Haha, you guys are going to hate me for saying this, but I actually had this chapter all typed up and ready about 3 weeks ago. I just sort of got busy and didn't post it up... sorry about that.

But I went to New York last week! It was super fun.

Lol I won't torture you and tell you about it... so just go read the new chapter! And write me a review if you wanna make me happy [:

Chapter 13

Aelita's POV

It only took a few minutes for Jeremie to fill me in on what was happening. He explained that he wrote a note to me about wanting to become friends again, and saying he was stupid for everything he had done to try and be cool, and put it in William's backpack by accident. He told me that William can't read that note, but I don't exactly understand why….

As we spied on William flirting with some girls outside during lunch, I decided to ask him.

"Hey Jeremie?" I said, moving aside a few branches of the bush we were hiding behind so I could see Jeremie's face clearer.

"Yeah?" he responded, surveying the area for someplace we could take the note back without being seen.

"Why can't we just ask William for the note back? What's so important about it anyway?"

Blood rose to Jeremie's cheeks, and he shifted uncomfortably in his spot. "Uhh… well… the note sort of said something about…" but before he could finish, one of the girls William was attempting to flirt with slapped him, and began walking in our direction. We ducked lower behind the bushes, trying to be silent.

"I didn't mean it like that!" William shouted desperately after the girl that left. The other girl he had been flirting with swore loudly at him, punched him, and walked away muttering something about William being a man whore.

While I looked at William from behind the bush, I noticed people around him giving him weird looks, and noticed how big of a loser he looked leaning up against the wall all alone like that. It made me get an idea.

"Stay here, Jeremie," I whispered, standing up from behind the bush.

"Aelita!" Jeremie whispered loudly after me as I began casually walking towards William. I ignored him, quickening my pace to feel the wind blow back my hair.

Yumi had been telling me that William, as nice and funny as he is, was extremely desperate for a date. The great thing about William, Yumi says, is that he's a complete pushover, and you could pretty much get him to do anything for you if you just flirt with him a bit.

William's eyes locked with mine, and I tossed my hair a bit, walking sexily towards him, feeling as un-Aeilta-like as humanly possible.

I stood next to William against the wall, leaning in overly close to him to speak.

"Hey William, I-" but my words were cut short by the school bell going off. I groaned and walked off to go to my class, leaving a shocked William pinned to the wall. I guess I'll just have to talk to him after class….

Odd's POV

I watched, feeling extremely confused, as Ulrich ran off to go to class just as the bell rang, going down the wrong hallway to get to his next class. What was up with that idiot? I followed behind him from a distance, realizing after a little while he was just taking what seemed to be the longest route known to mankind to get to geometry class. Seriously, what is wrong with that kid?

He had been taking weird hallways and sometimes running outside to get to his classes all day, like he was avoiding someone. But who?

Suddenly, someone grabbed the back of my collar, pulling me sharply into a small enclosed space and shutting the door behind me. I quickly realized that I was stuck in a closet with Sissi.

I gasped, finally coming to a conclusion. "SISSI! You're the person Ulrich's been avoiding!" I could see Ulrich taking long routes around school to avoid getting locked in a closet with Sissi. But wait a minute… why had Sissi grabbed me and not Ulrich?

"Sissi," I explained, "you must have the wrong person. I'm Odd, the most charming, most handsome, most brilliant-"

"Odd, what the heck are you talking about!?" Sissi asked, sounding annoyed.

"Well, I know Ulrich's been trying to avoid someone, and since you're trying to lock him in closets with you…."

"I am not trying to lock Ulrich in closets with me!"

"Then why did you try to pull him in a closet?" I asked, feeling like a detective for some reason. I imagined myself wearing a long brown button up coat, wearing a pair of expensive black sunglasses, and having a huge mustache. Hmm… a mustache….

"I would make a good detective…" I said, a little more to myself than Sissi, but because we had a little less than an 8 inch proximity between us Sissi heard me.

"What?!" She sighed, sounding even more annoyed. "Odd, I pulled you in here because I need to talk to you." Wow, I didn't see that one coming….

"Sorry Sissi, but you're definitely not my type," I told her, trying to sound a little sincere. I began pulling the handle of the closet door open but Sissi swatted my hand away. "Odd, you're so stupid! I pulled you in here to talk about Ulrich."

Oh.

"Odd, Ulrich has been acting all weird lately, and I want to find out why! And I know you want to figure out why, because with that information you can blackmail Ulrich," Sissi explained. Hmm… blackmailing Ulrich to let me copy all of his homework for the next century would be nice….

"But Sissi," I asked, "why do you want to know what's wrong with Ulrich?"

"Because," Sissi said, her voice laced with venom, "if it's a girl, I want to be the one to kill her for hurting him." She sighed, and continued in a dreamy tone, "That way, when Ulrich sees what an amazing thing I've done, he'll fall madly in love with me."

The first words that come to my mouth were "Has your shrink died or something? Are you not getting therapy anymore?" but I held the words back, knowing that with Sissi's help, I could figure out what was going on.

Jeremie's POV

My fists clenched as Aelita strolled over to talk to William once more. She had explained to me just after talking with William last time that this was the easiest way to get the note back, but seeing her flirt with William made me feel like exploding. I guess I'm a bit overprotective that way.

She leaned close to him like she did last time, whispering something in his ear. He nodded eagerly and ran off as fast as lightning. Aelita waved me over as she began looking through his backpack.

"Is this the note?" she asked, holding up a folded piece of white paper. I took it from her, unfolding it, and quickly recognized my handwriting. I nodded.

"Aelita, was it really necessary for you to be so… close to him?" I asked, restraining my voice so I didn't lash out at her. She giggled.

"Why? Were you jealous?" Gosh, Aelita catches on fast.

"Uhhhh… no. What would make you think that?" I attempted to say casually, making her laugh.

"Uh oh, he's coming back... try not to look too guilty," Aelita teased. I glared angrily at William as he arrived.

William handed a coffee to Aelita, which is what I think Aelita asked him to go get for her so he would leave. "Hey, Jeremie," he said, giving me a quick glance before looking back at Aelita.

"So Aelita, would you care to go for a walk?" he asked, offering her his arm.

"Well actually, I-" Aelita began, but I cut in, "Aelita already has plans with me." I put my arm protectively around her waist, glaring as William gave me a cold look.

"See you then Aelita," William said, trying to sound cheerful and he walked away. Aelita hit me in the arm as soon as he was out of hearing distance.

"Ow!" I pulled my arm from her waist.

"Jeremie, do you really need to be so protective over me?" she said with a sigh. "Yep," I answered stubbornly.

She sighed again, but walked with me back to the dorms.

Odd's POV

"Are you sure he keeps it under here?" Sissi asked once again, as she searched under Ulrich's bed. I continued digging through his dresser answering, "Yeah, I'm pretty sure he does."

Sissi and I were searching Ulrich and my dorm for Ulrich's diary- the only place he would possibly reveal his problems to.

"I didn't even know Ulrich kept a diary," Sissi said chattily, as she pulled another pile of dirty socks and chunks of partly eaten food from underneath his bed. She really had me confused out of my mind at the moment. Since when can Sissi search through disgusting things like socks and moldy food without squealing "Ew" or making grossed out faces?

"Daddy always says diaries are impractical, and people should be keeping simple schedules for whatever activities they're doing that day and at what time, so they aren't late for stuff. But I keep I diary anyway, mostly to annoy him," Sissi blabbered on.

"Hey Odd, do you think-" Sissi began but I cut her off when I heard footsteps coming toward our room. "Hide!" I said in a somewhat hushed voice, shoving her into a closet against her will. I didn't want to be caught looking through Ulrich's things either, so despite Sissi's "Hmph" of protest, I climbed into the cramped space after her.

As we sat in the dark closet, trying to quiet our heavy breathing and trying not to make noise, even though it was almost impossible to sit so close to each other, I began thinking about how weird this was. Twice in one day, I was stuck in a closet with Sissi. Crazy, huh?

Just as I was thinking that over, a burst of light and the noisy opening of the closet door brought me back to my senses. "Nice hiding place Odd," Ulrich commented, but just as he was about to continue, he noticed Sissi come tumbling out of the closet with me.

"Uh… hi," Sissi said awkwardly. Ulrich gave me a weird look, then resumed his usual position on his bed for laying and sulking. Sissi said a hurried goodbye and left, looking flustered.

I sat on my bed, looking over at Ulrich as if I could somehow scan and figure out what was bugging him. "So, you're with Sissi?" Ulrich asked, a bit more of a statement than a question.

I fell off my bed, landing on the messy heap of nasty stuff from Ulrich's bed spread out on the floor. "WHAT?!"

"Look, you don't have to pretend like you're not with Sissi or anything, I'm not going to tell anyone," Ulrich said, sounding a bit un-interested in the matter. "But are you really that desperate Odd?"

I was about to yell at him, when something seemed to have struck his mind and he left the room, head down and looking pathetic. Sheesh… someone's a bit moody. PMS maybe?

Hehe, I've decided I love Odd.

Sorry if this chapter wasn't the greatest... it was sort of like a filler-chapter. Next chapter, they're going to the ZOO! I promise you it will be good [:

Just curious... but which do you like better? William, or his clone? lol the clone is so amazing. C:

--bRoK3n h3aRt--