A/N: I would like to give a big thank you to all of my lovely reviewers they are what keeps me writing. Alright so here's chapter nine.
Me? Own Artemis fowl? Bahahahahahahahahahaha! Okay now that is funny.
Chapter 9: meeting the Dean and a Trip to the nurse
Artemis and Rose entered Dean Roberts's office and saw a large mahogany desk with two arm chairs in front of it and a large leather swivel chair behind it. In that chair sat a tall man with grey hair and wrinkles around his mouth and eyes. This was Dean Roberts.
"Miss. Allen, Mr. Fowl, have a seat." He said gesturing to the chair before him. The two teens quickly obeyed. He then turned his attention to Rose. "Ms. Allen, I have been told that you got into a physical altercation this afternoon with one Lillian Henshaw, is this true?"
"Yes sir." Rose replied removing Artemis' handkerchief from her lip.
"Would you care to tell me what happened?" He asked. Rose nodded and began to speak:
"Artemis and I were eating lunch when Lillian came up to me yelling that I was spreading rumors about her, which I never did and told her I never did. She didn't believe me. She then said I couldn't tell her what I truly think about her and I did, I will admit what I said was overly harsh. She said she wanted to fight me, I tried to leave but she hit me first and I fought back. Though I only fought to defend myself."
"I see," Roberts said turning to Artemis. "And Mr. Fowl I was told that you recorded the entire affair."
"Yes I did." Artemis said taking out his phone and opening the required video. He then handed it to Dean Roberts who took it and looked at Rose before playing the video.
"Let's hope your story matches up with this video Miss. Allen." He said before turning his attention to the phone. Artemis and Rose listened to the audio form the video while Roberts watched the screen, when it was finished playing he turned to Artemis.
"Mr. Fowl can you send this video to my computer? I'll need it when I'm talking to Ms. Henshaw and filling out the report."
"Of course." Artemis said taking the phone and doing as the Dean had asked. Roberts then addressed Rose.
"Miss. Allen after seeing this video I agree that you only fought Ms. Henshaw to defend yourself so you will not be punished. However I will be writing your parents and telling them about this , if there is another issue like this one I will have to take disciplinary action. Am I clear Miss. Allen?" Dean Roberts said leaning toward them slightly.
"Yes sir." Rose said.
"Good. Now, Mr. Fowl will you please escort Miss. Allen to the nurse's office?" At Rose's questioning look he continued. "Your lip is still bleeding rather badly and I would like to have that bruise looked at as well as your hands." Rose nodded plscing the cloth against her lip once again.
"Thank you, you may both go now." The dean said turning to his computer. With that the two teens stood and left the Dean's office, heading towards the nurse. When walking up the path to the office the two were not surprised to see Lillian walking out holding a bag of ice to her face with her right hand, and her two friends trailing behind her, but they were surprised to see that her left hand was encased in a brace. When the parties crossed paths Lillian and her friends shot Rose their best glare and Rose smiled brightly back.
"What was that?" Artemis asked holding the door open.
"When someone is trying to make you mad it drives them crazy if they appear to have no affect on you." Rose said with a crooked smile. When the door shut behind the two an elderly woman with a kind face and grey eyes came over to them. This was Nurse Grace.
"So you must be my other combatant." She said looking Rose up and down. She then gestured to one of the sick beds. "Have a seat." Rose walked over to the bed and sat down while Artemis leaned against one of the walls crossing his arms over his chest.
"Now my dear, what is your name?" Nurse Grace asked as she took a bottle of hydrogen peroxide from a cabinet and set it next to a first-aid kit.
"Rose Allen, ma'am." Was the reply.
"Well Miss. Allen let's see what the damage is shall we?" The nurse said as she lowered the handkerchief from Rose's lip began to examine the cut.
"This is a shallow cut so it won't require a bandage." She then picked up the bottle of peroxide and a sterile cloth and bean to clean Rose's lip. When she finished with that she picked up Rose's right hand and began to examine the area around the knuckles. When she seemed satisfied with her inspection she dropped Rose's right hand and picked up the left and resumed her scrutiny. When finished she set the hand down.
"Well Miss. Allen, apart from some minor bruising you hands are fine, it would seem that unlike Miss. Henshaw you know how to throw a proper punch." Nurse Grace said.
"Lillian broke her hand?" Rose asked shocked.
"Yes, Nurse Grace said nodding. "Very painful. Now let's get a look at that jaw." She gently grasped Rose's chin and tilted it upward. She probed the area with her fingertips and then let go of her chin.
"It's not broken luckily, just bruised." She said as she walked over to a large icemaker, grabbed a plastic bag, filled it with ice and returned to Rose. "Keep this on there for about twenty minutes and the swelling will go down." She said placing the ice to Rose's jaw. She checked the clock on the wall.
"Fifth period ended a while ago and it's the middle of sixth period now. What are you sixth period classes?" She asked Artemis and Rose.
"We both have P.E. with Coach Vortex." Artemis answered, speaking for the first time since entering the office.
"Well there will be no P.E. for you as a precaution." Nurse Grace said gesturing to Rose. "And you won't be able to change into your P.E. uniform." She told Artemis. She then took a pad of paper and a pen out of the desk and wrote on it while she spoke. "Why don't you two skip sixth period and go back to your dorms? I'll have this note delivered to Coach Vortex excusing you both. Mr. Fowl, will you see that Miss. Allen gets back to her dorm safely?"
"I can walk by myself." Rose protested.
"I know that dear, but this is merely another precaution along with the fact that Miss. Henshaw is most likely making her way back to her dorm and I don't want to see either of you in here again today."
"ahhh, I get it." Rose said standing up and walking toward the door. "Thank you Nurse Grace."
"Not a problem, it's my job. Remember twenty minutes on that ice." She reminded Rose who nodded. Artemis then opened the door for Rose extending his right arm to her.
"My lady." He said with a mock bow. Rose let out a short laughand accepted his arm with the slightest of smiles.
"Thank you Arty." She said as the two began to walk toward Rose's dorm. Once they were a fair distance away from the nurse's office a small smile appeared on Rose's lips. Artemis watched as it grew and then Rose let out a loud rich laugh. When she finished Artemis gave her a look and asked.
"What exactly do you find so funny?"
"I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that little-miss-I'm-so-pretty-and-perfect-Lillian-Henshaw, gave herself a fractured hand that is known as the brawler's break." Rose said.
"It is rather ironic," Artemis agreed with a small smile. "But I though you said it hurts to smile let alone laugh."
"It does but I just can't help it." Rose told him trying hard not to smile. By this point the two had arrived a Rose's Dorm and Rose fished around in her bag before producing her keys and unlocking her door.
"Do you want to come in?" She asked gesturing inside.
"Alright." Artemis said walking inside.
"You can put your bag over here." Rose said dropping her bad down by her desk. Artemis did as she suggested.
"Thanks for filming the fight Arty." Rose said plopping down in her armchair. Artemis took her desk chair and rolled it over to Rose sitting down. "If you didn't I don't think Dean Roberts would have believed me and I'd probably be suspended or expelled right now." She told him.
"Nonsense." Artemis said in response. "There were numerous witnesses and any of them would have gladly sold out Lillian."
"What do you mean? I though everyone loves her?" Rose said in confusion.
"No, those who are like her love her. Though most of the student body comes from families with money not all of them are stuck up air heads, most of them are very down to earth. And a great deal of them are not fans of Lillian." Artemis told her.
"How do you mean?" Rose asked.
"Like you they see Lillian as egotistical and shallow with a horrible personality despite her looks. But they don't say anything because most of their families know Lillian's family and they don't want to start anything between their families, so they just submit to her. But today you stood up to her, showing that you are not afraid of her or of what anyone says. What you did was brave and people admire bravery Rose. Actually after today I would be willing to be that you are better liked among the student body than Lillian is." Artemis said.
"Well how about that." Rose said contemplatively.
"And if everyone doesn't see that Lillian is at fault they will when that video I recorded hits youtube later today." Artemis said.
"Reall? You're going to put that on youtube?"Rose asked. Artemis nodded. "Well then can you burn a copy to a CD for me so I can send it home?" She asked.
"Yes, but why?" Artemis asked.
"Since Dean Roberts is going to write a letter to my parents I'll need to write one myself explain the whole situation and I think it would be best if my parents saw the video because I sent it to them rather than my brothers finding a video on youtube labeled "American transfer student beats the crap out of Irish student" and showing that to my parents." Rose explained.
"I understand. I'll make you a copy but I was thinking of calling it something along the lines of "Allen V.S. Henshaw" a bit more tasteful don't you agree?" Rose nodded and then stood up to throw away her now melted bag of ice.
"I'll take that for you." Artemis said taking the bag and throwing it away in the trashcan by Rose's desk. When he sat back down Rose spoke up again.
"I still can' believe Lillian broke her hand, she didn't even hit me that hard." Rose said fingering the bruise at her jaw.
"Well I don't think she ever threw a punch before today, so it's highly unlikely that she knew how to make a correct fist." Artemis replied. "I'm just glad that you didn't break your hand."
"I've been hitting things for quite some time so keeping my fingers even when striking is easy now." Rose then held up her right fist showing Artemis that all of the fingers were level. Artemis also got a fairly good look at the bruising on her knuckles.
"How does your jaw feel?" Artemis asked in concern.
"Sore, but it's alright." She responded. She then worked her jaw a few times and Artemis noticed the slight wince she tried to hide.
"And your knuckles?" He pressed gesturing to her hands.
"They're a bit sore too, but they're not bothering me much." She said as she opened and closed her hands twice.
The two friends continued to talk, enjoying each other's company when the bell signaling the end of the school day rang.
"I should get going." Artemis said collecting his bag and walking toward the door.
"Do you still feel like going to the carnival tomorrow?" He asked.
"Of course," Rose responded with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "A little fight can't keep me from doing what I want."
"Of course not." Artemis said smiling. "I just wanted to make sure. So I'll see you tomorrow at five then?"
"Tomorrow at five." Rose agreed giving him a quick hug before he walked out the door, waited to hear the door lock and then went back to his dorm.
A/N" So here's chapter nine. Please tell me what you guys think, reviews really make my day! :)