Secret Lover
Deciding what's next
Jeremie woke with a start. He didn't know what startled him but he felt as if something had gone terribly wrong. He looked at his project that he fell asleep over. Across from it was a picture of him and Aelita outside a rock concert. Both smiling in the photo and using their fingers to do the peace sign.
"Too bad she's with her dad tonight because maybe..." Jeremie started but stopped since he knew he'd never have the guts to sneak into her dorm room for a romantic interlude.
Maybe Ulrich would find the courage to risk it and Odd would go anywhere for a piece of action.
But he Jeremie Belpois, the logical one, just couldn't gather the courage or in his mind stoop to such stupidity. He had school, grades and his future to think about. Not to mention the embarrassment his family would experience finding out their son was a skirt chasing hooligan of the worst sort.
"Ugh!" Jeremie cried, "how am I supposed to spice things up with Aelita?" he wondered and slammed his head on the table.
Then he recalled Yumi's suggestion.
Maybe I can take Aelita to a dance, Jeremie thought, my dancing...I really suck at this.
"I wonder how I kept her happy this long," Jeremie muttered and turned to his project.
Odd meanwhile sat in his dorm playing a video game. It was nearly 7pm and Ulrich wasn't back yet. Plus he still worried about what Yumi had said earlier today.
I could tell Ulrich I'm suspicious but Yumi would kill me! Odd thought, argh! What do I do?
Odd decided he'd call a girl he met during lunch. Maybe he could invite her over since Ulrich wasn't there. The last girl complained that Ulrich was a downer. Ulrich gave her such a glare she never came back.
"Hey Susie..." Odd started.
"I'm sorry Ulrich, but I'm definitely not a Susie," Mr. Hopper said to him, "are you hoping to speak to her parents?" he asked.
"Um no," Odd squeaked, "sorry Mr. Hopper I didn't mean to catch you and Aeli...wait, you are at home right?" he asked carefully.
"You called my home number so yes," Mr. Hopper said slowly.
"Did Aelita call home, she said something about missing going out with you," Odd fished carefully.
"Did she?" Mr. Hopper asked, "she's been with Jeremie so much, I hardly see her."
"Jeremie?" Odd asked surprised.
"Yes, she even spent last weekend out with him and a few friends," Mr. Hopper said, "I thought you were close to the Belpois boy," he wondered.
"You know guys," Odd evaded, "full of secrets."
And girls too it seems, Odd added.
"I guess so," Mr. Hopper agreed, "well I'm going back to my tv show and coffee," he said, "you can...get on to calling Susie," he said with a chuckle and hung up.
A red faced Odd hung up. But he had something new to think about. Aelita had lied to them about spending the night with her father. So where was she? And last weekend she was supposed to visit her grandparents and even cancelled on the gang to see a movie that Saturday.
"So where the hell was she?" Odd wondered.
Still wherever she is it must be way more interesting than being with Jeremie, Odd thought, she must be sneaking off to awesome parties, he decided, Jeremie's hates going to those anyway.
"That's what you get for being a homebody," Odd said lying back on his bed, "at least she's not cheating," he added as he dialled Susie's number himself.
Sissi Delmas snored loudly until her roommate woke her up.
"What?" Sissi snapped rudely.
"Your Aunt Harriet called my cell," the girl said angrily, "get off your lazy ass and call her."
"Hmph," Sissi said and didn't get up just for spite.
But ten minutes later roommate had enough and stormed across the room.
Sissi jumped up when her roommate threw a book hitting her on the head.
"Bitch...!" Sissi started.
"I told you your aunt called!" the girl shrieked, "she's panicking at me because you're too much of a dumbass to answer your cell," she snapped.
"If something's up a teacher will arrive any minute to speak to me," Sissi said snootily, "my father is headmaster," she added.
"Well they must be late your highness," the roommate hissed, "your mother had a stroke and is at the hospital," she revealed, "and no one can find your dad."
Sissi froze. She heard everything up to her mother having a stroke.
"My mom...what?" Sissi asked in a confused whisper.
"Just call your Aunt Harriet," the roommate said her voice much kinder now, "she's really worried and it's nearly eleven o' clock at night," she said.
"Okay," Sissi said getting her call, "my mom's still alive right?" she asked carefully.
"Yes she's not dead, just call," the roommate urged.
Sissi quickly called her Aunt Harriet hoping against all hope that everything would turn out okay.
"I can't imagine how my father's doing," Sissi added to herself.
Chapter Completed
Yumi Takamine 96,hhhmmm, AJ92, & Erik-Silver Thank you for reviewing chapter 3, How to keep a secret , I really appreciate it. All readers please read and review and tell me how this new chapter has intrigued you.
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