Chapter 17: almost perfect Hey everyone. This has been a really great experience. I hope you will all continue to read my stories. The first chapter of my next fic will be posted. If not tomorrow than Monday night. Thanks again. Please R&R. this is the last chapter. (I changed my mind on the name)
Odd: I got hit 3 times and I don't see any review's.

Yumi: Yep there's 5 right now!

Ulrich: He never was good at math.

Lee: I thought he wasn't good at anything?

Jenny: He's good at talking, snoring, and EATING!

Jeremy: That's Odd alright!

Odd: Why me?

Cindy: Because. like you could do anything else.

Sissi: (Storms in room) Why wasn't I in this chapter.

Everyone except for Sissi: (Ignores her.)

Jenny: Well...Sissi Samantha, Theo, or me were in it so don't be a SISSI girl.

Rena: Well if you were in this chapter then nobody would review.

Cindy: True.

Aelita: We're on tv again.

Samantha: Yeah!

Rena: On with the show! Thanks again Cindy!

Friday morning "hey guys." yumi said with a smile as the bench came into view. "great news. Our band is going to play a song at the dance." she said sitting between odd and Ulrich. "that's awesome yumi. How'd you pull that off?" Ulrich asked. "long story. At lunch we're gonna have a practice in the gym. Anyone volunteer to get Nicolas?" she asked. "I'll do it." odd said after a moment of silence. "you guys have a band Jeremy?" Aelita asked. "no yumi odd and Ulrich have a band. Remember I have no talent." he said. "your right Jeremy getting Aelita here and having an iq of one million is no talent." Ulrich said. "you get what I mean." Jeremy said. "ah guys?" yumi asked. "yeah." odd said. "you didn't let me finish. I wrote a song." she held out a sheet of notes. No title or lyrics. "cool yumi. What's it called?" Ulrich asked. "well I don't know yet. that's one reason we're having a practice. The other is you never played this before." she said. The bell rang. "well got to go." yumi waved as the rest of the group stood up to walk to Ms. Hurtz class.

Class Odd threw a paper football over his shoulder while the teacher was turned towards the board. It hit sissi in the forehead. She unfolded it expecting it to be for her. She rolled her eyes and handed it to Nicolas. Nicolas,
Practice in gym at lunch. New song. Odd.

Yumi sat in the noisy class room humming her new song quietly. "sounds great. What is it?" she looked up. "oh hi Emily it's a song I wrote for my band." yumi said with a half embarrassed look. "cool cant wait to hear it." she answered Sitting down in the seat next to yumi. "well we're playing at the dance so you'll get your chance." yumi said. The bell rang. "well see ya later."
"do we get to hear the words?" sissi asked as the band set up it's equipment. "when I sing them." yumi said. "if your really nice we'll let you listen to them during practice." Ulrich said. "I was gonna stay if you wanted me to or not. I have to set up decorations." sissi said twirling her finger in the air. "another perk of your dad being principal." odd laughed. "ok mikes working. What about you guys?" yumi asked pulling out her notebook from her back pack. The guys nodded. "can we hear it now?" odd asked. "ok but no laughing if you don't like it or it's stupid." she said. "would we do that?" odd asked. "you would." Ulrich said. "just remember yumi has a little extra……mind power." he said with a laugh. Yumi rolled her eyes. (music starts)
I wake up in the morning,
Put on my face.
The one that's gonna get me,
Through another day.
doesn't really matter,
How I feel inside.
Cause life is like a game sometimes.
Then you can around me, The walls just disappear.
Nothing to surround me,
Keep me from my, fears.
I'm unprotected.
See how I've opened up.
You made me trust.

And I never felt like this before I'm naked around you.
Does it show?
And you see right through me and I cant hide.
I'm naked around you.
And it feels so right.

Yeah yeah.
I'm trying to remember,
Why I was afraid.
To be myself and let the,
Covers fall away.
Guess I never had someone like you!
To help fit, in my skin.

And I never felt like this before I'm naked around you.
Does it show?
And you see right through me and I cant hide.
I'm naked around you.
And it feels so right.

Oh oh yeah.
Does it show?
I'm so naked around you.
And I cant hide.
Your gonna see right through me baby.
(music ends)

Yumi took a breath. "well?" she asked. "wow yumi that's great." Ulrich said. "you wrote that?" odd asked. "yes." yumi said. "what do you think Nicolas?" Ulrich asked. "it's great." he said. "I still have no idea what to call it. But I'm glad you liked it. What about you sissi?" yumi asked. "hmm it's ok." she said. 'rinnng' "ok you guys. We get to play towards the end of the dance. Me and Aelita are meeting you here see ya!" yumi said running out of the gym. "ok sissi spill. How did yumi get our band to play during the dance?" Ulrich asked. She giggled. "well I might have helped." she said. "how?" odd asked. "I kinda took her music book and thought it was really good. So I told daddy that she wanted to play at the dance and he agreed." she said. "ok so not that long of a story." odd said. "thank you sissi." Ulrich said grabbing his backpack.

Gym "ok. Because the gym is being decorated for the dance, we are going to play soccer." the girls gym teacher called in the locker room. "but it's freezing!" a few girls complained. "dress warm." she said. Aelita pulled a red t-shirt over her head and put on a pair of red shorts. Yumi's outfit was identical but it white stripes on the shorts.
Guys gym class "football? I thought we were swimming today." odd said as he Jeremy and Ulrich walked onto the field. They got to the far field and started their stretches. "did Aelita tell you that the girls are meeting us here tonight?" Ulrich asked Jeremy. "yeah. Do you know why?" Jeremy asked. "no she didn't say. Did Aelita?" Ulrich asked. "I hate it when they do this." Jeremy sighed. "they're girls. And knowing them they did it just to bug you. Or surprise you." odd laughed. "speaking of girls." Ulrich motioned over the girls gym class coming on the field. "hey Ulrich aren't those your soccer socks?" odd asked pointing to yumi. She had on a pair of white knee socks. "yes and aren't those yours Jeremy?" Ulrich asked. Aelita had on a pair of white knee socks as well. "yes. They do this on purpose." Jeremy sighed. "why would they take your socks?" odd asked. "who knows? I mean other than them." Ulrich said.
Ten mins later The entire boys gym class stood on the edge of the girls field watching a pink haired girl score. Again. "woh. Watch out Ulrich. You have some competition." odd said as Aelita kicked the ball over her head. "wow Jeremy your girlfriends good." one of the guys said from behind them. Yumi kicked the ball to sissi. "Aelita right!" sissi yelled passing her the ball. Aelita scored another goal. Jim was even watching. The whistle blew. sissi, yumi, Aelita, and a few other girls on their team jumped up and down. After a few seconds of celebration the girls class started walking back to the school. The guys snapped out of their state of disbelief. "ok you guys. Class is over." Jim said hustling them inside. "ok. Since when does Aelita excel in more than just academics?" Jeremy asked as the boys started back into the school. "you should know. You follow her everywhere." odd said. "I guess you didn't get the chance to find out because it's cold and we haven't been outside alot." Ulrich said. "hmm. I'll have to ask her if she's played before." Jeremy said. "oh yeah. I'm sure she played alot on lyoko. You know cause it's such a popular sport there." Ulrich said sarcastically. "good point." Jeremy laughed.
Girl's locker room "how did you get so good so fast?" yumi asked as the girls brushed their hair in front on the mirror. "I don't know. She told us how to play and I played." Aelita shrugged. "that is so not fair. Ulrich has tried to teach me how to play to many times to count and I can play half way decent sometimes." yumi said throwing her brush into her locker. "it's alot of fun. Do they have any teams around here?" Aelita asked. "well there's a school team." yumi laughed. "Ulrich's the best player and your better than him. You should try out. You'd be the only girl on the team but so what? I'm sure you'd make it." she said. Aelita locked her locker. "I'll have to ask him when the season starts. It's good exercise. I have a feeling I wont be getting alot since I wont be running from xana ever again." she said. "oh what ever shall we do?" yumi laughed. "I wont be getting much either so I should probably take up a sport to huh?" she asked. "well you could always resort to beating the crap out of odd when he gets annoying. Great exercise and it's really funny. Or you could stick to beating Ulrich up 6 times a month and take up a sport." Aelita said. "option number two. But number one occasionally." yumi joked. Aelita laughed. "you're still coming over to my house before we go to the dance right?" yumi asked. "mmhmm." Aelita nodded. "good. Bring your dress with you. That way if the guys see you, they still wont see it and the game we've been playing wont end till the dance." she laughed. "they are way easy. Do you think they know about the socks?" Aelita asked. "did you see their faces when we walked out of course they do." yumi said. " good point. I have to get to my last class. Meet you at the gates say 3?" Aelita asked. yumi nodded and the girls went their separate ways at the stairs.

Yumi read during her 7th hour. She wasn't really focused on the book or anything else for that matter. She just kinda dazed out. Sleeping with her eyes open. .:ever done it? Way fun! Anyways…:. Finally the bell rang. The sound took a second to register before she stood up. She gathered her books and darted out of the class.

Aelita hurried to her dorm dodging people as she did. It had become almost like a game. Run as fast as you can without running into any one. Finally reaching her room. "Aelita?" a voice called from behind her. She smiled. (almost) she thought turning around. "hello Jeremy." she said. "in a hurry?" he asked. "no. not really." she said. "why did you and yumi take our soccer socks?" he asked. "yumi?! Uh oh." she ran into her room and ran back out carrying her bag in less than 5 seconds. "sorrygottogobye!" she said tearing down the hall way towards the gate. She started down the side walk and seen yumi in a state of daydream leaning against the gate. "sorry I'm late." she panted when she reached her. Yumi pulled her self out of the clouds. .:sorry I couldn't resist:. "hmm? Oh it's ok. The dance doesn't start till 7 anyways. No big hurry." she said. "well Jeremy caught up with me and I forgot what I was doing cause he started talking and then he mentioned you and I remembered." Aelita said. "forgetting. Something you don't want to get into the habit of." yumi laughed. They started to walk down the street. "oh and you were right. Jeremy asked me about the socks it's still bugging them." Aelita giggled. "good. Oh do you have homework?" yumi asked. "yes. I have 3 subjects." she replied. .:ok. Aelita's adapting to the language (norm) but still talks kinda full. You know like she always does. But she's getting there:. "what about you?" yumi switched her backpack on to her other shoulder. "I only have 1. The teachers decided to give us a break cause today's the dance." she said. Aelita rolled her eyes, .:see she's getting normal!:. As they made their way up the driveway. "well, it's……..3:30. We have 3 ½ hours, but it shouldn't take more than 2 to get dressed." she said after glancing at her watch. "I see you got away with out sissi doing your hair." yumi laughed. "I got to my dorm first. She wasn't there, I had to leave. Hehe." Aelita said with a smile. "you sprinted to your dorm again didn't you?" yumi asked unlocking the door. "maybe." Aelita said. "mom? Dad? Anybody home?" yumi called kicking her shoes off. "your dad ran to the store for me. I'm in the kitchen." her mom called. The girls threw their bags on the couch and walked into the kitchen. "hey mom." yumi said. "hey girls. Pop's in the fridge. Hungry?" Mrs. Ishyama asked. .:ok I said pop now you know what state I'm from. (popsoda):. "no." the girls said in unison. "homework?" she asked. "yes." the girls said again in unison. "Ok no more unison it's starting to freak me out." her mom laughed. Yumi shook her head and opened the fridge. .: do they have coke in France?:. She handed Aelita a coke and grabbed one for herself. "what time are the boys coming to get you?" Mrs. Ishyama asked. Yumi and Aelita blinked. "I just know these things." she laughed answering the unasked question. "they're not. We're meeting them there." yumi said still confused by her mother. "because?" she asked. "just a little game we're playing." Aelita said. They turned and walked out. 'ring' yumi took out her cell phone. "hello?" she smirked. "hey Ulrich. We're starting our homework. (pause) no cause when were done we're gonna get dressed." she laughed. "later Ulrich." she hung up. "what her want?" Aelita asked taking out her language. "nothing. He just wanted me to help him study. Right. Sense when does he study?" yumi asked. "he didn't use the, 'I bombed the last math test and Jeremy's busy.' excuse that odd gave him during 7th hour did he?" Aelita asked. yumi's mouth dropped open. "there is no way they're beating us at our own game." she said sitting across from Aelita at the coffee table. "oh don't worry. They forget walls have ears." Aelita said, walls meaning herself. "yeah but Jeremy hasn't tried anything yet." yumi said. "for a genius he isn't very smart is he?" Aelita teased. "guess not."
Ulrich hung up his phone and turned to odd. "they didn't buy it odd." he said. "they're doing this to bug you and it's working." Jeremy said looking up from his book. "and this isn't bothering you the least bit?" odd asked. "no. not really. But it's fun watching Ulrich squirm." Jeremy laughed. "oh I'm just trying to figure out what they're up to." Ulrich defended. "that's exactly what they want you do. They're really not up to anything. Oh and Aelita heard odd give you that idea in 7th hour so that's why they didn't fall for it. Odd should really learn how to right notes." Jeremy laughed.
Ok this is part one because it is REALLY long and I want to do it as a two-part.
Fun facts Starmoon6- thank you. I am writing another story. Love your pen name Cindy- thanks I was really in a jam. Hehe. I said jam. (blame the sleep depravation. I lay in bed. I don't sleep)
Neo aguni- thanks alot. I think this is a good stopping point cause, blinks almost gave the rest of the story away! lol. Keep reading.