Sorry for taking so long to update, but ideas were coming kind of slow. Anyway, I hope I didn't keep you all waiting too long. Well, I talked enough, read and review. I hope you all enjoy!

Note: Anything written in intalics is the characters thoughts, just so you all know.

Confused By Love

Chapter 7 (From Best to Worst)

Odd suspected something was wrong with Aelita, but this tops them all. He saw something that he never thought he'd see. Right in front of his eyes was Aelita and Jeff kissing, passionately. From where he's standing, she's returning the kiss.

Odd just tightens his fist into a ball, wanting to punch Jeff for kissing his girl, but he knows the consequences. He's supposed to be her cousin. How could he break it up without looking suspicious? He turned around and walked right out of the library, not wanting to see anymore.

Just as things are going great, they turned for the worst.

Sitting down on his bed, Ulrich sulked about how he treated Yumi earlier. She deserved some of it yes, but he can't help feeling guilty.

"Why should I feel guilty? She deserved what she got. She comes to me and says that I'm cheating. Why do feel so damn low," Ulrich thought to himself, trying to get Yumi off his mind.

He picked up his mobile, deciding whether or not he should call Yumi or just text message her. Not trusting his voice, he texts her instead.

Ulrich: Hi beautiful/U

Yumi: What do you want/Y

Ulrich: To talk

Yumi: For what?

Ulrich: About before

Yumi: Don't feel like it

Ulrich: Please?

He didn't get a response

Ulrich: I'm sorry

She finally gave in.

Yumi: Me too

Ulrich: Will you come to my room?

Yumi didn't feel like it, but it had to be done.

Yumi : Be there soon

End of text messaging

Ulrich heard a knock on his door, and got up to answer it. He opened it, revealing Yumi. She walked in and sat on his bed waiting for him to say something. He closed the door and stands right in front of her.

Ulrich rubbed the back of his neck in nervousness. "I just wanted to say I'm sorry in person, I overreacted," he muttered out, as he sat down next to Yumi.

She gave a half smile. She shook her head in disagreement. "No Ulrich I'm sorry, I'm the one who overreacted. I should have believed you from the start, "she replied, holding his hand in hers.

Ulrich shook his head. " I had no right to treat you the way I did, he stated back, trying to win the argument.

Yumi put a finger on his lips to shut him up. "Forget it, I was the one who was wrong, end of story," she whispered, resting her head on his shoulder.

He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer to himself. "Well you have a bad temper, it's understandable," he replied, teasing her.

She gave him a mean glare. " I do not have a bad temper," she yelled, but stopped as she just proved his point.

He raised an eyebrow. She sighed. "Okay, so maybe I sort of have a bad temper," she said calmly, not believing she's agreeing with him.

He pressed his lips on hers and wrapped his arms around her slim body. She wrapped her arms around Ulrich's neck. After a five minute tongue battle, they broke apart.

" I love you all the same," he whispered, rubbing her cheek. She gave him a full smile. "I love you too," she whispered back, burying her face into his chest.

They stayed that way for a while, until Odd barged in like a crazed animal. " I can't believe that back stabbing bitch," he shouted, in complete anger. His face was dark red.

He punched the wall to relieve some of his anger, and then fell flat on his back, onto his bed.

Ulrich and Yumi looked at each other in confusion. " Odd, what happened to you," Ulrich asked, waiting for Odd's reply.

Odd squeezed his fist so hard, that it looked ready to explode. He looked like he wanted to kill somebody right about now.

"I went to go find Aelita in the library. Just as I was going in, I see her kissing that new guy Jeff," he yelled failing to control his anger.

Yumi eyes went wide in disbelief. "Odd, are you sure she was kissing him," Yumi asked, trying not to get him worked up.

"Oh, she was kissing alright. She had her arms wrapped around him, that back stabbing slut," he spat out, pacing back and forth across the room.

Yumi got up and grabbed Odd by his shoulders and sat him down on his bed. "Relax Odd, getting furious isn't going to help you," she said, trying to be a voice of reason.

Odd took deep breaths trying to calm himself down, but it wasn't doing much good. " How can she do that to me? Why," he asked, nobody in particular.

Yumi shook her head, as she was speechless about it. " I don't know Odd, I'll talk to her later about it, okay, she insisted, trying to comfort him as much as possible.

"The least she could have done was been honest with me, but instead she dates behind my back," Odd spoke out, doing his best to hold himself together. 'Men don't cry Odd, men don't cry! .'

He held back his tears as best he could, but a few had found their way down his cheeks.

Yumi saw them and pulled him into a hug. Odd was taken back by it, but didn't refuse as he needed the comfort. They broke apart after a minute.

"Try not to worry about it now Odd, there might be a good reason why she kissed him, and you don't know if she's dating him," Urich rationalized, doing what he can for his depressed friend.

Odd looked at Ulrich with uncertainty, but didn't bother saying anything back.

"I'll talk to her first, okay, don't worry," Yumi suggested getting up to leave. Odd gave a weak smile and nodded to Yumi. She returned it and left the room.

Odd got up and changed his clothes for bed, and doing his best to forget about Aelita, at least for now. Ulrich did the same as he was tired too.

Odd knowledged that Ulrich was in a better mood. I'm guessing you and Yumi made up, " he asked, as his statement sounded more like a question.

Ulrich gave a complete nod. "Yeah, she admitted that she was wrong, that's a first," he responded, chuckling a little. Just hope we don't get into another argument.

Odd joined in with the laughter."Well at least you and Yumi are on good terms," he said. " But, as for Aelita and I, things aren't going to be the same."

Ulrich looked at Odd with sorrow. "Don't worry about it now, try to get some sleep pal," he insinuated, getting into bed.

Odd didn't object to that as he was physically and mentally tired. After a long day Odd has, he fell asleep almost instantly.

Getting changed and ready to go to bed, Yumi looked at Aelita in disbelief. She hadn't even looked at Yumi, a true sign of guilt. Yumi finished getting dressed into her nightwear and directed her eyes toward Aelita.

" So Aelita, how was your day," Yumi inquired, putting her hair in a bun. As if I didn't already know.

Aelita wasn't expecting her to say anything to her. "Um, nothing much, studying with Jeff, nothing big," she hesitated, not making any eye contact whatsoever.

That's not what Yumi wanted to hear. "Oh really, is that all that happened," she questioned, staring Aelita down. She has a lot of nerve.

Aelita's body shook a little in nervousness. "Why, what are you implying," she answered back, looking clueless. I hope she doesn't know!

Yumi didn't back down. "Don't play dumb with me Aelita, Odd told me everything," she spat back increasing the tone in her voice. I won't let her off that easily.

When I Aelita heard that, she froze. She sighed. There was no reason for her to lie now. "What did he say exactly," she asked, sitting down on her desk chair.

Yumi rolled her eyes. She has to spell it out for her. "He told me enough, but I want to hear it from you," she insisted, not letting her get away with cheating.

Aelita didn't talk, but with the look on Yumi's face, she knew that wasn't an option. Aelita breathed in a deep sigh, as it was going to be difficult for her to explain. She opened her mouth ready to talk, but the words never came out, instead she dropped down to her knees and broke down in tears.

Yumi was still angry, but did have some remorse for Aelita as she could relate to her problems. Not too long ago, she was in the same dilemma with Ulrich and William.

Aelita swallowed hard and tried to speak. "I just don't know what I want anymore," she sobbed, having difficulty regaining her composure.

" I understand what you're going through Aelita, but you can't have two relationships at once, it doesn't work that way," Yumi stated, anxious to help her friend.

"Whenever I'm around Jeff, I just feel complete, it's really hard to explain," Aelita replied, her throat getting hoarse. Why did this have to happen to me?

Yumi was having a hard time believing what came out of Aelita's mouth. "What about Odd, you're telling me you don't love Odd anymore, that doesn't make any sense," she shouted, but only loud enough for Aelita to hear.

Aelita turned away in shame. "I still love Odd, but I also love Jeff too, so it's hard to choose," she elaborated, giving her side of the story.

Yumi riveted her eyes on Aelita, and with a good reason. "Well you have to choose, it's either Odd or Jeff, you have to make up your mind," Yumi replied. "You have to choose whom you love more."

Aelita nodded in understanding as Yumi was right, she can't have two loves. "No matter who I choose, one of them will be hurt," she retorted, her face red from crying.

Yumi put a hand on Aelita's shoulder and viewed her. "That's the way of life Aelita, it's never easy to choose, but it has to be done," Yumi responded, feeling remorseful.

Aelita hugged Yumi for comfort and support. Yumi had no objections to it and returned the hug as Aelita needed it.

"I should talk to him, maybe he'll understand what I'm going through," Aelita said, thinking it was a good idea.

"I don't know Aelita, he may not want to talk to you right now," Yumi objected, having a bad feeling she might get hurt. (Not physically)

"I have to try, he deserves to know the truth," she insisted, making her way to the door.

Yumi sighed. No matter what she said, it would matter since Aelita's too stubborn, just like Jeremie, not a good trait. "Fine just don't over do it okay," Yumi uttered, making sure she understood.

Aelita nodded, then left the room.

Yumi layed on her bed, pulled the covers on her body and tried to fall asleep.

"I'll be right back Odd, I need a cold shower," Ulrich said, ready to leave.

"Okay man, I'll see you in a little while," Odd replied, not really caring what Ulrich does. This is the worst day of my life. I can't believe that Aelita would do this to me.

Just when Ulrich was about to head for the showers, he runs into Aelita. What does she want now, hasn't she done enough?

"H-hi Ulrich, is Odd around," she asked, too ashamed to look him in the eye.

You should be ashamed. "He's sleeping right now, at least he's trying to," Ulrich responded, mentally rolling his eyes."If you want to talk to him, be my guest."

With those words, Ulrich left to go to the boys showers.

Aelita headed to Odd's room to try to make things right again, or at least try. She makes it to his room. Aelita was about to knock, but Odd may tell her to go away, so she opened the door and went in uninvited.

"Odd, are you awake," she asked, knowing for a fact he was. "Please don't be too mad.

Odd took a deep breath and sighed. He got up and looked at Aelita with a glare that would burn a hole through her skull. "Well, if it isn't the traitor, what do you want now," Odd exclaimed, enough to make his point that he was mad.

"Odd, let me explain please," she pleaded, praying he would listen. "What have I done?"

"I don't care what you say, I don't talk to sluts, so go away," he responded, hurting her as she hurt him. "If she thinks that I'll just forgive her just like that, she has another thing coming."

That comment made her mad. He had never called her an obscene name before. "How dare you call me that you scrawny son of a bitch, she hollered, playing his own game.

"Better scrawny than being a cheap slut, why don't you go find your boyfriend, I could care less anymore," he said calmly, doing what he can to get her off his back.

"You're saying that you don't love me anymore," she spoke softly, with sadness replacing her anger.

Odd turned his back toward her. "That's exactly what I'm saying bitch, now get the hell out of my room," he shouted.

That brought back Aelita's anger."Fine, the hell with you then," she spat back motioning to the door. " At least Jeff treats me better and he's more man than you'll ever be!" She bursted in rage and slammed the door shut.

Those words hit Odd hard like a torpedo. He picked up his alarm clock and threw it full force against the door in anger and frustration and shatters it into several pieces.

Aelita went back to her room, but she walked right into Jeff, what a coincidence.

"You okay Aelita," Jeff asked, waiting for an answer.

Instead of an answer, he got a deep passionate kiss from Aelita. He was shocked at first, but returned her kiss. Aelita broke the kiss feeling much better than she had ever felt.

"Nothing's wrong, you made me feel better," she answered, giving him a smile, then hugged him.

But what Aelita didn't see were Jeff's eyes. In his light blue eyes, was something that the Lyoko gang has grown to know all too well.

Aelita feels safe in Jeff's arms, but little does she know, her life is in jeopardy.

Well, that's all for this chapter. This one is one of the shortest chapters I wrote since the first one. I couldn't expand it any further and I didn't want to ruin it, but expect the next one to be longer. I hope you all enjoyed. As I always say, read and review! Peace.

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