Another chapter! Yay! It's going to be a little confusing... okai? Every time you see one of these dealies -=- that means we're switching to a different scene, since Odd and Carly aren't at school. Naughty children. - Someone asked if it was a XANA attack and no, it wasn't 100% reality. By the way, there probably won't be any XANA attacks that I mention during the story, just because I don't want to deal with the whole going back in time thing. I'm trying to focus on their problems without XANA's attacks.
Shattered
-=- By Suki -=-
Chapter 4 -=- Strawberry Lemonade
"What is it Carly?" Odd asked. He had noticed that she couldn't say anything after I. "What're you trying to say?"
"It's hard... and well I'm not exactly sure," Carly admitted.
"You can trust me, Carly. I'll never let you down. Never have before, have I?" he asked, taking a hold of her hand and rubbing it with his thumb reassuringly.
Carly smiled her sad smiled, and stared at him with her big, sad eyes. "Odd? I don't want to run, but I seem to be better at it," she told him.
"You don't have to run from me," he whispered, trying his hardest to keep himself together.
"Odd... I don't want to be rejected. It hurts," Carly whispered softly. Odd had to lean closer to catch it all.
"Who's reject you Carly?" he asked, unaware of the fact they were only inches apart.
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Ulrich was becoming worried, which was something he didn't usually become. Odd hadn't shown up for physics and it was unlike him to skive off. Even worse, Carly was gone as well. Many of his classmates, didn't voice their opinions on the matter, but Ulrich had a sneaking suspicion they were wondering what was wrong as well. And a few didn't even know who Carly was.
"Ulrich! Ulrich, are you there? Earth to Ulrich!" Ms. Hertz had snapped him back into reality. "Can you solve this equation?"
Ulrich stared at the board. No, he couldn't. There were way too many numbers. "Umm..." Ulrich began.
Jeremie raised his hand, "It's wrong," he said, "It's unbalanced." Jeremie to the rescue. Ulrich made a mental note to thank him after class.
A note hit him on the back of the head. Carefully he unfolded it and kept it out of eyesight.
Ulrich,
What happened to Yumi? Where's Odd and the Carly girl? Are they making out or something? I think Carly is such a whore. She's never sitting with anyone, and then decides to sit with you just because you're popular. Next time let me sit with you.
All my love,
Sissi
Ulrich tried not to laugh. Sissi was such an egotistical jerk. She shouldn't be talking about other people at all. What was it that Jeremie had told Odd so many times? Better to let people think you a fool, then open your mouth and remove all doubt? Yeah, that sounded right.
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Yumi dozed off as the teacher droned on and on about America's Civil War. Who cared? They weren't even in America. She let her mind wander and it wandered over to Ulrich. He was so sweet and caring, helping her and all. It made her love him even more.
Wait, she loved Ulrich? As a friend perhaps... but no there was something else there. For some reason her temper was much closer to the surface when Sissi was flirting with him. It took all her self restraint not to strangle the girl on the spot.
What did she see him as then? A brother? No... That was Jeremie. He was her brother that she never had. Always listening to her problems and giving advice, that was brotherly. Ulrich didn't really do things like that. It was a different type of love she felt for Jeremie than him.
A different family member than? A cousin? Still no... That was the category Odd fell into and she knew that she loved Odd differently than Ulrich. There were no doubts there. What then?
A lover? She couldn't love him like that, could she? Maybe... but how would she know? She'd never been in love before. What had her mother said about love? Was it that thing about wanting to have their children? No, that was from a movie. Oh yeah! It was that you'd give anything to be next to them and have them holding you. Well, truthfully, that would apply to Ulrich. A blush started to creep up her cheeks and Yumi buried her head in heads to make sure no one else saw.
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"You," Carly whispered Odd could feel her warm breath tickle his cheeks.
"Why would I?" Odd began, but recognition dawned on him before Carly could answer. "Are you saying that...?"
Carly felt a blush creep up her neck, "Yeah."
"Carly... "Odd didn't know what to say. She was such a treasure to him, his own diamond. But was he her brother or was he more? Only he could answer that and looking into Carly's eyes, the answer came immediately. Without thinking he leaned over and kissed her.
Carly blinked; amazed that Odd was so... well, straight forward. She did, though, kiss back. The kiss lasted for a long time; they broke away only when both were completely out of breath. "I take that as you agree with me?"
"Obviously," he smiled and kissed her again.
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Ulrich was relived that the two had come back for lunch. "Where were you?" he asked the laughing pair.
"Err..." Odd looked at Carly, and smiled mischievously. "We'll let you guess."
"It won't take too long, I think," Carly chimed in, the same smile on her lips as well.
"Right..." Ulrich said and waved at Yumi, who was coming out of history.
"Hey," she said, blushing slightly when she met Ulrich's gaze. She noticed Carly and Odd's close proximity and grinned. "You two going out?"
"Bingo. Yumi gets two points," Odd joked. Yumi cast a glance at Carly that suggested why-are-you-going-out-with-a-clown?
Carly smiled, "Yumi... when you have strawberries and lemons, you make strawberry lemonade."
Yumi looked at her like she was crazy, but Carly just smiled and made her way to the lunch room.
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Yay! Carly and Odd got together. . Keep your eyes peeled for strawberries, okay guys? I promise they'll be coming up again. I'll update soon. -Suki
p.s. I like reviews, lol. Surprisingly they're all good. No bad ones yet, not that all bad ones are well, bad. If anyone has suggestions I wouldn't mind hearing them. Although kind and encouraging words work too! Love you all! -
