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No Matter What They Say

Chapter 10: Thoughts Gone Ramped

Jeremie was sitting at his computer. It was time for lunch, but he wasn't hungry, and he didn't want to risk bumping into Aelita or Odd. How could they do this to me? He thought to himself. He was trying to work, but he couldn't keep his mind on his work. How could she hug him outside my door? That was just rude! He was trying to find an answer on how to free William from Xana's clutches, but he wasn't working very hard. He kept getting distracted. Aelita's voice would pop into his head. 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! You never understand these things. Her voice kept ringing in his head, followed by Odd's voice. Is that what this is all about? All I did was hug her. I'm sorry if that's such a crime! Their voices stayed and replayed over and over. He couldn't get it out of his head.

I didn't do anything wrong. She was the one who did something wrong! He thought to himself. He got up from his work since it was hopeless to try and work with all of that going through his head. He walked over and started to pack a bit more. Odd, you just want her for yourself! You've always wanted her! His voice sounded in his own head, followed by Aelita's. It's not like that! It's not like that at all! Her voice sounded angry and scared. It replayed for a while. Then Jeremie's own voice came again. Well, it is now! Odd, you want her, you can have her! He sounded upset and wouldn't listen to Aelita.

Jeremie tried to get the voices out of his head, but they wouldn't leave. They stayed, tormenting him. He had to think of a way to get them out, but when he tried a different part of the fight played in his head instead. It kept going like that for a while. It was about 1:10 when Jeremie got fed up with it so much he got up from packing and ran out into the hallway. He slammed the door behind him.

The voices were quieter, as if they were drifting away on a pond. They got fainter until they were so quiet Jeremie could hardly hear them.

"I need to get my mind on something else," Jeremie said to himself. He started to walk down the hallway away from his room. He was heading toward the Rec. Room. William would most likely be there. He hadn't seen him in a while and he was afraid William wouldn't know what was going on. He was the only person he could talk to without getting upset.

--m--

Aelita stood up and wiped her eyes. She had been crying for a while. Don't be stupid. He won't hurt you. Jeremie is just jealous. Artemis has always been mean. Odd loves you. He won't hurt you. Ever. Ulrich won't hurt you either. Just because some guys are like that doesn't mean all guys are like that. Aelita shook her head and walked over to her mirror. Her eyes looked red, her hair looked a mess, and her face looked pale. She put her hands to her face and wiped her eyes again. She blinked a few times, then grabbed a change of clothes and headed to take a shower.

"This is the best thing for me right now," she said to herself as she turned into the bathroom. She grabbed a towel and went strait into one of the changing stalls and closed the door behind her. This is the best thing for me.

She finished undressing and grabbed a towel off the hook and rapped it around her. Then she headed to one of the showers. She took the towel off and turned on the hot water. She let it hit the bruises on her arms, but she had to fight to not cry from the pain. The water felt nice after what had happened. It also gave her time to think.

--m--

"What happened?"

"I already told you."

"No, you said he didn't tell you."

"Exactly. I don't know."

"I hate this."

"I do too."

"I'm sorry."

"Why? What did you do?"

"I jumped to conclusions. I should have known better," he said and hung his head. He looked down at his shoes, staring at the ground in the hallway, so he wouldn't have to stare at her face. "I should have known you wouldn't be doing that without a good reason."

Yumi lifted his head and looked into his eyes sweetly. She had just finished changing out of her wet clothes. "It's ok. I know I would have done the same thing. I have done the same thing when you were with Sissi."

Ulrich shrugged. "I never knew Odd would end up liking Aelita. It was always just settled that Aelita and Jeremie had a thing going on. Now that Odd has stepped up, Aelita has to choose." He hung his head again. Nothing was going right, but it might work out for the better.

Yumi grabbed his hand and walked him down the hallway. She turned into his room. She leaned him up against the door after she closed it. Then she looked strait into his eyes. "I've learned a lot today, and I don't say this often enough. I'm afraid that if I don't say it now, you won't know." She pushed her hair back from her face. "I love you. I really do. I've always been afraid to do that. I always have. It's so stupid to think that girls and guys can't say three simple words, when they've been dying to say them for their whole life."

"I know. It took me forever to get up the courage to say that, and I mean it. I love you. I'm sorry," he said and leaned up and kissed her. She rapped her arms around him and pulled him closer. This surprised him a bit, but not enough for him to stop, so they kissed on. Yumi and Ulrich's relationship was true. They both loved each other, but neither of them really got too close. If they kissed, it wasn't intense. They both respected each other. Ulrich didn't know what Yumi wanted from their relationship. The trip was a good opportunity to find out.

--m--

Odd looked up at the gray bleak clouds overhead. It was still raining. Yumi had left over a half an hour ago. He was soaked from the rain, and it was surprisingly cold for summer. She's going to come. Yumi will talk to her. Don't worry. The words were repeated in his mind, but they never seemed to make him feel sure. She will come. She will. Don't worry. No matter what his mind told him, he couldn't believe it. He wouldn't believe it. Not until Aelita would come to him and say she was coming. He wouldn't believe.

A chill ran up his spine. What's the point in sitting alone out here? This won't make Aelita come on the trip. This is stupid. He sat up and looked around. People were walking around. Some were under umbrellas. Others were running to get out of the rain. Odd stood up, didn't even bother to fix his hair which was full of water and slicked down, and walked inside.

After a while of walking through the hallway drenched from head to toe, he reached his room. He slowly turned the knob and opened the door. Yumi and Ulrich were lying on Ulrich's bed kissing. They didn't realize he had come in.

"Guys, this isn't a good time for you to be making out. If you didn't notice, I'm drenched, and I'm not in the best mood, so could you stop?" Odd say dully. He walked by them as they broke out of their kiss. Yumi jumped up and shut the door.

"I'm sorry, Odd. I didn't hear you come in. I didn't know how long you would be out there," she said.

"It's fine. I'll be out of your way in no time. I just stopped by to get some clothes to change into."

"Oh! I'll leave so you can change in-."

"No!" he cut in, "don't do that. I'm going to take a shower anyway. You can stay here. Make out for all I care, just do it once I'm gone." Odd grabbed his clothes he was getting out of his chest and left, closing the door behind him.

"I didn't mean to make him mad. Since when has he been so sensitive?" Ulrich asked.

"Don't you see, Ulrich? Odd told me something happened to Aelita that he didn't want to happen. Now Aelita's not going on the trip. If I don't talk to her, she won't go! Odd must be sad. That's like 3 months without Aelita!" Yumi said.

"I never knew that Aelita wasn't going," Ulrich said. "I could never spend 3 months without you."

"Awww, you're so sweet," Yumi said sarcastically and pushed him over. "That's not the point. Odd's feeling bad and you don't care!"

"Yumi!" Ulrich said, but she was pacing in the room, muttering something inaudible.

"Forget it, Ulrich. I'm going back to my room. I'll see you later!"

"But …Yumi! Let me explain!" By the time the words came out of his mouth, the door was already closed and she was already gone. Ulrich sat back down on his bed.

--m--

Jeremie made it to the Rec. Room and found William easily enough. Surprisingly when he asked him about packing for the trip, William said he had already packed. Jeremie tried to talk to William about what had happened to him, but it was like talking to a lamp that could talk back, and wasn't saying what he wanted to hear.

"Jeremie, Odd's a nice guy. You shouldn't be yelling at him," William said. "Aelita likes you. Odd likes you too. We all like you, Jeremie."

"The point is: Aelita likes Odd and me. I'm afraid when she chooses, she'll choose Odd. I really want Aelita to choose me. We've always been together."

"I haven't seen you stuck together."

"No. We were like boyfriend/girlfriend, or I thought we were."

William looked at him. "Did you ask Aelita if you were her boyfriend?"

"No, but-."

"Did you ask Aelita to be your girlfriend?"

"No, but-."

"Then how do you know you were her boyfriend and she was your girlfriend?" William asked.

"It was just understood!" Jeremie said. "Then Odd came and started liking her. He even said he loved her. She was my girl!"

"Well, you can't control your heart. Plus, you don't own Aelita," William said and got up. "Jeremie, you should be friends with them. They are nice people. If you love Aelita, tell her. Don't get mad at Odd for loving her when you didn't."

"William, just go away."

"Where?"

"Just go somewhere!"

"Somewhere? Where is that? Some place I should know about?"

"Just leave!"

"Good-bye, Jeremie."

--m--

Sissi stared out of her room window. The lights were out, and just as she suspected, it was raining. The sky was dark gray. She thought to herself for a long while. A thought here and there, never lingering for more than a few minutes. Yumi seemed nice enough at lunch. I hope she stays that way. Why did Odd need to talk to Yumi so eagerly? Why won't Ulrich love me? Some questions or thoughts were realistic. Others would just be a dream or would never be answered.

She was awakened from her thoughts by a knock at the door. She quickly walked over and opened the door. Herve came running in with Nicholas.

"What is it? This better be important!" Sissi shouted at them before they could speak.

"Oh, yes, Sissi, it is!" Herve said quickly. He looked around as if to make sure no one was looking there way, even though they were in her bedroom.

"We were going to go to the Rec. Room, but we didn't want to get wet so we didn't go," Nicholas said smiling.

"So! I already know it's raining!" Sissi said. "Get out!"

"But, Sissi, we saw something out the doorway when we looked out," Herve imputed before Sissi could throw them out.

"What did you see?"

"We saw Odd Della Robbia out in the rain next to a puddle," Nicholas said, still smiling.

"So, he can stand in a puddle for all I care! Tell me something interesting or leave!" Sissi started to push them over to the doorway, but Herve interrupted.

"He was hugging Yumi! He was laying his head on her!"

"WHAT!" Sissi said quickly and shut the door. That's why Odd wanted to talk to her. Wait, if Odd likes Yumi and she was hugging him that means Yumi likes Odd. So, Ulrich's free for me! "Where was Ulrich at the time?"

"Oh, we didn't see him around, Sissi. Yumi was alone with Odd," Nicholas said smiling.

"Interesting," Sissi said and smiled. "Tell me more!"

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