Birth of The Time Paradox

I found out (Via DeviantART, of course : P) that Holly and Artemis kissed before I actually read 'The Time Paradox', and I remember pondering how such an act could have happened.
"I mean... Artemis would certainly never kiss Holly, he'd never dare. And Holly wouldn't kiss Artemis, she's far too prideful to put herself out there like that.....I guess if ONE of them had to initiate, it would be Holly.. I wonder how Eoin managed it O_o Either one of them was drunk, or high, or half-asleep, or SOMETHING, because neither one of them would do that normally."
Then I got The Time Paradox and I was all "Oh... wow, this is the only scenario that would ever make sense o_O ..."
"...Ever."
XD I'm a full-fledged ArtemisXHolly shipper (although I highly prefer them to be perfectly in character at all times, which pretty much cuts out all fluff-y fanfiction opportunities XD), but I really had a hard time picturing that scene.

Thoughts?

(And I'm not criticizing how Eoin wrote the book, it's my 2nd favorite in the whole series)