I know I just updated like... yesterday, but I hope this makes up for the 20 day wait from before. Anyways, here you go, Finally Together chapter 3

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(Odd P.O.V.)

A couple of weeks passed… no word from the government. After the week passed, Avery called the number, but they said they has unfinished business with it, something about calling in a specialist.

A month had passed, and we were sitting in science again when the government officials finally came back.

Avery and I had been separated again because we weren't paying attention when they came in the door. They stepped outside with Avery, and I saw them walk off with her. I look to Mrs. Hertz again with a scared look on my face. She nods slowly to me, and I walk calmly out the door. As soon as I'm outside, I run off in the direction they went. This time they aren't going towards her dorm room, they're headed towards the principal's office.

I reach the office and walk inside. The secretary looks at me strangely.

"Odd, what are you doing here? Oh wait, do I really have to ask?" I shrug my shoulders.

"I fell asleep in class again." I make up a lie right on the spot.

"Well, the principal is with somebody right now. If you could wait for a minute, he'll be with you shortly."

"Okay…" I sit down on one of the chairs, it's not uncomfortable for me. I've been here so many times it's not even funny.

After a couple of minutes, the government officials walk out of the office, followed shortly by Avery. Mr. Delmas walks out behind her and looks at me strangely. I look at Avery, trying to tell her something with my eyes. She nods slightly, and walks outside behind the already gone agents.

"Mr. Della Robbia, what are you doing here? Did you pull a prank on Mrs. Hertz again?"

"Um… no. I fell asleep." Mr. Delmas sighs and looks at me exasperated.

"Well, where's your note?" I pretend to think for a moment.

"Um… she didn't give me one." I shrug my shoulders.

"Well, I guess I'll just let you off with another warning. I'm not really in the mood to punish you right now. But next time, you'll be in detention for a week. Do you understand me?"

"Yes sir."

"You may go now."

"Thank you sir." I stand up and walk out of the office. As soon as I round the corner, I get mauled by Avery.
"Oddwhatareyoudoingareyouanidiotwhywouldyoucomeafterme?" Avery says, talking a mile a minute. I just hug her.

"Don't worry about it. He left me off with another warning. And of course I came after you, I was worried. And yes, I am an idiot." I say with a smile.

"Odd you such… an idiot. But I love you for it…" She says, burying her head into my chest. I sit there and hug her for a moment before I ask.

"So, what's up?" She sighs.

"They can't give me back my laptop. They apologized because once they finished scanning it something bizarre happened. My whole hard drive crashed, it was irreplaceable. So they're buying me a new laptop of my choice."

"Well that's good."

"But Odd, I had everything on there!" I put my finger to her lips.

"Shhh. Think of the bright side. Now there is positively no evidence proving you are Lucadious. You're off the hook." She sighs again.

"Okay, I guess you're right. Only problem is, they gave me a website and login name with a password so I can order my new laptop. Unfortunately, I have no computer to access the Internet with." I just smile.

"That should be the least of your worries. Don't worry, Jeremie will let you use his." The bell rings, signaling the end of class. "Come on, we need to go get our stuff." She smiles up at me.

"Okay." We walk off, hand in hand to the science classroom.

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I watch as Avery slowly opens the package, tearing off the box tape carefully so as to not damage the precious contents. As she does, I bounce around on her bed impatiently like a four year old.

"Come on, come on, hurry up!" I say.

"Odd. Sit down, shut up, and stop bouncing around or you don't get to see it." Avery says to me. I hang my head, pretending to be offended. I hear sniggers from everyone else in the room because I just got reprimanded.

"Am I in trouble?" I ask in a little kid voice.

"Yes Odd, you're in trouble."

"Does Avery hate Odd?" I ask again. I don't know why, but I just switched to third person view. Avery shakes her head and sighs.

"Nope. Avery can't hate Odd," She says, playing along with my little game, "She loves him too much." She leans over and kisses me. "But if he keeps acting like a five year old, he won't get any more of those for a while." My eyes go wide and I immediately settle down.

"That's better." She says.

"I'm not five, I'm four…" I say quietly, but she still hears me.

"Odd, don't make me put you in time-out." She says menacingly. I purse my lips, lock my hands together and sit on them.

"There. Now stay that way." She says, but I can hear the laughter in her voice. She finishes taking off the tape and opens the box. After several layers of bubble-wrap and some Styrofoam, she pulls out a metallic-blue laptop.

"Odd, hold this. Don't touch it, just hold it on your lap." She says, placing it on my lap. I immediately pull out my hands and move to touch it.

"Odd. Don't touch." Avery says, slapping my hands away. I put one finger close to it, but not touching.

"I'm not touching it, I'm not touching it…" I say, but I can't help but grin from ear to ear. Avery sighs and plugs in the power cord to a nearby outlet. She takes the other end of the plug-in and attaches it to the computer, taking it back from my lap, despite my protests.

She sets her new laptop on her lap, opening it and pressing the power button.

"Welcome." A female voice says as it boots up. It sounds like it has a really nice sound system.

I watch in wonder as Avery's new laptop boots up.

"Specs?" Jeremie asks.

"Specs?" Ulrich repeats, obviously confused.

"Specifications." Jeremie explains, but Ulrich still has that blank look on his face. Avery just shakes her head.

"How fast it is." She says and he nods. I laugh at him because even I knew that.

"Shut up Odd. I barely know the difference between a laptop and a desktop." Avery just sighs and ignores us both.

"Exhilarion 3400+ 3.1 gig CPU, 2 gig of ram, 20 inch widescreen display… Custom-made Rezolution OS… two 80 gig hard drives, one DVD/CD burner… one awesome display adapter… another custom made stereo system configuration… all in a weatherproof solid steel case." Jeremie's mouth drops open. Me, knowing just a little about computers, got enough out of that to know it's a pretty damn good computer.

"How much did that cost?" He asks incredulously.

"Um… I don't know. The website didn't say. But the government paid for it, so who cares?"

"Um… I'll bet they care! That's probably at least 10,000 dollars!" Avery shrugs.

"They're not going to care. They're probably happy because this will keep my mouth shut."

"Huh?" I ask. Whenever the government gets mentioned, I usually calm down and get serious.

"Well, what do you think would happen to the government's reputation around here if I started spreading the word that they confiscated a innocent girl's laptop because they got an anonymous tip and completely destroyed it without giving her something in return?"

"Good point."

"So Avery," Ulrich says, "Let's see what it can do." Avery just shrugs.

"Okay. Odd, hand me your iPod." She says. I look at her strangely.

"What makes you think I have my iPod?"

"Because you always have your iPod on you. Now come on, please?" I pout my lips, digging into my pocket for my small white music player. I pull it out, but hold onto it, getting an idea.

"Wait… what do I get?" I ask, pouting my lips again. Avery sighs, and reaches to grab it anyway, but I hold it tight.

"What do I get?" I repeat. She leans forward and kisses me gently.

"How's that?" She asks quietly. I just pout and hand it to her.

"No fair."

"Who says I'm fair?" She asks daintily as she plugs my precious iPod into her computer.

"I've got a lot of music on there, it'll take a while to-"

"Done." She says, unplugging it and handing it back to me. Meanwhile, my eyes are bugging out of my sockets.

"I had… hours… of music on there. And you downloaded it in seconds!" I say.

"It probably would have gone faster if the iPod had been able to transfer it sooner." She says, pressing a couple of keys.

Music starts coming from the laptop, which obviously has really nice speakers and an awesome sound system.

"Rise Up by Drowning Pool. Nice choice." I say, recognizing the music from my iPod.

"Hey Jeremie, do you have your laptop on you? Oh wait, stupid question." Avery says, watching Jeremie pull his own laptop out of his bag. It looks completely obsolete compared to Avery's new one, but it's still an invaluable tool because of what's on it.

"Here, what do you want it for?" He says, walking over and handing it to her. She takes another cord from the box and connects the computers with them.

"I want to copy your superscanner to my computer… if that's alright with you, of course." She says.

"Be my guest." He says. Avery pushes a few keys, and I lean over to watch as a bar appears on both screens which slowly fills as the transfer progresses.

A minute or so later, Avery's laptop has it's first customized program on it, the superscanner. As if on cue, both Jeremie's and Avery's laptops start beeping (though Avery's has much better speakers to beep with). Everyone looks at one another and we all run out of the room silently. For who needs to speak when you know there's a demonic artificial intelligence trying to take over the world?

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I know this was basically filler. It was tying up a loose end (plus I had fun with the laptop) but it also sets up for the next chapter. Anyways, please review and tell me whatcha think!