The Online Couple

By Matthew Rozier

Chapter 2

Odd slid to the ground, covering his face in his hands as Sissi walked in his direction. Sissi gasped when she saw the laptop. "Odd? Have you been dating someone online?"

Odd uncovered his face, smiling. He tried fibbing to get out of it. "Why no, Sissi, what gave you that idea?" Please believe me, please, please! Sissi wasn't about to fall for Odd's little lie. She picked up the laptop and lifted the screen. It was still at the chat room, with Sissi's last message on the screen. Sissi nearly dropped the laptop, but managed to regain her grip before pointing at the screen. "You have been dating someone, haven't you?"

Oh, crap, thought Odd. "Y-yes, as a matter a fact, I have."

"It was me, wasn't it?" Sissi grabbed Odd's shirt.

"A-apparently so," said Odd, with an innocent smile on his face. Odd cringed, expecting that Sissi was going hurt him. Sissi noticed this and loosened her grip on Odd's shirt.

"Odd," said Sissi in a warmer tone, "what's wrong?"

Odd relaxed. "I'm sorry, Sissi," he said a little shakily, "I just wasn't expecting the girl to be you."

"Don't feel bad, I'm just as surprised as you are, no need to be afraid though, I'm not going to hurt you."

"Oh, that's a relief. You really had me scared for a moment."

Sissi smiled, she had to admit, this isn't what she expected, but it wasn't as bad as she thought. "So, Odd," said Sissi, blushing, "what do you want to do about this?" Odd stood up, a sheepish grin on his face.

Herve came to. He noticed Nicholas stand there, his eyes glued to the window. "What is it?"

Nicholas didn't answer. He just continued to stare mindlessly at the window. Herve decided to take a look. His jaw dropped when he saw it. "What the?"

"I know," said Nicholas suddenly. "Can you believe it?"

"No, I can't. Odd? Heh, this is just too weird."

"Hey, at least it isn't Ulrich," said Nicholas with a smirk.

"Heh, yeah. Sorry about that happened earlier. I don't know what got into me."

"It's okay," said Nicolas flatly. "Do you wanna go save her?"

"Save her? From what? She seems to be okay."

"If you say so. We'd better get to class anyway."

"You actually wanna go to class?"

"It's better than watching this."

Herve laughed. "Yeah, you're right. Let's go." Herve took another quick glance out the window, shook his head and followed Nicholas to class.