I am so sorry for the LONG delay! Due to band camp, marching band, AP classes, winter guard, other classes, senior prom, other senior stuff and so on and so forth… I didn't have time to update the story! But now that I'm graduating on Saturday, I know have time! YAY! So in other words…. I'M BACK! And I got so excited I've written three chapters. Hopefully I'll be able to get all three up today (Depends on how long I have use my sisters laptop for)
Thank you for all the replies over the school year, they really make me feel loved! And for those of you who are reading this story for the first time, welcome! I hope you're enjoying the story!
Well anyways, ENJOY!
Wrong… No, that was wrong too. Oh, no, that's-Phew! That one's right! The only sound that filled the air of the silent classroom was the click of the tick of the clock and the scratch of pencils. The entire class was in the middle of a huge math test, and it seemed like everyone just wanted to burn the pieces of paper.
Wrong. Silney wasn't trying to watch Odd take his test and watch his answers. That one is wrong too… In fact, she wasn't even cheating. Actually, she finished a long time ago, thanks to Jeremy's tutoring of course. No, the only reason why she watched the test is so she wouldn't watch…
Suddenly, the pencil was raised and placed between white teeth as Odd chewed on the eraser. Silney quickly looked at the clock. Only twenty more minutes…. She could last twenty minutes. She would have to!
She glanced back to see Odd looking at her, giving her the: I'm-Failing-This-Test-As-I-Take-It look. He looks so cute with that look on his face… Snap out of it! Silney blinked, then shrugged lightly, she had offered for him to take the tutoring with her and Jeremy, but he had declined. Instead, he played soccer. Which she wasn't complaining about, Jeremy had always tutored her outside next to the soccer field, at the request of Silney. The pencil was placed back on the test Odd began to work again.
Her blue eyes dated around the room. She had to find something else to focus on other then Odd and his test! Anything! Jeremy was also done; he had been the first one. And now he rested his head in his hand due to boredom. And with his boredom, it was boring to watch him. Ulrich was still working, but seemed to doing better then the object of her main focus. Sissi seemed to be having trouble, her free hand was tangled in her black hair and she gritted her teeth together.
Silney shook her head. Pathetic! Now she's gone to putting her focus on Sissi! Wait a second… This was all her fault! Ever since that stupid article! Silney couldn't get him out of her head. But when did she actually start to notice this…? Oh yea, the afternoon after she read the article. The afternoon where Odd had promptly said "Yea, the whole couple column? Sissi really out did herself this time huh? You and me? That's a laugh!"
Flashback…
"Logarithms aren't that bad, see?" Jeremy asked while he scribbled a few numbers down. Silney let out a moan and put her head on the tree. "Easy for you to say, Mr. Genius" she looked at him with a weak glare. "You seemed to understand it just fine" Jeremy said in confusion.
"That was before you took the calculator away from me!" she scolded. Jeremy chuckled "There's going to be a non-calculator part on the test" he warned. She let out a snort "And that should be illegal. In fact, it should be charged for first degree murder!" she nodded her head in surety.
Jeremy laughed again "How about you take a break?" he asked while pulling out another book to work on some other homework. Silney stretched and placed her hands behind her head "That's the first thing you've said today that I understand" and with that her mind began to wander. Wander all the way to the depths of the article that Sissi had printed.
In truth, the article did catch her by surprise. She had always thought of Odd as a friend. Sure he carried her books, they walked to lunch together, and she saved him from a car… But that was normal stuff. Right?
Stupid article. Because of it it had been semi-uncomfortable to be around each other all day! On both sides! But it wasn't the bad uncomfortable, it was the 'what if…' uncomfortable. That was always the worst kind. All day she was thinking 'What if he did ask me out?' 'What if he likes me?' and then the question that always made her blush 'What if I like him?'
Silney shook her head, that's when she began to notice Odd just a little more. "Ulrich! Pass it over here!" Odd's voice yelled out, snapping Silney from her thoughts "I'm not falling for that!" Ulrich yelled back.
Her eyes found the soccer field. Soccer was one of the few sports that she enjoyed watching, and now she was beginning to like it more and more. There was no practice today, so the guys decided to just play a game. Skin vs. Shirts. Odd, with her luck, was skin. Ulrich, to the disappoint of his fan girls, was shirt. Odd stopped running for a moment and ran a hand over his forehead. The sun was beating hard over head and it was causing the sweat to glisten on Odd's bare chest. Stop it, Silney! She scolded herself as thoughts filled her head. Her head snapped down to the book, but she had kept her eyes up with a small smile on her face.
"Odd!" One of the team mates yelled as he kicked the ball to the shorter blonde. Odd stopped the ball with his foot and tapped it a few times. Shirts had a good defense going… This was going to be a tricky play. He glanced over a for a brief second and immediately turned his focus back to the game. Silney was looking at him. Silney was watching him! He couldn't screw this up! "Well, Odd?" Ulrich yelled over to him. Odd smirked and began to rush the ball forward. It had been awhile since he had this much adrenaline going through his body at one time!
Silney lifted her head more to watch. Odd was fast, and was very precise with his movements. It surprised her! Then again, she couldn't expect anything less from the guy who was used to fighting XANA. Suddenly, he shot. "That's not going to make it!" Silney whispered as she watched ball fly for the net. Odd stopped in his spot and watched the ball fly. Oh man… It was going to be close! He looked back over to see Silney watching the ball and he swallowed in a dry throat. He was going to be so embarrassed if this missed… "ALL RIGHT!!" Odd yelled as he threw a fist into the air. The ball had just barely made it into the corner of the net. "Nice shot!" Came a couple of yells from the team. "And that means we have five points! Skins win!"
The white haired girl smiled. The ball actually made it in… "Ready to start again?" Jeremy asked, pulling the girl's attention back. Silney sighed, but nodded just the same as they began to work again. On the other side of the field, Ulrich had walked over to Yumi and Aelita, who had been watching the entire time. "It might take a moment for Odd to get over here" Ulrich stated, pointing to the group of people who had surrounded their friend.
Yumi waved a hand "No big deal, let him have his fame. But take a look over there" she pointed a finger to Jeremy and Silney with a smile. Ulrich blinked and looked over "What about it? He's tutoring her like he always does" Aelita giggled at his response "True, but what you don't know is that she's had her eyes glued to Odd the entire time"
Ulrich looked back down at the two "Really?" Yumi nodded "It's quite adorable really"
Present…
"Silney, how'd it go?" Jeremy asked for the third time as he sat in front of the girl. Odd waved a hand in front of her face a few times until she finally pulled out of her thoughts "What?" she asked, blinking with wide eyes. "I asked how the test went" Jeremy repeated.
Silney blinked in confusion. The test was still going on, was he allowed to be talking? That's when she looked around the room. Everyone was done. She had completely missed Odd standing and turning his test. She had also missed Jeremy and Ulrich moving their chairs to Odd's and her table.
"I still think it should be charged for attempt at first degree murder" she crossed her arms over her chest after a brief moment of silence. Jeremy laughed "So now it should just be charged for the attempt? Not that actual murder? That must mean you did better then you thought you were going to do" he pointed out.
Silney shrugged and she watched for the others to respond. Ulrich put a few books into his back before he answered "It was… Okay. I probably should have studied more" he finally told the group, then all eyes turned to Odd "I failed!" he yelled out loud.
"Odd! If you fail this class you can't play soccer! The coach has already given you the warning!" Ulrich reminded, only to cause Odd to whimper "I know, I know!"
Silney watched Odd carefully Poor Odd… I don't want to see him fail. Who knows what will happen to the boy if he can't play soccer… She shook her head. These thoughts were starting to get out of control… She needed to talk to someone about it before she exploded. As if on cue, the bell rang and Silney was immediately out the door. "Silney?" Odd asked she booked it out of the class room.
Silney walked briskly down the hallway. Who could she talk to…? Who could she…? Ah ha! "Yumi! Aelita!" she yelled and quickly grabbed the two who had just walked out of their class. "Whoa! Where's the fire?" Yumi asked as they were dragged down the hall.
"In here!" Silney responded and pulled them both into the bathroom. "Ok, listen, I need to talk to you two and I'm not really sure how to say it" she turned to face the two confused girls after the door had closed. Ok, now that she was here, how did she tell these two that she was beginning to get a crush on their friend? Oh man, this suddenly seemed like a really bad idea… Maybe there was someone else… Maybe… Of course! There was someone else!
Silney punched her fist into her hand with a bright smile "Sweet! Thanks for the talk guys!" she stated and went running from the bathroom. Aelita blinked in confusion and looked at Yumi "What was that about?"
Yumi only shrugged "No clue"
Well, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter and I hope it was worth the wait! Ah who am I kidding, nine months is WAY too long of a wait… My bad. Well, my sis needs her laptop back at the moment and the main computer is screwing up again… So I'll put the other two chapters up ASAP! Like, later today or tomorrow… So until then… So long!
