Thank you SO MUCH for all the awesome reviews I got. I got 15 reviews for one chapter, that is awesome! You guys rock! I said I wanted an inbox full of reviews when I came home, and I was granted my wish. 43 messages, most of which were reviews for my stories. Thanks a bunch, I feel like the most loved writer in the world.
Anyways, if you thought the other stuff was fluffy, imagine what it's like when Odd and Avery are actually TOGETHER now! Read and find out.
(Odd P.O.V.)
I woke up this morning, and for the first time in a long while, I feel rested. I realize that I finally slept through the whole night without waking up once. I glance at the clock, and it's 6:29. Ulrich's alarm clock goes off at 6:30.
Suddenly, all the memories of last night come flooding into my brain. I grin as I remember that I finally kissed Avery, and she kissed me back. I finally know that she does love me, she told it to me from her own mouth.
Suddenly, Ulrich's alarm clock goes off, blaring loudly. Ulrich's hand creeps out of the covers and fumbles around on his headboard for a second before finally reaching his alarm clock. He hits the snooze button and pulls his hand back.
"Ulrich, Yumi is here." I say cheerily. Ulrich throws his covers off and stares at me.
"Odd, what the hell is wrong with you? You actually sound like your old self again!"
"Wow, you didn't even look around to see if Yumi really was here. You're getting better at this."
"Woah, what's with the sudden change in mood?" I just shrug my shoulders.
"Is it because of hormones, or because you spent the whole day yesterday with Avery?" He says, and I scowl at him. I don't know why I scowled at him, it's probably a reflex.
I'm not going to tell him yet. It'll be way more fun if it's a surprise…"Whatever. Let's go before the showers get crowded." I say. I grab a change of clothes and head out the door. I notice Ulrich shake his head, as if he's thinking 'nothing's changed…'
I take my shower, and head back to my room. The whole time, I pretend to be surly so Ulrich doesn't catch on, but I'm practically bursting with excitement. I can't wait to see the look on their faces when they find out.
"So… it was because of Avery, wasn't it?" Ulrich says when he gets back. I'm putting the finishing touches on my hair when he walks in, so I turn around and scowl at him again.
"Whatever. I'm going to go pick her up now, I'll see you at breakfast."
"Give Avery a nice loooong kiss for me, will you?" He says as I open the door. I just turn around and give him a thumbs up and a smile. I can barely contain my laughter as I see the surprised expression on his face before I leave and close the door.
I walk down the hall towards the stairs. When I reach the stairs, I slide down on the rail to the bottom. When I do reach the bottom, I end up falling off and landing hard on my butt. I stand up, rubbing my sore butt, when I hear laughter. I look over and see Avery laughing at me. She obviously just got back from the showers, because she's only wearing a bathrobe.
Oh, so you think that's funny do you? Well, I'll show you what's funny!" I say, running over to her. She screams and runs for her room, but I catch up to her easily. I put my arm around her waist.
"Oh, no fair. Come on Odd, I have to go get dressed…" She says.
"Oh fine… but before I forget…" I let go and she turns around to face me. I press my lips to hers and keep them there for a while.
"Woah, what was that for?"
"That was from Ulrich."
"What?" She says with a surprised expression.
"This morning when I left, he told me to give you a nice long kiss for him."
"Well, you can give him this…" She kisses me back, and walks into her room. After a split-second hesitation, I follow her in.
"You know, I don't think I can really give that to him without him thinking I'm gay."
"Then please don't give it to him. You can stay in," she says, "but you have to turn around like a gentleman."
"Aww…" I say in my whiney voice, but turn around anyway. I don't want to get on my new girlfriend's bad side this soon in the game.
Deciding to have at least a little fun, I walk backwards, still facing the door.
"See, I'm still turned around…" I say, almost walking past her. Before I can though, she turns me so I'm facing the bed.
"Sit and face the wall, I'll tell you when you can turn around." She says. Being obedient, but I have a pouting face on, I sit down.
"Am I in timeout?" I say, still in my whiney voice.
"For all intents and purposes, yes you are Odd." I spin around to face her, but I hold my hands over my eyes.
"I'm not looking…" I say grinning.
"No peeking!" She says. Despite that, I open my fingers slightly.
"Hey! I said no peeking!" I close my fingers again before I could see anything. I wait patiently for a couple minutes, but suddenly all noise stops.
"Avery? Can I look now?"
"No." She says. Suddenly, the door closes. I whip my hands off from my eyes to find myself alone in her room.
"Hey!" I yell, dashing for the door. I quickly open it and look outside to find she's running down the hall fully clothed.
"No fair!" I run after her. She's fast, almost faster than me. I catch up to her just before we reach the courtyard. I put my arm around her waist, preventing her from going anywhere, but she struggles.
"Odd! Let me go!"
"No way. You're not getting away that easily…" I quickly put my other arm under her knees and pick her up bridal style. She's still trying to squirm out of my grasp.
"Hey, hey! You can either stop squirming, or you can fall five feet to the ground." I say. Avery immediately stops squirming.
"Okay," She says in a cute voice, "I'll be a good girl now."
"That's better." I set her down, but keep one arm around her waist.
"Now, how do you propose we tell the others?" She says as we walk towards the cafeteria.
"Tell the others what?" I ask innocently.
"About us."
"What about us? We're still friends, right?" I ask, just to poke fun at her.
"Odd…"
"Okay, I'll be serious now. But… how about we not tell them?"
"What? Eventually, we're going to have to tell them."
"Yah, just not yet. I'll think of something during school. But until then, let's pretend like nothing happened, okay?"
"Oh fine…" I drop my hand from her waist and we walk inside just like normal.
(Ulrich P.O.V.)
I watched Odd and Avery walk up to the cafeteria, but they stop just before they entered. What was most amazing was that Odd had his hand around Avery's waist, but now he dropped it.
What the hell…They both walked inside, acting as though nothing was different between them.
Something is fishy…"Ulrich? What's up?" Yumi asks. A quick shake of my head and a smile comes from me and Yumi looks relived.
"Nothing. Avery and Odd are here." I say, putting my arm around her waist. After a couple minutes, Odd and Avery sit down with their breakfast in their normal spots.
"So Odd, what happened last night?" I ask him. He almost chokes on his eggs.
"What do you mean?" He asks casually.
"Well, I came back and you were already in bed. So… what happened?"
"Uh... nothing. I took Avery back to her dorm and went to bed. That's it."
"Yah Ulrich, what makes you think anything special happened?" Avery asks me.
"I dunno. I was just thinking since… never mind." I say, giving in. I was about to ask why Odd's hand was around her waist, but I know better than to use my trump card at the beginning.
We go through the whole day like normal… but something seems different about Avery and Odd. No matter how many times I ask them, they always insist nothing has changed. But Avery also seems to be avoiding Odd, almost as if they had a fight.
I poked and prodded at Odd all day long, but he just gets surlier and surlier. Eventually he snaps at me, getting in trouble with the teacher.
"Ulrich!" Odd hisses at me through clenched teeth "Nothing has changed between me and Avery. Nothing!" I just stare at him for a couple more seconds before turning back to my work.
A couple minutes later, I catch him laughing silently into his hand, but he doesn't see me.
At dinnertime, the whole table is silent. No one is mad or anything, just no one seems to want to talk. Suddenly, Odd stands up and turns to Avery, who is sitting next to him.
"Okay Avery, I've been thinking about it all day, and I haven't been able to come up with anything better than this." He helps her stand up.
"Better than wha-" Aelita begins to ask, but she's cut short by Odd's next action.
Odd takes Avery and kisses her passionately, wrapping his arm around her waist.
I swear, I felt my jaw hit the table and burst into a million pieces.
... told you it was fluffy. Review please!