Jeremy sighed, Odd hadn't been himself lately. Actually it had been longer than 'lately'. Ever since Emily broke up with him he had been miserable. Sam sure hadn't helped; she had agreed to go out with him and then kissed William right in front of Odd. She said it was easier to break up with him that way.

Odd really knew how to pick them. Every girlfriend he ever had broke up with him, poor guy.

Jeremy wasn't laughing; at least Odd had a girlfriend before. Jeremy had never gone out with a girl. Why did girls have to be such jerks?

Not all girls are jerks, Jeremy's mind argued. Aelita and Yumi aren't.

Sighing once again he snapped out of his trance and back to paying attention to his teacher. He had been doing that a lot lately, zoning out in class, that is. It didn't affect him though, his grades almost had no room for improvement and he already knew what the teacher was talking about. Quickly righting down the homework assignment he waited for the bell.

It rang after five minutes and he made his way down the hall. He was an eleventh grader and was a bit disappointed when he learned that he and his friends had only a few class together and none of them had all three of them in them. This must be how Yumi felt; being a year older she was in twelfth grade and had no friends in them, but William.

William had become their friend after he had been kissed by Sam. He had only been an innocent victim and so Odd hadn't blamed him and he was eventually accepted into the group, even Ulrich had accepted him. Already being a Lyoko Warrior brought him into their group, but that had been out of need when Ulrich had moved.

That's were Ulrich met Emily. They had gone to the same school when Ulrich went to live with his dad in the states, but after picking up his grades he had convinced his dad to let him live with his mom, and live with him in the summer after school was out.

Yumi made her way to the cafeteria. She had a separate lunch time than then Ulrich, Jeremy, Aelita, and Odd. Sitting down next to William she tried to make small talk, but it was still uncomfortable to talk to him outside of Lyoko things and it wouldn't be wise to bring up Lyoko in a public place.

Thinking back, Yumi wasn't sire when she had agreed to allow William into the gang. It was after Ulrich moved, but before Ulrich had mentioned that he had met a new friend named Emily. William wasn't mean or cocky, and he seemed to have let go of his long crush on her, but to her he still seemed like the same boy who got into a fight with Ulrich almost every time him saw him.

That brought her to another thought. Why had she told Ulrich that she didn't like him more than a friend, oh, so long ago? He had listened, which made her feel like he couldn't care less if they went out.

"Yumi?" Williams's voice cut into her thoughts.

"Yeah," Yumi took a bite out of her sandwich.

"You've been quiet for a long time, I was just wondering if you were alright." William said.

"I'm fine, just thinking." Yumi paused for a second before uttering the first thing that came to her mind, "Do think Emily is okay?"

William sighed (A/N, I know I'm making people sigh a lot.), "I'm not sure. I don't want to lie and sway yes, and I don't want to be negative and say probably not. I feel kind of responsible for her disappearance, though."

"Why?"

"I was the one who had helped Hopper kidnap Odd, and may I add I once pushed Odd off of a bridge!" William whispered.

"You were under Hoppers control."

It was true. William had once been under Franz Hoppers control. Odd and Ulrich had both almost died, and Emily had been attacked too. She was unscathed, but Odd had nearly drowned, the current was so strong, and Ulrich had to face Franz Hopper alone.

Ulrich was sulking again. His parents were again arguing if he should stay at Kadac or move back to the states. Not being able to control himself, Ulrich had snapped at his mother and hadn't talked to her since. Of course it wasn't her fault, she was trying to get him to be able to stay, his father was the problem. He was stubborn and strict. The only reason Ulrich was still at Kadac was he had improved his grades…big time. Why should he pay the price for his parents bickering? It wasn't his fault they had divorced; it wasn't even his fault they had married. His life stunk.

Odd stood waiting for his sister to arrive. She had told him she would be coming at five and it was now five-thirty, and she was never late. Pacing, Odd was surprised to see Ulrich coming in. Ulrich looked upset.

A knock on the door made Odd jump. He opened it to find his sister, Kayla and behind her another girl. Stepping back, he let them in and sat down on his bed motioning them to sit on Ulrich's bed. To this Ulrich scowled, oh well.

Kayla walked over and gave Odd a hug before sitting down and explaining why they were late.

"The plain was delayed, twice. We had to wait forever before it finally took off. I'm sorry." She paused, "Oh, yeah, this is Nellie." She pointed to the girl next to her.

It was then Odd took a look at the shy girl. She had brown shoulder-length hair and green eyes. She was wearing a blue shirt and cargo pants. Her expression was blank and her eyes looked cold.

A chill ran up Odd's spine, yet there was something vaguely familiar about her. Shaking the thought away, Odd extended his hand and she shook it quickly.

"Mhm!!" Ulrich rudely interrupted Odds' thoughts.

"What do you want, Ulrich?"

"My bed." Ulrich said, aggravated.

"Fine! Kayla, Nellie, will you kindly get off my cranky roommates bed." Odd said jokingly.