Artemis and Livia walked into the lounge room. Livia then walked forward from Artemis.

” Wow! This is so awesome!” She exclaimed, looking around at all the Christmas decorations. Artemis smiled and walked up to her.

” It’s incredible isn’t it” he said.

“It’s… fantastic” Livia answered. She walked down to the Christmas tree and knelt down, looking under the Christmas tree.

“Geez, there’s got to be at least a thousand presents under here”

“That was my first guess”

“Are these for everyone?”

“I believe so, yes”

“Are there any for me?” She laughed.

“Yes there are” Artemis answered, also laughing. He walked down to the Christmas tree and knelt down next to Livia. Livia looked under the tree and pulled out a small, square, neatly wrapped gift.

“To Livia, from Artemis” Livia said, looking up and smiling at Artemis.

“Merry Christmas” he said smiling and gave her kiss.

“thank-you” She said smiling. She put the present back. Artemis stood up and helped Livia up.

“Hey can we go check out my room?”

” well actually we have a spare bed in my room for you. Is that all right or would you prefer your own room?” Artemis asked, giving an apologetic look.

“Artemis it’s fine. Could we go look?” she asked putting her arms around him.

“It would be my pleasure” He said putting his arms around her. He then took her hand and they walked together out into the hall.

” The whole manor looks fantastic”

“I know. It’s fabulous”

“Is everything decorated?”

“By what do you mean?”

“well the walls are decorated, the front and back gardens are decorated.Is every room decorated?”

” you have no idea” They both laughed as they went up the stairs. They ran into Sam.

“Hey guys, how you goin’?”

” Fine.” Livia looked around “where’s Dean?”

“uh you know Dean” Sam answered. Artemis raised an eyebrow.

” He’s making charms and checking for any evil” Livia explained to him. Artemis gave a smug grin and nodded.

” Where is he now? I mean if he’s using his EMF reader.” She said.

” I think he’s in the basement, But I’m not sure. I’m goin’ to have a look for him. You two have fun” he said smiling at Livia and Artemis.

“’K, thanks Sam” She said hugging him tight. He smiled in response then went down the stairs.

” You’re pretty lucky to have Sam for a brother”

“Tell me about it” She smiled. ” Come on, lets see your room ” she grinned grabbing Artemis’s hand.

” All right then” He replied running along behind her.

Artemis opened the door to his room.

” After you” he said, motioning his hand to his room. Livia walked past him and stepped into a beautifully furnished bedroom. It was about thirty meters square with what seemed to be a balcony at the other end of the room. There was a King sized bed near the door to the balcony on the left side with a large black dresser on its right. It looked like it had a few picture frames on it. There was another smaller bed next to it. Both had black quilts on them and metallic silver pillows. There was a space between the bed and a three seater black leather couch that was against the wall. Next to the couch as well as Livia there was a right angle desk with neatly filed folders, an apple Mac, and a few other technological bibs and bobs, tucked in the corner of the walls. Across on the other side of the room, right in the center of the wall, there was a small fireplace with another flat screen mounted on the wall. Closer towards Livia there was a few bookshelves with lots of books on them. Then down towards the door, opposite the end of Artemis’s bed, there was a large mirror sliding door. This, she supposed, was Artemis’s closet. Of course with Christmas decorations everywhere, Artemis’s room had not been spared. There were light’s and tinsel around the ceiling with a miniature Christmas tree, about two meters tall, standing next to the door fully decorated, just as the one in the lounge.

” Well, is it to your standards?” Artemis asked sarcastically, as he walked up behind Livia and put his arms around her waist. She seemed to snap out of a daze.

” Are you kidding? Your room looks fantastic!” she said, placing her hands over his and leaning her head against his shoulder.

” Butler and two of Mother’s assistants did this in under twenty minutes”

“For real?”

“Yes”

“Wow, that’s impressive”

” I wonder how long it took them to decorate the whole manor?”

“Don’t even go there. Do you want to go on the balcony?”

” If you want to, yes”

“Okay then.” Livia replied. She looked up at him and smiled. Holding one of Artemis’s hands she walked over to the balcony. She let go momentarily to slide open the door. They stepped out on the balcony that looked over the Manor grounds. They were at least 10 meters high. There were smaller Christmas trees also out here, with two chairs and a coffee table near the wall. Livia walked over to the railing and looked over. The whole place was covered in snow, the trees were blanketed, and you could see all the decorations glowing, as a faint pink light was shimmering over the horizon. It was truly magnificent. She then looked down and she stepped back just as quick. She bumped into Artemis.

” Something wrong?” He asked grinning slightly, as Livia cuddled close to him.

” Oh not much, just that I hate hights” She said looking up at Artemis with terrified eyes. She hugged close to him and Artemis held her close attempting to calm her.

” Don’t worry, we’re perfectly safe here”

” Promise?”

” I promise” he said. Livia faced him and smiled appreciatively. Livia loosened her grip as they looked over at the last glimpse of sun.

” Beautiful isn’t it” Artemis spoke.

“Yeah. Remember our second date?”

“Of course, how can I forget. There’s the hill over there”

” Stargazing. Only Artemis Fowl. Still it was a lovely night”

“Mmm”

” A first kiss”

” Well at least it wasn’t a cliché first date kiss”

” Ha ha yeah. To tell you the truth, it was better on the second date” There was a brief silence.

” You know I love you” Artemis said breaking the silence.

” Of course I do, I love you too” Livia said. They turned and faced each other, then at the sunset. Artemis placed his hand on her cheek and Livia faced him again. Still smiling at each other. Artemis stroked her cheek and they kissed. After what seemed like an eternity, there was a faint knock on the door. They broke apart and Artemis spoke.

” I’ll go get it” he said, smiling at Livia and giving her a kiss on the forehead. He then walked through the door. Livia looked over at the last bit of sun again, then peeked inside. Artemis was standing there talking, when all of a sudden he looked back. He smiled then turned and left the room. Livia stepped through the door and closed it behind her. She peered around the room, looking for something to do. She spied the dresser next to the bed. She walked over to it and picked up one of the picture frames on it. It was a picture of Artemis and herself hugging each, making happy faces as Artemis had been tickling her. It was taken outside. It was a month ago and it was a Sunday. Sam was getting a new gun for Dean for Christmas, so he dropped Livia off here and they spent the day together. She smiled. Good times. There was one of Livia dressed up in a dress. Something she almost never wore, only for special occasions. This was before their first date. She was wearing a gold halter dress, with green glitter vines and silver flower wrapping down her top, and shimmering in the bottom part of the dress. She had her hair straight, hanging out with a green head band. She was , thanks to Juliet, wearing some glitter green eye shadow, very faint though, and had a maroon coloured lip gloss on. She was sitting on the lounge in the lounge room, giving a kiss at the camera and making a peace sign with her right hand. Her left hand was holding her dress over her legs. There was another one next to that with Livia and Artemis in front of the boat they were going to go on for their first date, hugging each other and smiling sweetly. She placed the picture back smiling. She glimpsed at a picture near the corner, behind her dress photo. It was one with Livia sitting at a desk, resting her head on one arm, wearing a butterfly necklace and the cut-off sleeved hoody she was wearing now. She her hair up in a clip like now, and she was smiling sweetly at the camera.

” I like that one the most” Said a voice right behind her. Livia turned around just to see Artemis looking over her shoulder at the picture.

” What?”

” I like that one the most. It shows you lovely face” he said smiling at her.

” hmm, I like this one of us being silly” She grinned, pointing at the one of them sitting outside on that Sunday.

” That’s my third favourite” Artemis informed. They both looked at the picture smiling. ” oh, by the way, your bags are here” Artemis said, turning and facing the bags infront of his closet. “You can put them in the dresser if you wish”

” Oh cool. Thanks” Livia replied. She walked over to her bag and dug to the bottom, making sure Artemis wasn’t looking over her shoulder. She felt something wooden among all the cloth. She sighed in relief. Her double barrel had made it through Airport security.

” Everything there?” Asked Artemis walking over towards her.

” Yep, everything’s here,” she said innocently, standing up smiling at him. There was another knock on the door, then Dean burst in.

” You all right up here?”

” Yes Dean, I’m fine.”

“Where are you sleeping?”

” Dean that’s just…”

” I’m just makin’ sure. In case somethin’ comes up” Dean said giving Livia a stern look.

Livia sighed then stood up.

” In the single bed next to Artemis’ ” She reported, glancing at it.

“Ok. Oh and Artemis, could I talk to you for a minute?” Dean asked him.

“Dean come on you don’t have to go all dad on….”

“Liv, it’s just for a minute. Chill” He said. Dean stepped out of the room. Artemis walked over.

” Don’t worry, I won’t be long” he joked. Then he left the room. Livia decided to unpack her gear. She took her bag and walked over to the dresser. She took her time but eventually finished unpacking. She had to find a hiding spot for her gun, so she decided to go with womanly instinct. Her bra drawer. She checked her watch. Artemis and Dean were out there for at least ten minutes. It was now seven o’clock, give or take a few minutes. Livia thought to have a shower so she got her pyjamas out of the drawer. She had black pants and a cookie monster T-shirt. Artemis came into the room. Livia turned around and walked over to Artemis, dumping her pyjamas on the bed.

” So much for a minute, what did he want?” Livia asked him.

” Actually he asked wether I knew how to use a gun or not.”

“Right.”

” And then he asked me if I could help him check the history of the house”

“Was that it?”

” Yes, he said he just wanted to be sure”

” Ok then” She ginned at him. ” By the way, where’s the bathroom?”

” It’s just down the hall, past Sam and Dean’s room.” he instructed. ” I’ll go get you a towel”

Livia grabbed her pyjamas and followed Artemis out the door. They went down the corridor just as Artemis had told Livia and he stopped in front of a double door. He opened it. Livia looked over his shoulder. There were neatly folded towels, sheets, blankets, pillow cases and other laundry things. Artemis pulled out a black towl.

” Here you are.” He smiled handing her the towel. ” It’s this room here” he said pointing at the door next to him.

” Ok. Thanks Arty” She responded, giving him a kiss on the cheek. She turned around and walked into the bathroom. The floor was marble, and the shower had frosted glass. There was a spa bath in the corner. To be honest, it was more of a jacuzzi. There was a lovely white polished bathroom sink, with gold towl racks and the walls were white and gold marble. There were, of course, christmas decorations in the bathroom. Although they weren’t as extreme as everywhere else. Just a bit of tinsel on the mirror in front of the sink and around the ceiling. Livia got undressed and stepped in the warm water in the shower.

Artemis went back to his room. He got changed into his black silk pyjamas with his name in gold engraving. He walked over to his computer and continued playing solitaire. After two games he got bored, so he decided to edit some files, check his bank account, and then do some photo shop work. He checked his christmas list. He checked off what he already had and printed off what he needed to get. He then closed down the computer. He walked over to the bookshelf and found himself a book to read. He grabbed a C.D off his desk and placed it into the D.V.D player. It was a seventies disco C.D. Artemis would have thought they were useless, but Livia was the one who got him stated. She got him stuck on the classics like ‘Shake Your Groove Thing’ , ‘Disco Inferno’, ‘Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love’ , which was Livia’s favourite, ‘You Sexy Thing’ and Artemis’ favourite, ‘ Play That Funky Music’. Though he did like ‘Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love’. He pressed the ‘play’ button and went and sat on his bed with ‘Footloose’ playing around the room. He opened his book and started reading.

Livia got out of the shower and wrapped the towel around her. She dried herself of then put on her pyjamas. She glanced at the towel and saw it had Artemis’s initials engraved on it. She picked it up and headed back to Artemis’s room. She could hear disco songs being played. At first she thought it was coming from Sam and Dean’s room but it was empty. She walked into Artemis’s room and was surprised to hear it was his music.

” Have a nice shower?” he asked smiling at her. Livia walked past him to the dresser putting her clothes away and placing the towl on her bag.

” Is this the disco C.D I sent you?” she asked grinning at him.

“Yes it is actually” he answered, placing a bookmark in the page he was reading and closing it.

Livia smiled excitedly and walked over to the T.V. She picked up the remote and flicked through the songs. She found the one she wanted. ‘Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love’ by Barry White. She sang along doing a little dance. Artemis sat up on his bed and laughed.

” This is awesome. I thought I’d have to torture you to let me listen to disco” she laughed.

” It’s pretty good” He responded. Livia walked over and sat down on Artemis’s bed next to him. He smiled at her.

” whose that on your shirt?” he asked pointing at the top.

” You don’t know who that is?” she asked sarcastically.

” No I do believe I don’t”

” This is the cookie monster”

“Cookie monster?”

” yeah, it is kind of childish, but he’s lovable!”

” hmm, I understand” he laughed. A warm melting laugh that made you feel like there was only two of you in the world. She smiled back at him. They were laying down just talking softly together. Livia was laying on her back looking up at Artemis who was next to her with his book in one hand. He put the book on the floor as they talked.

” So, how’s Holly?”

“She’s well. She’ll be coming up for christmas”

” But what about your parents?”

” They won’t be here Christmas day. Well, not in the morning anyway”

” Where will they be?”

” They’re going on a business meeting late Christmas eve and won’t be back until Lunchtime on Christmas day”

” Oh, I’m sorry Artemis”

“It’s all right”

“what about us? What’s the plan for tomorrow?”

” Well, I was thinking we could go to the mall. I still have some Christmas shopping to do for the family”

” That’s a good idea. I have some shopping to do too”

” Ha ha, there’s the catch”

” Hey that’s not fair” They laughed at each other. They talked some more when there was another knock on the door. Artemis shot up and pressed the ‘pause’ button on the remote.

” Artemis, Livia, Mrs. Fowl says dinner is ready” he informed them.

” Thank-you Butler” Artemis replied. Livia got up and walked towards the door.

” Shall we?” she giggled.

” I think we shall” he grinned.

” Good, ‘cos I’m starving” she said. Artemis just laughed.

 

So there you go! This took me four days to write and i need to write chapter two. So please R&R&R!!  Love you guys!! Keep on rockin!!

Some other stories by captain_artys_girlxx:

• Dreams and the Truth
• Keep Holding On (songfic)
• If Artemis came to my school......
• Artemis's first love (part 2)
• Artemis's first love (part 1)

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