Authors Rant that no one gives a damn about: thanks to everyone who reviewed and favorite. The responses to your reviews are at the bottom. SO SORRY I haven't updated for so long. But there's a new baby in the family, and the teachers are piling on projects, and my mom's been monopolizing the computer for her nursing homework, so yeah sorry. There will adventure/action in the later chapters but this is more of a humor/romance/friendship/adventure, then an all out action fic. T for some swearing and violence in later chapters. I bet everyone stopped reading after the thanks.

SO SORRY FOR ANY SPELLING/GRAMAR ERRORS WRITEN ON NOTEPAD W/ NO SPELL/GRMMAR CHECK

I OWN NOTHING! On with the story!

Chapter 2: Bets, Beaten Plans, and Baseball Slides

Friday, October 22, saint bartelby's school for young adults

It's now the third Friday in October, and since their chance meeting a month ago Artemis and Rose have spent almost all of their spare time together. We now find the two friends in their sixth period P.E. class down at the school's soccer field getting ready to play a slightly altered version of capture the flag. Because of his training with Butler Artemis has become accustom to exercise, and he has even taking up swimming. While Artemis is much more of a capable athlete then he was at fifteen, he still absolutely loathes running, and unfortunately for him today's activity mainly consisted of just that, running.

All of the students quickly formed a line so Coach Vortex could divide them into two teams, the Red Team and The Blue Team. When the teams were formed Artemis was put on The Red Team and to his dismay Rose was put on The Blue Team. While Artemis didn't like sports and hated running, Rose was the opposite. She loved to play sports, if you named a sport she could tell you her favorite team for it, and as for running, it came as easily as breathing for her. She was without a doubt the fastest runner in the class, possibly the school. Artemis thought the teams were very unfair. Yes there were equal numbers of boys and girls on each team and while Artemis had many of the better athletes on his team, the other team had Rose, and she was extremely athletic and a genius. His team was at a large disadvantage.

This version of capture the flag was played differently than most. The field was split in half one half of the field for each team. Instead of one flag each team had four rugby balls to protect. Each player wore a pair of either red or blue flags around their waist. When a player had their flags pulled by a member of the opposing team they were sent to a small area in the corner of the opposing team's field call the penalty box. They would then stay in the penalty box until a member of their team who was still in play came and set them all free. The point of the game is for a player to go over to the opposing team's side and make their way back to the area where the four rugby balls were. The area surrounding the four balls was a safe zone. Meaning once the player is in it their flags couldn't be pulled off. Only three people can be in the safe zone at one time. Once in the safe zone the player picks up a ball (only one ball can be carried at a time) and tries to make it back to their side of the field with out getting their flags pulled off by members of the opposing team. The first team to get all four rugby ball to their side of the field wins.

Coach vortex then instructed everyone to go put on a pair of flags with their team's color on it while she put the boundaries, penalty boxes, safe zones, and balls in place. Artemis was fumbling with the clasp of his red flags when Rose approached him. Just by looking at her you could tell she was athletic. She stood tall, her light brown hair pulled back into a pony tail, the school's P.E. uniform consisting of a black T-shirt, and knee length black exercise shorts seemed to bring out her lean form her normal uniform hid, and her blue flags hung secure around her small waist., her piercing blue eyes shone bright with determination and intelligence. Artemis took all this in about her in about a second. If Artemis was asked to describe Rose right now in a few words they would be: athletic, determined, brilliant and beautiful. Wait, beautiful? He thought Damn hormones.

When she arrived in front of him she chuckled seeing the knot Artemis had made of his flags.

"Here let me help." She said reaching down to fix the mess Artemis had made of his flags. When she got everything untangled she told him "watch me." She then showed him the proper way to buckle his flags and how to secure them so they wouldn't fall off when he ran. Artemis muttered a brief thank you as the two set off towards the field.

"So," Rose said "are you going to play offence or defense?"

Artemis smirked "do you really expect me to tell you my game plan?"

She shrugged her shoulders "worth a try." She then gave Artemis her own smirk. "Besides, no matter what you play, your team is going to lose." She teased.

"Well then Rose, how about a bet if your so confident in your team's abilities?" Artemis said giving her his trademark vampire smile.

"What kind of bet?" she responded, completely unfazed by the smile, as usual.

"The loser must do one thing the winner says. no matter what it is." Artemis offered.

Rose gave Artemis her own vampire smile that was almost as frightening as his. "Deal!" she said extending a hand.

Artemis took the offered hand and said, "May the better genius win."

Rose nodded with her smile still in place and turned to walk to her team's side of the field. Artemis noticed that she moved differently than most other girls. Most girls moved in a quick bouncy manner with short paces and their arms stationary at their sides. Rose moved in a relaxed graceful manner with long smooth strides and her arms swinging casually at her sides. Artemis then looked around him and noticed his male teammates were also watching her walk away as well. An unpleasant feeling settled in the pit of her stomach at the thought of other boys looking at her like that. He quickly brushed the feeling away as hormones again and focused on the task at hand, winning the bet.

Coach Vortex then gave each team two minutes to form a strategy. the other members of the red team knew Artemis was a genius so they let him form all the plans. Rose would be expecting a long and complex plan from him so he decided on a short and simple one. He would split his team into two team, team 1 and 2, each team having equal amounts of athletic ability and inability. Team 1 would stay on their side of the field to prevent the blue team from stealing their rugby balls and Team 2 would split in half again forming teams A and B. Team A was composed of those who had lesser athletic ability, and team B was made up of those who had greater athletic abilities. Team A would run up the far left side of the field making as much noise and drawing as much attention as possible, while Team A would then slip up the far right side of the field undetected, and procure the blue teams rugby balls and return to their side of the field unnoticed.

Just then coach Vortex blew the whistle for the players to line up along the center line. Artemis lined up with the others and prepared to watch his plan unfold.

Coach Vortex then blew her whistle again and the game began. Artemis watched as Team A surged forward and up the far left of the field with loud battle cries. Everyone from Rose's team immediately converged on the intruders. Artemis then scanned the group of blue flags for that familiar streak of black fabric and brown hair that would be Rose, but he couldn't find her. He then noticed Rose's teammates weren't going after team A's flags but seamed to be herding them together. Like cattle before the slaughter! His eyes widened in realization, she somehow knew what he was planning. He turned his eyes to the far right side of the field and saw the black and brown streak he knew was Rose run by one boy from his Team B reach out with her right hand and pull his flags, then with her left hand she relieved a girl of her flags. She continued in this pattern until she had chased down all of the members of his Team B, removed their flags, and sent them to the penalty box. Artemis was in shock, one person had sent 1/4 of his team to the penalty box with the first ten minutes of the game. Then another thought struck Artemis, Rose and her team would never let anyone past them to free their captured players.

Artemis then turned his attention back to Rose who was holding about ten sets of flags in her right hand with her back to him. she jogged over to the penalty box and dropped the captured flags in the box so it's prisoners could leave when-if ever- they were rescued. She then turned back to Artemis. As the two made eye contact across the field Rose gave Artemis a sinister smile that told Artemis whatever her plan was it wasn't over yet. Rose then whistled twice and clapped her hands once. A signal! He turned his attention back to his team A who were still being herded together. Upon hearing the signal Rose's team surged forward and captured the flags of the other players Artemis had sent out. Half of his team was gone! If he was shocked before now he was completely dumbstruck. He quickly gathered the remaining members of his team and set up a new plan.

Rose and her team looked to still be on defensive. Artemis now found himself waiting for the signal he knew would come and told his team to look for when suddenly Rose's entire team surged forward onto his team's side of the field. His team was not ready for this tactic and stood motionless for a moment before forgetting all plans and chasing people randomly in an attempt to get anyone's flags. Artemis though knew a cover when he saw one, and began to search through the chaos for Rose. He knew she would be at the center this plan, so if could find her and stop her he might be able to salvage the game, and their bet. When he found Rose he was shocked to see her sitting on the ground off to the side.

"Hello Arty." she said with a casual smile. Normally he only allowed his parents and Juliet to call Arty, but oddly he didn't mind when she did it.

"Why are you sitting and not trying to steal a ball?" He demanded, "Isn't that the point of this distraction?"

Rose smiled. "This," she said gesturing around her "is only part one of the distraction."

"Then what's Part two?" He demanded again.

Rose's smile widened "I am!" she said cheerfully.

"WHAT!" Artemis bellowed.

"You may want to turn around." Rose suggested.

Artemis whirled around and saw three small girls from Rose's team running across the boundary line, each one with a rugby ball under their arm. Artemis then heard the sound of something flying through the air behind him. He turned around to see his team's last rugby ball fly through the air and into the arms of the now standing Rose. Rose then gave Artemis a fleeting smile, turned and ran. Artemis gave chase immediately and called out to his teammates.

"Stop her!" He yelled. "She has the last ball!" Everyone who heard him began to chase Rose. Some tried to cut her off before the boundary line but all attempts to stop her were in vain. Rose was extremely agile as well as fast and dodged everyone in her way. As for those behind her, they didn't have a prayer of catching her. Artemis knew that he would never catch her but he kept running anyway. When Artemis thought all hope was lost a large number of his teammates formed a blockade in front of the boundary line. However Rose didn't show any signs of slowing down. The blockade members thought she was going to try and break through, so they linked arms and widened their stances. Rose then put on a extra burst of speed and continued to charge forward. What happened next stunned everyone including coach Vortex who had been watching from the sidelines.

The blockade members braced for impact but it never came. Seconds before Rose slammed into the teenagers she dropped to the ground, her momentum carrying her forward. She had just preformed a perfect baseball slide under an unsuspecting boy and over the boundary line, ball in hand and flags intact winning the game.

Artemis was stunned. He had lost, but he never lost anything. Well he thought there is a first time for everything I suppose. Somewhere in the back of his mind he heard Coach Vortex declare the blue team the winners, which was accompanied by cheers from Rose's team and groans from his. He then brought himself back to reality and looked over at Rose who was being congratulated by her team. She took all of the praise with a smile and her own kind words. She then saw him looking at her and turned toward him with a smile on her face. It wasn't a smirk or a vampire smile but a sincere smile. She then began to walk towards him. Even though he knew she was coming to tell him what he would have to do, he couldn't help notice how beautiful she looked. The way the sunlight hit her light brown hair made him realize it was streaked with blond,and her smile combined withthe way her blue eyes shined made his breathing hitch. He quickly dismissed these traitorous thought from his mind. Damn Hormones. He swore again. This is Rose, your best friend. People do not think about their best friends like that! It's just wrong! By the time he had gotten his mind back to normal Rose had reached him.

"Hey Arty." she said, "I think you and your team did really well today." she gave him the same sincere smile from before as the two began to walk toward the locker rooms.

"Your team did much better than mine though." He told her. Artemis hated admitting defeat but oddly, he didn't mind being defeated by Rose. By this point the two had reached the locker rooms. The two went into their separate locker rooms and changed. About ten minutes later Artemis was waiting outside the locker rooms for Rose so her could walk her home like always. When Rose exited the locker room in her normal school uniform fiddling with the hem of her skirt she walked over to him.

"I hate this stupid uniform." She muttered when she reached him. Artemis chuckled. He knew from their time spent together out of school that Rose's normal attire consisted of a T-shirt or button up blouse with the sleeves rolled up, a pair of jeans, and her very much loved black leather combat boots.

"Ready?" He asked. She nodded, and two set off toward Rose's dorm. Durring the walk Artemis tried to get Rose to tell something-anything about what he was going to have to do by asking yes or no questions.

"Dose it involve food?" He asked.

"No."

"Will I have to wear something?"

"No"

"Will it involve school?"

"No."

"Is it illegal?"

"No."

"Will it be out in public?"

"No." That was a relief.

"So it will be in private then?"

"No" What? But she just said...

"You're just going to keep saying no aren't you?" He asked.

She smiled up at him. "Now you're catching on Arty." By this point the two had reached Rose's dorm. Rose walked up to the door and unlocked it.

"Be here around 3:00 PM tomorrow to fulfill your end of the bet. So I guess, bye until then Arty." She said stepping forward to give him a hug. Artemis froze for a moment in surprise, but quickly returned the embrace while fighting the blush that was rising to his face.

"Bye Rose." He said with smile and slightly pink cheeks. He then watched her close her door and waited to hear the sound of it locking before making his way toward his dorm. As he walked he wondered what form of punishment Rose would have in store for him tomorrow. He shuddered at the options that ran through his mind. He didn't know what Rose would make him do but he did know what ever it was it would not be fun. Well for him at least.

Alright second chapter's done. I'll try to get the third up soon but no promises. THANKS FOR READING! REVIEW!

SNEAK PEAK CHAPTER 3: "Shit!" He heard from somewhere behind him. He turned and saw Rose quickly gathering the papers from her desk together. She then took the final paper from his hand and placed it in a black folder along with the others. "How much did you see?" She asked. "Quite a lot." He responded.

Hmmm. What could that mean? So what do you guys think?

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