Chapter 17: Normal
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A/n I have been really annoying with my Rush chapter. It was ginormous. Hehe. Sorry guys. But it had to be done. I'm so thankful to you guys for reading. Woot for Christmas break!
Nicole spent Tuesday night at her parents house to have dinner with her grandparents.
"So Nikki, what's this I hear about a soccer game?" Her grandfather asked between bites. Nicole groaned and then blushed.
"sorry, didn't mean to do that out loud. I just forgot about it." She grinned.
"it's on Wednesday. Are you coming?" she asked.
"of course. What time is it?" he asked.
"after school. Practice starts at 4 and the games at 5. Are you coming dad?" Ulrich looked up to Nicole.
"I have a big client and…" he looked at Nicole's downcast face.
"And I'll be there if they like it or not." He finished. Nicole smiled.
"Great. Mom I have some homework left still. May I be excused." Yumi nodded.
"thanks for dinner." she pushed her chair back and ran up the stairs to her room. Signing onto her computer she checked her E-mail first. There was a copy of her schedule from her coach. She printed 2 copies and hung the first on the wall behind her door where she could see it in the morning even in her rush. The other she stuck in her backpack to put in her dorm room later.
Dorms (morning)
Jason was laying on his bed picking out a tune on his guitar when her heard the door handle jiggle, before finally open.
"Dylan!" he jumped off his bed to slap his best guy friend around as a hello.
"what are you doing here buddy? I thought you were Lyoko locked." he laughed.
"not permanently. Three days in, 5 days out." Dylan tossed his bag on his bed and followed it.
"we waiting for Nikki?" he yawned.
"yeah. She should be here in a …" there was a quick knock on the door and then it opened.
"hey guys." Nicole smiled brightly.
Factory
Aelita was sitting at the supercomputer for a change while Jeremy was searching for old misplaced files in the mess that was the lab.
"Jer should I be changing the variables to a positive or negative?" Aelita asked stretching her fingers for a second before replacing them on the keyboard.
"Positive." Jeremy responded scratching his head.
"what did I do with that file. I know I put it here. Uh. This place is a mess. I was so unorganized." he rambled on to himself. Aelita laughed as she continued work on the anti-virus.
"no you weren't it was your mess and you knew exactly where everything was. If we had cleaned it you would have never found anything." she spun around in her chair to look at him as he pulled an old blue folder out of a pile.
"ah HA!" he opened it flipping through some papers.
"Found it."
"great Jer. I have to get to work. I've already taken all my personal days for this month. Do you think you can handle everything? I'll come back on my prep and during lunch." Aelita said checking her watch. She was a 4th grade teacher at the elementary. Pushing a few strands of pink hair from her face she stood from her spot. Jeremy replaced her with his found folder. Kissing the blonde a quick good bye, Aelita headed for the elementary.
Kadic
It was lunch. Nikki, Kai lee, Dylan and Jason were sitting at their usual table. The guys on one side, the girls on the other. They were all red faced with laughter. Well, all accept for Jason who was red with blush.
"ok. Ok." he sighed.
"Nikki's turn. Everyone name… hmm… one bad habit Nick has." she smirked. The laughter died down while everyone thought.
"I got one." Dylan said with an evil grin. Nicole raised an eyebrow.
"when Nikki isn't sure what to say she'll leave her mouth hang open until she knows what she's going to say." Nikki opened her mouth, but quickly shut it and blushed.
"yeah, yeah. What else ya got?" she laughed.
"the thing you do with your pen cap." Jason shot at her. Kai lee was confused, as was Dylan, but Nicole and Jason cracked up.
"Dylan's turn!" Nicole smiled.
"Name one bad quality about Dylan! I'll go first." she cleared her throat.
"Dylan is a terrible liar. When he lies, he puts his hands behind his back, or he'll put one behind his head." she nodded as the others thought about it.
"I do not!" Dylan defended.
"Dyl…" Jason laughed.
"ya do."
"yeah yeah what else?" he asked. Jason went to open his mouth when he was interrupted.
"well, well what do we have here?" Nicole glared. It was Bryan.
"how many times do we have to tell you to take a hike, Bryan." she hissed his name. Under the table she felt Jason hit her lightly with his knee.
"is there something you want?" Jason asked calmly. Jason had that quality about him, he could keep his temper under control. Nicole, on the other hand, was a lit fuse.
"nothing that concerns you." Bryan shot back in a fake, sweet voice.
"Angel" he sat on the edge of the table.
"I seen your last grade in algebra."
"yeah cause you stole my paper after class." Nicole muttered.
"I was wondering if you would mind helping me with my homework." he smiled. Nicole almost laughed.
"I don't think so. Find someone else to bother." she stood up for the table. Bryan cut her off.
"I don't get you, Stern. Every other girl is this school is dieing to date me." he almost whispered.
"then date one of them." Nicole shoved past him and made her way outside, followed by the others.
"ouch!" Kai lee whispered loudly out to Dylan. The boys laughed quietly as they walked behind a very mad brunette.
"UGH!" let out grunt of frustration.
"who does he think he is?" her friends took I step back. She was furious. Pushed to the edge from resent events.
"I just wanna, wanna, ooooow." you could almost see her fuming.
"I just wanna fight someone." Kai lee and Dylan stared at her.
"I'll fight you." Jason said with a stupid grin.
"Jas? I've been training." The anger fell from her voice.
"you're not the only one. Come on." Nicole laughed and took a position across from him.
"you're funeral." she smirked.
"they're not really gonna fight are they?" Kai lee whispered. Dylan just stared at the two and nodded. Nicole jumped at Jason throwing punches. Jason easily dodged everyone. The fought until the end of lunch and, panting, went inside.
"you two are nuts." Kai lee was still a bit shocked at her friends behavior.
"do you love each other or hate each other?"
"love." the two responded with out thinking. Their faces then got extremely red and their eyes extremely big.
"I mean.."
"well I.." Dylan and Kai lee shook their heads and walked off. Nicole and Jason glanced at each other and blushed again.
"I have chorus…"
"Yeah I have gym…"
"talk to you later." they both turned and walked off.
Stern House
Yumi was going through her closet. Ulrich stuck his head around the corner.
"hey Yumi?" she turned her attention to him.
"wanna go out tonight?" he asked. She laughed.
"my parents are still staying here and they..."
"we'll sneak out."
"sneak out of our own house?"
"uh huh. Like we used to do when you still lived with you parents."
"your crazy."
"your scared."
"am not."
"are too."
"am not!"
"prove it!"
"fine." she pulled a long green dress out.
"How's this?" Ulrich gave her a dangerous grin.
"perfect."
Kadic Elementary (Aelita's Pov)
If there's one thing I'm used to when it comes to being a teacher, it's the crazy questions I get. It's the only form of normality lately.
"Mrs. Belpois, why is you're hair so pink?"
"Why do we have to study if we're just gonna forget anyway?"
"Do boys really have cooties?"
"Why can't we go outside when it's raining?"
And the constant fighting.
"Mrs. Belpois Tommy is LOOKING at me again!"
"aww! Greg put glue all over the my desk!"
"Brittany pushed me!"
"Hey! I was using that first!"
Sighing happily almost to myself I went back to grading papers. The room was strangely quiet. No one was yelling, fighting, crying, complaining… anything.
"who are you and what have you done with my class?" the kids looked up at me and giggled. Bridget raised her hand. I cocked an eye brow.
"yes?"
"you said if we were good for a whole day you'd give us a pizza party remember?" I laughed to my self.
"oh right. Well looks like you get your party." the class cheered. I loved being the "good" teacher.
"alright! Calm down! Tomorrow at lunch, make sure to come here." the bell rang and they filed out to brag to their friends. I gathered the pile of papers and headed for the factory. I only get an hour but I should be able to get some work done. Yeah.. It was normality alright. I walked to the parking lot and glanced over at the playground. Something I couldn't remember doing much. They looked so clueless to what was happening, because they were. Poor things have no idea what could happen. I sighed and got into the car. Normal sucked.
A/n well there you have it my dear reader. I hope you liked it. Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
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