Disclaimer: I do not own anything pertaining to the show Code Lyoko as its characters. I claim rights to the character, Xenon and the plot of this fanfic.

Dedication: To the reviewers of this story who reviewed the last chapter: notcreativeneoughtomakeone, Frog Disease, aelitacodelyoko, and OLPH.

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Odd pushed Sissi away as soon as her wet, hot tears slid onto his face. "Sissi, what," the fuck, Odd thought, "are you doing?!" Sissi had just came up to him and asked if he would give her anything. Odd said alright but he wasn't expecting a kiss. Odd had a girlfriend; he had Xenon. Sissi had crossed over a line which was too great for Odd. If Xenon saw him at a time like this, as she had a habit of doing, then all hell would break loose. She run way, no, she'd slap him and then run away.

Sissi didn't say anything, but look at the sofa. Odd didn't know what to do. Sissi had just kissed him and he wasn't expecting it. What am I suppose to do? Odd thought.

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Xenon and Eleanor has walked into the front yard and sat on the slightly dying grass.

"Um.." Xenon said after a few minutes of silence.

"Well, I didn't really have anything to talk about." Eleanor admitted. "I just thought that we should leave Odd and Sissi alone to talk alone."

"OK..." Xenon sighed. Silence followed this.

"Do you love Odd?" Eleanor questioned. Xenon turned quickly and stared at Eleanor.

"What?"

"Do you love Odd?" Eleanor repeated.

"Of course!"

"Then..." Eleanor said slowly. "Then--"

"Then what?" Xenon asked. Xenon stared at Eleanor who stared back as she tried to find the right word she was looking for.

"Then do you support what Odd and Sissi have right now?" Eleanor asked. Xenon looked at her confused. Support what they have? Xenon thought. What do they have that me and Odd don't? "Do you support that they have a child between them? Well, will be in like what six months or so."

"I—I never really thought about it." Xenon admitted slowly. "Yeah, I support it because what's important to Odd is important to me. If he wants to be a part of it then I'll let him and be here to help him."

"That's good, but will be awkward right?" Eleanor asked with a wink.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, when their baby is born, I mean you'll still be there if nothing happens between you and Odd. Sissi'll be around or you'll see her occasionally when Sissi brings the girl or boy around to visit their father." Eleanor explained. Xenon didn't say anything, but just look at the forty-year woman in front of her. She never thought that that's what would happen. Odd would still want to see his child and that meant contact with Sissi. What would Xenon do when these visits happened? Go with Odd or be with Odd as he played with his son or daughter whose mother wasn't her.

"I guess." Xenon said uncomfortable. Xenon knew thought of the future, well, she did but it involved being able to stop Odd from dying. She never thought of some of the things that would happen after that.

"Well, look on the brighter side, you'll have a stepdaughter or stepson, eh?"

"What?!" Xenon took a deep breath. Eleanor looked at Xenon innocently.

"Well," Eleanor said, "if you get married to Odd, Odd and Sissi's child will be your stepchild. You have thought about life after high school? I mean marrying someone, getting a job, college, kids, a house, grandchildren, and that kind of stuff right?" Xenon gave her a look. "Guess not." Eleanor said. "But, I remember when I was your age, I started thinking about who or at least what I wanted to have in my husband. I also thought about baby names."

"I haven't thought about any of that stuff." Xenon said.

"Well, just the same as probably a lot of people, but only about one year left of high school right? And that year you'll be spending your time preparing for your baccalaureat. Then it's college or getting a job."

"Yeah..." Xenon said softly.

"Ever think about after high school and maybe marrying Odd?" Eleanor asked.

"I've always thought that Odd would always be there--"

The front door flung open and Odd walked out of it. He reached where Eleanor and Xenon sat. "Come on Xenon." Odd said not even stopping for Xenon to get up. Xenon jogged to keep up with him and as she and Odd got to the sidewalk, Xenon looked back at the house. Eleanor was shocked and surprised and in the front window from the living room, Xenon saw that Sissi had pulled back the curtains to watch Odd and Xenon leave.

Odd walked down the street and Xenon walked besides him as he slowed down. There weren't many people on the street as it was a weekday. If someone was out it was to walk their dog.

"Odd are you OK?" Xenon asked concerned. He had wanted to leave Sissi as quick as possible.

"No." Odd said flatly. Odd stopped and faced Xenon. "You do know I love you, right?" He asked. Before Xenon could even give him an answer Odd kissed her.

"Odd--" Xenon said as he pulled away.

"Xenon, I'm sorry. Coming here was a bad idea." Odd said has he grabbed her hand and walked down the street. In the hand that Odd used t grab Xenon's it contained the locket that Sissi had given back to him.

"Why?" Xenon asked. "Why?" She repeated. "What happened between you and Sissi?" Odd blinked a few times and didn't say anything as they strolled down the street.

"Sissi had asked me if I'd give anything to her and I said yes assuming it'd be for the baby." Odd said monotoned. Oh shit. 'Assuming it'd be for the baby?' Xenon thought.. "Then—then she kissed me Xenon. You know that I didn't--"

"Odd, it's alright." Xenon interrupted. "Let's just go back to Kadic." Odd sighed in relief that Xenon took it better than he thought and walked with her as they walked down the street.

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Odd and Xenon got back to Kadic later that night. They said good night to each other and slept in their own dorm in case Jim, a teacher, or Mr. Delmas came looking for them. Xenon stood in her room and glanced at the locket in her left hand. The chain was broken because she had ripped it off her neck. Xenon took the white gold pendant and held it close to her chest. She took the necklace and placed it in the hiding spot built into her desk and then crawled into bed and went to sleep. Only she couldn't. She stared at the ceiling. Marrying seems so strange right now...Picturing life after high school seems strange. Will I be with Odd?

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The next day Xenon and Odd went to their classes as usual and weren't enthusiastic as Mr. Delmas called in the pair of them into his office again.

"Why weren't you at school yesterday?" Mr. Delmas asked angrily. "You just can't leaving school when you feel like it. Miss Smith I'd expect better of you with your grades. You can get into any university that you want in all of France with your grades. Mister Della Robbia I'd expect something more from you since you have very low grades and your family expects you to take over DRT. The only reason you were accepted to Kadic Academy was people of your family's social status over in the states. Had you come from a normal family with your grades you wouldn't have been accepted." Xenon stood in stunned silence as Odd fumed.

"So, I wouldn't have been accepted if my family had been poor?" Odd asked, not all too nicely.

"Yes." Mr. Delmas said calmly as Odd stood shakily as anger pulsed through him. "Now, do you have an acceptable reason or shall it be suspension or expulsion?"

"Sir, I think you're going overboard." Xenon said. The principal's eyes flickered towards her.

"Do you now, Miss Smith?"

"Yes, sir." Xenon said.

"Well, if you were to give me a good reason why you didn't come to school yesterday I will lift the punishment, but if you cannot give me a satisfactory reason I will not go easy. Miss Smith you are jeopardizing your future by seeing Mister Della Robbia." Odd opened his mouth to say something, but didn't. Mr. Delmas was being way to harsh over skipping a day of school. "You should think of your future instead of the present."

"Hey! You have no right to tell me what to do and what I shouldn't do!" Xenon shouted. She placed her hands on Mr. Delmas desk. As she did so, she knocked over a picture of Sissi without realizing it. "Also, I do think of the future!"

If I don't stop her, she'll kill him. Odd thought. "Xenon..." Odd said. It brought Xenon out of her anger a little. It brought her out far enough that she realized she shouldn't be acting like she was in the predicament that she was in. Xenon stepped away from his desk and looked at the floor.

"Sir," Odd said being more formal than he wanted, "Yesterday wasn't Xenon's fault. It was all mine. Please don't punish her. Take it out on me." Mr. Delmas stared at him and thought on this.

"Well then, Mister Della Robbia, do you have an explanation for skipping school yesterday?" Mr. Delmas asked. Odd swallowed hard and took a deep breath.

"No, sir." Odd answered.

"Then I'm afraid, no, I have to suspend you for the rest of the semester. I will be calling your mother to tell her of this. Then, I don't want to see your face on campus till next year when I will, hopefully, retire before you come back." Mr. Delmas said. "You are only allowed to stay on campus and go to classes till a guardian comes to pick you up. You are not allowed to leave campus by your own or otherwise which means you cannot go on any field trips for any of your classes even if it will lower your grade. And should you leave campus for any reason then I will see to it that your expelled. Understood?"

"Yes sir."

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"I really think that's too harsh for skipping one day of school." Ulrich said. Himself, Yumi, Jeremie, Aelita, Xenon, and Odd were in Odd's and Ulrich's room. It was after school.

"Probably wants to get out since I'm pulling down the school average." Odd said. "I mean on last semester's finals I did better than usual and got an average of eighty-two percent."

"Yeah, but still. You didn't have to stand up to him and take all the blame Odd." Xenon said.

"Well, I don't really need school." Odd said. "You have a hope to get into a good college." As Xenon said something to counter what Odd said, Yumi spoke.

"Please don't talk about college." Yumi said.

"Why?" Xenon asked. Yumi took a deep breath.

"My parents sent applications to colleges without even telling me. They even pick majors for me which were all business related. This isn't even the worst part." Yumi said. "I actually got accepted to some colleges and the worst part yet is that all the ones who accepted me are all in Japan." Everyone was silent and then Yumi started talking again, "I couldn't convince them to let me go to a community college around here or let me get a job to to save for college. They just think of Ulrich and say 'no.'"

Everyone sighed. Everyone had their own share of problems. Yumi and Ulrich because Yumi's parents forbid her to see him and were making her go to college in Japan. Xenon and Odd because Odd was going to be suspended and the whole Sissi ordeal. Aelita and Jeremie on the other had didn't have many problems as everyone else did.

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Days slipped by and nothing exciting happened. The gang wished that Xana would attack just so they'd have something to do, but Xana was dormant leaving them to their own satisfy their own boredom. After a week and a half later, Odd's mom came to Kadic from California. Odd was called into the office and he, his mother, and Mr. Delmas met in principal's office behind closed doors. Odd and his mother sat down in the two chairs facing the desk. His mother was wearing a simple black pants and a dark blue button down blouse.

"I'm sorry to inconvenience you, Mrs. Della Robbia will getting a flight to come all the way here." Mr. Delmas apologized in English. Odd rolled his eyes.

"No, not at all. I'd rather come all the way here for a parent teacher conference than be at work." Odd's mother said in English. She didn't know French, but Mr. Delmas understood English. His mother really was his mother by her comment. Mr. Delmas cringed at the answer he knew Odd would answer if he had been the parent. "What did you want to talk about with me about Odd?" Mrs. Della Robbia asked, even though she plainly knew because Mr. Delmas had told her on the phone.

"That he doesn't keep up his grades, he skips school, feigns sick to get out of classes, doesn't think seriously about his future, and he causes other students to skip school with him." Mr. Delmas listed off.

OK, some of those are true, but most aren't. I'm a better student then what I was, I skipped school and fake sick because of Xana attacks mostly, and Xenon only skipped school because she wanted to. Odd thought.

"Is this true, Odd?" His mother asked him.

"Some but not all of it!" Odd said defensively.

"Well, which parts are true to-- Mr. Delmas is it?" She asked the principal. He nodded. "Which parts are true what Mr. Delmas said?"

"Well, I do skip school sometimes and fake sick." Odd admitted. Only to fight Xana or to see Sissi like two weeks ago. Odd thought. "That's all that's true."

"No, you corrupt Miss Xenon Smith. She gets good grades and now skips school occasionally." Mr. Delmas countered. He typed on his computer and brought out a file. He turned the screen so Odd's mom could see the screen and Odd hardly could. But from what he could see he saw a picture of Xenon wearing a purple hoodie with her long blond hair with purple streaks. "This is Miss Smith and if I'm not mistaken you are currently seeing her aren't you Mister Della Robbia?"

"Well yeah but--"

"Look," Mrs. Della Robbia said, interrupting her son, "I'll talk to him. Thank you. I'll get in contact with you later about his punishment you've set. Goodbye." She said, getting up. She grabbed her son's upper arm and took him out of the office. Mrs. Della Robbia walked Odd to a sleek black car that she had rented. She clicked the car door opener and the doors unlocked. Odd automatically opened the door and got inside on the left side while his mom got in on the opposite side. His mom started up the car and drove off away from Kadic.

Odd stared out the window and his mom gave him a look from time to time. Odd's cell phone started to ring and Odd looked at the number before quickly answering it.

"Hello?" Odd answered in French. "Xenon?" Odd listened as Xenon talked on the other side. Odd's mom smiled. "...Yeah I'm fine. My mom picked me up...No I won't be leaving, well, at least not soon soon..at the very least tomorrow...Xenon? Xenon I wouldn't leave you! I--"

"Odd." His mom said. Odd gave him mom a pained look.

"Xenon look I'll call you back...I love you too. Bye." Odd closed his phone shut and sighed. "Yeah mom?" Odd said, switching back to English.

"Was that Xenon?" His mom asked.

"If that's all you wanted to know, you should have just asked." Odd said. "But yeah and she's my girlfriend."

"Hmm..." His mother said as she stopped at a red light.

"What?" Odd asked.

"Well, you never told me what was happening around here and you hardly ever call--"

"Look, mom it's been busy with so much going on." Odd interrupted. His mom looked at her son for a second before putting her eyes back on the road. She sighed.

"So, how long have you two been going out?"

"Um...since about the time dad died." Odd answered.

"Hmm...So, what's been keeping you busy?" His mother grinned at him and Odd rolled his eyes.

"Me and Xenon haven't done anything like that, mom!" Odd complained to his mother's comment.

"But what has been keeping you busy?" His mom asked again.

"Stuff." Odd mumbled. I can't tell her about Sissi and our child, and I can't tell her about Xana and Lyoko. Odd thought.

"Stuff?"

"Yeah, stuff." Odd confirmed.

"Well, I'll take a guess and say that this 'stuff' isn't school work." His mother said. "Honey, you know you can tell me anything." Odd looked at the side of his mother's face as her eyes were pointed to the road.

"No, I can't." There was a pause of silence.

"Why?" His mother asked. "How bad could it be that you can't tell me what's going on here in France?" Odd didn't stay anything. "How long has this 'stuff' been going on for?" She asked concerned.

"Well, one thing has been basically going on since I first arrived in France." Odd said. No, wait! Why did I just say that? I can't tell her about Lyoko. Odd thought.

"Well, what's been going on since seventh grade?"

"I can't tell you." Odd said, trying to avoid anything that might make him slip and say something about Lyoko. But by avoiding the issue his mother's interest grew.

"Why?"

"Because I can't." Odd said simply. His mother drove in stony silence. She sighed occasionally.

"Do you want to stay in France or go back to the states?" His mother asked after a time.

"Stay in France." Odd said.

"Why do you want to stay?" His mother asked. She didn't ask it like she was hurt that he would rather stay in France then to go home, but more trying to finding out why he wanted to stay, the reasons.

"I have stuff to do. Xenon's here. I can't leave her." Odd said.

"Well, I could try to convince the principal to lift the punishment, but that might be a lot of trouble. Is there any other schools around here isn't there?" His mother asked.

"Yeah, but I'd rather go to Kadic than any other school." Odd stated. His mother gave a long, heavy sigh.

"Well, I'll get Mister Delmas to let you stay though it'll be hard since he doesn't like you very much. There might be a slight money exchanged--"

"OK."

"But Odd," She said to Odd as he turned to look at his mom again. "Don't do anything that will make him mad especially skipping school and not keeping your grades up. Alright?"

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Mr. Delmas had a 'change of heart' over Odd's suspension. Instead Odd wasn't allowed to leave campus except for class field trips. Also, he had detention once a week with Jim. Odd agreed to do as his mother asked of him. Xenon was happy that Odd wasn't going to leave back to the states. She was attached to him now that she realized that there was always to possibility that Mr. Delmas could expel Odd and he would go to another school or even back to the states.

Odd did do what Mr. Delmas wanted, on the condition that he could stay, but he couldn't help but breaking one rule over the weeks from when the punishment was first set. Over weeks that turned time to March and then April, Odd left campus once a week with Xenon. He left to see Sissi. He knew he shouldn't leave school with the risk of expulsion but he couldn't help it. The guilt of Sissi being around no one but Eleanor and with child, he felt that he needed to visit her once a week.

During these visits, Odd made sure Xenon left his side should Sissi attempt to kiss him or something else. He trusted that she wouldn't do it again, but he didn't like being alone with just himself and Sissi. Odd assumed there would be long awkward pauses, so he kept Xenon around. Sissi, Odd, and Xenon talked about different things from the baby to Nicolas and Herve.

The trips were regular and happened on a Saturday or Sunday. Xenon and Odd were careful as they left school each time. They usually went to the boiler room, went down to the sewers, and came into town from the factory to catch a taxi or bus to Paris.

"So, when did you want to leave?" Xenon asked, looking up from her laptop at Odd. Odd was laying on her bed with Kiwi beside him. He sat there with a sketch book out, thinking about what to draw. Xenon had been searching through her computer and try to find out why Xana hadn't had an attack in nearly two months.

"I don't know." Odd replied at he tapped his eraser on the blank page. "Now, I suppose."

Xenon and Odd left to the boiler room, to the factory, and then to Paris. They walked up the sidewalk toward Sissi's house. Odd took Xenon's hand for a brief moment, left go, and gave a big sigh. They stood in front of Sissi's door. Usually Sissi heard them approaching and opened the door before they even had a chance to knock. But today it didn't happen. There were people talking inside.

Noticing that Odd wasn't going to knock on the door, Xenon knocked herself. The talking stopped and they could hear footsteps walking to the door. The door opened and there stood a man. A man Xenon nor Odd wanted to see at all. A man who caused them trouble and now they were definitely in trouble, actually worse.

In the doorway stood Mr. Delmas with Sissi in the living room behind him. Mr. Delmas stared at Odd and Xenon.

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A/N Sorry for the late update. I wrote most of the chapter last week, but it was getting late and I had to waiting to finish it since I'm busy with school in the middle of the week. Sorry about that. Anywayz, hopefully next chapter is on time for next week. Review:)