Chapter Five

-Allie's POV-

Sobs continued to erupt from my throat as the flashback of my last birthday faded away again. I had watched my mother die in front of my eyes while I watched my brother slowly fade to death. Paramedics told me before I headed for France that my brother was still alive but I only thought it as a matter of time.

"Allie!" a familiar voice called out from a small difference but I ignored it as I dug my head deeper into my knees. The voice didn't call out again but I did hear the footsteps come closer to me; making me wish that I could just disappear. The footsteps I heard earlier sounded closer but they stopped seconds ago.

"G-Go away." I mumbled.

"Oh Allie," the voice said in a shocked and sad tone as they neared me.

"I-I thought I s-said to g-g-go away." I cried out.

An arm wrapped around my shoulders and pulled me against something warm and hard. Tears were still flowing out of my cheeks as I grabbed handfuls of the person's shirt while crying into his shoulder. A hand rubbed up and down my back in an attempt to calm me down but it only reminded me more of my brother, causing me to cry even harder.

I don't really know how long I was positioned like that with only a guess of who was trying to comfort me but after a while my joints were starting to ache. As my cries turned to hiccups, the clumps of the unknown person's shirt were slowly release from my hands but my head stayed buried in the person's chest.

"Allie?" the voice said. Now that I was a little bit calmer I could recognize the voice.

I pulled away from the person's chest. "O-Odd?" I questioned. "W-what are you doing h-here?" I whipped the tears from my cheeks while avoiding his eyes.

"After your encounter with Sissi you ran off, so while the others dealt with her, I ran after you to make sure you were okay." Odd explained with a slightly awkward expression on his face. I felt some force pull my face up to meet his beautiful grey eyes. "Was that okay?"

Blood rushed to my face, blush beginning to be apparent on my now pink cheeks. "Y-yeah; t-that was f-fine." I stumbled shyly. While we looked at each other, I noticed that Odd also had some pink on his cheeks as well.

Our cheeks were faint pink and our faces were inches from each other's, causing my blush to deepen into a deep red. I moved my eyes from his and noticed my position. I was practically sitting on his lap facing him with my legs swept to my left and my hands on his chest.

My blush deepened into an even more red if that was possible before I moved myself off of him. "I-I guess I should be going now." I lied, all the more wanting to stay with him the rest of the day.

I started to walk back to the school when I heard Odd start to get up. "Wait." He called after me. I turned to him to see what he wanted only to have something put on my lips. Within seconds, I realized that Odd's lips were on my own and without second thought I relaxed my muscles and kissed him back; my arms snaking around his neck.

The kiss was amazingly perfect as I closed my eyes and melted into the kiss. I felt Odd's arms snake around my waist, gently pulling me closer to his body. After about a minute, he pulled away, leaving both of us breathless with my eyes still closed.

I reopened my eyes with a slight smile on my face. "I-I'll see y-you at l-lunch." Odd stumbled nervously, which I found honestly curious. "Y-You c-can sit with my f-friends and I if you w-want." And with that he ran off with his cheeks bright red. As he ran off, he almost tripped once and I giggled to myself.

He's so cute when he blushes… My thoughts trailed off as my mind drifted to the kiss that we had shared only moments ago; my head cocking to the side, my hands behind my back, and a glazed expression in my eyes.

Again, I didn't know how long I stayed like that, but it seemed like ages. Shaking my head, I followed Odd's direction and headed for the cafeteria, dying to get something in my stomach.

When I emerged from forest, only a couple kids were outside in the courtyard, but most of them were in a huge building with lots of windows in the front, eating. I noticed Odd and his friends at a table near the window, talking about something.

Ignoring my fear of bumping into Sissi again, I headed towards the building, for the first time in the last couple weeks, not thinking of the accident that took my mother's life and most likely my older brother's.

The closer I got to the cafeteria, the more students I saw; and the closer I got to Sissi. I could feel her gaze on me but I didn't give her the satisfaction of looking at her, which probably pissed her off more. Before opening the cafeteria door, I took a deep breath, then stepped in, quickly heading for the now short lunch line.

Not many kids were in the lunch line, which I figured, while I grabbed a tray and slid down. "Well; hello there, dear." A lady with grey hair said. "I haven't seen you around before. I'm Rosa, the lunch lady, as you kids call us these days."

I smiled at her. "I'm new here, just arrived today in fact. I'm Alison Harbor, but call me Allie." I introduced myself; she smiled back.

"Welcome to Kadic." She said; I nodded in thanks. "Now what would you like?"

I thought for a moment. "Do you have a salad by chance?" I asked curiously. It seemed very doubtful while I looked at the food she had out.

But to my surprise, she nodded. "I don't get that one very often." She said. "It's nice to know someone likes to eat healthy." She went deeper into the kitchen before coming back with a bowl of lettuce and other veggies. "And I'd suggest giving your extra portion to Odd. He's a heavy eater."

I chuckled. "Thanks." I said as I put it on my tray. I walked out to see Aelita waving over to me and I rolled my eyes but smile at her.

Before I could get even halfway there, Sissi blocked my way. "Well, well, well; what do we have here?" she said while the two goons behind her just smiled along with her.

"Umm; let me think. A girl who is smarter than you'll ever be?" I said loudly; I heard chuckling throughout the cafeteria. I bumped past her and walked to the table Odd and his friends were at.

"Excuse me!" Sissi screeched. I looked down at my tray and got an idea.

I grabbed the dressing I had and turned around without Sissi seeing it. "Listen here Sissi." I growled. "Just like I said before. If you would have watched your mother and brother die in front of your eyes…you'd understand..." I pulled the dressing over her head and poured it down on her; causing her to yell in surprise. "…that you never mess with me; Alison Harbor."

She ran out with people cheering me; I had a wicked smile on my face. "Have fun cleaning that out!" I yelled after her before laughing.

I was still laughing as I made my way to the table I had my tray at. "That was amazing!" Odd's voice, mixed with laughter, said.

I nodded in acknowledgment. "I've wanted to do that so badly since I first saw her." I laughed out as I sat beside Odd.

The whole table was laughing, along with the whole cafeteria. "You need to be careful though." Ulrich's mentioned.

"Yeah; she's the Principal's daughter." A girl I didn't recognize continued. She has raven black hair to her shoulders and all black clothing.

I stayed silent as I took a bit of my raw salad. "What are you going to do when Jim comes to find you?" Aelita asked curiously once I finished swallowing my salad.

I shrugged. "If she's smart she won't tell." I smiled. "Like I said twice now. You never mess with me." I shrugged again. "But, even if she does; I'll find a way to twist it around on her."

Aelita nodded. "It's about time someone does that to her, but no one's had the nerve, for the fear to be kicked out." The raven haired girl said; I smiled. "I'm Yumi by the way."

"Alison Harbor, but call me Allie." I introduced for what seemed like the hundredth time today.

"How can you eat that?" Odd asked in a hurt voice.

"What? My salad?" I asked he nodded. I rolled my eyes. "It's healthy for you." I eyed his huge stack of food. "You should try it sometime." The table burst into another fit of laughter; Odd just crossed his arms and huffed. "Odd," he looked at me. "Rosa said something about me giving you my actual portion of food since I didn't eat any of it."

"And with that, he ran back to the line; the rest of us laughing harder. "You just made his day." Ulrich muttered; I laughed and nodded while I stared at Odd's backside, talking to Rosa.

"I know." I said; thinking of the kiss again.