*hangs head* I did say that the Chix and Holly songfics were the last, didn't I? I couldn't resist… these are just too perfect. It's fluffy, it's mushy, it's undoubtedly H/A and don't have a clue why I'm writing it. It's writing itself! So you have been warned and if you feel it necessary, leave now to get your sick bag. Or simply flee. Flee fast.

A/N: Artemis on Holly, using the lyrics from t.a.T.u's song 'All the things she said'. If you haven't heard this song/want to listen to it as you read, you can find an online player that will do the whole song at this address:

w w w . b a n d b u i l d e r . c o m / t a t u / i n d e x . p h p ? r e f _ c o d e = B 2 5 7 5 5 9

(It's so spaced out 'cos ff.n won't let me have normal links… grrr… just copy and paste, then delete the spaces. Sorry.) When you go to the link a new window should open up, with a loading bar in the centre. That's the player, and the first song is this one and will automatically start to play. In theory. Oh, and the lyrics (in italics) are not exactly those that are sung – they're the lyrics in the little booklet in the album cover. *shrug* They just flow better, without stuff repeated a million times…

*****

All the things she said

All the things she said

Running through my head

All the things she said

All the things she said

Running through my head

Artemis sat on his bed, head in hands. This was torture. His mind was clouded and cluttered with thoughts he did not want or need. Thoughts of the fairies. One in particular. How was one supposed to think straight when a single face filled every corner?

This is not enough

He had to see her again, to talk things over. Sort things out. He certainly couldn't continue as he was.

I'm in serious shit, I feel totally lost

If I'm asking for help it's only because

Being with you has opened my eyes

Could I ever believe such a perfect surprise?

Holly had changed him for the better, whether he would admit it or not. And he needed her now, needed her to show him that side of himself again before the uncertainty tore him apart.

I keep asking myself, wondering how

I keep closing my eyes

But I can't block you out

It was so frustrating. He had no right or reason to feel what he was, there was no emotional catalyst. He'd just woken up one morning with a yearning in his chest and it had been there ever since. He'd tried and tried to ignore it, but it would not go away.

Wanna fly to a place where

It's just you and me

Nobody else so we can be free

Secretly, deep down, he knew he wanted to be with Holly, to stay with her forever. But it wasn't that simple. Artemis sighed. It never was. There were too many obstacles – friends, family, society in general. The fact that Holly would out-live him by a thousand years.

All the things she said

All the things she said

Running through my head

All the things she said

All the things she said

Running through my head

This is not enough

This is not enough

All the things she said

All the things she said

But somehow the obstacles didn't seem to matter. Not to his heart. It was like trying to tell a tidal wave it couldn't break because it would flood a village. Pointless.

And I'm all mixed up

Feeling corned and rushed

He didn't know what to do. He had to something, and soon. Yet was there anything he could do? If he tried to live in denial it would slowly eat away at him until it sent him to an early grave. And he if he submitted to the feelings, let what his heart seemed to know was right happen, what then? A human and a fairy could not love each other, not where they came from. They would have to leave everything behind, all the people they cared about that cared about them. Could Holly do that? Could he?

They say it's my fault but I want her so much

When it came down to it, he couldn't help feeling what he did. He hadn't asked to be in this situation. But that didn't change the fact that there was a situation.

Wanna fly her away where the sun and the rain

Come in over my face

Wash away all the shame

What he wouldn't give to just go, to just run away from it all to a place no-one would look twice at them; no-one would care. But there was no such place: wherever you go, prejudices precede you.

When they stop and stare – don't worry me

'Cause I'm feeling for her

What she's feeling for me

Maybe other people's opinions didn't matter. All that should count was their love. Or his love, at any rate. Artemis dreaded to think what he would do if Holly didn't feel the same.

I can try to pretend, I can try to forget

But it's driving me mad, going out of my head

It was slowly but surely driving him insane. During the day he couldn't think about anything else for more than thirty seconds and at night countless scenarios and fantasies played themselves out in his dreams.

Mother looking at me

Tell me what do you see?

Yes, I've lost my mind

His mother had noticed a change in him. So had Butler and Juliet; so had every one that knew him. How would they react when they found out why? What would they say when he told them he was leaving them to be with her?

Daddy looking at me

Will I ever be free?

Have I crossed the line?

And his father. The father that had been absent from his life for two years, the father that was such a strong influence on him. Could he leave him behind as well?

Yes. For Holly, yes. Truth be told, he would do anything for her. It terrified him, but it was true. He was ready to take the plunge, show them all the finger. Artemis grinned and a kind of reckless glee filled his chest. He was going to run away with the fairy he loved.

He picked up his mobile phone and began to dial a number.

"Fairy, LEP, ransom fund, Recon, goblin, B'wa Kell, Holly, Captain Short, Captain Holly Short. I need to speak to Captain Holly Short."

*****

*dodges explosion of vomit* I'm sorry, OK? You came here from choice. You were warned… *ducks as jet of bile is aimed at her head and holds out a bag*

Hope that didn't cause serious harm to anyone's health/and or (most likely dwindling if you're here) sanity. Feel free to flame – though may I just say, first of all, no one forced you to read this. Unless, of course, for some reason you were held hostage and the person had a gun/knife/etc and held it to your head and said - *gets whacked round the head with a sledgehammer* and second of all, I'm not actually pro-H/A. I thinks it's wrong. *notices H/A songfic she just write* Damnit!

So anyway… REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! Next 'chapter' (there are four songs in all) should be up soon… I'm gonna start writing it as soon as this is posted, but I may get bored/hauled off before I finish it. And I dunno how long my beta will be with it…

Luv slime xxx