Chapter 26: Eyes on the Prize
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As the winter snow fell upon the quiet court yard grounds of Kadic Academy, the dorms were full of drama and suspense for it was a week before the Valentine's Day dance, which was one of the biggest events on school campus. Everyone who mattered, and had a reputation, was going to be there with a date.
"I DON'T HAVE A DATE!" squealed Odd pacing back and forth through Jeremy's small dorm room.
"Calm down Odd...why don't you have a girlfriend of the week now?" questioned Jeremy not taking his eyes off is computer once.
"First off, that was cold Jeremy, just plain cold. Secondly, my girlfriend is going out of town for a family emergency and won't be back until the day after the dance!" spazed Odd.
"Uh oh that's not good..." snickered Ulrich looking through a magazine.
"Ulrich ol' buddy you have to help me find a new date!" begged Odd kneeling before Ulrich with Odd's trademark puppy dog eyes.
"Fine...I'll help you pal," smiled Ulrich as he knew his defeat against Odd's begging was imminent.
"Great! You're the best buddy ever! My amigo, my comrade!" smiled Odd.
"Yeah, yeah...let's just hurry and find you a new date," muttered Ulrich closing the magazine and laying it on Jeremy's bed.
Odd quickly got up and began to dust himself off from the chips he had been recently eating while Ulrich slowly stood and stretched. Odd and Ulrich then walked out the door in search of Odd's new date.
Mason yawned and looked out the window to watch the snow fall to the ground in the courtyard. He realized he himself had to ask someone to the dance, and quickly before anyone else does. Mason slowly got up and put on a maroon jacket in order to cross the courtyard to get to the girl dorms.
"Where are you heading off to?" asked Max with a small smirk.
"Going to the girl dorms to ask someone to the dance," replied Mason tying his shoes.
"Who are you going to ask to the dance?" asked Max.
"I'm going to ask Emily," answered Mason starting to walk down the hall.
"Oh really?" asked Max catching up to Mason.
"Yeah why?" questioned Mason back with a questionable look.
"Funny, I was going to do the same," replied Max.
Mason stopped in his tracks and looked dead center at Max and had a smirk on his face now. Mason got worried, for he knew if Max asked her first then he could go with her to the dance. Max was thinking the same thing but vice versa. Both awkwardly laughed at the same time, and then darted for the door. One pushed the other and both eventually squeezed out of the doors.
"This won't work," spoke Mason scratching his head "How about we play Rock, Paper, scissors for who gets to try to ask her out first," he suggested.
"Fair enough, and it's the next guy's turn for one hour and the same goes for whoever wins the first round, and so on and so forth if necessary," explained Max laying down the rules.
Mason put his fist on his open palm while Max did the same. They both slightly raises their fist in order to begin their battle for the ages, and the decision to who got to try and ask out Emily first.
"ROCK PAPER SCISSORS!" yelled both at the same time smacking their fists onto their palms.
Max and Mason both got paper that time, and the suspense went on for another few seconds. They both restarted and both screamed their battle cries of rock, paper, and scissors until it was decided that Max won the first round.
"Remember you only got an hour!" reminded Mason with a huff in his tone while he lifted his hood to over his head.
Max finished getting on his jacket, and then zipped it up and put his hood over his head to protect it from the cold. Max then began to stomp through the heavy snow in the courtyard creating the familiar clomping noise in the snow sound. Mason then got his hooded sweatshirt and then as well stomped through the courtyard to the cafeteria. Once there, Mason opened the doors to cafeteria where we met with the warmth of the heater. He found Apollo, Yumi, and Ulrich and sat down to begin eating yogurt he got from the snack bar.
"What's up Mason?" perked Apollo eating some toast.
"Max gets first try to ask Emily to the dance," sighed Mason scooping yogurt into his mouth.
"How come?" asked Yumi seeming interested about Mason's crushed hopes.
"I lost rock, paper, scissors…" mumbled Mason just loud enough for them to hear.
"That's kind of dumb," snapped Yumi causing a mental spear to pierce through Mason.
"Oh well, Max doesn't know that Emily is out doing errands for her grandpa today," evilly laughed Mason finishing his yogurt.
"Your…just plain evil Mason!" laughed Yumi and Ulrich finishing their breakfast.
"By the way, how was your search with Odd for another date?" questioned Mason looking at Ulrich.
"Oh that, well, Odd found someone her name is Sam, but you don't know who she is Mason," explained Ulrich.
"Really, are you serious? Odd and Sam are made for each other!" laughed Yumi being cuddled by Ulrich.
"Oh really, you're the one talking? Like you two aren't" evilly poked Mason.
Mason and Apollo gave a chuckle while Ulrich and Yumi blushed, and tossed the empty yogurt cup into the garbage. Mason looked and Apollo who was blankly staring off into space.
"What's up Apollo?" questioned Mason raising a brow.
"I think you should date Emily, she's too nice for Max," admitted Apollo snapping back to Earth, and then smiling.
Mason gave a disturbed chuckle "That's a rotten way to treat your brother,"
"He's not my brother, and we're not even related," cursed Apollo.
"Jeremy and Aelita found out where Apollo is from," mentioned Yumi to Mason.
"I see, but thank you for your opinion Apollo," smiled Mason rubbing Apollo's hair.
"Well, you managed to kill a good 20 minutes Mason," chirped Apollo.
"Hmm….Apollo…why don't you come into town with me later to get some stuff," suggested Mason looking at his watch.
"Okay! That'll be fun!" smiled Apollo.
Meanwhile Max was looking around Kadic in search of Emily, and was having no luck from anyone who knew her.
"Hmm….she might have left the academy today. Plus, it's already been 35 minutes," thought Max while walking around.
Max then saw Mason and Apollo talking and laughing, and then realized that Mason might actually have a chance.
"Maybe I should check out in town and see if I can find her," though Max sprinting to the gate and then taking a left into town.
Mason and Apollo headed up to Jeremy's room. When they reached the destination, they opened the door to see Jeremy, without his glasses, and Aelita kissing.
"Well well, a shock to us all," evilly smirked Mason.
Jeremy swung his head around to gain contact of the two chuckling boys. Jeremy immediately blushed and turned his head swiftly to the left.
"Do you mind? We're having a meaningful conversation on physics," huffed Jeremy putting his glasses back on and adjusting them back to their preferred spot.
"Riiiiiggggghhhhhtttt~ tutoring? Tutoring for what class? Kissing 101?" sarcastically asked Mason taking off his scarf and wiping the snow off his hair.
"Anyway what do you want Mason," spewed out Jeremy now scooting away from Aelita.
"I need to borrow Aelita for a second," smiled Mason helping Aelita up and giving her his scarf.
"Don't take her too far, we still need to go over some updates for you guys on Lyoko," replied Jeremy still blushing and heading for his computer chair.
"Yes sir, I'll bring your little girl home as quickly as possible," joked Mason opening the door for Aelita as she walked through.
"Kissing is gross," cackled Apollo while Jeremy started to blush deeply.
Mason and Aelita walked to the courtyard where it started to snow, and Mason found a bench covered in snow and brushed the snow off. Mason then sat down and patted the spot next to him to show that he wanted Aelita to sit next to him, and she agreed sitting down.
"So, what's the problem Mason?" asked Aelita looking at Mason.
"I need a women's advice," responded Mason starting to blush.
"On what Mason, I'd be happy to help," chirped Aelita cuddling the scarf she brought with her outside.
"How to ask a girl out," spoke Mason wringing his hands in embarrassment.
Aelita gave a sweet giggle and then stood up and stretched out, and then turned around to face Mason.
"Us girls like it when a guy is creative when asking a girl out, and trust me it'll work anytime and every time," smiled Aelita.
"I'm ashamed to ask this but, is there anything else that you know Emily likes?" asked Mason breathing out fog from the cold air.
"Hmmm…she seems to like the color blue…but that's all I know Mason," replied Aelita brushing snowflakes out of her pink hair.
"Thanks Aelita, and oh, does this mean that you're going out with Jeremy then?" smirked Mason fixing his gloves
"I…. don't really know," blushed Aelita putting locks of her hair behind her ear.
"You should look into that," smiled Mason.
Suddenly, Mason's watch beeped and started to glow on and off. He began to smile, and then he quickly turned the watch off and slid his sleeve back up to shield his arm from the cold.
"Well, Max's time is up, and now it's my turn to ask Emily out," smiled Mason at Aelita.
"Good Luck," smiled Aelita giving an awkward thumb up, trying to imitate Odd.
"Thanks, I'll need it," replied Mason finding Max.
"I couldn't find her, she must be out of town today," huffed Max putting leather gloves on his hands.
"If I can't find her this turn we can wait until tomorrow," replied Mason wiping the snow off his hair.
"Fair enough, I'll come find you in an hour," replied Max walking off into the direction of the woods.
Mason began to trudge through the thick snow, and started calling up the others to see if they knew his beloved's location, but no luck. No one seemed to know where she was.
"Maybe Milly and Tamiya know," thought Mason walking over to the two reporters.
"Hey girls, do any of you know where Emily is?" asked Mason.
"Sorry Mason, but we're trying to get a scoop," replied Tamiya watching Milly write things down onto her notepad.
"A scoop huh? Well, what about doing a column on…cute couples for the dance. I bet people want to know about that gossip huh?" suggested Mason desperately trying to get an answer from the two reporters.
"You know what, that's a great idea Tamiya, we should get a column on the hottest couples!" smiled Milly suggesting the idea to Tamiya.
"What a good idea Mason! Oh, and we saw Emily going into the woods, and she seemed kind of off today," spoke Tamiya following Milly off to get interviews.
"Thank you!" shouted Mason running off into the woods.
Mason stomped through the thick snow and came across a set of footprints. Mason decided to follow the footprints to where ever they led to see whose footprints were they. They eventually led out of Kadic to a small house painted a light green. Mason stepped up onto the steps and knocked on the brown peeling door. The door opened to reveal a large old man with a giant White moustache and a bigger expression of he didn't want any company.
"Excuse me is someone named Emily home?" asked Mason intimidated by the old man.
The old man gave a giant huff, and yelled out for Emily, and the black haired-babe came from the back hall. Mason gave a small wave, and Emily gave a serious look.
"Wanna go for a walk?" asked Mason.
"Sure, why not, "replied Emily grabbing a jacket and gloves, and going outside.
Mason and Emily began to walk on the sidewalk when the old man called out "Make sure my granddaughter is home soon!"
Mason and Emily continued walking until they got back in the woods again.
"You seem in a pissy mood," joked Mason, and then went quiet when Emily stared at him.
"What do you want Mason?" questioned Emily.
"Sheesh you make me sound like an awful person," huffed Mason.
"You are for blowing me off," huffed Emily.
"What are you talking about?" asked Mason.
"What do you mean! You've been ignoring me for weeks on end and even before that you wouldn't even speak to me! I thought you were my friend!" barked Emily.
"Okay okay! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to shun you or anything; stuff has been hard for a bit. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anything, but I admit I shouldn't of been like I was , and I should of talked to you more!" barked Mason.
Emily went quiet, and then began to sniffle to signal that she was about to cry. Mason realized what was happening and tried to calm her down.
"Hey hey hey hey! It's okay! What's really wrong?" questioned Mason.
"Everything has been! My granddad's been a bitch, and school's been awful, and no one's asked me to the dance yet," whimpered Emily.
Mason gave a blank stare and thought to himself "This is too easy" he thought, "So, no one's asked you to the dance yet?" questioned Mason.
"No," softly replied Emily.
"Well them, that's a problem," smirked Mason.
"HUH? YOU MEAN ITS BAD…OH GOD ITS WORSE THAN I THOUGHT!" cried Emily starting to spaz uncontrollably.
"WAIT, I WAS JUST KIDDING!" coughed Mason then going silent.
Mason gave a quiet cough, and then looked at Emily. He madly blushed and then looked behind him.
"I don't have a date either, and since that's so…I was thinking about that since we have that in common that we both could go together," suggested Mason.
"REALLY, YOU MEAN IT!" squealed Emily darting over.
"Sure why not," smiled Mason.
Emily let out a small squeal of joy, and then warmly hugged Mason. She then gave another squeal, and then giggled. Mason chuckled at the girl's excitement, and rubbed her hair.
"I have to be somewhere at the moment, so I'll talk to you more about this tomorrow, okay?" smiled Mason.
"Okay," replied Emily giving Mason another hug.
Mason stomped through the snow to reach Kadic where Mason's competitor was waiting on a bench.
"So, did you find her?" asked Max.
"Indeed I did, and I she said yes," replied Mason with a small smirk on his face.
"Good job man," said Max high fiving Mason.
"You know, there are a couple of girls who still don't have dates to the dance," spoke Mason trying to help.
"Thanks man, I'll have to look into that," replied Max walking away.
Later on, Mason announced his achievement to the other warriors, and they congratulated him on this achievement.
"Great job Mason, our little boy is growing up," joked Odd hugging Mason.
"How'd Max take it?" asked Ulrich.
"He was actually pretty cool about it, which surprised me," replied Mason.
"Speaking of which, where is Max?" questioned Aelita.
Meanwhile, Max was at the factory, and on the supercomputer. He typed down several codes and sequences, and then the Supercomputer shut down and the eye of Xana appeared on the screen, and Max's eyes flickered with eyes of Xana. Little did the Lyoko warriors know, this was the beginning of the end.