Chapter 22: A Painful Heart
Madison pulled everything out from underneath her bed.
"Holy crap! Is there a hole under there where all this was kept?" Alexis asked.
"No, why?" Madison answered confused.
"That's a lot of stuff!"
"You probably have the same amount of makeup"
"Makeup is different, this is all sports gear, CD's, and clothes! How could you keep clothes underneath your bed!"
"You took over my closet space"
"Oh yeah…"
"Yeah"
"Sorry"
"It's okay, you treasure your clothes more than I do"
"You know. Now that you're moving, I want you here"
"What made you change your mind?"
"Maybe us sharing a huge secret and maybe you finally having friends that like both of us. Oh yeah, you can't forget your boyfriend"
"How did you know that I have a boyfriend?"
"I didn't I was just guessing"
"Oh"
"So, who is it?"
"You tell me since you're so good at guessing"
"William?"
"Eww NO!"
"What's wrong with him?"
"He's a pervert"
"Okay, so then who's your boyfriend?"
"You already know"
"No I don't"
"Yes you do!"
"Okay, I'll be serious"
"Thank you"
"Madison and Odd sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Alexis sang.
"Alexis!"
"You know it's the truth, you can't deny it" Madison stuck her tongue out.
"You'd be dead right now if you weren't my sister"
"I know, that's why I'm glad you're my sister"
"Oh, I feel so special"
"You should"
"Why is that? Because I have to move all because of you?"
"No, you have your first boyfriend"
"That was so last conversation" Madison said trying to mimic Alexis.
"I do not sound like that"
"Um, yeah you do"
"I do not"
"You wouldn't know it if it hit you in the face"
"Whatever"
"You wouldn't" She got back to packing her processions into boxes and her suitcase.
"You aren't being fun so I'm going to go see the others"
"Okay, see if I care" she went over and pushed the play button on her CD player. Alexis left and went to Alex, Ulrich, and Odd's dorm. She walked in and saw Odd laying on his bed, smashing his face into his pillow. Yumi and Ulrich were sitting on Ulrich's bed and Yumi had her head on his shoulder. Alex was on his bed. Jeremie and Aelita were sitting on the floor.
"We'll this is really exciting" Alexis declared as she sat down next to Alex.
"Does anybody have any ideas so she won't have to move?" Yumi asked impatiently. Nobody responded.
"Then we might as well enjoy ourselves tonight" Alexis said. She wanted to hang out with Alex.
"She's right, we have nothing else to do here" Jeremie piped up.
"I'm going to go on a walk" Odd said while getting up. He got up and left. Jeremie stood up and helped Aelita up.
"We're just going to go to my room" Jeremie said, motioning to Aelita.
"Do you want to go to the park?" Alex asked Alexis. She nodded.
"Then I guess we can stay here" Ulrich told Yumi. The others left. A few moments later, Odd walked back in.
"I forgot something" He said as he opened up a drawer and stuffed something into his pocket. Then he left again. Yumi gave Ulrich a questioning glance. He just shrugged.
"What do you want to do?" Ulrich asked Yumi.
"I don't know, I kind of just want to lay here" She answered as she fell back onto his bed.
"Okay" Ulrich said as he laid down next to her. "What time do you have to be home by?"
"I don't" she said softly. He sat up and gave her a questioning look. "I told my parents that my friend was moving to Australia tomorrow morning and they said that I could sleepover"
"Oh…" he said as he laid back down.
"Yeah, I'm pretty happy about it, my parents talked to the principal about it too. At first they didn't believe me that she was moving to Australia. He said it was okay for me to spend the night here too"
"Four girls, one room, total chaos" She slugged him. "Oww"
"Come on, it wasn't that hard"
"I know" he smiled. She slugged him hard this time. "Okay, that one hurt" She just smiled. Ulrich rolled over from being on his side, to being on his back. Yumi moved over a little bit and put her head on his chest. He started playing with her jet-black hair and twirling it in his fingers. Before he knew it, Yumi was asleep. He didn't want to wake her so he just lay there enjoying the moment. And soon, he fell asleep too.
Aelita followed Jeremie to his room. He took out his key and opened up the door. They both entered and Aelita shut the door behind her.
"Aelita…" Jeremie said while looking down at his shoes.
"Yes Jeremie?" She asked politely.
"I…I..I think…..think I love you" he stammered.
"I love you too Jeremie" And with that, she kissed him on the lips. He kissed back.
When they departed, Jeremie asked, "Would you like to go out to eat?"
"I'd love to. Anything is better than cafeteria food"
"Yeah, where do you want to go?"
"Maybe Culvers?"
"Okay, let's go" they headed out of the room and Jeremie locked the door behind them.
"Where exactly are you taking me?" Alexis asked Alex as he led her by the hand to somewhere in the park.
"I found this place before I completely moved in, I didn't want to go to my room yet so I was just walking around in here looking for anything." He answered. "I thought it was cool but that's just me."
"If you think it's cool, I'm sure I will too"
"We're here" Alex said as he stopped by a beach. The sun was starting to set sending pinks and purples across the sky.
"Wow, it's beautiful" Alexis whispered as though she was scared it was going to run away.
"I thought you'd like it"
"Like it? I love it! I love you more though"
Alex looked at her. She looked back. Alexis scooted closer to Alex as he placed his arm around her waist. She placed her head on his shoulder.
Madison finally finished packing all of her things into boxes and suitcases. The last thing she was going to pack was her CD player. She was using one of Alexis' pillows and sleeping bag for the night so she wouldn't be rushing for the car in the morning. She laid down on her bed facing the ceiling. She looked up at the blank wall.
"It's so empty" she said to herself. Just then, a knock came to the door. "Come in" she said.
"Easier said than done" Odd's voice came through the door. Madison got up and opened the door to see Odd standing there with a box with a bug bow on it.
A/N- What's in the box? You can guess what's in the box and if you get it right, I'll dedicate the next chapter to you, sorry, no hints.