Artemis Fowl stared at the ceiling in the cramped room he shared with 3 other boys. He had been sent to the Fernblock Academy to make friends with boys his own age. So far, this had not turned out the way his father had expected. Artemis was trying his hardest to maintain a mysterious persona: sneaking out of the grounds at night, disappearing in the middle of lunch break, and spending long hours of free time in the I.T rooms. Looking around furtively, he tapped a number into his smart-phone.
"Hello, Holly?" he whispered.
"Yes, Artemis, what do you want?" Replied the voice on the other end.
"I need advice."
"What sort of advice?" Asked the girl.
"The sort of advice that is rather awkward. How would you go about breaking into an all girl's school?"
"WHAT?" Spluttered Holly, "Artemis, of all the times you choose to be inappropriate, you choose now?"
"I'm not being inappropriate, I just want to get to know someone of the opposite gender. Have her as a friend." He complained.
"Artemis, do you realise how difficult that would be? You could be expelled."
"I must, it's an urge I have. I'm really lonely amongst all these boys."
"I'm not responsible for anything that happens to you, but I'll scan you a visual of the grounds."
"Thank you so much Holly." Artemis cried. "My survival at this school depends on you."
Holly hung up. Artemis was not suprised though. Whenever he got emotional, it was always her who ended the conversation. Maybe she didn't like confused teenage boys?
Artemis printed off the map of the grounds. There was minimum security, obviously no one was a threat to the girls. Maybe with the exception of him. He quickly brushed this thought aside; he would be nice to the girls, not violent and pushy like the boys in his dorm. They always lumbered into these things. Didn't they realise that relationships took time and care? Not that Artemis knew that, he had never been involved with a girl before.
He quickly discovered that the fastest way to the apartments was through the Victorian library, up the west wing staircase and just past the toilets. He couldn't wait. He would leave tomorrow night.