Just That Girl

Odd's P.O.V.

Taking a deep breath I knocked on the door. Aelita opened the door still in her pyjamas, her long pink hair was in a simple braid.

"What are you doing here?"

"Um I thought we could talk. About last night."

"Oh." She nodded. "I don't know."

"Please Princess." I gave her a smile.

"Sure." She agreed gently tugging on her braid. "Come in."

Aelita got on her bed and I sat at her desk. I spun around in the chair.

"Odd please stop. Please just talk to me seriously for once. No jokes or games. Tell me how you feel about me and why you did what you did."

I left the wheel chair and sat beside her on the bed. I wrapped my arms around her.

"Well I love you."

"But how do I know that? Do you know how many girls you go through a week Odd?"

"I promise they don't mean anything to me. Every time I'm with them I compare them to you. Then they fall short and I move on to the next one. There is no like you other there."

"You mean that?"

"I do Aelita. I love you. You're my best friend and the only girl I want to be with. You're on my mind 24/7."

"I love you too. I'm scared though."

"All I ask for is one chance. That's it. Let me take you out on a date. Let me prove to you it's worth it. That you don't have to be scared anymore."

Aelita opened her mouth to reply but there was a knock on the door.

"One second." She got up to answer the door. "Jeremy."

"Hi. Can we talk?"

"Um right now isn't a good time." She replied.

"Why what's wrong?"

"Nothing, it just isn't a good time. I'll see you later Jeremy." She said in a rush before closing the door.

"So?"

"One date Odd Della Robbia. One date and that's it. And no one can know. Including Jeremy."

"Thank you." I smiled before jumping up and kissing her on the cheek. "You won't regret it. I promise. I'll pick you up at seven."

"Yea." She nodded trying not to smile.

"I'm going to go plan our date right now." I said over my shoulder as I left her room.

I jumped around in the hallway as she closed the door. I had a date with my dream girl, Aelita Hopper!

"Oomph." I let out as I bumped into Jeremy.

I looked up to see my friend.

"Hey Jer."

"Hey Odd. Did you just come out of Aelita's room?"

"Uhh yeah. We had to talk about... a homework problem." I lied quickly.

"Oh okay." He nodded not really believing my lie.

"I have to go." I said quickly going around the corner.

I quickly ran to Ulrich's dorm. Without knocking I entered his room. I walked in to see Lexington and Ulrich in mid lip lock.

"Have you ever heard of knocking?" Ulrich growled blushing.

Lexington blushed and climbed out of Ulrich's lap.

"It's an emergency, you guys." I sighed sitting in his bean bag chair.

"It had better be." Ulrich muttered.

"Stop it Ulrich. What's up Odd?"

"So I got a date with Aelita this morning."

"Isn't that what you wanted? What's the problem?" My best friend replied.

I watched as he wrapped an arm around Lexington. He gently drew circles in her side. A content smile fell across Lexington's face.

"Odd?"

I snapped out of my trance.

"I'm just a little upset. Aelita said I can't tell anyone that we're going on a date. I can understand not telling the school. But she said don't tell anyone including Jeremy."

"Oh." Lexington nodded. "You want a relationship with her. You don't want to just date her."

"Exactly!" I shouted glad someone understood my situation. "But I don't want to tell her that. I'm just thanking God she agreed to go on a date with me."

"Just go on a date with her and see how it goes." Ulrich suggested.

"To the school you're cousins anyway." Lexington shrugged. "It's always going to be a secret anyway. Just go on a few dates with her. Don't throw the towel in and screw up something good."

"You're right." I agreed with her.

"Achoo." Lexington sneezed.

"Bless you. I told you, you were gonna get sick." Ulrich scolded her for something she did.

"Shut up." Lexington replied. I watched as their eyes locked.

"I'm going to go. I have a date to plan." I said interrupting their couple moment.

"Later. Text me if you need anything." Ulrich called after me. "And knock next time!"

I laughed as I left the room. "Maybe."

Ulrich's P.O.V.

"I can't believe we're watching Finding Nemo." I whispered into Lexington's ear gently tugging on a loose curl that fell from her ballerina bun.

"It's a classic." She defended her favourite movie.

"If you say so babe." Shrugging I played in her curls letting out a content smile.

She bit her lip in a way that drives me crazy. "I like it when you call me that."

I just tipped her chin back and kissed her lips.

When we pulled back I just sat looking at her.

"What? Is there something on my face?" Lexington blushed as she raised her hand to her face.

"No." I replied as I grabbed her hand. "You're just beautiful."

"Oh. Thank you." She blushed a deeper red looking down.

One thing I had learned about Lexington was that apparently she wasn't used to the kind of attention I gave her. Which of course in turn made me want to shower her more.

Yumi's P.O.V.

"I got the door Mom." I yelled before answering our front door. "Theo."

Quickly I shut the door and stepped on the porch barefoot.

"Hi Yumi." The brunette grinned at me.

"Hey. What are you doing here?"

"Well since we had a great time last night I thought I would come see you."

"Yumi who is it? Is it Ulrich?"

"No mom. It's not Ulrich, it's a friend from school."

"Sorry about her." I apologized smiling.

Theo's smile dropped from his face.

"What's wrong?"

"Does Ulrich come around often?"

"No! I mean he used to. Sometimes it was just to help Hiroki with soccer." I rambled off.

"Look Yumi I really like you. I do. But I don't want to deal with any drama. Ulrich is my friend, not to mention my soccer captain. Maybe I should just go."

He turned on his heel and prepared to leave.

"No Theo. Stop." I quickly went and stood in front of him. "I promise you nothing is going on between us and I really like you too. Whatever me and Ulrich had is over. There will be no drama."

"You're sure you have no feelings left for Ulrich?"

"I'm certain Theo."

"Okay." Theo sighed grinning again.

"Yumi!" She heard her father bellow from inside the house.

"Look Theo I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow." I smiled before walking to my door.

"Okay. Have a good day. I'll text you later."

"Okay." I replied before closing my front door.

I sighed standing against the door. I was happy at the fact that Theo was so into me. But I also felt a little guilty for lying to him. Although I said I had no feelings left for Ulrich I wasn't sure about that. Even though him and Lexington are head over heels for each other, I still wonder if I could have had that. Maybe I'm not as over him as I thought I was.

"Yumi!"

"I'm coming Dad!"