AN: I'll try to be more consistent on posting. I've had it written, I just haven't typed everything up… Anyway, on with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko characters, settings, etc…
Stacey took a while to answer, or at least it seemed like it to her. "No, it's not a problem at all. I can wait a couple days for my room." Her shoulders slumped slightly, but she held her composure.
"Very well. What is the hotel number I can reach you at?" Principal Delmas inquired.
"Uh, well, how about I give you my cell phone number instead?" she stuttered. As she recited the number, her worry grew. Where am I going to go until then?
THE NEXT DAY
"Okay Ulrich, this one's tricky now. The atomic symbol 'K' stands for…" Jeremie quizzed, placing a tiny box of cereal on his tray.
"Potassium!" Odd blurted out after a couple seconds.
"Would you stop that Odd! I was going to say that!" Ulrich grumbled, grabbing a carton of milk.
"All right then Odd, if you feel so confident, what does 'Hg' stand for?" Jeremie asked.
"Mercury! That one's easy because H.G.Wells wrote The War of the Worlds where aliens invade the Earth!"
"The aliens were from Mars weren't they?" Aelita asked, confused at his roundabout logic.
"Yeah, but so what? Mercury and Mars both start with an 'm' and I know 'Mars' isn't an element," Odd explained mostly to Aelita since everyone else tuned out his ramblings.
"Sounds like this Stacey chick must really be something to help Odd. Especially in the time span of one dinner," Ulrich concluded, taking a seat at their usual table.
"I guess all he needed was a different learning style…" Jeremie said, shaking his head as Odd described another memory trick.
"'Cd' or Cadmium is spelled c-a-d-m-i-u-m as in 'mi' like 'cd'!" (AN: Crazy I know, but I always misspelled Cadmium and this helped me remember it.)
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Yumi stepped out on the porch and stretched. She took in the brisk morning air and the melodic chirps of the birds before unfurling the watering hose to tend the flowers, as she did every morning.
Unbeknownst to her, a stalker drew closer upon its prey, with copious amounts of saliva coating its pearly fangs. With a low growl it approached with padded footsteps.
Yumi continued casually, pausing to yawn before turning on the water. Her focus drifted from homework assignments to the contents of her backpack, while absently showering the gladiolas and moss flowers.
It pounced.
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An urgent but faint beeping noise halted all laughter and the gang fell silent as Jeremie pulled out his laptop.
"Maybe we can take care of this before class, let's go." Jeremie said hopefully.
Everyone nodded in agreement. Odd stuffed what he could in his mouth and the rest in his pocket while Ulrich discreetly called Yumi on his cell.
AN: I know it's shorter, but I wanted to try leaving cliffhanger. I'll post more, sooner than this one, I promise. I hope you liked it! Maybe I should put in more description…