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Chapter 2: Sissy's evil little plan

A few day later,

As Sissy emerged from behind the bushes, said, "I can help you?"

"What do you mean," Aelita asks as she wipes away a few tears, feeling embarrassment for the first time. "Yumi told me not to listen to you."

"Don't listen to her, she just wants to make it hard for you to get closer

to Jeremy. The best way to say you love him is to say nothing." (Haven't you heard the saying; you say it best, when you say nothing at all?)

"How could that help? Won't he think I'm mad at him?" Aelita asks.

"N-n-no, it will make him appreciate you. He will spend more time trying to get your attention than ever. Pretend you don't notice him and it helps if you leave while he's talking. Just try it and trust me, it'll work."

"I don't know. My friends don't seem to trust you, why should I?"

"Do you like him or not?"

"Of course I do." For a couple seconds Aelita thought it over and decided,

"Okay, I will try it." Aelita says.

"But if you don't follow this last instruction, Jeremy will never talk to

you again. Don't tell anyone."

Lunch time,

"Hey, Aelita, can I talk to you for a minute?" Jeremy asks. He made a

promise to himself that he would talk to her alone before the end of the day.

Instead of catching up with him, Aelita fell back and started walking with Ulrich and Yumi. "I know it's none of my business, but did you two get in a fight or something?" Ulrich asks.

"No, why?"

Yumi and Ulrich exchanged the raised eyebrow look. "Well, you've been ignoring him all day." Yumi says. "Did you even notice all the notes he kept passing back to you?" She had seen the hurt expression on Jeremy's face as Aelita left them untouched on her desk.

"Yes, but," Aelita started, but from a near-by table, Sissy gave Aelita the evil eye. "I mean, no."

"Does Sissy have something to do with this?" Ulrich asks as he looks from Aelita, to Sissy, and back to Aelita. "Why is she looking at you like that? Aelita, if there's anything bothering you, you know you can come to us."

Aelita didn't respond. As they were taking their trays, Yumi spotted

Jeremy. "There's Jeremy over there. If you two need to talk, Ulrich and me can sit somewhere else."

"No, I'm fine. I want you to sit with me." Aelita says.

"Hey, Aelita. I'm really sorry about-." Jeremy says once they all sat down.

But Aelita chose that moment to get up and sit by Sissy.

"I guess she feels different in the real world. Or maybe she never had

feelings for me." Jeremy says in a sad voice. He leaves to go to his dorm feeling confused.

One evil idea later,

For a while, Jeremy just laid on his bed, mentally beating himself up for running off that morning. Different thoughts kept running through his mind until he realized someone was knocking at the door. "Hey, oh, what do you want Sissy?" Jeremy asks.

"Don't look so happy to see me. I saw you come up without even touching your food, and decided to see if I could help." Sissy says.

"Help what, make me feel worse?"

"I think that's impossible, considering everything you've been through. I mean with Aelita using you to get materialized and all." Seeing his shocked face, she continued, "Oh, yes, she told me everyth-

"As a single tear slid down Jeremy's face, Jeremy shut the door on Sissy.

Sitting on his bed hugging his knees, Jeremy skipped class for the very first time.

Later in a class,

Ulrich, Yumi, and Aelita knew something was wrong when Jeremy didn't show up for class. "Hey, where's Jeremy?" Ulrich ask. He was getting the feeling Sissy had done more damage.

"Oh, this is all my fault." Aelita says in confessed voice she had taken

Sissy's advice. She told them about Jeremy and her that morning and how Sissy had told her how to fix everything. "I never should have listened to her." Aelita says.

As soon as the class ended, Ulrich stopped Sissy in the hall. "What did you do now? Where's Jeremy?" Ulrich asks.

Startled, she says, "Calm down. He's in his dorm crying because he doesn't think Aelita likes him." Ulrich shoved her against the wall and was about to punch her when Yumi stepped in and slapped her.

She shouted, "You brat! I can't believe you'd tell him that!" Yumi shouts.

Out of the corner of her eye, she could just make out Aelita running up the steps to the boys' dorms.

Knocking loudly on the door, Aelita waited outside Jeremy's room. When he opened the door, one look said everything. No words were needed as she leaned into him and quietly cried.

Down stairs, Yumi, Ulrich, and Sissy had started arguing. Shouting and running could be heard through out the building. Once Aelita calmed down,

Jeremy put an arm around her, smiled and asked, "Are you doing anything tonight?"

"What?" Aelita asks.

"Um.. Nothing." Jeremy says.

In the factory a warp gate is opening

"WARNING, WARNING, computer system overload!" the computer voice says.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, a world for me to destroy. Thank you, Xana heh, Hehehehe." Laughs an evil youkai.