Waking up the next morning, I blinked the sleep from my eyes and looked around. However, the sight of Artemis sleeping next to me just made the memories of the night before flood back to my brain.

I sat up stiffly, clutching the blankets to my chest even though he was still fast asleep. Oh, gods...I had just made the worst mistake of my entire life. Worse than when I had decided to take on a troll by myself with next to no magic.

I stood up, still staring at the sleeping Artemis on my bed. I had slept with a mud man! The same mud man that had kidnapped me several years ago. I mean, he had sweet-talked me into stripping off my clothes and-

Ugh! It was so frustrating! Not about him seducing me, and me agreeing to have sex with him, but about how I felt! I expected to feel violated and disgusted, but I didn't feel that way at all. I felt...Relaxed. More so than I had felt in years. And, Gods...I stopped myself from moaning as I remembered how amazing his lips felt against my skin and his cock thrusting into me.

I shook my head, walking to the bathroom before starting up my shower. Inside my head, I scoffed. Like I could wash off what happened last night before I went to work.

Looking down at the mat on the bottom of my tub, I slowly started to wash my hair. I thought, and thought some more.

Minutes later, I got out and wrapped a towel around my body. I closed my eyes for a moment and rested my head against the cool door before opening it.

My eyes instantly looked with Artemis'.

The "beast" was awake.

I felt myself gulp, immediately breaking the eye contact and walking over to my closet. I wasn't able to see him, but I most certainly heard a sigh.

"Holly-"

"Don't." I interrupted him as I threw my uniform on in a rush, exiting the closet. "What we did last night-"

"Was amazing."

"Was a mistake!" I corrected him, exasperated as I turned around. He had put his boxers on, and was sitting on the edge of my bed, staring at me. Sighing, I swallowed the lump in my throat. My entire being wanted me to throw myself at him and repeat everything that happened last night. However, I forced myself not to, and I looked away. "Look, you're lucky I'm not taking you to LEP to be detained. Just...Find a way to leave."

He sighed, "We talked about this last night, Holly..." Artemis got up, and I suddenly felt a rush of panic shoot through me. I took a step back, hitting my back against the door.

"Don't" I whispered, my hand searching for the doorknob to my door. "Artemis..."

"Holly..." He strode over to me, and my mind went blank again. My body suddenly ached to press against his and my breath hitched. I leaned up, standing on my tiptoes to reach his soft lips and kiss him gently.

He sighed against my lips, starting to run his hands through my hair. I started to moan, arching into his bare chest.

For once, my body actually listened to my brain. "No!" I growled, swinging the door open and leaving the room, not looking behind me.

I walked out of my house after that, knowing that Artemis wouldn't risk leaving my house in broad daylight where everyone could see and recognize him.

I walked to the LEP building, it being too early to arrive. It was nice to stroll under the dim lights that were lined on either side of the street, giving me time to think.

Artemis. Artemis Artemis Artemis! Ugh, it made me so mad that half of me wanted to turn around and run back to him. My mind was literally at a crossroads with this whole public enemy number 1 thing...

And that's what kept me walking away. I knew it was wrong, no matter how safe and warm it felt last night.

Damn it. No! Not safe and warm, cold and calculating. That was Artemis Fowl. The boy who had kept me hostage for fairy gold.

The boy, however, could be a completely different person than the man today.

Gah! Don t think about him for the rest of the day. I thought as I stormed through the doors of the LEP building, not worrying about the weird stares I had acquired doing so as I burst into my office.

For the first time in a long, long while I was very happy about the large stack of papers on my desk. I sighed, knowing this would be the start of a very...very long day. At least it would be a distraction from...My other problem.

I groaned, easing myself into the dark office chair. Months upon months of procrastination sat in front of me, and I really thought my headache couldn't get any worse. I thought wrong.

Trudging through the first folder, more than sexual frustration started bubbling inside me. Damn! Not suppose to think about that, Holls...

Anyway, it was about these stupid newbie ensigns. Apparently, 2 corrupted a crime scene at Howler's Peak and 5 more didn't know how to complete the forms following it correctly. Honestly! Who trained these officers? I looked at the file and rolled my eyes. Chix. That made a bit more sense. Whoever decided to make him start training cadets...Ugh, I don't even want to rant anymore.

I worked on that for a good two hours, just trying to fix the mistakes in the report. Still a while to go until even my lunch break, I had a mix of emotions between wanting to stop working, and not wanting to leave home. Because, if I left work, I would have to go home.

I was about to take a short little break, when the door opened suddenly. "Hey, beautiful."

Rolling my eyes, I groaned and looked down at my work. "Go away, Major Evans."

"No." He took a few casual steps toward me and I made a very good point to stare at the words in the report some more. I didn't want to go through this right now on top of everything else.

Blaize Evans was a new Major who transferred from Atlantis and loved to just rub everything in my face. He started harassing me since the start of last month. He was annoying, and I hated him right off the bat. He was a sexist, narcissistic pig who had brown eyes and hair. Blaize literally made my job insufferable.

"I'm working, Evans."

"Don t care." He smirked at me and, of course, that was the moment I had to finally glance up at him. A shiver went down my spine as the look brought me straight back to last night. "And...For such a pretty girl like you, I'll let you call me Blaize."

I scoffed, rolling my eyes. He would let me? "Go away, Major."

He pretended to think about it. "Mm, nope."

I growled, focusing on the words in the report on my desk. "Out. Of. My. Office!"

Blaize clicked his tongue, and I knew he wasn't going to be leaving any time soon. "Speaking of offices..Mine is twice this big." He smirked. "I know why mine is twice as big as your broom closet."

He walked behind me and I closed my eyes, sighing and not turning around. "Let me guess." I murmured, "It's because I'm a girl."

"You are correct." He whirled my seat around and I couldn't help the yelp that slipped through my lips, my eyes huge as I looked up at him. "Women are only used for cleaning and fucking."

"Shut up, you gross pig." I growled up at him. "I'm a better officer than you will ever be."

He chuckled, pulling my hair back, and I slapped him automatically. It was the first time he had put his hands on me, and it was also the first time I had stood up for myself.

"You crazy little bitch!" He growled and I slapped him again, getting up and rounding around the desk to get to the door. However, before I could open it, Blaize grabbed me and pinned me to the wall next to it. I fought back against him, but he was just a bit stronger than me. "Now, where do you think you're going?"

"Let me go!" I struggled against his grip, trying to kick him anywhere near the crotch. "I'm going to do what I should have done a long time ago. I'm going to the Council and telling them what you've been doing to me."

"Oh, please." He scoffed. "Like they would listen to you. We both know they are looking for the slightest reason to kick you down to light control officer." He smirked.

I looked down, my struggles suddenly very close to ceasing. He was right. I still hated how he treated me. "Fine." I growled, and he let me go. I hated the hopeless feeling bubbling in my chest as I walked back to my desk and plopped back down into my office chair. "Now, leave."

He chuckled, leaning against the wall and looking at me slyly. "Whats the magic word?"

I rolled my eyes, growling lowly. "Please! Leave me the hell alone, please!"

Blaize kept that stupid grin on his face. "Good girl." He turned and left. "See you tomorrow."

Keeping my eyes down, I returned to my work. Maybe he wouldn't-

"Hey-" The door opened and I opened the side of my desk and grabbed my lunch, throwing it to him at the door and rolling my eyes. He left shortly after that.

I went out to lunch with Foaly a few hours of excruciating paperwork later, since Blaize had my lunch. And, after about six more hours of papers upon papers upon papers, I finally got through the entire huge stack on my desk.

Perhaps I should have done it a bit slower, but you probably know the feeling of getting into work. The next thing I knew, all of my work was done and it was dark out. It was also time to go home. I sighed, getting up slowly.

At least I wouldn't have to face Blaize on the way home like I normally did. However, my neck and back hurt like hell from hunching over my desk all day.

I just wanted to go home and get some sleep.

Until I opened my front door and looked into Artemis' familiar and casual ice blue eyes. He was sitting on my couch, reading a thick human book.

My heart sped up, but I forced myself to look away and frown. I didn't know whether I felt relieved he was still here or angry that he was still here for the same exact reason. Fowl was suppose to be gone by now.

"Why are you still here?" I deadpanned, throwing my keys on the table near the door and walking to my room. I tried not to stare at him too much as I passed.

"Tricky trying to find a shuttle that will transport a human." He put down his book and crossed his legs properly, looking up at me. "Especially a human categorized as public enemy number one."

I couldn't hold back the sudden grin that lifted the edges of my lips. "Funny." I commented as I tried to make my voice sound dry, leaning against the doorway as I looked back at him. "You didn't seem to have a problem getting into Haven." He chuckled, and I looked away. My whole body went tense as I armed myself and remembered this morning. I had to stop myself from wanting a repeat of last night. "When do you think you'll be able to leave?" I muttered, looking down.

He shrugged, dismissing my back-and-forth behavior. Probably because he knew psychology and that I had a mix of feelings for him at the moment. I was happy he didn't seem to want to take advantage of me because of that as he looked down at his book, thinking. "Day after tomorrow. Promise."

I nodded, crossing my arms over my chest and tucking my fingers into my sides. I looked around my small flat. It was late already, and I didn't know about Fowl, but I was exhausted. And, I didn't have a guest bedroom.

However, I knew that if he got into my bedroom with me, we would both be naked and rolling around in the bed sheets. Another shiver went down my spine, and I could feel a ghost of a hand from the night before sliding down my body slowly.

"You'll be sleeping out here." I interrupted my own thoughts, walking to the hall closet. I opened it and grabbed a few blankets and pillows.

I had to give him credit. He didn't even try to argue with me, or try to seduce me at all. Fowl just nodded and laid down on the couch, grabbing his book again. I put the things on the back of the couch. "Night." He murmured, not looking up from his book.

He didn't look comfortable, his human form on my fairy-sized couch. But I wasn't going to say anything about it. Hell, I just wanted to pass out in my own bed. Which I did, striding into my room and locking the door behind me for good measure. I stripped out of my LEP uniform and got into comfortable gray sweatpants and a tank top. My body relaxed as I finally slipped into the sheets of my bed and I fell asleep soon after.

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