ArPOV:

Art? Apollo's voice came into my head.

Yess…

Can you tell mom I'm not feeling good? Tell her not to bother coming up, but don't wait for me.

Sure. What happened?

Nothing, Nothing at all.

Okay then. If you need to talk let me know.

"Mom! Apollo doesn't feel good. He says it's just a head ache though so don't bother going up!" I called across the yard to my mom who was playing volley ball with Mia, Lissa and Saffs.

"Okay. Tell him to feel better." She called back as she spiked the ball. My mom's awesome.

"Arty! Arty!" Came the voice of Elizabeth (A.N. The older of Saffron and Jeremy's two daughters.)

"What's up Lizbeth?" I asked, using my favorite nickname for her.

I walked over to sit next to her, only to get back up again when she asked me to go get her a juice-box inside.

I went and grabbed the box from the fridge. While I still had my head in the fridge I heard a voice say, "Where are the diapers? Jeremy is trying to change Jane's diaper."

"I'll get them." I said turning around and coming face to face with a god.

I had never seen him before, or at least not that I remembered. He had longish hair that fell into his face. He had deep brown eyes and he had a nice tan and was really muscular so he must be a dhampir.

"Uh… Uh. Wh-who are y-you?" I asked. He was like a freakin' god!

"Artemis! Don't be rude to your guest. This is Guardian Paul Belikov." Jade said coming up behind him and resting her chin on his shoulder and wrapping his waist. "Follow me Paul, I'll show you where the diapers are."

"Um. Thank you… Who are you?" He asked as he untangled himself from her arms.

"Yo-you don't know who I am? I'm Jade Dragomir! How do you not know who I am?" She yelled and stormed off out the door.

Paul pointed after her and gave me a look that said is-she-okay-in-the-head. I laughed at his expression, "I really don't know. She's my mom's best friend's daughters, so we are like cousins." I explained.

"Are all the others like her, if so I think I'm going to leave now before I get raped." He said jokingly.

"Has she been following you around since you got her, touching you whenever she can?" I asked laughing.

"Yes! It's creepy!"

"She did the same thing to Jeremy, but Saffron through a bitch-fit for so long, Jade hardly glances at him anymore. And we aren't all like Jade, she is one of a kind." I said emphasizing the one of a kind thing.

"Paul! I need those diapers!" Jeremy yelled.

"Crap!" We both yelled at the same time. "Be right back." I said bolting up the stairs, I ran into the closet and grabbed a thing of diapers. I ran back down the stairs and almost collided with Paul. We were so close, and he was just sooooo hot! "Here are your diapers." I said holding them up between our faces which were a couple inches apart.

He grabbed the diapers and laughed, his breath tickling my face."Thank you very much, Miss…?"

"Ozera. Artemis Ozera." I answered quickly.

"Thank you very much Miss Ozera."

"Call me Artemis."

"Okay then, Thank you Artemis."

"Are you aware you thanked me three times."

"I guess I did."

"Then I guess I need to say Your Welcome, Your Welcome, Your Welcome."

"Paul! Get your ass out here ASAP before I kick your ass! And you better have those diapers." Jeremy called.

"Nice words to teach your daughter." Paul called back, "I better go before he pops a vein." He said to me. We laughed and he turned to leave.

As he was walking out the door I called after him, "Hey Paul, when will I see you again?" I asked.

"Well I'm going to Jeremy and Saffron's wedding, with Clarissa. And until then I'll be helping out with Court Guardian duty."

"Oh. Okay see you at the wedding then."

"See you then." Oh My God! He was going to the wedding with Clarissa! Clarissa had taken him from me! Sure he wasn't mine! But really! She's a moroi, she can never have a real relationship with a dhampir!

Ugh! My life is so much harder than it needs to be!

AnPOV:

I lay on my bed, just crying. If only that last sentence I thought I heard had been real. But it couldn't have been, I just imagined what I wanted to hear. But, oh, if it had been real, right now I would be curled up next to Apollo, we would have kissed and kissed and…Andria, snap out of it. It is never going to happen! Give up. Common sense hurts.

I had laid on my bed for the entire day, half the time I was crying over Apollo, then other half I was looking at pictures of us over the years, stupid I know, but I still loved to look back at the times when I still had hope that one day I would be his girl, and not just his best friend.

My door opened soundlessly and my eldest sister stuck her head in. Her face went from ready-for-fun to worried.

"And? You okay? Why'd you leave the picnic?" Clarissa asked when she saw my tear-streaked face.

I told her the entire story, even how I had been in my room crying almost all day.

"He doesn't deserve you!" She said and got up leaving me alone.

"Thanks for the comfort sis!" I called as I fell back onto my bed and cried for the billionth time today.

ClPOV:Clarissa

I can't believe Apollo would do that to her! What is he thinking! So what if she didn't want to kiss him! That doesn't mean he can kick her to the curb like a piece of trash.

I walked into the room I shared with Jade. She was lying on her bed listening to music, but she sat up when she saw my expression.

"Who's on the hit list now?" She asked.

"Call Artemis. We are taking Apollo down." I said.

An hour later we had our plan. Apollo and Andria were going to be friends forever, even if we had to force him to see they should be.

A.N. Okay, I know it's short, but I might post another chapter later today…. Anyway those of you who haven't already, check out the poll I have posted, I want to know what you think. Thanks to those of you who have voted!