This is again an interesting chapter for me to write because it is an original chapter so I have nothing to fall back on for material apart from my own ideas. My highlight of this chapter is definitely learning more about Callum and Domino's relationship with each other.

If anyone wants to know what Domino looks like, I'll give a short description here. She has short blonde hair, green eyes, moon pale white skin and she is just about the same height as Aelita. Domino normally wears a pair of boy shorts and a short T-shirt.

Chapter Ten is a original chapter focusing on Domino's relationship with Callum who comes back into things worried about Domino after that nightmare attack episode. Something that is mentioned here could come back to haunt both Domino and Callum in future chapters. The name of the chapter is something that you'll get if you know the pretty obvious reference by the end.

So I'll stop there and let you read on. Review plese either good or bad. I hope to hear what you think. I don't own anything from Code Lyoko apart from the OCs created for this particular story and others that I have written over the years

Enjoy!

Chapter Ten: Breakeven

Callum wants to meet me at the school entrance. It's early saturday afternoon so class is over and won't come back until monday morning so it is the perfect time to meet a student here but talking to Callum in broad daylight sometimes comes with the risk of being caught. It's not that it wouldn't be hard to explain it away but Callum might look untrustworthy if he is with a thirteen year old without family connections.

"How are you?" Callum asks.

"I'm fine as normal." I answer.

"I mean since that attack on your mind. It must have been hard."

I appericiate that he is worried and I would be too if I was him. I would be lying if I said the aftermath isn't still there because there are those flashes back to then despite them being very brief are still effective. It's getting easier to deal with the others being there and taking my mind off it for as long as they can. I'm getting more and more attached to this group honestly. It shouldn't be that surprising considering that they are the only ones where I can share some things especially connected to Lyoko but not much else.

"It's getting easier." I admit honestly.

"I wish I could have been there." Callum sighs despondant.

"Why were you even out of the country anyway?"

"I was helping to arrange a concert back home. Great thing about this job is that I get to travel around Europe on occasion."

Callum gets to organise all kinds of events ranging from normal parties to massive venues. He wouldn't have done something like that when I knew him all those years ago because he used to have some angst to say the least that would make him more of a loner than anything else.

"Concert for who?" I ask.

"The Script."

The Script are one of my favourite bands currently. Their songs for me are amazing and that's all I need to say about them. They aren't necessarily loud as a rock band but they are still one just in their own way.

"Their concert is tomorrow night. You want to come?" Callum asks.

"It's not that I wouldn't like to go. It's just how am I supposed to get back to London and back here in the course of two days? I'm already on the radar for cutting class which is getting close to being gone now. If I get caught then I am going to be suspended for some time." I reply.

"Well, we can take the train to London tonight and get settled into the hotel room. The night after we go to the concert and have a good time and take the train back here the same night. You should be back here pretty late but still in time for class on monday without any problems minus the lack of sleep but you should be used to that with Xana attacks."

It's risky because if anyone sees me getting back at around two am in the morning then I am going to be in a lot of trouble. Sneaking in and out isn't so hard because Xana attacks occasionally happen in the dead of night much to my annoyance. Seeing the likes of The Script is really tempting and if I can pull it off then I'll be having a good time even though it will be cutting it really close.

"I don't see why not." I sigh.

Instincts are telling me that this isn't the best idea but I still want to go regardless probably because Callum and I haven't really had so much time to be around each other as friends since I came back here because of things being so hectic and he isn't a student anymore unlike me.

"Great, get the stuff you need and I'll wait here." Callum says.

I head to my room making sure no-one sees me on the way back. I bring out a medium backpack packing just some clothes and necessities for two nights. I hope I don't regret this. I open the door popping my head out of the side to see that no-one is around and keep my eyes out until I reach the school gate with Callum standing there.

"Ready to go then?" Callum asks.

"Yeah just don't make me regret this. Do you even have another ticket for the train?"

Callum brings out a spare ticket for the train. He already knew I would come but he knows that The Script are my favourite band right now. He had it planned already. I guess it is Callum's way of treating me to a good night out like most teenagers should have.

"I thought that I should make it up to you for not being there for you when you needed me." Callum says simply.

"You didn't have to do that." I sigh feeling bad myself.

"Didn't really think about it. Besides what are friends for?"

I smile lightly feeling better properly for the first time in awhile. The others have been helpful in their own way, it's just that they still don't know that much but I can't blame them for that because I choose to keep things secret for my own reasons. Callum knows everything about me because he's known me before Lyoko and my captivity which changed me to who I am now: The character that is Domino Lily.

The whole train ride I've been looking out of the window like I normally do when I'm back home in the UK. Old habits die hard. Callum sees that as well because he doesn't say anything. Everytime I'm here I just think about my parents and both how easy and hard it would be to go back there. I miss them and it would be naive of me to think that I never would.

"You thinking about your family again?" Callum asks.

"Yeah."

"You could just knock on that door anytime you want and yet you can't do it. It has to hurt."

"Sometimes and then I remember why I left in the first place."

It's complicated enough why I left anyway but my parents despite how much I might miss them, they still had their faults and that seemed to be the reason things are the way they are now in some aspects. Callum lets out a deep sigh knowing that I'm not going to go any further into that topic of conversation.

We arrive at the hotel later that night and despite the receptionist looking at us with suspicision but that was disregarded with the thought that we were siblings. Things might be simpler if that was true. It's been a long journey and I'm exhausted to say the least. I lie on the bed wanting to end the day now.

I wake up the next morning looking forward to tonight. Callum's in the shower and I leave a note for him because I want to head back. Whenever I seem to be back here, I feel that strong urge to see them again even if they can't see me ever again. It's the least I owe them. I just said on the note that I went for a walk which is somewhat true but he'll realise what I'm doing soon enough.

I put my hood up knowing that my mum and dad worked at home for the most part because they're writers. Callum says I create characters and like I normally say to him, Domino Lily is one herself. Speaking of Lilies, I have one in my hand which is not the best choice of flower because they are normally used at funerals. I hope they're upstairs and they don't see me. I walk towards the door placing a single lily at the doorstep.

I arrive back at the hotel seeing Callum watching TV not reallly concerned about me but he knew where I went despite what the note said.

"You can't stay away but you can't stay there." Callum sighs.

"All these poetic sentences are becoming a habit with you." I say.

"Coming from the girl who lives the characters she creates in her head, I'll take that as a complinent. We can skip the gig if you don't want to go."

"I still want to. It would be a waste of a journey if I didn't."

Honestly, I just don't want to go back yet. I'm sure the others know I'm gone unless they're blind. I'll have some things to explain when I get back but hopefully there hasn't been any problems since I've been gone. Then again if there were, Jeremie would let me know.

The concert itself was great! Hearing the likes of 'Breakeven' and 'The Man who can't be Moved' live is amazing. The lead singer is also easy on the eyes himself but I'm more focused on lyrics rather than anything else. The music I like makes me feel something and that's all I need to enjoy a song. Callum isn't a massive fan of The Script like me but he likes them anyway. I think he's grateful that it's them and not Justin Bieber.

It's strange being back at school this late because now I have to sneak back in without giving myself away although I still feel the energy from the concert.

"This has been a great night." I say.

"I know. Too bad they weren't around when we were kids." Callum agrees.

I think sometimes he forgets that while he has aged, I haven't. I still look like a thirteen year old even though techinically speaking I shouldn't be.

"I still am one, Callum." I remind.

"You know what I mean."

"Yeah, I do."

"We snuck into a show once, didn't we? Back when we were you know...going out, I guess. I helped you in through the window and we did get caught but we managed to get away pretty lightly. Your parents weren't pleased with me and I was sure that they were gonna file a restraining order against me but they gave me that second chance and to them, I blew it when you disappeared off the face of the Earth quite literally."

"They don't know and it should be kept that way."

Callum and I, we used to have something. It wasn't ever serious and we both knew it. We were just messing around, I guess you would say. It was uncomplicated for me which I always liked because most things were normally serious which can be dishearting for me at least back then it was. I suppose he considered it more seriously when I disappeared but there are too many complications for the possibility now.

"Callum, I know that we had...I don't what we're supposed to call it but...it was never meant to be a proper relationship."

"Yeah that's true but I guess I thought about it a lot more when you were gone. You came back and obviously things have changed now."

"Too much in both of our cases. I'm still the same person biologically speaking and you're not."

"Talk about the guy who's waiting on a girl."

"That'a a line from The Script."

"Yeah well it sums up the last five years."

I look up at the cloudy night sky knowing that I had to head back inside and get some sleep before class not too long from now. It would be better if I manage to have some form of attention tomorrow during school. I'm going to get a lecture from Jeremie as well for leaving without saying anything. I can imagine him saying 'What if there was a Xana attack while you were gone?' tomorrow.

"I have to head inside." I say.

"Yeah, it's probably a good idea. I'll see you soon then." Callum agrees.