"Well our sessions start today" Odd sighed.
Sam nodded her head still slightly asleep.
"We'll be ok, wont we?" Odd squeaked.
"Of course we will, darling. We just need this" Said replied comfortingly.
"When does Odd start having his private help lessons?" Aelita asked her husband.
"Tomorrow, I believe, while their marriage counselling starts today"
"I hope they'll be ok" Aelita uttered.
"I'm sure they will" Jeremie remarked.
"Mom and dad, I'm ready to be taken to school now!" Ansel wailed from the hall.
They both laughed but made their way to the car, to take Ansel to school and to go to work themselves.
"I've got a banging headache" Yumi complained taking some aspirin.
"Don't go to work then today, have a relaxing day in" Ulrich suggested.
"You know I think I will, thanks babe" "Kaiser doesn't have to be taken to the carers either now" Yumi said kissing her husband as he went through the door to the car; Krystal following him to be taken to school.
"Bye Mommy, I love you, hope you feel better" Krystal bellowed from the car window.
Yumi smiled and waved them off.
Ulrich walked to into his work building gave the administrator the reasoning why Yumi wouldn't in today and sat himself down in his office.
His boss came into the room an hour after Ulrich had settled don to work.
"Hi Ulrich"
"Hi Mr Stanley" Ulrich said looking up into the face of his elderly boss.
"I'm just wondering if we can have a little chat." Mr Stanley informed.
"Uh yeah sure" Ulrich replied while quickly signing the piece of paper he had in front of him.
"I know that you're an excellent psychologist but I also know that you're a good friend and always there for people when they need to talk"
"Ok" Ulrich said unsure of where this was going.
"Well I have had an unfortunate loss during the weekend of my wife; she died suddenly during the night and of course I don't know what to do with myself now" Mr Stanley announced sadly.
"Oh I'm so sorry Mr Stanley" Ulrich said his voice showing sadness at his boss's loss.
And then for the next hour Mr Stanley spoke to Ulrich about his wife; about the memories that he had of her; about their strong relationship; and about how grieved he was now that she was gone. They even shared laughs at the memories he had collected but when Mr Stanley looked up at the clock; he realized the time.
"Oh I must be off, stupid arranging for the funeral, you'd think they'd give you some time to grieve wouldn't you?"
Ulrich nodded.
"Thanks for your help Ulrich" he sighed.
And just before he left through the door he had just one more thing to say.
"Although I shouldn't have been too surprised, she was a year older than me. I should have known that she would go first" And then he left.
Ulrich was thoroughly shocked at his words. Yumi was a year older than him, did that mean that she was going to die first and leave him?
All day he thought about this and when he collected Krystal from school, he was silent as Krystal told him about her day.
When he got home he still didn't say a word and Yumi was beginning to get worried.
"Honey, are you alright?" She asked cuddling up to him.
He half nodded his head and went to bed, not wanting to be around people as he thought this through.
"Twinkle, will you please get to bed?" Sam pleaded.
Twinkle reluctantly went upstairs to bed and watched her mom put Serenity to bed.
"Goodnight sweetie"
"So how did you think that went then?" Odd asked her about their first marriage lesson.
"It was ok, a bit awkward though" Sam mentioned.
Odd nodded his agreement.
"So are we going to apply to have another child?" Aelita asked Jeremie as Ansel went to bed.
"Yeah we want to don't we?" Jeremie smiled while Aelita nodded.