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Chapter Two: Natalie and the Factory

Natalie, too, approached the school. In fact, she stood next to Jeremy as he looked at it emotionlessly. She turned to him and smiled, and the blonde-haired smiled feebly back. The girl had strawberry blonde hair and golden brown eyes. She wore a maroon sweater with a light pink jacket hung loosely over it and a short skirt that matched her sweater.

"Hi," Natalie said, staring at Jeremy. "I'm Natalie. I'm new here. Who are you?"

"I-I'm Jeremy. I'm new, too."

"Well, Jeremy, why don't we go in together?"

"S-sure." The two kids walked up to the doors and went in.

As it turned out, Natalie and Jeremy's rooms were right next to each other, and Jeremy got his first friend. It wasn't going so smoothly with Odd and Ulrich, however. Ulrich hadn't realized Odd was quite as 'off his rocker', so to speak, as he was. Or, maybe 'off his bed' is more accurate.

"Mmmf! Owowow! I hit my knee!"

"I told you that you were going to fall off." Ulrich looked over his textbook to look at his roommate on the floor. Sure, Odd was fun to hang out with, but being with him 24/7 was a little much. Odd scowled at him and sat down on his bed. He'd tried jumping on it, but something gave and he slipped off.

"Maybe you should try sleeping on your bed instead of jumping on it."

"Shut up, Ulrich." Ulrich sighed and resumed studying.

Suddenly, there was a brisk, hard knock at the door. Ulrich answered it. At the door was Jeremy, mad that his computer had hit the floor from the vibrations from Odd falling off his bed.

"What are you two trying to do, kill each other?"

"No, Odd fell off his bed."

"How? Was he asleep?"

"Nooooo…. He was jumping on it."

"Could you please tell him to stop? He nearly wrecked my computer!"

"Oh, Jeremy, leave them alone. I fixed your computer." Out from the room next to Ulrich and Odd's came Natalie in her P.J.'s. Odd, so transfixed with Natalie, again fell 'off his bed', but not for the same reason as before. Before anyone could say 'Are you okay', Odd was up and at the door.

"Hi. I'm Odd. I don't believe we've met."

"You know, saying 'I'm odd' first off whenever you meet someone does not leave the best of impressions."

"No, my name is Odd."

"Is it short for something?"

"Oswald, but-"

"Okay. I was just over in Jeremy's room. He was showing me some stuff with his computer." With that statement, Jeremy blushed and Odd's face fell. (Note: This was what Odd heard. Natalie: Okay. I was over in Jeremy's room. Blah, blah, blah.)

"So Jeremy's your boyfriend?"

"No! Of course not!" Jeremy and Natalie said, Natalie blushing along with Jeremy.

"Well, then, would you want to go get ice cream with me sometime?" Odd looked at her, trying to be masculine.

"Are you asking me on a date?" Natalie was smiling.

"Would you go if I was?"

"Yes," she said, smiling wider, "And sure, I'll go with you." Then, without really thinking, the two went back to their rooms and Jeremy and Ulrich were left in the hallway, still not sure what was going on.

As it turned out, much to Odd's dismay, everyone went to the ice cream parlor. Yumi and Ulrich shared a chocolate milkshake as Odd ate a sundae and Natalie licked a vanilla ice cream cone. Jeremy absently sipped a soda. He was looking at a big manufacturing building that looked run down and empty.

"Hey, Ulrich," he said, turning towards him. "What was that factory used for?"

Ulrich squinted and said, "Oh, that old place? It was used to create electronics and stuff when it was in use. Big old computers made by a private owner."

"Sounds interesting," Jeremy replied absently. "Has anyone ever gone in?"

"Oh, lots of people. But no one can get higher than the first floor because of an encrypted elevator. Needs a password to work."

"Really," Jeremy said, smiling almost evilly. "I bet I could break the code. We could get in, look around." He turned to Ulrich.

"I bet there's all kinds of cool technology up there."

"Yeah," Natalie said, standing up, "And it would give us something to do. We don't have any classes today, and it's only ten 'o' clock."

"Well, I don't-"

"Oh, Ulrich, it'll be fun!" Yumi pulled Ulrich out of his seat and Natalie did likewise with Odd.

"Sounds cool!" Odd said, running ahead to get to the factory.

Dragon-Grrrrl: Wow, that's a long chapter for me.

Odd: Really? How intresting…

Dragon-Grrrrl: Why?

Odd: Huh? I didn't say anything.

Dragon-Grrrrl: -.-

Odd: :)

Dragon-Grrrrl: Thanx 4 the review, UlrichandYumi4Ever! You really thought that part was funny? Thank you for not laughing at me! Oh, and next they find Lyoko and meet Aelita, and have their first battle with X.A.N.A. The last thing may be multiple chapters.

Odd: /in announcer-like voice/ Tune in next time for another exciting installment of Anything But Ordinary!!!!

Dragon-Grrrrl: Yeah. Okay. Whatever.

Odd: :)

Dragon-Grrrrl: Can't I have the last say?

Odd: Nope. :)

Dragon-Grrrrl: Okay. ;)