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told you how much I really hate you, right?"
"Oh, come now. He's your brother." Amanda replied, "How hard could it be? So? He's coming back a little earlier."
The Americans were crammed into Yumi's room for the night. Most of them still asleep. Except for Carlos who was working with his own laptop, searching for French Scanner Files and sending them to the Super Computer as he came across them.
"Is your brother really that bad?" The boy asked, not looking up from his computer screen. The bottom corner read the time- 7:47 in the morning.
"He's gotten worse." Yumi snarled, "But he's eleven now."
"Oh, Horrible eleven." Carlos sighed, "My nephew is eleven. Name's Bradley. I hate the kid. He's so annoying."
"Hmm, but you don't live with him, I assume."
"Well, no, but he gets on my nerve." He said, "So I guess I'm saying I understand."
"Your friends are cool." Yumi smiled.
Carlos finally looked up and grinned back,
"Thanks."
"What time is it?" Aaron asked, sitting up, and a little woozy.
"7:55, we're sorry. Did we wake you?"
"No, well…uh…yeah. But that's okay." Aaron answered, hugging Amanda good morning.
Yumi gave her cousin a look. Hmm? What was this?
"Uh, Aaron…" Carlos tapped his wrist meaning
Get with the times.
"OH! Uh, sorry. I meant Good
morning, is all. Really." Aaron stammered, "Uh, so. Breakfast?"
He practically ran down the stairs.
"He's cute." Yumi stated, as if she knew it for a fact, "Just saying."
"Take him, go for it." Carlos started, "Mandiee's through with him. Eh?"
"Uh, sure. Right. YUMI! I don't have any school supplies! GOD, I'm so stupid! I should've thought of that!"
Yumi smiled, "its okay, Mandiee. I have stuff here."
Amanda sighed- THANK GOD!
Later, that day. Yumi and Amanda stepped outside in silence, and walked to school.
Yumi was pondering about theater class- They were working on group projects…
Ms. Jenkis was remembering what her father had said about school, he said it every year since the 7th grade. She had it memorized.
XxXFirst of
all, school isn't the evil part of life- Growing older is. Teachers
are going to piss you off, Boys are going to break your heart, you're
going to fail a class or two, but life goes on… Life just
goes on…
"Hi Sam." Both Yumi and Amanda said at the same time.
"Nice morning, huh?" The blonde one said, trying to create conversation.
"Sorta."
The group the new comer met a few days ago where sitting around a random table, tired as crazy, and bored like never before.
"Does he always work on his laptop?" Amanda whispered to Yumi, glancing over toward Jeremie.
"It's weird when you see him without it." She answered looking at her cousin, "I think you'll learn to like him and the others."
"So, what do you have first again, Amanda?" Odd asked out of pure boredom.
"English."
"Great, with Me and Jer." Ulrich grinned, soon followed by a tired yawn.
"Uh, awesome."
. . .The worst thing about learning a different language is at first- You have no fucking idea what you're saying. This is the one class that if you don't know what you're doing- It's better off NOT to wing it."It's not that bad." Jeremie saw how nervous his friend's cousin was.
"Well new school, new teachers, I know nobody here."
"'Cept us." Ulrich corrected.
"Yeah, but all I know about you guys is that you have the same secret as I, you're my cousin's friends, and your names are Jeremie and Ulrich." She answered. She didn't know why she was this nervous, usually- she doesn't care, but then again, she always knew someone there.
"Oh don't worry." The brunette said, trying to calm her down, as he sat next to her. Thank the LORDS Jeremie, Ulrich, and Amanda got close seats to each other, "As Jeremie said, It really isn't that bad. We'll help you if you ever need it."
"Thanks guys." She felt somewhat better, she assumed being here wouldn't be hell on Earth, but then again, assuming makes an ass out of you and me, "What's the teachers name again?"
"Mr. Forlin, he's a nice guy. Everyone likes him. He'll give you special attention since your new, but he won't embarrass the crap out of you." Jeremie informed, "Are you usually so nervous when you move up a grade?"
"No…" She answered honestly, "I don't know what's wrong with me. But, by a guess, it may be that I'm in a school in a whole different country! Guys, I speak English."
"Then…why are you in here?"
"…Easy grade." She shrugged, "I'm not exactly the best student…"
"…Aaron told me you were really good with computers." Jeremie stated, sort of confused.
"Yeah. I am, I'm good with computers because it's in my genes. Yumi's Uncle Kiesho was like…the best man on earth with HTML and codes and whatnot. So, yeah, I picked it up from him. But my mom, Yumi's Aunt, wasn't exactly a straight A student."
But remember, if you are to ever fail a class around report card time- It's your mom's fault. She gave you the gene. I sware.The class was filling up, none of the students really spoke, maybe smile at each other, but never really said "Good morning" or "Hello".
"Don't worry, I'm not either." Ulrich encouraged, "Jeremie's the Einstein in France so he can't really say anything about that."
Mandiee snickered, "Yumi told me so much about you guys…"
"It was all good, right?" Jeremie asked in a playful tone.
"…Is that a trick question?" She answered in the same amount of playfulness.
They laughed a little together, Maybe just maybe, she'd be their new best friend.
. . .
"Yumi,
calm down." Sam told her friend, and Theo quickly nodded his head
in agreement.
"You're taking this out of proportion." The boy added, "It's just a math quiz."
"It's a major grade you guys." The Japanese one replied, "I'm always weird on major grades."
"Even if you did fail, you'd still pass this class."
Sam smacked Theo in the back of the head.
After Theo silently wailed and said a few…inappropriate things to Sam, she said, "Not helping you bozo."
. . .Aelita worked in the office first period as an Office aide, and plainly, it was usually boring, but sometimes it could be fun. For the past few days, Its been a fun time, since the end of the year was so close.
Today…
Was not one of those days.
Ms. Stones was behind the desk, kneeling to fit papers into the printer. Okay, so they KNEW how many copies they needed to make- 2,300. So, why did they have one printer in the main office that could only hold 500 sheets of paper?
If you did the math right, every time the entire school body needed something- Like the monthly paper or a school announcement, she would have to fill and re-fill the printer about 5 times.
The bell rang, and the hallways were quiet, Aelita had no one else there other than the adults that worked here. It was a boring thing, but it beat having a regular academic class first thing in the morning.
"Um, hello?" She head a mother like tone say, Aelita got up, and bumped her head. She continued to raise, with a hand on her head and rubbing it- She already felt the bump coming on.
"Hello there, May I help you?"
"Aelita?"
"…Oh hello Mrs. Ishiyama." The pink haired girl smiled, "Do you need Yumi?"
"Yes please." She nodded, "You work up here?"
"For the past semester." Aelita informed, "I'll go get Yumi, I'll be right back."
. . ."Uh, hello Stones." The math teacher, Mrs. Propline said, "What is it you need?"
"Uh, Ishiyama has a parent at the front office."
Yumi looked up at her friend like ARE YOU EFFIN' SERIOUS?!"Okay, Ishiyama. You are excused."
Yumi got up, and followed Aelita to the main office.
"Damn, I thought she said she wouldn't be back…" Yumi muttered, "She probably saw Amanda's friends and is freaking out."
Aelita couldn't say anything against it, so she just nodded, and said "Probably."
Yumi looked sternly at her unusual-colored haired best friend, "Thanks Aelita. I feel MUCH better now."
"What? You wanted me to lie?"
"If it sounded better, yeah sure."
"Well, okay. Your mom isn't pissed off at you, and you won't get a month's worth of grounding."
"…Yeah, okay never mind. I forgot you suck at lying."
Aelita's smile faded, "I know."
"YUMI!" Mrs. Ishiyama cried, "I have a few things to say to you." The mother and daughter walked outside, as Aelita walked back to the counter. The printer needed more paper.
"I hate this…" She muttered putting more paper into the printer, as another person asked for someone, she hit her head again and said, "I'll be right with you, sir. Let me get an aspirin first."
. . ."Who are the people at our house? They say they're from America." Mrs. Ishiyama asked, afraid of a weird answer, "I just got home with a new bed and dresser for Hiroki."
"Uh, they're friends."
"What are their names?"
Yumi searched her brain for this,
"Uh. Brie, Will, Aaron…Julie…Julia! Julia! And…Carlos."
"Oh, and did Amanda come?"
"Yes, Saturday."
"Okay, good. I don't know about your other friends though, your father's going to throw a fit about three boys in the household he doesn't know. They look older than you."
"…They are." She admitted, "We met through…Amanda."
"Oh, okay. The blonde one, he was nice. He was the one that told me everything, he also made a supreme breakfast. I think you should give up on that Ulrich Stern boy and date him."
"…Uh, I'll put that into consideration." Yumi lied, Aaron had a cute charm to him and a polite attitude, but she's been crushing HARD on 'that Ulrich Stern' for…three, almost four, years. They've been through so much together, she was NOT about to throw that all away.
Even if she said they could only be friends.
"Alright. I guess it's okay until your dad gets home." Before Yumi could question anything, her mom's cell phone rang, "Hello? Oh…uhh, we'll talk when I get home." She then hung up and hugged her daughter goodbye.
"So, who was that."
"Your dad just got home."
"…Great…"
. . .First period was the WORST, everyone was tired, everyone hated Monday. Luckily, time still continued to go through for them, and the bell rang for the second class.
"Next?" Amanda asked her new guy friends.
"Math." Jeremie said, it seemed emotionless.
"Health." Ulrich said in COMPLETE helplessness, "I hate health."
"So sorry." Amanda smiled, "But I mean it honestly can't be that bad as it was in America because us teenagers in America, falling in love means Fuck me now."
"…Wow. I could've lived without that." Jeremie said a little shocked on how Amanda quickly changed to a nervous wreck to a speaking out loud and honest lady.
…Girls…What a confusing concept.
"I suppose it can't be THAT bad." Ulrich snickered.
"Please, boys learn about condoms in the third grade. It's that bad." Amanda smiled, and walked away toward her next class. History.
"…I'm so moving to America." Ulrich said once she was out of ear shot.
"Trust me, Ulrich." Jeremie started, "America's too much for you. Probably too much for me. Now COME ON, let's go."
XxXHistory never
changes- Lincoln always gets shot. America always gets it's 50th
state, Hitler will always be an ass, and the
world will NEVER be the same. Yet, it's seems so pointless. Who
CARES that Lincoln got shot, America has 50 states, or Hitler was an
ass? Don't you want to know how the world got to it's present
state? I know, me neither.
"Oh, hi Theo." She smiled, "PLEASE say you have history next."
"Yes ma'am! So does Aelita. She'll be here shortly." Theo grinned seeing how relieved he made her, "You seem kinda…stressed?"
"I am. I'm nervous and confused."
"It's okay, really. The teachers don't bite as much anymore."
"…Very funny."
Theo chuckled as he followed her into the History class room.
"So, Teacher's name?"
"Mr. Fumet. Bastard, if you ask me." Theo whispered, "But he's not really the worst."
Amanda snickered.
WHAT A DAY.
.
. .Science changes too much. It always has it's
confusing and hard spelling words. And it even dares to disrespect
the English saying "I after C except before E" …Wait that's
not right. But you get what I'm getting at, don't you?
Remember, Science is your favorite subject.
Unfortunately, she didn't have a friend in that class, but she did figure out the teacher's name was Mrs. Hertz. She heard students talking to her in a nice and polite tone, so she guessed Mrs. Hertz was a respected teacher.
Have I mentioned she was horrible at guessing?
. . ."I hate you." Sam told her boyfriend.
"…I know." Odd replied with a smile, "It's a shame we're going out right?"
"TRICK QUESTION. Not answering."
"Hey, you two!" Yumi whispered.
"Hey, are you saying I'm a bad boyfriend?"
"NOT ANSWERING."
"Hello? Sam? Odd?" Yumi hissed again.
"You owe me a kiss." He crossed his arms and acted upset with her.
"I owe you nothing. You're Odd, okay? And I…"
"..Yeah?" Odd turned back to her.
"YO LOVE BIRDS." Yumi shouted, thank god class hadn't started yet.
"You're just jealous you don't have a boyfriend." Sam answered looking at Yumi, "But whatta want?"
DING DING DING!"Damnit, NEVER MIND!"
Odd took Sam's hand and pulled her into class.
.
. .
"Why do I have to be with you for like…5
classes?" Ulrich moaned.
"I'm sorry, Ulrich. I don't choose what I have and what time." Jeremie answered, "Why am I a bother to you?"
"No, it's just kinda weird always seeing you and your…girlfriend making out, in THIS classroom, and then BOTH of you get perfect grades."
Aelita snickered, "Looks like someone hates being alone."
"Hey, Dude." Theo pointed to himself, "I'm single too."
"But this is me we're talking about." Ulrich pouted.
"Just tell Yumi you like her." Jeremie said, "We all know you love her."
Ulrich turned pink and faced the front of the room, "I'm thinking about it. I just don't want to ruin her and William's relationship."
"You know exactly why she's going out with him." Theo hissed. He's waited just as patiently as the rest of the group for Yumi and Ulrich to go out, or at least kiss, but no luck so far, "Besides, you know it's a clone of Dunbar and since WHEN did you care about their relationship?"
"Just recently, when I saw him almost screaming at her that he loved her." Ulrich answered in pure honesty, still looking at the chalk-board and somewhat listening to his teacher, but nothing seemed to register.
"You know, I'm pretty sure Yumi would dump William's clone like that, if you asked her out." Aelita smiled, "Take a chance."
"Aelita?" The teacher smiled, knowing he caught her off guard, "What did I just say?"
"Uh…Something…about…Math?" She answered, and got laughs from the entire classroom, even the teacher.
"Yes. But could you be any more specific?"
"Uh, Not really."
"Well, what's two times two?"
"…Four…"
"Thank you! Pay attention next time."
Aelita hissed silently, and mumbled something,
"Yeah, well I don't like your pants."
. . ."Pass it to Ishiyama."
Half the class was busy to pass the STUPID note to the OTHER side of the room to Yumi, the CLOSEST to the teacher.
"For you." Sam whispered tossing it on Yumi's desk, "From…dunno."
"Uh, thanks." Yumi opened her History binder and put it in her lap, and unraveled the note:
Yumi,
I think Ulrich's about to give up on you. It's about
time you tell him your feelings, or you two will NEVER be together.
No pressure though.
-OddShe sighed, she was just as close as giving up on him.
…Boys…what a crazy concept.
. . .
"Very good."
Mrs. Hertz praised, "Now that you seem to understand, I'll let
you do your worksheets."
Amanda was placed next to…guess who.
You guessed it- Mr. William Dunbar. Or at least the CLONE of Mr. William Dunbar.
"You finished?" He whispered as she nodded, "Already? Really? Can you help me?"
Jeremie did AWESOME with his clone, it had William's personality and thoughts, accent and likes. A perfect clone, maybe he should tell the world that cloning human DNA is indeed possible!
Nahhh."Yeah, sure." Amanda moved a bit closer and took her pencil back in her hand again.
"Oh, by the way, I'm William. William Dunbar."
"Amanda Jenkis. Nice to meet you." She smiled up at him.
Don't fall for any boy with nice eyes, Amanda. Boys lie, they taught their eyes to do it to. He only wants to get you in bed…I think…Amanda couldn't help but have her smile grow with William's beautiful brown eyes, that name sounded so familiar.
…DAMMIT! That was her cousin's boyfriend! That was SO off limits to hit on him of all guys!
Guy best friends are willing to sacrifice everything to keep you happy, even if it means turning down the opportunity of their wild dreams. As you do for your girl best friends. They're willing to tell you how boys think and how guys work. If you don't want to tell you dad something right away, tell Carlos, Will, or Aaron about it, if it involves a boy. They'll get things straight for you. And even if it means… kicking some random guy's ass."So, Photosynthesis starts in the chloroplasts, in the palisade cells and the spongy cells, near the vascular tissue? From the suns rays and water…? Right?"
"…Right, and then the cells in the chloroplasts take away the needed energy for food from the suns rays and the rest turns into…what?"
"Uh…oxygen?"
"Perfection!"
"Cool, thanks for helping me." He answered with a friendly smile.
Dammit, maybe going to this school WAS going to be the last of her.
.
. .Health. The weirdest and sickest class of them all.
You figure out why you think the next door neighbor's son is the
hottest guy you've ever seen, and you figure out the safe way to
blow him. You figure out why you feel like absolute shit
once a month. And worst of all- So do the boys. You learn about
raging hormones and let certain feelings take over.
Baby girl,
health is really important to know, but it's a super degusting
way to learn it with a class of at least
fifteen."Aelita!" Amanda ran up to the only one she
knew in the classroom.
"Hey Amanda. How'd Science go?"
"…Uh, easy. How'd Math go?"
"Exact opposite."
Amanda chuckled, "Don't tell me. A teacher had got you while you weren't listening."
"It's what we do." The health teacher, being a female said while passing them.
"Ha." Aelita smiled, "Good…morning Mrs. Kendrick!"
"Morning dolls."
"Luckily for us, this class is an all girls class. So it isn't AS embarrassing, but I don't think we're going to do anything today."
"Why?"
"…Earlier classes said the video thingy broke, so we have nothing to do."
"YESSS."
"OKAY! Class!" Mrs. Kendrick shouted, "We have NOTHING to do today! So, socialize for awhile."
Aelita turned to Amanda,
"How's the Kadic been to you?" She asked mostly out of curiosity.
"Somewhat kind, somewhat the biggest pain in the ass."
"Ah, it sounds like Ulrich."
Amanda couldn't help but laugh, "He's not that bad. But then again, I've only had one class with him."
"No, he's not that bad really." Aelita was still snickering about what she said earlier, "Although he's terrible with his emotions."
"I could've guessed." Amanda responded, "So is Carlos, that's how I knew."
"So, Yumi told me something about a relationship between you and Aaron?"
"Please, you knew that." Amanda reminded, "In the car? Brie in the trunk?"
"Yeah, but I mean a serious relationship."
"How serious are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about a relationship that found its way to the closest bedroom."
"…DAMN, how'd she know?" Amanda sighed, "Anyway, it's no lie. Aaron and I slept together, about two years ago."
"Ever since then?"
"…Uh, well, we would sleep in the same bed together, but we wouldn't really…you know."
"…He wasn't the best, huh?"
"GOD, You always know!" Amanda sighed. Although the real reason was because of Kimberly, she decided THAT reason was good enough.
"I'm just guessing, I sware."
"But, Aaron's really cute, and he was wanted by a LOT of girls, so I couldn't just let him go. I mean, just because he didn't literally rock my world, doesn't mean he couldn't be the nicest boy I've ever met."
"I know, and I happen to think it's good you didn't give up on him because of that. It was his first time, and I'm hoping yours too. It feels strange, to have someone touch you like that, and to be able to continue. And to hear such sounds coming from your lover's mouth." Aelita nodded, she knew EXACTLY what that was like. Jeremie was exactly the same.
"It wasn't really my first time, but I know it was his. I don't understand how he lived with being a virgin for his first two years in college." Amanda shook her head, "But that's getting personal, don't you think?"
"You wanna know what Jeremie did the morning after?" Aelita smiled.
"…Fine."
. . ."At least Aelita isn't alone in her health class anymore." Yumi said, Ulrich sitting next to her. THAT was sort of good/bad luck. Probably by fate.
"Yeah, lucky her." Ulrich whispered, sitting near the front just wasn't going to work for him. Damn sitting charts!
"Ha, oh. And I have a question."
"…Uh, yeah?"
"Here, what does Odd mean?" She gave him the note Odd gave her earlier. She watched him start to blush.
"Uh…Odd finally lost it?" He suggested, "Because I know you're dating Dunbar."
"Oh, uh. Right." She answered feeling her face turn pink, "But…uh, can I be honest with you?"
"Of course you can."
"I..uh…I sorta kinda…you know…have this….feeling for you…" She stuttered, she HAD to say this.
He nodded, smiling, was she really going to say this?
"I…um…I kinda…"
"Stern! Would you be kind enough to tell me the answer?"
"Uh, what was the question?"
"Pay attention, Stern. You and Ishiyama can flirt after class!"
That earned looks and giggled from across the room.
. . .Lunch, sit with your friends no matter how many. Talk to people you know are new, and befriend with them. Friendship and Lunch time are the best of friends. Never let anyone feel left out, because cliques are what High school stands for. What High school really stands for…I really don't know…but being popular ISN'T a reason."I hate Science." Ulrich finally said while sitting down, "I know it's important and whatnot but it's so confusing!"
"Agreed." Odd nodded to his friend, "So, Ms. New Student. How's school?"
Amanda's head was on the table, as if he DIDN'T know.
"Other than the torture of this blasted place…I feel….Just peachy!" She moaned from her spot.
"It isn't that bad, is it?" Theo asked, "Maybe we're just used to this crappy school."
"No, it's like my school back in America, but I'm new here, and everyone stares at me." She explained lifting her head up, "I hate getting special attention."
"Uh, sorry?" Sam said, "You're going to be new for a few days, its fine."
The group was lucky to have one table to themselves, and everyone had a tray in from of them full of what they call…edible food- Except Jenkis.
"Aren't you hungry?" Aelita questioned, "Or do Americans not eat lunch?"
"Of course they do." Jeremie said.
"I'm just not…really…hungry." She slowed watching someone sit down, "Hey, Yumi. Is that your boyfriend you were telling me about?"
Yumi turned to see William sitting with a few senior guys, she looked back at her cousin and nodded, "You met him, I see."
"He's in my Science class. He's nice." She smiled, "Although he's dumber than a tree stump."
"Hey, they can't be cute and smart." Sam stated.
"Yeah, wait. HEY!" The boys cried at Sam.
"OTHER THAN YOU GUYS." She corrected, "Sorry."
Amanda chuckled, "I used to think that too. My dad told me that. Times change, I guess. I miss Roy."
"Roy?" Yumi repeated, "Who's Roy?"
"A neighbor, he was really good with school shit." She answered, and looked at the floor, "And he was really cute."
"I don't feel very comfortable hearing you girls talk about 'cute guys' like this." Theo commented, "Is there something else we can talk about?"
"Yes! What did that note say?" Sam asked, looking between Odd and Yumi.
"What note?" Jeremie, Amanda, and Aelita replied in unison.
Theo just shook his head and shrugged.
"Uh, nothing." Yumi replied looking at the ground.
Amanda smiled, she knew what that meant. Her older brothers used that line when it came to the girls they liked, her cousins used to it when their lovers came up, and her younger sister used it as well when she asked her about her boyfriend.
"Nothing, huh?" Sam repeated, "You know, I'm starting to feel a little jealous over here."
"Me? And Yumi?" Odd asked pointed to himself and then to the gothic dressing one, "HA! HAHAH!" He started laughing to where it hurt to breathe.
"Or not…" Sam snickered seeing her boyfriend in stitches.
"What did it say?" Theo asked a second time, "What could it possibly be?"
"Probably something about her undying passion for someone, or vise versa. And I have a feeling we're not talking about William." Amanda gave her cousin a sly smile. Of course she was right.
"Who else would it be?" Yumi threw her hands in the air.
"Oh, I don't want to say any names or point any fingers." Amanda got up and started to walk away.
"Where are you going?"
"Can we go off campus for lunch?"
"…Yeah."
"I'll be at Yumi's. OKAY BYE!"
"Your cousin's weird, Yumi." Odd said at last, "But she's cool when she wants to be."
Ulrich sighed, "We don't know her well enough to label her like that."
"She's always like that." Yumi answered, "But she's all good. You'll get used to her. She's a good person, when she wants to be."
.
. .
"Hey Amanda!" Carlos shouted as she walked inside
the household.
"Mandiee?"
"Aunt! Uncle! HI!!" She hugged Yumi's parents and told them it's been years since she saw them, or it at least felt like it.
"You know these people too?"
"Yes ma'am!" Amanda smiled, "They don't bite. Don't worry. They don't have a place to stay for the time being. It's okay if they stay here, isn't it? I told them how awesome you two are…And I was hoping…"
"Yes, it's okay." Mr. Ishiyama faked a smile- That blonde boy seemed too old to be a friend of Yumi's.
"Thank you so much!" She kissed both of them on the cheek, and ran into the living room sitting on the sofa, "So, Carlos. How much did you find on that puzzle?"
"What?" Carlos looked at her like she lost her mind before getting it, "OH! Uh. Percent? 58 altogether. It's a big…puzzle and it's scattered in the…network."
"Ahhh…" Amanda took Cinnamon in her lap and pet him to his delight. Cinnamon stretched and licked her fingers. Being a dog was really "The Life."
. . .
After
the Lyoko Clan finished lunch, they noticed they had well over an
hour left, and headed off to Jeremie and Theo's dorm to find out
just how much file was needed before the Scanners could be fixed.
"I like the mega-tanks the best." Yumi argued, "I think they create the most damage and are easier to destroy."
"The Scyphozoa is my favorite. It's real funny looking." Odd replied.
"And to think, you don't like jellyfish." Sam laughed.
"Ah, well. The Scyphozoa isn't exactly a jellyfish! Just cuz it looks like one doesn't mean it is! Looks deceive!"
"Yeah, when I first saw you, you looked like a polite smart boy."
"...WELL."
"Right, Yumi?"
"Oh, please. Don't get me into this."
Jeremie laughed as he opened the door, Theo landed on his bed almost falling asleep instantly as Jeremie sat in his chair looking up different things on the internet.
"Tired, Theo?"
"No way. What gave you that idea."
"Hi guys." Jeremie said into his microphone on his ear, on his computer was a webcam view of Carlos, "So, how's the search thing going?"
They came to huddle around Jeremie, to hear and to see what was going on.
"I'll let you know once I find some more." Carlos sighed as they could hear the key-tapping sounds from the other side of the webcam.
"Is Amanda there?" Aelita asked.
"Uh, I think so. I think she's outside in the backyard with her dogs right now."
Brie was sitting next to him and greeted to see eight people crammed into the webcam view, she snickered and pointed out files for Carlos.
"Gosh! Brie, do you think you could do better?" He asked.
"Me? No…Amanda probably could though." Brie smiled with her words, "And you know it."
"Don't you dare say what I think you're going to say."
"There's parents home now, Carlos. I couldn't say it even if I wanted to."
"And as you can see, I have many…annoying distractions." The boy told the French ones over the computer. Brie playfully hit his shoulder.
Jeremie chuckled, "I see."
"And I almost wish you would've loved me too!!!" Julia sang, "Dude. Where'd Amanda go?"
"I think in the backyard." Will started and Julia skipped to the back door, "Weirdo."
"HEARD THAT!" Julia shouted, "But I love you anyway."
"Oh…Lucky me."
Julia went outside, looking for her best friend as Carlos and Brie were talking to the French Lyoko Warriors. Will was watching TV as Mr. and Mrs. Ishiyama went out for lunch.
Stepping outside, Julia could see Ginger, Pepper, and Cinnamon playing around and it looked like tackling each other.
She walked around to find Amanda on the porch, in Aaron's lap. Laughing and smiling with her hearts content.
Julia smiled, and stayed quiet watching both of them lean in for a quick kiss…
. . .
(BACK AT
SCHOOL)Math. I always hated math, so I can't really
say anything good about it. You're awesome at math, so you'll do
just fine. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide, that's all it
is.Amanda was alone again in this class, but the teacher
seemed nice- Mr. Johnson.
Sure, her dad was right. She was good at math, but she HATED the subject.
Oh the irony.
She smiled thinking about what happened on the porch of Yumi's house.
And to think- He somehow thinks she likes him!
. . .
"I hate French."
"Me too, Theo." Jeremie grinned, "But- It's an Easy A, right?"
"Here's your project- Get into groups of two and create a report in the packet I've just given out."
"…Not right." Theo told Jeremie, "Partner?"
"…Partner."
. . ."Ulrich, Soccer practice…" Odd sat next to his best friend and STILL roommate, "At least we don't have Jim anymore, right?"
"Yeah, I'm so thankful for that." Ulrich sighed, trying to catch his breath. Soccer was his thing, but survival meant oxygen and water, "I'm still not to peppy about Theo getting kicked off the team though."
"I know, just because of ONE mess up on a major grade." Odd was breathing almost as hard as Ulrich, with a water bottle in his hand.
"But he has French with Jeremie, so he isn't all alone."
"…What do the girls have?" Odd questioned and quirked an eyebrow, How did Ulrich memorize their schedules?
"Uh, Yumi has track. Sam has honors math. Aelita has…art. I think. I'm not sure about Amanda."
"…How do you know that?"
"Jeremie cracked the school's file when we had to reach you guys for a Xana attack. So, I wrote it down incase I would forget. And, I guess overtime I memorized them."
"That, or your just trying to see what classes you have Yumi with." Odd poked Ulrich's shoulder twice in a playful and teasing manner.
"Seriously, Stern." Another boy by the name of Dan (He's not important, I sware.) took a seat next to Ulrich, "We all know you have certain feelings for Ishiyama."
"That's not true. She has her boyfriend, and I'm…currently…"
"Blowing off every girl that asked you out because you want Ishiyama to." The Coach smiled, "You guys didn't realize I was right here?"
"…Uh…gotta go." Dan jumped up and back on the soccer field.
"So, Ulrich…" Coach took Dan's spot next to Ulrich, "Crushing on Yumi?"
"…Kinda…I guess…"
"He guesses?" Odd shot up, jumping up and down like a school girl and throwing his arms everywhere, "Coach Bombell, he's madly in love with Yumi! He'd do anything for her! You should've seen him on Valentine's! He was going crazy seeing all those boys giving her gifts! It was hilarious!"
"…Thanks, Odd. I knew I could trust you." Ulrich stated, "And I'm not madly in love with her. I just…like her a little bit."
"FOR THREE YEARS?!" Odd cried, "I don't know about you, Coach, but I think that means something!"
"It does. You want a serious relationship with her, Stern." Bombell started, "And it may bug you that you don't know if she likes you back or not."
"But she does!" Odd interrupted, "I sware to freaking god that Yumi's just as head over heels as he is!"
"…Hey, Della Robbia."
"Yeah Coach?"
"..Shut up."
Odd stuck his tongue out and ran off onto the field.
"Trust me, Ulrich. I know how it feels." Bombell told his soccer star, over the year, he could say Silent Stern and himself had a…interesting…friendship, "At your age, I completely understand. I'm probably the only adult that does. After all, I'm in my late twenties."
"Can I just get back in?" Ulrich asked not wanting to talk about this.
"…Sure, if you want to miss out on an important life lesson!"
"Okay. Thanks." Ulrich got up and ran toward Dan and Odd.
. . .Theater was a favorite class of mine, it was in my blood, and now it is in yours. You keep the Jenkis family alive! Besides, who knows, maybe one day you'll be famous! Just don't forget us little people darlin'…Mandiee smiled seeing all her French friends smile and slightly wave at her.
"Ah, The new student." The Drama teacher smiled, his name plate on the desk shined Adam Smith, "Come 'er."
Amanda walked up to the teacher's desk, he explained what they were currently doing, and since she came a little too late, she would just have to watch her friends. Oh, the agony?
He seated her next to Sam. And in front of Yumi.
She quickly took her seat and asked Sam, "So…why is the classroom separated Boys from girls?" The little hallway between was like a sexist barrier. Boys on the left, girls on the right.
"We don't really know for sure." Sam whispered, "Word in the hallway is that it's because he wants a good look at his girl students. He's single, or so they say…"
"Erm. Ew." Amanda sat back, degusted. Sure, she had a teacher like that before, but he was taken out of school before anything really serious happened, so it didn't really…matter? Doesn't her know that in Senior High most teenagers have a boyfriend/girlfriend? Something says he doesn't really care.
"I know." Sam replied, before getting tapped on the shoulder by the girl behind her, whom passed her a note.
"Okay, pass up your scripts for your skits." He said, and Amanda found out he was staring at a lot of the girls. Like the world NEEDED another pervert!
Sam, was the second in front and passed it to Amanda. She read it and her jaw dropped, "What?"
"Write and give it to Yumi." Sam ordered. Aelita, on the other side of Sam nodded in agreement, Amanda wrote an answer and quickly gave the note AND the girl's behind her scripts.
Yumi looked at her puzzlingly.
"Just answer it." Mr. Smith was picking up the scripts the boys first, and slowed down when he came to the little hallway thing, Yumi put the note under all the scripts.
Mr. Smith picked up all the scripts…Phew…without noticing the note.
"Did you guys notice that ALL the girls passed the same note?" One random senior guy asked Jeremie, and Ulrich whom were in front of him, "Mr. Smith is SO blind."
"A note you say?" The brunette asked in a bored tone, "Wow. I'll alert the media."
"Okay, get in your groups."
As the Lyoko team came together, Odd asked, "So, what did that note say?"
"What note?" Aelita replied, a little too quickly.
"…You SUCK at lying." Amanda slapped her forehead.
Theo smiled, "What DID the note say?"
"…Nothing." Yumi, Aelita, Mandiee, and Sam feel their cheeks turn pink.
"Uh huh?" Jeremie chuckled, "It can't be that bad."
The four girls looked at each other and answered simultaneously,
"Uh, yes. It can."
. . .Okay, when I was younger, I never really studied in Study Hall, and I sorta regret that now. I say, this ISN'T just a dumb class. It's to help you catch up and stay with. Sure, you can talk to friends and read and stuff, but just remember- Schoolwork before talking. We ALL know how much you love to talk."Why can't we know?!" Jeremie pleaded. The boys seemed too interested in that stupid note.
"Hey, you don't need to know." Mandiee responded, trying HARD not to blush.
"But WHY?! Will it offend us?" Odd asked.
"It won't offend you." Aelita answered, "It's just so…well…let's put this way, it's pretty girlish. So I don't think it would matter, would it?"
"We just wanna know!"
"No, it's okay."
. . .I never took choir because I can't sing, but I know you can! So you sing like there's no tomorrow and you BLOW the minds of the other ones! Besides, if you forget a word or two, make it up. You're good with kinda stuff.Choir went so boringly, that no one wanted to report anything about it. I'm guessing they just sang to the songs they'll sing for the judges in a few weeks.
Finally, the last bell rang and the students scattered to get home or to their dorms.
. . ."How'd school go?" Aaron asked Mandiee and Yumi.
The raven-haired one just ran upstairs, as Amanda sat down next to him, and looked at her watch.
There's still 42 more days 09 hours 12 minutes and…wait for it…22 more seconds until school's out for the summer.
But hey….Who's counting?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Quote: NEVER let school interfere with your education!