My next fic. This one is going to be in a Code Lyoko setting. So, I'll take a shot and see where it gets me…

The Lyoko warriors have come to the point of putting their past of fighting evil behind them. Now that the world is once again safe, they can continue to live their lives at Kadic Academy normally.

After having deactivated Franz Hopper's supercomputer and defeating the evil, A.I.-enhanced virus, XANA, the world was never the same; it was much better. Odd Della Robbia has gotten back together with his old girlfriend, Sam Knight. Jeremie Belpois and Aelita Schaeffer are now in a relationship past the friendship zone, and the same can be said for Ulrich Stern and Yumi Ishiyama.

Nearly all of the members of the group have found a partner to share their love with. Even those at Kadic outside of the group are all happily paired up. Hiroki Ishiyama is rumored to be the boyfriend of Milly Solovieff. Nicholas Poliakoff is now dating Odd's ex-girlfriend, Melanie, after getting over his crush on Aelita. Even the nerdy Herb Pichon is supposedly dating Emily LeDuc, who also got over his crush on Sissi Delmas. Emily has also moved on from Ulrich.

However, when it came to Sissi herself, she was quite upset with how everything was turning out. She was madly in love with Ulrich, and couldn't let him go, unlike everyone else. She had never felt such strong emotions towards anyone else, ever, in her whole, entire life.

She was sitting on a bench off to the side of a walkway in the woods, staring at the clear sunny sky, everything completely quiet right now (except for the very slight breeze). She let out a depressed half-sigh half-moan. "Oh, Ulrich dear," she said quietly, "how could you break the heart of the prettiest girl in school?" She couldn't stop thinking about him laughing at her not being able to let him go. Sissi began to feel a sinking and dissolving sensation that meant she was about to cry.

"PLEASE, Ulrich…!" she said to herself, "Please give me another chance! I'll do anything…" Tears streamed down Sissi's face, but she had to make it look like she wasn't crying if she was going to go back to the school in 10 minutes. If she wasn't in the couples' portion of the crowd, the least she could have is some dignity.

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William Dunbar had been pacing in his room for nearly a half-hour, periodically throwing punches and kicks at the walls, denting them slightly. He was completely upset and hurt and infuriated. "Goddamn that bastard, Stern!" he whispered furiously.

Yumi and Ulrich have been dating, as we all know, and William deeply loves Yumi. Their pairing up and going to the level above friendship was devastating to him. He hated it being "Ulrich and Yumi" when it was supposed to be "William and Yumi". William simply could not imagine life without Yumi. He wanted to do something to Ulrich that he would remember for a long time. Something painful and/or humiliating. But William hardly had the patience right now to think about what to do.

"I hate that lowlife!" He yelled, "Yumi, please come back to me! What is it you see in him!? What does he have that I don't!?" With his eyes welling with tears of anguish and anger, William collapsed on his bed, completely worn out from his attack on his room.

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The prom night was later on the evening of that same day. Aelita had taught Jeremie how to use a mixing board, so they were the DJs. Everyone else danced with a partner, even when there wasn't a slow song playing. But they didn't always do slow dances; they did popular fast-paced ones that are traditionally done alone, but decided to mix it up a bit by doing it with a partner. It was a very fun time for everyone at Kadic, except…

Sissi and William both sat in chairs at the edge of the gymnasium, sulking and having to endure the torture of being single in a couple-centered event (scratch that, how about "a couple-centered school").

It wasn't until they tore their eyes away from the crowd of students that they noticed each other, a chair-distance away. "Oh! Hello, William!" Sissi shouted over the loud music.

"What's up, Sissi!?" William responded. He then pointed to the door that lead outside; Sissi understood what he meant. They both stood up and went outside, where they could hear each other better.

"So," Sissi began, "how's your night going?"

William shrugged his shoulders, "It's going fine…" he lied.

"Yeah, same here." Sissi said before letting out a sigh.

"What's wrong?" William asked her.

Sissi simply said "Nothing, why?"

"You just seem a little upset." said William.

Sissi blushed slightly, "Yeah, a little…" she said, timidly.

William stared at the ground, "Yeah, me too. Actually…I've been this way all night." He told Sissi. "If you're feeling upset, you wanna take a little walk with me?" William offered his hand to Sissi.

She nodded, "Sure. I just don't want to be here right now."

"Me neither" William replied.

They both walked the streets under a full moon. "So what's bothering you?" William asked after a bit.

"…I kinda don't wanna mention it." she responded, ashamed.

William continued to press her: "It's okay, Sissi, you can tell me. I'm easy to trust. I'm having problems, too, so I think I'll understand."

"I don't know," said Sissi, "it's kinda embarrassing…and hurtful."

William finally decided a reasonable solution: "Sissi, I'll make you a deal; I'll tell you why I'm upset if you tell me why you are."

Sissi thought for a moment. "…Well, okay," she finally said, "I really like Ulrich Stern, okay? But for some reason, he doesn't like me! Not only that, but he's betrayed me! He's dating Yumi Ishiyama!" her face was as red as a tomato now. She prepared for William to laugh at her, but instead, his face suddenly became saddened with sympathy.

"Oh…that's a really big coincidence! I really like Yumi, but Stern just has to butt in and ruin my chances with her! I don't have any idea how or why, but she ended up with him!"

They both stopped walking and stared at each other for several minutes. "Now I understand." Said Sissi, sadly.

"We both understand now; they're both taken." said William, placing a hand on Sissi's shoulder to comfort her. They were both heartbroken, and the fact that a majority of the school is consistent of relationships only amplified these feelings.

"I know!" Said Sissi. "We are, like, the only two people in the school who are depressed about this and stillsingle!"

William took his hand off of Sissi's shoulder, "It sucks." He said, his eyes closed in sadness.

"Being single sucks." Said Sissi, doing the same.

"Unrequited love sucks." Said William.

Sissi wrapped her arms around William from the side, crying into his shoulder. "Life sucks!" she semi-shouted.

They both walked back to Kadic without saying anything else. All they could do was try to suppress the sound of their crying. William went back to the boys' dorm, and Sissi went to the girls'. As they lay in their beds, unable to sleep, they both kept thinking the same thing, over and over, I hope I can figure this all out. I just want to be with the one I love.

Wow, William and Sissi are pretty badly hurt, huh? I feel the same way, in fact… But never mind that! Just keep reading the story every so often for a new chapter. I'll stop here for now, but I will return. Keep holding on…