The Girl In Chains (Artemis Fowl x Female Reader)

Chapter 9: University

I continued with my life normally after that. Going to school, staying at hotels, committing first-degree murder. Everything falls back into place.

I'm going to university today, i'm majoring in literature and business management, two things i already know plenty about, but it's still always good to review. Also, i need to act like i have a normal life.

I set my bags down for the first class, in the second-to-first row. I'm early as always. I turn my head left to right, getting an understanding of my surroundings. One girl makes eye contact with me. She motions to sit down next to me, but i promptly stare her down. She scurries off, i'm not here to make friends.

Time flies as i watch people slowly file into the lecture room. I sit and draw silently in my notebook. the only thing i have left from my parents, it's already been drawn in many times, but i keep adding paper onto the binder rings. 

Finally everyone is settled and ready to begin class. I don't bother packing my notebook, as i can listen and draw at the same time, also, the professor isn't going to give a fuck. It's university.

Right before the lecture starts, i feel someone's gaze boring into the back of my head. I glance over, to see who it is.

Dammit.

Artemis's POV

I stare at the back of her head, looking completely out of place in her black crop top and short-shorts, her hair is tied up as always, but i note that she's added a new streak of blue dye into the side of her head. She's been scribbling in that notebook of hers for at least 40 minutes now, looking completely at ease in this environment. She still hasn't bothered covering up her eye, considering how much trouble it has caused her, she's still wearing it out in plain sight. She hasn't let anyone sit next to her yet. She obviously wants to be alone. 

I'm going to disrupt that. 

She can't be running around with the knowledge of fairies. When i was interacting with her, i found a lot of similar traits we share, what if she makes the same mistakes that i did? Also, the LEP are storming down on me for giving out their secrets again, they insist on a memory wipe as soon as possible. 

It also doesn't help that she's a murderer.

A few minutes before class starts, she perks up and pauses, then turns her head to stare at me.

She doesn't look even slightly amused.

She raises her eyebrow at me, something she does a lot. I tilt my head to my right and make my eyes as piercing as i possibly can. This is serious, i need to catch her.

She sticks out her tongue at me and flips me off, then rolls her eyes and turn back to the Professor who is now starting her class.

I catch the professor looking at Morrigan with a disapproving glare, and allow myself a little chuckle.

The games are on.

Y/N's POV

I flip him off and turn back to face the front. The Professor glares at me disapprovingly, i glare right back. She turns her back on me and starts the literature class.

I get bored way too quickly, she is one of those professors that just drone on and on, never stopping to take a breath. I start to let my eyes flitter around, and finally, i drop my head into my arms, allowing me to sleep, sleep i desperately need.

Artemis's POV

I sigh and wait for the class to end, to be fair, it is quite monotone, it doesn't do much to capture the audience's attention, and everyone around me are either blinking away sleep, or giving up and taking after Morrigan. I almost want to sleep myself, but i hold on and pay attention. I'm used to this after all, this is already my 7th major.

I wonder how many majors Morrigan has?

After a few seconds of thinking, i realize that this is probably her first time in university. If she wants to remain under the radar about being a murderer, she probably doesn't want to bring attention to herself. Graduating from university at the age of 10 like me, wouldn't be working in her favour, she'd have to be like any other student in school.

The class finally ends 1hr later, leaving the rest of my morning free. Morrigan should also be free as i had signed up for the same classes as her, therefore, i have the same schedule.

I was wondering if i'd have to wake her up, when her head popped up as soon as the professor announced class over. 

Should i make my move?

Y/N's POV

I let my head pop up. 

I fight myself on the instinct to turn and look at Artemis. I fight to not give him attention. I wish he would just leave me alone, i need this in my life, i need the normality, but now he has to come ruin it. I wonder why he's here anyways, for me? or for himself?  I sigh. I think i'm going to find out the answer to that question whether i want to or not.

I start planning out the possibilities in my head, considering all the variables, all the factors, all the choices i would have in each situation and the outcome of that choice. There are just so many things that could happen, i don't think i can keep track of it all.

My trainer's voice comes to my aid "Just consider the few most likely situations, not all of them, you'll go mad doing that" 

I narrow down everything, and find it much easier to think.

My thoughts start to drift towards my past, i don't know why, but it does, and i don't realize my lost of control of my mind until it's too late.

Memories, they're such painful things when they involve my family. So bitter-sweet.

Control. It's such a beautiful thing to own, yet an ugly thing to lose.

The game with Artemis is on, and i plan to hold full control.

Artemis's POV

I watch her gather her things and start to leave, her body language cold and unemotional. The students around her skip past her when exiting the class, none of them seemed to have noticed anything out of the ordinary.

The game with Morrigan is on, and i intend to hold full control.