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{Sunday, September 24, 2018} {8:00 AM}

{Yumi's POV}

{A/N This is mainly a Yumi and Ulrich chapter! Yay!}

Ugh, why am I up this early? Then it dawned on me, today is the day I would have a talk with my mother about her actions towards me, and why she has been nothing but a complete bitch towards me for absolutely no reason.

I sighed to myself, and stayed in my bed for a little while a longer. I looked over to my side and saw that Ulrich was fully facing me as he continue to sleep. I smiled to myself, and turned to my side so that I was now fully facing my handsome, and oh so sexy husband, the love of my life. The only person in the whole world I felt so vulnerable with. He's my world, and I don't know what I would do without him in my life.

I kept a small smile on my face, and watched as he slept; as creepy as that may sound. But, I couldn't help it, he looked so handsome when he slept. He was so relaxed, and always slept with his lips slightly parted. But overall, I'm just happy that he finally rested peacefully for probably the first time since he found out his parents passed away. When Ulrich's parents passed away, he would mumble their names in his sleep, sometimes even yell their names in his sleep.

He would sometimes even cry in his sleep, and I hated seeing him like that, I really do. It breaks my heart to see his heart broken, even worse, shattered into many tiny pieces. Most of all, Ulrich would jolt awake in his sleep, and sometimes never go back to sleep after his nightmare. I knew Ulrich didn't want me to worry, it was a classic Ulrich move. So it didn't surprise me when he didn't talk to me about it, moreover, I don't even think he knew that I knew everything that was going on with him when he slept. I just wish there was something I could do.

Before I knew it, Ulrich's dark green eyes started to flutter open. When his vision focused his smiled over at me, and I returned the smile. "Good morning." I spoke softly.

"Good morning Yumes." Ulrich responded in a tired voice. Ugh, how much I love his tired or sleepy voice, he just sounded so husky.

"How did you sleep" I asked wondering what his response would be.

"I slept great, actually. A lot of good things are happening." Ulrich intertwined my fingers with his. "How did you sleep?"

"I slept okay." I said truthfully. There was just a lot on my mind.

"Just okay?" Ulrich propped his head up with his arm, but still kept his other hand intertwined with mine.

I should've known better that the only person who knows me better than myself is Ulrich, so there was no point of hiding things from him. "I called my mom last night, she wasn't rude or anything like that, but she told me to come over so her and I can finally talk this crap out." I explained. "I just don't know what to expect."

Ulrich nodded his head. "Maybe things will start to look up with you two."

"Maybe, I'll go over there later on. I'm meeting Aelita at two for smoothies."

"Yum, sounds great." Ulrich smirked.

I returned the smile, but it quickly faded. "There's more on your mind Yumes, what's going on."

I sighed to myself, I hope what I am about to say to Ulrich won't anger him. "Ulrich, I have to tell you something."

Ulrich face scrunched up slightly as he was confused, but motioned me to continue. "You can tell me anything Yumes."

I took a deep breath. "Last night when I told you I was pregnant. The first pregnancy test I took, said I wasn't pregnant." I looked over at Ulrich, and he looked at me for a second, then looked down.

"So, you're not pregnant?" He asked, not looked at me.

"I don't know, that's the thing, because when I took second test it said I was. So, I really don't know, that's never happened before, and I never seen that happen." I explained.

"Why didn't you say that before?" Ulrich looked back up at me again.

"I didn't know how Ulrich, and you were so happy when you found out that you made the soccer team, and I just panicked. I didn't know how to tell you that I may or may not be pregnant, so I just said I was…." Ulrich nodded his head. "I just wanted to tell you because, I wanted you to hear it from me, and not the doctor. I'm sorry Ulrich."

I looked up at him, as I tried to read his emotions. I couldn't tell, he seemed hurt, but yet, he still seemed fine. I hated when he did that, it just confused me and made me think of all the possibilities that could happen. Ulrich shook his head. "Well, I uh, I don't know what say…" Ulrich shrugged, and laid down on his back, as he let go of my hand, and looked up at the ceiling.

"Say something, anything. If you're mad at me let me know, if you're not then say that, please. I really don't want to lay here and ponder what is going through your mind."

"Um, I just feel like you should have told me the truth Yumi. You could have just said you took a test and it was inconclusive." Ulrich stated.

"I know. I'm sorry, what else do you want me to say." I felt myself getting frustrated.

"Nothing really." Ulrich shrugged his shoulders. "I was just really looking forward to us having another baby."

"And we might Ulrich. I never said that I was never ever pregnant, one pregnancy test said I was not pregnant, and the other said I was. So, in reality we do not know…"

"Yeah, it's just I wish you could have told me right then, now I don't know what to feel." Ulrich sighed.

I sighed as well, and nodded my head. "Well, when you know how you feel, I'll be getting ready to go talk to my mother. Hopefully she'll hear me out, unlike you are right now." I threw the covers off of me, as I stood up from the bed.

After I made my side of the bed, I walked into the master bathroom and turned on the shower. As I waited for the water to get hot, I removed the clothes I slept in, and grabbed the nearest hair tie and put my hair in a messy bun. I then got in the shower and began thinking to myself.

"How could Ulrich be such a jerk like that? I mean, I guess I understand where he was coming from, but that was no reason to shut me out like that. Yes, I could have told him right then and there, but he was just so happy with making the soccer team, I didn't want to ruin his happiness. And not telling him anything would have made matters worse, but whatever…" I thought to myself as I began washing up.

"Now what hell am I going to say to my mother? I have no idea what to expect, but I hope whatever happens her and I are back on good terms. Life is too short to be fighting with the ones you love." I laughed to myself as I just came out of a disagreement with Ulrich, making I should take my own advice. But knowing my pride, I know I won't be the first to apologize.

After standing in the shower for a good twenty minutes, I finally got out and wrapped a towel around my body. I walked back into the bedroom, and saw that Ulrich was no longer in the bedroom. I sighed to myself, as I walked into my closet and picked out what I was going to wear for the day. Which consisted of a long short sleeve light grey shirt, along with black leggings, and white TOMS.

I then walked back into the bedroom, and put on my clothes that I had laid out. After I had brushed my teeth, did my hair, my make up, and everything else. I finally went downstairs and saw that Ulrich was feeding Kammi in her high chair.

"Good morning little one." I smile as I went over towards my daughter and kissed her on her cheek, and brushed some stray strands of hair away from her face.

"Goo morna momma." Kammi smiled up at me and waved.

"When I go for a jog, I'm going to take Kammi with me, is that okay." Ulrich asked, obviously still in a bad mood from this morning.

"Yeah, that's fine. Do whatever you want to do Ulrich." I shrugged my shoulders, and I heard him sigh heavily. "You can sigh a little louder next time, I don't think the neighbors heard you." I turned my back towards him and walked to the fridge to look for something to eat. I decided to just eat some fruit, and grab something at the place Aelita and I are meeting up at.

After eating in silence, aside from Ulrich baby talking to Kammi, I was finally ready to go and have a long talk with my mother. "So, I'm going to go talk to my mother, and then I'm going to lunch with Aelita. I should be back sometime this evening." I told Ulrich, as if he even cared after the news I told him this morning.

"Okay, see you later." Ulrich responded, as he pulled out Kammi's stroller from the front closet. I nodded my head and grabbed my keys from the key rack, and opened the front door.

"Yumi?" Ulrich said as I opened the door. I stopped in my tracks, slightly turned so that I was looking at Ulrich. "I love you."

I slightly smiled, as I could still feel the tension between us. "I love you too." I responded, and walked out of the door, and closed it behind me. I sighed to myself, and I walked down the steps, and walked towards my car. After I started up my car, I pulled out of the drive way, and drove to my parent's house that they had here in America.

It was a twenty minute drive, but I finally arrived at my folk's house. I turned off the car, but sat in the car for a second, trying to gather my thoughts. I looked in my parent's driveway, and saw that my mother was here. After I sat in the car for a good five minutes, I got out of the car, and locked it behind me. I walked up to my parent's front door, and rang the doorbell.

I waited about a minute before my mom answered the door. I was quiet for a second, unknowing what her response would be. "Good morning Yumi, come in."

"Thank you." I responded with a small smile, and walked into the house. My mother and I sat in the family room across from each other. It was an awkward silence for a moment before I finally spoke up. "Mom, what is going on between us? We used to be so close, and everything, and when this surgery happened, we just fell off, and I just want to know what did I do to anger you so much?" I explained.

My mother inhaled deeply before speaking. "You didn't do anything, Yumi."

"Then why did you treat me like I was crap, mom?"

"I know it was inexcusable, and I am deeply sorry." My mother seemed sincere. "I was just going through a lot Yumi, but I want you to know nothing you did had anything to do with me. Even the fight you got in, it had nothing to do with you. I chose to have my breast removed after the surgery, but the breast you saw that day at the pharmacy, weren't mine. They are actually they actually stuffed. I know longer have any Yumi." I was shocked at my mother's words, but didn't say a word. "Yumi, in some ways, I was very jealous of you. You and Ulrich have a great relationship, while you're father and I, even though we are together again we sometimes have our ups and downs."

I nodded my head, as I was starting to understand where she was coming from. My mother continued. "I mean, look at you Yumi. You're young, you're beautiful, and have a beautiful daughter. Getting rid of one of my womanhood was so hard for me, and like I said I was jealous. I saw you, and you obviously have an amazing body…."

"It's not that great…" I thought to myself.

"I know Ulrich loves it very much, I mean I was right one thing, I did hear you guys sometimes, and he seems to make more noises than you do at times." I felt my cheeks getting red from embarrassment. "Meanwhile, with your father and I, it isn't the same, especially with my breasts gone."

"Ew, please don't go into detail about you and dad's sex life mom, please."

"But seeing you, it just made me miss my old self, and I wish things could be different. I don't know why I took my frustrations out on you, it was stupid, and I wish I could take back everything again."

I smiled. "Mom, I forgive you. I know you were under a lot of stress, and honestly, it's not the first time someone took their jealously out on me." My mother laughed as she remembered all the fights Ulrich and I got in because of jealously. "But mom, if none of this would have never happened, you wouldn't be the person you are today, and that is a strong woman. I could never make the decision you made. You're beautiful too mom, you really are, you don't give yourself enough credit." I walked over towards my mom, and sat beside her. "I remember you told me: Everybody has gone through something that has changed them in a way that they could never go back to the person they once were. And I believe that what happened to you, has made you into the strong woman you are today."

My mother smiled, as tears began forming in her eyes. "I look up to you mom, even when we weren't getting along. I always looked up to you, and I want to be as strong as you are right now one day."

"All things will fall into place Yumi, just takes time." My mother placed my hair behind my ear.

I smiled, and gave my mother a hug. "I love you mom."

"I love you too dear." My mother returned the hug. We continued to hold each other for a little bit longer, before we let go and laughed at each other.

"How are things going at home Yumi?" My mother asked.

I hesitated, and looked away from her. "Uh, they're pretty good."

"No they're not. What's going on?" My mother asked worriedly.

I sighed, and looked back over at my mom. "Well, really the only good thing that has happened lately was that Ulrich made the US soccer team."

My mother smiled. "Well that's great news…"

"Yeah it really is, and I'm happy for him."

"I feel like there is a "but" in that sentence." My mother guessed, and she was right.

"But, last night when he was by the phone, I took a pregnancy test. The first one said I wasn't pregnant, and the second one said I was pregnant. So, I'm just so confused. When Ulrich came toward me he said he made the soccer team, and I panicked, and just said I was pregnant." I explained. "He was just so happy, it's the happiest I seen him since his parents passed away, and I didn't know what else to do at the time."

"I understand Yumi, and what happened after that?"

"I told him the situation this morning, and it took it really hard, and didn't really want to listen to me after that. Which caused some tension between us right now."

"Yeah, I'm not surprised Ulrich reacted like that, but Yumi, he's still coping with his parent's loss, and to announce that you may not be pregnant may have been hurtful. You know Ulrich is." My mother reminded me.

"So, was I wrong for what I did?"

"In a way, you were yes. But you weren't one hundred percent wrong. You were just thinking about him and his happiness and that's probably the most selfless thing anybody could do. But, Ulrich is your husband, he deserves to know the truth as soon as you find out."

I sighed, and buried my head in my hands. "I'm such an idiot."

"No, you're not, we all make mistakes."

"Mom, I was so mean to him this morning, and I didn't look at it from his perspective."

"We all tend to do that when we are upset, but you are thinking about it now, so when you see him again, just apologize." My mother explained. "I know Ulrich really loves you, and I know he sees what a mess you may be, how moody you may get, and how hard you may be to handle, but in the end, I bet all he wants is you in his arms."

My mother pulled out her journal, and flipped to a page. "Read this quote dear, and maybe this will open your eyes a bit."

I took the journal from my mom, and read over the words. "Couples who fight often are most likely stronger than couples who do not. But it's not the fighting that makes them stronger. It's what takes place after the fighting; it's the making up. It's coming to the realization that your relationship is more important than your differences, it involves acts of forgiveness and acceptance of one's mistakes. You fight. And you learn something new about that person. That's how it works, real relationships aren't perfect, and perfect relationships aren't real." I smiled to myself knowing this describes my and Ulrich's relationship in every way.

(A/N I do not own some of these quotes!)

"Thank you mom, I needed that." I smiled and closed the journal. I started remembering all the times Ulrich and I fought, and we fought a lot, like a lot, and each time it did make us stronger.

"Now, you should go make up with your husband." My mom smiled.

I returned the smile. "I will as soon as I get home, I am about to go meet Aelita for lunch and then I'm going straight home, and tell Ulrich how much I love him, and need him I my life. I don't the last time I really expressed my love to him was with our vows."

"Yes dear, please do that." My mom gave me another hug. I smiled into the hug, and returned the hug.

"Thank you mom."

"You're welcome my dear." My mom kept her smile.

"I should go." I looked at the time and noticed that it was it was close to two already. "I don't want to keep her waiting."

"Okay, I'll tell your father to pick up Kammi, so you and Ulrich can have some alone time." My mother stated as she walked out the door.

I nodded my head. "Thanks mom. I'll call you later."

"Drive safe dear."

I waved as I got into the car, and drove off to go meet Aelita for lunch.

Ulrich's POV

After I went on a two mile jog slash run with Kammi who was laughing along, I now was resting at the park not too far from my neighborhood and allowed Kammi run around in the field and pick flowers, and other stuff like that. I smiled to myself as she picked up a dozen tiny flowers and put them in a pile to go pick more.

"Hey Ulrich." A familiar voice said behind me. I looked to see who it was, and it was exactly the person I matched the voice with. It was Trinity, and she was holding Logan in her arms.

"What's up Trinity?" I asked, as she sat beside me on the grassy hill, and allowed Logan to go play along with Kammi.

"Uh, things could be better I guess." She answered sadly. I could tell her face was a little red, like she had been crying, which is rare for her, or at least from what I seen.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Not really. Um, this isn't easy to say, but Odd and I…Odd and I are having a lot of issues right now." She explained.

"What kind of issues?" I asked curiously as I continued to keep an eye on my daughter.

"Well, we decided that we are going to get a divorce. It's those kind of issues." Trinity answered.

My face dropped. "What? Are you serious?"

"Yeah I am." She looked over at me giving me a facial expression that meant she was serious.

"But why, what happened?" I looked back out into the field kept watching Kammi.

"He called me Sam last night by mistake." I was taken aback by her answer. "And it's just the fact that our feelings for each other has changed over the years. Last night I couldn't even say I loved him back."

I looked down at the grass, and shook my head. "I didn't know there was something going on between him and Sam."

Trinity looked over at me. "You're his best friend, what was the deal between him and Sam."

"Uh, well. I don't think I should go into that…"

"Its fine, Ulrich. He already told me that he was in love with her, and that his was first love or whatever."

"Odd was telling the truth. Sam, was his first love." I stated bluntly. "But with Odd being my best friend and all, I know that all he ever talked about was you. Even when Sam showed back up, all he talked about was how much he loved you."

"And I love him too, just not in the intimate way anymore. I don't know why my feelings changed, they just did." Trinity said sadly. "He decided this morning that he was going to be the one to move out, and everything. So, its really going to happen." I shook my head again in disbelief on what I just heard. "Odd is meeting up with me here so he can spend time with Logan."

"There's no way you guys can fix this?"

Trinity looked out in the distance, and saw Odd approaching us. "No, sadly, no. But, I'm going to go." Trinity stood up from the grass, and went over to her son, and gave him a kiss on the cheek, and waved goodbye. Few seconds after, where Trinity formally sat, Odd was now sitting there.

"I'm guessing she told you. The look on your face tells me everything." Odd stated.

"I never thought it would be you two man." I spoke, as I was still in shock. I looked at Odd, and for once. I never seen him so hurt, so distraught, and so depressed like. Never. The funny, humorous, gullible Odd Della Robbia heartbroken.

"Me either, but things happen for a reason right." Odd looked down. "I would much rather her be with someone who makes her happy, than for her to be unhappy with me. But this whole thing this whole love thing is fucking twisted, you fall in love and you literally fall. You crash to the damn ground and I swear all of your bones break. You're fucking shattered but you don't notice because you've got this beautiful girl whispering in your ear, and kissing your neck and nothing else matters. Then bam! She leaves and suddenly you feel it. You feel everything. Your man pride goes out the window and you're crying in the guest bedroom of your house until four in the morning, and you're trying to hold your bones together, but nothing stops the aching. But you know, you truly love someone, when you don't hate them for breaking your heart."

Odd finished his emotional speech, which caught off guard because I never seen Odd so serious. I didn't say a word, I just patted Odd on the back in a friendly, but somewhat comforting way. "I'm sorry again man.."

"I'll be fine." Odd stated. "Eventually, but enough about me where's Yumi?"

"Uh, she went to talk to her mom, I guess." I shrugged and looked away from him.

"What's going on with you two?" Odd read right through me. If anyone knew me better than I know myself, other than Yumi, it's Odd.

"Um..nothing, just a disagreement." I said, not really wanting to go into the topic.

"What about?" Odd questioned.

I sighed, knowing Odd wasn't going to let this go, especially with what he is going through. "Well, after I got off the phone with the coach, Yumi tells me she is pregnant. Then this morning she tells me she may or may not be pregnant because she took two pregnancy tests, one said she wasn't and the other said she was. She didn't want to tell me last night because I was happy or whatever. Long story short, I was just hurt, and didn't really want to listen to what she had to say."

From the corner of my eye, I saw Odd nod his head. "I get where you are coming from. But, don't put the blame on Yumi, at least not all of it. She was only looking out for you. Think about it, just switch the situation up, you would have done the same thing if you're in her shoes." I thought for a second, he was right, but I wasn't about to admit that.

"Yumi just wants to keep you happy, which is rare. You don't see woman of Yumi's caliber anymore. No matter what idiotic things you do Ulrich, Yumi still loves you. Even when you have moments like these, and shut the world out and everybody in it. Yumi still loves you, and doesn't walk out of your life. And you shouldn't take that for grant it."

He was right again. Odd pulled out his phone. "Read this Ulrich, it's a Bob Marley quote, and I really think this will get through that thick sulky brain of yours."

I took the phone from him, as he said he would watch Kammi and Logan. After I read the quote, I realized that Odd was right. Yumi was everything I just read, and it suck that it took me until now to realize it. Of course, I knew that I deeply loved Yumi. But, it took me until now, after small little fight, and being away from her right now to realize that I can't imagine my life without her. It took me until now to realize that she is my soul mate. The last thing I ever wanted was for her to walk out my life, and that would be exactly what I would have coming if I just continuously walked out her life.

I realized that every time we did get in an argument. I was the one to walk away instead of talking things out, or just ignore her, or just shut the whole thing off completely. I promised myself, and I will promise that to Yumi that I will never do what I've been doing in the past when her and I get in arguments.

"Can you send that to me please?" I asked, as I handed Odd back his phone.

"Yeah." Odd said. "Now that you realize that, next time you see Yumi. Tell her how much you feel man, and then after that, show her how you feel, and I mean, really show her with every ounce of your soul. I remember you feeling me a week ago, that you and Yumi haven't really went all the way with the foreplay stuff cause you two never ever been that vulnerable with each other, well now's a good time…"

"Yeah." I said shyly. He was right, again. "Well, what do you have planned for the rest of the day?"

"Nothing, probably go finish packing my stuff, and look for a place to stay." Odd shrugged. "I better go though. And good luck with Yumi, you two will be fine." Odd got up from the ground, as did I.

"Okay, well if you need a place to crash, you can stay with us."

"Nah, its fine. My parents set up a place for me here. Thanks though." Odd gave me a one armed hug. "I'll catch up with you tomorrow at practice."

"Okay." I nodded my head, as I went to pick up my daughter. "Come on, Kam, let's go to lunch."

"Flowers!" Kammi smiled and showed me some purple flowers that were in her hand.

"They're very pretty. I think we should give them to mommy, does that sound good?" Kammi grinned and nodded her head. I returned the smile and kissed her on her cheek. As we left the park and headed to grab a quick bite to eat.

Yumi's POV

I pulled into the parking lot of Tropical Smoothie Café, and parked directly next to Aelita's car. I smiled and waved over towards her, as I noticed that she was still in the car. I saw Aelita smile back, and wave over towards me. Her and I both got out of our cars, and met up with each other.

Aelita smile and gave me a friendly hug, which I returned. "What's been going on since I last saw you less than 24 hours ago?" I asked as we walked into the café.

"Not much honestly, nothing significant has happened." Aelita answered. "What about you?"

"Um, well Ulrich made the US soccer team." I smiled.

"What! That's so awesome, tell him I said congratulations." Aelita spoke.

"I will."

"Hi, welcome to Tropical Smoothie." The young teenage girl at the register greeted.

"Hey." Aelita and I said in unison, as we looked up at the menu.

"Wow there's so many smoothie choices." I saw as I looked at all the smoothie choices.

"Do you guys have vegan options?" Aelita asked.

"Yeah, we have the Hummus Veggie wrap, and if needed you can always take the meat out in any of our food options." She explained. Aelita nodded her head.

"I forgot you were a vegan now." I chuckled, as I looked over the food options menu. "Will you be offended if I ate something with meat in it?"

Aelita laughed. "No, eat whatever you want."

"Great, cause that Turkey Bacon Ranch is calling my name." I smiled. "I think I know what I am going to get. May I have the Turkey Bacon Ranch sandwich?"

"Sure, and what type of side will you like with that. We have chips, apple, banana, or an orange for our options."

"Uh, I'll just take the Classic Lays chips." I answered. "For my smoothie, I'll try the Sunrise Sunset that sounds really good."

"What is in that?" Aelita asked.

"Mangos, orange juice, strawberries, and pineapple." The girl at the register explained.

"That does sound good. Hm, I think I am going to try the Island Green smoothie."

I looked up at the menu and saw what was in it. "Ew you can have that."

"Are you guys paying on the same ticket?"

"No…" Aelita started.

I nodded my head "Yeah, I'll pay for it." I waved Aelita off.

"Are you sure Yumi?"

"Yeah girl, it's fine seriously. And don't say what I think you're going to say back either." I explained.

Aelita smiled and nodded her head. "I'll take the hummus veggie wrap, with an apple, and the island green please."

"Alrighty, is that all for you ladies today?" She asked, and I nodded my head. "That brings your total to $23.54 is that for here or to go." I pulled out my wallet and handed her my debit card.

"We'll eat here." I answered, as she handed me my card after she swiped it.

"Great, here is your receipt and someone will bring your food and smoothies out to you shortly."

"Thank you." Aelita and I smiled, and sat down at the table near the window.

"So, how are things going with you?" I asked.

"Things are pretty good. Um, Jeremy and I are doing great and everything. CJ is doing good as well." Aelita explained.

"That's good to know." I decided against Aelita about her ovarian cancer, if she wanted to talk about it, she would.

"Things were me, eh, could better. I'm pretty scared about this whole cancer thing." Aelita admitted.

I nodded my head and sighed sadly. "I understand, but I have a feelings things will be just fine. Like you said, you're only in the first stage."

Aelita agreed. "Yeah, I know things will be just fine with the cancer, it's just, after this whole thing is over, I don't know if I am going to be able to have children anymore."

I gave Aelita a sympathetic look, as she looked around the inside of the café. A few seconds later our food and smoothies were placed in front of us. "This Island Green is delicious."

I laughed. "I bet, but I think I'll pass on that. I'll stick with just fruit in smoothies." I sipped some of the smoothie up from the straw and tasted my smoothie. It was absolutely delicious, as well as my sandwich.

"You know being in this place makes me think, all of us should go on a vacation again. It's been forever since we did." Aelita mentioned.

I looked at her curiously. "And where were you thinking?"

Aelita shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, just anywhere. Maybe somewhere we haven't been. Just have a couples retreat, and rekindle all of our friendships, because we all been busy with our kids, and just our own lives. I miss the days when all of us hung out almost every day."

"Okay, well I'll defiantly think about it. I think it's just going to be hard with Ulrich and Odd traveling all the time though."

"Where is Odd going?"

My eyes widened. "Odd made the soccer team as well."

Aelita smiled. "Wow that's great. I had no idea, I haven't seen Trinity in a couple days."

"Yeah, they both made the team, so they'll be on the road a lot, or at practice, or working out, and other things that come with being a professional athlete." I said, a little sadly, but hoped Aelita didn't notice.

"You don't seem too thrilled." Crap. She noticed.

I shrugged. "Trust me. I am so happy for Ulrich, he really deserves this. He's been through a lot. I mean, it's only been five weeks since the accident. So, he's still grieving, and knowing Ulrich, he will be for a while."

Aelita nodded her head. "Things will get better, as long as he has you and Kammi, in due time I'm sure he will be fine."

"I hope so." I sighed. "But anyway, how's the love life with you and Jeremy?" I grinned, and empathized on the love part. I mean, what a little girl outing without a little sex talk. It's only natural.

Aelita blushed. "It's great, I mean, it's nice."

"Must be judging by how red your face is right now." I smiled at my best friend's embarrassment.

Aelita laughed, and rolled her eyes. "Yeah, well. Even with that's happening with me, I can't seem to get enough of him." Aelita said shyly, but loud enough so that only I heard.

I smiled and nodded my head. "It's hard to believe that you two were the last ones to do the do. But, as they say, it's always the quiet ones that get you." I joked.

Aelita slapped my hand playfully, and laughed. "Hey, I am not that quiet."

"Mhm. Sure." I laughed along with her.

"I mean, Jeremy and I just got to…" Aelita looked around and bent her head down slightly. "We just got to the oral stage." She whispered, and I immediately stopped laughing. "What did I say something wrong?"

I nodded my head. "No, no you didn't."

"Oh okay, but I was so scared of how it was all going to turn out, but it's actually not that bad. How was your first time experiencing it?" Aelita asked, which I wish she didn't.

I opened my mouth to find the words to lie, but they didn't come out. Aelita noticed, and opened her mouth shockingly. "Wait. Yumi? You and Ulrich haven't…" I sighed, and admitted to her that Ulrich and I haven't got to that stage, even though we've done this whole making love thing for like a very long time.

"I don't know." I sighed, and drunk some more of my smoothie. "It's just, I never been that vulnerable to Ulrich before. It's like all of me is right in front of his face. I don't know, then again maybe its insecurities."

Aelita nodded her head. "Yeah. It is a very vulnerable thing, but in the end, that what it is all about, feeling vulnerable and being intimate should be what the sexual experience is all about. I'm sure he feels the same way, but you two already love each other, and each other's bodies, why stop? You know?"

I blushed, and nodded my head. "Yeah. Anyway, let's change the subject." I said, not wanting to talk about this anymore. Aelita smile and nodded her head. We continued to talk for a little while longer, before we decided to walk around the nearest mall for a couple of hours before going our separate ways.

When I got back into the car, I noticed that it was eight in the evening. Wow, busy day. I started up the car, and drove home. Not knowing what to expect when I got back.

Alighty! That is the end of Salted Wound Part One! Stayed tuned for the second part coming up later tonight! Next chapter is going to be romantic, and really sexual! So just be aware of that. I love Ulrich and Yumi so much I had to break the chapter up. Otherwise it was going to be like 20,000 words in one chapter.