Chapter 1
Ulrick (yes i know i spelled his name wrong) doesn't care about school. he hates it (don;t we all) and he hate everything in the world. that is, until he meets a new girl at school, Aelita. Aelita and Ulrich become friends and Ulrick's aditude changes for the better. Later Ulrick finds out some interesting things about Aelita that sends his life spiraling out of control. No yaoi, slash, yuri, or hentai. Sorry IchigoNekoKun, maybe some other story. I will try to update by Halloween. Enjoy! Review! Flames will be read, but ignored.
Chapter 1
"Ulrick. Ulrick. Ulrick!!" Ulrick's mother called from the downstairs kitchen. "Are you up yet?" After Mrs. Stern asked that, you could hear a slight groan from Ulrick's bedroom upstairs.
"Does that answer your question, mom?" Yumi, Ulrick's older sister, asked sarcastically. Mrs. Stern shot Yumi an irritated look causing Yumi to go back to her breakfast in front of her.
"He's going to be late to school again," Ulrick's mother moaned.
"Is there ever a day when he isn't late to school?" Yumi joked again. In return to this joke, Yumi got another look from her mother. Only this was a look that could kill.
"Speaking of school," Mrs. Stern said trying to change the subject, "doesn't school start it a little bit. I know you don't want to be late."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Yumi said while rolling her eyes. Yumi looked at her watch. It read 7:25; school started at 7:40. Living a mere five minute walk away from the school had its perks, and this was a big one.
Yumi got up from her seat at the kitchen table and walked over to her mother and gave her a goodbye kiss on the cheek. Yumi then did the same to her father and walked out the back door to school.
"We need to find some way to wake Ulrick up on time for school. It has become a really bad habit, David." Mrs. Stern said, concerned for their son.
"Yeah, if he keeps this up then Ulrick might get suspended or maybe even worse," David sighed, "What do you think it is that is causing not only the sleeping problem, but is also getting poor grades in school too? I have no idea what may be causing it, Joan."
"I don't know either David. Do you think it might just be a phase he is going through?" Joan wondered.
"A phase?"
"Yeah, he is fourteen after all. You remember what it was like when you were his age."
"You're right. It may just be a phase. Let's hope it's just a phase."
Joan looked up at the clock, 7:33. At that same moment, Ulrick came running down the stairs to the kitchen. He ran past his parents and headed straight to the back door.
"Hi mom, bye mom," Ulrick said before running out the back door.
"Did you see that, David!" Mrs. Stern exclaimed.
"See what?"
"Well, for starters, he was wearing the clothes he wore yesterday when he was hiking. He also just zoomed in through here, not even stopping to get anything to eat. He'll be hungry all day until lunch."
"Like you just said, honey, he is fourteen."
"Come on David, this is very serious. Ulrick has done this every school day since school began in September three months ago. If he does keep this up, he will be suspended or expelled."
"I know, but what can we do?"
"I don't know. I just hope that he gets his act together before it is too late."
"I hope he gets his act together too, but unless a miracle happens, nothing will change, and he will stay the same."
"Oh, God please help my son to get his act together
before it is too late." Mrs. Stern pleaded.
"Amen," Mr. Stern chuckled.
Ulrick raced towards school. He knew that if he was late one more time, he would get a detention. That was the last thing that he wanted; that, and for his parents to get mad at him.
Ulrick looked at his watch: 7:38. Ulrick turned the street corner to find Jacksonville Middle School. He liked to call it the "Torture Chamber."
School really wasn't Ulrick's thing. He always found it tough, but then again, he never tried.
Ulrick raced down the pathway towards school. He ran straight through the front doors and straight to his locker. He had preset it the day before so he would only need to put in the last number to open it.
Ulrick opened his locker, reached in, and grabbed his binder and his books for class.
He slammed his locker shut and ran towards homeroom. Ulrick looked at his watch: 7:39. He only had one minute left.
He turned into the hallway where his homeroom was. He could see it: room number 201. Ulrick ran down the hall and turned into his room. As he did this, the homeroom bell rang.
"Cutting it a little close, aren't we Mr. Stern?" Mr. Belpois, Ulrick's homeroom teacher, asked.
"Sorry Mr. Belpois," Ulrick said.
"It's okay Ulrick. Take your seat and get ready for class," Mr. Belpois commanded.
"Yes, Mr. Belpois," Ulrick said. Ulrick walked around the room to his desk.
Mr. Belpois had his deskd set up in a "U" so he could see what all his students were dong. The tips of the "U" were at the front of the classroom.
Ulrick took his place at the front right point of the "U" next to his best friend, Jeremy Dunbar.
"Hey Jeremy," Ulrick greeted.
"Hey Ulrick, did you do last night's homework?" Jeremy asked Ulrick.
"There was homework?"
"You know, the English worksheet that Mr. Belpois assigned to us last night," Jeremy reminded Ulrick of the previous night's homework.
"Crap!" Ulrick exclaimed.
"I kind of figured you would forget to do. Quick, copy my answers," Jeremy and Ulrick both took out the past night's homework.
Ulrick then began to copy Jeremy's answers. "Thanks a lot Jeremy," Ulrick thanked.
"No problem," Jeremy replied.
"Okay class, pass in your homework from last night," Mr. Belpois said, "and take out a pencil too."
Ulrick leaned down to get a pencil from the pencil pouch. Opening his binder, he found that there was nothing in his pencil pouch: not one pencil.
"Uh, Jeremy," Ulrick stuttered.
"Here," Jeremy said as he sat an extra pencil on Ulrick's desk before he even had to ask, "You are so predictable."
"Gee, thanks," Ulrick sighed. Ulrick picked up his pencil and got ready for the rest of Mr. Belpois's instructions.
"Okay class, we are going to be learning about sentence fragments, colons, and semi-colons for the next week or two,"
Mr. Belpois stated, "Now does anyone know anything about sentence fragments, colons, or semi-colons?"
Mr. Belpois turned around to face the chalk board and made a chart: Three columns, one for sentence fragments, one for colons, and one for semi-colons.
Mr. Belpois turned around to find that none of his students had raised their hands to add something to the chart. "Okay class, if no one wants to raise their hands then I am just going to assume that you all know everything about sentence fragments, colons, and semi-colons, and in that case, there will be a pop quiz on them right now."
As Mr. Belpois finished three students raised their hands in an attempt to avoid the pop quiz. "Yes Ally, what do you know about sentence fragments, colons, and semi-colons?" Mr. Belpois asked.
"I know that sentence fragments are incomplete sentences; colons are used in telling time; and semi-colons are used to connect two related sentences," Ally stated.
"Yes, those facts are correct," Mr. Belpois acknowledged. Mr. Belpois turned around to write Ally's facts in the correct columns. "What about you Annie?" Mr. Belpois asked still facing the chalk board.
"Well, I know that colons come before a list of objects or things," Annie stated.
"Yes, those are correct also," Mr. Belpois said as he wrote Annie's fact on the chalk board. "What about you William?"
"Oh, well, Annie and Ally took my facts," William said.
"Okay, well, I guess those are enough facts about sentence fragments, colons, and semi-colons for there not to be a pop quiz," Mr. Belpois joked, "but does anyone else have any more facts for me to put into the three columns? Ulrick, give me a fact about sentence fragments, colons, or semi-colons."
"What!" Ulrick said as he was startled from his daydreams.
"Give me a fact about sentence fragments, colons, or semi-colons," Mr. Belpois said a little louder.
"Um," Ulrick sighed, not being able to think of anything about sentence fragments, colons, or semi-colons, "I can't think of anything, Mr. Belpois, but doesn't a sentence have a subject and a predicate, and a sentence fragment is missing one of those?" Ulrick said, not sure if what he had said was true.
"Yes, Ulrick. That is correct. A sentence fragment is missing a subject or a predicate," Mr. Belpois praised Ulrick for saying a correct fact. Mr. Belpois turned around and wrote Ulrick's fact in the sentence fragment column on the chalk board.
"How do you know that, Ulrich?" Jeremy whispered to Ulrich.
"I learned from my sister. Don't you remember that she had Mr. Belpois two years ago when she was in seventh grade. I constantly helped her study, and I guess I remember it from then," Ulrich reminded Jeremy.
"You are so lucky Yumi had Mr. Belpois and you learned this stuff. Mr Belpois might as well be saying this stuff in German," Jeremy moaned.
"Sie sind nicht nehmen an, es zu verstehen," Mr. Belpois remarked.
"What?" Jeremy asked.
"It's German for you are not suppose to understand," Mr. Belpois told Jeremy.
"Okay," Jeremy said a little confused.
"I said that because you are just learning this. I am not expecting you to be an expert on this stuff. That is why you are in school, to learn." Mr. Belpois said to Jeremy trying to make him feel a little bit better.
"Yes, Mr. Belpois," Jeremy said.
"Anyway, yes Ulrich, your sister having me is quite an advantage, and I hope you will use it. If you have questions, ask Yumi. She was top of my class in seventh grade," Mr. Belpois said trying to convince Ulrich to get help from someone other than a teacher.
"I will Mr. Belpois," Ulrich confirmed.
Mr. Belpois got back to teaching his lesson. Ulrich wasn't paying attention. He went back to his daydreaming. After about five minutes of Mr. Belpois's lesson there was a knock on his door. Mr. Belpois walked over and greeted the guest.
"Well hello, Mr. Morales, what brings you to our humble classroom this fine morning?" Mr. Belpois asked Principal Morales.
"I have a new student here, and I am going to put her in your homeroom, Mr. Belpois," Principal Morales answered.
"Okay, Principle Morales, and what is her name," Mr. Belpois asked.
"Her name is Aelita Stones," Principle Morales replied. As he said this, he signaled for Aelita to enter the room.
Aelita was about five feet two inches, just like Ulrich, and had pink hair. She had beautiful blue eyes and had each of her ears pieced twice.
"Class, this is Aelita Stones. I will let her talk a little about herself. So Aelita, where are you from?" Mr. Belpois
asked curiously.
"New York," Aelita said shyly.
"Wow!" Mr. Belpois said in surprise. "Wow" was right; moving from New York to Maryland was a very big change. "Well, have you had a tour of the school Aelita, or am I suppose to assign someone to give you a tour?"
"Principle Morales said that you would assign me someone to give me a tour of the school," Aelita told Mr. Belpois.
"Okay. Who would like to take Aelita on a tour of the school?" Mr. Belpois asked his class.
"Ulrich's hand was the first hand to shoot up. "I will take Aelita on the tour Mr. Belpois," Ulrich pleaded.
"Okay Ulrich. Aelita this is Ulrich Stern, and he will be your tour guide today," Mr. Belpois told Aelita.
"Hello Ulrich, nice to meet you."
"Hello Aelita, nice to meet you too."
"Okay Ulrich. I would like for you to show Aelita where her classes are, and then you can show her the rest of the school." Mr. Belpois told Ulrich.
"Yes, Mr. Belpois. Okay, now let's get started on that tour," Ulrich said. Ulrich was only doing this for one reason; he would get to miss the rest of English and maybe even a little bit of Science. That was a good enough reason for him to show some girl around school.
Ulrick thought Aelita was just a normal girl; boy, was he wrong. Little did he know that she would help him to discover something he thought was impossible.
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