To answer your question, animesk8ergirl, I said that the dance is on Friday, and I pointed out that this all happened on Wednesday, two days before the dance. Sorry if I confused you...Here's the next chapter, enjoy! ;)

Chapter 4: The Next Morning

The next day, Ulrich awoke with an odd sensation up his back. "Kiwi!" he exclaimed, jumping out of bed. Kiwi had been licking him up the back, and he realized that he had been so tired the night before that all he'd done is throw off his shirt and jump into bed.

His exclamation, however, awoke Odd, and with a jerk of his head, he said drowsily, "Where's the fire, Sheriff?"

Ulrich chuckled to himself. 'Silly Odd,' he thought to himself. "G'morning, sleepyhead."

"Hey," Odd replied slowly - as if he was in a daze - and waved to Ulrich with 3 fingers. "How'd last night go?"

Ulrich smiled and replied, "I'm going to the dance with Yumi." Odd cheered, causing Ulrich to turn a deep shade of red. Odd just laughed at this, and, getting out of bed, picked up Kiwi. "Oh, and your dog is what woke me up-"

"-and you woke me up...so it's all Kiwi's fault," Odd finished. "Bad Kiwi!" he scolded, getting out his dog food bowl and pouring his dog food, almost to the point of overflowing.

"Hey, what did you do that for?" Ulrich questioned. "No reason to reward him for bad behavior."

"Yeah, but no one should be deprived of breakfast, or any other meal for that matter!" Odd said, making Ulrich chuckle.

"I didn't even know you knew what the word 'deprived' meant!" Ulrich laughed, and Odd elbowed him. "Hey, hey! Besides, it concerned food, so of course you'd know it!" Odd just grinned at that one.

"Food! Oh my gosh, it's breakfast time!" Odd realized, jumping up from kneeling on the floor by Kiwi.

"Really now?" was Ulrich's sarcastic remark.

Odd, ignoring his sarcasm, said, "We've gotta get down there before the line is too long and all of the good seats are taken!"

"Yeah, the good seats are the ones nearest the food, right?" Ulrich sarcastically replied again, but no one was there to here but Kiwi. Odd had ran out the door, anxious to get to breakfast, and Ulrich, sighing, followed closing the door behind him and leaving Kiwi munching on his food. A satisfied bark was all he heard exiting the room as he headed down to the cafeteria to begin another long day of school, and, the day before the dance as well.