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(Ulrich P.O.V.)
I woke up at normal time, and to see Odd awake before me. This was become more and more commonplace now. But the weird thing is that Odd is sitting off the edge of his bed, staring at a key that is dangling from his hand.
"Odd?" He doesn't respond. "Odd, what are you doing?"
"Do you know what this is?" He asks me.
"It's a key."
"Yah. But it's a special key."
"What's it go to?" I ask.
"Avery's dorm." It rings a bell, Odd told me before how he had gotten into Avery's locked room on the first day Avery had gone to Lyoko.
"You should return it."
"I was going too…."
"Why didn't you?"
"Avery said I could keep it."
"What?"
"Last night when I dropped her off at her room, before she closed the door. She said I could keep the key. Before I could say anything, she closed her door." He puts the key on his desk.
"Odd, I think she might really like you…."
"No Ulrich. She doesn't. She wouldn't lie to me like that…."
"People do strange things when they're nervous. Trust me, I would know. I could barely talk when I first asked Yumi out. I think she said yes as a first impulse."
"You know what I think?"
"What?"
"I think she's just playing with my emotions. She knows she can do that. Man, girls are vicious!" He says laughing.
"I've got to admit, sometimes they are. How many times did you get hit yesterday?"
"Too many. I can't count that high."
"Come on man, let's go take a shower." We head out and take our showers. Odd doesn't say much, but I can tell he's thinking about what I said. Whether what Avery claimed was true or not. Somehow, I can tell. I can tell he loves her, and that she loves him. It's in her eyes. Just the way she looks at him. We get dressed quickly and head down for breakfast. Well, I do. Odd does his normal routine of going to get Avery. I grab my breakfast and sit down. Soon after Jeremie walks in with Aelita.
"Hey guys." I say and take a drink.
"Hi Ulrich. Where's Odd?" I furrow my brow.
"Come on Aelita, you should be smarter than that. Where would Odd possibly go to make him late for breakfast?" She grins sheepishly at me.
"I should have known. Avery?"
"You bet."
"Speak of the devil himself." Jeremie says as Odd walks up with Avery.
"Are you guys talking about me again?" Odd asks.
"Of course Odd! Didn't you hear Jeremie say devil?" Avery says.
"Hey, that was uncalled for."
"Yah, but you set yourself up for it."
"You know Odd, she has a point." I put in.
"You know what? Yah. You can just… yah." He sits down and starts eating.
"Odd, that has got to be the lamest insult I have ever heard." I say. He scowls at me.
"I'm hungry. Just wait until I'm full, then you'll be hearing things like monkey-breath, cheese-head, fish-brain and things like that." We all laugh and Avery sits down in between Odd and me.
"So Avery, do you have your schedule?" I ask her.
"No, but I'll get it. Mr. Delmas said he is going to introduce me to all my teachers personally."
"Why?"
"I dunno, something like because it's the middle of the school year. Students don't normally come during the middle of the year, right?"
"Usually."
"So I guess it's just a one time deal. Whatever. I just hope I get some good classes."
"Yah right, not at this school." Odd says.
"Well, I had better go now. Kind sir, would you care to escort me to the principal's office?" Avery asks. I turn back to my breakfast.
"Ulrich?" I look over to see Avery looking at me.
"Oh, did you mean me?" She nods at me strangely. "Okay then." I push my tray towards Odd, who takes it eagerly, and walk out of the lunchroom with Avery.
"Why did you want me to come?" I ask her when we're outside.
"Is there a problem?"
"No… but I assumed you would want to go with Odd."
"What, is it illegal to associate with my other friends?"
"Well, no, I guess not. But you and Odd just seem to get along really well."
"So because I get along really well, that means I need to automatically spend every waking moment with him?"
"Well, uh, no… I mean, maybe… I mean, uh…." I stop when I realize she's teasing me.
Odd's right, girls are vicious!
"I'm just kidding Ulrich. Gosh, you need to lighten up."
"Ah, there you are Mrs. Hathawaye." Mr. Delmas was waiting for her outside his office.
"Hello Mr. Delmas." She says timidly. I've noticed this, how she's completely different around different people. She's timid and shy around others, but when she's with us, she's a fireball.
"Thank you Mr. Stern for bringing her here, you may go to class now." He puts his hand on Avery's shoulder.
"Be careful with her Mr. Delmas. She's a fragile little flower that needs to be treated with care." I grin and walk off as Mr. Delmas leads her into his office. I look back, she's glaring daggers at me. If she was in range, I'm sure she would have smacked me upside the head like she did to Odd. I run off to first period science and sit down next to Odd. A few minutes into first period, Mr. Delmas walks in with Avery behind him. She notices us and waves, we wave back.
"Class, we have a new student." Mrs. Hertz says.
"This is your new classmate, I'll let her introduce herself." Mr. Delmas says. I give her an encouraging smile.
"Um… Hi. My name is Avery Hathawaye… I just moved here from the United States… I um… like computers and athletics." She says, barely looking up.
"And I'm sure she will be very welcome here." Mr. Delmas says, glaring at us all.
"You may sit down behind Odd and Ulrich dear." Mrs. Hertz says. "Ulrich, raise your hand so she knows who you are." Feeling stupid, I thrust my hand into the air.
"Hi Ulrich." She waves and walks towards me. Everyone else in the classroom seems stunned as she gives me a hug. 'This new girl has already become friends with the most popular guy in school?' 'Is she going to go out with him?' 'No fair!' I hug her back, surprised. Avery takes the seat behind me.
"That was kind of weird… why did she hug you?" Odd whispers to me.
"I dunno…." I whisper back. I look back up at Mrs. Hertz, who is doing another lecture. Usually during this, I would sit and dream of Yumi. So I do. But as soon as Mrs. Hertz turns around, someone slaps me upside the head.
"Ow!" I say quietly. I look over at Odd who is laughing at a certain someone behind me. Everyone in the class begins to whisper among themselves, probably thinking this must mean I'm dating her. I turn around to see Avery smiling at me innocently.
"What was that for?" I whisper.
"For that fragile flower crack." She answers.
"Well, that was pretty funny…." I grin.
"Ulrich! If a 1000 Kg car hit me at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour what would happen?" Mrs. Hertz asks me. I turn around quickly and stumble for the answer.
"Uh… uh… you would die?" I just said the first answer that came to my head. Unfortunately, everyone starts laughing. Mrs. Hertz just sighs.
"Yes probably. Unfortunately, that was not the answer I was looking for. It would transfer all of it's kinetic energy to my body."
"Oh, yah. I knew that."
"Please pay more attention Ulrich. You can visit with Miss Hathawaye after class." I sigh and slump back down in my seat.
"Why always me?" I whisper to myself. The rest of the class is as boring as ever, it's amazing I'm passing science at all. After class, I try to talk to Avery some more, but she has to hurry off. The principal is going to introduce her every period and then let her stay for the rest.
As it turns out, I have Avery in English, Science, Music and PE. Odd has her the other period in Art. Somehow I have a strange feeling that this is a set-up, I mean we do have a superhacker on our hands. School placement files? Probably pretty easy compared to what she's used to. For PE she's lucky. She apparently 'didn't know that she had PE' so she didn't have to suit up. Jim seemed really disappointed that he couldn't see her run today after she said she liked track.
"Well, I guess tomorrow then. Make sure you have proper PE attire tomorrow!" He says.
"Yes sir." She replies and walks over to me. "Does Mr. Morales-."
"Call him Jim. Everyone else does."
"Okay... does Jim always yell at people even when they're standing right in front of him?" I laugh.
"Always. You get used to it after a while." Jim tells Avery to walk laps around the gym while we play dodgeball again.
Why is it always dodgeball?
I don't think Odd feels like playing but I see him give a little effort. He manages to get a couple of people out. Meanwhile, I've been scoring like a madman. Kid after kid falls underneath my rule. A ball flies high in the air near Jim, I catch it. It gets the person out and I throw the ball back, hitting another person.
"Good going Ulrich! Reminds me of when I was a dodgeball player…."
"You were a dodgeball player?"
"I'd rather not talk about it." I run away and begin play again. Even when Odd isn't playing his best, he still is pretty good. He nails the second to last player on my team and I realize something. It's just me and Odd left. I hear Odd's team cheering him on, and my team cheering me on. Odd doesn't seem to notice, and I don't pay attention. I'm used to having fans. I chuck a ball at Odd, he dodges it easily. He lazily tosses one back, I don't even have to move. He walks over to the sideline, not really caring and grabs a ball. He straightens up to see my ball flying at him, and he ducks again. I lean against the wall, waiting for something to give Odd motivation. I glance over at Avery, who seems to notice. She calmly walks over to Odd and says something to him. He straightens up and looks at her disbelievingly. Then he gets mad. He turns and glares at me.
"Come on Odd, bring it on." I yell. I stretch out my hand and beckon him forward. He reaches down and grabs a ball. He throws it with amazing speed at me, I just barely manage to jump out of the way.
Ooooh, now this is interesting….
I grab a ball and hurl it back, he sidesteps easily. We go on like that for about five minutes, the crowd is yelling louder and louder.
"Ulrich! Ulrich!" One side is chanting my name.
"Odd! Odd! Odd!" The other side is chanting Odd's name. This is an all out slugfest between us, like the practice sessions we used to have on Lyoko. I grab a ball while running and throw it at Odd, he ducks and grabs a ball himself. I stand up straight and he fires. I jump out of the way, but too late. My foot accidentally kicked up and hit the ball as I dove. I got out in dodgeball! That has never happened before!
One side of the gym erupts in cheers while the other groans. I walk up to Odd and put out my hand. He still glares at me, furious for whatever Avery had said to him. Knowing Jim was watching, he shakes my hand.
"How could you do that to Yumi? To Avery?" He says through clenched teeth. I look at him bewildered.
"Do what?" He pulls his hand away and walks off. Avery just smiles and runs after him. A few minutes later, after some intense conversation in the corner, they come back. Avery is still smiling, but Odd just looks kind of disgusted with himself. Jim calls on me to lead my team in another hundred pushups because we lost.
"Come on people! It's only a hundred!" I yell to them after about 65. They groan at me. My soccer coach said strong legs aren't the only thing, strong arms are good too. So he had us all do pushups as well. I could do end up doing about 90 before I start to get really tired. When we finish Jim just looks at us in disgust.
"Okay, we have five minutes left people, do whatever you want. Just stay in the Gym!" He yells and walks off. I immediately go to Avery who is standing near Odd.
"Okay, do I want to know what you said?" I ask.
"No, you don't." Odd says and he walks off. I look at Avery and raise an eyebrow. She laughs at his reaction.
"I just asked him a simple question."
"Which was?"
"What would you say if I was dating Ulrich secretly behind Yumi's back?" I do a double take.
"What? You said that to him? That's harsh!"
"Calm down Ulrich. I just wanted to see how he would react. And he reacted a little bit more furious than I thought he would. Notice I never said I was going out with you, I just said I wanted to know what he would say." She smiles innocently and walks inside the locker room for Jim had just blown the whistle. Two thoughts ran through my head.
Man, girls are vicious!
And the second one hit me even harder.
She IS just playing with his emotions!
I make a mental note to confront her after Gym and try and stop her before she does something that she would regret. Odd is prone to overreacting, especially when it's with his emotions. I head into the locker room, lagging after everyone else like I usually do.
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308. Man says to woman: I would go to the ends of the world for you!
Woman replies: Would you stay there?
310. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
(I hope no one takes offense to the girls vicious thing. I was a joke between me and my friends. Some of them are girls too)