Kiss Me, I'm Irish {An Artemis Fowl Fan Fiction}

Chapter 31: Begin Again

Hey everyone! Sorry for the HUGE delay in this being posted. So much has been going on I have hardly had time for writing. Between working on my wedding, the heat wave, massive migraines, watching too much Doctor Who, and the like... My brain has been too occupied. But the past few days I have worked my butt off to get this chapter done and hopefully perfect.

Big shout out to Kat who helped me a bit with some wording, and of course as always keeping me sane! Love you girly! Even if we do have some villainous tendencies. :P

Anyways! I hope you all enjoy this rather long chapter! :D

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"Holly, I assure you, everything is going to be fine," Artemis spoke into his cell phone. "I know what I'm doing, and I won't need your assistance."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Holly replied. "You haven't exactly been on many dates. What if you mess up and say something stupid?"

Artemis sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose in the process. Holly had called him just as he was parking the car in the parking lot of the mall. She had kept him on the phone for five minutes already, rambling on and on about how this date of his could go wrong, or what it was even about to begin with. Artemis hadn't even left his car yet, and he was growing nervous. Holly certainly wasn't helping matters either. "Holly, I promise, I can handle this," he assured her, glancing around the parking lot trying to make sure Diana hadn't beaten him here. "I think I know how to speak to girls."

"All depends on what you plan on telling her, Artemis," Holly retorted. "Are you ever going to tell me that? Or are you going to dance about it again, and change topics?"

Artemis bit his tongue for a moment. Holly was bound to find out one way or another; he supposed it would just be wise to get it out of the way. "Well... I've been doing some thinking recently about what everyone has been saying, and I think it's time I told Diana the truth," he stated. He took a deep breath, trying to think of the best way to put it. "I do believe I have feelings for her."

Almost immediately the boy had to pull the phone away from his ear slightly as Holly let out a girlish shriek of delight. "I knew it!" she gasped. "I always knew it! Took you long enough, Mud Boy. Now all you have to do is hope she feels the same."

That was what Artemis was worried about. He had no idea whether or not Diana felt the same or not. He had never exactly told a girl he was attracted to her before, and admittedly he was almost certain he was going to be laughed at. Regardless to that, Artemis knew his time was ticking down; in only a few days time, he would be heading back to Ireland, and then what? There was no way he was just going to fly back to Ireland and act as if this adventure had never happened. How could he?

"I hope so," he eventually muttered. He watched as a tan Chevy Malibu drove past him, and noticed the girl in the passenger seat as Diana. It would seem that her mother was dropping her off. Artemis felt his heart rate increase slightly as he silently panicked. "Holly, I got to go; I'll call you later."

Before Holly could reply, the boy hung up on her, stowing his phone in his pocket in one swift motion. Artemis snatched the car keys from the seat next to him, and practically jumped from the car, locking it before making his way towards the café. He smoothed his hair back from his eyes with one thought on his mind: Here goes nothing.

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In all the years Diana had spent going up to the Starbucks at the mall, she had never been as nervous as this time. As she stepped out of her mother's car, she had no idea what she was walking into. What was it that Artemis wanted to talk to her about? Whatever it was, it was important enough that he hadn't spoken to her at the party about it in front of her friends. This was certainly a private matter.