"Rrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnngggggggg" screamed the bell, meaning their first class was over. Everyone walked out of their class rooms looking for their friends. Ulrich, Odd, Aelita, and Jeremy were walking to the bench where they always sat when they were waiting for Yumi. As ten minutes drove on, and still Yumi didn't show, they all were wondering where she was They set out to find her agreeing to meet back in five minutes. Aelita ran to the girl's bathroom, Odd hit the cafeteria, making a slight pit-stop, Jeremy checked her classroom, while Ulrich checked the school grounds. When they all met up again with no word on where she was they started to become worried.
"Maybe she went home." Odd suggested to his friend Ulrich.
"She was not feeling very well. She might have." Aelita said, agreeing with Odd.
"I'll call her phone." Jeremy said reaching for his mobile.
"Hold on a minute, William!" Ulrich shouted running over to where William stood. William was in Yumi's classes, so Ulrich hoped he knew where she was. As Ulrich and the others raced across the school ground, William came to a halt. "Hey, have you seen Yumi?" Ulrich asked.
"Didn't you hear? She's in the nurse's office. She blacked out during class. Jim, who was walking by and heard the commotion, came in and took her to the nurse's office. That's the last time I saw her today." he answered. That was enough for Ulrich he took off in the direction of the nurse's office. Aelita thanked William, then they all raced to catch up with Ulrich.
Ulrich stopped right outside the closed door of the nurse's office. He was about to knock when the door opened, and there stood Yumi with the school's nurse, Dorothy. Ulrich slightly blushed, side-stepping to get out of their way.
"Now Yumi," she began as Odd, Aelita, and Jeremy raced in. "Take it easy for a while. Here is a note for Jim, telling him you must sit out of gym class today." She said handing Yumi the note. Yumi nodded her head yes and walked over to her friends.
"How are you feeling?" Aelita asked. The others were gathering around to hear her explanation.
"Better now," she replied, smiling at Aelita to reassure her.
"Well we had better get to class. Since Sissy's brother, Troy, is here all gym classes have been scheduled at the same time." Odd said. "Hey I will race you all there. Last one there is Sissy's servant, for the rest of the day." he shouted running off. Aelita and Jeremy chased after him, while Ulrich stayed behind to walk with Yumi.
"You can go ahead and race them." Yumi said indicating Odd, Aelita, and Jeremy.
"That's alright, I'd rather not tire myself out before gym class." Ulrich answered smiling. Just then Sissy, Herb, Nicolas, and Troy walked by. Sissy grabbed Troy's arm and kept walking in the direction Odd and the others ran towards. Yumi's knees started to shake, and she accidentally grabbed onto Ulrich's shoulder for balance. Ulrich looked over and saw that Yumi was a little pale.
"Yumi, are you alright?" he asked gently resting his hand on top of hers (which was still on his shoulder.) Yumi closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them up again. She saw they were the only ones standing there. She looked over at Ulrich who was looking at her very concerned.
"I'm fine. I just need a good night's sleep." she replied trying to smile.
"Alright," he answered, not fully believing her. "Well we'd better head to gym class." Yumi nodded her head in agreement and slipped her hand out from under his, and off his shoulder.
As Ulrich headed for the locker rooms, Yumi headed around them towards the soccer fields. Upon arriving she found Jim and gave him the note from Dorothy, the nurse.
"Well alright, I guess, but tomorrow you have to join in." he said. "Go ahead and sit on the sidelines next to the benches. Can you handle that?" he asked.
"No problem." Yumi answered walking over there. As she sat down Aelita came running out of the girls locker room.
"Hi Yumi." she said sitting down next to her.
"Hi, so are you all ready for gym class?" she asked winking at her friend.
"Yea, but I'd rather skip it. I don't really like gym class." She finished sticking out her tongue. Yumi couldn't help but laugh a little.
"You aren't trying to play sick too are you?" Odd asked Aelita as he, Jeremy, and Ulrich walked over.
"I wish I could. Yumi do you want to trade places?" Aelita asked.
"I wish I could." Yumi answered. Just then Sissy was walking towards them, followed by her little group; Herb, Nicolas, and Troy.
"So Ulrich, about that conversation we had earlier." Sissy started then leaned in close to his ear. "What do you say? Do you want to meet my brother and go out with me or not?" she asked. Everyone had been watching Sissy and Ulrich trying to hear what she was saying except for Troy, who was staring at Yumi.
"I won't go out with you, but I will do this." Ulrich said backing a little ways away from Sissy. "Hi Troy, I'm Ulrich. Sissy here tells me you're a soccer champion. That is really cool how about showing me some cool moves?" he asked looking at Troy. Troy hadn't heard him though, as a matter of fact, Troy hadn't even seen him. He had sat down next to, an uncomfortable looking, Yumi. Everyone now had their attention on Yumi and Troy. As Troy leaned in to whisper something into Yumi's ear, Yumi jumped up, and walked over to stand next to Ulrich. Everyone was looking at Yumi, and her fast reaction, while Troy made a quick twisted grin on his face. Yumi was standing by Ulrich, when she got dizzy again. Her knees buckled and she almost hit the ground, except for Ulrich had caught her. With a flip of her hair Sissy, followed by her group, walked off to go find Jim. Ulrich who was still holing onto Yumi, was trying to help her stand up.
"Are you alright Yumi?" A concerned Aelita asked gently touching her arm. Yumi, who had regained her balance, smiled and nodded her head.
"I just seem to get dizzy once in a while." She said. Ulrich, who was still holding onto Yumi, didn't seem to buy her story.
"Are you sure?" he asked looking her in the eyes seriously.
"Yes I'm positive. After a good night's sleep I'll be just fine." she answered. Jim blew his whistle, indicating gym class had started. Odd, Jeremy, and Aelita waved goodbye to Yumi and took off to line up, while Ulrich stayed behind for a moment.
"Yumi if you need anything I'll just be over there." he said gently letting go of her.
"Thanks Ulrich. I don't know why, but Troy," she started, pausing. "He makes me…uncomfortable." she said looking at the ground.
"Don't worry about it." he said. "Do you want to watch me wipe the floor with him in the soccer game?" Ulrich asked smiling at Yumi. Yumi looked up.
"Go for it." she said. Then Ulrich ran off to line up.
"What's this!" Jim screamed making everyone jump. "What do you mean you aren't playing?" he screamed at Troy. Sissy stepped in and simply said.
"Troy came here to rest Jim, and I'm here to make sure he does. Daddy, or Mr. Delmas, had already okayed it. Unless you want to go argue with him, then leave Troy alone. Troy will play tomorrow, right Troy?" she asked looking at her older brother. Troy simply nodded his head in agreement.
"Fine, then park it over there with that girl." Jim replied pointing at Yumi. Troy smiled and started to walk over to where Yumi sat. Yumi was staring at something on the ground and didn't know Troy was coming to sit by her.
"Hello again," he said watching as a startled Yumi popped her head up to see who was talking to her.
"There isn't going to be any soccer game today, instead we will have it tomorrow. So, today we will do warm ups which includes; push-ups, sit-ups, laps around the track, stretching, and building up your energy." Jim exclaimed, shouting at the kids like they were in the army. He numbered everyone off and gave them stations. Ulrich, Odd, Jeremy, Aelita, Sissy, Herb, and Nicolas were all in one group. They were sent over to do sit-ups and push-ups. As they started Odd elbowed Ulrich.
"Hey, Yumi doesn't look to happy." Odd said. Ulrich looked over on the benches to see Yumi slightly backing away from Troy.
"I have a plan." Ulrich said, jumping up to go talk to Jim. Jim was timing the runners when Ulrich ran up to him.
"Hey Jim can I ask you a question?" Ulrich asked.
"Sure, what about?" Jim asked stopping the watch as the runners ran by.
"It's about Troy, I'm worried about him. I mean he's losing his focus." Ulrich said pretending to seem worried.
"What do you mean" Jim asked giving Ulrich his full attention.
"Well he's over there with Yumi, and he seems to, maybe kind of, like her a little." Ulrich said tightening his hand into a fist. Jim didn't seem to notice though. "I was just wondering is it fair to make him sit by her. What if he goes back to his school and loses because of Yumi? I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing that I could have stopped them from losing. Like you could." Ulrich finished. He watched as Jim's face turned to nervousness.
"Fine, go get her, and have her sit by you and your friends." A worried Jim said. "But if I don't see you all working hard, I'll send her back." Ulrich didn't wait to see if Jim had more to say, he took off running towards Yumi and Troy.
"Yumi," Ulrich said nearing his friend.
Meanwhile, (From Yumi's View)
" So Yumi are you busy tonight?" Troy asked, sitting down next to me. I wanted to scream yes, but my throat seemed to be clogging up. Instead I just shook my head yes.
"Oh to bad, I would have loved to hang out with you." he said grabbing my hand. I pulled my hand away trying to scoot back, but I could only make it so far. All of the sudden I was extremely tired.
"Well," Troy said moving closer to me. "I can get my father to let us ditch the dump. How about we go paint the town?" he asked me. It seemed to take all of my energy just to say shake my head no. I looked down at the ground hoping he would leave me alone, but that didn't work as well as I'd hoped.
"You look a little pale, how about we head over there." Troy stated, pointing to under the bleachers, where the fans sit. I was about to shake my head no when my head started to pound, and I started having trouble breathing. He grabbed my hand tightly and was about to pull me up when I heard a voice.
(Back to normal)
"Yumi," Ulrich said running over to them. "Hey, Jim said you could come and sit by us why we do our exercises." Ulrich said, watching as Troy slowly let go of Yumi's hand. She put it up to her head and closed her eyes. Ulrich walked over, and bent down to her level.
"Here," he whispered, "Take my hand." he said, slowly slipping his hand into hers. Yumi opened her eyes and let Ulrich help her stand up. She still had one hand on her head, and put most of her weight on Ulrich, as he slowly walked her over to the rest of the group. Troy, watching as they walked away, grinned as a sign flashed in his eyes.
"Yumi, you don't look so well." Ulrich said slowing his pace to almost a crawl. Ulrich was holding onto Yumi by gripping her hand, and putting his other arm around her waist to steady her. He brought his hand that was holding hers to his shoulder. She then placed her hand on his shoulder. Ulrich now used his free hand to gently lift her chin. As he looked her in the eyes he could tell she was tired and didn't feel well. Yumi turned her head sideways, and coughed to clear her throat.
"I'm alright, I just…… didn't fell well for a second. I'm feeling better now." She said smiling up at Ulrich. He didn't buy it though. Not with the way she was acting. She was to tired and pale. She still had a lot of her weight on him, just to walk. Ulrich didn't mind this though, but it still worried him. As Yumi sat down near her friends, Ulrich walked back over to Odd who was doing some push-ups. Sissy was looking from Yumi to Troy when she came up with an idea.
"Herb," she whispered, looking over at Herb who was trying to do a sit-up. He was red in the face and sweating. "Herb." she said again a little more loudly. Herb gave up trying, and moved over next to Sissy.
"What?" an out of breath Herb asked.
"I have a little plan to get Yumi out of the way, and Ulrich to be mine." she said lookingfrom Troy back to Yumi.
So now Troy has an evil side, Sissy has a plan, Yumi again doesn't feel well again, Ulrich suspects something, Odd is hungry, Aelita hates gym class, Jeremy has been pretty quiet, and Herb can't do a sit-up! Oh my gosh, what will happen next? So much drama! That's a lot to sink in. I already have the next chapter done, so review to give me ideas, and I'll post it as soon as I can. Review Please!
