HAHAHA!! Would you like to know why I'm laughing?? Because this is the LAST CHAPTER OF THIS IS HOW A HEART BREAKS!! I'm adding a special surprise after this so if you see another chapter, it's not really a chapter, it's a bonus.

WAHOOO!! I'm sooooo proud of myself!! Thanks you sooooo much to all of you that stuck by me throughout the entire story!! And Mariah Carey's song 'Always Be My Baby' (I don't own her or the song). I don't normally listen to her that much but I listened to the song continuously while writing this chapter.

Oops, almost forgot the Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko blah, blah, blah, so please don't sue me. I don't own Mariah Carey or her songs either.

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Please note: at the end of the last chapter something got screwed up and some of the chapter was cut off. Please go back and scroll down to the end to see if you've read it.

"Well, if you put it that way, I suppose there's no reason for me to deny your proposal," Mr. Delmas said hesitantly. He went on to detail rules such as a budget although the two in front of him were hardly listening.

Odd and Nikki thanked the principal hastily before rushing out the door.

"We should probably get started soon," Nikki thought aloud when they had stopped running.

"Yeah, but I have to take care of Kiwi first," Odd replied, panting slightly.

Nikki was already walking away as she said, "Alright, meet me in the forest when you're done. And remember; you can't tell the others about any of this."

The blonde was about to tell her that he already knew to keep his mouth shut and that she didn't have to remind him but Nikki was already out of earshot. He watched her run for a moment longer before turning around in the direction of his dorm.

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As Nikki rounded the corner in a full out run, she collided instantaneously with Aelita and Yumi.

Aelita was the first to say something. "I'm getting a strange sensation of déjà vu."

"Hehe, sorry about that," Nikki apologized, smiling meekly.

"Not a problem, we're used to it. I think the bruise from the first time you ran into me is finally gone," Yumi joked.

At that point Nikki jumped to her feet and helped her friends stand, sticking her tongue out at Yumi.

"So where are you headed in such a rush?" Aelita asked, eyeing her anxious friend curiously.

Yumi touched a finger to her chin briefly. "Let me guess; to see Odd?"

"No, I'm going to see Kiwi," Nikki retorted in her usual jesting tone. Subconsciously her foot was tapping.

While she listened to her friends' jokes, Nikki was thinking about how thankful she was that it wouldn't raise suspicion that she was going to see Odd.

"Well we won't keep you any longer. Just do us all a favor and go out with him," The pink haired girl finally said, giggling a tiny bit as she said it.

Nikki's jaw almost dropped. "Huh?" She inquired, cocking her head to the side slightly.

"You heard her," Yumi replied, "You didn't think that you were going to get by teasing us without a little in return, did you?"

Still a little confused, Nikki mused, "No, not really." What were they talking about? No one had ever said anything about Odd liking her…..Had they?

Regaining her regular lighthearted composure, Nikki added, "By the way, if you don't tell Ulrich that you'll go out with him soon, I'm going to tell him for you."

While Aelita laughed, Yumi pushed her friend lightly towards the forest saying, "Yeah yeah, just get moving already." Her cheeks were slightly pink, although Nikki was off and running before she had a chance to see.

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Nikki was waiting in the forest for a little while. She spent the first ten minutes or so doodling in one of her sketchbooks. Soon after, a song got stuck in her head and a brilliant idea came with it. Nikki put her sketchbook and wrote a note down on her hand just as the sound of rustling leaves came from her left.

The girl stood up, ready to take the offensive, but relaxed when Odd came through the trees.

"Didn't scare you, did I?" He asked cautiously.

Nikki couldn't tell whether he was hoping he had, or if he was really worried.

"Not really, no," She decided was the best response.

"Okay, let's get started!" Odd exclaimed after a moment, pumping a fist in the air.

45 minutes later:

"Ugh, too many lists; why does planning things involve so damn many lists?" The blonde boy groaned, leaning his head back against the tree.

"Relax, we're done writing lists. Now we just have to put everything together. Oh! Speaking of lists…" Nikki trailed off, now digging rapidly through her messenger bag.

Odd stared at her inquisitively, "Speaking of lists, what?"

Nikki then pulled out a folded up piece of paper and handed it to Odd with a satisfactory smile.

The boy took it, unfolded, and read it then looked up at Nikki, baffled.

"Alright I'm stumped, what is this?"

"It's a list of all the girls in our grade at Kadic, the ones highlighted are the ones you've been on a date with. Remember when Ulrich, Yumi, you, and I made that list while Jeremy and Aelita were working on a program for the supercomputer a while back?" The girl laughed lightly.

Odd took another glance at the list, "That's all of them, except one."

Nikki didn't seem confused, "Well if you dated Aelita I'm sure Jeremy wouldn't be too thrilled with you."

Odd looked at her seriously, "No, I'm not talking about Aelita."

Nikki cocked her head, "But if it isn't Aelita then who?" The only other girl she could think of was Yumi but she was one grade ahead of them. Nikki was trying awfully hard not to get her hopes up.

A faint smile touched Odd's lips, "You mean you don't even have a guess?"

Nikki leaned against the tree, thinking it over for a moment then shook her head.

Odd's smile grew, "I'll tell you what. At two o'clock, I'll show you who it is."

Nikki looked completely stumped, "Two o'clock, but that's-"

"Right now?" Odd asked, stepping closer, "Yeah, I suppose it is."

Without another word, Odd took the last step needed to lock his lips with hers.

Nikki froze, shocked at the drastic turn of events. She had only wanted to give him that list, how did that come to this?

But they were both single, and this was what she wanted.

'So he does love me. I guess Aelita and Yumi were right,' Nikki thought briefly.

When she felt Odd wrap his arms around her waist to pull draw her closer, Nikki could find no reason to resist. She wound her fingers into his hair and kissed him back eagerly.

For a moment, time ceased to exist. The only thing that was real was their erratic heartbeats and the song playing in Nikki's head. Aside from the pressure of the kiss, Nikki could tell Odd was smiling and she couldn't help but smile as well.

Eventually though, they had to resurface. The couple was both panting, Odd's breath was blowing strands of Nikki's hair out of her face and neither of them could resist laughing. Of course, it was kind of quiet and raspy because they were both out of breath.

"We have to start putting everything together now, don't we?" Odd asked, sound slightly disappointed, which Nikki understood completely.

"Yeah, we only have a few hours to pull everything together. But we have plenty of time after that," She replied gleefully.

After seeing her smile, Odd couldn't resist pulling her in for one more kiss before they took off to get ready for the coming evening.

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A Few Hours Later:

Aelita opened Jeremy's door as quietly as possible and crept up behind him. "You're going to be yelled at if you're still on the computer constantly just after we defeated Xana," She whispered, having the satisfaction of seeing her new boyfriend jump. Aelita kissed him earnestly before straightening up. He returned it automatically.

"Aelita! You scared me!" Jeremy exclaimed, taking a deep breath.

The pink haired girl sat on his bed as she said, "That was the point."

After a brief pause, Jeremy changed the subject, "I haven't seen Nikki or Odd all day, have you?"

"I saw Nikki around noon today but that's it. Why?" Aelita asked curiously.

Jeremy thought about how he would phrase his answer before replying, "I have a weird feeling that they're plotting something.

"I don't think you're too far off the dot," Ulrich's voice came to the doorway. The couple turned to see him and Yumi leaning on either side of the doorframe.

Aelita's brow furrowed as she asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"I just got a text from Odd. It said to get you two and Yumi and then head out to the track," He explained carelessly.

Shrugging, Jeremy stood up and took Aelita's hand, "Well whatever is going on, we'll just have to grin and bear it."

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As the four walked towards both the setting sun and the track they noticed that almost everyone else from the school was heading in the same direction. Once the track came into view, they found to their amazement that it was now lit with thousands of twinkling lights (assisted by the lights set up around the track) surrounding multiple tables of food and a DJ. The other students of Kadic Academy were already dancing and talking in the middle of it all.

Aelita, Ulrich, Jeremy, and Yumi stood there, gaping.

"This has got to be their most elaborate scheme yet," Jeremy mused, receiving nods from his still wide-mouthed friends.

At that point the schemers noticed their friends standing just outside the track and ran up to them. Nikki's arm was strung around Odd's neck and his arm was firmly attached to her waist.

"What do you guys think?" Nikki asked her friends once they had recovered from their previous state of shock.

"It's great, but what's it all for?" Yumi asked, gesturing to the scene behind the couple.

"We're celebrating," Nikki replied cheerfully.

"Celebrating what? Us defeating Xana?" Aelita guessed?

"Well, that's the real reason. The cover story that we bought Mr. Delmas over with was that we were giving students a break after finishing exams. We had it outside because there would be more room," Odd explained.

Suddenly Aelita squealed, ran up, and glomped Nikki and Odd.

"Um, Aelita? Why are we being hugged?" Nikki inquired feebly.

The ecstatic pink haired girl loosened her grip and looked up at the two, "Because you're finally together! Why else?!"

Nikki craned her neck to look up at Odd, "I guess it was more obvious than we thought."

He nodded in agreement and the whole group laughed.

Soon enough, Odd became impatient. "Alright! Enough standing around, let's PARTAY!!"

The gang started laughing at them as they joined the rest of the party.

While they were taking a break from dancing a while later, Aelita and Nikki were talking.

"So what's gonna happen with you're father?" Nikki asked curiously. She had been busy all day so she was the only one besides Odd who hadn't heard the news.

"He's going to take the same last name I've been using for that past few years and set up some new bank accounts and everything, but he's still going to live at the Hermitage," Aelita explained.

"And you're still going to live at Kadic?" Nikki asked hopefully, receiving a reassuring nod from her friend.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Nikki exclaimed, before whispering something in Aelita's ear.

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Aelita ran up to Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, and Jeremy smiling.

"Odd, Jeremy, Nikki is looking for you over there. She has something she wants to tell you. The two guys shrugged and followed Aelita into the crowd. Aelita looked over her shoulder and winked at Yumi before disappearing. Within seconds, Yumi and Ulrich were left alone under a canopy of lights with only the music carrying over to them over the chatter of the other students.

The song ended and a new song came on, skillfully timed by Nikki (thanks to the note she wrote on her hand).

Yumi sighed and Ulrich couldn't help but smile as he asked, "Yet another scheme, compliments of Nikki?"

Yumi couldn't help but laugh a little bit as she nodded.

Ulrich, deciding to take advantage of the given situation, suddenly asked the Japanese girl, "So have you come to a decision yet?"

The black haired girl emitted a quiet "Yeah."

Yumi had decided, much to what would soon be Nikki's displeasure, to turn Ulrich down. That was, until he said softly, "Yumi, I love you. You know I could never hurt you."

In that split second, every single drop of doubt that flooded Yumi's mind vanished into thin air. All that was left was the simple truth; He loved her and she loved him.

It only took one glance at the utter joy on Yumi's face for Ulrich to know her answer. Before either of them knew it, they were kissing; it was everything either of them could ever have hoped for. It was full of love and promises that would never be broken.

The chorus of the song drifted to their ears.

You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
Boy don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling 'cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're ever gonna shake me
Oh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby

Unbeknownst to the happy couple, Sissi and saw the whole thin and, surprisingly enough, left them alone for good.

Soon enough, Yumi and Ulrich returned to their now cheering friends.

"Looks like its happy endings all around," Jeremy said, finding it impossible not to smile.

"Okay, all in favor of a joyride on and now Xana free Lyoko tomorrow say 'Aye'," Nikki exclaimed, raising her hand and saying 'aye' with the rest of her friends.

After that Nikki and Aelita started singing the chorus of 'Always Be My Baby' and clapping to the beat, only to be joined by the rest of the group and a very off key Odd, only to be rendered speechless with laughter.

The rest of the night was dedicated to celebrations. And as Odd would put it, "Dancing and partying until you pass out from a sugar overload."

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O.M.G. I have just finished my first multi-chapter fic EVER!! omg omg omg!!

I'M SO EXCITED!! It's not quite over yet, I'm still going to (eventually) post an extra to this story so I'm not marking this story as complete just yet. It'll be a chapter entitled either bloopers or extras. And I might write an epilogue if I get a really good idea.

Read and review for the last time!

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