Ulrick's POV:

"I'm done with this." I told Willem after finding him in the courtyard the next morning. "If you ever need advice, that's fine. I just can't keep speaking for you to Yumi."

"Are you crazy?" he asked. "She's almost in love with us! She was really concerned after we came back last night…"

"Look, I just can't do it anymore." I said. "If you want her to be your girlfriend, she has to be your girlfriend. Not our girlfriend."

"But it's working out so well! That speech outside her window? That was the most amazing thing I had ever heard! I couldn't come up with anything like that…"

"Look, if you want to date Yumi, you'll have to try to be yourself around her." I said. "I'm done."

"You're in love with her, aren't you?" Willem asked. I tried to keep my expression neutral.

But, really, he had guessed right.

"You still have feelings for her." Willem continued.

"Look…All I'm saying is that this isn't right." I said after a while. "From now on, you'll have to make your own phone calls, your own romantic speeches, & your own love notes. I'm done."

Willem was about to say more when somebody cut him off.

"You tricked me?"

We turned to see Yumi standing only a few feet away. Apparently, she had just arrived at school…& quite possibly heard what Willem & I were talking about.

"I can't even believe you guys would do this!" she said.

"Yumi, I…I can explain…" Willem said.

"Don't bother." Yumi said as the bell rang.

"You guys are so lucky that I have to get to class." she said. "Just stay away from me, both of you." She pushed past us as she went to class.

Well…

I guess that was that.


"Clear your desks for a pop quiz." I heard the teacher say as I slipped into drama class just before the late bell.

"What's he talking about?" I asked Od as I sat down next to him.

"No clue." Od answered. "Do you have a spare pencil?"

"It's about Cyrano de Bergerac." Jeremy said as he passed a pencil to Od. "You know, the play we were supposed to finish reading?"

"We were supposed to finish that?" Od asked. Jeremy just shook his head as he turned back around.

"Any chance you could help me out, good buddy?" Od whispered to me after the test was passed out.

"I haven't done any of the reading." I whispered back. "I have no idea what happens in the play!"


Ok, so it's not the happiest of endings, but it's not as tragic as the original Cyrano. After all, this sort of took place between episodes, so everything had to return "normal."

For the special Q&A chapter…Why don't we say that May 30th is the cutoff date? I should (hopefully) be able to get the chapter to you guys by then…Of course, I'm pretty bad about keeping deadlines I set for myself, so feel free to submit a question even if it's past May 30th & nothing's posted yet…

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