Disclaimer- Eoin Colfer owns Artemis Fowl. Not me.

A/N- So I decided to finally update, because the last time I did was probably sometime last year. Sorry about that. I'm too lazy for my own good.

Not Quite Perfect.

Everything was perfect. Holly's dress, hair and make up were perfect. Trouble was perfect. The food was perfect. The restaurant was perfect. The waiters' were perfectly polite. But the date, as a whole, was not quite perfect.

No matter how interesting the conversation, Holly's mind kept wandering. She couldn't stop thinking about a certain mud boy. She thought about his smug smirk. She thought about his dark blue eyes. She thought about his vampire grin which sent shivers, both good and bad, down her back. She scowled. These thoughts were wrong.

'Holly,' Trouble said, 'is everything alright?'

Holly tried to smile. 'Everything's fine,' she lied.

'Are you sure?' Trouble asked. There was so much concern in his eyes. She couldn't do it. She couldn't make Trouble believe she liked him when she didn't.

'No, I'm not fine,' she said. 'I'm sorry Trouble, I really am, but I don't think this is going to work.'

She left the restaurant and caught a taxi to her home. When she got home she sat at her computer and checked through her emails. Maybe the mud boy had sent her a message. No. But there was a message from Butler.

Holly,

Artemis' birthday is soon, he'll be turning 15 on the 1st of September. The weekend before his birthday his parents are going away to pick up his present. I've organized a surprise party for him; hopefully I've managed to keep it a surprise, you know how hard it is to keep a secret from him. I'm inviting all of Artemis' fairy friends as well as Juliet and Minerva. That means you're invited too, though I should probably warn you Juliet actually did most of the organizing.

Butler.

Holly smiled and hit the reply button.

Butler,

Of course I'll come. I can't wait to see the look on Artemis' face.

Holly

The reply sent, Holly turned off the computer and lay down on her bed. She sighed. While at the partyshe would try to get Artemis alone. They needed to talk.

A/N- What do you think? Did you like it? Tell me in a review. Also tell me what the party should be like could I honestly have no idea. Should there be loud music and disco lights or should there be games of duck, duck goose and pin the tail on the centaur?