Blast Into The Past
"Alone Time"
Chapter- 14

After what he'd said, he looked away and tried to pretend like he hadn't said it in the first place. He really wasn't the best person to talk to when things got serious, anyway. But how were her problems serious? The only thing she was worried about was whether or not Ulrich noticed her. It was pretty annoying how she was so in love with his friend. Odd knew Ulrich, and he wasn't that great of a guy. Who was Odd kidding, Ulrich was everything girls wanted!

"Look, I'm sorry I was so blunt before…" He broke the silence. He put his hands on his knees, and put a bit of a grip on them. He did that when he was nervous, mostly. He really did have something to be nervous about; Sissi was vicious.

She looked at him with fuming eyes, "You should be sorry." She said, before slowly turning her head away from him. Odd looked at her for a second after, his shocked eyes relaxed into angry slits. He wasn't going to let her have the last word.

"Hey, you know, maybe I'm not sorry," He said. She grunted and turned her head to look back at him, her eyes darting him like a target. "You're the one who started It." He folded his arms and looked away, sticking his nose in the air. He proved maturity with one second.

"I did not," She debated. "After what you said, I think I deserved some quiet. But you ruin everything, don't you?" She raised an eyebrow, and looked at him like he was something she could skin.

"I was just trying to be nice. But I understand that you don't know what it means, since you never are." He grinned to himself, satisfied with his reply.

"Oh, really? And how would you know that I'm never nice? It's not like you've taken the time to know me." She looked down at the ground like it was more important. "You and your friends just treat me like I have nothing important to say. Like I cant help, ever. You have no idea what it feels like. To know that people think you just screw everything up."

Odd could almost witness the tears in her eyes, and suddenly his grin faded and he didn't feel so joyful anymore. He hadn't meant to hurt her. They treated each other like this all of the time; How have things changed? And he understood what she was saying. That was the worst part. He knew to people he was just the funny guy, only there for some comedic relief. Even though he could be more, he just felt no one wanted to see it.

"Why don't you just leave me alone, Odd."

She held herself like it was freezing. Her head was halfway turned towards the window. And Odd literally felt like crap.

-

Time had sure passed, and they'd been told that they were nearly to the hotels. Odd found himself thinking about her again. Okay, maybe it was a little true that he hadn't taken time to get to know her. Maybe it was all the way true. But it wasn't like she'd made it easy! She was always pulling a trick on them, or telling him off. How about the constant hours of her following Ulrich, or picking on Aelita? He'd always just assumed that she wasn't worth the time, and most of the time she'd prove him right with an insult… But she'd made everything different this time. Why was she like this? Maybe because all of her stuff was gone. She had said that she was sad over that earlier. Maybe he should start thinking before talking. It would sure make things easier.

"I'm sorry," He blurted out. He looked at her like pathetic, and she turned to him with a surprised face. "I was a jerk." He admitted.

"Yea." She nodded, with a smile. "You were a pretty big jerk." She said.

Yea, her saying that did irritate him to a point where he wanted to twitch, but instead he smiled back.

"Yea…" He agreed. He looked away and decided that if he didn't say anything back, he wouldn't have to apologize again.

"I guess I'm sorry too," She finally said. "I know you're a bit slow, so I shouldn't have been so harsh on you."

Odd almost twitched, but stopped himself in fear that she would get mad and kill him. And he wasn't joking. So he took it. It was the 'smart' thing to do, right? …

"Thanks."

"Yea." She pushed a fallen lock of hair behind her ear, and then started to turn back towards the window. She just didn't want to continue the conversation because she'd already degraded herself enough to sit next to him. Continuing this 'sorry' fest would just make things worse.

"…Sissi," He said without thinking. "I know your upset about losing your things… I've been saving up some money, and… I'll buy you a few things to make up for what I said. And, Maybe I'll get to know you a little better."

Her eyebrow's raised and she felt her heart increase in heartbeat. Did he really just offer his afternoon with her? Had he really just offered to buy her things because she felt bad? Maybe Odd wasn't such an Oddball after all. Unless, this was some sort of joke…

"What are you trying to pull?" She lowered just one eyebrow. Her face sort have scared Odd to the point where he wanted to crawl under the seat and die. He'd actually considered doing that.

"Nothing. Honest, Sissi. I'm just trying to be nice for once. Remember what I said earlier? I'm not nice everyday, so when it comes around, you should take it." He winked, and she looked at him surprised. He sure wasn't acting like himself, that was for sure. But if it got her free stuff, she was willing to do it.

"But what would you get out of it?" She asked.

"Who knows," He shrugged. He looked away with a blank face, and looked back at her with what seemed like a sideways smile. "Maybe a new friend."

-

Odd woke up to the brakes of the bus scratching. Opening his eyes, he looked down to the pressure that was on his chest. Frightfully, he found Sissi asleep on it. He tried his best not to panic. But he wasn't too sure what he should do; If he pushed her off, she could wake up and cream him for pushing her. But if he left her here, and she woke up, she would cream him for being a pervert. He looked to his left, and then rushed his head to the right.

Suddenly he felt a vibrate in his pocket, and that made him jump a little. Rolling his eyes at his own stupidity, Odd reached down his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. It was blinking a purple light; Meaning he'd just received a text message. Opening it, he found that it was Ulrich who had sent it.

"Having fun with Sissi? We're here, so meet me outside the bus. -U"

Odd put the phone back into his pocket, and looked back down at Sissi. What had he gotten himself into? He didn't know how to handle this situation, how is he supposed to handle an entire night with her? The girl who really didn't like him breathing around her… Or at all.

"Ugh…" He heard her mumble. He shifted his eyes to look down, and saw her looking up. They were exceptionally close at this time, and their eyes stared directly into each other. It was then he felt fear. He had to spit out a, 'I'm sorry' as quick as he could.

"Oh-! I'm-"

"-Sorry," She cut him off, pushing herself off of him. She rubbed her eyes, and glanced out the window. Seeing the bus pulled up against a curb, she realized that they were already at the hotel. "I guess I was more tired then I thought I was."

"Uh, Um…" He rubbed the back of his neck, "… It's no problem." He grinned nervously. She turned her head to look at him, and then she smiled at him, and even laughed.

"You look like an idiot." She smiled at his nervous face. "Let's get out of here."

The bus left from back to front, so Ulrich and Yumi were one of the first people that exited the bus. Yumi held sleeping Natsumi tightly in her arms, and Ulrich stood by her side looking around for their friends. They were expecting Jeremie and Aelita to come out before Odd.

"Yumi!" Aelita spotted her Japanese friend. Quickly, she grabbed Jeremie by the hand, and pulled him behind her as she made her way towards their friends. As the pair walked up to the other, they smiled.

"They said to wait out here until further notice," Ulrich said taking his phone back out from his pocket. He hadn't heard anything from Odd, and he was getting a little nervous. He thought Odd was joking about Sissi killing him, but maybe not. "Hopefully we can pick who we room with. That way we can all be together."

"All of us?" Yumi looked at him, "There's no way their going to dorm boys and girls in the same room."

"Delmas is really busy, though…" Jeremie pondered. "There's a slight chance we might actually get away with it."

Aelita nodded, and then looked at Ulrich. "Have you heard anything from Odd?"

Ulrich looked up from the screen on his phone, and looked at Aelita. "Nothing yet. Sissi might have clobbered him or something." He let out a light laugh.

"Ulrich," Yumi called for his attention, and he turned his head towards her, "Do your burns still hurt? If they do I'll get Jim and tell him to pick something up for them."

"No, no. They'll heal on their own. Don't worry about me, Yumi." He smiled at her. She shot him a face that read, 'Why do you have to act so tough?' But it wasn't long until that face turned into a smile, and she nodded.

"Attention!" Jim had the loudspeaker this time. He held it back up to his mouth, "I want all of you to pair up in a group, and wait at the desk for your room number. When you receive your key, you need to get to that room, and stay put."

Ulrich groaned and turned his phone off, "I don't know where Odd is, but hopefully he'll catch up to us. Let's get in that line, we want to get to our room as quick as possible."

Jeremie and Aelita nodded in agreement. Ulrich and Yumi were in the lead of the crowd, and had to push their way through. Yumi held Natsumi close to her, and tried to walk as smoothly as possible, so she wouldn't wake up. Surprisingly, Ulrich took her hand and pulled her with him. It wasn't like him to make a move like that. She didn't say anything. Instead, she held his hand back, Squeezing it with a smile. Once they were inside of the hotel, Yumi couldn't help but realize that it was a beautiful hotel. The walls were a light pink, and the floor's were white. There were statue's in the corners, though a few had vases filled with red and white roses.

She walked to the front desk with Ulrich, and let him do all of the talking. He seemed to know what he was doing, so she just stayed silent. Ulrich told him that their were five of them staying in the same room, and gave him their names. Then the man nodded in Ulrich's direction, and handed him a gold key. Ulrich held it in his palm, and once again took her hand to pull her away from the lobby, and outside of the hotel. They had to walk up the outside stairs onto their balcony to reach their room. The stairs were only fifteen stairs up. They were a pretty white, and they lead to a dark room. Ulrich opened the door, and let her walk in first. He flipped the light switch, and the room suddenly filled up with light.
The room was plain, but still very pretty. Their were two queen sized beds. One was next to the window to look outside, and the other was next to the bathroom. Their was a nightstand between them with a beautiful golden lamp laying on it, a remote for the TV, a phone, and a list of channels. Yumi walked over to the bed by the window, and gently laid Natsumi down. Her head laid on the pillow, and Yumi was careful not to wake her, as she pulled the blankets out and then over her. She tucked in the corners, to be sure that she would stay snug and warm.

"This room is very lovely!" Aelita commented. She spun in circles, and Jeremie smiled at her as he sat down on the bed that wasn't being occupied by Natsumi.

"So who gets what bed?" Jeremie asked.

Yumi lifted her head from looking down at Natsumi, and stared straight at Jeremie's direction. "Well, I'm sleeping with Natsumi."

"…Me too." Ulrich spoke. All three of them turned to look at him. He suddenly felt like running away. He didn't mean for it to sound like he was a pervert or anything, it just came out that way. He shrugged, "I don't know, I am the dad. I… Thought that I should."

"You should," Yumi smiled at him, as a light blush showed up on her cheeks. She shook her head, and looked back at Jeremie and Aelita, "That means that you two can have that bed."

"What about Odd?" Aelita asked, sitting next to Jeremie on the bed that was now theirs.

"Floor." They all said in unison, laughing a little after.

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Odd took his cell out from his pocket, and found four missed calls. Looking through them, he saw that they were all from Ulrich. He looked up from his phone to look at the girl sitting next to him. They were on a large cement bridge. It was high above water, with a three bared railing keeping them from falling off. They were sitting, Odd had his legs dangling over the edge, his arms crossed on the bottom bar and his head laying on his tangled arms.

"Maybe we should get back," Odd said. He was holding a chocolate ice-cream cone. "It has been a couple hours. Your father is going to get worried and kill me."

The girl next to him shook his head, giggling softly, but enough to almost spit the strawberry ice-cream that she had just taken a bite of. She was holding a cup of Strawberry Ice cream. Three scoops, with sprinkles and Oreo's crumpled over the top.

"He's too busy to notice," She smiled at him. "Besides, we haven't even gone shopping yet."

He nodded at her, and then went back to eating the cone. The ice-cream was gone now.

"You want to go do that then?" He asked her, while finishing the food in his hand. He brushed the crumbs off his hands by swiping them, and then rose to his knees. The girl nodded. She had finished her Ice-cream, and dropped the empty cup the ice-cream was in off of the bridge, watching as it fell into the water.

"You shouldn't litter." Odd grinned as he went all the way up to his feet. She went up to hers two, and then looked over the railing to see where the cup had landed.

"Don't get all eco-friendly on me. You should look at it like I'm feeding the fish." She smiled, and walked passed him towards the curb so she could call a cab to take them to the shopping mall. Odd watched her walk away. He looked back over the railing to see the cup float down stream, and he looked back at her.

"Come on, Odd!" She yelled for him. The cap had already pulled over, and was waiting for them to get in.

He shook his head and smiled, "Your one crazy girl, Sissi."

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"It was nice of Jeremie and Aelita to take Natsumi to the park. She's going to be hyper since she slept for a long time." Yumi said, as she sat Indian style on the bed. Ulrich was in the bathroom brushing his teeth with the free tooth brush the hotel gave out. The door was open so he could still hear Yumi talk.

"Yea it is nice," Ulrich said, his voice a little muffled from the amount of toothpaste in his mouth. "I'm surprised Jeremie even had the guts to leave. Usually he's all crazy about following the rules." He spit it out.

"Aelita made him do it," Yumi laughed. She was doing the cat's cradle with a piece of black string she had found in her pocket. "What Aelita says goes."

"You can say that again." Ulrich walked out of the bathroom, and sat on the bed. He laid down on his side, and laid his head on the pillow with his eyes closed.

"Excuse me, but are you going to sleep?" Yumi turned so that her stomach was facing the bed, but she hovered slightly above it thanks to her elbow's holding her up.

"I thought so." He said, opening his eyes back up to look at her.

"Oh… I thought we could talk?"

Ulrich just somehow knew that this was going to be an awkward conversation. He moved his body so that he was on his back, his arms behind his head.

"Talk." He simply said.

Yumi smiled at him, "Well what do you want to talk about?"

Ulrich turned his head to look at her, and wrinkled his eyebrows.

"You're the one that wanted to talk. Didn't you have a topic in mind?"

"Well… Okay," She said, sitting back up an in Indian style once more. "Doesn't it feel weird?"

"Weird?"

"I mean, since Natsumi got here, It's almost like me and you are actually married with a kid! Doesn't it feel that way to you?"

He turned his head back away from her and towards the ceiling.

"Yea, it does feel weird," Said Ulrich, "When me and Natsumi were in that school, It was like protecting her with my life. She was the most important thing at that time."

"I felt the same way! I mean, I was really worried about you two…" She blushed, "But Natsumi was just so fragile in there, I was so scared you wouldn't make it in time."

"Well I did." He smiled an achieving smile. Suddenly he moved sharply, groaning, and almost rolled off the bed, had it not been for Yumi grabbing his wrist and pulling him back onto it.

"What was that?" She asked, looking down at him with a raised brow.

"Heh… My arm hurt a little. It was like a spasm." He grabbed his arm with his other one, and sat up on the bed. Yumi stood up off of it, and walked towards the bathroom.

"Hold on, maybe they have some kind of cream in here," She said. Ulrich stood up off from the bed, and walked in the bathroom with her. He sat on the edge of the shower/tub, and watched her dig through the cabinet above the sink. He assumed she found something, because she took a tube of cream out, and kneeled before him.

"Give me your arm," She said. He did what he was told, and showed her the burns on his forearm. She opened the tube of cream, and dug two of her fingers into it. She made sure those fingers had enough of the white cream on them to help his burn. She touched his skin, and Ulrich watched her do it. "It's probably cold…"

"It is." He shivered lightly.

"Does this hurt?" She asked, looking up at him. He shook his head.

"Not at all." He smiled at her. Once the white cream wasn't visible anymore, she closed the tube and stood up off her knees, and laid it on the sink.

"Does it feel better?" She asked. She opened the cabinet door, and reached up to put the cream back onto the shelve. Ulrich stood up from the side of the tub, and stood behind her. Call it hormones, but he felt like making a move.

He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. He felt her stiffen a little when he did that, and he almost considered stopping. He would have if she wouldn't of turned her head to look at him. She had a smile on her face, and it made him glad that he'd done it. She turned around and pressed her chest against his, and wrapped her arms around his neck. At first she just laid her head on his shoulder, and he began to rock back and forth, moving her with him like they were dancing.

Yumi lifted her head from his shoulder to look in his eyes, and looked at them as deep as she could. It sort of made Ulrich shiver, but she pressed her lips against his. She moved her arms that were around his neck, and put them on his shoulders. She pushed him towards the bed, shoving him down onto it. He took her down with him, and she fell on top. During this, she didn't break their kiss and really didn't intend to.

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"Do you like this?" Sissi stepped out of the dressing room. Odd was sitting on one of the benches outside, telling her what he thought of the outfit. She was wearing a red skirt, with a black top that had the sleeves cut off of them.

"I don't like it." He shook his head. She shot him a glare, and then walked back into the dressing room, slamming the door shut behind her. "Sorry." He yelled loud enough for her to hear.

"Well sorry you don't like any of the outfits I picked out." She put the outfit back onto the hanger, and put it on a hook on the back of the door.

"Put on the outfit that I picked out."

She looked down to the floor, at the one that Odd had given to her. She really hadn't intended to try that one on. Odd had no fashion sense whatsoever. She picked up from the floor, and shrugged.

"I'm trying it on, Odd…" She snorted, "But don't get your smelly little hopes up."

It didn't take long before the door to the dressing room opened up, and Sissi walked out with a pose. The outfit that Odd picked out was a pair of maroon pants; It had a chain hanging down, and they were a cheap kind of leather. The top was a sleeve cut off black shirt, that had a heart that was white, and made of glitter on the chest area. She tied her hair back into a pony tail, and she had two strands falling down her face like she usually had.

Odd quit slouching and sat up, with a surprised look on his face. His eyes looked like they were on the verge of popping out, and his mouth could almost touch the ground. He looked her up and down, and eventually started nodding.

"I-I… I…" He couldn't comprehend how beautiful she looked at that moment. She laughed softly, and spun around in a circle,

"So you like it?" She asked. Odd slowly nodded, his eyes still wide open. Snapping himself out of it, he shook his head and looked away from her, a light blush on his cheeks. Nervous beads of sweat slid down his face.

"Uh- It's N-Nice…" He gulped, "Is… that what you want?"

She giggled and walked back into the dressing room.

"Well if it's good enough to make you drool, then I think I should."

"I didn't drool!" He yelled, standing up on his two feet. Everyone else that was sitting in the dressing room turned to look at him, and he just ignored them.

"Right," She said. She picked up her clothes, and put them in a shopping bag. "Pay for this and let's go."

"Your wearing them out of the store?"

"Yep." She nodded, flinging the bag that contained her old clothes over her shoulder. She walked out of the dressing room, and Odd sunk his head into his shoulders.

"How am I supposed to pay for it if your wearing it?" He chased behind her. She was in the makeup isle now, looking up and down the rows.

"I still have the tags on it, stupid." She said, reaching up and taking a bottle of pink nail polish. She turned it over and examined it, and Odd just watched.

"How much stuff do you plan on me buying you?" He crossed his arms. She put the nail polish back and took a different shade.

"How much do you have?" She gave him a smirk.

"That's not even funny." He said, turning away from her. Sissi took the nail polish, and put it into her bag. She then walked passed Odd to walk around the store. Odd ran up to walk by her side, and then looked towards her.

"Now what are we going to get?"

"Shoes."

Odd slapped his forehead, "…You have shoes."

"I need more shoes."

Odd looked back at her, and then shoved his hands back into his pockets. "I don't believe this. I offer to spend money on you, and you want to spend it on something you don't even need."

"I said, 'I need more shoes.' Notice I said, 'need.'" She said, looking up and down the isles. "Don't you want me to look pretty?" She suddenly asked, turning her head to look at him.

"Your already- Never mind."

She looked back at him and raised an eyebrow. "No… What were you going to say?"

"Nothing."

She walked in front oh him, and crossed her arms. "You were going to say something. Out with it!" She yelled.

He looked around him, "Do you really have to scream."

"Tell me."

"Why?"

"Because I want to know!"

"Fine," He put his head down and looked at the ground. Dozens of people walked passed the two, and Odd felt a light blush on his cheeks. "I was going to say… Your already pretty…"

Sissi's eyes widened, and she had to cover her mouth so she wouldn't scream. There really was no reason to get so excited over this, but it was just so surprising to hear him say that.

"You think I'm pretty?"

He sighed, "Yea… I do."

"… I don't believe this!" Her eyes sparkled.

"What?" He shrugged, taking his hands out of his pockets and throwing them in the air. "I think Sissi Delmas is beautiful!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs suddenly. The people that were roaming the store suddenly stopped to look at Odd and Sissi.

Sissi stood frozen for a moment, but then jumped back to her senses. She grabbed Odd by the wrist, and pulled him into an empty isle that was full of stuffed animals and other kid toys. She let go of his wrist when she knew they were alone, and then she laughed in his face.

"I cant believe you just did that," She laughed. She even held her side because she was laughing so hard. "That was the best thing that has ever happened to me!"

Odd smiled at her, "Glad you had fun. Now let's go, okay?"

Before Odd could take a step, Sissi leaned forward and planted a kiss on his cheek. She then pulled away and turned, walking away from him.

"What was that for?" He called afterwards. He laid his hand on the spot that she had kissed, and felt that it was burning with blush.

"For saying that I was beautiful." She turned her head to shoot him a smile, and she turned the corner. He couldn't see her anymore now. He turned his head to look at the stuffed bears next to him. Sissi was acting like a totally different person. She was being nice, laughing, smiling, and she just gave him a kiss. It was on the cheek, but it was still worth something. He was actually starting to think that he wanted it to be worth something. He shuddered at the thought of getting a crush on Sissi, and grabbed one of the stuffed bears.

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He watched every move she made. She ran faster then Natsumi, yet she slowed down in speed so the little one could catch up and feel happy. And that made Aelita happy. He watched Natsumi run off towards the swings, and he kept his eyes on Aelita as she walked back towards him.

"This is so much fun, Jeremie." She sat down next to him. She had a big smile on her face, and she watched Natsumi dive onto the swing.

"It is," He looked at her. "Your really great with Natsumi, you know that?"

Her cheeks turned rosy, and she smiled.

"She's such a cutie," She laughed. "Yumi and Ulrich are very lucky."

Jeremie smiled and nodded.

"Do you want to have kids, Jeremie?" She asked. Jeremie turned bright red, and his glasses slid down his nose, hitting the bench. Aelita picked them up for him, and put them back where they were supposed to be.

"W-What is that supposed to mean?" He twiddled his thumbs and looked away from her.

"I didn't mean now," She laughed. "I meant when your older. You want children, right?"

"Of course I do…" He looked down. "I've always wanted kids. I'm just not very good with them."

Aelita giggled, "You'll get better. Practice with Natsumi a little."

"I suppose…" He looked back at the little girl and smiled. She was sitting on the swing, and she pumped her legs to get higher.

"You just need to learn how to spend more time with them then the computer."

"Yea…" He nodded, and then looked back at her. "Wait… Are we still talking about kids?"

Aelita shook her head, "… I'd like to spend more time with you, Jeremie. I hate being second…"

"Your not second," Jeremie took her hand into his. "Aelita believe me, your not."

"Then what am I?"

"You mean the world to me! … I-I mean… Your first…"

With burning cheeks, Aelita leaned her body against Jeremie's shoulder. She snuggled close to him, and they both kept an eye on Natsumi.

"Thanks, Jeremie."

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Jeremie and Aelita had gotten back to the hotel a half hour later. They both laid on the bed, and fell asleep. They laid back to back, but hand in hand.

Ulrich and Yumi laid facing each other, but Natsumi was between them. Surprisingly, she'd fallen asleep right when they got their. Ulrich and Yumi both had an arm around her.

Odd walked Sissi back to the room Principal Delmas was sleeping in. Before she walked in, she turned back towards Odd. He had his hands behind his back, and he rocked nervously.

"Thank you, Odd…" She said. "I had a lot of fun."

He smiled at the ground, "Yea. Me too."

In her arms, she held the stuffed bear he had gotten for her. It was so fluffy, she held it close.

"Come here," She said. It caught him off guard, so he stood his ground and raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Ugh, Just do it." Sissi rolled her eyes. He did as he was told and walked towards her. "I wanted to say thanks, because… You actually spent time with me. It felt good." She smiled.

"I'm glad." He stared at her.

"And… Thanks for calling me beautiful."

"Well, You already thanked me for that." He blushed.

"But, I haven't thanked you for the goodnight kiss."

He squinted his eyes in confusion, "But… I didn't-"

Sissi pressed her lips tightly against his, and placed her hands on both of his cheeks to deepen the kiss. Odd's eyes dove open, an he wasn't too sure if he wanted to continue this or not. This was Sissi, after all. The girl that he was sworn to hate. The girl that followed his best friend around like a sick puppy.

She let go of him, and stepped away from him. He smiled at her, and rubbed his lips with a finger. "You… Got lip gloss on me."

She giggled and opened the door, "Goodnight, Oddball."

"Yea… Goodnight."

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A/N
I am so incredibly sorry for the long wait for an update!! I tried for a long time to get some
inspiration, but it just wouldn't come. But then it just suddenly came. xD
I dont really know what to think of this chapter. I like it because it changes the story a bit. It shows
that the kids are a little more mature, and that they aren't as shy as before. Plus this chapter is really just a filler, so it dosn't matter.
But at the same time, I dont like it for those reasons. I just dont think I really did a good job.
Next chapter might not take so long since I'm on winter break.
Hopefully I'll get it up within the next few days.
Credit goes to the people who sent me PM's telling me to update. I seriously love those.
I think they give me inspiration, and get me to move a little better.
Anyway, I like the OddSissi-ness. I tried so hard not to get them out of personality, but
I think I made Sissi a tad too nice.
Well this chapter is too long the way it is, I'll cut the author's note here. Smile

Next Chapter:
Parents begin to arrive to pick up their kids, and Ulrich has to say goodbye to Yumi and bid good luck to Natsumi and wish them luck. But thanks to Odd and his brilliant ideas, Ulrich might not have to go after all. Though, there's still danger lurking in the future for a certain purple-loving-boy. Xana has woken up.