Here is Chapter 19 of Life as a Lyoko Warrior! Sorry it took so long to post! Enjoy and review!

Days later, I was wondering around the campus in my new outfit - a lavendar shirt with a large neck hole and with low sleeves. It was also a little low on my chest so I had on a black tank top underneath. I had on black pants and white and purple sneakers on. At first, I didn't really like the outfit since my mom picked it out, but once I put it on, I actually liked in. Dan got a new outfit too - a green shirt with a black jacket with a white collar and white cuffs and black pants. I was on my way towards the vending machine to meet the others when I heard a couple laughing. I turned to where the laugher was coming from and nearly gasped aloud in shock. Sitting on the bench, together, was Alex and...

"Sissi?!" I hissed, softly.

I doubt they heard me, but he turned around abruptly and saw me. He smiled and waved. Sissi followed his gaze and had a mix between a smug smile and a glare on her face. Then they went back to talking. Like me, they too had new outfits. Alex had on a black attire with a red shirt underneath and red at the bottom of his pants. Sissi had a pink T-shirt with light blue jeans and red shoes. I stood in that same spot, watching them, for a few moments. There was a strange feeling inside me, like my heart was being squeezed.

I can't believe Alex is with someone like Sissi. I mean, she doesn't even seem like his type! I always figured he would want someone... I dunno, nice and caring, someone he can talk with. Not snobby, egotistic and annoying. Plus, she's not exactly the brightest bulb. She's way to dumb for him..... But..... what is this edged feeling? I'm not jealous! Why should I be? I'm with Ulrich, that's all that matters.

I must've been in a daze while I was thinking this because my body was walking on its own while I was thinking this. The only reason I know this is because an hand pulled on my forearm, turning my body to the right.

"Careful, unless you actually want to hit the wall," Ulrich said.

I blinked, snapping back to reality, and looked around. I was at the vending machine and had almost walked into the wall next to it. My face flushed and I mumbled an apology. I looked at my friends, who also got new outfits.

"Is everything alright, Dialla?" Aelita questioned.

I nodded. "Yeah. Sorry, I just saw Alex and Sissi," It even hurt to say both their names.

"Together?!" Yumi gasped.

"No way!" Odd exclaimed. "Alex with a bubble-brain like her?"

Again, I nodded. "Yeah, I can't believe it either."

"Speak of the devil," Ulrich stated. "Here he comes now."

I turned and sure enough he was leaving Sissi.

And coming over to me.

I looked back at my friends briefly, then walked over to him.

"Can we talk for a sec?" he asked.

"So, you and Sissi...." I repeated.

"Yeah. We're together," he said, pausing for a long time. "You seemed pretty surprised back there. Are you, y'no, okay with this?"

I was touched, and at the same time shocked that he cared for me. I nodded quickly.

"Yeah! I'm perfectly fine! You just surprised me a little. I never imagnied Sissi would be your type,"

"Oh? And who do you think is my type?" Alex inquired, amused.

"Oh, you know, someone smart, caring and nice. With a nice smile and laugh and..." My voice trailed off when Alex flashed me a crooked smile.

I realized I was talking about myself and I quickly corrected myself.

"No! That's not what I meant! I just- Oh, you know what I meant!" I snapped, flustered.

Alex laughed. "You know... we haven't talked in a long time. And Valentine's Day is coming up, so..."

"Where are you going with this?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"I figured, maybe we - Sissi, Ulrich, you and I, I mean - could go on a double date." he finished.

I blinked, stunned. "Um, well, I-I'll have to ask Ulrich..."

"Right. And I'll go ask Sissi after class," A second later the bell rang. Alex got to his feet, waved and walked to his class. Hesitating for a moment, I fianally stood up and walked over to the gang and we headed to Biology. All throughout the day, I was trying to talk to Ulrich about the double date, but we kept getting interuppted. Finally at the end of the day, I was able to get him alone. After I explained everything, to my surprise, he nodded.

"Alright, we'll go on the double date. But this is a one time thing. It's bad enough dealing with Sissi during school. After school she's even worse," Ulrich said and I hugged him.

"Oh, thanks, Ulrich!" I exclaimed.

He hugged me back and I heard Odd telling us to get a room. I stuck my tounge out at him and we both laughed. I texted Alex saying that Ulrich would come and he replied that Sissi would come to. We were going to a fair this Saturday after class. The week went by slowly and it was finally Friday. Once the bell rang for the end of school, I was bored. Jeremy said that we were going to the factory after dinner which was at seven. It was four now. So, since I had three hours to kill, I decided to go to the pool for a while. I changed into a red bikini and swam around for a while, even doing a few tricks off the diving board.

After about an hour, I got out, dried and changed, then went to the lounge, where Odd and Ulrich were playing foosball. Time flew by fast and it was time for dinner. We ate quickly and made our way to the factory. Jeremy transfered us to Lyoko and we arrived at a Forest Replica. Ulrich and I were chosen to go to Earth and we appeared in some kind of military base.

"Hey, Jeremy, where are we?" Ulrich wondered.

"I think your in Mexico," he concluded.

"Do we have to speak Spanish because I kinda failed that class," I admitted sheepishly.

"Very funny. Hurry up and look for an enterance into the base. XANA's bound to send some artillary soon," Jeremy ordered.

"Got it,"

After scoping the place out, we finally found an elevator that led inside. When we explored the inside of the base, I realized it was to quiet. As we opened the door to the supercomputer, my words came back to bite me. XANA had mangaged to materlize about a dozen Kankrelats. They fired at us and we quickly shut the door.

"Jeremy, there's at least a dozen Kankrelats in the supercomputer room!" I told him.

"Nevermind that now. One of you has to go back to the Skid. William's attacking!" Jeremy replied.

"Rock-paper-scissors?" I offered, looking at Ulrich.

He nodded and we did a two-out-of-three match. In the end, I won, so Ulrich went back to the Skid while Jeremy told me to wait. After playing with my boomerang for ten minutes, Jeremy said that I was on my own. I shrugged and pulled out my sword, quickly connecting with the other one to make a double-edged sword. The door swished open and I charged in, taking out every single Kankrelat in a matter of seconds, not reciving a single hit. Then I swiftly shoved my blade into the supercomputer.

"Nice job, Dialla! I'll bring you back now!" I was teleported back to the Skid and Aelita got us out of the Replica just in time. While we drifted in the Digital Sea, Jeremy announced that he had a program that made the NavSkids faster.

"That way, we can chase that energy mass when it shows up again," Aelita added.

"Okay, I'll go." I said.

"Alrigh, Aelita, release her NavSkid," Jeremy ordered.

"Roger," she responded while she released me.

I took off, getting used to the controls of my Skid. Sure enough, the energy mass appeared and I activated my turbo, keeping up with the strange energy.

"Whatever it is, its sending me data," Jeremy noted. "Dialla, dont' lose it!"

"No promises. This thing's fast!"

The energy mass began to pick up speed so I drained some energy from my sheild in order to power my thrusters. I was able to keep up with it untill it suddenly dissapeared.

"Huh? It dissapeared!"

"What?"

"I said, it dissapeared. Bye-bye. Adios. Arrivederci. Sayo-"

"Okay, I get it!" he interuppted. "I've got your coordinates, you can come back now."

Aelita brought me back and Jeremy materlized us back into the Scanner Room. When we got outside, it was dark out. I quickly checked my phone for the time. It was 9:00. Not that late, but I had to get home fast if I wanted to be on time. Quickly saying goodbye, I rushed to my house.

Saturday afternoon Ulrich and I met up with Sissi and Alex at the fair. They had all sorts of fun rides, farris wheels and tons of fun games. Ulrich and Alex - being guys and competitve - challenged each other on every game they did. Ulrich won a squirt gun game and gave me a teddy bear as a prize. Alex won a claw crane game and got Sissi a stuffed kitten. The good part was I was able to talk to Alex normally again. The bad part, for the entire evening, everywhere Ulrich and I turned, Alex and Sissi would be making out. I was happy for them, but they weren't even going out as long as we were and they were already kissing twice as much.

A little creepy, no?

Anyway, time got the best of us because my mom wanted me home by 9:30 and it was 10:30. When I told Ulrich, he offered to walk me home. We arrived at me house and he leaned in to kiss me good night when the door opened suddenly and a bright ray of light hit our shocked faces. In the doorway, look pissed off, was my father. Attention readers (girls in paticular): if you have a boyfriend and a strict dad, it's not a smart idea to keep him a secret.

I opened my mouth to explain, but couldn't even get a word out as he grabbed my forearm and pulled me roughly into the house and slamming the door in Ulrich's face.

"Are you out of your mind?!" he yelled. "You're too young to have a boyfriend!"

"Dad, I'm 14 and I can take care of myself! Besides, you don't even know him!" I yelled back.

"I know what is best for you and he is not a part of it!" he snapped. "I forbid you from seeing him! In fact..." he paused for a moment. "I am going to be picking you up every day from school. You will no longer stay at that school as a border!"

"What?!" I shrieked. "But, Dad!"

"No buts! Now get up to bed! Now!"

"That's not fair!"

A second after I said that my cheek stung and tears appeared in my eyes. That was the first time he ever slapped me and it hurt. Fear in my eyes, I quickly dissapeared up the stairs before he could do more damage. I ran into my room, slammed my door shut and quickly locked it. Then I laid down on my bed, tears begging to escape. I did my best to keep them in, but eventually it was too much and I broke out into sobs. Sobs that made my lungs hurt. In the end, I was comfoted by my cat, Leo, who rubbed up against me. I stopped sobbing for a moment and looked at him. He licked my cheek, whiping away the tears and rubbed his face against mine, purring like a motorboat. I stroked his fur and as he curled up next to me, I eventually dozed off.

Ulrich's POV

After listening to Dialla and her father argue, I heard a smack. My fists clenched with anger. That jerk! I can't believe he hit her! Reluctantly, I turned away from her house and made my way back to Kadic. I got back to my room and Odd asked me how the date was. I ignored him, changed into my nightware and quickly laid down on my bed. I didn't even fall asleep until hours later. The next morning, when I awoke I was debating on whether or not to call her. In the end I decided to wait for her to call me. It was around twelve o clock and I was reading the Pencak Silat book Dialla got me in my room when someone knocked at my door.

"Come in," I mumbled, not looking up from my book.

The door opened and closed quickly. I looked up and my mouth fell open.

"Dialla! Are you okay?!" I exclaimed, quickly standing up.

She nodded and began explaining what had happened. As she talked, I noticed her right cheek was slightly red. I reached up and gently caressed it. She flinched at the touch, but then got used to it. I removed my hand and pecked her cheek just a second before her phone vibrated. She pulled it out and cursed under her breath.

"My parents will be home soon. I've got to go. I'll see you tomorrow," she said quickly and kissed me.

Then, as quickly as she came, she dissapeared from my room.