After about fifteen minutes, everyone met outside, a bag or suitcase with them.

"Everybody got what they need? Clothes? Pajamas? Anything else that you want to want to bring?" Yumi asked. "We got our stuff, Yumi," Ulrich laughed. "Great!" she said.

"Wait!" Jeremy blurted. "Aelita, did you remember to bring Mister Puck?" Aelita shifted her weight from foot to foot. "Uh, that's ok; I think I'll just leave him here," she said. Apparently her tone and expression disagreed with the words. Jeremy noticed.

"Are you sure?" he asked. "Yeah; we wouldn't mind waiting," Yumi added. "No, that's ok," she insisted, still seeming reluctant.

"You know Aelita," Yumi said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "There's no shame in sleeping with a doll or stuffed animal. Why don't you run up and get him?" She looked hesitantly to the others. The smiled. "Go on Aelita," Jeremy said. Aelita beamed. "Thanks guys!" She jogged off.

Two minutes later, everyone was ready to go.

They headed to Yumi's, everyone carrying a bag of some sort. Ulrich and Jeremy had dark green and dark blue backpacks strung over their shoulders, Odd was carrying a purple suitcase, and Aelita was rolling a pink one. "You guys don't know what you've been missing," Odd chirped. "Yeah, sleepovers are awesome," Ulrich added. Aelita smile happily. "I guess we'll have some fun then, huh Jeremy?" she asked. "Yeah," he nodded.

It took less than fifteen minutes to reach the took out a key and put it in the lock, opening the door. "You can keep your bags in my room," she said as everyone filed in. After lugging everything upstairs, they sat in a circle in the living room. "So, what should we do first?" Yumi asked.

"Eat," Odd answered.

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because lunch isn't for another two hours, and nobody else is hungry."

"Who said we had to wait till' lunch?"

"I did."

"You're no fun," Odd huffed.

"Any other ideas that don't involve food?" Yumi asked. "W"e could play a board game," Aelita suggested, tilting her head. "Okay. Which one? Maybe chess?" Yumi asked. "NO!" Ulrich and Odd screamed simultaneously. "I think you broke my ear drum," Jeremy said, putting a finger in his ear. "Why?" Yumi inquired. "Because either Jeremy or Aelita is going to win," Odd said. "Yeah," Ulrich added. "I played Jeremy three times before, and lost badly..."

"I played Aelita twice and Jeremy once, and lost all three times," Odd said.

Jeremy and Aelita smiled.

"Okay, so no chess. What about scrabble?" Yumi asked. "Sounds good," Ulrich said, nodding. "Whatever," Odd shrugged. "Sure," Jeremy and Aelita chorused. They looked at each other before blushing lightly. "I'll go get it," Yumi volunteered, standing and going upstairs.

They heard a crash, and shortly thereafter Yumi yelled a word in Japanese that was probably not a nice one.

She came down about a minute later, muttering under her breath in Japanese as she glared at the board game. "Everything... okay, Yumi?" Ulrich asked. "Peachy," she responded, sweeping the frown of her face with a half smile. It seemed a bit forced. Yumi unloaded the game and opened the board, stopping when there was a knock at the door.

"Who's that?" Aelita inquired. "The pizza guy?" Odd asked hopefully. Everyone rolled their eyes as Yumi got up to answer it. "I'm pretty sure I know who it is," she said, opening the door. A brunette boy perhaps an inch taller than her stood in the door. He was wearing a gray Nike T-shirt with gray some shorts to match. A brown suitcase was at his feet.

"Hey Yumi," he said. "I hope I'm not too early...?" Yumi shook her head. "Perfect timing Peter. I just came here with all my other friends, and we were just about to start scrabble. I'll put your stuff in my room," she said, reaching for the suitcase. "That's ok; I'll get it," he said, also reaching for it. They hit foreheads and pulled back with an "Ouch!"

They both laughed and rubbed their foreheads, each apologizing.

"No really, I'll get it," Yumi said, snatching the suitcase before Peter could argue. "Thanks," he said. The raven haired girl tilted her head. "Well, are you coming in; or are you just going to stand there?" she asked, smiling. Peter gave a chuckle and walked in, closing the door behind him.

"Guys, this is my friend, Peter," Yumi introduced him to the others. "Hey," Peter smiled, giving a small wave. "This is,"- Yumi started, but Peter cut her off. "Let me guess," he said, narrowing his eyes at the group as he thought. "Purple streak in your hair, you must be Odd," Peter smiled. "The one and only," Odd grinned. Peter looked to Ulrich. "You must be Ulrich. Yumi talks about you practically all the time," he laughed.

Yumi blushed and shoved her hands in her pockets, shifting her gaze.

"Hmm, glasses... You must be Jeremy," Peter guessed. Jeremy smiled with a nod. "Yumi said that you were the smartest kid in school," he added. "Ah well; I wouldn't know about smartest," the young genius said, shifting his gaze and blushing lightly. "Don't be so modest Einstein," Odd gave him a small punch on the shoulder.

"Last but not least, you must be Aelita, Jeremy's girlfriend," Peter said. Jeremy and Aelita looked at each other before hastily looking away and blushing furiously, each finding something interesting about the hem of their shirt or their shoestrings. "Oh uh, well, she's not exactly..." Jeremy spluttered. "He's not my um, boyfriend..." Aelita mumbled quietly.

Ulrich grinned, barely concealing laughter. Odd however, was unable to act so restrained. He slapped a hand over his mouth, shaking with hardly- not at all, really- repressed laughter. Yumi whispered something in Peter's ear.

"Uh, sorry," he said sheepishly. "Yumi just said you spent a lot of time together, so I sort of assumed..." The brunette cleared his throat. "Anyway, nice to meet you all."

"You too!" Odd smiled. "How did you guys meet?" Ulrich inquired.

"Well, Yumi and I used to be in the same school, from first grade to sixth. I recently moved here," Peter explained. "I decided to invite him to the slumber party," Yumi added, going upstairs and taking the bag with her.

Peter tilted his head as he sat.

"Just curious; what's your grade point average?" he asked, addressing Jeremy. "97.8 out of 100," Jeremy answered. Peter gaped. "Yeah, I know; it's slipping," Jeremy muttered with a scowl. Everyone stared at him.

There was awkward silence for a while until Yumi came back down, this time wearing a smile on her face. "Everyone ready to start?" Everybody nodded as Yumi started handing out the tiles, explaining the rules. "We know how to play, Yumi," Odd said. Yumi scowled at him. "Well maybe some people didn't, or they forgot," she snapped.

"Who's going first?" she asked. Odd's hand shot up.

"Anyone else?" Odd waved it insistently.

"Anyone else?" Yumi repeated. Odd started waving it in her face.

"Anyone else?" she asked, ruining the facade as she let a giggle escape. Odd scowled as everybody laughed. "Okay Odd, you can go first," she grinned. "Wait," he said. "I have to start the party."

Yumi looked at him. "It already started..." she said.

"I know, but I need to start it officially," he said, talking something out of his pocket. After pulling on a string, there was a little pop before some confetti came out, landing all over Jeremy. He scowled as everyone laughed.

"Help me get this off, please," he said to Aelita, trying to pick the single strands of confetti out of his hair. Still giggling, she started taking the stuff out of his hair. "I think you look cute with it on," the pink haired girl said, blood rushing to her cheeks. "I-I uh, well um," Jeremy spluttered, turning the color of a tomato. Aelita giggled once again at his flustered state.

Odd gave a cat call.

Both blushed profusely, looking at him. "You guys look like strawberries," Ulrich noted. "As if you're any better with Yumi," Jeremy snapped, cheeks still flush. "What's that supposed to mean?" Ulrich asked, turning red. Yumi blushed also.

"The party has officially began," Odd whispered with a grin to Peter.

Hope you liked the new chapter~ If I'm updating slow, the reason is because I'm on vacation, so I can't spend ALL of my waking hours writing or on Fanfiction like I usually do :) Anyway, ~Keep reading!~

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