Code lyoko-The future isn't written

Angela Smith and Charlie Rogers

It was another long line, but Charlie Rogers and Angela Smith had to be enrolled at Kadic. Angela had already dyed her hair a dark red and also got the length trimmed two inches, having her hair reach her upper back. They saw Aelita at the school, her summer classes were going to be over in two days, so she was near the people in the line hoping to see someone she recognized. She was having a conversation with Milly Solovieff, a short and cute red haired girl who was going to be a sixth grader this year. Like a number of the girls in the same age group and younger than Ulrich, she had a crush on him. She'd keep it at a distance but the affection was obvious.

Aelita looked up from her conversation and saw Xi and friends waiting to be enrolled. Milly had noticed and turned to see what Aelita was so focused on.

" Is that Ulrich?" Milly asked.

" No it's a new kid. His name is Xi, I mean Travis," Aelita answered, her heart racing a little because she'd almost called Xi by his real name.

" Is he at least related to him?" she asked thinking the fact of them not being relatives being impossible.

" No. I asked him that too. He is German though. Half German and half Japanese believe it or not."

" Strange. With that heritage he could be Ulrich's and Yumi Ishiyama's son," she said jokingly.

Aelita gave a half laugh and mumbled to herself, " You have no idea." Thankfully Milly didn't hear her. More people started to confuse Xi and Ulrich. Because Angela had dyed her hair it took at least an hour for the kids to realize who she reminded them of.

Milly was the first and looked at Angela and said to Aelita, " The girl next to Travis looks kinda like you. The tall kid next to them looks familiar but I can't think of it. If the girl had pink hair like you, the similarities would be uncanny."

" You really think so?" Aelita asked, trying to not make the question sound like sarcasm. This was so far proving to be a difficult secret to keep. How could she hide it from Jeremie. He always saw right through her, and Yumi was always good at detecting when something was making someone shaky. Hiding it from Ulrich could be easy but Odd would prove to be a challenge. Odd was the best at noticing her uneasiness, and usually the best to help with it. What a weird day.

During Odd jr's enrollment the headmaster asked if he requested if Odd jr or " Charlie" if he'd want to share a room with someone. His answer was simple. " Actually I do. A friend of mine is going here this year. Could you bunk me with Travis Grey?"

" Of coarse I could all I need is to see if he's okay with it. One second I'll ask." Mr. Delmas looked through student numbers and found Xi's and dialed it into his phone. He waited for a few seconds before Xi picked up, just on the other side of the door. " Hello Mr. Grey this is Mr. Delmas, the head master at Kadic academy. I'm here with a young man named Charlie Rogers who requests that the two of you share a room this years."

" Oh Charlie huh. Sure, Charlie and me are old buds. If you need to talk to me again, I'm in the waiting room."

" Oh very well. Don't bother coming in though all I needed was your yes or no so I can get to my next appointment. See you next week Travis."

" You to sir." They both hung up and Odd jr walked out of the office and Xi gave Mr. Delmas a wave while the door was ajar and walked away with Angela and Odd jr. They dropped the records in the lab crawlspace and the three went clothes shopping. They also bought suit cases so when they arrived, it looked more convincing. Angela asked Xi for the card because she thought she'd be the first to finish.

Xi waved the card in front of her and placed it into his pocket. " Universal rules of life. Never give a woman your credit card," he said with a smile.