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The Rain Washes Away All Guilt
Sam makes her first appearance in this chapter...so I figured I'd let you know the deal here. She transferred to Kadic just before the shut down of Lyoko so the others thought it only fair to tell her everything. Her and Odd continued to date ever since.
Chapter 9:Soccer and Skirts
Previously
-"And what have you thought of me as?"
-"As a matter of fact, I've always thought of you as the kind of person who can only be found in a fairytale."
-"... What have you thought about me?"
-"Everything."
-Ulrich and Yumi finished their pizza
-"Let's see what the others are doing."
-"...We're just hangin' out at the bench. We were thinking about going for ice cream but if you and Yumi have other plans...we'll just go without you."
-"Alright...We'll meet you at Brusters in ten minutes."
>"Bye." They hung up the phones. Ulrich averted his conversation back to Yumi. "Apparently, we're going out for ice cream."
"Yum."
-----3:30pm Saturday-----
Ulrich and Yumi arrived at Brusters and a minute later, the others did as well. They all walked up to the window to order their ice cream. After about 10 minutes of Odd finally deciding on one flavor, they claimed a bench and sat down and ate. Odd and Sam sat on the backrest of the bench while Aelita, Jeremie, Ulrich, and Yumi sat on the area designated for sitting. Ulrich and Yumi, who had just eaten, decided to share a milkshake while everyone else had their individual cones of the strange, exotic flavors.
"I guess next time I'll have to get that other flavor I tried." Odd comented, devouring his ice cream.
"Which other flavor? There were seven." Sam replied to him. Everyone laughed as Odd stuck his tongue out at them.
"What else are we doing today?" Aelita asked.
"IT'S FINALLY SATURDAY!" Odd screamed almost falling off the bench before Sam caught him. Upon gaining his balance back, he continued with his excitement covered statement, "That means the dance is tonight!"
"Yeah, but it's not until 5:30 tonight. Seeing as it's only 3:40 now, what are we going to do for two hours?"
"Well..." Aelita started, "Me, Sam, and Yumi had plans."
"That's right!" Yumi said excitedly.
"We should go when we're finished here." Sam said.
"Alright!" They were really excited.
Ulrich leaned over a little towards Jeremie and asked if he had known anything about this. He just shook his head and they looked at Odd, who also shook his head.
"Uh...what are you doing today?" Odd asked, not specifying any particular girl, just whoever answered first.
"We were going to go shopping." Replied Aelita...still ecstatic.
"Alright then." They all finished up their ice cream and the guys wished the girls a fun trip while they walked back towards the school. They weren't about to endure a shopping trip.
"Let's go play some soccer." Odd said, trying hard to find something to do.
"Sure."
"I'll keep score." Jeremie, weak and frail, said.
"Okay Einstein, but don't think this gets you out of it forever, you'll play someday, sooner or later." Odd poked fun at Jeremie, but Jeremie knew he was joking so he really didn't care.
Ulrich and Odd walked out on the field and Jeremie threw the ball in. Ulrich almost immediately bounced it off his head and onto the ground where he dribbled it down the field. He just barely made it to the goal beforeOdd. He kicked the ball into the goal seconds before Odd could defend it.
"Lucky shot."
They played for almost an hour before Jeremie called out the scores.
"Alright, it's seven to seven and 4:50...let's make this the last goal."
"Okay...Odd, ready to lose?" Ulrich said to his now dirt covered friend.
"Only if you are." Odd retorted to Ulrich, whose greenpants could be mistaken for camouflage.
They stood in the middle of the field and waited for the toss in. Odd got it first. He began to run with it down the field, until Ulrich, in one fluid movement, slid in, stole the ball, got to his feet, and ran down the field, soccer ball being thrashed by his feet. He finally arrived at the goal when Odd jumped in and kicked the ball away from Ulrich, miraculously, and tore down the field, arriving at Ulrich's goal only to be met by Ulrich himself, who kicked the ball away from Odd and ran the other way. This continued for the longest four minutes the guys had ever experienced.
"Lucky shot." Odd said, out of breath, as the guys ascended the stairs to their dorms.
They dragged themselves -well...Jeremie had all his energy...but still- all the way up to their floor where they went down the hall until Jeremie got to his room and broke off from the group.
Odd and Ulrich continued down the hall, breathing deep from the intense soccer game. Upon arriving they got ready to go shower and prepare for the dance.
-----4:00pm Saturday +With Aelita, Sam, and Yumi-----
"What about this shirt here?" Aelita said as they walked around the store.
"I think it'd look great on you!" Yumi responded, looking up from the rack she was currently flipping through.
"Definitely!" Sam added, seconding the notion. Upon trying on the shirt, they all found that Aelita looked really great in it, so she decided she'd buy it.
They were shopping for new clothes for the dance. Aelita soon began to look for a skirt that would match the shirt she'd found. Yumi and Sam still hadn't found anything at all, so they kept looking for the entire outfit.
"Do I have to wear a skirt?" Yumi asked, still looking for something, anything.
"No..."
"Thank God."
"...You could wear a dress." Yumi sighed disappointed. They'd force her to wear a skirt, dress, something...different.
Aelita was in and out of the dressing room, skirt after skirt, even trying some dresses, but nothing seemed to be what she was looking for. Yumi found a couple of really awesome shirts, but no skirts. Sam was having some luck, but decided that she'd find the entire outfit before going into a fitting room.
45 minutes later they'd settled on outfits, purchased them, and decided to go shower up and then meet at Yumi's house to get everything else ready.
-----5:20pm Saturday-----
DING DONG
"Coming." Yumi said, sure they couldn't hear her.
"Hey!" Aelita and Sam said as they came in the house upon Yumi's opening the door.
"Hey guys!"
They talked, laughed, and joked while they did their hair, put on even the slightest amount of makeup, and made sure everything looked fine.
"Alright...you guys ready?" Aelita asked, ready to get going, and still overly excited.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Yumi mumbled. She didn't approve of what they made her wear, but she had to get over that.
"Let's get goin'!" Sam said. She was really excited. It wasn't that Yumi wasn't excited, she just didn't like skirts. She'd finally be going to a dance with Ulrich.
Wow. I can't believe it. It all happened so quickly. I'm so happy. But, I can't help but feel like something terrible will happen.