Chp. 3

It's about 7:00 am and that song is stuck in a pinkette's head as she reels her head over the events of last night, the mixer was great, the food was lovely but that horrible feeling in her stomach...was it jealous but there's another , but why did it matter it's a kiss on the cheek, her and Odd had kissed before but something was wrong, something was off, but, for now...leave it alone. Reaching in her closet to find a suitable outfit for that day, grabbing her favorite Totoro hoodie Yumi had bought her a few months ago, a pair of deep blue shorts, a pair of pink leggings with hearts on them and her favorite maroon platforms and walking over to her mirror. Breathing in as she stood in front of the mirror, wondering if she just fucked up majorly but it was just a friendly peck...friendly. After dressing herself, humming the tune that had been stuck in her head for the past seven hours, grabbing her bag and walking out to head to the male dorms, hopefully today would be a good day but that feeling in the pit of her stomach told her otherwise.

Down the stairs and three doors down, inside a room, sits a boy who is typing away on his computer, chewing on an eraser, the glare of the computer screen in his glasses, head not even moving to see the girl of his dreams, or once upon a time and dream that she was, walking inside. "Hello Jeremy, how are you?" Opening her mouth, in hopes that he'd respond, her stomach bubbling and turning as she watched his back, hearing the sound of his fingers moving across the keys before hearing him speak, "Hello to you Aelita, I take it you enjoyed the DJ mixer?" A hint of disdain in his voice as he continued to type away, not even looking at the girl he was so madly in love, the girl standing at the door unmoving and holding a breath she didn't know she was holding before she spoke. "I-i did, I went with Yumi, Ulrich and O-odd." His body tensed once hearing that name, why did she stutter when saying that name, turning to her and watching her jump at the sight of his face and watching her eyes fall to her feet, he cleared his throat before retorting. "Ah, so that's what that ungodly ruckus was, he didn't make you break the rules did he?" Since when did Jeremy have a problem with Odd, her mouth falling open and closed before she sighed and turned to leave, apparently he was just going to be this way today, in the corner of her eye; his back turned to her once more as the door closed behind her.

Off to the next hallway and that tell-tale sound of light barking made her smile as she approached the door, knocking on it before hearing a drawer open and the sound of muffled barking before being greeted by a pair of bright blue eyes; his face growing into a gap toothed smile. "Hiya Princess, I take it you're ready for breakfast?" He snorted as he ushered her inside, the door closing behind them as he walked over to his bed, grabbing his favorite hoodie, purple of course, watching Ulrich slip on his sneakers before rising and letting Kiwi out of the drawer, placing him on Odd's bed; the canine yawning before falling asleep. "Welp, let's go...I hear Rosa's making pancakes today!" Odd exclaimed as he pointed toward the exit of the hallway, the other teens right behind him, snorting at his heavy appetite. "So Aelita, did you sleep alright?" Blue eyes and a gap toothed smile, did he have freckles, wait...stop, answer the question Aelita... "I...uh...yeh...somewhat..." "That doesn't sound so sure to me, but i'll take your word for it." Aelita sighed knowing that spiky haired boy next to her was going to bager her later on in the day, but continued walking, humming that same song over and over again.

Into the cafeteria, Yumi already sitting at the table, her head raising as she heard the three conversing, waving at her boyfriend, who simply smiled and down across from her while the other two walked to the cafe line. "Good morning Rosa, may I say you are looking ravishing today." Odd chided as he grabbed a tray, Aelita close behind him, Rosa laughing before piling on some pancakes, grits and eggs with a crossaint on the side. "Enjoy your breakfast Odd, I know i'll see you for seconds and thirds...but save some for the other kids!" Rosa called after them, the two coloured haired teens sitting at the table with the two eldest, watching Yumi feed Ulrich a bite of her eggs, Odd making kissing noises while Aelita giggled as Ulrich punched his shoulder before everything got quiet. Jeremy sat down at the table, laptop in front of him, his eyes underneath his glasses as he peered at all of them, mumbling before saying good morning and sitting quietly. "So Jer, what's new with the supercomputer huh?" Ulrich piped up as he continued to pick food from Yumi's plate, the Japanese girl simply shrugging and looking at the blonde next to said brunette. "Nothing much, just added a better tower scan, maybe later we can do some reconnaissance on Lyoko."

"Sure." "I'm down." The two eldest agreed quickly, their eyes on the two teens at the end of the table, the pinkette laughing at Odd's piggish nature as he asked for her half eaten pancakes, pushing her plate to him and watching him dig into it. "Well, you two...are you gonna help with the mission or not?" A bite was in Jeremy's tone as he spoke, his eyes narrowing at the other blonde at the table as he looked up at him, a pancake between his teeth, him nodding as he swallowed and said, "Sure, not like I have anything else to do." "And you, Aelita?" His tone got colder as he spoke toward her, her eyes narrowing back at him as she simply said a fine and turned toward Odd, who continued to inhale the eggs that were left on her plate. Yumi and Ulrich looking between each other, looking back at Jeremy, who had opened his laptop and scoffing as he began typing, before turning back to each other, both confused. "Soooo, why didn't you come with us to the mixer Einstein?" Odd piped up, wiping his mouth with his sleeve before burping, the pinkette giggled as she sipped her orange juice, the blonde on the computer simply saying, "It wasn't important to me, It's "not my scene" as you would put it." Fair enough, the spiky head wonder rising to take his and the pinkette's tray before snatching Yumi's croissant, the Japanese girl scolding him before sighing as he bit into it... This was going to be a long day.

In class, of course the star pupils will answer all the questions, do all the work and pass all the tests but Aelita just wasn't feeling it today. Sure she answered the questions, went up to the board and instructed a few times but she didn't get that satisfaction that she usually felt, she felt...off. "Pssst, Pssst...princess... you okay?" Odd whispered from behind her, a simple nod but she wasn't feeling okay, by no means okay. And there's the bell for lunch, the four converging in the breeze ways as usual, the spiky haired wonder standing off with the elf princess, the Samurai and Geisha walking up, hand in hand before the Einstein walked up, nodding before all of them ran for off campus, Jim standing by, sighing as he just didn't give a damn anymore. Into the forest, the two coloured haired teens playfully bumping into each other while running, the eldest staying streamline but challenging the other before all of them reach the manhole cover, climbing down the sewer shaft and grabbing their vehicles. Odd lead, Aelita close behind, followed by Yumi and Ulrich, Jeremy lagging a bit. The four meeting at the elevator before looking for Jeremy, who appeared soon after, pressing the button to the contraption before reaching the main computer.

"Alright you four, this is a simple reconnaissance mission... just to locate any tower activity and what not." Jeremy's voice came over the intercom in the scanner room as all four warrior step up to their individual scanner, each door closing one by one, the process starting. "Scanner Yumi...scanner Odd, scanner Ulrich...scanner Aelita...Virtualization." In the digital sky, digitized four brave warriors who landed, looking at their surroundings before looking at the sky they emerged from. "Hey Einstein, some taxis would ya?" the spiky hair cat boy called into the digital air, the other blonde grumbling as he tick taked away, an overbike, overwing and overboard digitizing itself. Yumi loading up with Ulrich, Odd flipping onto his overboard and Aelita stood there. "Is something the matter, you haven't moved?" Jeremy's voice boomed in the sky, the pinkette piping up and saying, "I would like an overboard myself actually...please Jeremy?" The other three warriors looking at her in shock, Odd a bit less surprised as he's been teaching her the dynamics, but watching as the overwing disappeared and overboard appearing in its place. "There, happy?" All bark and no bite, eh Jer. Nonetheless, the warriors began their journey into Lyoko, Odd gearing his board a bit faster than Aelita's; challenging her.

"Is this a challenge kitty cat?" "Hardly, let's see what you can do princess." The two overboard riders speeding off, Aelita using her creativity to make some ramps out of the icy terrain, the two riding up the ramps opposite to each other, the two laughing as the smaller of the two hit a 360 off the top ramp, only to cross over to the opposite ramp, the spiky hair cat boy grinding on the edge of the ramp before both came together, flipping off their boards and onto the others. "Hey, this is no time for your stupid games you two... This is a mission to find out about a tower... not some skateboarding competition!" Jeremy's voice boomed in the digital sky as the two came to a stop at the end of the ramps, Ulrich and Yumi pulling up a few seconds later, the four of them looking up at the empty sky, the smallest one of the bunch shouting up, "Hey, calm down okay, there's no tower activity at the moment...we've been here for about an hour." Silence filled the digital air as the words sunk in before hearing clacking in the background and mumbling before Jeremy spoke once more, "Alright, i'll bring you all in...starting the materialization process now." Yumi was the first to go, kissing Ulrich's cheek before dissolving into the air, Ulrich followed shortly, Aelita next and then left Odd.

"Well Einstein, Am I coming back or not?" Odd shouted, the blonde at the screen gnashing his teeth as he paused his typing before sighing as Aelita stared at him intensely, his fingers on the keys once more, Odd dissolving into the air and returning in the scanner. "So, what was the hold up sir big brains?" Asked Odd as he walked into the main computer room, the room silent before Jeremy turned and stood, walking toward the elevator and pressing the button, leaving the four warriors alone. "What's that all about?" Yumi asked as Aelita pinched the bridge of her nose, walking to the elevator, pressing the button and waiting for the shaft to return, the other three joining her as they wait to go back to class but Odd had other plans. Loading onto the rigidity elevator, riding to the bottom floor before riding their vehicles and return back to campus, the eldest walking off to their classes, the pinkette sighing as she turned to go to hers before feeling a hand grab her arm, spinning her around before hearing Odd say, "What do you say, we get outta here and have some fun...you seem a bit upset." The svelte male smiling at the pinkette, watching as she nodded, the two running to the campus' exit and out into the street.