W00t! My first completed story! Hehe…shows how much of a procrastinator I am. Anyways, thank you, readers, for sticking with me as I wrote this boring story (all my stories are boring to me). And here is, I'm sad to say, the last chapter of MCR! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: For the last time in this story (literally!), I do not own Code Lyoko. But I do own JZ. And I do not own the sonnet. That's from Shakespeare.
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Days passed, each one making Ulrich more and more desperate, to the point of sleeping at dawn and waking up at lunchtime. This of course did not go unnoticed by each of the people in his social life, including his all-knowing friend, Odd.
Odd looked on, his face forming a worried look, which was weird because it was Friday. He loved Fridays! But he had witnessed every day how his best buddy was changing. And he was having a hard time with whether or not to tell Ulrich. He was his best friend!
But JZ would surely wring his neck if she found out. And this was the first girl who had ever noticed and liked him! He didn't want to lose that. And so, Odd was torn between two hard choices, Ulrich was falling in desperation, and Jeremy was oblivious to it all, his head buried in schoolwork as always.
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The next day, Odd reached a super hard decision. And it wasn't easy; he had spent all night thinking. But the choice was made.
In the afternoon, he sat Ulrich down in their dorm, ready to begin with his speech.
"Hey, buddy, I have to tell you something."
His tired voice barely made out, "What is it, Odd?"
"Well…I've seen how you've been acting lately, and let me just tell you, it ain't pretty. So I'm going to hopefully lift your spirits with something."
"Ok, then, tell me."
Odd hesitated before saying, "Um…err…I know who…"
"You know who what?"
It's now or never. "I know…who…your…Cinderella…is…"
Instantly Ulrich perked up, looking better than he had in days. Excitedly he asked, "Who is it, Odd? Who?"
Odd sighed. "It's her."
"Her who?"
"Y'know…"
Ulrich was getting annoyed. "Tell me, Odd."
"All right, all right! Let's go walk in the courtyard and I'll tell you."
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Sissi watched on, realizing Ulrich's eyes lit up the moment he and Odd walked past her. (A/N: His eyes actually lit up because he found outCinderella was Yumi.)Oh, he cheered up because of me! I have to go up to him. He's probably going to kiss me; finally!
She walked up to him and said, "Hi Ulrich-dear!"
"What do you want, Sissi?"
Fine, guess I'll just have to start it myself.
"Nothing! I just want to give you something, a 'you're welcome' gift." And she kissed him full on the lips.
However, this did not go unnoticed…
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Also in the courtyard, Aelita said, "C'mon, you know he likes you!"
"I agree with Aelita. Yumi, he's madly in love with you!"
"Oh? Then, Aelita and JZ, look over there."
The three saw a disgusting sight: Sissi was kissing Ulrich. And Ulrich wasn't showing signs of struggling.
"See? He likes Sissi. Whatever, let's go." Yumi sounded so "I-don't-care", but if you looked super closely you could see a tiny gleam of hurt inside her eyes.
They turned just as Ulrich forcefully broke from Sissi. Spotting Yumi, he came up to her and kissed her. "Hey, my princess."
Aelita and Jazz knew what was about to happen. Yumi got an unfathomable look on her face, and the next thing they knew, she blew up.
"Bravo, Ulrich. You managed to crack the case. But if you think I'm just going to fall in your arms now, you two-timing jerk, think AGAIN!"
"What?"
"Don't play dumb. Everybody saw how you kissed Sissi!"
"I didn't kiss her, she kissed me! And I hated that experien-,"
"SAVE IT FOR SOMEONE WHO CARES, LIKE YOUR LITTLE GIRLFRIEND OVER THERE!" She ran, in tears, to her dorm. Aelita and Jazz glared at Ulrich, then hastily followed her.
Meanwhile, Odd was standing there, shocked. "You messed up big time, bro…"
What have I done to upset her so much?
Yumi sat on her bed, tears streaking down as her two friends soothed her.
"I can't believe him!"
"We can't either, Yumi. He doesn't deserve you if he does that," said Aelita.
Jazz nodded. I wonder how he found out it was Yumi? Pondering this, she came up with an enraging thought.
"I'll be right back, I have to go do something."
"Ok, JZ, but hurry back!"
"Oh, I will."
Closing the door, she stomped to the guys' dorm. Knocking loudly she heard, "Come in."
"All right, Odd-, wait. Ulrich, where's Odd?"
"Oh, he's eating in the cafeteria."
"Thanks."
JZ closed the door and continued stomping.
Reaching the table Odd was eating at, she stormed over to him.
"How dare you!"
"Huh?"
"You told Ulrich about Yumi, didn't you?"
Odd flinched. He knew this was going to come. "Yesss…"
"I knew it! How could you? You broke Yumi's heart."
"But Ulrich looked so depressed."
"Save your excuses. You broke her heart, and you broke my trust!" With that, she angrily went back in the direction she came from.
He sighed and ran a hand through his spiky hair. What have I done?
Then he got an idea. Maybe I can redeem myself…
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Odd walked slowly to his dorm. Opening the door, he saw a droopy Ulrich.
"Odd, what am I supposed to do? I totally messed up."
"Well, that's what I'm here for. Because I've got an idea to win Yumi back!"
"Well, let's hear it."
So Odd sat down and explained the details, Ulrich listening intently.
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Sunday night, Yumi sat at her desk, looking at Shakespeare's works on her laptop. She was such a sucker for Shakespeare stuff… Suddenly, she heard a tap on her window. She closed her laptop, curious as to what the sound came from.
Looking out the window, she could clearly see Odd with a violin and Ulrich with a piece of paper in his hands, ready to be read.
Without hesitation, Odd started playing the violin and Ulrich started reading.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Yumi smiled, already warming up to him. It was sonnet 18, her favorite. Ulrich must have found that out on her PDA.
He noticed how she smiled, and started to climb up the building, till he sat on the windowsill. "Yumi, I made a mistake and I'm sorry. Will you please forgive me?"
Yumi grinned at him. "No…" After seeing his disbelieving face, she gave in to the act. "Fine, yes!" And she hugged him, not noticing that they were falling until she looked down. "AAH!"
Fortunately the boys had already prepared for this, and Odd dragged a mattress to the landing point. The two bounced on it, a little shaken up, until Ulrich started tickling her and she laughed hysterically.
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The next morning Jazz found out what happened and turned to Odd.
"Odd…"
He cringed slightly. "Yeah?"
"I just wanted to say…thank you. For fixing all of this. And now I know, that you only told him because you care about him, being a good friend. That definitely scores points with me!"
"Well, you're welcome."
"Ok, well, I'll see you later."
She pecked him on the cheek, a complete surprise to him, and walked away. He whooped instantaneously.
Yumi and Ulrich witnessed this, a little distance away. Smiling at each other, they both leaned in for a kiss.
And as "Cinderella" washaving a moment withher "Prince Charming", she had a single, happy thought.
I guess my friends and I were wrong. With a cooking class, a bit of confusion, and a little luck, fairytales DO come true…
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Badabing, badaboom! We are officially done with this story! W00t!
Hope you all liked it, even though the ending was a bit cheesy…I look forward to seeing each of you peoples' reviews! Please…no flames…they burn.
-Astrea