If he closed his eyes he could still feel and smell her as she leaned against him. He watched as a few strands of hair fell on her face until he gently moved them back behind her ear. He held his breath as he stared at the gentle moving of her chest as she breathed deeply. Her body was warm as she leaned against him, he had put one arm around her and the other held his shirt to her face to help her breath. He could almost smell the perfume she wore as it filled the room along with the scentless gas.

"Hey Odd! Helloooo! Earth to Odd!" the boy opened his eyes to see Jeremie's hand waving in front of his face.

"Oh hey Jeremie, what's up?" Odd asked in an almost dazed voice.

"Uh, did you forget? We are going to go meet Ulrich at the nurse's office to check up on Asa." At the sound of her name Odd's ears picked up as did the rest of his body.

"Oh yeah, I did forget! Well let's get going." Odd grabbed the boy's arm and pulled him out of the classroom and down the boys met up with Yumi and Aelita outside the doors.

"Hey, is Ulrich here?" Jeremie asked as he looked down both hallways.

"Yes, he got here early to check on Asa and said he would come get us depending on how she was feeling." Aelita filled them in.

"Well I'm not just gonna stand around and wait." Odd pushed open the door although everyone around him protested.

"Ulrich just leave!" the group froze in their spots, fearing to even breath as they heard Asa yell.

"Not until you tell me what's wrong! You never keep me in the dark about anything, mostly, so just talk to me!" Ulrich yelled back. Nurse Yolanda came around from the curtain shaking her head.

"My suggestion to you four would be to turn around now those two have been yelling for at least five minutes." the nurse told the group as she headed down the hallway.

Everyone exchanged a look before drawing the curtain and peering inside. Asa was laying on the bed still in her clothes from last night while Ulrich was standing beside her, his hands on the bed.

"I told you it was nothing!" Asa yelled once again.

"If it was nothing then you wouldn't be yelling!"

"Okay that is enough!" Yumi stormed into the small area and stood between the arguing twins. Ulrich took a step back while Asa threw herself onto the bed and covered her head with the sheet.

"Everyone get out!" She yelled through the cotton. Yumi glared at Ulrich until he finally subsided and walked out of the room followed by Jeremie and Aelita. Yumi was the next one to leave and she gave Odd a questioning look as she passed him.

"Come on Odd, you heard her," Yumi said but when she looked into Odd's eyes, she knew he wasn't leaving.

Odd closed the door behind Yumi and walked over to Asa's bed, sitting down on the chair next to her. He didn't say anything and didn't look at her even as the brunette crawled out from underneath the sheet.

"So let me guess you're going to ask what that was all about." Asa folded her arms and glared at the blond.

"Nah, I'll bug Ulrich about it later. I do want to ask if you're feeling better since last night."Odd glanced at the girl and saw that her expression shifted, caught off guard.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Nurse Yolanda says I can rest here until the end of the day then start classes back up on Monday." Asa drew her knees close to her chest and hugged them tightly.

"Well that's good to hear, I'm glad." Odd smiled at the girl and his heart skipped a beat when she smiled back at him.

"Hey, Asa I got you some lilies to help cheer you up. I know how dragging a plain room like this is." William smiled as he walked in carrying a bouquet of white and pink lilies.

"Oh William, these are lovely and you remembered my favorite flower! Odd isn't William just the sweetest!" Odd watched as Asa's face lit up with joy and she threw her arms around William while thanking him over and over for the flowers. Odd stood up, gave the two one last look before leaving the room.

The boy quietly walked to his next class, knowing he'd be late and Ms. Hertze would have some remark for him. The boy walked into class and told the teacher where he had been and she excused his tardiness much to his surprise. Odd then took his seat next to Ulrich with Jeremie and Aelita behind him.

"So did Asa tell you anything?" Ulrich asked, his tone sharp towards his best friend.

"Nope, she just said she was fine to rest for the day then return to class on Monday. William is visiting with her now though." Odd felt himself practically spit out the boy's name as it crossed his lips. Ms. Hertze snapped the boys' attention and they continued the rest of the class in silence.

Once the day was over Aelita strolled down the halls and towards her room. Once she opened the door though she gasped in shocked as the floor was littered with shredded paper.

"Asa what's going on?" the girl asked her roommate, who was sitting on her bed and ripping up more paper.

"Sorry for the mess, just had to get some frustration out! Don't worry though that's the last of it." Asa hopped down from her bed and began to pick up the pieces and throw them into the trash can.

"Last of what?" Aelita asked, helping her friend pick up the pieces.

"The last of everything! Photos, letters, tiny things that he sent me when I moved here, everything. Now it's all garbage." Aelita peered into the trash to find an adorable stuffed bunny that had been stomping on or squished in some way at the bottom.

"What happened? If you don't mind me asking." Aelita sat on her bed as she watched Asa clear out most of her knick-knacks.

"Chad and I are done. My friend, Serpinza, sent me this photo of Chad with another girl and they were kissing. When I called Chad, and he finally answered, I confronted him and he didn't deny a thing! He said, 'well yeah I'm gonna be kissing someone else it's not like I have you here to kiss.' Seriously? I thought we had something really special we were together for a year before I moved! Also, he told me that no matter the distance he would always love me and nothing would change well guess what Chad! Distance changes everything I suppose!" Aelita waited patiently as Asa continued her rant and paced in front of her. Finally, the girl jumped onto her bed and grabbed a pillow to hug tightly. Aelita slowly stepped down from her own bed to join Asa as her friend began to sob into the pillow.

"There, there Asa, get it all out. We're always here for you." Aelita rubbed the girl's back as she continued to cry loudly into her pillow.

"Thank you Aelita and please don't tell Ulrich or anyone." Asa wiped the tears from her eyes as she sat up.

"Sure but are you sure? I mean why don't you want Ulrich to know?"

"He gets protective and acts like I'm a breakable doll or something. Its crazy like this one time when we were little this boy liked me and to show it he would push me down. One day Ulrich saw this boy push me down and for like weeks he wouldn't leave my side. He got everything for me and it was so suffocating. I have no idea if he's grown out of it but I really don't feel like finding out now." Asa laid on her back and waited for Aelita to join her.

"Hey Asa did you see this?" Ulrich handed his sister a flyer from the cafeteria wall as he sat down for breakfast.

"Oh cool I guess Sissy is hosting a fashion show this weekend!" Asa said in excitement.

"Yeah I saw it and thought you should enter, especially since we got that old room set up."

"Sweet but I will need some models, it says here that there are three different stages: Swimsuit, Formal and Designer's Choice. Aelita, Yumi would you like to my models?" Asa looked over at her girlfriends with a smirk on her face.

"Sure."

"I'm in but that's only two models you need three." Yumi pointed out.

"Duh, I'll be the third. I'll sketch up some designs for each of us in the three categories and you guys can tell me which ones you like." with a giggle, Asa got up from her spot and walked out of the cafeteria.

"Well this should be fun." Aelita smiled at the group as they collectively laughed.

"Ok so Yumi is doing swimsuit, Aelita is formal and I'll do Designer Choice." Aelita, Yumi, and Asa were walking towards the old room, looking through Asa's sketches.

"These are so gorgeous I can't wait to see them and wear them!" Aelita became giddy with excitement as Asa entered the room and began to take their measurements.

"Oh yeah it's going to be great. Ok so Yumi you are closer to mannequin 4 and Aelita with your height I'll have your outfit on mannequin 7." Asa began to grab different fabrics and lay them on the long, white tables.

"Oh hey Yumi, Jeremie wants to see us real fast," Aelita said as she glanced down at her phone.

"Man, you guys disappear a lot. Why is that?" Asa asked but as she turned around to face her friends they were gone. "Yeah, that's the only answer I ever get," the girl sighed and continued her work.

A few minuted went by and as Asa was cutting out a lining for the swimsuit she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey you guys came back. That was fast," she turned around with a smile that quickly faded from her face as she glanced at the white, faceless head of a mannequin. She quickly let out a scream and ducked out of the way as one more arm swung towards her. Asa ran towards the door trying to escape the nightmare behind her when another body stood in her way.

Odd, Yumi and Ulrich would fight off a large group of creatures as Aelita ran towards the tower to deactivate it.

"This is too easy. Where's William?" Yumi asked as the group defeated the last of Xana's monsters.

"Yes that is puzzling. Well thankfully this time it was easy and I'll start sending you guys back." Jeremie claimed as he began to type on his computer to bring his friends back to reality.

"Well at least we didn't have to return to the past. Thankfully Xana won't get any stronger." Aelita said as the group began to head back to the school.

"Wait what is going on?" Ulrich stopped in his tracks and pointed his finger. The group followed Ulrich's point to see Asa leaning against one of the walls as she smiled at William.

"I promise I'm fine William. Thank you for taking me to the nurse and saving me from those mannequins. That was way crazy." Asa giggled as she pushed a loose hair behind her ear.

"Uh, hey Asa what happened?" Ulrich ran up to his sister to find a brace on her left wrist.

"Oh Ulrich I tried calling you but as usual you didn't answer. Thank you again, William and I'll text you later." Asa smiled at the boy as she walked away with her brother. "These crazy mannequins started attacking me and yes I know that sounds crazy but it happened. They attacked me and I sprained my wrist before William came and saved me. I guess the mannequins are like electronic so he poured water on them to short circuit their wires or something. It totally worked and I'm fine now my question. Where were you? Why didn't you answer my call? I mean who knows what would have happened if William hadn't shown up." Asa was glaring at her brother and the rest of the group as she waited for an answer.

"I'm sorry Asa but like I said before its just something I can't tell you. I really wish I could though." Ulrich tried his best to plead with his sister in order for her to forgive him.

"Well then guess for once we both have our secrets." Asa turned away and left her brother and his friends speechless.