"She should be fine. I gave her a bit of Naloxone. She's lucky I showed up when I did. Any later and her breathing would have stopped completely," Nurse Yolanda explained to Yumi and Ulrich calmly. Yumi had come back to the infirmary with him after their little talk. They weren't allowed in and barely now, an hour later, was Nurse Yolanda able to explain what happened.
"What's Naloxone?" Yumi asked, visibly worried for her friend.
"It's a drug that will counteract the morphine overdose-"
"She overdosed on morphine?" Ulrich choked.
"Do you think it was intentional?" Yumi asked. "Maybe she was in pain."
"Actually, it looked like it happened pretty fast. Many of the pill bottles were knocked on the floor, all closed. It seems she chose at random."
"One last question Nurse Yolanda, did you see Odd leave before this happened?"
"No, I must have still been talking with Mr. Delmas in his office. He wants to know what happened that night too."
Ulrich and Yumi exchanged looks. Nothing made sense. They thanked the nurse and made their way to Ulrich's room. Silence had settled over them. They were so absorbed with their own thoughts they hadn't noticed all the strange looks the other students were giving them.
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Sissi, meanwhile, was on the way to her father's office. The hallway was empty, classes had been canceled for the last two days. The Aelita incident had surely made its way around by now. All the students still couldn't find out what had happened. The only ones who knew were Aelita and Jeremie. Neither was speaking but Sissi knew Jeremie wasn't worried. He tried to make himself look like the victim actually, after Ulrich had beat him up. Sissi felt disgusted. How could he pretend nothing happened? Sissi turned the corner only to run into Alora. Her ex-best friend. Sissi knew what Alora did. No one knew what had happened that night but everyone knew Alora was also there that night and there was something she wasn't telling. Sissi dropped her bag and Alora dropped her books.
"Sorry, I wasn't looking-" she cut herself off. Sissi picked up her bag.
"When do you? Watch where you're going that is. Just can't stop running over people, can ya?" Sissi smiled bitterly. Alora stepped back.
"Ouch. Suddenly become the heroine Sissi? You don't even like that pink haired freak anyway." Alora twirled a red curl around her finger, feigning innocence.
"So, you really don't know or are you just an idiot? Aelita is in the infirmary and she is my friend. It is also your fault she's hurt. Everyone knows you were Jeremie's date for the dance." Alora's mouth fell open.
"How did you know that?" Sissi smiled a wicked smile.
"Honey, nothing gets around me. Don't you remember? Anything happens, I'm first to know. So now tell me what happened that night or you will regret it altogether." Alora looked down at her boots. When she looked back up, tears threatened to spill over.
"You don't think I regret it already. I'm sorry, okay? I didn't know anything bad was going to happen to her. I never meant to hurt her. Jeremie said he had broken up with her two days before the dance. I thought she was just mad he was with me now. But that night," her lip trembled," he took her into their room. I heard them yelling for a minute and then nothing. I thought maybe he had calmed her down and he was explaining to her so I left. Then the teachers were running and I panicked." The tears were falling fast now. "They asked me what happened and I tolls them nothing! Nothing! I heard what happened and I said nothing!" She screamed out. Sissi stood silently.
"Well now is the time to do something about it. Crying and feeling bad for yourself won't fix anything."
"But, I practically did this to her! I didn't want to hurt her Sissi you have to believe me!" Sissi tried to sort everything out in her head.
"Come with me. You have to tell my dad what you heard. It's the only way you can help her." Alora nodded. Sissi grabbed her hand and pulled her along. The principal's door came into view. She let go of Alora's hand.
"Don't hold back." They stepped in. Mr. Delmas looked up from his work.
He acknowledged them before inviting them in. Sissi explained briefly her talk with Ulrich and Yumi.
"Ulrich really did have a good reason father. I've even got proof that their accusation isn't just a guess." She stepped back and looked at Alora.
"So, you and Mr. Stern have reason to believe Jeremie Belpois, my top student need I remind you, has caused all this?" He removed his glasses and rubbed his temples.
"Mr. Delmas, sir, it's true. I... I witnessed some of what happened that night." Mr. Delmas looked up questioningly. Alora took a breath and started to explain.
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Odd grabbed his skateboard and jumped on. He had made his way to the factory and he didn't know how. His legs had just carried him there. Their group had been going there for three years now. Two of those years Aelita spent with Jeremie. He pushed the thought back. No matter how hard he tried his thoughts always came back to her. Odd stopped at the ladder, put his skateboard to the side, and climbed up. He ran the rest of the way without a thought. Before jumping on the rope, he tugged on it to make sure it was strong enough to hold him after all this time. Once he reached the elevator he stopped. Why would he come all the way here? He closed his eyes. A vision flashed behind them. Strange. That only happened on Lyoko. Images of what had happened to Aelita earlier that day flashed behind his eyelids. He clutched his head.
"I've gotta'-" The elevator opened its doors to him suddenly. Odd looked up. Jeremie stepped out.
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Disclaimer: Moon+Scoop= Not mine.
A/N: I noticed my page breaks weren't coming out so I had to make some. Ohh, man. Odd and Jeremie confrontation. I hate cliff hangers. Did you get the title of chapter 5? It beats for only you. Her heart beats for Odd. What happened when he left? Yeah, symbols gotta love 'em. Rkofan, when you say you didn't like chapter 5 do you mean what happened in the chapter? Odd Della Robbia Purple, I know! I felt bad writing it cuz I like Odd too. But don't worry, it'll get better I promise. The next chapters are gonna be bumpy though. Will you guys stick around for the ride?
Reviews are welcome from all.
