"So, you decided to finally join us eh?" the shortest male of the group laughed as the two eldest blushed, one mumbling something about punch and the two disappeared into the crowd, leaving the two coloured haired teens all alone. "Well, instead of standing around...care to dance princess?" The spiky haired wonder piped up as another record started, holding out his hand for the green eyed girl before him, the two slowly melding into the crowd, bumping into a few familiar faces. Herb with Naomi, Nicholas with Heidi, even William with Sissi, the different coloured glow-sticks glowing under the black-light, the bass vibrating the whole gym and far away in a dorm room, sits a lone boy on his computer, pinching the bridge of his nose because he can't seem to concentrate with all the ruckus; stupid DJ mixers. Slowly but surely, the music winds down, the announcer coming onto the stage and reaching for the mic before saying, "Alright, alright, it's time for the free mix competition...come to the stage and show us what you got!" The gym cheering as all the competitors walked to the stage, except one certain pinkette who stood in a bit of fear before hearing her name being chanted throughout the crowd, "Aelita...Aelita...Aelita!" Swallowing a whimper in her throat, the elf princess walked onto the stage with the other teens and looked out in the sea of faces and saw three of her favorites, thumbs up and punch in their hands. "You'll do great, don't worry..." Odd mouthed to her, winking as he sipped his punch and staring up at the stage before she nodded and smiled.
"Alright, first up is Damien...ready, steady...MIX!" A bass filled beat filled the room as the crowd starts to dance away, the strobe lights moving in tune with the beats and Damien's name carrying over the sound of the music. The pinkette stood silently, bobbing her head to the beat, her foot tapping along as the song was catchy, albeit awkward at the start of the mix but good nonetheless. Her green eyes searched the crowd, seeing Odd, Ulrich and Yumi bobbing along as well while conversing over another round of punch but this time, there was cake involved. A growling belly and a frown, not until the competition was over but she was so hungry, she had been so upset about Jeremy's little rampage that she didn't stop to grab a bite to eat on the way out or the way in here for that matter. Soon, the song finally ended, the crowd cheering, the three in the back clapping lightly, joking and laughing before hearing the announcer's voice once more, "Alright party people, next up is Nee...ready, steady...MIX!" The gym cheered before hearing the beat drop, a song so slow, that it could be played before bed, the teens mumbling and grumbling through the entire song, Aelita's head snapping up to the sound of Odd's guffawing in the middle of the crowd, Ulrich and Yumi standing off by the punch bowl again, sneaking glances at each other. The beat carried on for another few moments before finally drawing to a soft finish, a few scarce claps through the crowd before the announcer came back up, "Okay, so... we have one last competitor, give it up for Aelita...ready, steady...MIX!" The whole gym turned up the stage, cheering as the small pinkette willed herself to walk across to the mixing board, her fingers on the master volume and other on her left headphone before hitting that one button that started a hailstorm.
Slowly, the beat came into focus and the bass dropped, the whole gym cheering again, the spiky haired wonder slowly making his way into the crowd, showing off what dance moves he learned from many years of DDR, the two eldest dancing in the back of the crowd, accompanied by William and Sissi, who exchanged glances before bobbing along to the beat once more. The pinkette smiled as her fingers tingled with every scratch she made, her stomach bouncing to every drop and bass hit that came before the song came to the climax, her hands raised into the air, leaning her head back and just riding out the song. Looking up, Odd's eyes widened in awe as he saw how happy and beautiful she was on that stage, sweat glistening on her skin, hair messy before hearing William call over the music, "Your cousin is incredible, Odd!" Only to receive a small murmur of a yes in return before the song ended and the whole gym erupting in applause, the announcer walking up to the stage once more, "Well, I think we have a clear winner here... Aelita Stones!" Once more the crowd erupted in cheers, the three lyoko warriors running up the front of the crowd, Aelita smiling as she tried to catch her breath, her eyes twinkling in the strobe lights before jumping down to her three friends, who hugged her before turning to the other competitors and shaking their hands and slowly walking off.
"That was fucking amazing, Aelita... Jeremy would be proud!" Odd exclaimed as they stood by the punch bowl, Aelita visually cringing at the sound of his name before looking at Odd, who looked at her in confusion. "Did I miss something?" the spiky haired wonder asked as he bit into a piece of cake, the pinkette sighing before saying, "I invited him to come tonight but apparently, all he's thinking about is that damn computer." Odd sighed, knowing that his friend was basically a slave to those hard-drives and disk and whatever else electronic scientific mumbo jumbo he's into before touching her shoulder, "Well, he missed out on seeing how great you are as a DJ." With that, Aelita blushed slightly, smiling as he handed her a piece of cake, a strawberry shortcake, her favorite. "I figured you were hungry, I heard your stomach from on stage." the two teens laughing as she bit into the cake, soon joined by the two eldest, who looked a bit disheveled, but smiling nonetheless. "So, we're back huh...cool...Let's go out for some real food." The shortest male exclaimed as they followed the rest of the students filing out of the gym, heading for the streets. "But what about curfew?" Aelita asked worriedly before Odd laughed, "Curfew Smurfew, you just won a Dj mixing competition...Time to celebrate!" The two eldest nodding in agreement before they all started walking off Kadic Campus.
There's really nothing open at what, 10pm, except small little diners with cute little waitresses on roller-skates and old couples sitting in the back, smiling like this was their first date all over again. The bell to the diner rang as the four Lyoko warriors walked in, all piling into the one booth by the window, Aelita by Odd and Yumi by Ulrich, the usual conversation of Odd being a fat ass but still being scrawny, only for him to say he's svelte before a waitress skated over to them, her hair fire red in the front and deep brown in the back, her locs in a high bun as she readjusted her glasses, "Hi, i'm Fiji and I'll be your waitress tonight...what can I get you guys, some drinks?" Ulrich, ordering a simple sprite, Yumi, a black coffee before falling on Aelita who stuttered as she had no entire clue what to order. "Two strawberry lemonades for me and the pretty lady next to me." Odd piped up as he watched her fidget for the last 2 mins, the waitress smiling before jotting everything down before skating off into the kitchen. "It's really quiet in here, wanna play something on the Jutebox, Aelita?" the self proclaimed svelte male said as he rose, Aelita smiling before following him to the Jutebox, scrolling through the list before his eyes lit up, a song caught his eye probably as he smiled in childlike joy before inserting a few coins and pressing the buttons and a melody wafted through the diner.
"I'm right here, but hey, don't worry 'bout it...I don't care." Odd sung along with the lyrics as the song droned through, Aelita bobbing her head along with the beat before the two walked back to the booth, their drinks on the table and the waitress standing there patiently, jamming along to the beat, "Joyce Manor, nice pick." Odd smiled up at the woman before looking over the menu, the eldest already ordering before looking to Aelita, who sat and pondered on what to get before Odd piped up once more, "Two double patty bacon melts with fries for me and the princess...and may I have two strawberry shortcakes please, I heard it's really good here." The waitress giggling before smiling, "It outta be, I make it myself." With that, she skates off, leaving the four for idle conversation. "So, what do you think Jeremy is gonna tell us tomorrow?" "Maybe, he found another link to shutting down XANA...who knows." "He works waaaayyy too much, he needs to get out more..." Aelita sighed, she didn't wanna hear his name right now, Yumi picking up on it as she sipped her coffee, before asking, " 'Lita, you look a bit down... Something the matter?" Running her hands over her face and sighing, she answered, "I invited him out tonight and he said he had more important things to do...and then he commented on my clothes, saying that I was dressed too skimpy or something...I just..." Ulrich's jaw tightened as he watched Odd face fall, his eyes looked toward Aelita before looking up at Yumi, who wore a blank face before sipping her coffee once more.
"Oh... I'm sorry for aski..." "Don't be...It's better that I got it out." Sighing before watching Odd jump up, grabbing her wrist and exclaiming as he air guitar-ed to a part in the song, his hair flicking back and forth, the two jamming along while the eldest bobbed from a distance, laughing at their display of fun, the old couple smiling as they clapped along. "Remind me to listen to more of this band, Joyce Meyer, was it?" "Joyce Manor, they're amazing..." the two conversed as they sat back down at the booth, eating away at their food, the idle conversation about Lyoko and school work surfacing before the bill came, the waitress sitting at the bar, writing away on a piece of yellow paper. Green eyes caught a glimpse of a brunette walking into the diner, clad in a maroon sweatshirt and orange jeans, walking up to the waitress who sat with her skates and jacket next to her, the brunette coming behind her and kissing her cheek, a cute peep coming from the smaller of the two before she rose, interlocking their hands and walking out of the diner. The pinkette sighed, she couldn't help but feel...was it jealous, she never got that from Jeremy, sneaking up to her while she was working, no surprise kisses. "Princess, are you ready?" The spiky haired wonder asked as he held his hand out, the eldest sliding out, their money on the table before she rose and they all filed out of the diner.
"Well, I gotta walk Yumi home...I'll see you back at the dorm, Odd." "Alright Ulrich, smell you later." Odd laughed as he made a motion of making out with himself, only to get punched in the arm by his best friend, his eyes catching the retreating forms of the Samurai and Geisha walking, hand and hand. "Alrighty princess, let's get you back to your castle." With that, the two teens walked in a comfortable silence, occasionally bringing up topics such as music, mainly EDM related or somewhere along the streams of introducing each other to different bands. Sneaking through the fence at 12 am was a bit of a feat but the two made it, slowly tip toeing behind Jim, up the stairs and to the right, a door with an A on the front stands out above all the other grey-ish green doors, the spiky haired wonder and the elf princess coming to a stop. "Okay princess, safe and sound... I hope you had fun tonight." "I did, thank you..." Something's up, as her green eyes peered at him before she leaned in quickly, pecking his cheek and running inside, the svelte teen standing outside the door with a doofy smile on his face, whistling as he walked away. The pinkette sliding against the door, what the actual hell did she just do?
