The first lunch of the school week featured grilled chicken as the main dish. Odd sat down with the rest of his friends, his mood considerably better than it was for the past few days.

"Looks like our little Odd-ball is cured," Yumi stated as she turned to Ulrich. "So, what happened?"

Ulrich looked at Odd who nodded. "Well, I finally got Odd to tell me who the girl on the internet was."

Everyone in the table leaned in. "So, who was it?" Jeremie asked.

"Sissi."

Everyone looked at Odd who confirmed it by nodding.

"But, I thought..." Jeremie said.

"Long story," Odd said. "Really long story."

Everyone looked at each other and shrugged. Aelita broke the silence. "So, now what?"

"I don't know," Odd said. He turned around to see Sissi sitting down at her usual seat. "But I think I have a plan." He got up from his sat and straightened out his clothes. "Hey, Jeremie?"

"Yeah?" Jeremie said as he put down his fork.

"If this doesn't work out, do me a favor and do a 'return to the past' for me, please." Odd began to walk away from the group.

"Odd!" Ulrich shouted. "I thought I told you not to..." He stopped when he realized that Odd wasn't going to listen anymore.

Yumi leaned over. "What's he doing?" she asked.

Ulrich sighed. "Something stupid."

Odd walked over and stood by Sissi. She looked at him briefly before quickly averting her eyes. "Listen, Odd, I'm not in the mood to fight with you today," she said.

"I didn't come over to fight," he said. "I wanted to talk."

Sissi looked around, glad that no one had noticed Odd near her right now, Nikolas and Herve exempted. She lowered her tone of voice. "Where do you want to talk?"

"Right here is fine," he said.

"Now?"

"Now."

Sissi looked at her cohorts and jerked her head, signaling that they move somewhere else for the time being. Herve and Nikolas looked at each other confused before picking up their trays and moving to the next empty table. She scooted over so that Odd could have a seat. "So, what is it?" she asked.

"I want to get back together," he blurted out.

"What?"

"Listen," he explained, "ever since we broke up, I've been miserable. I haven't been myself. I was a different Odd, one that didn't care about myself or anyone else and was fine living in misery. I felt... I felt like a piece of myself was missing. After some soul searching and some help from my friends, I found out that missing you in my life right now caused me all that misery. I want you back."

"But what about your friends?" she asked.

Odd shook his head. "I'm sorry, but that reason is kind of lame. At times like this being selfish is OK. Besides, you can't tell me you weren't feeling miserable too these past few days."

Sissi was feeling lost those past few days. She missed Odd but still kept thinking her reasons for breaking up were right.

"Look, I'll show you just how lame that reason is." Odd moved the chair aside and stood up. He placed one foot on the seat before Sissi grabbed him by the sleeve.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"Probably something stupid," he replied. "But trust me. This will work." He got both feet planted on the seat and used it as a stool. He cleared his throat before be began to speak out loud. "Hey, everyone! Can I have your attention for just a second please?"

Everyone in the cafeteria stopped what they were doing and focus their attention on Odd. Usually, anytime he would do something like this he ended up either doing something or saying something stupid. Whether or not he was successful didn't matter since he was entertaining all the same.

"Thank you," Odd said addressing the crowd. "I just wanted to let everyone here to know that I am in love with Elisabeth Delmas!"

The crowd fell silent as the jaws of most of the students there fell to the floor. Everyone knew Odd as the Kadic Casanova for the many girls he had dated since attending Kadic. Few of them expected him to focus his energy on just one girl. Fewer still expected that girl to be Sissi.

"What!" the Lyoko warriors shouted in unison. Just a few moments ago they all knew that Odd was dating Sissi before the break-up occurred. They knew that he was going to talk to Sissi about something but they had no idea that he would pull off a stunt like this.

"What?" Milly said. The school reporter had not seen this coming a mile away. Though she prided herself on being the source of legitimate news and gossip for the school, she was kicking herself for not picking up on this sooner, especially since she always saw both of them in the chat room being awfully quiet. Nevertheless, she quickly picked up her pen and notepad and began taking down some notes.

"What!" Herve shouted out. All of those warnings from Nikolas about someone trying to sweep Sissi off her feet were coming true. He didn't expect that of all people to do such a thing it would be the one that argued with her day in and day out.

"That's right," Odd confirmed, "I am in love with Sissi. And I don't mean that puppy love kind. I mean that true love kind." Odd jumped down from his impromptu stool and faced Sissi. "I love you and I really don't care who knows it."

Sissi was stunned. She couldn't believe that he would do such a thing, especially in front of what practically was the whole school. While she wasn't angry with him, she was slightly flattered that he would go to such lengths to prove himself to her. "Odd, I..."

Odd had interrupted Sissi with a kiss. His eyes closed with confidence as he pressed his lips against hers, his hands resting on the back of her head. Her eyes widened in surprise as he shocked her once more with his actions, her arms outstretched on either side. Despite how things looked, she presented no resistance when their lips met. In fact, after a few moments had passed, she began to relax and give in to what was happening.

Silence still permeated throughout the cafeteria. After everything that had happened, everyone was anticipating Sissi's next move. When those in attendance saw that she was beginning to wrap her arms around him, some of them started clapping their hands. In a short amount of time, the clapping grew louder and louder until everyone was applauding the couple.

"Yes!" Tamiya said, snapping a picture of the couple. She took a few more pictures, confident that this would make a great front page story for the Kadic newspaper.

"Yes!" Aelita shouted out. She always Odd to find the same happiness that she did with Jeremie. She also wanted Sissi to find happiness ever since their first encounter in the chat room. The fact that they both found happiness with each other was unexpected but she was smart enough to know that fate always worked mysteriously.

"No!" Herve shouted. His worst nightmare, having Sissi fall in love with another man, was happening right before his eyes. Feeling helpless and powerless, all he could do was cry while his friend tried as hard as he could to console him.

Principal Delmas walked into the cafeteria to do a random observation on the students. His interest piqued when he saw all of the students applauding and cheering. However, his interest turned to rage when he saw what they were cheering at.

"MISTER DELLA ROBBIA!"

The cheering and applause immediately came to a screeching halt when the booming voice of the Principal resonated through the building. The crowd looked alarmed, wondering what would possibly happen now. Odd immediately broke away from the kiss and looked at the Principal sheepishly, hoping that he would suddenly calm down. Unfortunately, this was not going to be the case.

"My office! Now!"

Odd grimaced. He knew he was going to be in trouble, but with the emotional state the Principal was in now, the amount of trouble he was going to be in was questionable. As he walked towards the exit, head looking down, Sissi turned around to face her father. She tried to say something with her hand stretched out but stopped herself. She knew how stubborn her father could get anytime he was upset. She sat back down as all of the other students went back about their business, pretending like nothing had just happened.

"Should I get the program ready?" Jeremie asked.

"Let's wait until the end of the day," Aelita said. "I don't think Odd wants to go back just yet."