And it's another chappy, fresh for the pickin! Hope you don't mind, thought id warn yah, Macas uses a little bit of strong language in this one against Sissi. Just establishing some bad relations between the two... it'll come into play later on.
And now for the chappy! Enjoy...
(Macas P.O.V.)
I wake up, knowing somehow it's going to be a good day. I get up at 5:00 so I can take a shower without being seen. It's been four days since my father last hit me, and some of the bruises are finally going away. I get to the showers, and there's Ulrich.
"Hey Ulrich, what are you doing up so early?" I say, trying to sound casual.
"I was about to ask you the same question, but I already figured out the answer. I always wake up as early as possible so I can beat the morning rush. Today it happened to be a five A.M."
"Good thinking."
"If you don't mind me asking…" he starts.
"I don't, ask away." I interrupt.
"How do you do normal everyday tasks without getting hurt? Even taking a shower must be painful."
"I learned little tricks to help me get through them. Did you know that cold water doesn't cause nearly as much pain on wounds as hot water? I start with cold water and slowly ease it up to hot. It doesn't hurt then because my skin got used to the water.(A/N: I don't know if that works for everyone, but it seems to work for me.)
After I got all showered, I walked back to my room and got dressed. Blue carpenter pants, red shirt, white over-shirt, like the way Ulrich dresses. I look at the clock, 6:32. Still half an hour until breakfast, I decide to check and see if any packages have arrived for me. I'm in luck, my 3 monitors have arrived. I haul them back to my room and open the boxes. Luckily I was smart and saved money for thin monitors instead of the bulky ones. I hook them up to my computer and boot up. Man, I love this computer. I checked my e-mail to see if there was any, and there wasn't. Surprise surprise. Check the clock again, it's 6:55. I'd better head down for breakfast, or I'm gonna miss it. I run out of my room, of course remembering to lock the door.
I head down for breakfast and see they're serving scrambled eggs and sausage, with pancakes and apple juice. Now that's my kind of breakfast. I walk over to our table, and find Sissi there, in my seat and annoying Ulrich.
"Come on Ulrich dear, you know you'd rather date me than hang out with these pathetic fools."
"Sissi, there is no way I would possibly want to date you. And don't call me 'Ulrich dear,' it really bugs me."
"Hey Sissi, did you happen to notice you're in someone else's seat?" Odd says before I get there.
"Bad Girl! You know you aren't supposed to sit in the chairs! Bad girl! Come on, get down. There you go, good girl… now shoo." I say, and she walks away, completely ignoring me. I sit in my normal spot and take a bite of my pancakes.
"Well, that was a weird way to get Sissi off our backs. I've never seen anyone treat her like a dog before." Yumi remarks.
"Well, you have to make sure to train your bitch before it picks up some bad habits, like chewing up the sofa." I say smiling. Jeremie, Aelita, and Yumi get it, but Ulrich and Odd looked stumped.
"Come on guys, its not that hard, think about what I said." I say, prodding them in the right direction. After a few moments, it seems to click for Ulrich.
"Oh, that's a good one. I never thought of that." Says Ulrich.
"Odd, I'll make it easy for you. A bitch is a scientific term for a female dog, as well as a cuss word." Ulrich says.
"Oh! Now I get it. Damn, that was a good one!" Says Odd, making us all laugh.
Wow, I am having a good day. A nice long shower, got my monitors, having my favorite breakfast. I even got a good insult out at Sissi.
"Hey Odd, I got my monitors this morning. I'm surprised they came so fast. They weren't even cracked. Now all I need is an Internet connection."
"Don't worry about it, the school provides all Internet connections to their computers. You just have to disguise yours as a school computer and It'll let you right on." Says Jeremie, obviously interested now because we're talking about computers.
"How would I disguise it?"
"Just change your computer name to a bunch of numbers, the server doesn't check the validity."
"Jeremie, you're making my brain hurt, stop talking about smart stuff."
RING! RING!
"Well, time for class. I'll meet you in first period later, the principal said he was going to show me around personally." I say, walking off towards the principal's office.
"See yah later!" Yumi says walking off to her class.
The rest of the day goes smoothly. I'm introduced in each of my classes, and I sit by someone I know. I think the guys didn't sit by each other on purpose, just so I could. Lunchtime is good. They served sub sandwiches. One peculiar thing I did notice though was that Ulrich and Yumi never said one word to each other. Not like they just were talking to someone else, they were actually avoiding each other. Somehow I could just tell. I decided to talk to Odd about it later. I go through the rest of the day, nothing eventful happens. The computer programming class is fairly challenging, but I'm confident I can pass. After school, we go to play soccer. Odd and Yumi vs. Ulrich and I. Again I notice that Ulrich is completely avoiding Yumi, and Yumi the same.
(Ulrich P.O.V.)
I am playing soccer after school, just a friendly game between friends. Macas and I against Odd and Yumi. My team is up by one when all of the sudden Jeremie calls me over to the sidelines where he and Aelita are sitting, watching the game. I run off really quick, hoping Macas can handle himself for a while. He is really playing well in spite of his… condition.
"Hey Jer, what's up?" I ask out of breath.
"Ulrich, we have a XANA attack. I don't think we should let Macas know. Maybe later, but not now. I need you to find a way to get him to go do something else without getting suspicious."
"Why me?"
"Because you seem to be connecting with him quite well. He considers you a good friend. And plus, I just wanted Odd and Yumi to win the soccer game."
It's true, Yumi and Odd had just scored another goal, getting them ahead by one.
"Not funny Jeremie. What should I tell him?"
"I don't know, but Aelita and I are heading over to the factory now."
(Macas P.O.V.)
I had almost gotten the ball away when Odd gave a lucky kick to Yumi, and she scored again. They were now up by one. Come on Ulrich, hurry up! Ulrich runs over really quick and whispers something to Odd, something I don't understand. I don't think Ulrich knows I heard, and I fake like I didn't.
"XANA." Odd immediately nods and starts running off toward the park. Yumi obviously understands without any explanation, gives a nod to Ulrich and runs off.
"Hey Ulrich, where's everybody going?"
"Macas, I am so sorry. W-we have had this planned for weeks and… we never expected you to show up."
"What have you had planned?" I trap the soccer ball underneath my foot.
"My favorite band is in town, the Subsonics, and uh, we're going to see their concert."
"Oh okay." I say.
He's lying. I know it, this time he's just plain out lying.
"I would love for you to come along, but Yumi's dad wouldn't allow it. He doesn't trust me or Odd, but he trusts Yumi, Jeremie, and Aelita. We're lucky he let us come along."
"That's okay, I understand."
"Really? You aren't mad or anything?"
"Nah, I understand I just got here. It's going to take a while for anybody to really trust me. Why did they run off like that?"
"Believe it or not, uh, we forgot. With you here, it kind of pushed everything else from our minds."
"Okay, see you later. I can go work on my homework."
"See you later Macas."
I walk away towards my dorm.
They're not telling me something. I doubt anyone could forget about their favorite band coming to play. Something tells me he might be telling the truth about Yumi's father though.
I walk inside my dorm and close the door.
Just thought i'd put in a side note... Ulrich and Macas are not going to pull any gay stuff. They're just going to be really good friends... I'll clear that up later. Thanks to Lyokolady for pointing that out! And a note to 'code lyoko lover'... BITE ME THIS IS MY FANFICTION!