Chapter 1: The Flyer
"Hey, Ulrich, take a look at this!" Odd pulled Ulrich by the arm to the bulletin board which had amassed a crowd before it.
"Come off it, Odd, we're going to be late for class!" Ulrich tried to pull away, but Odd interrupted.
"Hey! It's a skiing trip! Wouldn't that be awesome, Ulrich? We could all go! It's next week! What do you say, Ulrich, huh? Come on, man!"
Without giving it a second thought, Ulrich said, "Okay, Odd, whatever, but if we don't get to class I'm going to get a detention! Let's go!"
Odd hastily grabbed one of the flyers being handed out by a girl making a speech about the trip under the sign as he was pulled away by Ulrich. They sat down just in time to not be marked late.
After the teacher had called attendance and begun her lecture by writing down formulas on the blackboard, Odd turned around to speak to Yumi and Jeremy right behind him and Ulrich.
"Hey, guys, did you hear about the skiing trip for the district next week? It's going to be fun! So, whaddaya say, guys? Can you go?" Odd whispered animatedly to them.
"It sounds alright. What do you think, Ulrich?" Yumi took the flyer Odd was waving in her face and started reading it.
Ulrich turned around and read the flyer upside-down. "Sounds cool, but it looks expensive."
"Yeah, but it's district-wide... that means more students so maybe we won't get in trouble as much... I say we do it!" Yumi responded.
"How about you, Jeremie?" Odd prodded.
"Well, guys, I dunno, it sounds like-"
"Jeremie! Odd! Ulrich! Yumi! I'd pay attention if I were you; this is going to be on a test!"
"Yes, ma'am." they said in unison in response to the teacher's scolding.
They waited until they were out of class to start discussing the trip again.
"So what's up, Jeremie? It would be fun!" Odd tried immediately to interrogate Jeremie.
"I know it sounds like fun, guys, but I'm just worried about Aelita, I don't know if we should stay away that long- it's a week, isn't it?- something could happen while we're gone."
"Oh, come on Jeremie, we should have some fun in our lives, don't you think? You can keep in contact with Aelita with your new laptop. She'll alert us if anything's up, and then we can fake sick or something if we have to come back to go to Lyoko. So, are we all in?" Odd looked around expectantly.
"I'm in," Ulrich said.
"I'm in as well," Yumi responded and looked at Jeremie with a sympathizing face. "How about you, Jeremie? I know it'll be weird to be away from Aelita and Lyoko, but I agree with Odd... how long has it been since we've really had fun? And not boring fun, but no-strings-attached, no- responsibilities, no-X.A.N.A. fun?"
Jeremie hesitated and sighed. "Oh alright, we'll try it-"
"Yeah!" Odd interrupted.
"But on the condition that we all agree to come back as soon as we hear something's up from Aelita, okay?"
"Okay." The group responded enthusiastically.
"No problem, Jeremie. You know we'd never abandon Aelita totally, don't you?" Ulrich said with a smile on his face.
"Thanks, guys." Jeremie grinned, and the group started walking off to their next class.
"Hey, Ulrich, take a look at this!" Odd pulled Ulrich by the arm to the bulletin board which had amassed a crowd before it.
"Come off it, Odd, we're going to be late for class!" Ulrich tried to pull away, but Odd interrupted.
"Hey! It's a skiing trip! Wouldn't that be awesome, Ulrich? We could all go! It's next week! What do you say, Ulrich, huh? Come on, man!"
Without giving it a second thought, Ulrich said, "Okay, Odd, whatever, but if we don't get to class I'm going to get a detention! Let's go!"
Odd hastily grabbed one of the flyers being handed out by a girl making a speech about the trip under the sign as he was pulled away by Ulrich. They sat down just in time to not be marked late.
After the teacher had called attendance and begun her lecture by writing down formulas on the blackboard, Odd turned around to speak to Yumi and Jeremy right behind him and Ulrich.
"Hey, guys, did you hear about the skiing trip for the district next week? It's going to be fun! So, whaddaya say, guys? Can you go?" Odd whispered animatedly to them.
"It sounds alright. What do you think, Ulrich?" Yumi took the flyer Odd was waving in her face and started reading it.
Ulrich turned around and read the flyer upside-down. "Sounds cool, but it looks expensive."
"Yeah, but it's district-wide... that means more students so maybe we won't get in trouble as much... I say we do it!" Yumi responded.
"How about you, Jeremie?" Odd prodded.
"Well, guys, I dunno, it sounds like-"
"Jeremie! Odd! Ulrich! Yumi! I'd pay attention if I were you; this is going to be on a test!"
"Yes, ma'am." they said in unison in response to the teacher's scolding.
They waited until they were out of class to start discussing the trip again.
"So what's up, Jeremie? It would be fun!" Odd tried immediately to interrogate Jeremie.
"I know it sounds like fun, guys, but I'm just worried about Aelita, I don't know if we should stay away that long- it's a week, isn't it?- something could happen while we're gone."
"Oh, come on Jeremie, we should have some fun in our lives, don't you think? You can keep in contact with Aelita with your new laptop. She'll alert us if anything's up, and then we can fake sick or something if we have to come back to go to Lyoko. So, are we all in?" Odd looked around expectantly.
"I'm in," Ulrich said.
"I'm in as well," Yumi responded and looked at Jeremie with a sympathizing face. "How about you, Jeremie? I know it'll be weird to be away from Aelita and Lyoko, but I agree with Odd... how long has it been since we've really had fun? And not boring fun, but no-strings-attached, no- responsibilities, no-X.A.N.A. fun?"
Jeremie hesitated and sighed. "Oh alright, we'll try it-"
"Yeah!" Odd interrupted.
"But on the condition that we all agree to come back as soon as we hear something's up from Aelita, okay?"
"Okay." The group responded enthusiastically.
"No problem, Jeremie. You know we'd never abandon Aelita totally, don't you?" Ulrich said with a smile on his face.
"Thanks, guys." Jeremie grinned, and the group started walking off to their next class.