AN: Thank you so much to all of those who took the time to write a review. Speaking of reviews, I have been asked to write longer chapters, and I've been trying to, but it isn't the easiest task. But none-the-less, I'm now going to write longer chapters, which means more information in the chapters! Yey! So, here's chapter five. Enjoy!

Chapter 5:The Return Of Sissy

RIIIIINNNGGG! The bell rang, indicating that it was time for lunch and all of the hungry students gladly left their classrooms for the cafeteria.

"Hey Ulrich! Over here!" Odd shouted to his friend across the noisy room. Ulrich saw his two best friends, Odd and Jeremie in the lunch line. And it was no surprise since Odd was always eating. Ulrich walked over to them and stood next to Jeremie as Odd picked up his tray and started to load it up with food.

"Hey Ulrich, where ya been?" asked Jeremie. "Yea. You almost missed the meatballs and gravy!" Odd said as he nodded at the lunch lady. "Well actually, I have something very important to tell you guys. And I could care less about the meatballs and gravy, Odd, so listen up!" "Let's go sit down first." Jeremie said as he and Ulrich finished getting their food and started to walk towards a table with Odd.

"So what did you want to tell us Ulrich?" Odd asked eagerly. "Yea and what did the principal want with you?" Jeremie asked a little worried.

"Well, the principal called me to his office because my parents had something to tell me." As Ulrich said this, he remembered their faces when he had first walked into the principal's office. And then he remembered their faces when he had left them in the hallway. Now he felt guilty. They had been so happy, and he had been such a pill about it all.

"So what'd they say?" asked Odd, now very suspicious. "They said…" Ulrich hesitated. "They said?" Jeremie tried to push Ulrich into finishing his sentence.

"They said that we're moving to Washington D.C. a week from today." He paused to look at their faces and stirred his food then added. "My dad wasn't earning enough money here, and he got offered a job in D.C. that could pay enough for us to be rich. But I don't want to be rich. I want to live here at Kadic with you guys!"

The three boys sat there in silence, Jeremie and Odd with a look of disbelief. But when they saw Ulrich's expression, they knew it wasn't a joke.

"Well, that's okay buddy," Odd said, trying to cheer up Ulrich. "Washington's only like 45mins away, so we'll be able to see each other every weekend and sometimes after school!"

"What are you talking about Odd!" Washington D.C. is located in the United States! The only way we'd be able to see Ulrich in 45minutes is if we had a teleporter. And no Odd, it hasn't been invented yet." Jeremie was shocked that Odd could be that naive. He hadn't meant to come across that harsh, but this was a serious matter, and Odd's foolishness was not helpful.

"Geese Jeremie. You didn't have to be that rude." Odd said, a little scared now. "Look, I only have a week left. So that means if it's the 21st today, I'll be leaving the 28th of December. I'll be starting the new year in the United States." Ulrich was a little disappointed that he wouldn't be able to spend New Years with his two best buds. He always did. It was a tradition.

"Well look on the bright side Ulrich," a voice so high pitched, so familiar it wasn't even funny, broke Ulrich from his thoughts. "You'll get to spend Christmas with me!" the voice said with delight, and a hint of pride. "Sissy! How long have you been eavesdropping on us?" Ulrich knew that she would show up soon, as she always does, but he didn't want it to be now. Actually, he never wanted her to show up.

"Just long enough to hear your awful story." she said with sincere sorrow. "Look, you're probably the only reason why Ulrich wants to move, so why don't you just buzz off!" Odd said with disgust. "Good old Odd. Always having to get in a comment. Besides, I didn't want to speak to you, I actually wanted to speak with Jeremie."

"Jeremie?" Odd said, now intrigued about Sissy's reason for "dropping in" their discussion. "Well Odd. You sound so surprised." Jeremie said feeling he wasn't cool enough to be talked to by another peer. "Oh no! It's not that einstien, it's just that usually Sissy wants to talk to Ulrich." Odd said hoping he didn't sound too surprised that Sissy wanted to speak to Jeremie for once.

"Well, I want to talk to Jeremie this time, so come on!" Sissy said while pulling Jeremie over to an empty table. "So what do you want?" "Actually, I was wondering if you could do me a favor. You see, my friend has this major crush on you an…" "Someone likes me?" Jeremie asked, now very interested in what she had to say. "Yes, and don't cut me off like that Jeremie. It's rude." Sissy said a little annoyed.

"So as I was saying, you probably already know that the winter ball is coming up this Friday, and well she wants to go with you, but she's too afraid to ask. So I thought I'd ask for her." "Umm. Well, first I'd like to know who this girl is that you speak of." Jeremie pondered this as the faces of all the girls in his classes flashed through his head.

"She's that new girl, Vanessa. She likes you because you're smart and she thinks you look hot when you take off your glasses. You should see the way she looks at you in math class when you answer a question and get it right. As usual."

Jeremie was astonished! He had seen Vanessa before and thought she was very attractive. He didn't think anyone like her would like him. Then it occurred to him that this might just be a cruel Sissy joke that she so much likes to play on him and his friends.

"Sissy, this isn't one of your "jokes" is it?" Jeremie asked, half expecting her to say yes. But she didn't. "Jeremie! I'm serious! I hate it when someone is clearly in love with someone else and they don't say a thing about it. So, could you please just consider doing this."

"Well, um, sure … I guess. But Sissy, may I just ask, why are you doing this?" Jeremie didn't know Sissy to be the kind of person to help out others. "Well, if you must know, she is my cousin, and I noticed how she liked you, and I wanted to do something nice for her." Sissy said this not having a problem that she was lying. Since she was so used to it by now.

The real reason was that her father told her to get Vanessa to go to the winter ball. And the only was Sissy could imagine to do so was to get Vanessa's love to ask her to the ball.

"So you'll go with her?" asked an anxious Sissy. "…Okay. Yea sure. Why not? It could be a lot of fun." Jeremie was impressed that he was going to the winter ball with a date! It was the first time he had ever started to like another girl since Aelita.

"So, I'll see you later Jeremie." Sissy said as she walked off towards her table and Jeremie walked back to his.

"So what'd she want?" asked a very confused Ulrich. "Apparently, I'm going to the dance with Vanessa Delmas!" Jeremie still couldn't believe it.

"Wow! So how'd you manage that?" Odd asked in a surprised tone. "Well, Sissy just wanted to help her cousin out. She said that Vanessa has a crush on me, and the only way she would go to the dance, was if I asked her to go with me."

"That's great einstien! I guess that means me and Odd got to go now too. I mean, we don't want to miss a thing with you and your first date!" Ulrich was very proud of his friend. And also glad he was here to witness Jeremie's first date.

"And we better make it a memorable night, because Ulrich will be gone 4 days later." Odd said this like he was sad, and truly he would be, but he just couldn't believe that his best bud would be moving in a week. And to a whole other country! He sort of thought of it as a dream. And he would wake up, and all of this would have never happened.

Odd was brought back to reality as Ulrich made a comment about Odd's last statement. "Yea. It'll be the best dance we've had here at Kadic. We'll definitely make it memorable."

And that they did. They didn't know it then, but something drastic was going to take place on the night of December 24th. Something that would change Ulrich's life forever.

AN: Okay. Well, I hope that was interesting and the length you guys would prefer. I tried not to drag on too much. Anyways, yes, it is the return of Sissy. And of course she will have a big part in the drama that takes place in the next chapter. So tune in next chapter to see what happens. For now, leave a review on your way out so I can see if this was too dragged on. Thanks! tinkerbellbt

Question of the Day:

Does anyone know when season 3 will premier? I've heard it will be this spring. But I've also heard it will be this fall. So if anyone knows the actual season, it'd be greatly appreciated.