To Save a Life
HAHAHA! I have returned! And just when you thought you had gotten rid of me! Well… I'm not so easily figured, so there! Sequeal Time!! I have decided to post a all reader, this is a sequal to A Broken Spirit, and if you don't read it first, you won't get this story. But it is in progress, and I may not get to post very often, so don't come after me with pitch forks and torches. I'm working on it crazies!
000
Dr. Richard A. Patterson stared at the young couple in front of him. The sobbing girl was his patient; the gentle boy beside her was merely a friend. They were both just a part of his profession, just another part of his daily life. And yet ever time he laid eyes on them, he could help but feel warm inside.
The weeping girl, known as Yumi Ishiyama, had started coming to him barley a month ago. She suffered from post traumatic stress disorder, and was assigned to him immediately. He, after all, was the best psychologist in France. But the doctor's help had been long overdue, and he had entered the situation with less than optimistic views, to say the least. But that was before he met Ulrich Stern.
There were many ways one might have described Mr. Stern. The boy was very athletic, handsome as well, and may have filled his time with trivial things and meaningless relationships, but he chose not to. He was about, a year younger then Miss Ishiyama, and yet his passionate caring for her may have proved a match to that of young men twice his age. Ulrich was truly Yumi's closest, deepest, most caring friend; he was the one who convinced her to get help. She confided in him what she would not even tell her parents or Richard himself for that matter. He was her lifeline, and she, the reason for his existence. Together he had the utmost confidence that they would triumph over the disease that plagued the unfortunate girl.
That is, as long as they stayed together.
000
Ulrich got back to Kadic Academy late, as usual. He always came back late after Yumi's appointments, but he didn't care. Yumi had become much more like her old self, and was a bit more open. But even though seeing her success was fulfilling, there was another motive for his kindness. In the broken girl, he had found a strange and profound love. He needed her as much as she needed him. One without the other was like a man without his shadow; still there, but never fully complete. No matter how late I am…I will always make sure Yumi gets home safely, he resolved. And he was right in doing so; he could simply no longer picture a world in which he and Yumi were separated.
So with a joyful heart and a clear conscience, he made his way up to his dorm room to a well deserved night's sleep. This however, could not last. The moment he stepped foot in his room, his cell phone rang.
"Hello?" he asked with a yawn.
"Ulrich dear?" asked a familiar voice.
"MOM?!"
"Ulrich honey… it's me." Said the voice now identified as Mrs. Stern. "Sweetheart, we need to talk." Suddenly another voice took over the conversation. "Ulrich, it's your father," said the other harsh voice from over the phone line. Ulrich nearly dropped the phone with surprise; he hadn't spoken to his father in months. Which meant whatever they were talking about, couldn't be good.
"Ulrich, we have been informed that you have befriended a young girl at your new school." Ulrich paused, confused. "Yeah…I though you wanted me to make new friends." There was a sigh from the other side of the phone. "Yes, but not with lunatics!" yelled Mr. Stern. "HEY! Yumi is not a lunatic! She went through a traumatic experience, and has occasional flashbacks!" Ulrich fired back angrily. "Your time is too valuable to be wasted on an invalid wretch!" Mr. Stern shouted "You are a soccer star! You shouldn't be burdened with an idiotic fan girl who clings to you like a leech!" Ulrich was appalled "Yumi is NOT AN IDIOT!! She is a clever, wonderful, beautiful person! She does not just cling to me, I AM HER LIFELINE!!!! She is NOT some silly fan girl, I LOVE HER!!! SHE GIVES ME A REASON TO GET UP IN THE MORNING! THAT ALONE IS MUCH MORE THEN YOU GAVE ME!!!!" Ulrich spat furiously!
There was silence on the other end of the line. Then Mr. Stern spoke, his voice soft, and dangerously low. "Ulrich, this 'Yumi' person is dragging you down. You have a week to finish you school work and pack up, because we are coming for you on Friday. You WILL be transferred to another school, and will have no further contact with Miss Ishiyama. Is that understood?" "GO TO HELL!" Ulrich screamed, and slammed the cell phone shut.
000
Yumi slept peacefully in her room that night. She was still innocently unaware of all that was going on. But somewhere…somewhere deep inside her subconscious, a shadow-like man laughed.
A/N: MUUAAHAHAHAHAH! A CLIFF HANGER! I will update ASAP on one condition…I NEED REVIEWS…please? As always, Your loving little Moon Fox :D