Update Time!

Ok, someone asked me to make a story with Herve & Sissi, and I was hoping to add it to this story, but I just couldn't make it fit right. So instead I'll continue on with this story, and make the other one separately. So, sit back, read, and don't forget to review!

The Argument: First Fight

knock knock

Yumi knocked on Aelita's door.
"Hey Aelita, are you ready for tonight?" she asked.
She waited for a few minutes then knocked again. "Aelita, are you there?"
She pressed her ear against the door and heard a faint sobbing.
"Aelita?" she asked. When Aelita didn't answer she tried the handle and found it unlocked. She pushed open the door and walked in. She saw Aelita lying face down on her bed, her body shaking slightly.
"Aelita, are you OK?" she asked the girl. Aelita lifted her head, sniffed and looked at Yumi with red eyes. She shook her head, fresh tears already coursing down her cheeks.
"Oh Yumi!" she sobbed. She rushed up to the other girl and hugged her tightly.
"Sssh, hey it's OK" Yumi said softly, hugging her back. Aelita cried for a few more minutes before settled down. "Yumi, I need your help. Can I stay over at your place tonight?"
"It's kind of short notice..." Yumi started to say.
"But" she said, seeing Aelita close to tears again, "I don't think my parents would mind."
"Thank you" Aelita said. She grabbed a bag, stuffed in some clothes, swung the bag over her shoulder. "I'm ready" she said.
"One thing though" Yumi said, offering her a tissue.

"Oh yeah" Aelita said, taking it. She blew her nose and wiped off some of the tear stains.
"Thanks Yumi" she smiled. "Hey, that's what friends are for" Yumi replied.
They walked out of the room and started heading for the stairs.
"And just what's going on here?" a voice asked.
They turned around and came face to face with Sissi.
"Get lost Sissi, we don't have time for you" Yumi said.
"Aw, what's the matter?" Sissi said. She looked at Aelita and smirked.
"Why the tears? Did Jeremie finally get tired of you and dump?"
Smack! Aelita slapped Sissi.
Yumi looked on, stunned at Aelita's actions. Sissi was just as shocked, rubbing the red mark on her cheek.
"You nasty, vile, self-centered little - !" Aelita said angrily.
"Don't you ever care about anyone else but you? Are you so narrow minded that nothing but your own happiness matters? You make me sick!" She snarled.
"Eh...Come on Aelita, let's go" Yumi said, steering her friend towards the door.
Sissi just stood there, still rubbing the mark on her face.

"Feeling better Aelita?" Yumi asked, walking into the room with two cups of tea.
"Lots. I really needed that" Aelita said, sitting on Yumi's bed with a towel wrapped around her wet hair
, dressed in a thick bathrobe and fluffy slippers and still steaming slightly from the shower she'd taken. She took one of the cups of tea and took a long sip.
"So, ready to talk about it?" Yumi asked.
A sad looked filled Aelita's face. She stared down into her cup, took a deep breath and started.

/ FLASHBACK /

Jeremie was sitting in front of his computer, staring at the rows of numbers run across it. A red cross pops up. "No that can't be right" he mutters, typing something in.
Knock Knock "Hey Jeremie" Aelita said, walking in. "Are you busy?"
"A bit Aelita. What's up?"
"I've heard about a DJ contest that's happening tonight. It's at a club in the city.
I was wondering if you and I could go down there tonight..."
"Sorry, not tonight. I think I'm close to a solution on the anti-virus. And then I've got to work some more on Franz Hoppers notes. I'm going to be very busy tonight."

"That's OK. I'll guess just go on my own then."
"I don't think so. It's still too dangerous with XANA hanging around."
"Fine" Aelita said, starting to get slightly angry. "I'll go with someone else then. Maybe Odd won't mind going with me tonight"
"I said no. It's just too dangerous. We can go another night, OK?"
"Fine then. We'll just stay here, sitting all alone and do nothing."
"Nothing?" Jeremy asked angrily. "You call trying to destroy XANA and saving the world nothing? Is trying to find a cure for the anti-virus nothing?"
"No. But your become obsessed with it Jeremy. You need to relax, get away from it for a bit."

"Oh, and do something life changing like DJ-ing?" he said, sarcastically.
"Go then" he said. "Go to your show with Odd. I'm sure you two will be happy"
"What's that suppose to mean?" Aelita asked.
"Nothing" Jeremy said.

"Je-" Aelita started to say. Jeremy turned his back to her and said "Just go. I've got stuff to do".

She looked at him, tears forming at the corner of her eyes. She opened the door, and ran for her room.

/ END OF FLASHBACK /

Aelita sniffed, wiping her nose with a tissue. She pulled out another one from a box and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Don't cry Aelita" Yumi said, putting her arm around Aelita."It wasn't your fault. Jeremie has been a little high strung lately. He's just very protective of you"
"A bit overprotective" Aelita said. "I sometimes wonder if he still cares about me. Or is it more the challenge of something he doesn't have that he likes. Would it have been better if I hadn't gotten out of Lyoko?"
"Shh. No, don't think like that. Give Jeremie some time to cool down. Then you and me will go have a little talk with him."
Ding Dong "Who could that be?" Yumi asked. She stood up, and headed downstairs. She opened the door.
"Sissi?" she asked, surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"Hi Yumi" Sissi said nervously. "Can, can I come in and speak to Aelita?"
"Uh, sure. Come in" Yumi said, opening the door for her.
Sissi thanked her and walked in.