A/N: Alright, here's the next chapter!! There is quite a plot twist in this one, hope you enjoy!!

Why, Why Love

Chapter 5

Artemis sat at his desk, notebook open in front of him, completely unable to concentrate on anything. The message that Butler had given him earlier that day was still playing in his mind, still infuriating him. Why did he need to bring another person? He was Artemis Fowl! He possessed the most brilliant mind the modern day had ever seen! He was perfectly capable of doing anything by himself.

Sighing, Artemis turned around in his chair, surveying his room. It was strangely quiet…why? He suddenly realized that Sam hadn't come back yet. For once, the room wasn't filled with the boy's chattering or requests. Artemis turned and looked at the clock: 12:30. Why wasn't Sam back yet?

"Probably going to come bounding in here any minute, annoying me" he muttered, turning back to his notebook. He could envision Sam bursting into the room with that ratty track bag babbling on about his practice, or trying to offer Artemis a midnight snack he had just bought, or telling him some story about another one of their insane classmates.

"Bloody mad, that boy is" Artemis said to himself, brushing a few stray hairs away from his face, "I tell him not to talk to me, yet he still insists on it". The boy did have spunk, though, Artemis had to admit. And while his behavior could get aggravating after a while, he was still an amusing thing to have around.

Wait, what am I thinking, Artemis suddenly asked himself. It is probably because I am suddenly trying to find somebody I could bring with me, that's why I am actually thinking positive thoughts about one of my classmates. Plus, Artemis was usually fast asleep by 10 p.m. He was obviously just very tired and too worked up to think cohesive thoughts.

He turned back to his notebook, writing down the findings of his latest experiment. Half an hour later, he looked up again.

"It is 1 a.m and Sam still isn't back yet," he mumbled. Sam was new to the school, what if he was wandering around campus, lost? The school grounds got cold after dark.

"I don't want to get blamed if he got lost and something happened to him," Artemis said, getting up and putting on his sweater. If Sam was indeed lost, Artemis knew that the insane president of the school would blame him. He could even hear the president's shrill voice yelling at him inside his head…

"Artemis Fowl! How could you possibly let your roommate get lost? This school is built on the foundation of the beauty of brotherhood! It is if the utmost disgrace for you to let your fellow brother get lost on these grounds late at night!"

"What a pain" Artemis groaned as he walked outside of the room, down the stairs, and out of the dorm. The wind was already starting to pick up, and Artemis felt a deep chill, though he was wearing his sweater.

"Where in the world could that boy be?" Artemis asked himself. He mentally pictured the map of the school. Sam certainly wasn't in Dorm 2. The other 2 dorms were closed to outside members after 12, and he hadn't seen Sam as he passed by the dining all. All the academic buildings would be closed by now too.

"My best bet would be to go to the track and see if he is still there" Artemis said, briskly walking towards the track, "maybe I should just call Butler and ask him to look. He is a lot better at tracking someone down"

Artemis reached down to take out his phone when he saw Jin walking around in circles, mumbling to himself. He was wearing nothing but a light t-shirt and shorts and Artemis wondered how the boy wasn't freezing. Artemis breathed deeply, and casting away his pride, went up to Jin.

"No love. No, no, no, no, no no love" Jin was muttering, his eyes gazed over. He didn't even notice when Artemis came up to him. After awkwardly standing there for a few moments, Artemis decided to he should probably take the first step and address Jin. I can't believe I am actually going to talk to him, Artemis thought bitterly.

"Jin" he said loudly, tapping the boy on the shoulder. Jin spun around, almost in fright.

"I am not in love with a boy!" he yelped. Artemis looked at him in utter confusion for a moment before deciding it was best to dismiss the statement all together. He didn't really want to know the reason behind it.

"I was wondering if you knew where Sam was. It is already 1 and he hasn't come back to the room yet" Artemis said. Jin blanched at the mention of Sam's name.

"I don't know anything about him!" Jin cried, "I'm his best friend. That's all! I just took him to the infirmary. That's it. Nothing else. He's my best friend. My best friend", and with that he ran away from Artemis, once again muttering to himself.

Artemis really didn't understand most of what Jin said—and usually not understanding something would worry Artemis…but this was Jin, and Artemis never really ever understood the boy no matter what he said. But the one thing that he did understand in Jin's garbled speech were the words 'I just took him to the infirmary'

"The infirmary?" Artemis asked, "why would Sam be there? What happened to him?" He quickly turned around and hurried to the clinic. Once there, he went up to the door, finding it open. He carefully went inside the infirmary, but before he section where the patients were kept, he heard voices.

"Sam…are you awake now?" Dr. Murray asked.

"Barely" Sam whispered back. Artemis noted that Sam's voice sounded higher for some reason.

"You fainted out of exhaustion, you must have had a busy day," the doctor continued. Artemis shook his head, it was probably the whole business with Butler being mistaken as a rapist that got Sam in the state he was.

"It's been an odd week," Sam answered.

"Yes, getting accustomed to a new school so far away from home must be difficult, right?" the doctor asked.

"It's been okay so far, just a little overwhelming" Sam said. Why is his voice so high all of the sudden, Artemis wondered, higher pitched voice is usually not a symptom of exhaustion.

"Okay, I just have one question for you before you can rest again" Dr. Murray said. Artemis sensed a change in the doctor's voice and huddled even closer to the door, not wanting to miss anything.

"Yes?" Sam asked

"What in the world" Dr. Murray asked, leaning closer to Sam, "is a girl doing in an all boy's school?"

Artemis backed away from the door gasping. Luckily for him, Sam screamed at the same time, so his position was not revealed. A girl?!? Artemis thought, mind racing, Sam was a girl? The person that he had been sharing a room with for the past week was a girl?

"How did you know?" Artemis heard Sam whisper harshly at Dr. Murray. She isn't even denying it, he thought, that daft girl

"It is late" Dr. Murray said, getting up, "we will discuss the details about this first thing tomorrow morning"

"Are you going to kick me out of the school?" Sam asked.

"I said we will talk about this tomorrow" the doctor answered, "as for now, get some sleep"

"Here? But…Artemis might be worried if I don't come back" Sam said. Dr. Murray scoffed.

"Artemis Fowl, worried? Over someone else? What an amusing little thought. I don't think you know your roommate at all if you think he is going to be worried about you," he answered. Artemis frowned from his hiding place.

"I…I suppose your right" Sam answered, "but I do think you should at least go tell him not to worry, just in case"

"I just saw through your farce, little girl. I think you have larger problems to deal with than your roommate possibly worrying about you" Dr. Murray said, standing up and closing the curtain around Sam's bed, "go to sleep. We shall continue this in the morning"

Artemis quickly, and quietly, left the clinic—absolutely shocked. Sam was a girl? How could he have not picked up on this fact? He was a registered genius! Maybe it was the fact that it was an all boy's school, the thought that there would be a girl here never crossed his mind.

"No wonder he looks feminine," Artemis said, shaking his head, "and everyone thought that he just had delicate features"

Artemis walked back to the dorm slowly, expecting a feeling or rage to wash over him—just as it did when he thought about other girls his age. But instead of rage, curiosity spread through his mind. His question was the same as Dr. Murray's—what was she doing here? Why would a girl dress up as a boy and travel halfway across the world to attend SB?

"I'll just ask her point blank when she gets back in the room tomorrow," Artemis decided, as he walked back into his dorm and straight into Jin.

"What in the…Jin!" Artemis cried, looking up at the boy, who was still walking around in a daze.

"Jin, it's 1:30, go back to your room," Artemis said, rubbing his shoulder, which was throbbing after running into Jin, "what are you made out of, steel?"

"I seem to have forgotten where my room is…" Jin muttered, eyes gazed over, acting spacey. Artemis leaned forward and looked at the boy. It seemed as though he was in some kind of trance.

"I think you are the one that needs to go to the infirmary," Artemis muttered before walking away.

"NO! Jin cried, latching onto Artemis, "don't take me there—don't take me to the infirmary!!"

Artemis pushed the boy off of him, "you are a raving lunatic, why would I ever spend more time than necessary with you, let alone take you anywhere? Either stay here and continue being barking mad or go to your room. Just don't bother me anymore" he said, walking up the stairs, shaking his head.

"I have larger things to worry about at this time," Artemis mumbled to himself as he walked down the silent hallway and into his room. He sighed, looking around the room at all of Sam's belongings. At the odd, multicolored lamps she had put up everywhere, at the bright yellow bed sheets she had brought, at her desk, which was cluttered with papers, neon colored sticky notes, and notebooks. He walked over to the desk and picked up a bright green sticky note.

"Say one nice thing to Artemis today" he read out loud, chuckling slightly to himself at Sam's insanity. He put the sticky note down and was about to move away when Sam's notebook suddenly caught his eye. It was open to last class's notes, and it seemed as though Sam had spent more time doodling in the margins than actually taking any notes. Artemis picked up the notebook and looked at the drawing. They all consisted of rough sketches of what seemed to be little people with pointed ears.

"Faeries?" Artemis asked, eyes widening. Where they supposed to be drawings of faeries? Could San know about Haven? Could she know about faeries? Artemis took the notebook with him and put it on his bedside table. He would have to ask her about this one as well…

"Tomorrow" he said to himself, "tomorrow I will confront her and see what she really wants".

The next day Sam woke up, completely refreshed…and completely oblivious to where she was. She looked down at the stark white sheets, the whitewashed walls, the rows of beds.

"This isn't my room!" she cried, "where are my sheets, my bed, where is Artemis?"

"Ah, I see you are awake Miss Doroster" Dr. Murray said, entering the room. Sam looked up at him and all the events from the night before flashed into her head. She groaned and pulled her blanket up around her, covering her face.

"No point in hiding from me, now. I already know your little secret" the doctor continued, walking up to the bed and sitting in a chair next to it. Sam lowered the blanket, and looked at the doctor. He seemed like a fairly young man, in his late twenties or early thirties. He has large, expressive brown eyes and long black hair pulled back into a ponytail. Sam assumed that all the employees of the school had to pass the "attractiveness test" as well.

"How…how did you know I am a girl?" Sam asked him. Dr. Murray just smiled and leaned in closer. Sam backed away a little.

"For one thing, I am a doctor. We can tell things. And even if I wasn't a doctor… I'm gay," he said, pointedly. Sam gasped and scooted closer to the man.

"What?" she asked, "really?"

"Yes" the doctor said, "and I could tell right away that you were not a male".

"A gay doctor working in an all boy's school? Don't you think that is a little offsetting?" Sam asked. Dr. Murray just smiled ruefully at her.

"This is my alma mater. They asked me to work here, and so I do. Plus, none of the students interest me…they are too…student-like" he said. Sam nodded her head, though she really didn't understand what the doctor was saying.

"But you haven't answered my question yet" Dr Murray continued, "what are you doing in an all boy's school"

Sam took a deep breath and started telling the whole story to Dr. Murray, from her grandmothers obsession with faeries and her dying wish to countless hours of research, all leading up to Artemis Fowl.

"So you traveled halfway across the world, dressed up as a bloke, and came to an all boy's school just because you believe that Artemis Fowl might have something to do with faeries?" Dr. Murray asked. Sam nodded her head vigorously.

"Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?" Dr. Murray asked, "faeries? You are going through all this trouble because you believe an SB student has some knowledge about mythical creatures? "

"It's my grandmother's dying wish!" Sam retorted, " Even if he doesn't know anything, there is still a possibility"

"Are you sure that is the only reason why you are staying?" Dr. Murray asked, leaning in closer to the girl.

"Yes, what else are you thinking of?" Sam asked, confused.

"Are you sure you didn't come here just to be with Artemis?" the doctor asked.

"Please, I never even met or saw the kid before I cam here" Sam answered, "I wouldn't go through all this trouble just to be with him"

"Well what about now," Dr. Murray asked, "now that you have met him. His temper might be a bit short, but he is a genius, right? And he isn't hard on the eyes. Plus, I heard he was popular with the ladies"

"I doesn't matter what I think about him," Sam answered, "Artemis hates girls. I will never reveal myself to him! At least, not until I get to see the faeries"

"So you still think that faeries exist" Dr. Murray asked. Sam nodded her head resolutely.

"Okay then, you can go" the doctor said, getting up. Sam burst out of the bed.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"I thought I was perfectly clear. You can go back now. I think you are sufficiently rested," Dr Murray said, walking back to his desk.

"You mean…you mean you are not going to tell anyone about me being a girl?" Sam asked, excitedly. Dr. Murray turned around to face her.

"If you had come here just to be surrounded by good looking boys, or to chase some bloke, then yes, I would have revealed you and had you kicked out," he said, "but if you are just here to fulfill the dying wish of your delusional grandmother…well even I am not heartless enough to stop you"

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Sam said, launching herself at the doctor, hugging him tightly.

"Okay, no hugging" Dr Murray said, prying Sam off of him, "are you trying to make my physically ill?"

"Thank you so much, Dr. Murray!" Sam said again, grinning widely.

"Alright, stop smiling like an idiot and get out of my office," Dr. Murray said, looking down at the small girl.

"Thank you! Thank you!" she kept repeating. The doctor sighed heavily.

"GET OUT!" he cried—pointing to the door, "before I change my mind". Sam nodded furiously, grabbed her jacket and track bag, and ran out of the door, crying out her thanks to the doctor once again.

"My secret is safe!" she cried out happily, practically running back to the dorm in elation. She saw Jin walking around outside of the dorm and in a moment of sheer happiness, she hugged him tightly, throwing the boy completely off guard.

"Sam!" Jin cried out, in shock and what seemed like a little fear.

"Isn't it a wonderful day, Jin?" she asked, eyes sparkling with happiness. Jin almost fainted looking at her eyes—so large, so bright.

"Um, sure, I suppose," he answered, confused, "are you okay now? Did Dr. Murray say it was alright for you to go?"

"Oh yes," Sam said, "he said it was perfectly fine!" And with that she just turned and pranced into the dorm—leaving a very awestruck, lightheaded, and confused Jin in her wake.

"Sam! Are you sure you are okay?" she heard him calling. Laughing, Sam bounded up the stairs of the dorm and went to her room. The door was already unlocked and she went inside, throwing her jacket on the coat holder and her track bag near the door. Artemis was sitting on his bed, dressed in his normal, formal fashion—reading a book. He looked up when she came into the room.

"Hello Artemis!" Sam said, grin lighting up her whole face.

"You seem to be in a good mood" he commented, looking back down at his book.

"Wonderful mood," Sam answered, walking over to her desk and sitting down in the chair, "it's beautiful outside today! We should go on a walk! Do you want to go on a walk?" Artemis didn't even look up from his book. So I suppose Dr. Murray decided not to reveal her secret, Artemis thought, strange.

"Sorry I didn't come back last night, I hope I didn't worry you" Sam said. Artemis raised his eyes from his book.

"I didn't even notice," he said. He saw Sam's bright smile falter a bit.

"Oh, I suppose you went to sleep early as always, that's why you didn't notice" she said. Artemis looked back down at his book. How am I supposed to confront her about being a girl, he thought, it feels slightly uncomfortable.

"I saw that they had strawberry bread downstairs in the dining hall," Sam continued on, "it's my favorite! Have you had breakfast yet? We should go! Are you hungry?"

"Not hungry" Artemis replied, not looking up. He was a genius. He should be able to think of some way to confront Sam about her being a female. But how in the world would one go about doing that?...So I creepily overheard the conversation between Dr. Murray and yourself and I know that you are a girl… No, that would never do. First because it just sounded slightly stalker-esque and secondly because Artemis had no good excuse for why he was at the infirmary, and there was no way in this world that he was going to admit that he had been worried about Sam.

"Oh, okay, I guess I will just go with Jin, then" Sam said, getting up. She turned to leave the room.

"Sam, wait" Artemis said, stopping her. Sam turned around, a bit confused and shocked. Artemis had never really talked to her nor cared about what she was doing before.

"Yes?" she asked. Artemis just looked at her. He couldn't confront her about her sex, but there was still the matter of the drawings in the margins of her notebook. He knew that Sam couldn't have possibly have been drawing faeries—they were probably just bad renditions of their classmates. But still, there was a slight possibility. Slowly, he took the notebook off his bedside table and held it out to her.

"I saw this on your desk," he said, holding it out to her, "the drawings in the margins. What are they?"

Sam leaned forward, looking at the drawings. Her mouth curled up into a grin as she saw what they were. Slowly, she raised her large, emerald eyes up to Artemis. This was her chance. She cocked her head to one side and smiled.

"They are faeries," she answered, smiling widely at the look of shock that crossed the boy's face.

A/N: Ok, so what did you think of that one? As always, your reviews are greatly appreciated! I would love to know what you guys think of the story-- If you like it, don't like it, have plot details you want included in, have any pairs you would like to see get together-- anything! Hearing your comments makes my whole day and I appreciate them so much!! Gracias y besos!