Yumi and Maya were sitting together in Math class copying the formulas on the board.

"Hey Maya," Yumi nudged her, "Guess what?"

"All these formulas are completely useless?" Maya whispered back.

"Well yeah," Yumi gave a small laugh, "But something else. You know Emily?"

"You mean the girl who's supposed to be my roommate?" Maya asked, looking confused, "That's all I know, she isn't back from vacation yet."

"Actually she is," Yumi said, "I saw her today as we were coming back from the factory."

"Oh," Was all Maya said.

Yumi looked at her, "Hey what's wrong?"

"Well, I guess you can say I'm kinda nervous about meeting my new roommate," she gave a small smile that made her look so innocent.

"Don't worry about it," William leaned forward on his desk and popped into their conversation, "Emily's real nice."

"You guys are friends with her?" Maya asked, "I know Odd knows her…"

William smirked, "Aw are you jealous?"

"W-what? NO! Of course not!" Maya whispered frantically.

Yumi was trying to suppress a smile which meant Maya was blushing and it was very noticeable.

"Shut up William, are you even friends with Emily?"

"Not really. I mean I don't talk to her much but she seems nice."

"What about you, Yumi?"

"Um," She remembered that Emily did have a crush on Ulrich at one point, but she must have gotten over it since she dated Odd.

"Yumi?" Maya asked.

"Oh, um, no I don't really talk to her either, but she really is nice."

"Wow, um thanks guys," She rolled her eyes.

The math teacher, Mrs. Myers turned around, "Who's talking!"

William sank back into his seat and Yumi and Maya ducked their heads down. Maya wrote something on her paper and showed Yumi, How does she NOW realize we were talking?

"I still feel kinda bad that because of Xana we missed some classes and are now going straight to lunch," Maya sighed as the three walked to the lunch room.

"You get used to it," Yumi laughed, "Soon you don't feel guilty, you feel relived."

They got their food and went to sit with Ulrich, who was slowing eating his food quietly, Odd, who was gobbling down his steak and mashed potatoes, and Aelita who was drinking her water slowing and reading a book.

"Where's Einstein?" William asked as he sat next to Aelita.

"He went to his room to work on some programs," Ulrich said.

"I offered to go with him but he said he'd rather work alone," Aelita added looking kinda sad.

Maya frowned slightly, "He probably works faster alone."

Aelita shrugged and went back to her book. Odd looked up from his plate, "Hey Maya! You know Emily's back right?"

"Yeah, so I've heard," She shrugged as she took a bite of the mashed potatoes.

Aelita looked up from her book, "What? You should go see her then!"

"I wouldn't even know where to find her!"

"You could try your room," William said sarcastically.

"I don't know, I mean what if she's busy-"

"Just go, Ulrich said of out nowhere; everyone at the table looked at him, "Emily's nice, just go say 'Hey, it's your new roommate.'" Ulrich looked like he was blushing as he talked about Emily.

"Um, o-okay," Maya sighed and got up.

"Well that was easier than expected," William joked as he took a mouthful.

"Say, Ulrich why were you blushing when you talked about Emily?" Yumi asked.

"W-what" He said in shock, "I was NOT blushing"

"Are ya kidding me, you looked like a tomato!" Odd joked with a mouthful of food.

I STILL can't believe that I'm going to this school, Maya thought as she walked down the dorm halls. Even though it's only been a few days since she started school here, it felt like a home; a real home, the one with the people you love and sometimes the one you fight with, I hope Ulrich isn't mad at me for too long, that would-

THUD

She hit the ground after bumping into…. Jeremy?

"Oops, sorry Maya," Jeremy stuck out a hand to help her up, "I was heading to the lunch room."

"It's okay," She stood up at looked at Jeremy. He looked tired, "Hey Einstein," She said trying out his nickname the gang gave him, "When was the last time you slept?"

"Huh?" Jeremy asked befuddled.

"I know that you haven't slept all the nights Aelita was stuck on Lyoko and that was a few days ago, and sleep is important if you wanna keep that high average of yours. So DID you sleep last night?"

Jeremy gave an embarrassed smile and rubbed the back of his head as he looked down, "Nah, I could sleep last night."

"How come?"

"W-well, too many things on my mind," he said a little shocked, no one ever really asked him WHY he was always up, they just assumed.

"Like what?"

Jeremy searched Maya's face, she was genuinely concerned, "Just about Xana and well how you said he was Aelita's well brother," He pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed in frustration, "Now we have this whole new shooter guy and we don't know who it is. So I'll have to work on a plan to find out plus I'm working on all this programs for y-" Maya wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him tight as she rested her head on his chest. Her sudden hug made Jeremy shocked and suck in air.

"You may be the brain of the group, the one who comes up with all the ideas, but even the brain needs a break," she said quietly, "Go eat lunch, get some sleep tonight and please," she hugged him tighter as she said this part, "Don't think you can do all of this work on your own. It's okay to ask for help."

He smiled and hugged her back, "T-thanks Maya." He couldn't think of anything else to say, so he just patted her head.

She pulled away from him and smiled, "Now go, oh and if a certain pink haired girl offers to help you, let her!"

He sighed, "I don't know, don't ya think she'd get bored helping me with all the programming?"

"No way!" Maya said, "I mean, I think she's be happy cause she gets to spend time with her boyfriend."

That made him smile, "Right well, maybe I should go talk to her…"

Maya laughed and gave him a thumbs up, "Good luck!"

When she reached her room the door was closed but not locked, Okay Maya, here it goes.

She turned the knob and saw a girl making the bed across from Mayas.

"H-hello," Maya said quietly. So quietly she was surprised Emily heard it. The girl turned around and at first gave Maya a VERY confused look, then her face changed, "Oh sorry, I forgot I'd have a roommate for a second," She gave a small laugh then smiled, "Hi, I'm Emily your roommate."