"You went into the girls' room by yourself, Jedeite? No one pushed you in!"Nephrite said triumphantly, as Jedeite walked in, having finished his training session.
"What? I told you I-"
"You lied. I just heard the truth from the one person who is actually responsible for having done something so perfectly."
Jedeite almost fell.
"Rei! You talk to Rei?!"he said. Perhaps if she had talked to Nephlite, he might be able to get ahold of her as well.
Nephrite just laughed.
"You really did hit your head, didn't you? You can't even remember things clearly!"
"I remember everything very well!"
"Sure you do!"Nephrite said sarcastically.
Jedeite wanted to strangle him.
"I don't know who told you those lies, although you're just making them up yourself more than likely."he said, getting up. "I need some ice."
Nephrite just chuckled.
Really! Couldn't things get any worse for him, Jedeite thought as he applied some ice on his face. First, Rei had told Nephrite that he hadn't really been pushed in, he'd never hear the end of this. Second, Nephrite had actually spoken to Rei, while he hadn't heard from her. Was it possible that she had actually liked Nephrite better? Or maybe Nephrite had told her something about him that had completely make her abhor him. He searched his thoughts. There were a million things Nephrite could have said, or worse made up or dramatized. And Nephrite being Nephrite, of course, would have dramatized them as much as possible. What could he have said? That his feet smelled, that he was a sissy, that he was clumsy, that he had actually tried to take apart the old vcr because he wanted to figure out how it worked. Jedeite groaned.
"Well, I'll just have to talk to Rei, and tell her that nothing that Nephrite said is true. None of it! He's just trying to make me look bad!"he saw his reflection in the mirror, and saw his black eye. "Well, I already look bad!"
He ran out of the house before Nephrite could ask him where he was going, or Kunzite tried to stop him, because he had another training session that afternoon. He knew that Rei lived at a temple with her grandfather. He only had to ask for directions to that particular one. He arrived about a half hour later.
"Hello."he said cheerfully.
Rei did not look happy to see him.
"What are you doing here?"she demanded to know.
"Oh, well, I just came to talk to you."
"Really? I thought you were only my date for the dance. Nothing else. I have a lot to do, you know. I can't be wasting my time."
"I really won't take up a lot of your time, Rei."he said.
"You've taken up a good bit of it already."
"Only a few minutes. What did Nephrite tell you? Because none of it is true, you know. Most of it he made up. He just likes to tease people and give them, especially me and the other guys a hard time. So anything he said isn't true."
"I never spoke to Nephrite. You probably hit your head, and are thinking about someone else."
Jedeite gawped.
"What?"
He didn't have any head injuries, or at least, nothing had hit his head, he was sure of that.
"I've only thought about you!"
"You are losing your mind. I'd go to the doctor if I was you. And I have a lot to do, I can't be standing around listening to some wacko."
She shut the door in his face. Jedeite stared at the door. What had he done wrong? Maybe Nephrite had told her he was retarded as well. Well, he would just have to prove he wasn't retarded now. And disprove everything that Nephrite had said. But he'd have to figure out what he'd said first. Well, what if he just supposed Nephrite had said the worst things, and just did his best to impress Rei. She would see that Nephrite had lied, and she would stop loathing him so much. He was sure that would happen. Now I have to get home before Kunzite kills me! he thought. He was almost late, and it was bad enough having Nephrite laughing at him, without having Kunzite mad at him already.