Is it just me or are my chapters getting shorter? Oh, well, I guess that doesn't matter, 912 words is still a good amount. I'll get outa your hair and just let you read now...

Signs of Desire Continued

Odd:

After Jeremie had decided to leave, I had realized that Ulrich and Yumi needed to be alone. I decided that for now it would probably be best if I just left them alone and go do my own thing. I made sure to mutter something about video games, so they wouldn't think that I was simply doing this for them. It wasn't like me, and I didn't want them to know about it…

I did not go to my room, they might decide to do so, and as I had just said I wanted to stay out of their way. Instead I went into town; I hadn't had time to simply look around for a while, mostly because of X.A.N.A. so I wanted to have a look around. Besides I had finally managed to get the wheels for my skate board, and I needed to pick them up.

I walked around town for a while, not heading to any place in particular. I looked at some new stores that had opened, and when I found a new game store I quickly entered it. I looked around seeing what games they had, I found a few that I wanted and remembered them for when I had money. I continued to look around when I suddenly saw someone who I didn't believe could possibly be there.

"Sam," I said to myself, but I knew that it was impossible. She had moved a long time ago. I knew that she couldn't be here.

As I watched I saw her turn around and I saw her face. It was her; it was Sam, the girl of my dreams. I tried to call out to her but I suddenly couldn't find my voice. I kept trying but I simply couldn't get my voice to work. Suddenly she looked at me, but instead of seeing me it was as if she saw right through me, almost as if I weren't even there. Then she heard someone calling for her and turned away running to who ever it was.

I felt a lump growing in my throat. I couldn't believe it, she had ignored me. I had thought that we had liked each other but when she had looked at me she had ignored me. I felt the misery flood through me, and was about to begin crying when suddenly I bumped into something. I was shocked because I had thought that I wasn't even moving yet somehow I had ran smack into something as solid as stone.

Suddenly I found myself being snapped back to reality. I looked around and found myself on the sidewalk. I hadn't even entered the store yet, in fact I was a block away from it. This was very strange, I must have daydreamed all of what I had just seen. I was about to begin walking to the store again when I suddenly saw Sam walking out of it with her parents. I was shocked, again.

This time I had to get to her. I had to talk with her, ask her what she was doing here, and how long she would be in town. I again tried to call out to her but she didn't hear me over the sound of the street. I began running but saw that she was getting into a cab. I ran as fast as I could, narrowly missing many people, but in the end it was to late, and she was gone again.

I walked to the nearest bench and sat down. I could feel water coming to my eyes and I knew that I was about to cry once again. I rested my head in my hands and just let myself go. I missed Sam and I really wanted to see her again. Many times since she had left she had been and still was the only thing that I could think of. I remembered the times when we had kissed, and wondered if we were really the only ones in the group that had kissed. I really wanted to see her; I missed her so badly that if I only knew where she was I would walk to be able to see her again.

Is it the thing you desire most? The one thing that you desire above everything else?

"What?" I asked aloud, looking for who ever had spoken.

When I opened my eyes I was shocked. No one was moving; everything was frozen. It was if time had stopped, like just before Lyoko reversed time. But this wasn't Lyoko's doing, I knew that. Not even X.A.N.A. could pause time like this.

Do you wish to see Sam above everything else? Is that your greatest desire?

"What do you mean, and who are you?" I asked looking around.

Suddenly a shadow appeared in front of me. It looked like the shadow of a tall man wearing a cloak, except it was standing rather than lying on the ground. It looked almost like the smoke that X.A.N.A. used to possess things. But I knew that this wasn't X.A.N.A. it didn't look like him, and it didn't act like him.

"Hey, who are you?" I asked. "And what do you mean, 'my greatest desire'?"

Suddenly the figure disappeared and time went back to normal. The people didn't even appear to notice anything at all. It was if nothing had even happened. Almost, I would even say, as if I had imagined it again.

Is it just me or is it getting creepy in here? Well, what ever happens lets just hope that everything turns out all right. and just to let you know there are supposed to be two 'less than' and 'greater than' signs around the itialicised sentences, but for some reason this won't accept them...