Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko
Pairings: None
Warnings: None
Title: Forever Doesn't Always Mean Forever
Chapter: One - Home Life
Author's Note: Okay, thank you to all the people who have reviewed my fic. To LilVili (spelled right I hope) Thank you for the great review. To RenaYumi. She did did she? Well, I'll read yours too then. To everyone else, thanks again.
"Odd, I don't have time right now," I laughed. I was in the middle of cooking dinner, spaghetti to be precise, when the 20-year-old bundle of energy had bounced through my door. "I have a lot of things to do, maybe another time."
"Come on Yumi...please? It'll be fun, all of us..." he paused and I continued to stir as he cleared his throat. "I mean, you, me, Jeremie, Aelita, and Sam at the movies. We can go out to dinner afterwards."
"I can't Odd," I repeated. I set the spoon down, turning off the stove to look at him. The spaghetti continued to pop and the room was filled with the smell of pasta. "It's to short of notice. And who would I get to watch Maurelle?" I asked, looking at him.
"What about your parents? They adore her," he suggested. I shook my head, going into the next room as a loud wail pierced the air.
"Right on time," I said. I hoisted the little girl into my arms, rocking her back and forth. "I don't know Odd. I really just...maybe next week?"
"Fine..." he sighed. He shook his head and walked over to us, taking Maurie from my arms and tossing her in the air. She grinned and giggled as he caught her. "When are you going to tell him Yumi? You can't keep this a secret forever."
"I'll tell him. When he comes home," I replied. I took Maurie from him, getting her a bottle and sitting her in her high chair. Odd gave me a look and I sighed. "Look, I don't want to do it over the phone," I explained.
"But he's visited more than once. You've never mentioned it to him!" Odd exclaimed. I wince and look away and heard him sigh. "We're worried about you Yumi. You can't do it by yourself. You need his help..."
"No I don't. Look, I'll tell him the next time he visits," I said. Odd looked at me strangely as I put the spaghetti onto a plate.
"You swear?" he asked. I gave him a suspicious look but agreed and he grinned. "Great, because he's going to be visiting day-after-tomorrow!" he exclaimed. I paled, dropping the spoon.
"What?" I asked. Maurie looked up at me and I picked her up, putting her in the play pin. "Your serious?"
"Yes Yumi. He called me today. He has a break from school so he's coming down for the weekend," Odd answered. He leaned against the door and I sighed.
"Fine. I'll tell him then. Happy?" I asked. He nodded and then hugged me good bye. He walked out the door and I sat down and ate. Ulrich was coming back for another visit. He'd just been down a few weeks ago. I didn't want to tell him, didn't know how he'd take it...But I'd made a promise.
I finished dinner and washed the plate, going into the living room and picking up Maurie. "Well...looks like you'll get to meet your daddy," I told her as I dressed her for bed and put her in the crib. She looked up at me, blinking tiredly and I smiled. She had her father's eyes. "Good night, sweet dreams," I told her, kissing her goodnight.
I attempted to study but the material kept slipping through my head and I sighed. It was true what Odd had said. I had been keeping Maurie from Ulrich, each time he visited. I never brought her up. Ulrich never knew I'd been pregnant. He never knew he had a daughter. He didn't know that I'd been working and going to school to support myself and Maurie. I shook my head, glancing at the picture of him and me I had on my desk. It was going to be a long night. A very long night.
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