Chapter 10 : Confrontation.
Slower and slower the clock ticked, almost 7PM… Nearly Ulrich's contest.
Aelita, Andie, Yumi, Odd and Deane sat in Aelita and Andie's dorms in various seats, chatting amongst themselves, Ulrich was currently at the gym, for the pre contest warm up and Jeremy (To no one's surprise, was locked in his room on his computer.)
Yumi, Andie and Odd chatted about class to each other while Aelita tried calming Deane's nerves,
"It'll be okay, I promise!" Aelita said, placing a hand on his shoulder,
"But what if it's not? What if something bad happens?" Deane replied, Aelita sighed,
"Listen, this is the only way you'll be able to rest easy, just please, see this through." Aelita said, he swallowed and nodded,
"I'll try." He smiled, Odd's phone began ringing, reaching into his pocket he pulled it out and stuck it to his ear,
"Hello? Hey Ulrich!... Alright, we're on our way!" Odd beamed into his phone, he hung up and pushed his phone into his pocket,
"It's about to start! Let's go!" Odd said as everyone stood up and made their way out of Aelita's room.
-In the Gym-
"Contestants, you know the rules. I want this competition to be clean and swift. No foul attacks and no illegal moves." The referee called out, both teams members nodded, the mixture of boys and girls on opposite teams stared their opponents down, attempting to instil fear in them.
Ulrich stepped up from his seat first and made his way to the centre of the mat, the gym was packed with pupils from both schools, at least 200 people turned out to watch Kadic dominate the opposing team.
"First round, Ulrich Stern vs Connor Hanson." The referee called, he signalled for the fight to start, all people could see were blurs and glimpses of the attacks, before anyone knew what had happened, Ulrich had the other pinned on the floor,
"First round! Kadic!" the ref called, there was an eruption of cheers!
The contest gradually went by, close to ending, this was when he'd had to confront her.
"Round 10 goes to Kadic! 7-3! Kadic wins!" The referee called out, the gym burst out in cheers, Ulrich and his teammates all cheered at the top of their lungs, coming together in one giant group hug.
Students and contestants poured out of the gym, the last to exit was the opposing team, as they exited, Aelita and Yumi waited on one side of the door, leaning gently on it, waiting for Sunny to walk out, finally, she came out, the last one,
"Sunny right?" Aelita said, stepping in front of her, her eyes shot open and she looked confused,
"Yes? Why?" she replied, Yumi linked arms with her,
"We've someone you need to talk too!" Yumi said, smiling softly,
"Wait, what? Where?" she asked, Aelita walked a little forward,
"Just around this corner, on the bench!" Aelita said, Yumi led her around the corner and sat her down on the bench beside the person who had their hood up, Sunny looked majorly confused,
"What's going on? Who is this?" she asked, trying to catch a glimpse of their face,
"I want you to tell him why you did what you did to him." Aelita said flatly,
"Tell who?" Sunny asked, she looked over as Deane pulled his hood down and looked at her,
"Who are yo-… D-Deane? Deane Sheerin?" Sunny asked, moving closer to see it was really him,
"Why did you do it?" he replied flatly, she looked down,
"Do what?" she asked, moving right beside him,
"You were my girlfriend, he was my best friend. Why did you leave me for him." He asked, she looked down,
"It wasn't my fault…" she said, she glared at her,
"Explain, please, I want to see you weasel your way out of this." He said, standing up and staring at her, she looked at him,
"He told me you had been seeing someone else and were on your way over to break up with me, I didn't even date him, I didn't even kiss him or anything, the most we done was hug! I swear to you Deane." Sunny pleaded, wrapping her arms around her now taller than her ex boyfriend, he remained still,
"Get off." He said flatly, she looked up at him,
"Deane…" she began,
"Get. Off. Now." He repeated, she let him go and looked at him, "I loved you, I gave you all I had and more and you betrayed me without even asking me if it was true. You broke me down and threw me away." He said, looking away, Yumi and Aelita felt extremely awkward being in their presence so slowly backed off to a safe distance,
"Deane, I swear to you. Given the second chance, I'd make sure nothing like that ever happened again! I'm so sorry!" she pleaded, he looked at her,
"Sorry isn't going to fix all the sleepless nights I've had. Sorry isn't going to fix the nights I stay up thinking about you." He said, moving closer,
"Well what can I do?" she begged,
"You want to prove you're truly sorry? You want to prove you do miss me? Figure out how to impress me and get through the walls I built up… And when you think of a way, you know where to find me. Kadic Academy." He said, turning and walking away, followed closely by Yumi and Aelita.
Sunny stared off after her ex boyfriend and began to smile softly, she did miss him and thought of him every night, she just wanted him back. Now she has the chance too and she's not losing him again.