This time, I'm going to do it. I'm going to manage to start this story with no commentary at the beginning by me! Yes! Oh, wait... damn. Well, that throws my plans out the window. xD Anyways, just like I promised, the sequal is here! The long-awaited sequal is finally up, ready to be read by you. So, enjoy!
An Odd
Love: Finally Together
By: Bighoggi14
(Odd P.O.V.)
"Odd! What is the answer?" Mrs. Hertz yells out to the class. I cringe and look up towards her.
"Um… 24?" I guess wildly.
"Hmm… I see. The difference between a physical change and a chemical change is 24? Very interesting." She says and the class begins to laugh lightly. Most kids would blush with embarrassment, but not me. I'm so used to getting the answer totally off that I'm surprised that anyone is laughing. Mrs. Hertz gives an exasperated sigh and looks at me.
"Odd, please pay attention. You are barely passing this class as it is, and you can't afford to go any lower."
"Yes Mrs. Hertz." I say, returning to my previous position, which happened to be sideways, one arm propped up on the desk and supporting my head. I continue to stare at the beautiful girl sitting next to me.
She's facing forward right now, I know she's only faking paying attention though. I can see her eyes darting quickly towards me then back at the board, she's using her peripheral vision to look at me. But in about oh, 5 seconds, she'll give up and look at me directly.
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"Okay Odd, what do you want?" She whispers, facing me directly. I just shrug.
"Mmm… nothing." I say smiling.
"Well, you had better pay attention before-." She's cut off by Mrs. Hertz loud booming voice.
"Avery! Stop talking to Odd and pay attention!" She says loudly. Avery cringes just like I did, it's kind of funny.
"Yes Ma'am." As soon as Mrs. Hertz turns away again, Avery glares at me. I put on an innocent face and just keep staring at her.
"Okay, enough slouching. Sit up straight." She says to me quietly but firmly. I just shrug again. She lets out a quiet sigh and turns to face me. She grabs my arm and swings it around so I'm facing forward, but I'm still slouching considerably.
I look at her, she's still glaring at me. I smile mischievously back. She rolls her eyes, then puts one hand on my chest and the other on the small of my back, pushing slightly and forcing me to sit up straight.
"Avery! Odd!" Mrs. Hertz yells out from the front of the class as Avery quickly removes her hands. "This is your final warning! Sit down, be quiet, and pay attention, or else I am going to have to separate you two!" We sit up straight and tall, our hands clasped together on top of the desk.
"Yes Ma'am." We both say at the same time.
"Good. Now stay that way this time." She says, and we both nod vigorously, getting laughter from the rest of the class.
We do sit quietly for about… five minutes. But, of course, I get bored. So, using as little movement as possible, I slide my right hand over close to Avery's hand.
Still staring straight ahead, I poke Avery's hand. I quickly draw it away and act as though nothing happened.
I feel my hand get poked and I quickly look over at Avery, who acts like nothing happened. I smile and poke her back.
We go on like this for about… twenty minutes, but it escalates into a full out poking war. After Avery squeals out loud because I poked her in the side, a ruler gets slapped on our desk.
I look up to find Mrs. Hertz there, glaring at the both of us.
"Odd, very front right seat. Avery, very front left seat. You will not talk to each other for the rest of the period." She says so calmly, it's disturbing. I would have preferred it if she yelled.
Without another word, I get up, grab my stuff, and go to the seat she told me to. I see Avery do the same.
We sit there for about twenty minutes, but I can't seem to concentrate at all today. I stare blankly at Mrs. Hertz, not taking in a word she's saying. But at least it looks like I am.
At about ten minutes before class ends, we get a surprise interruption. A man and a woman, both wearing very formal suits, walk in and look around.
"Can I help you?"
"Yes, we're looking for a Miss Avery Hathawaye." The woman says stiffly.
"She's right there. Avery, raise your hand." Avery is white as a sheet as she raises a trembling hand.
"Ma'am, we're from the government. We need to take her out of the class for a moment." The man says. He has a very low and commanding voice as he shows Mrs. Hertz his badge.
"Yes, of course. Will this be longer than ten minutes?"
"I'm afraid so."
"Okay then Avery, you may take your belongings with you." Mrs. Hertz says. Avery stands, hastily shoves all her papers and such into her backpack, and walks out the door with the government officials.
Mrs. Hertz stands there thinking for a moment, before she turns to the board and hastily scrawls an equation on the board.
"Okay class, I want you all to work quietly on this equation." She says hurriedly. "Odd, can you come up to my desk for a moment?" I get up confusedly and walk to her desk as I hear chattering break out throughout the classroom.
"Odd, do you know why they were here?" She asks me sternly, but nicely. I slowly nod my head.
"Go Odd. I want you to go now and help her. She looked scared to death when they walked in, and I've never been fond of the government myself." She says, and I just stare dumbfounded at her.
"You want me to…?" I ask stupidly.
"As long as you don't tell anyone I'm doing this, you can go. They're probably going to her room, run and get there before they do. They're not allowed to go inside a girl's dorm, it's against the law here." I just stare at her.
"Th-thanks Mrs. Hertz." She smiles at me.
"Go Odd." Without saying anything else, I walk out of the classroom and dash down the hallway. Taking less known routes, I make it to The Fork in good time.
The Fork is just what I call it, it's where you can take two separate paths. One takes you the long way that goes by the cafeteria, while the other is a shortcut straight to the dorms.
I think I made it here before Avery did, so I wait for a moment. Sure enough, I hear footsteps coming towards me in the shortest way here. As Avery rounds the corner, she sees me and nearly stops. I wave my arms to tell her to keep moving, and dash behind a corner. I purposely go behind the corner that goes the short way, to tell Avery to go the long way there.
I think she got the message, because she and the government people take the opposite path of me, which is the long way. I quickly get up and run off to her room. As soon as I get there, I use the key she gave me and slip inside, leaving the key in the door.
I walk over to her dresser, where her laptop is sitting innocently. I open it up, it opens up to the main screen.
Trying to remember what she told me to do, I press control, alt, shift and P all at the same time. A window boots up on the screen, and it says one thing: PURGE.
I click the button that says okay, and a bar appears on the screen. The bar slowly fills from left to right, a percentage underneath it rising at the same rate. I watch as Avery's hard work slowly disappears.
(Avery P.O.V.)
I lead the officials to my down the hallway to my room.
"We need you to go inside and bring your laptop back out to us. If you are in there for more than a minute, we will come in and get you." The lady says, looking at me sternly.
"Um… adults who aren't employees or parents aren't allowed in a girl's dorm." I say quietly.
"We have special permission. We can come inside if we must. We would rather not though. It's a simple task, I think you can handle it." The man says to me. He makes me shiver every time he talks.
"Okay." I walk up to my door and see a key is still in the lock. I pretend to use it, then put it in my pocket. I open the door and find Odd sitting on my bed, my laptop on his lap.
I close the door behind me and walk in. He immediately puts the laptop on my bed and stands up. I walk over to him and hug him silently. He returns the hug, rubbing my back soothingly.
"You okay?" He asks quietly. I let go of him and step back, nodding.
"Did you do what I asked?" I ask him quietly as well. The walls are thin, and they could hear us if we talk too loudly. My laptop beeps on my bed, and we both look at it.
"Clean as a whistle." He says smiling.
"Thanks Odd, I owe you big." I say. I give him a quick peck on the lips before grabbing my laptop and walking outside. I give it to the man, who puts it underneath him arm.
"Oh, wait just one second. Can I see it really quick?" I ask. I forgot something, something extremely important. The man looks at me suspiciously, but hands it back nonetheless. I open it up and sit down, facing them so they can't see what's going on the screen.
"What're you doing?" The lady asks.
"I'm just shutting it down. I don't want to waste the battery." I say as I press the purge code again.
"Come on… shut down already…." I say to distract them. The purge program opens again, and I click delete. The program instantly disappears, and I click the shut down button.
"There we go." I say as it powers down. I fold it back up and hand it to the man, who takes it back.
"My name is Agent Hennings," The lady says, "and this is Agent Carl. If you don't get your laptop back within a week, call this number and ask them about it." She hands me a card with a stamped seal and a phone number on it.
"Okay… why are you taking my laptop?"
"I'm sorry, but that's confidential." The man says. "Good day to you." They both turn around and walk off. As soon as they round the corner, I hurry back inside my room to find Odd there, looking extremely worried.
He jumps up at the sight of me, and I bury myself in his arms again. His scent is intoxicating… it always makes me feel secure. He sits back down on the bed, with me still in his arms. I begin to cry into his shoulder.
"What if they find out? I'll go to jail…"
"They won't find out. Don't worry." But I just cry harder into his shoulder.
Don't worry if you don't understand. Yes, this is the first chapter, I have always loved starting off with a bang. But anyways, just as in any normal book, I will explain it all in the next few chapters. So, if you're confused, just wait and read the next chapter when it comes out.
Please tell me what you think of this, I wanna know if it's worth continuing or not. Review, please!
Bighoggi14