A/N: I'm SOOOO sorry it's been such a long while since I've updated but the shit's been hitting the fan lately so I've been busy. You must all hate me. Thanks to my reviewers and those who favorite. Here's chapter 10.

If I owned Artemis Fowl OR Volkswagen do you really think I would be writing fanfiction?

Chapter 10: The Carnival

Saturday, October 30th. 5:00pm

As Artemis knocked on Rose's door he checked his watch and found that he had arrived just on time as the door was opened by Rose herself.

"Hey Arty." She said stepping aside to let him in.

"Hello Rose, are you ready to go?" He asked.

"Yeah, I just need to grab my jacket then we can get going." She said disappearing into her room and coming out a few seconds later holding a cobalt blue fleece jacket.

"Alright let's go." She said pulling the jacket on over a black long-sleeved shirt. He also noticed she was wearing a pair of dark wash jeans, a black belt and, of course; her ever present black boots and wristband. He and Rose then walked out the door and waited a moment for Rose to lock the door before walking to the student parking lot. Once there Artemis began walking toward the right when Rose grabbed his arm.

"Arty, my truck is this way." She said pointing in the opposite direction.

"I know Rose." He said with a smirk. "We're taking my car." He then continued to walk.

"I've never seen your car before." Rose mused. Artemis led her over to a gunmetal black Volkswagen and smiled in amusement when Rose's jaw dropped and she began sputtering.

"But that's a-and it's-how'd you-they aren't-no one has even-" She then regained her ability to form a coherent sentence. "That's the new 2011 Volkswagen beetle. Those won't even be on the market until fall. How on earth did you get your hands on one?" Artemis smiled.

"I have my ways." He said unlocking the doors. When Rose went to open the passenger door he quickly pushed it shut. Rose raised an eyebrow in question at him but he merely smiled and opened the door for her gesturing for her to sit down. Rose let out a laugh before sitting down on the black leather seat. Artemis then went around to the driver's side, got in and started the car.

"Wow Arty, what is all this stuff?" Rose asked as she examined the many screens and buttons the car had.

"Here we have the GPS, rear camera and the video phone," Artemis said gesturing to three screens on the dashboard. "This is the music player," He pointed to a screen just above the gear shift. "Those are the temperature controls for each seat, and on your armrest are the controls to adjust your seat to fit you perfectly." Artemis said.

"I'm guessing the car didn't come with all these toys?" Rose suggested.

"Most of it is all personal modification." Artemis agreed.

"You know what though? Something's missing." Rose said with a smirk.

"What?" Artemis asked frowning. He had put all of the best technology in his car-his technology- what could possibly be missing?

"The self guided missile system of course!" Rose joked. Artemis shook his head with a smile and decided not to tell Rose about the little red button in the top of the gearshift. She then seemed to notice what he was wearing.

"Why so formal Arty?" She questioned eyeing the suit. "Am I underdressed?"

"No you're perfectly fine. I always wear a suit to these events. And for your information, this is an informal suit; all cotton, no silk or satin." Artemis said superiorly.

"Well pardon me for not knowing the difference between a formal and informal suit." Rose said mockingly.

"I Suppose I could forgive you." Artemis mused with his trademark smirk. "But just this once." Rose rolled her eyes. The two continued to talk for the duration of the drive when suddenly Artemis took a sharp turn.

"We're here." He said. And sure enough they were in a parking lot next to the fair grounds. Artemis shut off the car got out and quickly went over to Rose's door. When she opened it to get out he pushed it shut on her, in which she gave him a "Really?" look from inside. He grinned and opened the door extending a hand to help her out of the car.

"I Guess chivalry isn't dead after all." She said with a small smile.

"Not in the Fowl family." Artemis replied offering his arm, which she took. "How does your jaw feel?"

"It's alright, hurts a bit sometime but it's all good." She replied with a shrug. "Does it look bad?"

"It looks fine." Artemis assured her. "I only noticed it because I knew it was there." It was true her lip and jaw looked much better than they had the day before and were only a bruise and slight cut since the swelling had gone down. She had also put make-up over it so it was even harder to see. The two had now reached the entrance to the carnival and looked around. Multi-colored stands selling food and brightly lit game booths lined the pathways with the occasional picnic area to eat. Rides of various types and sizes towered over everything. The airwaves were filled with the smell of food, the sounds of games, people talking happily and the rides metallic clicks.

"Just like back home." Rose said quietly.

"Pardon?" Artemis asked.

"Every year back home a fair is held the last weekend of August. It's called "The Mountain Festival", or "Mountain Fest". It starts on Friday and ends Sunday. There's a rodeo each night, a carnival-like this one-an amazing car show, a street fair in the park with constant entertainment, and Saturday morning there's a parade. It's one of the things I love about home." Rose said wistfully.

"What's it in celebration of?" Artemis questioned.

"That's the best part, nothing. It's just an end of summer kind of thing." Rose said with a crooked grin.

"That sounds like fun." Artemis said watching the glint that Rose get in her eyes whenever she talked about her home. There were few times he had seen her eyes that particular shade of light blue and he enjoyed seeing it immensely because it meant she was happy.

"It's a ton of fun." She responded.

"What would you like to do first?" Artemis asked gesturing around them.

"Well, you know this place better than I do, so what do you recommend?" Rose returned looking around.

"We have about a half hour until my family arrives." He told her. "Would you like to go on a few of the rides?"

"Alright, which one first?" She asked eyeing the rides that towered over them.

"I think we should start off small, how do you feel about the tea cups?"

"Sounds great, let's go!" Rose said her crooked grin still in place. The two then bought tickets for the rides and made their way over to the spinning cups. During the ride the two made their cup spin as fast as the rides mechanism would allow effectively turning the world around them into a multi-colored blur and resulting in two very dizzy teens exiting the ride. As the two walked Artemis kept steady easily while it seemed Rose was having more trouble keeping her feet.

"Are you alright?" Artemis asked with a smile.

"Yeah, I'm fine; just a little unsteady." Rose said trying to walk straight and having as much success as a drunk. Suddenly a group of children raced by then and one of them knocked into Rose, putting her further off kilter and causing her to fall toward the ground. Reacting quickly Artemis reached out, grabbed her wrist and pulled her toward him. Rose lurched forward and collided with Artemis' chest with so much force that he staggered back slightly and had to grab hold of Rose to keep them both upright. When all motion stopped the two were looking into each other's eyes rooted to the spot as the world around them disappeared. Rose opened her mouth to speak but closed it again. Both were unsure of what to do, speech was an impossibility and neither could move, but then again…they weren't quite sure they wanted to. Artemis reached up and brushed a stray lock of hair out of Rose's face as he gave Rose a kind, gentle smile that she returned. The two were completely content standing there as blue eyes looked into blue and hazel ones.

"Arty! Arty darling!" A voice called breaking their trance. It was that moment that the two teens realized the position they were in; Rose's hands were resting on Artemis's chest, his were placed at her waist and the two were very close together. They quickly broke apart blushing like mad.

"Who-who was it that called you Arty?" Rose asked looking at anything and everything but him. Artemis looked in the direction the voice had come from and froze when he saw; two snickering children, a man and woman with grins on their faces next to them and a man mountain and young woman smirking behind them all.

"Oh no." Artemis murmured.

A/N: First person to correctly name ALL of the people Artemis saw get's mentioned in the next chapter! (Like it's very hard) Again sorry for such a long absence but my family comes before updating. Yeah so…PLEASE REVIEW!