Chapter 4; New Residents (part 2)

"So have you been at Kadic long?" Aelita asked, leading her new room mate down to their room, she shook her head,

"No, I just arrived on the bus about 20 minutes ago." Andie replied, Aelita nodded her head.

Aelita decided rather than get food with the others she'd show the new girl to their room and help her unpack, they neared the room before the sound of footsteps behind them hindered their movement, slowly Aelita turned around and let out a deep sigh,

"What do you want?" Aelita groaned, Andie raised an eye brow,

"That's no way to treat the principal's daughter now Stones, is it?!" Sissi taunted, Sissi looked the new girl up and down and snorted, "Something wrong with your face? Why is it all covered?" she teased, Sissi knew exactly why, she had been reading through the files of new students.

Andie took a step back, her eyes watering, Aelita stepped infront of Andie,

"Sissi, why don't you back off? Does bullying people make you feel good about yourself?" Aelita questioned, this caught Sissi off guard and caused her to take a step back,

"Whatever Aelita." She said as she stormed off, Aelita turned to Andie and ushered her away, "Don't mind her, she's one of Kadic's most arrogant pupils!" Aelita said, Andie shook her head,

"It's okay…" she replied, they walked until they reached their door, Aelita opened it and walked in, the first thing Aelita noticed was the added in a new bed and wardrobe for Andie, directly opposite hers

"Well that's your side! And they must be your boxes!" Aelita said, both girls walked over to them, Andie reached down and pulled a box open, she grinned at Aelita,

"Wanna help me unpack? Roomy?" she said with a wink, Aelita smirked and rolled her eyes, she glanced at the clock, 9:48,

"Sure why not!" Aelita said, picking up a box.

The others sat in the canteen, mainly watching how much food Odd could consume by his lonesome, they chatted mindlessly to each other about the summers events until they noticed a slightly familiar face entering the canteen, Ulrich stood up and began walking over, Jeremy looked up,

"Where you going Ulrich?" he called, Ulrich shrugged,

"Gonna go be nice to our new neighbour!" he replied, walking over he spotted Deane, he placed his hand on his shoulder, he felt him jump,

"Easy, it's only me!" Ulrich said calmly, he felt his shoulder ease a little, "I was just seeing if you wanted to eat with us!" he said, jerking his thumb over towards Jeremy, Yumi and Odd, Deane tilted his head, smiled and then nodded, following Ulrich to the table, he sat down beside Ulrich and Yumi and began poking at whatever was on his plate,

"Don't worry!" Jeremy said, "If it doesn't move, it's safe to eat!" he finished with a grin, the whole table smirked at his comment, casually they talked, asking Deane a few yes or no questions that he'd answer with a nod or shake of his head.

A little while later Odd checked his phone, it read 10:20, he stood up,

"It's getting late, think we should turn in?" he asked, they all nodded, Yumi stood up,

"I'm going to get walking, it was nice meeting you Deane!" Yumi said with a wave, he nodded his head with a smile, the group watched her walk away before turning to the dorm buildings,

"She lives at home, a few blocks away from here." Jeremie explained as they turned to walk to the dorms, keeping quiet Odd shoved his hands into his pockets, he fiddled around for his phone, he glanced up at his friends,

"Hey, I'm gonna pop by Aelita before I go to bed." He said taking off towards the entrance to the girls dorms, Ulrich looked after him before looking at Jeremy,

"Do you have any idea what just happened?" Ulrich asked, Jeremy shrugged it off,

"Probably just wants a copy of her homework like usual." He said, jamming his hands in his pockets and walking away.

They entered the dorms and all said goodnight as they entered their rooms.

Odd slowly walked through the corridor, mumbling to himself,

"Aelita, do you want to see a movie after school tomorrow with me…" he repeated, over and over to himself, he looked up as he neared Aelita's door, he heard music coming quietly from inside as he knocked on the door, he heard the music stop and foot steps nearing the door,

"Hello?" Andie said as she opened the door, Odd smiled slightly,

"Hey, Andie wasn't it? Yeah hi, can I speak to Aelita please?" he asked politely, he smiled and nodded as she called Aelita to the door and walked back into the room, Aelita smiled as she noticed it was Odd, she walked out and closed the door behind herself.

"What brings you to my dorm as this time of night?" she asked smiling, he looked into her eyes and breathed out softly, how he thought of her every day during the summer, texted and called her all the time as they spoke for hours a day, he shyly rubbed the back of his neck

"I was just wondering… umm… erm…" he began blushing, she raised her eye brow at him, "Do you want to see a movie with me tomorrow?" he blurted out, before clamping his hands over his mouth and going beet red, Aelita looked stunned, slowly but surely, her face began turning the same colour as Odds, she softly nodded as she regained herself,

"I-I'd love to Odd!" she said smiling, he let out a deep breath and smiled,

Great! I'll see you tomorrow then!" he said, walking away with a giant grin on his face, she shook her head as she smiled, she walked back into the room to see Andie with her arms folded leaning against the wall.

"So what'd he say?" she asked, smirking softly, Aelita lay on her bed, smile imprinted in her face,

"I have a date tomorrow, I think!" Aelita said, smiling.