2:45 pm, St. Bartelby’s, Main Hallway

Diana and Artemis had just finished their last class and Artemis was at Diana’s locker trying to talk to have a civil conversion with her.

“So what should we do for our psychology project?”

“I don’t know, why don’t we just use psychology as our topic?” The young girl asked.

“You mean like explain just what psychology is and how it intertwines with the study of the human mind?”

“Exactly, shall we work on it when we get home?  We obviously don’t have any homework and I have this really good idea for–”  

But Diana was interrupted by yet another idiot jock who think that he has a chance with her, well, that’s Artemis thought anyway.  What may be the 50th jock that came and said the same seven dreaded words to her.

“Want to hang out after school, babe?”

For a response, Diana turned to face the jock and said the golden word,

“No.”

But this guy wasn’t going to take no for an answer.  He stuck his arm out and created a barrier between Diana and Artemis.  He smiled that smile that most teenage girls would goes nuts for, but Diana just rolled her eyes.

“Apparently you don’t know who I am, babe.”

Diana licked her mouth and responded to the stubborn boy with breaks inbetween each word, “Read my lips hun: I don’t give a d***.”  She smirked at the stunned jockey.

Artemis gave a barely audible chuckle and said to the jock, “Stanley, if you would be so kind as to remove your unsightly appendage from our faces, Diana and I can get going.”

Amazingly, Stanley did what he said still with that shocked look and walked away.  Diana smiled at Artemis,

“Thanks for that.”

“I think your–ahem–colorful choice of words did that.”

“Still, thanks though.”

“Your welcome.  Well, with that said, Lady Chase, would you like to accompany me to En Fin?  It has very good seafood.”

She giggled, “Will you be paying?”

He smirked, “Yes, I will be paying.”

“I would be happy to accept your invitation Master Fowl.  But I would have to contact my parents and Rhodes of course.”

“Very well.  Shall we head outside?”

“We shall.”

When they got outside, they met their bodyguards and got this in the Fowl Bentley. 

“Where to Artemis?”

“En Fin please, Butler.”

Rhodes smiled at the two in the backseat of the car, “Awwww, you two going out on a date?”

For the second time in that day, Artemis and Diana turned as red as a tomato as they both answered in a clear and loud voice,

“NO!”

Rhodes just laughed and Butler couldn’t help but surpress a grin and let a little chuckle slip out.

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3:45 pm, En Fin Seafood Restaurant, London

“Here we are sir and ma’am.”

“Ha ha ha.  Very funny Butler.” Diana retorted.

Butler just smirked, “You want us to wait in the car?”

“That would be nice Butler, thank you.” His charge said to him.

Once they got out of the car, Artemis got them a table but his cell phone rang.

“I’ll be right back, Diana.  I need to answer this.”

“Sure, want do you want?”

“Anything you order in fine.”

“Cool.  Monsieur?” She aaid, referring to the waiter there.

“Yes, mademoiselle, may I help you?”

“I would like to order now.”

But that’s all Artemis heard before he slipped into the back of the restaurant.

“Holly?  What is it?  I’m in the middle of a–a–” 

For some reason, he couldn’t think of a word to say so that Holly–or Foaly for that matter–wouldn’t question him as to why he’s here with a girl.  He didn’t even know.

“You’re in the middle of a what Fowl?  A date?” Holly snickered.

“No!  I’m in the middle of a luncheon with–with a friend.”

“Okay, whatever.  Anyway, new villains delivered a message to Foaly earlier today.”

“Who are our new adversaries this time? And what was the message?”

“A pixie, the older brother of Opal Koboi and Brunswick Mahogany, a centaur.  The message was that Foaly has two weeks to bring a Crown of Memory thing or something like that.”

“All right, when shall I come down to–”

“Sorry Artemis, you can’t come down.  Only if he threatened to destroy Haven or expose the People is when you’re allowed down here.”

He sighed, “Very well, where are we going to meet?”

“How ’bout your place?”

“No!”

“Why?  Don’t want me walking in on your girlfriend and you making out.”

“I do not have a girlfriend!” Artemis said hotly and he said this particularly loud.

“Pfft.  Whatever, so your place?”

“I’ll try and get her out of the house.”

“Woah!  Woah!  I was just kidding about the girlfriend thing Artemis!  You really have have one?!”  Holly said in half-disbelief, half-excitement.

“No!  She’s just staying over for the school year!” 

“So what’s her name?”

“Diana.”

“Does she have a long shoulder length black hair and vivid emerald green eyes.”

“Holly, how do you know.”

“She saved me last night, from being trapped inside a cage.”

“She works at a company Holly, she’s not some kind of secret agent.”

“Well apparently you don’t know her that well.”

“I’ll talk with her later.”

“Later, good luck with your date!”  Holly said tauntingly.

“Holly, I–”  But the line went dead. 

He returned to the table where Diana was sitting.  Boy, did he have an interesting topic for them to talk about.  And it wasn’t about their psychology project.