Chapter 2: In God's Name

There was a buzzing sound, Aelita desperately wanted whatever the hell it was to turn off and not to disturb her any more so she could return to her dream. It was a wonderful dream, a truly magnificent dream. She was grown woman, in her 20 somethings, and the plot of the dream was just a series of wonderful dates with...

Ah snap! Not again! She thought for a moment she had dreamed of being with XANA, but her dream had become fuzzy after fully awaking. Try as she might she couldn't remember just who the hell she was dating the whole time. It could of been Jeremy... It could of been XANA. Hell it could of been Odd for all she knew! She couldn't make out a mental picture of the dream any longer.

She sighed heavily and got out of bed. She was groggy, just as she feared she was tired from staying up so late last night and now she was paying for it. But most likely her morning breakfast would wake her up a tad.

Breakfast was just a whirlwind memory once it was done. The 4 of them where sitting at their usual table enjoy their meal, and the boys where going on about something... She hadn't been paying attention nor had she eaten a single thing since she had sat down. Rather she sat there sleepily looking at her cup of hot chocolate she continually sipped, and she thought.

A deep thought, about the extra croissant that sat on her plate... Well that's not entirely true, she was really thinking about the boy had given her his croissant and just about ever croissant he ever had in his possession in the morning just because she loved them so.

And her she was, sitting next to him... And she kept replacing his name with Xana's and vice versa with out even thinking about it. What in God's name was wrong with her?

A few miles away, from the safety of her kitchen table, Yumi was wondering the exact same thing as she stared at the text message on her phone.

"Monster Magnet is playing tonight 8, wanna come? -Will"

This was becoming an increasing problem with her and the cute little emo boy, as they where becoming dangerously close. She had known since the begging that William had found her cute and had somewhat of a crush, and that had built into a nice friendship.

But that was all she wanted from him. Friendship. That and nothing more. She knew it would one day break the poor dears heart, but her love was reserved for that little brown haired kid in the 8th grade she crushed on so heavily.

Still though she pondered weather to except the invite. While true, yes, they where becoming dangerously close these past few weeks... This was Monster FN' Magnet that was playing! Not just her favorite band in the world, but the best damn band in it. Period.

"Aug that boy..." She grumbled, he knew exactly what Yumi was thinking... And new a Monster Magnet invite was one she couldn't turn down.

"What's wrong dear?" Her mother said, scrubbing the plates fiercely yet not showing an ounce of stress upon her face as she did.

"Oh William invited me to a concert tonight... Again." She muttered

"What's wrong with that?" Her father interjected himself into the conversation. "He's a fine boy I think. And you've been seeing him just about every week."

She shook her head "That's the thing Daddy. I growing sick of being with him all the time."

"Well then quite simply don't go." He responded in a matter-of-factly sort of way, turning to the next page in his newspaper.

"But he invited me to the concert of my favorite band! Oh you just don't understand!" She made her outburst, grabbing her backpack and slamming the front door behind her.

The father sat for second and sighed and turned to his only son, who was preoccupying himself with a hand-held video game.

"Son, when you grow up, take my advice and don't have daughter." He said simply, and turned the page of paper again.