Chapter 1
Saturday
"Hey Odd, we were wondering if we could interview you for the next issue of The Kadic News." Millie said as she and Tamiya jumped in front of Odd to stop him and his friends. "We heard your Aunt-Maggie Stone-was coming to Kadic with an exchange student, is that right?"
Odd looked at Tamiya, than to Millie, not surprised news had reached the two. "Ya, April's going to be here tomorrow, you can talk to her then."
"Ya, we will, but we were wondering if you knew where she was from. We know she's not from Canada, even though that's where she'll be picked up for the plane trip here." Millie asked.
"I think she's from New Mexico." Odd said, trying to remember.
"Come on Odd, we've got to get going." Ulrich said, poking his friend in the shoulder. "You can't be in the spot light for too long."
Odd looked at Ulrich and Jérémie before shrugging and looking back at Millie and Tamiya. "Sorry, they're right. April'll be here tomorrow, so talk to her."
"Thanks Odd." Tamiya said, turning off her camera.
The two girls walked away, leaving Jérémie and Ulrich confused. "You're aunts coming? Here?" Ulrich asked.
"Ya, why?"
"What side of your family?" Jérémie asked.
"My mom's side. Maggie's mom's siste..." Then it hit Odd, "Zut! And the same person who's supposed to be Aélita's mom!"
"Come on, we've got to tell her." Ulrich said, racing towards where Aélita and Yumi were waiting for them.
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"Yumi, how do you know if someone likes you?" Aélita asked as they sat by the drink machines, waiting for the guys.
"There's lots of signs, why?" Yumi asked, sipping at her cola.
"Well, I used to think Jérémie liked me, but now that I'm here on earth instead of on Lyoko all the time, he doesn't seem to care about me anymore. Not like he used to." Aélita said, looking down at her cocoa.
"I know he does still love you, Jérémie's just not one of those people that know how to show it." Yumi said. "Remember your first night here? Jérémie walked you to my place."
"Ya, I remember, but that was...well, I kissed his cheek, he has never kissed me." Aélita said, sounding disappointed. "I was able to tell which Jérémie was the real Jérémie because Xana kissed me; Jérémie would never have kissed me, not like that."
"You never know." Yumi said with a smile. "Ulrich told me that Jérémie talks about you in his sleep."
"Hey, guys at three o'clock." Aélita said, stopping their conversation.
Yumi looked up at them and saw their faces. "What's up?"
"Aélita's supposed mother's what's up." Ulrich said, stopping with Odd right behind him, and Jérémie not that far behind.
"My aunt's coming tomorrow." Odd said. "The same person who's supposed to be Aélita's mother."
"What type of person is your aunt?" Yumi asked, still surprisingly cool, unlike the rest of the group.
"She's not the normal type of person," Odd said," but what does that have to do with anything?"
"A lot. Would she follow a lie if she was told about it?" Yumi asked.
"I don't know." Odd said, thinking. "She did play along when I was about to get in trouble with my mother. And she does know about Kiwi."
"Well, why not calling her and asking her to pretend Aélita is her actual daughter." Yumi said. "As long as her real child isn't coming."
"I don't know if Leslie's coming or not." Odd admitted. "She's not really the type of person who likes to travel."
"Well, call her." Yumi said before sipping her cola. "But I wouldn't recommend here. Jim's not that far away." She pointed her can towards the park. Odd, Ulrich, and Jérémie turned so that they saw the gym teacher.
"Yumi, you're a genius." Ulrich said, smiling.
Yumi smiled back before drinking again.