Chapter Three: Keeping It A Secret
The annoying buzzing sound of the alarm woke the two teenagers up from a dreamless sleep.
"I don't want to get up." Yumi mumbled, trying to fall back asleep. The bruises on her face were sore and the hickeys stung. She hoped that Aelita wouldn't try to wake her up, but she didn't show signs of it. Yumi closed her eyes and started to drift off.
Aelita yawned and turned in her sleep. She slammed her hand on the alarm, shutting it off. Both girls smiled to themselves at the silence. They almost fell asleep when they heard a knocking on their door.
"Girls, it's time to get up for breakfast. What's taking you so long? Your not over sleeping again, are you? I'm coming in." Jim said, while still knocking.
'Oh no, I can't let Jim find out the secret! We have to find a way to keep him out!' Yumi thought.
Luckily, Aelita had thought of a way.
"NO! Don't come in you, Jimbo! We are awake and getting dressed, don't come in you pervert," Aelita yelled.
When Jim heard Aelita yell, he started to walk off grumbling.
'Jimbo, only my friends call me that.' Jim wondered.
15 minutes later, after they were dressed and had their makeup on. The two girls then went to the cafeteria and sat next to their friends.
"So, what went on last night?" Odd wondered aloud.
"Nothing happened, Odd." Yumi and Aelita both said in unison. Odd didn't buy it at all.
While they were talking to Odd, William walked into the cafeteria and started walking toward the group's table.
'Oh great, why does William have to be here? Why can't he be absent for once? I need to get out of here and fast.' Yumi thought.
William got closer to the table but started walking past. Yumi sighed in relief, but knew it wasn't the end.
"You know you still have to give me an explanation." Ulrich informed as William walked by. William gave Yumi a knowing look and she gulped.
"I'll tell you later, Ulrich." Yumi uttered.
"Later, why later?" Ulrich questioned.
"I'll tell you later, because right now I need to talk to Aelita." Yumi said while grabbing Aelita's hand and running out the cafeteria towards the vending machines.
"Is anyone following us?" Yumi asked.
Aelita looked around. "Uh oh, William 2 o'clock!" Aelita said pointing in William's direction.
"Wait, I thought it was 9 o'clock." Yumi stated.
"No, Yumi, 2 o'clock as in the position!" Aelita cried out.
"Oh, okay. so... what? What do I do?" Yumi panicking.
"Don't panic, Yumi. I have one word to say to you- HIDE!" Aelita yelled.
"Wait, where do I hide?" Yumi asked, looking around very frantically.
"Get behind the vending machine and fast!" Aelita said, pushing Yumi towards a vending machine.
"I can't fit, Aelita." Yumi said, pushing herself away from behind the vending machine.
"Then make it fit!" Aelita said, pushing her against the crack.
Yumi saw a spider she panicked and ran off. She knew she needed to hide from William, but suddenly she bumped into someone.
"Ow, watch where you're going. Oh, it's you, Yumi. What's the rush?" Sissi scolded.
"Uh, I'm in a hurry! be-because... I'm playing tag with Aelita." Yumi fibbed while Aelita was walking up to them.
"You can't catch me, Aelita!" Yumi yelled out as she ran into the woods by the school.
"What?" Aelita confusedly called after her. Aelita couldn't catch up to Yumi, but ran as fast as she could to catch up.
Yumi kept running but then bumped into Odd who was walking Kiwi. Odd motioned for her to sit down next to him. "I have a few questions for you." She gulped at what she knew was coming next. They sat down underneath an old oak tree.
" I was wondering, what was up with yesterday, what did William mean by that had a date, and are you and William going out?" Odd asked in a rush.
"Um, it's an inside joke, Odd you wouldn't understand." Yumi answered coming up with it on the spot.
"What's with the new outfit style, and what's with all the make up?" Odd asked accusingly.
"I just wanted to change my appearance, black was getting all dull and... boring." Yumi answered, trying to convince herself as well. She tightened the scarf around her neck to be safe.
"Are you hiding something from us?" Odd asked said looking Yumi straight in the eye with a serious look.
"No, why would I hide something from my friends? I would never hide something from you guys." Yumi answered.
"Why are you and Aelita acting so weird lately?" Odd questioned.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just some girl bonding time." Yumi smiled.
"Are you turning preppy on us? You're not turning into another Sissi, are you?" Odd got real close to her with an intense look that said 'don't lie to me.'
Yumi gulped. "Of course not! Is it a crime that a girl likes makeup? Is it, Odd?" Yumi shot at him.
Odd smirked and nodded. "One more question, why are you avoiding all my questions?" Odd asked.
"What are you talking about? I'm not avoiding your questions! I'm giving you direct answers." Yumi yelled.
Odd and Yumi heard a noise behind them and Yumi Panicked,again, and ran off really quickly. As she ran she bumped into Ulrich.
"Hey Yumi, I need my explanation soon." Ulrich informed her.
"Why are all boys so damn impatient!" Yumi exclaimed, as she continued running away from whatever had disturbed her in the woods.
Suddenly Aelita popped out of the bushes. "Why are you running away from me, Yumi?" Aelita said, storming past Ulrich and running with Yumi again.
"I told you, we're playing tag!" Yumi yelled as she ran faster.
"Huh, tag? We're to old to be playing tag," Ulrich muttered to himself. He shrugged his shoulders and turned away.
'Oh man, we keep bumping into people I don't want to see. Maybe Jeremy won't ask any questions.' Yumi thought while running towards the direction of Jeremy's room.
"Yumi, why are we going into Jeremy's room?" Aelita asked, as she realized the direction of which they were running.
"We're going to hide in his room. Maybe he won't ask any questions." Yumi said, walking into Jeremy's room.
Aelita closed the door after entering and slid down it with a sigh thinking they were out of danger. She looked up and was about to say hi to Jeremy when he cut her off.
"Hey, I want to ask you some questions." Jeremy said, from his chair, looking at Yumi and Aelita.
'Oh crap.' Both Yumi and Aelita thought.