I know. This chapter is pitiful but yh. I wasn't really finding it too easy to finish it lol. If anyone wants to finish it for me, well, thank you so much. And you can take all the credit . .

Chapter 4

Heidi sat in history class. She was watching Ulrich with curiosity from the other side of the room. It shocked her that he had been concerned about her; Though it was probably just because that William guy liked Yumi. That thought saddened her. She shook her head hastily and looked away from Ulrich.

"you alright?" Heidi snapped her head to the side. That Odd kid had moved from the opposite table and was discretely slipping into the seat next to her. He smiled at Heidi. Heidi felt her cheeks a bit red and then looked away, confused. No one had smiled at her before, not a real smile at least.

"who are you?" she asked. Odd blinked. He seemed to smile in astonishment.

"I'm Odd, duh, every girl with taste knows that," he teased. Heidi laughed, but never smiled. She looked at his face. he was waiting for a smile. "there you see, laughing feels good," he cooed. Heidi felt herself smile. She then covered her mouth and turned away. She still didn't understand this. But soon she turned back to him, smiling properly, but feeling awfully uncomfortable. Odd's grin faded into a curious frown.

"you okay?" he asked. Heidi breathed in and out, and nodded assuringly.

"fine, and you?" she remarked. She then looked down, it was as if she couldn't control what she was saying. Odd blinked. Even he was shocked by her sudden normal behaviour. But soon he smiled again, happy he had managed to budge Heidi's cold streak.

"yeah, so, what's it like in England?" he asked. Heidi smiled with a small blush.

"for the last time, no," Heidi steamed darkly. William had been following her for the last twenty minutes, trying to get her to agree.

"come on, Heidi. You can really help me! and annoy your cousin at the same time," William moaned. Heidi stopped in her tracks with her fists clenched. She span round and waggled her index finger at William, pushing him backwards.

"no, no, no, no, NO!" she shouted, "what does it take with you? Messing with my cousin is my thing, not for sharing, and I don't particularly want to help you!" she cried at him as she backed him up against a wall.

"do yourself a favour and try and get Yumi yourself, I don't want to have anything to do with it!" she exclaimed. William blinked. He then began to smile.

"are you sure?" he asked, staring at Heidi with pretty eyes. Heidi looked away, knowing coming into contact would be bad. Then she looked him in the face with a deadly glare.

"yes I'm sure. I'm sick of everyone wanting me to help them. no one wants to be MY friend, they just want to use me to get to everyone else! So do it yourself, I'm out!" she barked storming away. William took a moment to register what had happened but soon his confused face transformed into dark cheekiness. He would get what he wanted. He had her right where he wanted her.

"wake up wake up Kadic! The Kadic Herald is back kids so you better get ready for some super scoops! Miss Hertz starts a science club to "teach you rapscallions what science is all about!" Jim Morales gets engaged with a mystery woman working at the school and a school dance on Friday for all who are interested in the musical talent of Aelita Stones and William Dunbar!" Milly and Tamiya were calling that around the entire school. Nothing would stop them from getting a scoop. They saw Heidi from the corner of the dormitory rooms. She was watching them curiously, seemingly unsure. Milly and Tamiya exchanged and glance and jogged over to her with a smile. Heidi wasn't much taller than them, being a short girl.

"your that new girl right?" Milly asked. Heidi nodded. She shrunk back when Milly pulled a video camera out of her bag.

"we wanna do an article on you, everyone's super curious about you," Tamiya giggled, grabbing a notebook. Heidi looked between the two girls. Their optimistic smiling eyes made Heidi feel suddenly happy. She smiled.

"sure, as long as there are no cameras," she said. the girl's eyes lit up.

"okay, Tamiya, get your notebook ready, this is gonna be the scoop of the year!" Milly laughed.

"where's Yumi today anyway?" Ulrich asked. Heidi stopped in her tracks. She listened carefully to her cousin's conversation.

"dunno, she must be sick or something," Odd responded.

"want me to call her?" Aelita asked. Ulrich shook his head. he was suddenly worried. Yumi was never sick. Was it to do with what happened with Heidi? He didn't know. Personally, he didn't care.

"she is sick," Heidi murmured. All eyes turned to her. Ulrich watched her oddly. Odd smiled and waved. Heidi blushed. "she's got a fever, I can tell," she mumbled. Jeremy and Aelita exchanged a glance.

"fever, shame," Jeremy muttered.

"how do you know?" Odd asked cautiously. He jumped up and wandered over, pulling Heidi to them by her wrist. He knew she disliked being touched on the hands from their earlier conversation.

"uh, I dunno," Heidi said softly. She did know. It was to do with their new connection. Heidi knew what Yumi was thinking, and Yumi knew what she was thinking. "I must have called her earlier or something," she said. Ulrich sceptically nodded.

"so, Heidi," he began. The others perked up and looked at him. But he couldn't find the words he was looking for. "how are you liking Kadic?" he asked tightly. Heidi blinked. Her head began to hurt, it must be Yumi shouting.

"it's, uh, very...nice," Heidi muttered. This whole situation was very uncomfortable for her. Ulrich offered a hesitant hand to shake. He tried to smile but seemed to not quite manage it. Heidi stared at his hand. She pulled her long sweater over her hand and reached forward. Suddenly Ulrich's phone rang. Heidi saw his face flood with relief and felt a sharp pain in her chest. Ulrich yanked away and answered the phone.

"yeah?" he said. His face fell slightly, "where are you Yumi?" he sounded like a protective big brother. Suddenly Ulrich hung up the phone. His face was pale and worry plastered his eyes open.

"what happened?"

"she's going to the hospital," Ulrich announced. He looked at Heidi's concerned face, "this is your fault isn't it? Everything that's happened to her has been your fault!" he exclaimed at her and ran off. It was a deafening silence after that. Aelita whispered something to Jeremy, then jogged after Ulrich. Jeremy and Odd stared at her with pity and confusion. Odd stepped forward but Heidi held up a hand. Her eyes darkened again almost instantly.

"this is why I don't make friends." Her words were icicles as she stormed darkly away from them.