CHAPTER 2: Suspicious minds.

Artemis and Livia walked down the stairs as Artemis lead the way to the kitchen. They were being silly and telling jokes. They finally arrived in the kitchen. It was a a big room, infact, it was like four of Artemis’s rooms put into a square. There was a lovely mahogany table in the center with christmas food on it. There were, once again, christmas decorations around, which I’m sure you can picture.

“Ahh here you are. Come on dinner’s waiting.” crooned Angeline showing them to their seats. There were six seats on the side and two on the ends. Mr. and Mrs. Fowl usually sat at the ends but today they sat on the sides. The seating arrangements for the week were as follows. Mr. Fowl, Artemis, Livia, and across from Mr. Fowl was Mrs. Fowl, Sam was across from Artemis and Dean was across from Livia.

“Well, now that were all here, let’s have dinner” Mrs. Fowl announced happily.

” awesome, I’m starving” Dean and Livia said in unison. Everyone laughed as Livia and Dean smiled at each other.

“Father, where’s Butler?” Artemis asked while everyone was still laughing.

” He said he wished to go out for the night” Artemis Snr. replied.

“Oh. Alright” Artemis said, looking slightly disappointed. For some reason guilt was tugging at his stomach. Livia seemed to notice his uncomfort.

“You okay Arty?” She whispered.

“Yes, but for some reason I feel guilty that Butler is not present” Artemis said looking quite sad. Livia couldn’t stand it. He was like a kitten, that meowed so sadly. It was unbearable.

“Don’t worry Arty, I’m sure he’s fine” She said, squeezing his hand. Artemis looked up to see Livia smile supportively. He smiled back, thankful he had such a caring girlfriend.

“All right, dig in then” Mr. Fowl said Happily.

“Score!” Dean said excitedly. He leaned forward and got himself some roast ham, potatoes, coleslaw, basically, something from every plate on the table. Sam laughed at his brother but was also glad to have all this food in a family environment. Everyone was getting stuck in. Telling stories, things that happened over the years, laughing at moments, pretty much what every family does. Livia reached for her Motorola, and typed a text.

Hey Butler

Arty told me u lft 4 the nite. He says he’s happy but he feels guilty 4 sum reason .

It would help heaps if u told me where u were, to put Arty at rest.

: ) C u soon B man!

She sent the text. She then rejoined the conversation. Dean was, yet again, telling everyone one of their hunting stories. Mr. and Mrs. Fowl knew of these and enjoyed the stories very much.

“So I go to this college, because Sam here decided to go solo…” Everyone laughed and Sam just smiled embarrassed still eating his Ham. Dean ruffled his hair laughing too.

” and I ask this professor about the pilgrims and their gods. I find out this scarecrow is a model of a god, and that they need sacrifices..”

“Which explains the male and female victims” Artemis interrupted

“Exactly. So I find out I need to find the power source tree. I open the door and BAM!” he said banging the table everyone jumped or got startled. Livia got a worse shock when the sound of Borat erupted from her phone “You have new text message. High five!” She looked around in alarm. No-one was looking because Dean was continuing his story. Sam, however, was looking at Livia raising his eyebrows in suspicion. Livia smiled innocently. Sam just gave her a I’ll-talk-to-you-later look. Livia pulled out her phone. There was a text from Butler.

Hey Liv.

lol Srry I lft without sayin’ bye. If it helps, I’m out Xmas shopping. will be back l8er 2nite. need to hide presents in the nite so sum cheeky kids won’t find them .lol.

c u then ; )

Livia smiled. She hadn’t thought about christmas present searching. She nudged Artemis and showed him the text. Artemis read it and smiled appreciatively at Livia.

“Well Dean, you certainly are full of surprises” Mrs. Fowl said. Dean looked very pleased with himself.

” Mrs. Fowl I don’t think It’s wise to give some people swelled heads” Sam smiled in sarcasm. There were more laughs as Dean gave Sam a playful slap on the arm.

“All right then, dessert will be served in half an hour” Mrs. Fowl announced yet again. Everyone got up and left the table.

“Who cleans the tables? ” Livia asked as she looked back in kitchen.

“The maids” Artemis replied. Livia looked slightly guilty.

“What’s wrong?” Artemis asked as he stopped. Livia looked up at him.

“I feel bad letting someone else clean up after me” She replied, still looking guilty. Artemis gave her a hug and smiled

“Don’t worry, it’s their job” He said. Livia seemed slightly reassured.

“Liv, can I talk to you?” Sam came round the corner, wearing his tracky pants and T-shirt.

“Okay” Livia answered. Artemis smiled at Livia then went up the stairs.

” What was that in the kitchen?” Sam asked sternly.

” Artemis was feeling guilty because Butler wasn’t here so I sent Butler a text, asking where he was. I showed Artemis his reply and he felt better” She explained.

“Well, okay then. How’s Dean treatin’ Artemis?”

“Well, not as over-protectively as I thought”

“Okay. Well , see you at desert then” He said giving Livia a hug.

“See you then” She replied hugging him back. Sam and Livia then walked up the stairs. Sam smiled then went into his room. Livia went on into Artemis’s room.

“Everything all right?” Artemis asked Livia as she came through the door. He got up from his desk and walked up to her.

” Yeah fine, Sam just asked if Dean was treating you okay” She replied smiling.

Artemis had his trademark smug grin on. Livia nearly melted there and then.

Artemis and Livia sat down on Artemis’s bed and started talking. Artemis pressed the play button and the disco songs continued.

Sam walked into his room to see Dean at the desk in their room and on the computer.

” what are you doing?” Sam asked , expecting the worst, as he walked up to Dean.

“Not looking up naughty stuff if that’s what you’re thinking” Dean replied smugly. Sam walked behind Dean to see he was telling the truth. He was playing pac-man. Sam and Dean’s room was pretty much the same as Artemis’s. With minor differences. There were two queen beds in the room. The closet, fireplace, t.v and balcony were pretty much in the same spots. Except there wasn’t a lounge. Sam had the queen bed closest to the balcony.

“Hey Sam, could you get past this level for me”

“Dude, I’m not enabling your weird habit.”

“What? all I do is play..”

“Old video games for hours”

“well I…it’s just…oh forget it” He said continuing playing his pac-man. Sam shook his head at Dean’s sad ways an got the T.v remote. He switched on the T.v and flicked trough the channels.

“Hey Dean. Godzilla’s on”

“Really! Hangon wait for me” Dean looked in panic at Sam then the computer. Sam shot up and looked over Dean’s shoulder.

“Sxc_hunter_hunk_rox?”

“What? That’s my username” Dean responded defensively. Sam just shook his head again and walked away.

“Come on? What?” Dean asked. He logged off the site and jumped on his bed like a excited child.

 

 

 

 

Artemis and Livia were talking and kidding around when they heard roaring and destructive sounds.

“What is that?” Artemis asked startled. Livia was startled too, but she knew what it was.

“Dean and his movies. Come on lets go watch it with them” She said happily.

“Only if you tell me what it is” he replied smirking.

“probably, by the sounds of it, Godzilla?” she said smugly.

“all right then” he said. They got up and Livia walked to the door. Artemis went and turned the C.D. off. He then walked over to Livia, held onto her hand and they left the room.

Sam nearly didn’t hear the knock on their door.

“Dean, turn that down. I can’t hear if there’s anyone at the door.” Sam instructed his brother.

“okay, calm down man.” Dean replied not looking away from the t.v. With an annoyed expression on his face, he turned the t.v volume down. Sam stood up and went and opened the door.

“Hey Sam, can we come in and watch Godzilla with you?” Livia asked politely.

Sam looked over his shoulder at Dean. Dean just mouthed the word ‘what’ and looked offended. Sam looked back at Livia.

“Volume was up high huh?”

“Yeah. Oh well. Can we come in?”

“Sure” Sam opened the door wide. Livia ran in and jumped on Dean’s bed.

“Hey Liv. Ready to watch Godzilla?”

“Yeah!” He gave her a hug then she sat down in the front of his bed. Artemis looked at Sam and they both laughed. Sam let Artemis sit on his bed seeing as he was better friends with him than Dean. They all got comfy and watched Godzilla. Livia and Dean were obviously enjoying the movie more than Sam and Artemis. About twenty minutes later, They heard a call from down stairs.
“Dean, it’s still to loud! I can’t hear whatever was just yelled at us from downstairs” Sam said sternly.

“Alright, settle down.” Dean replied.

“It was probably my mother calling us for dessert” Artemis offered. Everyone got up and left the room. As they went down the stairs Livia and Dean were being silly like a brother and sister should. Sam and Artemis followed them, trying to keep up. As they all grabbed some dessert and sat in the lounge, chatting (They had ice-cream sundae’s ) Mr. and Mrs. Fowl wanted Dean to finish his scarecrow story. Dean was sitting on the floor, leaning against the coffee table. Sam was sitting on one of the lounges, spread out as he was on it by himself. Mr. and Mrs. Fowl were on the lounge closest to the door, and Artemis and Livia were sitting together in front of the fire. Dean was continuing the story.

” So, when Livia and I were going to leave, I opened the door and BAM! They hit us over the head with somethin’ hard.”

“Oh dear, how shocking” Angeline said concerned.

“Well, we woke up later in their cellar, and they stood there and told us we knew to much, so we had to go”

“How horrible” Artemis Snr. said.

“So they tied us up in the orchard that evening, and I decide to let them feel the extra guilt. I say to the sheriff, who was tying me up, ‘ How many people have you killed sheriff? How much blood is on your hands?’ and he says to me ‘ we don’t kill the people’. Then I say to him ‘No but you sure cover up after. I mean, how many cars have you hidden, clothes have you buried?’. well he just looks at me then walks away”

“Oh those awful people” Angeline said.

“Yeah, and while we were tied up, I asked Dean If he had a plan” Livia said looking over at Dean, with a you-are-so-over-dramatic look.

“I was workin’ on it” Dean said defensively.

” And four hours later I said, ‘you don’t have a plan, do you?’ and he replies with ‘I’m workin on it’ ” Everyone laughed. Dean looked slightly embarrassed.

“Then, Sammy here shows up” Livia started.

” I came over and they were still stuck to the trees” Sam said chuckling.

” So he unties us and we all go to find our way out, then

the townspeople come and surround us, but the scarecrow comes behind them, it sinks its hook straight through the gas station man, and grabs onto his wife. Then he drags them away. I tell you though, they had it comin’” Dean finished.

” well it serves them right” Artemis agreed.

They all talked for ten more minutes, then they all said their goodnights and went to their rooms. Artemis and Livia were still talking after everyone had gone to sleep. Livia fell asleep on Artemis’s bed so he decided not to disturb her. He got the blanket from under her and covered her.

“Good night” he whispered to her. He gave her a kiss on the forehead, then turned his bedside light off and went to sleep.

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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