Disclaimer – I do not own the song 'Untouched' by The Veronicas. (And I still don't own Code Lyoko.)
Thanks to Rena, Kitty, and Kiwi who helped me out with the little things that matter 3
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Cause you're the only one who's on my mind
I'll never ever let you leave me
I'll try to stop time for ever, never wanna hear you say goodbye (bye bye bye)
"Odd." Ulrich groaned, "Alarm off now."
"Ulrich," Odd groaned back, "Get it yourself."
"You're closest." Ulrich grumbled.
"You, move faster." Odd objected.
"It's your clock." Ulrich stated.
There was a knock at the door, "Boys?"
"Yea?" The teens groaned in unison.
Yumi opened the door, sighing as she walked over to the clock, "Get up." She ordered.
"Why?" Odd whined.
"It's nine' o'clock for one thing." Yumi stated, "And our parents just called, they'll be here in an hour."
"Merph." Ulrich grunted, "How are we split up?"
"We're going in Adele's car with her." Yumi said, "That's all I know."
"Oh goody." Odd said, "Adele will just love us being cooped up in her car with her."
Yumi and Ulrich gave Odd a look, which Odd saw through one half-open eye.
"Its a couple hours drive to the lake house." Odd explained, "Adele will refuse to drive us anywhere ever again by the end of it."
"All good fun." Yumi said, "But you two need to get up, and eat, before we go. The last thing we want is to be in a car for multiple hours with a hungry Odd."
"This is so true." Ulrich sighed, rolling out of bed.
"I'm not so sure, you know, I'm agreeable by nature." Odd said, pushing himself up to sit up in bed.
"Pssshhh." Yumi scoffed, "Not when you're hungry. Trust me."
"You fed Aelita yet?" Ulrich asked.
"Umm…" Yumi stuttered.
"You'd better do that." Odd advised.
"She's a big girl." Yumi huffed.
"And we're big boys, you still gotta get us up and feed us." Ulrich stated, "She's a girl, she's moodier by nature."
"Thanks." Yumi said, giving Ulrich a sarcastic eye roll, "You get ready to go, I'll make sure that we all end up eating."
"Alright, we'll monitor each other." Ulrich agreed.
"See you in an hour." Yumi waved, leaving the room.
"Bye." Ulrich smiled.
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Aelita buzzed about the room, checking and double checking her bags, wondering if she needed this or that.
"Lita?" Yumi asked, opening the door. Her pink haired friend had hardly mumbled a 'morning' at her as she had gone to make sure the boys were awake.
"Hi Yumi," Aelita greeted cheerfully.
"Hi," Yumi chuckled, seeing her friend, so obviously excited and apprehensive about the trip.
Yumi strode over to her friend, taking the book Aelita was holding and handing her the small elfin doll that was lying on her pillow.
"Trust me." Yumi said, placing the book on the bed, "You won't be reading too much."
"Thanks." Aelita said with a grin.
"You eaten yet?" Yumi asked.
"Umm…" Aelita stuttered, "No?"
"Let's go find something for breakfast then." Yumi said cheerily, "Now that we're all packed."
"Ok." Aelita agreed; placing the elf doll, Mr. Puck, into her duffel and zipping it closed.
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Odd and Ulrich were already sitting in the cafeteria when Yumi and Aelita arrived, along with a handful of other students who had yet to leave for vacation.
"I don't know; I've not seen the place before." Ulrich stated, "And besides-" He cut himself off.
"Besides what?" Yumi asked apprehensively, searching Ulrich's big innocent grin.
"Nothing. Promise." Ulrich grinned.
"Yuh-huh," Yumi raised an eyebrow, "That's why you look so guilty."
"Of course, I always look guilty." Ulrich said quickly.
"Ulrich!" Odd hissed, "Stop sounding stupid."
"Then tell her to stop interrogating me!" Ulrich hissed back through gritted teeth.
"You're job buddy." Odd replied simply, turning to Aelita, "Morning Princess." He grinned.
"Thanks." Ulrich rolled his eyes, turning back to grin at Yumi, "We were just talking, really."
"Boys." Yumi sighed, "Really." She sat beside Aelita, across the table from the boys.
"You gotta watch them." Aelita stated.
"Yes, yes you do." Yumi agreed, biting into a banana.
"Hey! We're trustable." Odd retorted.
"Trustworthy Odd, it's trustworthy." Ulrich sighed.
"Whatever it is, we are it." Odd said, nodding his head decidedly.
"Ooh, making up words are we now Odd?" Yumi asked, smiling sweetly.
"Like you never made up a word before." Odd bit back.
Yumi rolled her eyes, "Tawainai neko." She muttered.
"See! You make up words!" Odd jumped, pointing an accusing finger at Yumi.
"That was Japanese Odd." Ulrich stated, resting his forehead on a fist and murmuring, "It's going to be a long day."
"Yes it is." Aelita agreed, "Yes it is."
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"Right, do we all have everything?" Ulrich asked, surveying his own bags before looking up.
"Yes dad." Odd said, rolling his eyes.
"Yes." Yumi answered, smacking Odd in the head with the back of her hand.
"Yep." Aelita said with a giggle.
"What was that for?" Odd whined.
"Try to be mature for five minutes please?" Yumi sighed.
Ulrich rolled his eyes, "Is he ever mature?"
"No." Aelita answered quickly, receiving a glare from Odd, "But that's why we love you." She reassured the blonde, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
Odd sent Ulrich a 'help me out here' glance. Ulrich just smiled and mouthed back 'whipped.' Odd glared at the brunet, but the soft sound of tire on cement stopped him from going further.
"Hey guys!" Came a friendly voice as a woman who was middle height, not tall but not especially short either, stepped out of a sea-foam green minivan. Her deep magenta hair was tied back into a messy bun by a soft pink ribbon.
"Hi mom." Odd greeted with a smile.
"Nice to see you Mrs. Della Robbia." Yumi greeted formally.
"Please, call me Andrea." Mrs. Della Robbia replied.
"LICKY!!" Came a happy screech from young brunette child, her body reaching for the embarrassed looking brunet, urging her brunette mother to walk faster.
A stern looking man accompanied the two, holding the hand of another small girl whose hair was dark chocolate brown. She scuffed her shoes on the sidewalk as she walked, her hair falling down to cover her face.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Stern." Aelita and Yumi greeted in unison, ignoring Odd's snickers.
"Hello Yumi, Aelita, and Odd." Ulrich's mom, Elaine, said warmly, handing the struggling child to Ulrich.
"LICKY!" She screeched happily as she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.
"Hi Izzy," Ulrich said, tilting his head up and away in an attempt to breathe.
"Izzy, don't strangle your brother." Ulrich's dad, Andrew, reprimanded gently.
"Sorry Licky." Izzy muttered, releasing her grip on his neck.
"Licky?" Odd giggled.
"Be quiet Odd." Ulrich groaned.
"ODD!" Shouted the happy voice of a girl, whose hair was so blonde it was almost white, though there was a purple ring of color around the child's head that went from eye to eye.
"Umph!" Odd gasped as the little blonde bullet hit him at waist height, "Hi Alice." He smiled.
"Alice?" asked the girl who stood beside Andrew, lifting her head to look over at the blonde girl.
"Annie?" Asked Alice, looking over at the brunet.
"Hi!" They squealed, racing to hug each other.
While the boys had been getting attacked by their respective siblings, Yumi had slunk off to greet her own family, and now stood with an uncomfortable looking Hiroki and her happy looking parents.
"They're so little!" Hiroki complained, "Nobody's gonna be my age."
"You're only three years older than Alice and Annie." Yumi replied, "You'll be fine."
A female who appeared to be about twenty walked over to the Ishiyama family. Her blonde hair was pulled back into a ponytail that was tipped with purple.
"Ready to get going?" She asked.
"Yea," Yumi nodded, "I'll see you guys there." Yumi waved to her parents and leaving with the girl.
"Does Odd have to go with Adele?" Alice whined, clinging to her brother's leg.
"Yes he does." Odd replied, "You can ask if you can ride with Annie."
"Ok!" Alice chirped, "Bye Odd!" She took off running towards the Stern's.
"Ready to go guys?" Adele asked.
"Yea," Odd said, "Let me just get Ulrich." He smirked deviously.
"Odd," Aelita warned.
"LICKY!!" Odd yelled, "TIME TO GO!"
"ODD!" Ulrich growled, handing an unhappy Izzy to his mother.
"Licky no go!" She protested.
"You'll see me when we get to the lake house, I promise." Ulrich reassured her before walking over to where Odd, Yumi, Aelita, and Adele were waiting.
"Licky's coming with us." Odd smiled.
"Shut up Odd," Ulrich said curtly, "She's only three."
"Let's get going boys!" Adele said as she got into the driver's side of a black car.
"Isn't that dad's car?" Odd asked apprehensively.
"He gave it to me, remember?" Adele said gently.
"I forgot." Odd smiled, hopping into the backseat behind Adele.
Yumi slid into the passenger seat, and Aelita took up the seat directly behind her, leaving Ulrich with the task of climbing into the middle.
"Thanks guys." Ulrich said flatly, "I love climbing over people."
"You're welcome Ulrich." Odd smiled.
Ulrich growled but clambered into the car over Odd's legs.
"I love the view." Odd stated as Ulrich paused to regain his balance.
"I know you do Odd." Ulrich taunted, falling over so that his head ended up in Aelita's lap while his legs were on Odd's.
"Hi Ulrich." Aelita said with a smile.
"Hey," Ulrich replied, swinging his legs down to heave himself into a sitting position.
"Are we all ready now?" Adele asked, putting the key in the ignition.
"Yes." Odd replied, clicking his seatbelt into the buckle.
"And we're off!" Adele announced as the car rumbled to life and began its crawl across the pavement after the cars containing the other thirteen vacationing family members.
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Tawainai neko means silly cat
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