Thanks to Grace the next chapter is already here. I don't have much to say so I'm just going to be quiet now.

Disclaimer: one I don't own code Lyoko, and two Dan really isn't that smart in math

Everybody, except Ulrich who hadn't returned yet, was sitting in Odd's and Ulrich's room. Jeremie was sitting in the desk chair and Aelita sat on the floor at his feet. Grace was sitting on Ulrich's bed. Dan was sitting next to her with Max on the other side of him. Odd was lying on his bed with Kiwi on his stomach.

They had been chatting about nothing in particular when Ulrich walked into the room silently. He still had the stupid grin pasted on his face. He walked over to his bed and would have sat on Grace if she hadn't sent a cold blast up his spine when he attempted to sit down.

"What's the big idea?" She questioned crossly. "Sorry I guess my mind was wandering." Ulrich responded in a voice that was still not quite his own.

"This has Yumi written all over it," Odds grin was now a big as Ulrich's possibly bigger. Ulrich sat down at the foot of Odd's bed where there was room.

"Well what happened?" Aelita questioned after a few moments of silence. Ulrich took in a deep breath, "she kissed me." He blurted out.

"About time, it only took you what, a year?" Odd questioned teasingly. "I wasn't counting the days sorry," Ulrich replied adding a glare for extra measure.

"Well I'm happy for you I've only been here what... two days counting today and it was already obvious." Grace smiled at Ulrich. "Yah good going Ulrich," Jeremie beamed at his friend.

Just then Odd's alarm clock went off. "Supper time!" Odd sprang out of be sending kiwi into Ulrich's lap.

"You have that thing programmed at go off at supper time?" Dan asked eyeing the clock as if it were about to explode.

"This is Odd we're talking about of course it's set for supper time, besides it doesn't wake him up in the morning that's my job." Ulrich stated his voice coming back to normal.

"Ok well we better get down there then we might be able to eat something before Sissy decides to show up," Aelita said getting to her feet. "The chance of that happening is slim," Ulrich replied grimly.

The group walked down the halls and entered the double doors that lead to the cafeteria.

Odd immediately ran into line. Ulrich sighed, "he has the stomach of a cow." "And sometimes I think he has the brain of one," Jeremie replied rather bluntly.

They all sat down at there favorite table after they each had grabbed a plate of food, after about two minutes Odd came to join them with two plates in his hands and one balanced on his head. Carefully he sat down with the plate still on his head.

"That had better not fall on me," Grace snapped at him for she was sitting next to him. Odd snorted in laughter shaking the plate around, "don't worry...I'm an expert." He said smiling at her. Just then his plate slid forward and fell off his head landing in his lap and some food spattering Grace.

Everyone laughed as Odd looked up with food all over his face and chest with a huge grin on his face, while Grace nearly jumped into Aelita's lap in shock.

"Oops," Odd said sheepishly looking at me with a stupid grin on his face. "You are going to die." She said through clenched teeth and threw a piece of buttered bread at him that landed on his face and slid down leaving a trail of greasy white goo.

"Now you asked for it" Odd said and through a handful of peas at her, but she ducked and they hit Aelita getting stuck in her hair. Screeching she glared at Dan from across the table assuming it was him who through it and hit him and the chest with whole cheeseburger.

"Oh...I get it" Dan said then chucked a hotdog at Max for no apparent reason. Soon everyone was throwing food at each other.

Suddenly a high pitched annoying voice said, "you guys are so immature" stopping they all looked up to see Sissy looking down at them with disgust. "Ulrich...why are you ruining your complexion?" She said in a flirtatious voice walking over to him and lifting a piece of lettuce from his hair while caressing his cheek. "Actually this is the newest best thing for your skin," Odd said as Ulrich backed away from Sissy outstretched fingers.

Turning around Sissy stated "I don't believe it," "it's true" Grace agreed reaching around behind Odd and picking up the last of his spaghetti. "Here try some," she added then chucked the handful of pasta at Sissy hitting her full in the face.

Screaming in disgust she ran away not wiping the pasta from her face. Everyone laughed as she ran around blindly shaking her hands with the pasta still clinging to her face. As if things couldn't get any better due to the fact that she couldn't see she ran strait into a wall and landed on top of Herb.

Everyone started laughing hysterically.

"Herb you imbecile watch where your going!" Sissy screeched. Getting up she stopped off her nose held high in the air, a few pieces of noodles still swinging off her face.

"What happened here?" the loud voice penetrated that laughing fit causing it to stop. Slowly everyone turned around to see Principal Delmas towering over them a glare etched across his face.

"Well...we were just...just" Grace stuttered trying to think fast for a good excuse but only succeeded in sounding like an idiot. "That's it, detention tonight, in the library." The principle demanded with cold eyes.

Then as he was walking away he whirled around and added "clean this up." He soon stormed out of the room. Looking around Odd sighed "I'm hungry." "Oh shut up Odd and help us" Ulrich snapped at him while picking up Aelita's now soggy hamburger off the floor.

Later that night they all met up in front of the library. "Well...off to the torture chamber" Odd stated flatly. "Why should you be worried Odd? You spend more time in detention than in the cafeteria and that is saying something." Ulrich commented. Grace snickered and Odd pretended not to hear the comment.

Then the door to the library opened and Jim appeared. "Come on you trouble makers sit down and I better not hear a peep out of you," Jim ordered.

Without much protest the group sat down at the long table. Jim sat at the head of the table and promptly fell asleep. Odd snickered and commented "it usually takes him longer to fall asleep than that."

Odd placed his feet up on top of the table and reclined in his chair so the front legs weren't touching the ground. Jeremie tried to warn him "Odd you leaning to far bac..." Thunk Odd crashed to the floor shaking the whole room.

Jim woke with a start, "wha... what happened?" Noticing Odd on the floor Jim sighed, "that is the third time this week you are going to start breaking all the chairs Della Robbia you need to come with me." Jim took Odd by the arm and started leading him out of the room.

He stopped and turned around, "if anyone moves form there spot when I come back you will have detention form now until the end of the year." Jim warned and walked out of the room Odd close behind.

"That was stupid even for him," Ulrich said bluntly. "Yah, how long do you think it will be before he comes back?" Grace asked referring to Jim. "I'm guessing a good fifteen minutes," Aelita estimated.

"Then I have time to work on a new program I'm designing," Jeremie stated as he pulled out his laptop and him and Aelita immediately began to work on it. Grumbling the others turned back to the work they were suppose to be doing.

Grace started down at her math and groaned. She had never been the best a t math and now without Kristina to help her she was having more trouble than usual.

"Want some help?" Dan asked without looking up from his paper. Grace looked up in surprise 'how did he know?' she asked herself. "Max told me" he replied after writing a -7 on his paper.

"Sure," Grace admitted shyly. Dan smiled and gathered his things. He was sitting across the table from her so he walked around the table to sit next to her.

Max snapped his head up from his work and gave Dan a disgusted look, "Dan stop thinking that you perv." Dan blushed a shade of bright red and sat down.

Grace gave him a quizzical look "what were you thinking?" "Nothing," He quickly muttered. Max shook his head and looked back to his work.

Dan looked at Grace and asked "so what seems to be the problem?" "Everything," Grace responded shyly, she didn't like everyone knowing she had a bit of trouble with math when it seemed to come so easily to all of her friends.

"Okay then we'll start from the beginning of the lesson," Dan smiled and started to explain the lesson to her so even she could understand it.

Everyone sat the rest of the time not saying or doing much, they really didn't want detention all year and weren't planning to risk it.

After about an hour Jim came back into the room. Everyone looked up surprised that it took him so long.

"Alright the principal said to let you guys go now," Jim didn't sound to pleased with the release of his prisoners. Nobody protested as they all gathered their belongings and left the room.

"What was the program you were working on?" Ulrich asked as they walked out of the library. "I'm keeping it a surprise I'll tell everyone when Kristina gets out of the hospital." Jeremie replied obviously not feeling like sharing any information. "Aelita?" Ulrich questioned. "Sorry Ulrich but my lips are sealed." She stated with an impish grin.

"Well what are everyone else's plans for this evening?" Max asked everybody. "I'm going to wait for Odd here" Ulrich said.

"And we're going to my room to work on the program," Jeremie answered for him and Aelita

"Well...I have a lot more work to do on my math among other things so I think I'll go to my dorm to do it." Grace said walking away with her books held tightly to her chest. "Hey...want me to walk you there?" Dan called after her.

She stopped and turned around, "if you don't have anything better to do than sure." Dan grinned and went to catch up with Grace.

"She is so oblivious," Max commented. "I've seen worse" Ulrich commented. "Well I'm going back to my dorm see you later," Max smiled and then walked off in the direction of the boys dorms.

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Grace walked silently through the halls not making any attempt to say anything to Dan.

"What's up with you?" Dan asked grabbing her arm lightly stopping her in her tracks. "I've just got a lot on my mind right now that all," she said looking straight into his eyes to show him that she was serious. "Now you're acting like Max," Dan stated letting go of her arm.

"Yah but unlike Max I don't have crush issues," Grace pointed out. "You don't like anybody?" He asked in a surprised tone. "That's not what I meant and you know it," she replied as she placed her key into her door.

"Who is it?" Dan asked curiosity coating his voice. "Like I'm gonna tell you of all people" She said as she stepped into her room. Throwing her stuff onto her bed she turned back around and leaned against the door frame.

"Please" Dan asked leaning against the door frame as well as looking her in the eye. "No and please don't make those eyes at me," she said tilting her head away from him breaking the eye contact.

Dan sighed not wanting to push her too much. "Alright at least let me help you with the rest of your math," he said holding onto the door so she couldn't just slam it in his face. She was known to do this.

She didn't say anything for a moment and seemed to be debating on whether or not to let him in. "You know boys aren't allowed in the girls dorm at these hours right?" She questioned. "If Jim comes looking for me I'll just go invisible so he can't see me." He explained. She knew that he was going to say that.

Grace sighed. "Alright it couldn't hurt," she stepped back and allowed him into the room.

"Come out Tiggy," Grace called. Dan was about to ask her what she was doing when a white kitten with black stripes like that of a tigers trotted out from Kristina's bed.

"Whose is that?" Dan asked eyeing the kitten as if it were a bomb. "She's Kristina's," Grace answered, picking the kitten up and walking over to Dan.

"Here pet her," she said holding the kitten out a little so Dan could reach. Dan reached out to pet Tiggy but the little kitten mewed pathetically and hid in Graces arms.

"Don't worry Dan doesn't bite...I don't think," Grace told the kitten soothingly looking up at Dan glaring at him playfully. "I usually don't," Dan laughed then reached out and petted the kitten. After a minute he took his hand away and said "we should get back to work."

"Right...that sounds wrong..." Grace said laughing. "Sicko" Dan said blushing then went to sit on her bed, while she went to get her binder.

Cautiously she sat down on the bed as far away from Dan as possible, "I don't bite," Dan said sliding over to sit next to her. "I know" Grace answered flinching as their shoulders touched. Ignoring her discomfort Dan began to work on his homework, stopping occasionally to help Grace with a problem.

As Grace worked on a particularly hard problem she felt a nudge in her mind. "Hey," A voice said casually in her mind. "Why are you mind speaking o me?" Grace asked Dan with her mind while rolling her eyes. "So if anyone comes in or is listening on they will only think that we are working and not talking," Dan answered mischievously.

"Whatever," Grace said trying to concentrate on her work. "Aw...come on...admit that I am an awesome master mind when it comes to sneaky plans,"Dan begged. "All right...your awesome when it comes to master mind plans." Grace said getting up from her bed and sitting down in front of her computer to look something up.

"While you're saying all these nice things about me say that you think that I'm hot." Dan said grinning madly at Grace's reaction. Whipping around in her chair she shouted "what!"

Smiling Dan put his finger up to his mouth in a silent 'shut up.' Sighing Grace turned back in her chair and didn't respond, "aw...come on...you know I was kidding right?" Dan said with a nervous laugh "Yah right," Grace snapped back at him. "What did I do? I thought we're friends," Dan said quietly sadness creeping into his voice "Exactly...we're JUST friends...nothing more...nothing less...we can't be anything more." Grace said trying to keep the bitterness out of her voice.

"But...why can't we?" Dan asked confusion in his voice. Startled by his response Grace hesitated. "Well...b-because...if we do...you know go out...then...it wouldn't be fare to Max and Kristina," she finally managed to say.

"I bet your just scared," Dan taunted. "I am not scared...what is there to be scared of...your not that scary?" Grace asked giving in and returning his jibes. "I'm not scary...unless you find me scary because I'm so hot," Dan said laughing. "You're not that scary...besides who filled your head with all this nonsense about you being hot?" Grace said giggling as Dan faked being hurt.

"You are so mean," he said in a fake hurt voice. "I'm sorry," she answered giving him puppy eyes. "I guess it's okay...who could stay mad at you," he said smiling at me. "I don't know..." She said returning the smile then turned back to her work.

After a few minutes of silence Grace glanced over at Dan to find him just staring at her. "What?" She asked. "Nothing," he said looking way but not before Grace caught a slight blush on his cheeks.

"How come you're so out going when we're mind speaking but not when we're actually just talking?' She asked him curiously. "I don't know," he responded after a few minutes.

Sighing Grace turned back to her math book which she had tossed to the side while she did her English homework. "Hey...Dan I need help," she said after struggling for a few minutes. "With what? Your homework I can help you with...your mental issue I can't...you have to see a doctor for that." He said patting the bed beside him.

Standing up she walked over to sit beside him again then as she sat down she slapped him as hard as she could with her math book. "Ow...what the hell was that for!" he asked rubbing the top of his head. "For saying I have mental issues," she answered innocently turning back to her work.

Shaking his head he began to explain the Pythagorean Theorem for what seemed like the millionth time this night. After they had been working for about an hour Dan was starting to get bored. Glancing over at Grace he saw that her brow was furrowed like it was when she was thinking way too hard about something.

"Hey...why don't we practice for Lyoko...you know see if we can get your level up?" He asked. "Sure," she agreed happy to have an excuse to stop studying.

Taking her hand he went invisible causing them both to disappear. Slowly they walked out of her room and headed toward the cliff they had trained on before.

Once they landed and Dan had put her down did Grace ask, "So...what are we going to do?" "I was thinking we would work on your aim with flying objects your control seems to be fine." Dan said as his wings appeared and he jumping into the air.

"I'd be glad to," she answered materializing her ice bow and arrow soon loading it. "Arctic Arrow!" She shouted aiming at Dan who easily swerved.

"Try aiming at the place where you think they would swerve to" Dan suggested. "Alright," Grace grumbled then re-strung her bow.

Just as she was about to shout she had an idea, slowly she inched over to the stream that ran through the cliff and pretended to slip into it. Climbing out she spluttered "I'm okay," to Dan who had flown over to see if she was alright. "Klutz," he muttered flying over to his position.

Smiling to herself she began to feel an unexpected burst of new found water power flow through her skin and blood streams like liquid ice.

Slowly she raised her bow and arrow, seeing Dan begin to prepare to dodge, she waited till she was about to burst with the force of the waters power then let loose her arrow while whispering "arctic arrow".

She watched as the arrow began to glow a bright ice blue and speed toward Dan faster then she had ever seen any of her arrows go.

The glowing arrow pierced into Dan's chest who hadn't been able to move quick enough. He fell to the ground in front of her. "Nice," he whispered holding his chest.

"Thanks," she whispered getting down on her knees and placing her hand on his hand on his chest. Smiling gently she took his hand away and with her other hand gently pressed it into his chest muttering a few choice words a faint blue light emanating from underneath them. Standing up she helped Dan stager to his feet.

"I don't get why Kristina likes Max's healing better I've been healed by him before and his is okay and all but yours is so gentle." He said regaining his energy and standing up by himself. Grace shrugged. "I think it's because everyone has slightly different preferences. Light is closer to fire, than ice or water, maybe his healing agrees better with her element."

"Well whatever it is I think we have had enough for now...well at least I have." He added when he noticed me seeming completely full of energy. "Okay," she said confused at how he seemed so exhausted.

As they were walking back through the halls of Kadic we ran into Sissy who was trying to look through the peep hole in Ulrich and Odd's door. "Think she's trying to see Ulrich naked?" She asked Dan. "Maybe," he chuckled. Carefully they made our way around her so she wouldn't here them and made there way to Grace's dorm.

Once inside they let go of each others hands and sat back down on the bed to do the rest of there homework.

Suddenly Dan reached over and poked Grace in the shoulder quickly returning to his work innocently when she jumped. Glaring at him she returned the poke except harder and in the rib cage.

Jumping he laughed as he began to tickle her. "Stop!" She cried squirming to try and get away. But Dan reached over and grabbed her around the waist pulling her closer tickling her side the whole time.

Only when she was gasping for breath did he stop tickling though he kept his hand around her waist holding her close. "Don't...ever...do...that...again" she whispered in short gasps not realizing how close they were. "I promise" he whispered back in her ear.

Startled by how close his voice was she looked down at his hand that was wrapped protectively around her. As she gazed at his hand he pulled her even closer so that there bodies were touching.

"Dan... we can't be like this" She said looking up at him. "Why not?" He asked her in a whisper smiling as she blushed. "Because...I...I don't know," Grace stuttered smiling. "You don't know?" Dan teased tickling her again.

As she tried to squirm away from him her charm necklace fell out from its hiding place in her shirt. After Dan had stopped tickling her she shakily lifted the charm necklace and started to tuck it into her shirt again but Dan grabbed her hand.

"Grace, what was your charm before?" He asked quietly. "A blue stone dragon," she whispered confused by the urgency in his voice. "Grace...you are a level higher!" He said his voice growing louder with ever word.

Grabbing her necklace back Grace stared at it, the once blue dragon was now a silver heart with a blue stone dragon tail wrapped around it. "Oh my god!" she screeched happily jumping up and down slightly in Dan's arms.

"Thank you!" She shrieked looking at him and she threw her arms around his neck. They sat there for a few seconds before Grace pulled away.

"I'm sorry," she said embarrassed for her sudden burst of affection. "Why are you sorry?" He asked a little disappointed that she had let go. "For hugging you," she said looking up at him. "But...why...I mean...didn't it feel...well right?" He asked blushing "Well...yes...I...I mean... no…I can't," she started to stutter uncontrollably. "You're so cute when you stutter like that," Dan said pulling her into another hug.

Forcing herself to relax Grace laid her head cautiously against his chest, while he rested his chin on her head. After a little while Dan felt her breathing steady and he glanced down to see that she had fallen asleep. Smiling he gently kissed her forehead then leaned back up against the wall and drifted off to sleep.

Aww the fluff, and I must say that Grace has come a long way since I first read her fluff (it was horrible shutter). And so you know Grace wrote the second half of this chapter not me she disserves some credit. So review my loyal readers and you will not be disappointed.

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