A/N: First fanfic ever! Reviews make my day so please leave one if you like it and I'll write more. Criticism and flames are welcome.

"Well, if it isn't the happy couple now," said Yumi as Jeremy and Aelita walked t their table hand in hand. The two smiled and blushed before sitting down still holding each other's hands. Ulrich and Yumi smiled back at them. Odd just moved his food around on his plate not even looking up. He'd been depressed lately, hi bad jokes were never present in a conversation, he barely ate and he actually started studying. No one noticed because the only thing anyone cared about was Jeremy and his new girl friend. Odd tightened his grip on the fork he was holding as the thought of them together entered his mind.

"Odd are you ok?" asked Aelita who just noticed is strange behavior, "You haven't even touched you crepes yet." Odd looked at her and his cold broken heart warmed that she was concerned about him.

"I'm fine Aelita, I'm…just not hungry, that's all," he told her before getting up. "I'll see you guys later." He exited the cafeteria.

"What's wrong with him?" Yumi wondered out loud. Jeremy shrugged and kept eating.

"Odd's just probably going through a phase," he said with his mouth full of eggs. Everyone else at the table frowned, they knew something was wrong with Odd and they wanted to find out what was troubling their friend.

"I'll go talk to him," Ulrich said downing his orange juice and chasing after the purple clad boy. "Odd! Hey, Odd!" Ulrich yelled trying to get his attention. Odd stopped, turned around and waited while Ulrich caught his breath.

"Odd, you can't keep this up," Ulrich huffed. Odd turned his back to him.

"Ulrich you don't understand!" Odd yelled tossing his hands in the air. "I've never felt this way about anyone…not even Sam," he confessed quietly.

"Oh, wow Odd…I didn't know it was like that," said Ulrich suddenly feeling awful. "Well, why didn't you say anything before?"

"I didn't know until I lost her," Odd choked out. He felt his throat close up and his eyes sting from the unshed tears. He wiped them away with the sleeve if his sweat shirt. Ulrich put a hand on his room mated shoulder. Odd shrugged it off.

"I kinda wanna be alone Ulrich," Odd said walking off before Ulrich could reply. Ulrich just stood there watching the sad blonde boy disappear into the dorm building.

"So did you find out what was wrong with him?" came a voice behind him. Ulrich jumped and spun around. Aelita held his gaze. He could see worry and concern in her brilliant green eyes. If only she knew it was her wo was causing so much pain. She would hate herself. Ulrich turned away from her before replying. "He wouldn't tell me," He said hanging his head down in shame. He couldn't lie to her without feeling guilty.
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Odd took his usual seat at the back in Science an hour later. He put his head on the cool tiled table not really caring aout what Ms. Hertz had to teach. As she rambled on he felt something dry tickle his hand. He looked down at a peice of notebook paper. He looked around, no one was looking at him but he decided to open it. Xana's attacking it read. He looked up and saw Aelita looking straight at him. He nodded and the commenced their escape plan. Aelita smiled before falling out of her chair. A few students gasped and huddled around her. "Oh no!" Odd hollered at the top of his voice. Mrs Hertz stopped talking and turned around to scold him.

"Odd you better pray this is important enough for me to stop-"

"Aelita just fainted," he cut her off. Mrs Hertz rushed over, her expression of angered transformed into a look of worry.

"Oh my what happened?" she asked elbowing students out of the way to get a closer look. She rolled Aelita over. She didn't budge.

"I just told you she fainted," he said. Odd mentally slapped him self. He needed to work on his acting. The older woman rolled her eyes.

"I mean how?" he demanded

"I don't know but I'll take her to the infirmiry," he said scooping her up in her arms and rushing out the room before Mrs. Hertz could reply. When the entered the woods he set her down and they crawled into the man hole leading into the sewers.

"Not bad Odd, said Aelita as she caught up to him on the scooter. "Maybe someday you're acting will win you and Oscar."

"Hey don't mock me," he said pouting crossing his arms in front of his chest. She threw her head back and laughed. The same laugh that made him smile even if she was making fun of him. The laugh that brought him out of his spiraling depression and the laugh that made him forget everything that had happened in the past two weeks. Odd hurried up the ladder and reached down to help her up. The raced to the stairs and swung on them before landing on the hard concrete floor. Aelita punched the ladder and they headed down to the scanner room.

"It's about time you got here!" Jeremy voice scolded.

"Well we were-"

"Never mind," he said cutting Aelita off, "Just get in the scanners." A few minutes later Odd and Aelita were sailing through the air on the overboard through the forest replica. Odd leaned side to side and barrel rolled through the assemblage of virtual trees.

"Thanks for warning us about the welcome party Einstein," Odd yelled into the sky. Dumbass, he thought as he barely miss a tree. He smiled as he heard an explosion indicating a hornet was destroyed.

"Good job, Odd," Jeremy said ignoring his previous comment, "now destroy the last ten and you'll be safe."

"Oh so now you see them," Odd yelled into the air.

"Odd look out!" Aelita warned but it was too late. Odd tried to swerve arpund the tree but the tail of the over board collided with it and they were tossed off violently toward the digital void. Aelita's hand hovered over the star on her wrist and soon two delicate pink wings sprouted from her back. She then leaned down, gaining speed at every second, determined to save Odd. She thought of him being virtual forever. She gasped as her heart gave a painful wrench. She was nearing closer and so was the pale yellow of the digital sea. Odd reached out his hand and grasped hers. Without a minute to waste she pulled up just as Odds foot skimmed the digital sea. She heaved upwards again but her momentum slowed even more.

"Hey thanks Aelia you sure are a-aah," Odd was in the middle thanking her when her grip on him loosened. Acting quickly she could Ae;ita wrapped her arms around him and headed for a nearby platform. Odd clutched his chest and sighed. He looked up at her.

"Don't do that ever again!" he told her. She dropped him onto the ground. Odd collapsed and rubbed the mossy green ground with his paws.

"Land, sweet land," he purred.

"Odd," said Aelita nervously as a black mist speed towards them.

"Oh great its that handsome soon of a bitch," Odd groaned. He grabbed Aelita's hand. "Let's go!" he commanded. He and Aelita ran trying to escape the plume of smoke coming to wards him.

"Where's Ulrich and his super sprint when you need him?" Aelita asked as the smoke transformed into William.

"Right here, super sprint!" said a yellow blur tha struck William down.

"What took you so long?" Odd asked his friend. Ulrich grinned. William got up at strted towards them. "Odd take Aelita to the tower," he ordered.

"C'mon Princess," Odd said as he and Aelita ran to the tower. She let go of Odd's hand and disappeared into the tower. Soon the red haze around the tower turned white.

The moon light shone down on them, illuminating the path on the bridge. Ulrich and Odd walked behind Jeremy and Aelita. They were rambling on about some upgrades for the super computer. Ulrich looked at his friends face. It wasn't overjoyed but it wasn't melancholy either.

"You seem in a good mood," said Ulrich burying his hands into his pockets. Odd smiled.

"I am,"

"I don't mean to sound like an ass hole but why?"

"Because tonight I'm gonna do something that should have been done a long time ago.

"Yea what's that, study?" Ulrich asked. Odd smiled broadly. Ulrich followed suit. Odd dropped his voice to a whisper

"I'm gonna tell Aelita I love her."