She Can't Be Real

Chapter 2: A Modern Fairytale

Classes were done for the day and I was heading for my dorm room.

"Wait!" I heard a voice call from behind me.

I turned around to see Yumi running towards me.

What does she want? I wondered.

"You left your math book," Yumi told me and handed it to me, "Odd told me where to go to give it to you," she told me, "said he had something important to do."

Important my ass, I thought angrily.

"Um, thanks," I said, "um, do you want to…?" I started to ask.

"Well, well, well," Sissi said loudly and Yumi and I turned around in shock, "what do we have here?" she asked.

"I think she's giving him his math book," Nicolas pointed out.

I almost fainted.

Nicolas saying something intelligent, I thought, this can't be good, I concluded.

"Wise observation genius," Herve said after Sissi nudged Nicolas angrily with her elbow.

"That hurt," Nicolas whined as he nursed his aching stomach.

"Good," Sissi snapped angrily.

Yumi and I stood still has we watched the dumbest show on earth. Live.

"Anyway," Sissy snapped, "so you two are getting close I see."

I couldn't help but blush.

"Ha, ha, Ulrich's blushing," Nicolas said laughing.

Sissi growled and angrily shoved Nicolas.

"Listen to me you Asian hussy!" Sissi exploded, "Ulrich's mine," she declared.

"No I'm not!" I shouted.

"Um, is there something…." Yumi started to ask pointing at the both of us.

"Yes," Sissi said immediately.

"No!" I shouted horrified, "never was, never will."

Sissi glared at me hatefully.

"Guess you truly love those who never love you back," Yumi observed.

"He does love me!" Sissi shouted.

"No I don't!" I shouted back.

"Why not?" Sissi demanded.

Because you're annoying, I thought, for starters.

"Because you're annoying," I told her, "and mean," I added.

"Your friend Odd's mean too," Sissi complained.

"Only to people like you," I countered, "and at least he goes after people who'd actually date him," he added.

"If you dated me you'd change your mind," Sissi said.

"If I dated you I'd lose my mind," I told her, "Yumi's new, cut her some slack," I said.

"After she made me out to be a lesbian?" Sissi demanded incredulously.

"You did that on your own," Yumi spoke up, "I just had the guts to say it."

"Do you have the guts to take me on?" Sissi challenged.

"You really want to fight me?" Yumi asked and her voice suddenly sounded dark.

Sissi gulped.

"Um, you can't hit me," Sissi said stepping back, "the headmaster is my father."

"You mean that nice man procreated and created you?" Yumi asked incredulously.

I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

I could hear Nicolas laughing too.

"Stop laughing you idiot!" Sissi shouted angrily, "both of you are useless!" she shouted and stormed off.

"Wait," Herve said and chased after her.

After laughing some more Nicolas realized both his 'friends' were gone.

"Huh?" Nicolas said.

"They went that way," Yumi told him and pointed.

"Uh, thanks," Nicolas said and ran in that direction.

"Yumi that's the wrong way," I told her after Nicolas was out of sight.

"He doesn't know that," Yumi said amused.

Both of us burst out laughing.

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That night I lay in bed thinking about Yumi.

Or Hin Yinn, I thought, I need to solve this, I decided, its driving me nuts!"

I snuck out leaving a sleeping Odd and my ear plugs behind.

I got to Jeremie's dorm room and carefully knocked.

Thank God he sleeps alone, I thought in relief as he finally opened the door.

"I'm working on something important," Jeremie said the moment he opened the door.

"I just need your laptop," I told him.

"I'm using it," Jeremie whined.

"Then help me and you'll get it back faster," I countered.

"What do you want?" Jeremie asked and let me in.

"Hello to you too," I said and sat by the laptop.

"What are you searching for?" Jeremie asked.

"Um, sightings of Hin Yinn," I said hesitantly, "in France," I added.

"There are over 6,000," Jeremie said hesitantly, "wait," he said, "are you wasting my time searching for sightings of a fictiona…!" he started to demand angrily.

"Try eight to nine years go," I said instead of answering.

Jeremie did, but he looked pretty pissed.

"Around 400," Jeremie said.

"Show them up," I told him.

"What!" Jeremie shouted.

"Just do it," I snapped.

Jeremie glared angrily than me.

"Whatever," Jeremie muttered and started bringing up the pictures.

I have to know if I'm right, I thought desperately, either way, at least only Jeremie will think I'm nuts, I noted, well, at least for now.

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