ThinkInsideOut: I hope you enjoy this chapter for it might be long, or not.
Code Cousins
Chapter 2- Code Festival Part 1
Odd's POV
After our return trip to the past and meeting Antoinette and Amy again, though I wasn't complaining, I decided to go see what they were up to (Three days later of course). I saw them sitting by some tree near the track field. I walked up to them.
"Hello ladies" I said. They looked up at me and waved.
"Hello Odd, how are you?" Antoinette asked with a smile and I felt myself smiling as well.
"Fine, how are you?" I asked.
"Good" She said.
"So…I was wondering if maybe one of you wanted to go with me to the festival with me tonight?" I asked. What was the festival? Didn't I tell you? No? Sorry…anyways, the festival is just like a carnival with the exception of the movie at 7:00.
"Well, I'm going with this boy in my first class, Derek" Amy said. I looked at Antoinette who looked like she was ignoring the conversation. Amy nudged her. She looked at her.
"What?" She asked.
"Will you go to the festival with Odd?" Amy asked. Antoinette looked at me.
"Me? Are you sure you don't want to ask someone else, someone you know better?" She asked.
"I was, but then I thought about you two and how I really want to get to know you…I mean you guys better" I said saying the last part quickly. If I wasn't looking the other way I would've seen Amy smirk while Antoinette blushed slightly before smiling.
"Sure, why not? It should be fun" She said. I smiled.
"Yeah, it will, I'll come and get you at 6" I said before waving good-bye and walking away. I felt strangely happier than usual. As I was thinking about that I bumped into someone and who other than the one and only Sissy.
"Watch where you're going!" She exclaimed. I raised an eyebrow.
"Watch where I'm going? Maybe, if you got Ulrich, or any other boy for that matter, out of your head for a moment then you wouldn't have bumped in to me" I retorted. She looked at me, shocked, before growling and walking away like usual.
"The festival's going to be awesome!" I heard Yumi exclaim nearby. I looked around the corner to see her, Ulrich, and Jeremie standing there. I walked over to them.
"Hey you guys!" I said.
"Hey Odd, where have you been?" Ulrich asked.
"I was talking to Antoinette and Amy" I said.
"Trying to get them to convert to your ways?" Yumi asked.
"No! I was actually asking if one of them wanted to go to the festival with me" I said.
"Really? And?" Ulrich asked.
"Well, Amy is going with some guy named Derek, but Antoinette said yes" I said.
"Are you sure you're not trying to go after them…or her?" Yumi asked crossing her arms. I scowled.
"No! I told you I don't know her….I mean them well!" I said.
"Calm down Odd, we're just teasing" Ulrich said chuckling.
"Anyways, all dating life and festivities aside, how's the whole virtualization thing coming along Einstein?" I asked Jeremie.
"I think that I almost got it, but I have to figure out some code first" He answered.
"And if you find out the code?" Ulrich said.
"Well, I might be able to virtualize Aelita into this world, but it's not exactly 100% certain of successfulness" He said.
"Well, I'm sure that you'll figure it out Einstein, but if you need me I'll be in my dorm" I said.
"Doing what?" Ulrich asked. I looked at him.
"Nothing much" I said.
"Figuring out what you're going to wear for Antoinette?" Yumi asked. I didn't look at her but decided to shake my head and walk away, I heard laughter behind me.
"Come on Odd, this is just one girl, why am I getting so worked up over one girl?" I wondered to myself. Ever since they got here, Antoinette has been practically the only thing on my mind, the way her eyes would soften when she smiled, and of course the smile itself, her laugh, her choice of clothing (kind of like Odd's clothing choice but more girly and blue), and other things as well.
"Ugh….I wonder what's wrong with me?" I thought to myself as I flung my dorm room door open, closed it, and jumped on my bed. Maybe I'm sick (Me: Lovesick that is). I then thought back to what Yumi said.
"It wouldn't be bad to date her, she doesn't seem like she would do anything that the other girls I've dated did" I mumbled. No! I won't do it….I can't do it. I don't want to get hurt again.
Code Festival
Part 2
Antoinette's POV
It was already 5:00 when I heard a knock at my door, Amy was already gone, and since I was the only one in the room…I answered it. It was Odd.
"Hi" I said smiling. I seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
"Hey, are you ready?" He asked. I nodded before turning off the lights, grabbing my purse, and locking the door before closing it.
"Let's go" I said before we started walking towards the festival grounds.
"I like your outfit" Odd said after a few moments. I raised an eyebrow.
"Thanks, I like yours as well" I said in return.
"Odd, why are you staring at me?" I asked him. He then looked shocked.
"H-How…" He started before I stopped him.
"I got the feeling that I was being looked at and since we're the only ones here…" I trailed off not feeling the need to finish that sentence.
"Oh…sorry" He said sheepishly.
"It's fine" I said. I really hope he isn't like the other boys I've dated (Which so far comes up to: 2), all they cared about was my family and my looks.
"We should be there right about now" Odd said and as soon as he said that we saw the festival grounds ahead of us. I smiled before grabbing his hand and dragging him along until we got to the gate.
"Whoa! Slow down!" He shouted. I stopped and smiled at him.
"Sorry" I said.
"It's alright, I'm just glad you didn't dislocate my shoulder" He said. I chuckled before I looked around. And of course the first people I see are Ulrich, Yumi, Jeremie, and Amy with her date.
"Do you want to go talk to them before we look around?" I asked Odd. He nodded before we started walking over to them.
"Hey you guys!" I said to them when we got close. They all turned around and waved.
"Hey, about time you guys got here, this is Derek" Amy said gesturing towards the boy standing next to her. I was about to say something before I noticed his shirt.
"You play Heavens on Earth?" I asked gesturing to his shirt. He smiled.
"Yeah, I like the second one, the amount of destruction was just right" He said. I laughed.
"Yeah, do you remember the part where the dude with the red shirt and blue hat was just standing in the street trying to get everyone else away?" I asked.
"Yeah! And that train cart was hurling towards him? I was literally yelling for him to move!" He said in between laughs.
"Um…What's Heavens on Earth?" Odd asked. Derek and I looked at him.
"It's only the best game in the whole galaxy" I said.
"Yeah! Destruction, Gore, Fighting, and all balanced with a little heaven" Derek said.
"My sister loves the game, I prefer Island of Mysteries instead" Amy said. Then Jeremie looked at her.
"You've played Island of Mysteries?" He said.
"Yeah, I've beaten it like five times" She said.
"Six" He said. She smirked.
"Did you figure out the code to get to the secret location behind the waterfall?" She asked. Jeremie smiled.
"Yep, on my first try" He said.
"Nice, you might be a worthy opponent Belpois" She said shaking his hand. I smiled.
"Well, it's been nice talking to you all, but Odd and I have some games to play that I'm going to beat him at" I said. Odd smirked.
"Yeah right! I bet you five dollars I'll beat you at the first game" He said.
"You're on! See you guys at the movie" I said to the others as Odd and I ran off. If I hadn't been thinking about something else I might have noticed that Derek was staring at me, and Odd who had noticed was slightly glaring at him, which I did catch.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing, let's play" He said with a smile. And we played about 20 games up until 7:00 (Me: Antoinette won the five dollars) then we headed for the movie.
"That was fun" I said with a smile. In the middle of all the game playing Odd and I made a bet to whoever won the most games had to do something for the other and it could be anything and at any time the winner chose.
"You're only saying that because you won the bet, the first and the second one" He said with a pout.
"No, I actually had fun with you tonight Odd, you're…interesting" I said. He smiled.
"Thanks, I had fun with you too" He said. I smiled as we walked into the movie area.
"Ah! Odd and…Antoinette? Are you here with Odd?" My Uncle Delmas asked.
"Yep" I answered. He then looked at Odd.
"Has he been…gentleman-like?" He asked.
"Yes, he's been the perfect gentleman" I said.
"Ah, well then off you go, go get a seat before they're all filled up" He said ushering us along.
"I'm guessing you're not the goody-goody of the school" I said to Odd as we sat down. He smiled sheepishly.
"Well…you could say that" He said.
And this is where it ends…sorry this is five pages long (didn't realize it until I looked at the page number) so, I have to split it up into two parts. I hope you enjoyed this chapter though (If you read the whole thing).