For third hour Odd, Madison, and Aelita had history. Mr. Helpar got tired of the seating chart so they could sit where ever they wanted. The three sat at a table in the back and nobody else wanted to sit by them so it was just the three. As Mr. Helpar took attendance, he was at Odd. When Odd said "here", Mr. Helpar looked up trying to memorize faces.
He saw Madison and said "Alexis, you don't have this class, you just had this class" Madison thought he was talking about another Alexis, then she thought 'Alexis was just in this class.' She pointed to herself. He nodded. She started laughing. Odd and Aelita did too. "What's so funny?" Mr. Helpar asked. Madison finally stopped laughing long enough to talk.
"I'm not Alexis, I'm Madison, Alexis is my sister"
"Okay, I'll get you mixed up, don't worry about that one" Mr. Helpar said. The class laughed at him.
In the math room, Ulrich was the only one in their group who had it third hour. Since there was an Odd number of students in his class, he was able to sit in the back by himself. He wished Yumi was in the class with him. They had no morning classes together. Ulrich laughed when he looked at the teacher's desk. It was covered with lemons. He wondered why then looked up at the board, Mrs. Lemons.
In science, Yumi was glad that she had it with Jeremie and wasn't alone like Ulrich. She felt so bad fro Ulrich but it was probably good for him so he could get all of his thoughts together. She pulled herself back to attention when Mr. Jones wrote the days schedule on the board.
As Alex and Alexis walked into English, they found a table at the back and sat down. Then they noticed Sissi walk in.
"You're friends with Ulrich, right?" Sissi asked Alexis.
"What if I am?" She snapped back.
"Stay away from him! He's mine!"
"Actually, I think he's…" Alex put his hand over her mouth and she glared at him. The bell rang and Sissi sat down in the only empty seat, next to Herb.
"What was that for?" Alexis whispered to Alex.
"So Sissi wouldn't try to make life miserable for Yumi and Ulrich" he whispered back and class began. Mrs. Smith introduced herself and asked how many of the class were new this year. Alex, Alexis, and other people raised their hands.
For fourth hour, Jeremie and Alex had Mrs. Lemons for math. They sat down next to one another and were very glad when they got to stay there.
Ulrich, Alexis, Madison, and Odd, all had science. Madison and Alexis sat down together at one of the only empty tables left. Odd and Ulrich sat at the last one. Mr. Jones looked at his class and pointed to Madison and Alexis.
"You two" he said. "What are your names?"
"Madison" Madison said.
"Alexis" Alexis said.
"Are you guys twins?" Mr. Jones asked. They both nodded. "Okay, I already lost track of who was who, so let's have Alexis switch with Odd Della Robia" They switched and Mr. Jones continued on by taking attendance. At that moment, Sissi was outside walking around because she said she had to go to the bathroom, but she was really going to spy on Ulrich. She looked inside of the science classroom and saw Alexis sitting by her Ulrich. And they were laughing! She stomped away in disgust. Little did she know that they were laughing at Madison and Odd. They sat next to each other and every class.
All the teachers gave up on the seating charts. They just let them sit where ever.
Yumi and Aelita headed off to see Mrs. Smith for English. They sat down next to one another and waited for class to start.
After classes they all went to lunch. Odd sat down and dug in…of course. Alex challenged Odd to an eating contest.