Chapter Four: Jeremy's Explanation

"What's up with your faces? Did I say something wrong?" Jeremy questioned.

"No, you didn't say anything wrong." Yumi said, trying to hold back her scream.

"Well, it seems that something's wrong with the both of you. Especially you, Yumi." Jeremy informed.

"No, nothings wrong. Why would anything be wrong?" Yumi asked nervously. She still felt like screaming her head off at the luck she and Aelita were having.

"Oh? Then why are you dressed differently then usual?" Jeremy asked motioning towards her attire.

"I wanted to change my style. I was tired of black." Yumi said, as she thought. 'I already went through this with Odd!'

"Yumi, something has been going on for a while now, I can tell. Ever since William asked to see you for a sec, you've been acting weird." Jeremy said, studying her reaction.

"What are you trying to say Jeremy?" Yumi asked, acting innocent.

"What I'm saying is, something went on between you and William, and you don't want to tell anyone about it. It's like you're scared to." Jeremy stared at Yumi square in the face.

"You're right, Jeremy. There was something that happened between me and William on that day." Yumi said, in a low voice.

Aelita shrieked. "I thought you said you weren't going to tell anyone!"

"Hush, Aelita." Yumi whispered.

"So what happened that day?" Jeremy asked.

"If I tell you, Jeremy, you have to promise you won't tell anyone. Aelita already knows. It will just be between us three." Yumi concluded.

"Alright Yumi, I promise I won't tell Odd, or Ulrich, any of this. I just want to know so, maybe, I can help." Jeremy stated.

"There's nothing you can do, Jeremy, even with your logic. No one can help. What's done is done." Yumi said, sitting down on Jeremy's bed.

"Uh, Okay, but I still want to know what happened between you two, even if I can't help, I want to know." Jeremy concluded.

"Alright, here it goes." Yumi took a deep breathe and prepared for a lie. "I'm turning into a Sissi clone!"

"I know that's a lie because William has something to do with this." Jeremy said, causing Yumi to think 'gosh, he really is smart.'

"Okay the truth is, that day William asked me to see him is the day that he abused me. He didn't like that I loved someone else, and I would never love him." Yumi said, about to go into tears.

"Oh, so how exactly did he abuse you?" Jeremy questioned. Yumi gulped and started to pull off her scarf and take off some of her makeup. "Ah, I see, he gave you two bruises and a hickey, so you had to cover it from us, but why? Especially Ulrich." Jeremy asked.

"I really didn't want Ulrich to worry about me. It's my fight, not his." Yumi concluded.

"I know what you mean, Yumi, but you need friends to help you in situations like this, and that is why I am going to tell Ulrich and Odd about this right now." Jeremy said, getting up from his chair.

"AELITA, you know what to do!" Yumi yelled.

"Right!" Aelita said, walking towards Jeremy and placing him back in his seat. She took off his glasses and kissed him on the cheek. "Please, don't tell anyone." Aelita said sweetly. Jeremy blushed and had a smile on his face.

"Now, Jeremy, are you going to tell Ulrich and Odd?" Yumi asked smugly.

"Uh, no, I won't tell. I'll keep it secret from them, but why do you refuse to tell them so much?" Jeremy asked, putting his glasses on with a slight blush on his face.

"I will tell them soon enough, but I want to tell them by myself, when I have my own courage." Yumi informed.

"Um, yeah, guys, we need to get to our next class." Aelita stated. All three of them shot up from their seats and ran off to their next class.

They were almost to the door when Jim stopped them.

"Jeremy, Yumi, and Aelita you're late to class. Also why are you girls in a boys room? Go to the principal's office!" Jim pointed towards the office's direction and everyone groaned as Jim lead them to Principal Delmas office.

"What is it now, Jim?" Principal Delmas asked, obviously annoyed.

"These three were late for class. I found them alone in Jeremy's room and I brought them here for you to take care of," Jim stated proudly as if he had done a very good stated proudly, as if he hand done a very good deed.

"Alright, well since you're all very good students and haven't gotten in trouble much, I will give you only two hours of detention with Jim."

Everyone smiled except for Jim who responded with a groan. "Come on, you three, let's get to the classroom," he said as he walked towards the room. The three teens entered the classroom and sat close to each other.

"How many times have you gotten abused by him?" Jeremy whispered questionably.

"He abused me three times, Jeremy." Yumi whispered back as she wrote down the answers to multiple problems from her homework.

"Hey Yumi, so what happened the first time William abused you?" Jeremy whispered.

"The first time William trapped me on a tree and started to kiss me. Then he kissed down my neck for resisting and then I got out of his grip and slapped his face. Then he slapped the right side of my face." Yumi explained, the memories of that horrible day zipped through her brain.

"And the next time?" Jeremy asked.

"He caught me off guard and took me to his room and pinned me down on his bed. He started to kiss more forcefully and made smaller hickeys on my neck. Then I got loose and grabbed his hair and then he got pissed and slapped me on the left side of my cheek." Yumi explained more quietly. she laid her head down on the desk. "Okay can we stop this, I'm tired of explaining."

"Okay, your 2 hours are up, you may leave." Jim said.

The three teenagers left the room and went outside to find Odd and Ulrich waiting for them.

"So guys, why were you not in class?" Ulrich asked.

"Uh, we had to look at something for Lyoko." Jeremy said.

"So, why were you in detention?" Odd asked a stupid question.

"Why do you think, we were late to class and Jim caught us." Aelita griped.

"That's so not like you guys." Odd said.

"Yeah, we know." Yumi, Aelita, and Jeremy said, walking off to the dorms with their friends. The three looked at each other with a knowing look to keep the secret.

Authors note: This chapter has been re editted and added some more stuff so R&R thank you.