Took a little longer than I hoped it would be, but been busy reediting it again because my grammer has always been pretty bad. Not to mention I've been trying to finish up some of my other stuff too. Well, read and review.
The weekend following Danielle's arrival, Ulrich and Jeremie were in the lab. Jeremie was still trying to find a way to permanently shut down the computer, but before they left empty handed, Ulrich asked him to check out Danielle's information again.
"Ulrich, you think I didn't check it over one hundred times before we helped her. It's clean, she isn't attached to the computer at all," Jeremie said and Ulrich wasn't satisfied.
"Just look again, for my sake. If you don't find anything this time, I'll drop it completely," Ulrich said and Jeremie shrugged and pulled up her information and then decided to compare it with theirs to show Ulrich how human she was. After ten minutes of translating the code for Ulrich, Ulrich sat down and shrugged.
"Maybe you guys are right, she does look harmless," Ulrich said and Jeremie leaned back and crossed his arms.
"She is harmless, trust me," Jeremie said and was about to close it before Ulrich had an idea.
"Hey for fun, is it possible we can see how she mixed and matched our traits. She has my hair I know that, but what else, and from who else," Ulrich said and Jeremie thought about it for a moment.
"Could be fun actually, let's find out," Jeremie said and pulled up Danielle's source code and compared it to the others to see the similarities.
"Is that my hair?" Ulrich asked when he saw the code on his screen was similar to hers.
"No, that's your height, she'll be pretty short fully grown," Jeremie said and kept looking at the screens to compare, "Weird," Jeremie said.
"What?" Ulrich asked.
"She didn't use anything from me," Jeremie said and Ulrich laughed.
"Who would?" Ulric asked with a grin.
"You were right, she did hide something," Jeremie said and Ulrich laughed stopped.
"What can she do that a human can't?" Ulrich asked, suddenly serious.
"Nothing, she's clean in that aspect, but she didn't use all of the codes, in fact, only two of ours. I was wondering about that," Jeremie said and turned the chair away to think.
"But didn't she say she needed all of ours?" Ulrich asked and Jeremie nodded.
"She did, but now I know why. You see, I was doubting the fact it was possible to mix and match traits from five people. Especially with such diverse traits, it'd be a genetic mess to put it simply. She only could use two, and only needed two," Jeremie said and looked at the screen again.
"Why say she needed all five?" Ulrich asked.
"So not to strike jealously between us, she's smart," Jeremie answered and Ulrich scratched his head.
"Why would that cause jealously?" Ulrich asked.
"Example, how would you feel if xana didn't want your dna, but wanted mine?" Jeremie asked and Ulrich understood that oddly enough.
"I get it, Odd would take offence. Who did she use then?" Ulrich asked, then remembered. Brown hair, "Well me, and who else?"
"Another thing, two people, opposite genders," Jeremie said.
"So, Aelita or Yumi is the other person," Ulrich said and began to think. Jeremie already knew, but he didn't want Jeremie to tell him, he wanted to figure it out on his.
"She's really attached to Aelita. They even look alike when they stand next to each other. She's always asking her for advise, and tips, and help. She's like Danielle's big sister. Or," Ulrich said and looked up at Jeremie.
"Correct," Jeremie said, knowing exactly what Ulrich meant by that.
"Genetically, Aelita is her mother. It explains a lot. Aelita even looks like she's eager to fit the role without realizing what role she's playing," Ulrich said and Jeremie shrugged.
"Could be, but if Aelita is her mother as you like to put it, then you're her father," Jeremie said and closed the screens, "And so far, not a very good one."
"So wait, if in some weird drunken scenario we were to have a kid?" Ulrich asked.
"Danielle is a possible outcome, before I closed it, she didn't pick and choose, her traits were randomly selected. She picked you two, and hit random," Jeremie said and got off of the chair and began to walk to the elevator.
"Should we tell the others?" Ulrich asked.
"You can if you want to, but like you said, Odd might take offence," Jeremie said and when Ulrich stepped pressed the button that closed the door and began to raise them to the ground floor.
Danielle's final class let out and she walked through the halls with her bag on her shoulder bouncing against her hips as she moved back toward the dorms. She noticed after day three sometimes she had to push a little to get through, and that foot traffic typically had opposite lanes. Once outside she looked toward the dorms and began to walk while students flooded out behind her.
The quad was full of students leaving through the front gates to get home and parents outside in cars picking up their kids. Dorm students were sitting around the quad or going the rec room to play ping pong or foosball. She had tried both on her fourth day as a human, though she wasn't good a foosball, she revealed herself to be a good ping pong player.
Unlocking her dorm room with the key she threw her bag in and laid down and looked at the ceiling. Pulling the makeup kit she bought he looked at herself and tried biting her lip again. For some reason she couldn't do it well enough to satisfy herself. Before it was strange it happened on accident, and now it was strange that she couldn't do it again.
Aelita opened the door a minute later and tossed her bag on her bed and sat down opposite of her. Danielle tilted her head over and smiled then looked at the mirror again.
"Still can't do it?" Aelita asked. Danielle shut the mirror with the loud clap and placed it on her stomach.
"No," Danielle answered simply and sighed.
"I was thinking it about it, and I might have figured out a way for it to surface again," Aelita said and Danielle looked over excited. She sat up quickly and sat on her legs.
"Really?" Danielle asked and Aelita nodded.
"Work with me okay, it'll start stupid, but...just work with me," Aelita said and Danielle nodded.
"Okay, here we go," Aelita said and smiled, "Close your eyes."
Danielle did as told and waited for Aelita to begin what ever it was she was about to do.
"Imagine this, you and Hiroki are walking home together, to his house to study," Aelita said and Danielle peaked with one eye, "Close them." Danielle groaned and waited again.
"When suddenly, it starts to rain. It's pouring, you both are getting soaked and you start running for his house. When you get there, you need to get out of the wet clothes. Conveniently for the sake of the story, you brought a change of clothes with you," Aelita said and Danielle was about to say something before she Aelita told her to,"Zip it."
"So you take the clothes and go into his room to change while he waits outside. While he's waiting, he notices you didn't close the door all of the way. So he walked over to close it, and accidently look in and sees you. Your glasses are off and he sees you slowly taking off your wet shirt. He wants to be a gentlemen and not look, but he can't help it," Aelita said and grabbed the mirror on Danielle's lap without her noticing and held it front of her face. She said a few more details about the scenario before she suddenly stopped and told her to open her eyes.
Danielle did and looked at herself in the mirror to see herself biting her lip exactly the way she pictured herself doing it before. When she realized she was doing it, it kind of stopped but none the less she was excited.
"Was I just doing it?" Danielle asked and Aelita nodded.
"I figured you needed the right trigger to set it off. Hopefully you get a better trigger in the future, but for now it'll do," Aelita said and Danielle smiled at her as she got up to leave.
"Thanks mo..."Danielle began to say before she stopped herself, "Aelita," she finished, hoping Aelita didn't catch that. And she didn't.
"No problem, when ever you need to talk, you got five of us. Or four," Aelita said, remembering Ulrich probably would help, "See you later, bye," Aelita said and walked out, shutting the door behind her.
"Bye," Danielle said to herself and looked at her pillow before placing her head on it.
"She is my mother, but she isn't my mom," Danielle said and sighed.
Suddenly a knock came at the door and Odd was behind it holding a ping pong paddle.
"You owe me a rematch," Odd said and Danielle smiled and closed her door to follow Odd to the rec room where Yumi already was. The two of them were just killing time while waiting for Ulrich and Jeremie to come back from the lab.
"The ping pong savant returns," Yumi said as Danielle walked into the room with Odd.
"Beginners luck," Odd said and walked around the table. Danielle picked up the paddle from the table and readied herself for Odd's serve. Ping pong came naturally to her for some reason. If only socializing did.
"Serves," Odd said and put the ball into play. While they played Odd asked her about her week and she told him about her classes and was about to mention Hiroki before she remembered Yumi was in the room. By the end of the conversation, it was tied at seven, Danielle's serve.
"So, meet any cute guys?" Odd asked and Danielle missed the return.
"No fair Odd, you said that because she'd miss," Yumi said and picked the ball off of the floor, "Don't answer that if you don't want to."
"I do though," Danielle said and Yumi was suddenly filled with questions like Odd.
"Really, is it a yes or no to the guy question?" Yumi asked and Danielle blushed a little.
"That's a yes, who?" Odd asked and Yumi was waiting for the response as well, though she already had an idea of who it was.
"It must be embarrassing if I don't want to look at you while I say it," Danielle said, embarrassment still new to her.
"I understand," Yumi said.
"Not because I'm embarrassed by it, it's because you know him," Danielle said, concreting Yumi's theory of it being her brother.
"Ulrich or Jeremie?" Odd asked.
"Gross no," Danielle said and Odd smiled, "Or you."
"Who do I know? Is it," Yumi paused, waiting for the response she would see, "my brother perhaps?"
"Aelita told you already?" Danielle asked and Yumi nodded.
"Couple of days ago, wasn't sure about it till now," Yumi said and Danielle placed the paddle on the table.
"Wait," Odd said and walked over, "She's embarrassed because genetically, they're related. She used all of our dna, meaning she's related to all of us. The makes Hiroki her uncle or something."
"You're right, I didn't think of that," Yumi said and Danielle sighed, because she had lied to them earlier to avoid what she was about to tell them.
"I didn't use all five of your genetic codes, only two," Danielle said and Yumi and Odd looked at her.
"Mine of course, I definitely have the best dna," Odd said and flexed a little.
"Sorry no," Danielle said and Odd 'muscles' seemed to deflate.
"Brown hair, Ulrich's for sure. I would think Jeremie because of the glasses but Ulrich's mom has glasses, traits can skip a generation. You wouldn't have brought this up if you had mine as well. So, Ulrich and Aelita," Yumi said and Danielle nodded.
"Is that why you're so attached to Aelita?" Odd asked and Danielle shrugged.
"I don't know, but if anything it's more instinct. Some animals never leave their mothers side, humans are always attached to them. She doesn't know yet," Danielle said and sat on the couch next to Yumi as Ulrich and Jeremie walked into the room.
"Guys, we need to tell you something," Ulrich said as he walked in.
"We know, Danielle only used two codes," Odd said and Ulrich looked around the room, "She just told us."
"Never mind then, where's Aelita?" Jeremie asked and looked around the room.
"I don't know, she left the room and then I came here," Danielle said and Jeremie pulled out hi cell phone and stepped out to call her.
"Want to play ping pong?" Ulrich asked Danielle who looked up at him. Everyone in the room was shocked that Ulrich had asked that. Odd had a theory however and sat down next to Yumi to explain it to her.
"What's changed?" Yumi asked.
"Well, let's just say I think Ulrich is her father, and they both know that. I think he trusts her now," Odd said and Yumi smiled and watched her serve.
"I think you're right," Yumi said and leaned into the couch more.
"Alright, finish that up and meet us in the rec room, bye," Jeremie said and stepped back into the room and leaned against the doorframe, "Aelita is finishing her essay in the library."
"Figured," Odd said and watched Danielle spike Ulrich's shot well out of reach.
"She's really good a ping pong," Jeremie said and sat on the armrest on Yumi's side.
"Just like her dad," Yumi said and smiled as Danielle served it.
"Doesn't creep you out at all that Ulrich is the father of your girlfriends love child?" Odd asked and Yumi giggled into her sleeve as Jeremie just shook his head.
"I'm not even sure if Aelita is my girlfriend, but aren't you mad she didn't use yours?" Jeremie asked, though Odd was prepared for that comment.
"Nope, then she'd be too perfect. She didn't want too much advantage, so she gave herself a handicap," Odd said and was suddenly hit with the ping pong ball in the side of his head.
"I'll make you handicapped," Ulrich said, pointing the paddle in his direction.
"Don't fall asleep tonight," Odd said and Ulrich shook his head and served.
I just want to say this ahead of time, but I'll be playing around with the pairings in this one, as with me, the relationships are never as they seem.