Heylo again! I have another chapter ready and waiting for you! So i'm gonna skip the boring talk that I always do and go straight to the story! Hurray for me shutting up!
(Odd P.O.V.)
"Clothes shopping? Count me out. I've got better things to do then watch you try on clothes… of course, I wouldn't mind the fact that half the time there, you wouldn't have any clothes on…." I grin really big, and get slapped really hard by Avery. It's Sunday afternoon, and really boring. So the girls decided to pull us guys along for the ride.
"Ow, I was just kidding!" I put my hand up to my face, my cheek is throbbing. I glare at Yumi, Aelita, and Ulrich who are laughing.
"Odd, that wasn't funny…." Avery says, but somehow I can tell she would be laughing if the others weren't around.
"Come on Ulrich, let's go play soccer or something." Ulrich shakes his head.
"Nah, I'm going to go with them. Besides you have a point." Ulrich ducks his head as Yumi tries to smack him upside the head again.
"I was just kidding! Damn, you have no sense of humor, do you?" Yumi just laughs.
"Are you sure you don't want to come Odd?" Aelita asks.
"Nah, I'm fine."
"Oh, come on. I'm sure that we can go to the food court afterwards."
"No thanks, I'm not really hungry." This brought stares. Before I knew it, I was headed for the mall. The girls were talking about something or rather that I really didn't care about, so I just tuned them out like I always used to do whenever Yumi and Ulrich would get mushy. Ulrich was talking to Jeremie (who was dragged along by Aelita) so I just walked, not really thinking about anything.
"Odd!" I hear someone yell my name and feel someone's hand grab mine. I get pulled backwards and feel a rush of wind. I fall backwards onto whoever grabbed me. Totally engrossed in my thoughts, I had nearly walked into the middle of an intersection. I look down to see I had fallen on top of Avery, I'm laying right on top of her. Blushing furiously, I can't take my eyes off hers. She too is blushing furiously, and I only regain a sense of reality when I feel Ulrich's hand on my shoulder. I quickly scramble off of her and get to my feet.
"Um… thanks…." I offer her my hand, which she takes and I help her up. I look at my shoes, trying to stop blushing. After a few moments, Ulrich decides to break the uncomfortable silence.
"Ahem, shall we continue?" We start walking again towards the mall. I hear Avery giggling with Yumi and Aelita, I know they're talking about what just happened. Ulrich turns to me and smiles.
"You know Odd, with your spiky yellow hair and beat red face, you looked just like a fireball!" He and Jeremie crack up laughing. I just scowl at them.
"Lighten up Odd, you used to do it to me all the time!" Ulrich says.
"Yah, well, I always knew Yumi would love you back…." I say quietly, but Ulrich hears anyway.
"You know Odd-."
"Nope, I don't want to hear it. Avery has already told her feelings for me, I trust that she told me the truth. End of story." I look away.
"Odd? Are you okay?" Ulrich puts his hand on my shoulder.
"Yah, I'm fine. I just… I'm fine." Ulrich looks at me, like he's trying to figure out what I'm thinking.
"Is it about… you know?" He asks quietly. The girls don't hear us, but Jeremie does.
"About what?" He asks quietly.
"A couple of days ago, I woke up extremely early. I'm going to skip the boring stuff and let's just say I ended up in Avery's dorm. She was having a nightmare. I woke her up and she uh… hugged me. And she wouldn't let go. So I stayed there for a couple of hours. When she woke up, I asked her if she…. If she really loved me."
"And what did she say?"
"No. She doesn't love me. And I think I knew it too. All those times we shared some intimate moments was just coincidence. If either of you had been there, would have done the same thing with you."
"I don't think she meant it when she said she didn't love you." Ulrich says.
"Or maybe she did Odd. Don't try to understand girl's thoughts, it's too hard." Jeremie says and I shake my head.
"No. I'm sure she would have done the same thing if any of you were in there. She just latched onto the first friend she saw, which happened to be me." Ulrich gives me a scowl, but doesn't say anything. It's the kind of scowl that seems to say: 'you know that's not true.' I just shake my head and walk on. After a couple of minutes, we reach the mall. The girls immediately drag us to the nearest clothes store. Ulrich, Jeremie and I sit for a couple of minutes while the girls sort through the large amounts of clothing racks, looking for something good. Yumi immediately goes for the black clothes, and Aelita pulls out all pink clothes. Avery, I see, seems to go more for blue. Blue and gray. After about ten minutes, they drag us to the next store.
"Well Avery, it seems to be a good thing we brought the boys along." Aelita says with a smile.
"Yup, they are very good bag handlers." Yumi says and they all laugh. Ulrich got stuck with the first load, about five bags full. After the next store, Jeremie comes out with four bags, and it's my turn in the next one. I come out with about a million bags. By the time this whole shopping parade is over, they've bought enough clothes to clothe an entire third world country. Well, almost. After that, just like Avery promised, we go to the food court. I check my wallet and come up disappointed.
"Ah man, I've only a couple of bucks." I say.
"What's wrong with that?"
"Now I can only buy two pizzas slices instead of four." Everyone laughs at that. I get in line and buy a slice of pepperoni and sausage pizza to start, along with a Mountain Dew. I go and sit down with the others.
"Man, I just love this shirt!" Yumi is saying. She's holding up a black shirt that says: 'It's okay to be jealous, not everyone can be me' in green letters.
"Hey, I'm not jealous! Well, at least I don't think so…" I say and Yumi smiles.
"This isn't my shirt, it's Avery's."
"Well, that changes everything. Now, I'm extremely jealous!" I say and Avery smacks me upside the head again.
"Come on! What is this, beat up Odd day? I've been hit more times today than in the last week!"
"Well, you've deserved it more times today than in the last week." Aelita says smiling. I throw up my hands in defeat.
"Fine, I concede."
"Odd, did you just say concede?" Ulrich asks.
"Yah, so?"
"Where are you learning all these big words? You're using them correctly!"
"Ah my good pal, that is one secret that I will never reveal."
We talk and laugh for the rest of the day, enjoying each other's company. By about 5:45, we decide to go back and have a soccer game, Ulrich vs. Me. It will be dark soon, so we have to hurry. We run over to the soccer field by the school and wait while Ulrich runs back and grabs his soccer ball."Hey guys, I just checked up on our favorite virus." Jeremie says putting away his laptop.
"And?" Yumi asks. We haven't seen a hair of XANA since Avery put her firewall in place.
"He's completely stuck. Avery, your firewall is amazing!"
"Thanks Jeremie…." She says.
"How did you come up with the idea for scrambling the…." I just tune him out again, he's starting to talk computer talk. I spot Ulrich coming in his full soccer gear… that's what took him so long!
"Hey, no fair!"
"What?" He asks innocently.
"You have all your soccer stuff on!"
"So?"
"So that's an unfair advantage!"
"Oh darn. Maybe you should just quit now before you get beaten." He says with a smirk.
"Oh, no. You're not winning that easily." I say. We walk out to the middle of the field and place the soccer ball in between us.
"Okay guys, I want a good clean game, okay?" Jeremie says, acting as referee.
"Sure."
"Yah, okay."
"First one to five points wins." And with that Jeremie tossed the ball up into the air. It comes down and I head it towards Ulrich's goal and take off. The game is a fierce one, we battle that ball back and forth for a good half hour. It's starting to get dark, and Ulrich scores. We bring the ball back to the middle again.
"Okay guys, Ulrich has only one point to win. Odd, you still need two. Go!" He tosses it up again, Ulrich gets the ball and runs down the field. He takes a wild shot, it hits the goal post and bounces off. I retrieve it and we run back the other way. I see Ulrich waiting for me, so I run harder. I do a quick turn-around and flip the ball around us. I kick it hard and it soars into the goal. Once again, we bring the ball back into the middle.
"Okay, this is game point. I want you guys to shake hands and congratulate each other for a good game now, because I doubt you're going to have enough energy afterwards." Jeremie says. We shrug our shoulders and shake hands. In the background, I hear Yumi cheering for Ulrich.
"Well Ulrich, looks like you've found your motivation." I say. He smiles.
"I think you might have some too." I listen again and I hear Avery cheering for me.
I smile back as Jeremie throw the ball into the air again. I head the ball towards Ulrich's goal, only to be stopped by him. He kicks it back towards me, over my head. I run hard, and catch the ball before it goes in. I run back to the center where Ulrich is waiting for me. We go back and forth for a while, both of us refusing to give in to the other. Ulrich finds a gap in my defense and charges through. I quickly slide tackle him, knocking him over, and the ball away. I jump up and grab the ball, charging for Ulrich's goal while he is getting up. He dashes after me and catches up quickly. Seeing this as my last chance, I nail the ball as hard as I can. I flies towards the goal but falls short. It stops just a few feet short of the line. Ulrich grabs it and pelts it towards my goal. I don't have any energy left to run after it, it flies across the entire field, an amazing kick. With sure accuracy, it hits the back of the net in my goal. I collapse on the ground exhausted.
"Ah man…." I say. Ulrich is sitting on the ground a couple of feet away, panting heavily.
"Good- good game Odd." He says. I just nod, not having enough energy to speak. I see Yumi, Aelita, and Avery walking over. I point this out to Ulrich and he stands up.
"Excuse me Odd, I've got to go and give a goodnight kiss to the perfect girl." He says.
"No fair! You can't kiss Avery!" I yell after him, and he just laughs. After Yumi leaves, Jeremie and Aelita walk off hand in hand. Ulrich walks off to our dorm, leaving me with Avery.
"Well Madam, would you like an escort back to you private mansion?" I say in an British accent.
"Of course I would Odd, but it's hardly a mansion." She smiles at me. We walk back to her dorm, enjoying each other's company.
"Are you going to be okay tonight? I mean, after what happened earlier…." I ask her. She looks at me, I can see the gratitude in her green eyes.
"Yah, I'll be okay. Don't worry about me."
"You know I can't help it."
"Thank you Odd." She leans up and looks at me. "For everything." I feel myself blush as she kisses me on the cheek. She opens her door and steps inside, while I just stand there silently.
"And Odd…."
"Yah?"
"You can keep the key." She closes the door.
This was sort of a filler too... I'll try to keep to the main plot more. If there is one. Well, last time I promised one quote for every review(yes I did, look it up!), so here they are!
303. Don't make fun of dumb people, or they will make fun of you for being smart.
305. My love is like a cockroach: Once is comes it never goes away.
299. You're arrogant, ignorant, and incompetant. Those are the three worse traits a human being can have.
292. That's repetitive and redundant.
287. Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable, or am I miserable because I listen to pop music? (Dont kill me if you like pop!)
300. If you choose to follow Satan, you are at the mercy of a being who has no mercy.
There, six quotes from the almighty list of doom! I'm going to make a habit of leaving at least one quote on every chapter. So until next time, see you later! Review!