Pairing three: Aelita x William

Author's note: personally one of my favourite pairings.

Note 2: sorry for the waiting, I've been quite busy lately to say the least.

Note 3: seems like I totally forgot about the disclaimer. So, as you all know, I don't know Code Lyoko or any of its characters. If I did, a fifth season would be up already.

Dedicated to: Snowy, thanks for your review!

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Summary: A big day is approaching Kadic. All of the students are looking forward to it. All but one

Saturday evening. That'd be a special day. The one day in the year that everyone had waited for. Students and teachers had been preparing for this day for weeks. The huge school party throughout ALL of Kadic, except for the principal's office and likewise, but it was certain some pupils would sneak in anyway. The best music would play until 2 in the morning, after that it'd be calmer for the lovers. Enormous masses of food were imported and hidden well since some students might want to taste some of it already. Same thing for the drinks, and even a few alcoholic ones were allowed. A lot of spectacles were arranged as well, fireworks included.

There were only two problems: First, nobody knew why they had arranged a festival as big as this. It was a complete mystery to all of the students. Second, William Dunbar didn't have a partner.

Those two questions were mocking William for the past four days. And even now, just one hour before the party, he was still wondering about them in his messy room. Not that you HAD to have a partner in order to go, but what was the use of participating on your own? Well, except for Jeremie Belpois, one of the biggest nerds imaginable. He was a nice guy, no doubt about that, but he'd rather stay all night on his computer than go to a party.

William, on the other hand, was a party animal and he was dying to go. For sure, now that he finally learned those dance moves. But he didn't want to go by himself. It might be his own fault, since a few girls asked him out already, but he rejected them all. He wanted to go with this special girl, only that one, no exceptions.

Obviously Yumi Ishiyama, the Japanese girl (or was it Chinese? He kept confusing those two) was going out with Ulrich. He both liked and disliked this for various reasons. One thing: Yumi was a fine girl in lots of ways, so a slight part of him was jealous at Stern. Another thing that was bad, according to him, was that the brunette was way too shy, proud, or maybe both, to really ask Yumi out, while they both know they wanted it, which didn't make sense at all! The good thing was that this might be a good start for the two. Yumi was happy, so it'd all be okay.

Another thing mocking William was the fact that Odd Della Robbia had a date with Aelita Stones, the famous pink-haired one. On this last couple, only jealousy came above for a reason he still barely understood.

Yes, quite recently (since the past month) William got these feelings for Aelita, or Princess as the others call her. He had no idea why. You see, she had pink hair which was so unnatural, while she acted so frail and helpless – however, that was cute. She could have those huge mood swings, though, and suddenly become as energetic as a bolt of lightning. Unlike Yumi, this girl was reasonable and at least tried to understand and trust him. Yeah, she was adorable in thousands of ways, and he wanted to go out with her. She was the one girl.

But he knew he had no chance. He was defeated already, while the game didn't even start yet! He didn't like to give up, however he didn't want to take Aelita away from Odd either. He wasn't cruel – if they both liked each other, then so be it. Why ruin a perfect romance? William let out one of his deepest sighs. Love didn't like him. He grabbed a bottle of white wine he had earlier and emptied half of it in one draught – teachers were bad at hiding stuff.

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Aelita's pov

My first real party on Earth. I mean really really real. With the pretty things and stuff. It's fantastic!

Odd gave me a list of to-do and not-to-do things. As well as tips from things you should certainly watch out for (like Sissi, Jim, a few bad dance couples, a few horrible drinks and so on).

Yumi taught me how to dance and helped me find proper clothes (a light pink shirt, kinda fluffy. I thought it was too small for me, but seems like that's how it was. It didn't even cover my tummy! As for the rest I got this short jeans and some bracelets combined with a pretty necklace).

Ulrich talked to me about parties and relationships.

Jeremie wished me luck and 'have a nice day'. Seems like he didn't even know it was at night, not during the day.. I wonder how it's possible I ever had an eye on him!

The party itself was even better than I imagined. There were people everywhere, dancing, talking, sneaking into places where they shouldn't go, preparing pranks for teachers and so on. The music was great, and in some way they managed to get one of my mixes and played them as well! Just fantastic.

Yumi kinda dragged Ulrich with her for a dance and Odd went away for a moment to get me something (curious, what is it?!), so I was standing alone against the wall, enjoying the music and examining the various 'dances'. And then something happened I didn't think of.

"Hey, Aelitha. How're you?" That sudden sentence nearly made me scream as I totally didn't expect it. William Dunbar, the new guy (well, not that new anymore) was standing next to me abruptly.

I quickly recover myself though. "Hi there. I'm fine. Nice festivity, isn't it?"

He staggered slightly closer to me – I step back in a reflex. "Yesh, it is. But things could be better, y'know.. I gotta show you somethin'."

I raised an eyebrow, wondering why he behaved so.. strange. He barely was able to say one full sentence! I thought about Xana for a moment, but that was totally impossible. "Are you okay? You seem sick to me," I asked, hesitating.

"You bet I am!" he exclaimed loudly, drawing the attention of nearby couples. "But I really gotta show ya somethin'. C'mon!" And before I knew it, he pulled me with him. I was too surprised to struggle.

"W-William! What are you doing?" I asked, alarmed.

"Nothin', Princess. Just want to show you somethin'. I don't think you ever saw it before. It's sho nice stuff though! You gotta try it. Ever heard of alcohol?"

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Odd's pov

A glass of apple juice, combined with Aelita's favourite candy and a pink ring would be my ultimate weapon. The apple juice hadn't been a problem. I got the little candy a few hours before the party started, since it was quite popular amongst the students and I was afraid they might take it before I had the chance to. Teachers really were bad at hiding stuff, by the way. I bet half of their provisions had been stolen before the whole thing started up. Anyway, lastly, for the ring I had to get myself a vacation job. No fun at all, but eventually it was worth it. Today was the big day. Now was the big moment.

So, after I got my present I returned to the place I left Aelita – only to see her gone. I panicked slightly – Aelita wasn't that kind of person who'd run away like that. I quickly investigated the area as fast as I could. Not that it really went fast, since it was totally overcrowded. Eventually I got this silent hint from a random girl that she went outside, to the park/forest.

I wish I'd never went to the party. Never went to this place. Never hoped Aelita would fall in love with me. The sight was atrocious – like a horror movie.

Aelita. William. On a bench. Each with a bottle of wine in one hand. William's other hand placed on her waist, her other hand placed on his cheek while they both kissed passionately. I bet the forest would burn up if they kept on going like this. Aelita opened one eye, saw me and broke the kiss – only to grin nearly evilly at me and wink. "Get yourself a bottle too," she said, pointing at her wine, "it'sh good stuff." Then she and William lost themselves in a French kiss again.

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Note 2: Beta-read by: WeaponFanfic. The other chapters have been replaced as well.

Note 3: Hope you people liked it! This wasn't exactly how I wanted to see Aelita x William, but that's how it popped up in my mind, so yeah.

Note 4: Wow, this was a long story! Well, for me. I usually don't write them like this. 0.o

Note 4: I'd like to have 3 reviews for the next chapter.