Disclaimer: Same as the other chapters…

A/N: I'm such a bum with no inspiration for this story in such a long time. I hope this chapter is at least worth reading-- please enjoy and don't forget to review at the end. I would really appreciate it, because as much as I enjoy writing I like to know other people enjoy this story as well.

Chapter 4: This is a Start

So now Odd was lying awake.

It was sort as if some strange thought kept bonking at his skull as if it was a drum. Odd enough though this sensation was not painful but neither was it completely endearing. Without it he would most likely be sleeping right now.

A small warm body was curled upon his chest the small wet nose pressed up against his neck and yet he didn't squirm at its coolness. Ulrich would of probably laughed at him if he was awake because the reason he didn't tell his dog to move its snout was because he was thinking too hard. And what was he thinking about?

Well his roommate would hate him for this one-- Sissi.

Don't jump to conclusions, he hadn't fallen madly in love with her. He had just thought it would have been fun to play with her feelings but now he was getting this sinking feeling in his gut. What if Elisabeth really did deserve that one thing she couldn't have? Maybe he hadn't seen it before.

After all…

Today-- it hurt… a lot. He wasn't going to lie in his own mind despite how he told his friends the story with a smirk. It was better they could just shrug it off but the phantom pain of the now nonexistent injury was numbingly painful even when he didn't review what had happened, it was hard to forget something like that.

Everything had gone so cold maybe he had really been--

Not like he could even assume that after all, this was all just a game.

A game with everyone's lives as the chips…

Sissi must of done something. With how many times Ulrich had called, he had been out cold that long. In theory he shouldn't still be alive and that's what really bothered him. It was one of those times a question would eat away until you got an answer. Not like Odd could just ask the girl though, she couldn't possibly remember any of that.

So why was this large part of him telling him to just go talk to her?

There in her own doorway an annoyed raven haired girl stood.

"What do you want?" She barked rather rudely at the pajama clad boy. Of course her tone was well backed, it was three in the morning after all and she was a girl that loved her beauty sleep. Some annoying little freak wasn't about to ruin that for her, not now, not after he already started interfering with other places in her life.

The odd boy just grinned though, successfully wiping away the insecurity that lingered in his expression moments before. "Is that anyway to treat your boyfriend?"

At her shocked expression he realized he stepped over a line that shouldn't of been crossed. In this time stream the girl had never declared that they were together. He should slap himself right now.

Then she smirked "I see. You changed your mind and decided you did want to be with wonderful me. Well that's too bad." She leaned back against the door's frame. "I don't think I need you anymore after all, what kind of awful boyfriend walks their dear up at 3 O' clock in the morning?"

"Actually it's three-"

"Listen up scrawny!" She cut him off. "Your going to treat me right if we are going through with this! I want you to keep your ugly little mutt away from me and I want you to include me with all your get-togethers with Ulrich." She swung around to go back into her room but then paused. "Oh… and I wear the pants in this relationship."

Maybe Odd was wrong about her being deserving? It looked like she still didn't understand.

Odd Della Robbia was still interested in playing the game regardless of Sissi's attitude.

Despite her wanting to be close to his friends it seemed she really rather not be near him. The moment she tried to sit next to Ulrich at breakfast the next morning, he stood up and left the table without a word. However the glare he cast his roommate was for everyone to see including Sissi.

Why couldn't this easy?

She sat in such an uncomfortable silence with them, no one was speaking but Odd who seemed to be telling a ridiculously stupid story about his dog. What could be so interesting about that ugly mutt she couldn't see and obviously no one else at the table could either.

He was trying to lighten the mood but his jokes really weren't funny.

She wondered where Ulrich had gone?

Probably to see Yumi!

That ugly little-

"Sissi are you… okay?" Reality came rushing back and she found the Cafeteria empty aside for her and Odd who was giving her a seriously strange look. Was that concern? She turned her head with indifference, scowling.

"It's none of your business scrawny!" It must be pretty late in the morning if the room had already cleared out. She stiffened slightly, had classes already started? Daddy would be mad and it would be good-bye to her new cell phone-- this was all Odd's fault!

Why had he let her zone like that?!

Because it took him this long to eat his fill? Well he didn't need her to keep him company!

"You said you didn't want to be left out of things anymore. There is no classes today so I thought you wanted to hang out with us? After all you are my Sissi Dear." He stated with a joking grin. Then he got up seeming to wait for her to follow as he moved toward the front doors.

He stopped, "Come on. This is what you 'wanted'."

Or least it was what she thought she wanted. Sissi couldn't know any better if she couldn't see it yet.

Odd would just have to show her…

A/N: If I get at least three reviews for this chapter I will update.