Yumi Pov.

Ulrich Stern and I have been best friends since we were in grade school. We were practically inseparable. We helped each other when we had family problems or we needed a shoulder to cry on. We kept no secrets from each other because what's friendship without trust? I trusted him and he trusted me. Nothing could have stopped our friendship and nothing ever will...

That's what I always believed. It seemed so easy to believe it. But, as we got into high school, it became harder and harder to even hope for it. Ulrich and I grew apart. It made me want to cry that I lost my best friend because of high school. It was probably the most stupidest thing you could lose a best friend for. But, it happened.

When it was only the first 2 weeks of school, Ulrich and I did everything we could to stay close together. But, almost every jock in the school, literally, pulled him away from me. After that, we barely ever saw each other. I always waited for him but, he never showed up. It's was if he never existed in my life...

I always hope that Ulrich and I could become the friends we were before we even went to high school...

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(Still Yumi P.O.V.)

I walk to the bus stop and see my two new best friends, Aelita and Amber waving at me.

Aelita was wearing denim jeans with a light pink and white stripped shirt, a white aeropostale sweater over it and pink converse. Her natural wavy pink hair, flowing past her shoulders only added on to her beauty.

Amber was wearing a jean skirt going mid-thigh that showed off her athletic legs. Her top was light blue and had 'Hollister' written across the chest and her shoes were white. Her light brown hair flowed, with small curls at the ends.

I had on a black shirt and black skinny jeans with black and grey checkered vans. I also sported black nails and my hair was tied up in a small headband.

I smile and wave back, continuing to walk towards them. Once I reach them, they are babbling away about guys. Typical.

"Don't you think William is so hot?," Amber squealed like a 7 year old that's had too much sugar.

"Aren't you dating Theo, though?," Aelita asks, in her innocent voice.

"Yeah. So? "

"Never mind"

"Do you guys have anything else to talk about besides guys?"I ask, annoyed. Guys was a touchy topic for me.

"Yumi, you have to let that go already. Ulrich is an insensitive jerk for not even bothering to try to stay in touch with you."Aelita rests her hand on my shoulder.

"But he's a hot insensitive jerk,"Amber emphasizes.

Aelita and I glare at Amber for being so inconsiderate.

"Right. Right. Sorry!"Amber put her hands up in defence.

Just then, the city/school bus arrives, saving Amber from getting her butt kicked. Hard.

We hop onto the non-crowded bus, paying 2.25 dollars for all of us and stand in the middle of the bus, holding onto the poles for balance. This is one of the reasons I liked city buses. They don't make you sit down.

"Yumi, it's a new year. What happened between you and Ulrich was last year. Isn't it time to start out fresh?" Aelita nudged me as the bus made a turn, almost making me fall into some guy's lap.

"Sorry, Yumi." Aelita blushes.

Amber tries to hold back the urge to giggle but, can't. I glare at both of them.

I sigh and answer Aelita's question" I really want to start out fresh but, Ulrich and I have been best friends too long for me to just move on."

Aelita just nods and puts on a smile that was contagious. I smiled back. Aelita was always like that. She could make anyone smile, no matter how upset the person was.

We step off the bus and onto school grounds...where I lost my best friend. Unfortunately, Amber and Aelita saw me ready to cry.

"Yumi, don't cry. He isn't worth it."Amber rubs my back.

"Your right. He isn't"I wipe my eyes and fake a smile.

"Don't fake smiles, Yumi" Aelita shook her finger at me like I was a little girl and she was my mom.

"Fine"I sighed and walked towards the front of the office, where all the other students who didn't get their schedules during the summer, were receiving their schedules.

I got in line with Aelita and Amber right behind me. In about a minute, we were at the front of the line. We told the secretary our first and last names and our grade, and waited as she printed our schedules from the computer. She handed to them us and helped the next person.

Once we were outside of the office, we compared schedules.

We didn't have all our classes together, but I sort of suspected that. Thankfully I had classes with at least one of them in each class.

"You guys just had to be smart,"Amber complained, as we walked .

Aelita and I rolled our eyes.

"Stop whining. You just have one class without us," I pointed out.

We continued to talk about our schedules on our way to the benches that faced the entrance school. The guys were already there. Or should I say boyfriends. Once we made it to the benches, Aelita greets her boyfriend, Odd, with a usually kiss on the cheek, before he wrapped his arms around her. Amber greets Theo with a full make-out session.

When I look at Aelita and Amber, I always wonder why I'm one of their best friends. I mean, they're the most popular girls in school, dating the most popular jocks. In sophomore, of course. I'm not popular at all. I'm always the one to get picked on just because I wear black. People call me all kinds of crap and start rumors that I do witchcraft. Assholes!

I take a seat next to my friend, Jeremie, who is staring at Aelita. It was so easy to tell when Jeremie liked someone.

"Jeremie?"I wave my hand in front of him" I think you might want to blink, Einstien."

He blinks 3 times and turns his head to face me, letting a small smile crawl up to his lips . I smile back and look at his laptop, that was ready to fall off Jeremie's lap any second. Jeremie turns his attention away from me to grab his laptop just in time, and shuts it closed.

He looks back at me ,"Hey Yumi. What did you do over the summer?"

I stare at him in disbelief ,"You're kidding, right? You, Amber, and Aelita were pratically living at my house."

"That's true"He grins from ear to ear.

I look away for a moment and spot Ulrich hovering over a pretty, faced girl with clothes that made her look like a stupid hooker. Her back was against the wall as Ulrich pressed his hand against the wall and leaning into her. He whispered something to her that made her giggle all crazy. Then he stood up straight and started to walk in this direction!

I saw him look at me with his chocolate brown eyes...almost...like...he was sincere. I turned away from him and stared at my shoes.

"Hey, Theo. Done with your little toy?"I heard him say in a mischievious voice. I was wrong.

I glared at the ground as my fists tightened.

"Excuse me?"I heard Amber's voice darken.

"Don't worry. You'll have a turn with me later."Ulrich teased.

It made me angrier that Ulrich was saying things to Amber. Sure Amber dates a lot of guys, but pass that, there's a lot of good qualities that Amber has. But, it also made me sad that Ulrich was them.

"Ulrich, quit being a jerk!" Theo yelled.

"Well excuse me for offering something you never can, "Ulrich argued back.

"Oh? And whats that?"Theo clenched his teeth.

"Sex,"Ulrich stated.

I was ready to blow up. It's one thing to ignore me, but it's a whole other issue when you talk about that to my friends. I shot up and punched Ulrich right in the nose. He stumbled backwards, but regained balance. I took a deep breath,and I realized what I just did. I looked up to Ulrich. I did something I never thought I would have to do to Ulrich. I hit him.

I stepped backwards then turned around and ran to the forest. My safe place to cry.

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