When the group arrived at the school, they decided to head back into their dorms to begin getting ready for the dance. About an hour later, Sam and Calvin heard a knock at the door. Calvin opened the door to find Jim standing there and he did not look happy.
"Oh, Mr. Morales." Calvin said. "What brings you here?"
"I told you, call me Jim." He said "Mrs. Della Robbia wanted me to tell you that you are to report to her office immediately."
"Why? What happened?" Calvin asked.
"All I know is that it involves you and your friends and she did not sound happy at all when she said it." Jim said. "So I can only assume your in big trouble or you're going to be." He then left the room and headed back down the hall.
"What happened?" Sam asked.
"I don't know." Calvin asked. "Maybe he found Kiwi Jr."
"Well, whatever it is, we don't want to keep Mom waiting." Sam said. "Let's go."
They then walked down to the principal's office and found Dennis, Antea, and Ami there as well. Standing next to Principal Sissi were Jim, Sammy, and Rumiko.
"Hey Mom." Sam said nervously. "Jim told us you wanted to speak to us. Mind telling us...?"
"You five have really done it this time!" She said facing them. "Disregard for the ethical issues of the school, unexcused absences for your final examinations, and nowhere to be found in the whole school!"
"What do you...?" Calvin said.
"Need I remind you that truancy is an issue we do not take lightly here at Kadic?" Sissi said. "Of course that's the type of thing I expected from someone like you guys whose parents also had their own little secret group."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Dennis said. "Besides, you can't prove we cut class."
"Oh, yes I can." She said handing them the photograph that Sammy 'took'. "Rumiko here has provided me with solid, infallible evidence that shows you leaving school grounds."
"Rumiko would never, ever...!" Calvin said angrily.
"It's true." Rumiko said. "I saw you leaving school grounds and I snapped a quick picture. I was just doing what was in the best interest of the school."
Calvin was shocked, his own sister whom he had trusted had turned him and his friends in. He just stood there speechless.
"Rumiko, how could you?" Ami asked.
"You filthy double crosser!" Sam said.
"I think a proper punishment is in order, Mother." Sammy said.
"Okay, so she gave a photograph." Antea said. "A photograph can be edited in any way nowadays, it still doesn't prove much."
"It's enough for me to say the following words: You're expelled!" Sissi said. "You, Calvin, and Ami. Dennis and Sam stay because their my smartest student and son respectively."
"What?" Rumiko asked.
"Mrs. Della Robbia, I don't think..." Jim said.
"By the way, Jim, it's still Ms. Delmas." Sissi said. "Now turn in your stuff, you three."
"Typical." Calvin said as he and Ami and Antea turned in their ID's, dorm keys, and everything else that had been issued to them. "Finally get accepted and do something right and get pierced in the back and expelled."
"Stabbed in the back, retard." Sammy said as the three walked out. Sam and Dennis then turned to Rumiko.
"Congratulations." Sam said sarcastically as he went back to his room.
"Dennis, you don't understand, I..."
"Save it, Rumiko." Dennis said. "And find someone else to go to the dance with because as of now, we're through." Rumiko then turned to Sammy.
"You sneak!" Rumiko said angrily. "You never said he was going to be expelled!"
"I only said I wouldn't bother him anymore, and I can't bother him if he's not going to this school anymore."
"But that's because..."
"Coulda, shoulda, woulda." Sammy said. "Besides, you did this school a favor getting rid of him."
"I did you a favor, and only because you tricked me!" Rumiko said. "I was right to bully you when you were in kindergarten, you're nothing but a selfish brat!" Rumiko then went up to her room, laid face down on her bed and cried.
Back in Calvin's room, Calvin already had is suitcase out and was packing all his clothes and other stuff. Kiwi Jr. then pawed at him trying to get his attention, Calvin just turned around and gave her a quick pet. He then grabbed his suitcase and headed out the door. Just then Sam came from behind him.
"So you're just gonna leave without saying goodbye?" Sam said.
"Of course not." Calvin said turning around. He then noticed Antea standing next to him.
"I'm gonna miss you a lot." She said. "School won't be the same without you."
"I know." Calvin said. "We can still visit on the weekends and holidays, though."
"I guess." She said hugging him. "Thank you, though, for coming. If you hadn't, I wouldn't have met you and I would still be looking for the perfect boyfriend."
"You know, I almost didn't." Calvin said. "You see, we come from a poor family. My dad was cut off from his family because he married Mom so he was left with nothing. They both work minimum wage jobs and only make enough to feed us; we didn't have money for an elite school. We still don't think we can send Rumiko to college because of our position."
"What happened that allowed you to come?" Sam asked. "By the time you enrolled, it was too late for scholarship programs."
"We received a donation from an anonymous friend of ours." Calvin said to Sam. "It was enough to send all of us for the remainder of each of our school years. To this day, we still don't know who it was. I believe it was your dad, however, since he's the only one we know who would have that type of money."
"But my dad's dead." Sam said.
"Maybe it was someone who was friends with him." Calvin said. "Someone who was given his money when he passed on."
"I doubt it." Sam said. "If it was, I would have known the person."
"Hey, where's Dennis by the way?" Calvin asked.
"He went home." Antea said. "He said he changed his mind about going to the dance and that the gig's canceled."
"I see, well..."
"Calvin, Dad's here!" Ami shouted from across the hall.
"Coming!" Calvin shouted back as he walked down. "Goodbye guys."
"Goodbye, Calvin." Sam said. Antea just sighed.
"I'm going home." Antea said. "My mom's performing at the dance and it would have been the last time I saw her before she starts touring again. So I might as well get home early and say goodbye."
She then walked down the hall.
Back at the front gate, Calvin and Ami were loading their suitcases in the car. When CAlvin finished, he just turned around and stared at the gate.
"Hey, cheer up." Ami said. "At least we saved the world, right?"
"Yeah." Calvin said.
"And at least we were able to finish an entire year of Kadic."
"Yeah." Calvin said. "It's funny. I came here expecting the worst time of my life, but what I got, even without Lyoko, was the exact opposite."
"Yeah, needless to say, I had a wonderful time while it lasted."
"I'm sorry I ruined it for you." Calvin sighed.
"Don't be sorry, Calvin." Ami said. "Even if it was just you that was suspended, I would have quit and gone back to public school."
"Really?" Calvin said. "But why?"
"Because it just wouldn't be as fun without you." She said.
"I wish it were that simple." Calvin said as he got into the car. Ami then got in as well and the car drove off into the distance.
Back at the Academy, Sam was just sitting on his bed depressed. He then looked at the empty bed across from him and just bowed his head down. He then saw Kiwi Jr. standing by him and licking his hand. Sam just turned around and gave a small smile.
Antea was laying in her bed after saying goodbye to Aelita who had left for the school dance. Tears just rolled down her face as she thought about everything that had happened since she first met the boy of her dreams whom she would never see in school again.
Dennis was riding his motorcycle around the cul-de-sac where he lived musing over how Calvin helped win his school's first national title in years and (almost) restore his glory to his family, and also musing over his breakup with Rumiko, the only girl who was ever nice to him just for who he was.
Finally, Rumiko was sitting on her bed at the Academy. She then pulled out a small picture of her and her siblings out of her pocket. She then stared at the picture and immediately broke down on the spot. Her mistake had had cost her so much, including their trust. She just continued crying as she thought about what she had done.
Short chapter, I know. At least it's something, right?
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