I know I have taken forever and a day to post again, and I am sorry. I own Skye and Katie and all of Skye's friends.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!!" Skye pound her head against the wall. "Why me? Wh me?!"

Katie blinked and barked sleepily. 'Have you gone insane? I'm trying to take a nap here.'

"Graah! This is insane! I like Odd, but Nick hates him, Sissi doesn't seem to like him, Odd likes me I thnk, and now Nick is setting me up with Herve!" Skye panicked . Then, a Fall Out Boy ring-tone filled the room, and Skye quit screaming long enough to see who was calling. It was January.

"It seemed like you would be having a meltdown right about now, so I called," January explained as she painted her toenails black.

"January, you are psychic," Skye flopped down on her bed. "Do you have guy problems sometimes?"

"That hormone will not be kicking in anytime soon."

"Well, it has for me." Skye retold her rant to January.

"Whoa. Your brother never seemed capable of hating someone," January concluded. "Just say you don't want to go out with the geek and go with purple-boy."

"I know, but Herve is Nick's friend." Skye sat back up. "I just...I don't know, I guess I don't want to disapoint Nick or something. I mean, we've always agreed and gotten along."

"What does that have to do with your love life?" January asked.

"I don't know, that's the point! This whole thing is just awkward."

"Just ask Odd to take you to the dance, and make it a giant group thing. Like what we did in seventh grade."

"Okay, I forget. How do you know how to solve all my love problems?"

"I'm friends with Alexa."

"Ah."

"Look, it's pretty late here. I'll call you tomorrow." January said. "See ya."

Skye hung up the phone, and decided to ditch gym. Jeremy did all the time and his grades never seemed to go down. So curled up in a ball and fell asleep...

Skye's Dream

Skye was on Lyoko, running as fast as her legs would carry her. It was unfamiliar territory, but since the sky was filled with chains of numbers, she knew the black, barren land was part of the computer. A giant black tower was ahead in the distance, and it had an ominous feel.

Congratulation on making it this far. No wonder you are the key.

'They key to what?' Skye thought. Out of nowhere, Crabs in the dozens appeared out of nowhere. They were not the same Crabs she was used to fighting. They were jet black with ven more legs. Skye brandished he nails, and they grew tremendously. She jumped in the air, and with a flash, all the crabs were quartered.

Superb. You have amazing agility and power.

"Where are you?!" Skye yelled.

Be patient, Skye. You will play your part in time. For now, just sleep...

Skye's eyes flashed open, and peered at the clock . She had slept longer than she thought, and the classes would be over in a few minutes. She crawled out of bed, grabbed her sketchbook, and started drawing her dream. The twisted black trees, the gray ground, the sinister looking tower.

After about another half an hour, the drawing was finished. It was extremely dark and gloomy. She added the Xana eye in the sky for effect. What did that dream mean? She thought. Evil computer viruses don't just talk to you in your dreams.

Someone knocked on the door, and when Skye answered it, Herve was attempting to look cool by leaning on her doorframe. When he tried to wave, he fell. "Can I help you?" Skye asked.

Herve stumbled back onto his feet. "Well, um, you weren't in class, so I came to check on you." Skye cocked her eyebrow. "Um, Nicolas said that you didn't have a date for the dance yet, so... I thought I would ask."

"I'm sorry, Herve. But I'm going with someone already." Skye said.

"Oh. Okay. Uh, is it Odd?"

"Why do you need to know?"

"Well, you see–"

"Did Nick ask you to see if I was going with Odd?"

"Maybe."

Skye groaned. "Tell him this is none of his business." And with that she slammed the door. Herve stood there for fifteen more seconds before leaving.

Skye grabbed her stuff, and after checking that Herve was gone, left for the factory. She went up to the roof, where Odd had first taken her. A cool autumn wind was blowing, tossing around leaves and her hair.

"Hey there, stranger." She turned around to see Odd standing behind her. "I see you ditched."

"It's healthy to ditch every once in a while." Skye said.

"I agree." He took a seat next to her. "So, you never answered my question."

"Oh, yeah, about that." Skye said. "Nick sort of asked me to go on a group date with Herve."

"Oh."

"But I told him I was going with someone else." Skye clarified. "I was hoping that someone would be you." She blushed as red as the leaves.

Odd blushed, too. "Y-yeah. Thanks, Skye."

Skye pecked him on the cheek. "Thanks. I guess I'll see you later."She left in a daze, surprising herself that she didn't trip. Meanwhile, Odd was doing a happy dance and pumping his fists in the air.

"Yes! Yes! Yes, yes, yes!" He chanted. "OI am going to the dance with the most amazing girl!!"

Once again, incredibly sorry for the wait. Hope you enjoyed the chapter.