disclaimer: i dont own code lyoko or the book so shove off :P

i want to thank my editor (sp?) who helps me make my chapters count

on with the story!

Chapter 1- Kats Life

I was in a deep sleep as I heard someone come into my room. I decided to ignore whoever it was. My mom came in with a glass of water. She poured the glass of water on my head. I shot up out of bed and yelled, "MOM WHAT WAS THAT FOR!"

She said in a calm voice, "You were going to be late for the bus. It leaves..." she looked at her watch, "in 15 minutes."

I literally jumped out of bed and pushed my mom out of my door and slammed it.

I looked around my room at a mess of crumpled clothes, wondering where the clean ones were stashed. "Note to self: clean up ASAP," I mumbled as I sifted about and found a pair of baggie blue jeans and a tie-dye T-shirt.

Once I was dressed I ran down the stairs and almost ran over my cat, Zane. He arched his back and hissed. I stopped and looked down at him apologetically. "Sorry Zane, but Im about to be late for school. Remind me to give you some extra friskys tonight."

When Zane heard me say that he was all over me, purring and rubbing up against my legs.I looked at my watch and gasped. I ran down the rest of the stairs and managed to trip on my baby brother's toy car. I impacted the floor and wondered if my nose had been flattened.

"Oooww!" I complained, getting up.

Mom walked over to me, shaking her head. "I told you not to run down the stairs."

I looked at her in disbelief. "B-b-but mom it was Tyler's fault! If he hadn't left his car on the stairs I wouldn't have fallen!"

She got angry "Tyler is just a baby. You don't have that kind of excuse. Get to the bus before you're late." She handed me my lunch and pointed to the door.

I grabbed my bag and ran out of our house. I just barely made the bus and only because I was waving my arms and yelling like an idiot. As I got on Ashley the most popular girl in my grade tripped me, and I fell straight into one of the hottest guys in school: Mark!

He whipped around and pushed me off. "Watch where you're going, clutzillia."

I felt like I was going to cry but instead I stood up and walked to the back of the bus without falling on anyone else. I sighed in relief when I saw that there was an empty seat. I sat down and pulled out a book I'd bought with my entire allowance calledCheats and Tips for Video Gamers. At least I could relax before the real torture at school started.

All of a sudden someone grabbed the book out of my hands! I looked up angrily, ready to kill whoever it was. Tom, the school dweeb looked at the book and smirked, "Well, well! Someone needs to get a hang on reality. Life isn't a video game, you know."

It was true I spent most of my time playing video games to escape what I had to deal with at school and home. I stood up, trying not to explode and cause a scene. I knew what would make Tom give me back my book.

"You know, Tom, a lot of people say that if a boy picks on a girl it means that he likes her. I think you might be hitting on me." That would definitely get him mad!

He threw the book at me and yelled something profane as the boys around him laughed and started taunting him. I picked up the book and sat back down. We were almost to school. I put it away as the bus came to a jerking halt and everyone crowded into the aisle to exit. As I was getting off Ashley again tried to trip me.

This time I was expecting it and kept my balance. As she looked surprised that I hadn't landed flat on my face, I said, "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me." I walked off leaving her stunned and couldn't keep the smug smile from my face.

I put my stuff in my locker and grabbed my junk for the next 5 periods. I looked over to my crush, Chris. He was so hot as he walked past me that all I could do was stand frozen muttering about how hot he was to myself. He stopped and looked at me and I rushed off to gym. I paused as I rounded the corner and overheard him tell one of his buddies with a laugh, "She's so weird."

My heart felt like someone had put it in a shreeder ( AN if you have ever put your fingers in one you know what it feels like : ) )

I went into the locker room and changed into a skintight tank top with baggie cargo pants. I sat down on the bleachers while the other girls were doing their make-up. I waited and thought, "Why do they need make-up if were in gym? They're just going to get sweaty and it'll all run off and make them look terrible. Well, more terrible."

I was too busy thinking that I didn't realize the gym teacher had said my name more than once.

"Kathleen Cooper!" he boomed I snapped out of my trance.

"Huh? Oh, here!" I said raising my hand.

"Nice of you to come back to earth. Andrew…"

I didn't hear what he said next I was busy thinking on what new game would be coming out next since I had practically all the new ones and already beaten them. After Mr. Charles finished role call he said we were doing track today. I perked up since I was great at track. As I took my place on the starting line he called me over.

"Yes sir?"

He hesitated, looking at a note in his hand, then finally spoke. "Go to the office. The guidance counselor wants to talk to you."

I was really confused now, but if I wanted to figure out what was wrong I'd have to go to the office. "Ok."

As I stepped in to the office I had a sinking feeling. Mrs. Copes turned around and said, "Please come in." I'd never heard her sound so…gentle. Usually when she talked to me she was upset at something I'd done or yelling at me to stop running in the halls.

I walked in and sat down. She looked at me sadly. "Your uncle is coming to pick you up," she said and I detected a hint of concern.

I stiffened. My uncle isn't what you would call loving, if you know what I am saying. I thought for a second before saying, "What happened?"

She sighed on the verge of bersting from not yelling at some kid running down the hall. "Your father was in a minor car accident and your mother asked if you could come home right away. I said yes."

I was stunned, she sent me to go get my things because I would not be reaturning to school. After grabbing my stuff Iwent back to the office and waited

The door opened and Uncle Ben walked in. As we went to his truck I tried to speak but he just said, "Shut up." Real loving. The second I got home I jumped out of the truck and ran inside. I heard Uncle Ben pull out of the driveway and leave behind me.

I didn't bother taking off my shoes as I ran into the kitchen. I saw mom sitting at the table with her head lying on the wood, surrounded by used Kleenexes. I ran over to her.

"Mom, are you okay?"

She didn't respond.

I looked closely at her. She must have exhausted herself crying and wound up sleeping. I was still so shocked and numb to everything going on that I didn't know what to do. In the end I snuck up to my room and turned on my game council. I just wanted to get away from the painful thoughts of what might have happened to my dad and immerse myself in the life of a hero.

After about 5 hours of playing different games I decided to go down to check on mom. As I was walking passed Tyler's room I heard him crying. I didn't want him to disturb mom so I went inside. He was lying in his crib yelling that he made a poop. I picked him up and changed him, then he wanted to play and I never made it downstairs. By the time I got Tyler asleep it was 6, almost dinnertime, so I went to see if mom was up.

As I rounded the corner to the kitchen I smelled mac-n-cheese. I thought she must be up, and sure enough, there she was cooking dinner.

She looked at me coldly and said, "Why didn't you wake me up when you got home?"

I waited for a second before answering. "Because I wanted you to get some well-earned sleep." Well, that was a lie but, hey, it was worth a shot.

She turned away and stirred the pot. "Whatever. Dinner's gonna be ready in 20 minutes."

I decided that her mac-n-cheese wasn't going to taste good since she was mad at me so I said, "Umm, I'm not hungry. I'm going to bed now."

She looked me over with that icy blue gaze of hers. "Fine, whatever."

I ran up to my room and opened a bag of chips that I got a few days earlier and munched on them. After reading more of my book I got into my pajamas, which were Bobby Jack, slid into bed and hoped tomorrow would be a better day even though it probably wasn't going to happen.

I closed my eyes and within minutes I was asleep.

well there it is chap 1 i know what your thinking " how is this related to code lyoko" but trust me it gets better

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