Chapter 3
"it was so weird, it was like, I don't even know, like she and I just, connected. But it only last a second," Yumi explained. she was walking to the front entrance of the school with Ulrich. Ulrich didn't respond. But he seemed like he understood what she meant.
"well, it would certainly explain why she wears so much weird clothes," he remarked. Yumi tried to smile, but she was too weirded out. Hiroki was with Milly at the front entrance, seemingly trying to flirt. Yumi and Ulrich stopped walking a few metres away from them. they exchanged a glance of awe.
"cute, I guess I'll have to break up his little love fest, see you tomorrow," Yumi said with a grin. She headed off and got a hold of Hiroki, soon after heading out of the school grounds. Once she was gone, Ulrich returned to being sullen and closed off. He wandered quietly to Odd, Aelita and Jeremy.
"feeling better?" Odd asked cheerfully. Ulrich glanced at all of their bright faces. He shook his head
"no," he said. "I still hate Heidi more than Sissi," the others looked at each other solemnly. They looked back at Ulrich, who was glaring at the dorm door. they realised Heidi was standing there. She had changed into something a bit looser, but still covered herself almost completely. She seemed a bit different though. She didn't have as much makeup on and her contact lenses had been taken out. What's more her stance slightly resembled that of Yumi's. Her bangs had been clipped back too. She wasn't smiling, but she was watching Ulrich without the glare she had before, more in confusion and worry.
"what?" Ulrich snapped. Heidi blinked and managed to give them all a small smile, before heading to the study hall. The gang watched her leave in shock. Ulrich's eyes looked like globe's they were so big. Odd turned to him. Aelita and Jeremy did too.
"Ulrich, close your mouth you codfish," Aelita instructed. Ulrich did so and he blinked a few times.
"okay, she's put "voodoo curses" on people, tried to wake the dead, cried when my mum told her she looked nice," he said, "but that was the weirdest thing she's ever done," he evaluated.
Heidi sat in the study hall. She had a book in front of her, but she wasn't actually reading it. she didn't understand. She didn't feel the need to insult her cousin. In fact, she wanted to speak to him. Everything was confusing her at the moment. She wanted to smile, and show her face. It was as if she was a different person. And she knew why. She clenched her fists tightly. It was all that stupid Yumi's fault. If she hadn't...Heidi shook her head and began to read again.
"hi there Heidi," came a squeaky voice. Heidi glanced up to see a pretty girl. She had mid length dark brown hair. her face was covered in makeup so much that you could tap her cheek and there would be smoke. She was smiling at Heidi darkly, as if she knew a secret about her. Heidi couldn't help but dislike her. There was no reason for it, but she just had a feeling that this was a bad egg.
"what do you want?" she asked quietly, looking back down at her book. The girl smiled.
"I just wanted to be friends, I'm Sissi Delmas, the principal's daughter," she said. Heidi rolled her eyes. "I noticed you were Ulrich's cousin, right?" Sissi asked. Heidi nodded absently. "well, he and I are destined to be together, and since you're probably close to him, being his cousin and all, I wanted to see if you would tell him how right for each other he and I are," Sissi requested. Heidi looked up at her, unable to believe her stupidity.
"sorry, but your asking the wrong girl, you should ask that Yumi girl, she's closer to Ulrich than I am," she muttered, "but don't hold your breath, I have the impression Yumi likes him too," she added stiffly, for some reason disliking the idea. Sissi narrowed her eyes. she scoffed and stormed off in annoyance.
"your welcome!" Heidi called after her. Suddenly she covered her mouth with both her gloved hands. Did she just give a witty comeback? Things were seriously going wrong, and she needed to sort it out. She pushed herself up and shut the book. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. She mouthed a swear word and slowly tilted her head up to see a tall, jet black haired boy standing over her. He was good looking, with a little smirk on his face and opportunity in his velvety blue eyes. he seemed to have had an idea. As if he wanted Heidi's help.
"and you are?" Heidi asked slickly. She was amazed by her newly found talking expertise.
"William Dunbar, it's so nice to meet you. Your Ulrich's cousin, am I right?" William conversed. Heidi raised an eyebrow. She felt something odd about this boy.
"who cares?" she said. William let his arm hang loosely across Heidi's shoulders.
"I think you could help me out a lot," he said smoothly.
Ulrich carelessly tossed a coin into the hot chocolate machine, watching as the smooth chocolate drink poured relentlessly into a small paper cup. He quickly picked it up and turned on his heels. Jeremy and Aelita were going over notes and Odd was playing on a video game, again. He thought about Yumi. She seemed oddly persistent lately, not like herself at all. He smiled. It was probably just her trying to be his conscience. Either way, he felt a sudden pit in his stomach a few seconds after. He snapped his head up and dropped his hot chocolate. Odd looked at Ulrich.
"what's with you butter fingers?" he asked. He saw Ulrich's shocked expression and looked up. not seeing anything unusual. William was talking with Heidi by the arches. Ulrich looked horrified by this, though nothing like if William was talking to Yumi.
"why is she talking to that scumbag?" Ulrich growled. Odd looked at Ulrich.
"so you do care about your cousin?" he asked. Ulrich glared at William still. Heidi shouted out "you want me to do what?" in a amused and at the same time horrified way. William kept her facing him softly, as if he were asking, no, demanding something while trying to keep a steady temper.
"I'm not sure why," he snarled. He marched over to them fast, if anyone had passed in front of him at that point he would probably have ploughed them to the ground.
"Heidi, move it," he warned. Heidi looked at his angered face and did what she was told, stepping back. Ulrich walked to William. They had grown to about the same height, Ulrich just a few millimetres taller than him now.
"first Yumi, now my cousin? Do you ever get enough of trying to wreck my life?" he barked. William stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"Ulrich, you don't get it, I only like Yumi, you can even ask your cousin," he explained calmly. he looked at Heidi over Ulrich's shoulder, "think about it, kid," and winked softly. Ulrich snarled as William strutted off. He turned to Heidi. Heidi looked up at him defensively. She managed a tiny smile and then ran off.
