Odd woke up suddenly and sat straight up in bed breathing quickly.
Alex walked in after having his shower, "What's wrong?"
"I just had a nightmare, and what are you doing up?"
"Unlike you, I'm a morning person, what was your nightmare about?"
"Umm……well……umm……"
"Just say it"
"Madison died" he mumbled.
"You shouldn't be embarrassed by that. I would be in the same position as you if I had a nightmare and Alexis died, she means the world to me"
"Same with Madison for me"
"What are you guys talking about?" Ulrich asked groggily.
"Madison and Alexis" Alex answered.
"Oh, yeah, that's an interesting topic"
"They mean the world to us, just like Yumi does to you" Odd said softly.
"I knew you had been acting weird lately"
"You were the same way about Yumi"
"No I wasn't!"
"Yes you were, you still are"
"Odd watch it or I'll cream you"
"Cream….. I'm hungry now" Odd said taking his pillow and throwing at it Ulrich. This started an all out pillow fight. Alex even joined in, in the chaos. There was a knock at the door and Alex was the closest to it so he opened it and there stood Madison. He used his pillow as a shield to protect himself from Odd and Ulrich. Odd threw his pillow at Ulrich but he dodged it so it went flying at Alex but he ducked and Madison was behind him. She caught the pillow and chucked it at Odd. It hit him in the face. Ulrich started laughing and Alex and Madison joined in.
"Wow Alex, you have a good arm" Odd said.
"I didn't throw that" Alex said.
"You didn't?"
"Nope"
"Then who did?" Alex moved a little bit revealing Madison. "You threw that?" Odd said looking at Madison in astonishment. She smiled and nodded. "WOW" he said. She smiled bigger.
"I told you I played a lot of sports" She said.
"Why'd you come here?" Ulrich asked realizing he and Odd were still in pajamas.
"I got bored of watching Aelita and Alexis sleep" she answered.
"Then why'd you come here? You could've gone to Yumi's house or Jeremie's room"
"I would but I don't know where Yumi lives and Jeremie's working on Aelita's antivirus. I stopped there on my way here" Odd looked at the clock, eyes widening.
"Breakfast is going to start soon!" he yelled. Alex and Ulrich laughed.
"I'm agreeing with Odd, let's go, I'm starving" Madison said. Alex and Madison walked out and then Odd started to follow but Ulrich grabbed his wrist.
"Are you sure you want to go right now?" Ulrich asked.
"Umm, yeah, is there a reason I shouldn't?" Odd asked.
"Yeah" Ulrich answered and then Odd realized it. He quickly shut the door and looked for his clothes. He found some under his bed and they looked clean. He threw them on and Ulrich did the same with his own clothes. Odd ran out of the room and grabbed Madison's hand and they ran off to the cafeteria. Alex and Ulrich just looked at each other questioningly.
"I think Madison would do anything as long as Odd was involved" Alex said. Ulrich nodded and they headed off to their first stop, Jeremie's room.
Jeremie was typing furiously on the computer keyboard. There was a knock on his door so he stood up and opened it. There stood Alex and Ulrich.
"Come on Jeremie, breakfast, Odd and Madison already there, have to get other girls" Alex gasped between breaths. He had just raced Ulrich there and he had won.
"Okay, I'm coming" Jeremie said. They headed off for Alexis and Aelita's dorm.
Once they got there, they knocked on the door. No answer. They knocked louder, still no answer. The door was unlocked so they just went in. Aelita and Alexis were still sleeping. Alexis lay with her head on her arm. The rest of her body was curled up into a little ball. Aelita lay on her back with all her sheets wrapped around her as though she was in a cocoon. Madison's bed sheets were thrown around on top of her bed.
Alexis' part of the room was light pink and had a lot of make-up. She had a poster of a model above her bed. Aelita's part of the room was a darker pink. She had teddy bears and cat pictures everywhere. She had a poster of a kitten in a pink cup above her bed. Madison's part of the room was dark blue and lime green. Her sheets were dark blue though her comforter was lime green. She had sports equipment coming out from underneath her bed. She also had a huge collection of CD's. She had Hilary Duff, SuperChick, The Rocket Summer, Relient K, and Krystal Meyers, everyone. Above her bed she had a poster of Bryce, from The Rocket Summer, and one of the Viking's football team from Minnesota, her home state. She had a small picture of a dolphin by the head of the bed.
Alex sat down next to Alexis' head. He rubbed her cheek softly. Her eyes cracked open just enough for her to see. She saw Alex and her eyes widened.
"What are you doing here?" Alexis asked Alex, surprised.
"Trying to wake up sleeping beauty" he whispered smiling. She sat up and hugged him.
Alexis got out of bed. She was wearing pink pants with flowers on them. She had a pink shirt on with the words "It's not easy being a Princess" on it in bright blue. She went across the room to Aelita. Jeremie was trying to wake her up, Ulrich joined in too. Alexis grabbed a blow horn that she used to wake Madison up and blew it right in Aelita's ear. She woke up with a start and Alexis started laughing and then Ulrich, Jeremie, and Alex joined in. Aelita grabbed her pillow and started whacking Alexis with it. Alexis blocked her head with her arms.
"Wow, a replay of our room" Ulrich said to Alex.
"You guys, I'm hungry and Odd's probably eating all of the food!" Alex put in.
"And we still have to get Yumi" Ulrich added.
"Okay, one minute" Alexis said as she and Aelita pushed the boys out the door.
The two girls quickly got dresses, both in their usual pink outfits. They opened up the door where the guys were still waiting and they headed to their usual bench. Yumi was just arriving so they all headed to breakfast.
Madison and Odd were sitting at their normal table. The others grabbed their food and sat down next to them. Odd and Madison were on fifths when they arrived.
"Wow, you're back to yourself" Alexis said while sitting down next to Madison. Madison smiled slightly continuing to stuff her face. The others sat down as they watched Madison and Odd stuff their faces. Madison got up and got more. Odd stopped eating as his eyes widened.
"You do have a bigger mouth and stomach than me!" he yelled.
"Yup" Madison answered heading towards the line of people still waiting to get breakfast. Madison got her food and sat back down. She ate it and was surprised that Odd didn't get up and get more. She gave him a confused look.
"I'm full" Odd said. Everyone gasped. Ulrich put his hand on Odd's forehead.
"No fever" he pointed out.
"I'm not sick, just full" Ulrich gave him a weird look. "I'm fine"
"At least we know that Madison isn't anorexic" Alexis pointed out.
"Does everybody think I'm anorexic?" Madison asked. She got up and stormed away. Yumi got up and followed her. Madison ended up at a tree in the park. Madison climbed the tree and sat on a branch as Yumi walked by looking for her. She never thought of looking up so she just walked right on by. Madison grabbed her small, black, backpack she wore everywhere. She took it out and wrote "Why does Alexis always have to be so mean? She tries to make herself look good and me look bad, maybe that's why nobody liked me at our old schools" She felt so stupid just realizing this now. Yumi walked back headed for the school. She was looking around nervously.
Yumi got back to the school and Odd ran up to her. "Where is she? Did you find her?"
"No" was her simple reply.
"I have to go find her"
"Class is going to start soon though"
"I've skipped before, I'm sure I can skip now"
Yumi shook her head. "Hurry up" He ran into the park looking for Madison.
"Madison!" he yelled, "Are you there? Madison?" At the sound of his voice, Madison jumped. She was losing her grip on the tree! Her notebook, backpack, and pencil fell to the ground. Odd saw and ran over. He looked around and then looked up. He saw Madison dangling from a branch and not being able to reach one easily nearby. She had both hands on one branch but both of her hands were slipping. "Madison!" he yelled worriedly. She started crying. "I'm on my way" he said as he started climbing the tree. He got to a nearby branch that was still out of her reach. "Grab my hand" he cried out as he extended his arm. She reached out with her hand that was slipping the most. Odd grabbed her hand. Her other hand slipped and she started falling and screaming.