I Do Not Own COTT or any of it's characters. I do, however own Lili Blackburn, Chelsea Rhodes, and anyone else I come up while writting this series.

They were in their final year of high school. They were so close to defeating Cronus. They all had decided if they ever did win, they would still stay. They couldn't leave each other, not then, not ever.

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Odie walked through the main hall of New Olympia high grumbling to himself. It was Monday morning and he was late for chemistry class. With his head down, he went barrelling around a corner. He didn't see, but he felt himself collide, hard, with someone. He heard a small yelp and looked up. There he saw the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She had pin straight, shoulder-length, chocolate brown hair, with bangs that went straight across the forehead. She had a few freckles on her cheeks and across her nose and her eyes were bright green. He bent over to help her pick up her books.

"I'm so sorry." He said to her. And he truly meant it.

"That's alright, your late." She smiled "So am I, My name's Chelsea. What's yours?"

It took him a few minutes to remember his name but finally he stumbled out, "Odie."

"Cool." She started to walk away and Odie was on cloud nine. Suddenly he heard "Hey Odie!" blushing he turned around. She had a bright smile on her face as she said, "See you around?"

"Definitely." He said. He waited until she rounded the corner then ran to his chemistry class smiling.

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At lunch Odie walked into the cafeteria to his six friends, plus one, as he had been seeing for about a month now. There they were, pretty much all paired off. There was Theresa sitting next to Jay, and across from them Archie and Atlanta. Beside Theresa was Herry and his girlfriend of one month, Lily Blackburn. Lily was your typical, simple, sweet, girl. She had long sandy-blonde hair that went to her mid-back, fair skin and large brown eyes. Her hair was pulled up into a ponytail and she was giggling at something Herry had just whispered to her. Neil, who sat next to Archie, was kinda paired off, with himself. Odie sat down at the table, and retold his pre-chem experience. He had never seen Chelsea before, he wondered if any of them had.

"Oh, I know her." Theresa said. "That's Chelsea Rhodes. She's in our physics class Atlanta."

"Oh yeah, she's a real sweet-heart. Oh there she is." Atlanta added.

Odie quickly looked up. Sure enough, there she was, walking into the cafeteria with another girl, she was throwing her head back, laughing. Suddenly he heard, "Hey Chelsea!" Chelsea looked up, smiled, waved, and began walking over. "Atlanta!" Odie said, "Why would you do that?"

"For fun." She said.

Chelsea walked up and smiled. "Hey guys!"

"Hey Chels." Said Theresa, "Come sit down."

"Sure."

Chelsea plunked herself down right next to Odie, she glanced around, "I don't think I've met you all."

"Oh where are my manners!" Theresa said, "This is Jay, Archie, Neil, Herry, Lily and Odie."

"Oh I know Odie."

"Oh really!?" Atlanta said in fake shock, "I didn't know that!"

"Oh yeah, in fact, we just bumped into each other this morning." She said, giving Odie a knowing smile.

"Oh no way!" Theresa exclaimed, "Hey, we were wondering if you wanted to come over and watch a movie Friday night."

"Really?" Chelsea said, "I'd love to! But I should really be getting back, how about around seven o'clock?"

"Sure thing!" Atlanta said, "We live at 4376(spells out hero :P) New Olympia Drive."

"See you then." She stood up to leave, "Bye Odie" she smiled at him, then walked away.

As soon as she was out of hearing distance Neil and Archie began to chant "Odie's got a girlfriend, Odie's got a girlfriend."

"Shut up!" Odie said, "Theresa why would you invite her over?"

"So you could get to know her better, ask her out."

Odie blushed, "Who said I wanted to?"

"Your face." Atlanta said.

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The week passed and Odie felt himself liking Chelsea more and more. He would have to walk past her locker to get to his, and they would long conversations as he "accidentally" saw her, as he passed. Finally Friday came. At a little after seven that night, the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" Archie cried

"Over my dead body!" Herry yelled

The two wheeled around the corner, only to see Odie already at the door. Odie opened it, and his eyes went wide. There stood Chelsea, she wore a pair of dark blue denim short-shorts and a light green, long sleeve, hooded shirt with the words, love, hope and peace, written in swirly gold letters across it.

"Hey Odie." She said softly.

"H-H-Hi." He stumbled out.

They stood there for a minute; "Can I come in?" She finally said.

'What? Oh! Yeah, of course!"

"Hey Chelsea!" Theresa said.

"Hey." She said

"Hi Chelsea." Jay said as he walked up behind Theresa, sliding him arm around her waist.

"Hi Jay."

"Well let's start the movie." Atlanta said, coming around the corner.

The four moved into the living room, where Archie and Neil were fighting over which movie to watch and Lily and Herry were cuddling on the couch.

"Enough!" Theresa yelled at Archie and Neil, "We're watching Batman!"

They all sat down, and Theresa slid the DVD in. Chelsea was squeezed between Neil and Odie. The opening to Batman: The Dark Knight came up on the screen.

"This is one of my favourite movies" Atlanta said.

"I know." Archie whispered, sliding his arm around her, and Atlanta smiled up at him.

About a half an hour in, Odie said "I'm going for pop, anyone want one?" Which was followed by mumbles of yes from seven people. "Here I'll help you." Theresa said.

The two entered the kitchen, and Theresa gave Odie a strange look. "What?"

"Well, have you talked to Chelsea?"

"No, we're in the middle of movie, remember?"

"You should ask her to go for a walk." Odie said nothing and remained silent as the two carried the pop back out to the living room, and handed them out. Odie sat back down next to Chelsea. "Have you seen this movie before?" He asked her.

"Yeah." She said, "I own it, I've seen it like fifty times, I love it."

"Oh, well, I was wondering if you wanted to go for a walk with me?" He said it so fast he wasn't even sure if she understood it. She turned her head to look at him and he instantly wished he hadn't asked. "Well, I mean, if you wanna stay and watch the movie I understand."

"No, no." She said, "I'd love to."

The two got up and began to walk out, "Hey!" Neil said, "Where are you…." Theresa slapped her hand over his mouth.

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The two walked around talking about anything and everything, well almost everything. Odie felt his ancestry should remain a secret, for now at least. Finally, they came back to the front of brownstone. Chelsea took out her cell phone; the time read 12:45. "Wow, it's a lot later than I thought it was." She said, she glanced at her car, "I should really be getting home."

"Oh, okay." Odie said, he felt himself become slightly sad at learning she was leaving. She stood there for a minute, then said "Well, bye Odie." As she turned to walk away Odie grabbed her by the hand. He wasn't too sure what he was doing, but he couldn't let her leave, not yet. She turned back, "Yes, Odie?"

"I um, I.."

"Yes…?"

" I umm I was wondering if you umm would like to, you know, umm go out sometime?"

She smiled brightly, "Yes, Odie." She said, "I would like that very much."

"Really?" Odie was shocked that a girl actually agreed to go out with him.

She laughed, "Yes, really."

"O-o-okay then."

He went to walk into the brownstone, when it was her who grabbed his arm.

She smiled and said, "Goodnight, boyfriend." She leaned forward and kissed him lightly on the cheek and pulled back. Her eyes where fixed upon his, and Odie felt himself go red in the face. She leaned forward again his time, she kissed him lightly on the lips. She pulled away, smiling. She turned, got into her car, and drove away, with Odie waving to her as she went.

Odie walked up the steps to the brownstone, a big smile on his face. As he opened the door Theresa ran forward, hugging him, "Odie! That was so cute!" she shireked, finally letting him go.

"You guys were spying!?"

"No!" Herry said, and Lily gave him a reproachful look, "Okay, well, maybe."

"Way to go man." Archie said, slapping him on the back.

"Our little Odie's growing up." Neil mocked.

"I" Odie said loudly, "Am going to bed." And as he walked up the stairs he felt as though he was walking on air.

Hope you Liked It. New Chapters coming soon. It may take a week or so, finals are just starting.

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