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No Matter What They Say
Chapter 7: Love, a cornucopia of nothin' good
Jeremie was in his room, packing and thinking. He stopped for a minute and sat down on his bed. "What will I do?" he asked himself. "I can't find all the things to apologize for and the trip's tomorrow." He put his head in his hands. Ok, I made fun of Odd for being in her room. I pressured Aelita into saying who she liked and ended up hurting her. I got in a fight with Odd about her. He thought of everything. "Oh, this is just great! I've done too many things to hurt her. She'll never forgive me!" Jeremie got up and went back to packing. After finishing he started to head over to Aelita's room. He knocked on her door and no one answered.
"This is just great! She's not there," Jeremie said and turned around to leave, when the door opened.
"Um…what do you want?" Aelita answered opening the door. It was just open a small crack.
"Oh, Aelita!" Jeremie said turning back around. She opened it a bit more. "I came to apologize!"
"Save it!" she yelled. "Now if you'll excuse me, I've got packing to do!" She started to close the door, but Jeremie grabbed the door and held it open.
"Aelita, give me five minutes. Just five and I'll leave! I just came to apologize. When five minutes is up, I'll leave! I promise," he begged.
"Fine! Five minutes and no more! Then you'll leave! And if I don't like the question or the apology, I won't answer!"
"Fair enough!" he replied quickly and entered.
"Now, start talking!"
Jeremie took one of her hands and started to talk, but she pulled her hand away. "Oh, Aelita, I'm so sorry! I was jealous of Odd! I really didn't mean to hurt you! I didn't want to fight Odd, it just sorta happened. I didn't no what to think when I saw Odd in your room. I thought you guys were doing something."
"Jeremie! I would never! Odd wouldn't ever do that to me!" Aelita yelled. "How could you ever think that?!"
"Well, Odd, naturally, is the one who would be most apt to do that. Plus, he has had so many girlfriends you can't even count them all!"
"I'm different! Jeremie, he loves me! He won't do that! You must think he's some kind of perv."
"Aelita, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to, I mean I just…sorta…jumped to conclusions. Won't you forgive me?" he asked sincerely.
"Jeremie, you're five minutes are up!" Aelita said and started to push him out. "I'll talk to you later!"
"Won't you forgive me?"
"Jeremie, I don't know! I don't know!" Aelita said and pushed him out. "Now, goodbye." Then she closed the door, leaned her back against it, and started crying. After a few minutes, she wiped her eyes and stood up.
"He did apologize, and I do need to be happy on the trip, but he did hurt me," Aelita said to herself as she went back to packing. "Odd said he'd wait for me if I realized I didn't love Jeremie. Hiroki did say I should give Jeremie one more chance. That's it!" She threw the shirt she was holding down and stood up. "I'll go forgive him right now!" She opened the door and ran out toward Jeremie's room.
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Odd, Yumi, and Ulrich were sitting in Odd and Ulrich's room. Odd was slumped over, not really being himself, and Yumi and Ulrich were just talking. They asked Odd a few questions now and then but he didn't really respond.
"Odd, come with me. I know what you need," Yumi said and grabbed his hand. Ulrich sort of tensed up and Yumi noticed and smiled at him. "It'll only be for a while."
Ulrich relaxed a bit and Yumi dragged Odd out of the room.
After the door closed Yumi started to talk. "Odd, girls are weird subjects. Boys never understand us. Heck, girls hardly understand girls! " Odd smiled a bit, but it was short lived. "Anyway. There are many types of girls. I'm sure you've noticed, since you've gone out with so many. Ok, anyway. There are your basic preppy, stupid girls that think their all that. Take Sissi for example. She's your basic, 'I think I could date anyone I want but I really can't' girl. Then there are your smart girls that don't do anything really except school, yet hang out with guys as friends. Um…Emilie and maybe Aelita would fall in that category. Then…"
"Wait, could you slow down. Tell me why I need to know this?" Odd asked confused.
"Um…I thought you could use a few tips, if you wanted. You don't have to…"
"Yumi, could I ask you something…uh…kinda…personal?" Odd asked awkwardly.
"Um…sure I guess. What is it?" Yumi asked.
"How did you know you loved Ulrich? Or…let me put it this way…um how can you tell if Ulrich liked? No…that's not it. Um…how did you know that-? No. How can you tell if-?"
"How can you tell if Aelita loves you or Jeremie? Is that it?" Yumi asked getting to the point.
"Um…yeah. Girls are always so weird. Guys want to know before they start asking them out. I finally just gave up and asked out everyone. Well…not at the same time! You know what I mean!"
Yumi laughed. "Yeah, I know what you mean. Anyway. Um…Odd." Yumi paused and put her arm around his shoulder. "With girls, sometimes they don't even know. The thing is…a girl's eyes always tell. Look at her and look at the way she looks at you and then look at the way she looks at Jeremie. You'll be able to tell, unless she doesn't know herself. If she says she doesn't know and the eyes say something different, she can't believe she loves that person."
"Yumi, thanks, I'm…uh…really…thanks," Odd said and she took her arm off his shoulder and he walked towards Aelita's room.
"No problem," Yumi replied and headed back to Ulrich and Odd's dorm. He seriously loves her. I just hope she doesn't crush his heart. Though, I do want Aelita to be happy. And I think as long as Aelita is happy, Odd will be happy.
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Aelita finally got to Jeremie's room and was about to knock on the door when Odd passed and stopped in front of her.
"Hey, Princess, I wondered if I could talk to you. Can I, or are you busy?" Odd asked awkwardly. He tried to look in her eyes but didn't want to make it look to obvious.
"Um…Odd, I wanted to talk to you. I well, I'm going to make up with Jeremie," she said pretty straightforward.
"Oh, that's great."
"Really? Are you sure? You're not mad or anything? Jeremie just apologized a while ago and I thought I'd forgive him. It was a great apology too."
"Aelita, why would I be mad that you're forgiving Jeremie? I want you guys to be friends. I want to be friends with Jeremie. He's just…well…I'm happy that you two will be friends," Odd said and smiled. He looked deep into her eyes. Is that a spark? Is that what Yumi was talking about?
"Oh, Odd, you're great!" Aelita said and hugged him. That is the exact moment that Jeremie opened his door.
"I wondered what was happening out here," he said and they quickly drew apart.
"Oh. Jeremie, it's not what you think," Aelita said. "I came here to forgive you. I'm sorry I've held a grudge this long and I'm so happy that you apologized."
"Look, I apologize for everything, and you hug Odd right outside my room. It took a lot of nerve to do something like that!" Jeremie yelled and stormed back in his room about to slam the door behind him. Odd caught the door and held it open.
"Jeremie, it's true. She came over here to forgive you," Odd said and walked in.
"Jeremie, don't you believe me? I was trying to be kind. Odd's done a lot for me and all I do is hug him for all his kindness and now you're jealous of Odd!" Aelita yelled and walked in after him. "You never understand these things!"
"Is that what this is all about?" Odd asked. "All I did was hug her. I'm sorry if that's such a crime!"
"Odd, you just want her for yourself! You've always wanted her!" Jeremie yelled.
"It's not like that!" Aelita screamed and got their attention. "It's not like that at all!" She ran over next to Jeremie and looked him in the eyes. Odd tried to see how she was looking at him, but he was pretty sure this wouldn't count because they were mad at each other.
"Well, it is now! Odd, you want her, you can have her!" Jeremie yelled and almost threw Aelita towards Odd. Then he pushed them both out the door. Aelita was crying and Odd was comforting her.
"You son of a bitch! You hurt her once, now again! I can't believe you would do this! The Jeremie I knew would be begging for forgiveness from Aelita! Not giving her bruises!" Odd yelled at Jeremie and Jeremie slammed the door in his face.
"Odd, please, let me go. I want to go home!" Aelita yelled and struggled to be freed.
"I'm sorry, Princess, but there's no other way. You'll forgive me later," Odd said and grabbed Aelita around the waist and hoisted her over his shoulder, carrying her towards his room.
"Put me down! Stop it! I'm warning you!" Aelita yelled and flailed her arms and kicked her legs.
"I can't put you down or you'll run away and hurt yourself. Boy, are you heavy. Either you need to go on a diet or I need to work out!"
"Not funny! Now, put me down! I hate you! I hate you!" she yelled.
"No you don't. Now, keep quiet!" Odd said and walked into his room. Instantly, Yumi and Ulrich jumped up ready to fight. Odd closed the door and turned around.
"Put, Aelita down!" Ulrich yelled and he and Yumi kicked Odd in the stomach. Odd doubled over and Aelita fell, but jumped up quickly and headed for the door. Odd grabbed her just in time before she left.
"I'm not Xana!" Odd yelled. "Stop and help me keep Aelita here."
"Wait, how do we know you're not Xana?! Aelita wouldn't be struggling to get away from you, if you were Odd!" Yumi said.
"Yumi, you know it's me! Help me. Aelita's gonna go kill herself!" Odd shouted and pinned Aelita to the ground.
"Odd, get…off…me!" she yelled. "I want to go home," she whispered and gave up. She started crying again. Odd got up and helped Aelita up. She hugged him around the waist.
"Aelita, I know how you feel. Everyone wants to go home, and have everything feel better, but you can't go home. I'm sorry to say this but you don't have a home to go to," Odd said sympathetically. That's when Aelita gave up. She didn't use any energy at all. She let herself fall from Odd's arms on to the floor. She broke down and started to cry on the floor. Nothing seamed to bother her. It seamed as if no one was there. Odd stared at Yumi then Ulrich. Then he looked at Aelita lying on the floor. Yumi patted Ulrich on the shoulder and they walked over to Odd and walked out of the room.
"We can't leave her like that for long. She might hurt herself," Odd said quickly. "We need to take her to her room, and then…"
"Shh. Odd, we're sorry. We thought you were possessed by Xana. We should have known better," Yumi said.
"Odd, why did you have to carry her in like that, anyway?" Ulrich asked. "Start from the beginning."
"Well…after Yumi left I went to talk to Aelita and I found her in front of Jeremie's door and I asked her what she was doing. Ok, so she says she was gonna forgive him. So, I say that's great and I'm glad you can forgive him. So, she says oh, Odd your great and hugs me. And at that same moment Jeremie opens the door. He then gets confused and says I apologized for everything, and you hug Odd right outside my room. It took a lot of nerve to do something like that. We tried to convince him it's not like that and Aelita was here to apologize, but he wouldn't listen. So he gets mad at Aelita. And Aelita says don't you believe me? Odd's done a lot for me and all I do is hug him for all his kindness and now you're jealous of Odd. You never understand these things. And I say is that what this is about and apologize to him for hugging her. Then Jeremie yells at me saying you just want her for yourself. Aelita says it's not like that. Then Jeremie says it is now. If you want her you can have her and almost threw her at me and pushed us out the door. Aelita started crying and it was because he hurt her both ways. She has bruises from where she's hurt. Then I yelled at him saying you hurt her once, now again. The Jeremie I knew would be begging for forgiveness from Aelita! Not giving her bruises. And he slammed the door in my face. Aelita then asked me to let her go, but I knew she'd hurt herself like last time, so I said there is no other way and lifted her over my shoulder and brought her here. She yelled at me the entire way, but I knew I was doing it for her own good." Odd finished and Yumi and Ulrich looked at each other.
"Wow, Odd. Is that true?" Ulrich asked. "Did he really give her bruises when she got in that fight with Jeremie the other day?"
"Yeah, and not the small ones either. They're huge," Odd said.
"I feel so sorry for her," Yumi said and almost started crying herself. "She doesn't need to go through this. Odd, you're always such a great person."
"I need to get back to Aelita," he said and went back in the room.
"Ok, we'll be in in a little while," Yumi said and Odd nodded and shut the door. "Ok that's dedication!"
"He loves her more than all the past girls combined," Ulrich said. "Who would have thought Odd and Aelita would get together?"
"The only thing I'm worried about is if Aelita loves him. He definitely loves her. We all know that, but we don't know if she loves him."
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"Aelita, are you ok?" Odd asked sitting on the floor next to where she was lying down.
"Ok? Ok? I'm crying my guts out and you ask if I'm ok? I'm wonderful Odd!" Aelita said and sat up. "I'm great compared to what Jeremie is. I know I've been hurt and all, but it doesn't matter. Really. You know, I feel sorry for him. I'm a really great person, thanks to you, that he just threw away. I'll never go back. I'm never going to think of loving him that way again. He's always too busy for love. And you know what? I'm happy."
"That's a switch. I feel awful," Odd said. "I just started a feud between my friends. Who would do that?"
"Oh, Odd, don't feel bad. You've been great. I can finally say I know I'll have a great time on the trip. There's just one thing," she said.
"What is it?"
"After today, even through everything, I still don't know who I love," Aelita said. Odd looked into her eyes at that very moment, and he saw something different the something Yumi was talking about. It was a shine in her eyes that was bright. Aelita loved Odd, but she couldn't believe she was in love.
"It's ok. Let's go to lunch."
"Sounds great."
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