"Hey Lily!" Mimi yelled back. "How are you?"
Lily had very dark brown hair with black streaks in it. Her hair reached down her back, it was parted to the right, and she wore two strawberry hair clips on the right part of her parted hair. She had dark brown eyes and doubled pierced ears and she wore crystal earrings and crescent earrings that dangle. She wore a light purple jacket over a dark pink tank top, dark indigo jeans that had a little flare and black shoes with a little pink star by the heels.
"Great! I haven't seen you in a while," said Lily. "Do you like your new school?"
"Yea it's great. How's school without me?"
"Well, it's pretty boring. Remember Rina?"
"That girl who tries to be me?" asked Mimi.
"Yea her, well now since you're not there, she's trying to be my best friend or something. It's hilarious." Lily started giggling. "So what have you been doing?"
"Oh, nothing much," replied Mimi.
"You always say that," said Lily.
"Like your new hairclips," said Mimi. "It's cute."
"Yea, thanks," said Lily. "My grape ones were eaten. My dog mistaken them as real grapes and ate them."
Ulchi was behind Mimi. He tapped her on her shoulders and said, "So Mimi, who's your friend?"
"Oh, I forgot. Hey guys, this is my old friend Lily. We used to go to school together."
"I'm not old," said Lily with a giggle. "You're the one older than me."
"Yea, whatever. Lily these are my new friends from school, Ulrich, Ulchi, Jeremy, and Aelita. You met my cousin Yumi already."
"Hi! Nice to meet you," said Lily and then she smiled.
"Hey," said the others.
Lily sat next to Mimi. Then Lily whispered to Mimi, "So Mimi, who was that cute guy behind you?"
"You mean Ulchi?"
"Yea, him. Is he like your boyfriend or something?"
"Um... not really," replied Mimi with a slight blush. Then she spoke out loud. "Hey, you want to hang out with us?"
"Sure, if that's okay with your friends," replied Lily. Lily was looking at Odd. "Mimi has a cute friend," she thought.
Mimi turned towards her friends and said, "You guys won't mind if Lily hangs with us right?"
"I would love for her to hang out with us," thought Odd. "She looks so hot!"
"No problem," said Yumi.
"Let's go bring our ice cream outside," suggested Jeremy.
"Yea, it's kind of cold in here," said Aelita.
They all went outside and sat on the benches under the tree. It was a nice and cloudy day. "This is sweet ice cream Jeremy," said Aelita. "It's so delicious too. And it's such a beautiful day," said Aelita.
"Not as beautiful as you," said Jeremy with a blushed face. Then he looked into her eyes "Aelita..."
"Yes, Jeremy."
"Would you like to go to the dance with me?"
"Of course Jeremy! I would love to go!"
Jeremy whispered something to Yumi. "Hey Yumi, Aelita and I are going to go see the rest of the town alone. Tell the others that if they ask, okay?"
"Sure, replied Yumi. Then Jeremy and Aelita quickly sneaked off.
Ulchi looked at Mimi. He saw how her eyes sparkled at him. "I guess it's time," he thought. "Jeremy asked, and now it's my turn."
"Hey Mimi, would you like to go to the dance with me? I would really like you to."
"What makes you think I was gong to say no? Of course I'll go to the dance with you."
Ulchi looked at Ulrich as a signal to ask Yumi. Ulrich was getting really nervous and started to sweat a bit. "I hope she doesn't say no," thought Ulrich.
"I hope Ulrich asks me now," thought Yumi, "seeing that Jeremy already asked Aelita, and Ulchi already asked Mimi."
"Yumi, would you," then Ulrich paused, "would you..." He was too nervous to finish his question.
"I think Ulrich has some brain freeze from the ice cream," joked Odd.
"Shut up Odd. Yumi, would you like to go to the dance with me?"
"Sure," said Yumi.
"Great," said Ulrich excitedly.
"Just great," said Odd in an unhappy tone.
"What's wrong with you?" asked Lily.
"Oh nothing," he said.
"You can tell us," said Ulchi.
"Yea, we're your friends," said Ulrich.
"It's just that I have no date to the dance, and you all are probably going to be too busy dancing with each other to hang around with me," said Odd.
"You didn't hang around us the last dance we had," said Ulrich. "You hung around the food table the whole time."
"But that's because there were only you since Jeremy was working on his computer and besides, you left."
"No, I went to find Yumi," said Ulrich.
"Oh, right," said Odd. "Well, yea..."
"Don't forget me," said Lily. "I don't have a date to the dance either."
"You can go, if someone from our school asks you to go," said Mimi looking at Odd.
"So I can go if Odd asks me?" asked Lily.
"Yea," said Yumi.
"Okay, sure," said Odd. "Do you want to go to the dance with me Lily?"
"I'd be delighted," replied Lily. "Let's get to know each other better over a big ice cream sundae. I love food." Then Lily gave off a cute smile.
"I love food too," exclaimed Odd.
"He's not kidding about that," said Ulrich.
"Great," said Lily.
"Those two are hitting it off," whispered Ulchi to Mimi.
"I know," said Mimi. "Don't they look cute together? I think Lily will like Odd a lot."
"You really think so?"
"Yea of course. I've been friends with Lily since we were in kindergarten. We moved to the U.S. in the same year. Isn't that cool?"
"You two must've been good friends."
Ulrich whispered, "Hey, let's get out of here so Odd and Lily can have some time to get to know each other."
"Sure," said the others.
"Umm... hey Odd, the rest of us have something to do, so you and Lily can hang out and get to know each other better," said Ulrich. "Well, see ya later."
"Bye, later," everyone else said.
"We'll meet up with you two later," said Mimi.
Then everyone, except Odd and Lily, went towards the park to hang out. Odd and Lily were alone outside the ice cream store.
"So," said Odd nervously, "Uhh... so what do you like to do?"
"Hmmm, I like to do many things," said Lily.
"Like what? Name some."
"I like to eat, you know that. Uhh I like to play soccer, video games, play bass guitar, piano, sleep, listen to music, play around, and goof off, eh the regular stuff."
"Cool, I do all that stuff too, well almost. I don't play bass guitar or piano, but I do play guitar. We used to have a band, but I didn't like the drummer a lot."
"Oh," said Lily. "Mimi and I used to play together."
"What instruments?"
"Usually piano and flute," said Lily. "But sometimes I play bass guitar and she would play drums."
"Drums?" asked Odd.
"Yea, drums. She was a pretty good drummer too."
"Mimi, a drummer," thought Odd. "never would've thought that she was a drummer. Always thought she was just a flutist and a pianist from what she told us."
"So what's your favorite color?" asked Odd.
"I like lots of shades of purple, but lilac or lavender are probably my favorite ones."
"I like purple too! This is cool."
"Is that why you dyed some of your hair purple?" asked Lily. She was looking at the purple spot in Odd's hair.
"Heh, kind of," said Odd. "Actually, one day, Ulrich threw purple paint at me, and it got in my hair. I thought it looked pretty cool, so I got it dyed in that very spot."
Lily laughed when Odd said that. "Do you like dogs?" asked Lily.
"Yea, I have one. His name is Kiwi. We're not suppose to have pets in our dorm rooms, so I hide him in our dresser. Our friend Jeremy made a robot exactly like Kiwi, but he called it Kiwi 2, and it went to the bathroom on me. But luckily, it was only oil and not the real thing."
"Haha, you're funny," said Lily. "My dog's name is Kiki. Guess you heard that she ate my old hair clips. I left them near a bowl of grapes, and my hair clips were the shape of grapes so she thought they were real and ate them. She's usually smart."
"We have a lot in common," said Odd.
"Yep."
Odd stared at Lily for a while. He couldn't help staring. He stared deeply into her eyes until Lily said, "Hey Odd, the sundae's melting."
Odd broke off from his staring and thoughts. "Oh, right. Let's finish it." A minute or two later, the whole sundae disappeared. After they were finished, Odd begin to stare at Lily again.
"What's wrong?" asked Lily. "Is there something wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong. You're just cute." Odd was a bit red for a couple of seconds.
"Oh," said Lily feeling a little flushed, "thank you. I think you're cute too. Cute, funny," then she got a little quieter, "and sweet." Then she had a huge grin on her face and her eyes glimmered with delight. Odd and Lily moved closer together. His lips were an inch away from hers. Then he pressed his lips against hers. It was a short kiss. Then they looked up at each other's eyes for a while.
"Sweet," sighed Lily.
"Amazing wasn't it?" said Odd.
"Yea, that too, and that we just ate ice cream."
Odd giggled in a high pitched giggle. "Whoa, that was weird," thought Odd. "I giggled, and I feel all weird inside. I never felt this way before until I was with Lily."
"So about the dance next week, is it formal or casual?"
"It's formal. Why?"
"Nothing, it's just I have to go buy a dress. Mimi and I could go shopping tomorrow and buy dresses! You're going to wear a tux?"
"Yep," groaned Odd.
"Don't worry. You're going to look so cute. Like a little penguin, hehe."
"Yea, whatever."
"I wonder what the others are doing," said Lily.
"Jeremy is probably taking Aelita around town." Then Odd thought, "Should I tell her about Aelita and Lyoko? Naa... X.A.N.A.'s not a threat anymore, and Aelita is in our world now, so I guess it's really not necessary."
"What about Mimi, Yumi, Ulchi, and Ulrich?"
"They're somewhere. We'll go meet up with them later."
"So Odd, tell me about your friends," said Lily. Odd told Lily all about his friends and they mostly talked the afternoon away. While on the other side of town, Jeremy and Aelita were having a lot of fun.
"What's that?" asked Aelita pointing to a picture booth. "Is that a scanner?"
"No Aelita, it's a place were you can take pictures. Let's go." Jeremy took Aelita's hand and they ran inside the picture booth. They took many pictures and made many faces.
"This is fun Jeremy," said Aelita. "Thanks for taking me all over town. I especially had a lot of fun riding on your scooter. It feels nice having the wind in your face."
"You're welcome Aelita. We better go find the others. It's getting pretty late."
"Yea, you're right. Let's go. I wonder what they're going to say about us sneaking off."
"Probably nothing."
Jeremy and Aelita slowly walked to the park talking about the wonderful things that Aelita saw and did.
Meanwhile at the park, Mimi, Yumi, Ulrich, and Ulchi circled around the park many times.
"So, you think Odd and Lily really like each other?" asked Yumi.
"Yea, I think so," said Mimi.
"Any girl that likes food as much as Odd, Odd will defiantly like," said Ulrich.
"Hey, Odd and Lily are coming," said Ulchi. "They look really happy too. I wonder what they did."
"Hey Odd, you had a fun time?" asked Ulrich.
"Yea, we had a blast," replied Odd.
"Yea, I wonder what you two did," said Mimi in a sarcastic voice while looking at Lily.
"We mostly talked," said Lily.
"Ah huh, mostly."
"So did Einstein make it back with Aelita?" asked Odd.
"They should be coming back soon," said Yumi. "It's getting kind of late."
"Yea, I'm really tired," said Mimi. "Went to bed around one in the morning and woke up at like 6:30 to make breakfast. That's like five and a half hours of sleep. I'm really tired."
"The sun's about to set," said Ulchi. "Those two must've had a lot of fun today."
"Look," said Odd pointing at the other end of the park. "Einstein finally made it back. Ooo, Aelita and Jeremy have really big smiles on their faces. Go interrogate them like you did to Lily and me."
"We didn't interrogate you Odd," said Ulrich. "We just asked a couple of common questions."
"Sure, real common alright."
Jeremy and Aelita made it back to the rest of the gang.
"So what did you two lovebirds do?" asked Yumi.
"We went around the town," said Aelita, "and Jeremy showed me how to scooter, and we went to the pond, and a whole lot of other stuff."
"Sounds like fun," said Ulchi. "You all want to go see the sun set?"
"Oh, I always wanted to see what a sun set look like," said Aelita.
"Let's go then," said Lily.
The gang went to a hill outside the park to get a perfect view. They sat on the warm grass as the sun slowly went down. Aelita put her head on Jeremy's shoulder.
"This is so romantic," said Lily as Odd placed his arms around her.
Mimi leaned on Ulchi. She had her head on his chest. Ulrich was a little nervous, but he managed to get his hand around Yumi's waist. At each passing second, the sun got lower and lower. Just when the sun reached under the horizon Ulrich kissed Yumi on the lips. They kissed for several seconds. Afterwards, the two were blushing crazily.
"Go Yumi," said Mimi
"Go Ulrich," said Odd.
"We were wondering when you two were going to do that," said Jeremy.
"It's that obvious isn't it?" said Yumi
"Yep," said Aelita. "We knew for a very long time."
"Hehe," said Ulrich with a big smile to cover his embarrassment, "Uhh let's walk the girls home before it gets really, really dark." Then they all stood up.
"Let's sit here just for a couple more minutes," begged Aelita. "I really want to see the moon again. It's so bright."
"Okay," said Ulrich.
The gang sat back down for a little long until the moon appeared.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" said Yumi to Mimi. Yumi didn't hear Mimi, reply, so she gave her a little nudge. "Mimi?" Yumi found Mimi lying on the grass asleep.
"She must've gotten really tired," said Ulchi. "I'll carry her home."
"But it's a long way," said Yumi.
"She'll be on my back. She's not that heavy anyways."
"Okay."
"Let's go guys," said Yumi.
"I'll go leave you all, okay?" said Odd. "I have to walk Lily to her house. I'll meet the guys later at school."
"Okay," said Yumi. "Be safe. Bye Lily, bye Odd."
"Nice meeting you Lily," said Aelita.
"Yea, same here," said Ulrich and Ulchi.
"Bye guys, nice meeting you too," said Lily.
Then Odd and Lily went their separte ways.
"Okay, let's walk the girls home," said Ulrich.
"Hey Yumi, can you help me get Mimi on my back?" asked Ulchi.
"Sure."
"She fell asleep already?" asked Jeremy.
"She did go to bed late last night," said Yumi, "And she woke up early to make breakfast for Aelita and me."
"It was a delicious breakfast too," said Aelita.
Yumi helped Ulchi get Mimi on his back, and they all walked to Yumi's house. The moon was shining brightly, so the moonlight lighted their path. Mimi murmured something into Ulchi's ears, but he couldn't make out what she was saying. Jeremy and Aelita were falling behind the others and they were talking about today's events.
"It's a little cold," said Aelita. "Is it always this cold?"
"No, only sometimes," replied Jeremy. Then he gave her a hug to warm her up.
They finally reached Yumi's house. Yumi and Ulrich looked at each other at her doorsteps.
"Well, good night," said Ulrich.
"Good night," said Yumi. Then she leaned towards him and gave him a light kiss on his cheek.
"Yumi, what should I do with Mimi?"
"Wake her up. She has to shower and change anyways."
"Okay." Ulchi laid Mimi gently on the grass outside of Yumi's house. He lightly shook her until she was awake.
"Hi," said Mimi quietly. "Did I fall asleep?"
"Yeah and you were saying something when I was carrying you."
"Oh, I was saying that I love you."
"I love you too Mimi." Then Ulchi kissed Mimi. She let out a quiet moan. Ulrich coughed to interrupt them. Ulchi and Mimi looked up from the ground.
"Hi guys. Nice to see that you're awake Mimi. Ulchi it's time to let Mimi go into the house now. You can do that some other time."
"Uhh... yea, sure. Good night Mimi. See ya." Then Ulchi gave her one more kiss on the lips.
"Night night," said Mimi.
"Where's Jeremy?" asked Ulchi.
"Back there with Aelita," replied Ulrich. Then he yelled at Jeremy, "Come on Jeremy, we have to go!"
"Okay," said Jeremy finally reaching Yumi's house. "You're castle awaits you princess."
"Thanks for the great time Jeremy. I had fun."
"Anytime." Aelita quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek and went inside.
Inside the house, Yumi said, "Hey Mimi, you awake still?"
"Barely."
"You were awake enough to make out with Ulchi on the grass."
"Uhh... we didn't doing anything, and what about you and Ulrich at the hill?"
"That was different."
"Sure, whatever."
"So Aelita," said began Yumi, "you had fun with Jeremy?"
"Yes, but I'm really tired right now. Do you mind if I take a shower first?"
"Yea, sure," said Mimi, "but I'm next."
While the guys were heading to the dorms Ulchi said, "So, guys, had fun today?"
"Yep, tons," replied Jeremy.
"I wonder if Odd made it back," said Ulrich.
"Who knows," said Jeremy.
About six blocks away from Yumi's house, Odd and Lily finally reached her house.
"Hope you had a great time today," said Odd.
"I did. Thanks," said Lily.
"Good night."
"Night."
Then Odd and Lily were kissing outside her door.
"Well bye Odd. I'll see you at the dance next week."
"Okay, bye bye."
Odd began to head back to his dorm. "This is the best day of my life. I found myself a girlfriend." Odd made it back to his room. He was so tired that he plopped onto his bed. Kiwi jumped on his head. Odd didn't mind since he was too tired to get Kiwi off his head.
"So Odd, what took you so long?" asked Ulrich.
"I had to walk slowly so I wouldn't run into anything."
"So what are we going to do tomorrow?"
"Eat, play video games, and then..." Odd dozed off to sleep.
"Where are my earplugs?" said Ulrich.
Lily had very dark brown hair with black streaks in it. Her hair reached down her back, it was parted to the right, and she wore two strawberry hair clips on the right part of her parted hair. She had dark brown eyes and doubled pierced ears and she wore crystal earrings and crescent earrings that dangle. She wore a light purple jacket over a dark pink tank top, dark indigo jeans that had a little flare and black shoes with a little pink star by the heels.
"Great! I haven't seen you in a while," said Lily. "Do you like your new school?"
"Yea it's great. How's school without me?"
"Well, it's pretty boring. Remember Rina?"
"That girl who tries to be me?" asked Mimi.
"Yea her, well now since you're not there, she's trying to be my best friend or something. It's hilarious." Lily started giggling. "So what have you been doing?"
"Oh, nothing much," replied Mimi.
"You always say that," said Lily.
"Like your new hairclips," said Mimi. "It's cute."
"Yea, thanks," said Lily. "My grape ones were eaten. My dog mistaken them as real grapes and ate them."
Ulchi was behind Mimi. He tapped her on her shoulders and said, "So Mimi, who's your friend?"
"Oh, I forgot. Hey guys, this is my old friend Lily. We used to go to school together."
"I'm not old," said Lily with a giggle. "You're the one older than me."
"Yea, whatever. Lily these are my new friends from school, Ulrich, Ulchi, Jeremy, and Aelita. You met my cousin Yumi already."
"Hi! Nice to meet you," said Lily and then she smiled.
"Hey," said the others.
Lily sat next to Mimi. Then Lily whispered to Mimi, "So Mimi, who was that cute guy behind you?"
"You mean Ulchi?"
"Yea, him. Is he like your boyfriend or something?"
"Um... not really," replied Mimi with a slight blush. Then she spoke out loud. "Hey, you want to hang out with us?"
"Sure, if that's okay with your friends," replied Lily. Lily was looking at Odd. "Mimi has a cute friend," she thought.
Mimi turned towards her friends and said, "You guys won't mind if Lily hangs with us right?"
"I would love for her to hang out with us," thought Odd. "She looks so hot!"
"No problem," said Yumi.
"Let's go bring our ice cream outside," suggested Jeremy.
"Yea, it's kind of cold in here," said Aelita.
They all went outside and sat on the benches under the tree. It was a nice and cloudy day. "This is sweet ice cream Jeremy," said Aelita. "It's so delicious too. And it's such a beautiful day," said Aelita.
"Not as beautiful as you," said Jeremy with a blushed face. Then he looked into her eyes "Aelita..."
"Yes, Jeremy."
"Would you like to go to the dance with me?"
"Of course Jeremy! I would love to go!"
Jeremy whispered something to Yumi. "Hey Yumi, Aelita and I are going to go see the rest of the town alone. Tell the others that if they ask, okay?"
"Sure, replied Yumi. Then Jeremy and Aelita quickly sneaked off.
Ulchi looked at Mimi. He saw how her eyes sparkled at him. "I guess it's time," he thought. "Jeremy asked, and now it's my turn."
"Hey Mimi, would you like to go to the dance with me? I would really like you to."
"What makes you think I was gong to say no? Of course I'll go to the dance with you."
Ulchi looked at Ulrich as a signal to ask Yumi. Ulrich was getting really nervous and started to sweat a bit. "I hope she doesn't say no," thought Ulrich.
"I hope Ulrich asks me now," thought Yumi, "seeing that Jeremy already asked Aelita, and Ulchi already asked Mimi."
"Yumi, would you," then Ulrich paused, "would you..." He was too nervous to finish his question.
"I think Ulrich has some brain freeze from the ice cream," joked Odd.
"Shut up Odd. Yumi, would you like to go to the dance with me?"
"Sure," said Yumi.
"Great," said Ulrich excitedly.
"Just great," said Odd in an unhappy tone.
"What's wrong with you?" asked Lily.
"Oh nothing," he said.
"You can tell us," said Ulchi.
"Yea, we're your friends," said Ulrich.
"It's just that I have no date to the dance, and you all are probably going to be too busy dancing with each other to hang around with me," said Odd.
"You didn't hang around us the last dance we had," said Ulrich. "You hung around the food table the whole time."
"But that's because there were only you since Jeremy was working on his computer and besides, you left."
"No, I went to find Yumi," said Ulrich.
"Oh, right," said Odd. "Well, yea..."
"Don't forget me," said Lily. "I don't have a date to the dance either."
"You can go, if someone from our school asks you to go," said Mimi looking at Odd.
"So I can go if Odd asks me?" asked Lily.
"Yea," said Yumi.
"Okay, sure," said Odd. "Do you want to go to the dance with me Lily?"
"I'd be delighted," replied Lily. "Let's get to know each other better over a big ice cream sundae. I love food." Then Lily gave off a cute smile.
"I love food too," exclaimed Odd.
"He's not kidding about that," said Ulrich.
"Great," said Lily.
"Those two are hitting it off," whispered Ulchi to Mimi.
"I know," said Mimi. "Don't they look cute together? I think Lily will like Odd a lot."
"You really think so?"
"Yea of course. I've been friends with Lily since we were in kindergarten. We moved to the U.S. in the same year. Isn't that cool?"
"You two must've been good friends."
Ulrich whispered, "Hey, let's get out of here so Odd and Lily can have some time to get to know each other."
"Sure," said the others.
"Umm... hey Odd, the rest of us have something to do, so you and Lily can hang out and get to know each other better," said Ulrich. "Well, see ya later."
"Bye, later," everyone else said.
"We'll meet up with you two later," said Mimi.
Then everyone, except Odd and Lily, went towards the park to hang out. Odd and Lily were alone outside the ice cream store.
"So," said Odd nervously, "Uhh... so what do you like to do?"
"Hmmm, I like to do many things," said Lily.
"Like what? Name some."
"I like to eat, you know that. Uhh I like to play soccer, video games, play bass guitar, piano, sleep, listen to music, play around, and goof off, eh the regular stuff."
"Cool, I do all that stuff too, well almost. I don't play bass guitar or piano, but I do play guitar. We used to have a band, but I didn't like the drummer a lot."
"Oh," said Lily. "Mimi and I used to play together."
"What instruments?"
"Usually piano and flute," said Lily. "But sometimes I play bass guitar and she would play drums."
"Drums?" asked Odd.
"Yea, drums. She was a pretty good drummer too."
"Mimi, a drummer," thought Odd. "never would've thought that she was a drummer. Always thought she was just a flutist and a pianist from what she told us."
"So what's your favorite color?" asked Odd.
"I like lots of shades of purple, but lilac or lavender are probably my favorite ones."
"I like purple too! This is cool."
"Is that why you dyed some of your hair purple?" asked Lily. She was looking at the purple spot in Odd's hair.
"Heh, kind of," said Odd. "Actually, one day, Ulrich threw purple paint at me, and it got in my hair. I thought it looked pretty cool, so I got it dyed in that very spot."
Lily laughed when Odd said that. "Do you like dogs?" asked Lily.
"Yea, I have one. His name is Kiwi. We're not suppose to have pets in our dorm rooms, so I hide him in our dresser. Our friend Jeremy made a robot exactly like Kiwi, but he called it Kiwi 2, and it went to the bathroom on me. But luckily, it was only oil and not the real thing."
"Haha, you're funny," said Lily. "My dog's name is Kiki. Guess you heard that she ate my old hair clips. I left them near a bowl of grapes, and my hair clips were the shape of grapes so she thought they were real and ate them. She's usually smart."
"We have a lot in common," said Odd.
"Yep."
Odd stared at Lily for a while. He couldn't help staring. He stared deeply into her eyes until Lily said, "Hey Odd, the sundae's melting."
Odd broke off from his staring and thoughts. "Oh, right. Let's finish it." A minute or two later, the whole sundae disappeared. After they were finished, Odd begin to stare at Lily again.
"What's wrong?" asked Lily. "Is there something wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong. You're just cute." Odd was a bit red for a couple of seconds.
"Oh," said Lily feeling a little flushed, "thank you. I think you're cute too. Cute, funny," then she got a little quieter, "and sweet." Then she had a huge grin on her face and her eyes glimmered with delight. Odd and Lily moved closer together. His lips were an inch away from hers. Then he pressed his lips against hers. It was a short kiss. Then they looked up at each other's eyes for a while.
"Sweet," sighed Lily.
"Amazing wasn't it?" said Odd.
"Yea, that too, and that we just ate ice cream."
Odd giggled in a high pitched giggle. "Whoa, that was weird," thought Odd. "I giggled, and I feel all weird inside. I never felt this way before until I was with Lily."
"So about the dance next week, is it formal or casual?"
"It's formal. Why?"
"Nothing, it's just I have to go buy a dress. Mimi and I could go shopping tomorrow and buy dresses! You're going to wear a tux?"
"Yep," groaned Odd.
"Don't worry. You're going to look so cute. Like a little penguin, hehe."
"Yea, whatever."
"I wonder what the others are doing," said Lily.
"Jeremy is probably taking Aelita around town." Then Odd thought, "Should I tell her about Aelita and Lyoko? Naa... X.A.N.A.'s not a threat anymore, and Aelita is in our world now, so I guess it's really not necessary."
"What about Mimi, Yumi, Ulchi, and Ulrich?"
"They're somewhere. We'll go meet up with them later."
"So Odd, tell me about your friends," said Lily. Odd told Lily all about his friends and they mostly talked the afternoon away. While on the other side of town, Jeremy and Aelita were having a lot of fun.
"What's that?" asked Aelita pointing to a picture booth. "Is that a scanner?"
"No Aelita, it's a place were you can take pictures. Let's go." Jeremy took Aelita's hand and they ran inside the picture booth. They took many pictures and made many faces.
"This is fun Jeremy," said Aelita. "Thanks for taking me all over town. I especially had a lot of fun riding on your scooter. It feels nice having the wind in your face."
"You're welcome Aelita. We better go find the others. It's getting pretty late."
"Yea, you're right. Let's go. I wonder what they're going to say about us sneaking off."
"Probably nothing."
Jeremy and Aelita slowly walked to the park talking about the wonderful things that Aelita saw and did.
Meanwhile at the park, Mimi, Yumi, Ulrich, and Ulchi circled around the park many times.
"So, you think Odd and Lily really like each other?" asked Yumi.
"Yea, I think so," said Mimi.
"Any girl that likes food as much as Odd, Odd will defiantly like," said Ulrich.
"Hey, Odd and Lily are coming," said Ulchi. "They look really happy too. I wonder what they did."
"Hey Odd, you had a fun time?" asked Ulrich.
"Yea, we had a blast," replied Odd.
"Yea, I wonder what you two did," said Mimi in a sarcastic voice while looking at Lily.
"We mostly talked," said Lily.
"Ah huh, mostly."
"So did Einstein make it back with Aelita?" asked Odd.
"They should be coming back soon," said Yumi. "It's getting kind of late."
"Yea, I'm really tired," said Mimi. "Went to bed around one in the morning and woke up at like 6:30 to make breakfast. That's like five and a half hours of sleep. I'm really tired."
"The sun's about to set," said Ulchi. "Those two must've had a lot of fun today."
"Look," said Odd pointing at the other end of the park. "Einstein finally made it back. Ooo, Aelita and Jeremy have really big smiles on their faces. Go interrogate them like you did to Lily and me."
"We didn't interrogate you Odd," said Ulrich. "We just asked a couple of common questions."
"Sure, real common alright."
Jeremy and Aelita made it back to the rest of the gang.
"So what did you two lovebirds do?" asked Yumi.
"We went around the town," said Aelita, "and Jeremy showed me how to scooter, and we went to the pond, and a whole lot of other stuff."
"Sounds like fun," said Ulchi. "You all want to go see the sun set?"
"Oh, I always wanted to see what a sun set look like," said Aelita.
"Let's go then," said Lily.
The gang went to a hill outside the park to get a perfect view. They sat on the warm grass as the sun slowly went down. Aelita put her head on Jeremy's shoulder.
"This is so romantic," said Lily as Odd placed his arms around her.
Mimi leaned on Ulchi. She had her head on his chest. Ulrich was a little nervous, but he managed to get his hand around Yumi's waist. At each passing second, the sun got lower and lower. Just when the sun reached under the horizon Ulrich kissed Yumi on the lips. They kissed for several seconds. Afterwards, the two were blushing crazily.
"Go Yumi," said Mimi
"Go Ulrich," said Odd.
"We were wondering when you two were going to do that," said Jeremy.
"It's that obvious isn't it?" said Yumi
"Yep," said Aelita. "We knew for a very long time."
"Hehe," said Ulrich with a big smile to cover his embarrassment, "Uhh let's walk the girls home before it gets really, really dark." Then they all stood up.
"Let's sit here just for a couple more minutes," begged Aelita. "I really want to see the moon again. It's so bright."
"Okay," said Ulrich.
The gang sat back down for a little long until the moon appeared.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" said Yumi to Mimi. Yumi didn't hear Mimi, reply, so she gave her a little nudge. "Mimi?" Yumi found Mimi lying on the grass asleep.
"She must've gotten really tired," said Ulchi. "I'll carry her home."
"But it's a long way," said Yumi.
"She'll be on my back. She's not that heavy anyways."
"Okay."
"Let's go guys," said Yumi.
"I'll go leave you all, okay?" said Odd. "I have to walk Lily to her house. I'll meet the guys later at school."
"Okay," said Yumi. "Be safe. Bye Lily, bye Odd."
"Nice meeting you Lily," said Aelita.
"Yea, same here," said Ulrich and Ulchi.
"Bye guys, nice meeting you too," said Lily.
Then Odd and Lily went their separte ways.
"Okay, let's walk the girls home," said Ulrich.
"Hey Yumi, can you help me get Mimi on my back?" asked Ulchi.
"Sure."
"She fell asleep already?" asked Jeremy.
"She did go to bed late last night," said Yumi, "And she woke up early to make breakfast for Aelita and me."
"It was a delicious breakfast too," said Aelita.
Yumi helped Ulchi get Mimi on his back, and they all walked to Yumi's house. The moon was shining brightly, so the moonlight lighted their path. Mimi murmured something into Ulchi's ears, but he couldn't make out what she was saying. Jeremy and Aelita were falling behind the others and they were talking about today's events.
"It's a little cold," said Aelita. "Is it always this cold?"
"No, only sometimes," replied Jeremy. Then he gave her a hug to warm her up.
They finally reached Yumi's house. Yumi and Ulrich looked at each other at her doorsteps.
"Well, good night," said Ulrich.
"Good night," said Yumi. Then she leaned towards him and gave him a light kiss on his cheek.
"Yumi, what should I do with Mimi?"
"Wake her up. She has to shower and change anyways."
"Okay." Ulchi laid Mimi gently on the grass outside of Yumi's house. He lightly shook her until she was awake.
"Hi," said Mimi quietly. "Did I fall asleep?"
"Yeah and you were saying something when I was carrying you."
"Oh, I was saying that I love you."
"I love you too Mimi." Then Ulchi kissed Mimi. She let out a quiet moan. Ulrich coughed to interrupt them. Ulchi and Mimi looked up from the ground.
"Hi guys. Nice to see that you're awake Mimi. Ulchi it's time to let Mimi go into the house now. You can do that some other time."
"Uhh... yea, sure. Good night Mimi. See ya." Then Ulchi gave her one more kiss on the lips.
"Night night," said Mimi.
"Where's Jeremy?" asked Ulchi.
"Back there with Aelita," replied Ulrich. Then he yelled at Jeremy, "Come on Jeremy, we have to go!"
"Okay," said Jeremy finally reaching Yumi's house. "You're castle awaits you princess."
"Thanks for the great time Jeremy. I had fun."
"Anytime." Aelita quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek and went inside.
Inside the house, Yumi said, "Hey Mimi, you awake still?"
"Barely."
"You were awake enough to make out with Ulchi on the grass."
"Uhh... we didn't doing anything, and what about you and Ulrich at the hill?"
"That was different."
"Sure, whatever."
"So Aelita," said began Yumi, "you had fun with Jeremy?"
"Yes, but I'm really tired right now. Do you mind if I take a shower first?"
"Yea, sure," said Mimi, "but I'm next."
While the guys were heading to the dorms Ulchi said, "So, guys, had fun today?"
"Yep, tons," replied Jeremy.
"I wonder if Odd made it back," said Ulrich.
"Who knows," said Jeremy.
About six blocks away from Yumi's house, Odd and Lily finally reached her house.
"Hope you had a great time today," said Odd.
"I did. Thanks," said Lily.
"Good night."
"Night."
Then Odd and Lily were kissing outside her door.
"Well bye Odd. I'll see you at the dance next week."
"Okay, bye bye."
Odd began to head back to his dorm. "This is the best day of my life. I found myself a girlfriend." Odd made it back to his room. He was so tired that he plopped onto his bed. Kiwi jumped on his head. Odd didn't mind since he was too tired to get Kiwi off his head.
"So Odd, what took you so long?" asked Ulrich.
"I had to walk slowly so I wouldn't run into anything."
"So what are we going to do tomorrow?"
"Eat, play video games, and then..." Odd dozed off to sleep.
"Where are my earplugs?" said Ulrich.