Take It Easy ((Artemis))

[Terri Reinard]

Wind throwing his hair about. The dulled roar of an engine. Tires eating up the pavement. An aqua-green pick-up with a wide silver stripe running its length zipped along at a comfortable 35 along a tree-lined backroad, destined for nowhere inparticular. Terri sat at the wheel, listening to the radio playing his favorite station: Oldies 103.3. One could blame his dad for his taste in music, but he didn't regret it, and his brother was the same way. He sang along with a song he knew, just driving for the sake of driving.

Well, I'm running down the road
tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on
my mind,
Four that wanna own me,
Two that wanna stone me,
One says she's a friend of mine

Take It easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
drive you crazy


Actually, he only had one woman on his mind. The lovely, the brilliant, Artemis Saggezza. He'd fallen for her so long ago it felt like he had been born in love with her. And yet he'd kept all of it a secret from everyone except Seoras for years. Not even his nosy sister knew.

Lighten up while you still can
don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
and take it easy

Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see
It's a girl my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me


Well that was one hell of a coincedense. Terri applied the brake slowly, pulling slightly onto the right shoulder of the road, looking straight ahead. He turned down the radio and stopped his singing as he gazed out the window at a retreating figure. A girl. She looked...wait. Artemis? Terri let off the brake and rolled forwards, powering down the passenger side window and slowly gaining on her until he was beside her. He was right, it was Artemis, but what was she doing way out here on foot? The truck stopped again.

"Artemis? What are you doing out here?"

[Artemis Saggezza]

--Artemis wandered the roads of the town, her head in the clouds. she didnt' know where she was going, or even where she was for that matter. But she didnt' care. She just was. Thats how she wanted it. For once in her life, she wanted to just be. Be herself, be free, be loved, be amazing, just be. Thats where she was going, on a search for herself.--

--She jumped a foot in the air as Terri broke her philosophical musings. She spun around, and looked at him curiously....--

"I'm just letting myself be." she said simply, looking at him

[Terri Reinard]

((the "be loved" thing she has covered wherever she goes even though she doesn't know it...yet *evilgrin*))

Terri stole a glance at the truck's clock. It was starting to get late, and within an hour or two it would probably be dark.

"Well, do you want a ride anywhere? It's getting kinda late..." A sudden idea struck him. He never got to do anything with Artemis, why not try now? "Are you hungry? We could go get something if you want, I'm buying." It was worth a shot, at least...

[Artemis Saggezza]

--Artemis shrugged, and smiled. Why not?? It couldnt' hurt right..... ((there are NO HOTELS around here TERRI! heh))--

"Yeah sure......" she said, smiling...."No harm in that...." she jumped into his truck, and looked at him...."Where to driver?

[Terri Reinard]

((Oh yeah? I can MAKE ONE APPEAR!!! It worked the last time. And I already told you that wasn't in the original plan...but if Artemis gets tipsy who knows? Plans change. And who needs a hotel? Drive to middle of nowhere + blanket + love = *glee* ;D ))

He was almost surprise she had accepted his offer, but certainly wasn't complaining. The most beautiful girl on the face of the earth was sitting in the passenger seat of his truck, and that was pretty good by his standards. Terri started to pull away from the curb and drive down the street.

"Hmmm...well, the only good place I can think of around here is Jack Astor's. That ok with you?" He expected it would be, but it never hurt to ask. Some girls were finicky, others could care less. Artemis, he suspected, fit the latter description.

[Artemis Saggezza]

((choose your words carefully Adam....i know where you sleep....*suddenly realizes that can be taken 2 ways..... ))

--Artmeis smiled and watched him.--

"You seem suprised...." she said casually....."I'm not usually a cold-hearted bitch....and I dont' make a habit of breakign people's noses......your brother just happens to be an exception to my usual personality..." she grinned, thinking......"And yeah--Jack Alastors is fine, but only if we split it. The guy paying for the whole thing is so.....old-fashioned..."

[Terri Reinard]

((I know where you sleep as well, so it's fair...though I doubt you have a sword on your wall...not that I would ever try something like that...*<3's you to much *

"Well, I never believed you were one, I got the whole story and figured if you hadn't hit him I probably would have. You just usually seem...I don't know, far away, distant..."

Oh...she was smiling...so much beauty in one girl was hard to wrap one's mind around. Terri would know, he'd been trying to for a long time.

"I like the old-fasioned way, it suits me. I refuse to let chivalry die as long as there are beautiful girls in the world. And I happen to know one personally, so chivalry must live on. You can try to pay half if you realy want to, but be forewarned that you may find it having mysteriously returned to your pockets later."

[Artemis Saggezza]

--Artemis smiled, and shrugged.--

"Distant?" she asked, thinking..."My shrink says, that my intelligence level is so high, that barely anyone can understand me...." she smiled, not giving away if she was joking or not...."Well--I can't argue with the logic of Chivalry...."

[Terri Reinard]

"No one? Well, I'll admit that I've tried and failed more than once, but I'm not going to give up. The mystery that is Artemis Saggezza will some day be unravelled! And I won't disagree with the compliment to your IQ, that might warrant a broken nose..." he grinned.

"Well, actually you could, you just wouldn't win. I can be very stubborn when I want to be. And if it involves spoiling a beautiful girl as much as I can, then no one can convince me not to."