom. She followed beside him happily almost tripping over her own feet once of twice more.
(one note before I go on, YEAH IT WORKS! the ruler thingy thing that is.)
Holly dropped to the ground making a loud thud. Juliet laughed and jumped off the last couple of steps of her ladder.
"That was so much fun!" Holly stated loudly as if Artemis hadn't heard her the first seven times since the party ended, "I am so glad we aren't wearing dresses anymore cause getting these dumb decorations down would have taken more than an hour if we had them on."
Juliet smiled an nodded, "Plus, we have some help from that thing Artemis built. All we have to do is throw things on the floor and it sweeps it up."
"The Cleanserbot 5," Artemis replied pushily as he walked up to them, "I would appreciate it if you would call him by his name. George!"
Holly laughed, "That thing has a name! Just one other question to that too, why is it 5."
"Cause it took me five Cleanserbots to get it right," Artemis said throwing a cup in the robot's direction. It took it up with ease and any liquid on the floor was washed clean in its path, "Don't you just love it. I make the best inventions."
"You have almost as big a head as Foaly," Holly snorted throwing the last of the decorations on the floor, "Now what do we do, just leave it here and it does it's job."
"Yeah, but we should put a sign on the door. Killer robot watch out," Artemis replied acting dumb.
"Why are you acting like such a flipping retard," Juliet asked staring at him blankly.
"Cause your dead brain cells are rubbing off on me," Artemis replied standing up straight and staring her in the eyes. She pushed him. He fell straight on his butt and the two girls both started cracking up laughing. He blew some hair out of his eyes and got back up.
"Your so mean Artemis," Juilet said crossing her arms, "Can't you just be normal."
"You want me to be a normal kid, I try to you ridicule me," Artemis stated crossing his arms, "You want me to be myself but then I get pushed to the floor from it."
Holly half smiled, half sighed and said, "I think I would rather have you just be you."
Juliet nodded and Artemis replied, "Good, cause its hard acting dumb."
They laughed and left the ballroom. Juliet began to run up the stairs, as Artemis began to follow Holly grabbed his arm, "Can I talk to you?"
Artemis noted that she looked nervous but her voice was calm and smooth, "That is perfectly okay with me."
They walked up the stairs and went straight to Holly's room. When they got inside she shut the door and he sat on the bed, "So what did you want t..."
He was instently cut off by Holly's lips on his. They were warm and soothing, making him want to kiss her back tremendously, but something wasn't right about it. He put his hand on her cheek and felt tears. He pushed her back to see mascara running down her face and she sobbed a bit, even though she was trying to hold it back.
"I'm sorry," Holly choked out trying to turn around and get away. He got up and caught her before she got out of the door. He pinned her against the wall and she tried to break free but he wouldnt let go.
"What is going on with you Holly?" Artemis asked concern filling his voice more than ever, "You can tell me."
She bit her lower lip nervously, "I was just...thinking...that I should try being a little bit easy on you. It's been a long time since I have actually really kissed someone and I freaked on you last time, so I really thought I should make it up to y..."
It was his turn to silence her but he only put his finger to her lips. She swallowed and took a deep breath trying to calm herself.
"You don't have to prove anything to me Holly," Artemis said looking into her eyes. She blinked and more tears fell down her cheeks.
"But I do," she whispered back. She started to cry and Artemis hugged her.
'Woman,' Artemis thought, 'Why cant they just TELL you whats wrong. They dont give it away unless we guess.'
She looked up at him and smiled widely, "Do you feel any better now?"
"Yeah," Holly replied taking another deep breath, "You want to know something funny?"
"What," Artemis replied cocking his head to the side.
"I usually don't cry this much," She stated and nodded her head. She walked around Artemis, sitting on the bed, he sat next to her.
"No offence," Artemis said looking down at his hands, then facing her, "but good."
She laughed and turned to face him. They looked at each other and then looked away. A small smile creeped onto Holly's lips.
"So, am I a good kisser," Holly laughed.
"No," Artemis joked getting a punch in the arm from Holly.
"Your so mean," Holly replied smiling fully.
"Well I'll say your on the top five list of all the girls I've kissed," Artemis said smirking.
"Hey," Holly said trying to hit him again but he grabbed her hand, forcing it down. He leaned in and kissed her again, the kiss deepened a little more and he let go of her hand. She hit him.
"Ow," Artemis complained rubbing his arm, "That was so unfair."
"You let go of my hand," Holly replied sticking her tounge out at him, "Your mistake."
Just then the door to the bedroom opened, standing there was Angeline. She was smiling widely and came in the room without saying anything. When she was infront of them she put her hands on her hips, "I thought I'd find you two here."
Artemis half growled- half sighed and replied, "What is it you need, Mother?"
"I was just wondering if you two knew what this weird contraption is," Angeline said holding up a circular communicator. Holly's eyes widened as she continued, "It's been vibrating for the last five minutes."
It's just something I've been working on, Mom," Artemis quickly replied taking it from her hand.
"Okay," Angeline said unfazed, "Have fun talking." She left the room and closed the door.
"I have a feeling she knows we weren't talking," Hollys said not so scared anymore. Artemis handed over the communicator and she opened.
'Five missed calls,' A girl robotic voice said.
"Wow, I'm loved! I just checked this thing this morning!" She exclaimed.
She closed it just for it to ring again. When she flipped it up Kyle's face filled the screen. Automatically Artemis noticed her hands balled into fists.
"Holly-dear, Artemis," Kyle said smirking, "It is great to see you again. Holly, we need to talk."
"I don't have to say anything to you," Holly said about to close the communicator.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Kyle threatened. Holly opened it all the way up again looking at him, "That's a good girl. Always taking orders."
"What do you want?" Holly asked her voice shaking a little.
"Fine, I'll get straight to the point," Kyle said seeming bored, "I want you to come down here. We need to discuss something in person. Just me and you."
"Why should I listen to you?" Holly asked more confidently this time.
"You have friends don't you, or people you care about, don't you?" Kyle asked.
In the background she heard a faint voice scream, "HOLLY DON'T!"
There was a smacking noise, "Vinyaya," Holly whispered. Artemis looked at her distressed as Kyle smirked at her frowning face, "Prove it. I don't believe you."
She heard a scream and choked back a sob, "I guess you'll have to decide that on you own. Just know it will be a loss to the entire fairy race if you don't come."
Holly started to breath a little harder, "When you get down here I'll find you."
The communicator went dead. Holly looked at Artemis with wet eyes but then she turned back to communicator. It felt like it was ticking, "This isn't my communicator."
She frantically jumped up and Artemis opened the window. Without thinking she threw it as hard as she could out of the window. A minute after it hit the ground it exploded, not very big but enough to hurt someone and catch attention.
"I'm going, "Holly said grabbing things and shoving them in her bag, "Are you coming with me?"
Okay, I have a thing to say. I WAS STUCK! You know when you have ideas for later chapters but not the one your on. lol Anyways. So glad that chappie is over and sorry it took so long. I was kind of not in the mode for this one.
Will anyone draw me the dress? I have a friend drawing the outfit she is still wearing but the dress would be great for someone to make for me. PLEASE!
There was some awkward moments in this one but the rest is gonna be fun.
Tigster5: Thanks so much. And sorry for the long excrutiating wait.
Brizo: A bit. I even know that Holly is VERY OOC. Sorry for the long wait.
FluffyRachel: It's not that fluffy... okay I lie maybe a little. Sorry for the long wait.
Koru- Chan: Does it flow know? HAHA! No Dire consequences here. Though I did get yelled at (by you) lol. Thanks for the Orian Awards help. I got to website and IT WAS SO COOL!
LandUnderWave: Though it was OOC the dance routine I had in my head sounded better.
THANK YOU! To anyone that read this chapter and to all that review for this and the other chapter I wrote. You inspire me more than anything. (except the books of course)