Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko, any songs I use, unless I tell you that I wrote them, or any of the characters in the original Code Lyoko episodes. I do however own Madison, Alexis, Alex, their parents, and someone who's coming in later. I'm not sure what chapter. I think 23 he is mentioned. On with the story!
Chapter 21: Story Too Sad To Tell
Madison had the ball and shot it from the free throw line.
"I can't imagine why you were never on a team" Alex said.
"Too many other sports in my life" Madison said. The bell rang and they headed off to choir.
"Don't forget to call your mom" Odd reminded Madison.
" I was thinking of doing that after classes"
"Okay, but it could be something important"
"Fine" she said as she took out the green phone and dialed a phone number.
"Hello?" Mrs. Gurgi asked.
"Hi mom"
"Madison! Honey! Where did you go?"
"A secret place"
"Why didn't you ever tell me you had a boyfriend?"
"You never asked"
"Right…"
"Why did you want to talk to me?"
"I forgot to tell you that we will be picking you and Alexis up tomorrow morning at 5:30 and your plane leaves at 7:00 sharp"
"Why is Alexis coming with?"
"So she can say goodbye to you"
"Then all of my friends might as well come"
"Sorry, there isn't enough room in the car for all of your imaginary friends"
"Mom! My friends are not imaginary, you could talk to each and everyone of them right now" All of her friends looked at her as though she was crazy. She handed the phone to Alexis. She gladly took it.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Alexis, where did Madison go?"
"She's right here"
"And why are you on her phone?"
"She just handed it to me"
"Well, we'll be picking you guys up at 5:30 and make sure all of her stuff is packed"
"Okay"
"What's she doing right now?"
"Crying on Odd's shoulder because she's sad she has to move and all of our friends are looking at me as though I'm crazy"
"You are crazy, all of you, except for Ulrich of course" Sissi said as she walked by.
"Shut up Sissi!" The group yelled in unison.
"Who is Sissi?" Mrs. Gurgi asked.
"An annoying person" Ulrich said.
"Who said that?"
"Ulrich" Alexis said.
"Do you have me on speaker phone?"
"Maybe…"
"Alexis.."
"Sorry"
"Who are all of your friends?"
"Aelita" Aelita said.
"Yumi" Yumi said.
"Jeremie" Jeremie said.
"Odd" Odd said.
"Ulrich" Ulrich said.
"Alex" Alex said.
"There's more boys than girls"
"Actually there are four boys and four girls if you count Alexis and I" Madison said.
"I must be going now, your father needs the phone so he can make sure your plane ticket is ready and everything" Mrs. Gurgi said. Madison started crying.
"Don't cry" Odd said. Mrs. Gurgi could hear the crying become muffled as Madison cried into Odd's shoulder. She hung up.
The group walked into choir just as the bell was ringing. They sat down and watched as Miss. Tibby write 'High School Musical', on the board.
"Today and tomorrow, we are going to be watching High School Musical" Miss. Tibby said. Alexis looked at Madison who was still sad.
"Come on Madison, this is one of your favorite movies" Alexis whispered.
"Didn't you hear her, it's today and tomorrow" Madison whispered back.
"Madison, you have to be happy sometime"
"No I don't"
"Come on, if you're like this, mom and dad are going to think that you are unhappy here" The movie started and Madison just sat there and watched. She finally smiled and Alexis saw so she smiled to herself.
The bell rang while Gabriella was singing 'Where There was Me and You'. The group left and Madison was humming 'Be My Escape' by Relient K.
"That song wasn't in the movie" Alexis pointed out.
"Well, it should be" Madison said expressing her opinion.
"Wait, Be My Escape is sort of a sad song"
"How did you know that it's Be My Escape?"
"You listen to it every night"
"Right…"
"You do!"
"I know I do"
"You're sad, aren't you"
"How can I not be? I'm supposed to move to Australia!"
"Okay, you have a point"
"I'm not going to sleep well tonight, I can tell"
"It's play, I'm sure you'll fall asleep eventually"
"Doubt it"
"Can't you at least try to be happy?"
" I am trying"
"That means, you really are depressed!"
"And you thought I wasn't?"
"You are kind of known to be dramatic"
"Well I'm not being dramatic"
"Sure seems like it"
"But I'm not"
"I know"
"We better go, we don't want to be late for art" The group got on their way.'
"That reminds me, I have your painting in my room still" Odd told Madison.
"You mean of my cat that will never be?" Madison asked.
"Maybe it will be someday"
"Once again, doubt that" She said as they walked into art class.
"Take your seats class" Mr. Chot said. Everyone sat down. "Today we are going to get ideas for a drawing. You have to draw one of your favorite hobbies and I mean only one, paper is up here and you may get started" Ulrich got up and got paper for everyone in their group. He came back and handed them out. He sat down and started drawing a soccer ball. Jeremie drew a computer. Aelita began to draw a mixer. Yumi drew a girl doing a karate kick. Alex drew a basketball.
"What do I like to do?" Odd asked Ulrich.
"Eat" Ulrich answered after a moment of thought.
"I second that motion" Yumi said glancing at Ulrich with a slight smile. Ulrich smiled back.
"Okay, then I'll draw food" Odd said happily. He got to work while Madison and Alexis just sat there thinking. Mr. Chot went over to them.
"Having problems?" Mr. Chot asked.
"Yes" Madison and Alexis replied at the same time.
"Okay, let's start with Alexis, What's your problem?"
"I can't think of a hobby!" she answered.
"What do you like to do?" He asked her. She looked at Madison.
"You like to go shopping" Madison told her sister.
"But how can I draw shopping?"
"I don't know, be creative, you could draw a person shopping" Mr. Chot suggested. "And your problems the same?" He asked Madison who still hadn't drawn anything.
"No, I'm having the issue of choosing which hobby to draw" Madison said.
"What do you like to do?"
"Play sports, listen to music, read, do math, and write" She said listing off everything.
"What do you do the most often?" She looked to Alexis for help.
"I don't know!" Alexis said. "You play sports a lot but you listen to music a lot too"
"How about I just draw music?" Madison suggested.
"Okay" Mr. Chot said as he walked away. Alexis started drawing a person carrying a whole bunch of bags and Madison started drawing a CD and some music notes. By the end of class, Madison had finished and Alexis just had to draw a background. Odd had drawn a tray with various foods on it like mashed potatoes and pizza. Alex had his basketball done. Yumi's karate girl was almost done and Ulrich's soccer ball was done. Aelita's mixer wasn't done but Jeremie's computer was. The group handed their projects in and then had to decide what they wanted to do. Madison had to pack all of her things. Alexis offered to help her so they went to their dorm and started sorting all of her stuff. Everybody else went to Ulrich, Odd, and Alex's dorm.
"I cant believe she's actually going to move" Yumi said.
"It's not like she has a choice, she just found out today too" Odd said sadly.
"We have to talk to her parents" Aelita said. "She is not going to move"
"I already tried talking to her mom"
"What did she say?
"She thought that I was Alexis' boyfriend and then she asked where Madison went and I had to go find her and then we had gym so I had Madison call her mom back afterwards"
"What has she done to try to change her parents' minds?" Yumi asked.
"Talking to them and telling then straight out that she doesn't want to move, telling them that she actually has friends here, and I think that's it"
"She can't move" Jeremie spoke up. Odd laid down on his bed burying his face into his pillow.
Okay, that wasn't exactly earlier but I tried. It was just hard for me to type some stuff. And I had finals. School gets out on Thursday so I'll be able to type more, hopefully. See the little purple button that says "Go"? Click it.