Summary: This is it; it's time to start their lives on their own, with nobody guiding them to the rest of the future. The group will encounter jobs, weddings, pregnancy, family problems, and much more. They figured they can go back to being younger any day!
The OC's- Thank you for sending them in, the good news is I plan on using all of them! Especially those of you who sent in more than three
Code Lyoko Evolution 2012! Wow, I can't wait to see what they come up with next, but there are rumors that they will use real people, I hope not! Code Lyoko should forever more be a cartoon!
The chapter will have a lot of cuss words in it, so sorry for the language but this chapter will have plenty of mishaps and drama, that will have you at the end of your chair!
Tuesday
August 9th 2015
4:00 AM
Selena's POV
I woke up to the sound of Tristan's alarm on his phone buzzing loudly, which only meant one thing. Tristan was getting deployed in an hour. I heard Tristan sigh, as he got out of the bed. I then sat up in the bed and watched him walk towards the bathroom, and saw his Army uniform hanging up on the closet door, waiting to be worn soon. I heard the shower come on from the bathroom, I sighed as the time seemed just go way to fast, because in Army time, being on time, means you are late, so that meant we had to be at the Army base airport way ahead of time.
I slowly got out of the bed and headed towards the kitchen in Tristan's apartment. After last night's dinner, we went to the store and picked up a few items for the puppies, went back to my apartment, picked them up, and went to Tristan's apartment. Before I could fix breakfast, the pups were crying. I picked up their leashes, put it on their collar, and took them outside to the nearest park across the street of Tristan's apartment.
The pups did their business and we were now back in the apartment, after I had fed them. I started fixing breakfast for Tristan and me. Moments later, Tristan walked in the kitchen in his Army uniform. I sighed, but smiled as I saw him.
"Good morning." Tristan kissed my cheek as he looked over my shoulder to see what I was fixing.
"Good morning, you look sharp." I slightly turned towards him.
"Thank you." Tristan responded. "You're fixing pancakes and bacon. It smells great."
"Thanks, I don't know when you are going to get home cooked meals again, so might as well just start with this." I sighed as I took the pancakes on the pan and onto the plate that sat next to me. "I didn't know how many you want, so I just fixed you three of them, and a couple pieces of bacon."
"It's fine, that'll be plenty." Tristan said as he grabbed his plate, along with picking up three pieces of bacon and sat at the table.
After I cleaned up the mess I made in his kitchen, I made my plate, and sat across from him at the table. "Are you nervous?"
Tristan nodded his head. "Very, I really don't want to be away."
I nodded my head. "I understand."
In the next few minutes, which seemed to speed up, it was time to go drop off Tristan. It took at least twenty minutes to get to the Army base; I wish it could have been longer, because that was the fastest twenty minutes of my life.
Tristan stepped out of the car, and put on his hat to his uniform. I took several minutes to step out of the car, but eventually I did and met up with Tristan in front of the car. I looked over to my side and saw the many men and woman that were about to be deployed, there was also large Army plane sitting on the runway as well. Since this the airport for the soon to be deployed, family and friends that were not a part of the Army were not allowed to go in.
"I'm going to miss you." Tristan looked down at me.
I turned my attention towards him; I leaned forwards and wrapped my arms around him, giving him the biggest hug I could give anyone. "I'm going to miss you so much."
I felt Tristan wrap his arms around me, and laid a kiss upon my forehead, we stayed in silence for a moment, just enjoying each other presence until half of the year is over. We then heard a bell sound, letting the soldiers know they were being deployed in ten minutes. Tristan and I soon let of the embrace, but still kept our arms around each other.
"I love you Selena." Tristan looked into my eyes.
I looked back into his eyes, knowing it was going to be a while before I saw them again. "I love you too Tristan."
Tristan then leaned toward me, placing his lips upon mine. I eased into the kiss, and returned it. We kept the most passionate kiss we ever had going until it was time to let go. We released each other's lips and bodies as Tristan picked up his bag. He leaned over once more and placed a quick peck on my lips, before walking away to meet up with the other soldiers. I watched as he walked away as the soldiers began to line up and board the plane, as I saw Tristan walk on the plane, he waved at me, I returned it as I didn't see him anymore. A tear slid down my face as the last bit of soldiers boarded the plane, and the plane door closing, and soon lifting off into the air. I watched as I couldn't see the plane anymore in the sky.
More tears slid down my face as I got back into the car and headed back towards Paris, to start the day, and the rest of six months without Tristan.
With Ulrich and Yumi
Yumi's POV
6:00 AM
Vacation time was now purely over, today was the day I had to go vet school today at seven o'clock. I woke up to the sound of my alarm; I noticed that Ulrich was still sleeping next to me. I smiled as I began to walk out of our bedroom, I was in shock for a moment, confused at the fact there was all this extra space, but then I realized that we moved in our house now, so it would take a while for me to get used to. I walked down into the kitchen, looking for something to eat, I found nothing.
"Crap." I said to myself, Ulrich and I forgot to go to the store after the dinner the other night. We decided not to bring home that extremely large food back home, because clearly nobody was going to eat it as soon as we got back. I sighed to myself as I closed the fridge door. Now, I would have to spend money out to buy some breakfast I could have fixed at home.
Ulrich came down shortly and noticed the slight frustration on my face. "What's wrong?"
"We have no food; we completely forgot to go to the grocery store after dinner last night." I answered.
"So we have no food?" Ulrich asked. I laughed to myself, every time Ulrich woke up from his slumber, he would have his moment of cluelessness.
"That is exactly what I am saying." I responded.
"Well, that sucks." Ulrich sat down at the couch in the family room.
"I'm going to go grocery shopping today after school." I said as I walked over towards Ulrich.
"What time does it end for you?" Ulrich asked.
"Two o'clock." I answered as I leaned down a placed a kiss on Ulrich's lips. "Well, I'm going to go get ready."
"Okay, and I'll just sit here, and just watch the news." Ulrich said as he turned on the television. I nodded my head and went back upstairs to take a shower to start my day.
After my shower I got dressed in my black blouse, dark blue jeans, and my white and black shoes. I went back down stairs and looked at the clock. It was now 6:25, and I had to be at school at seven something. So, I was in good timing to grab a quick bite for breakfast.
"So, how do I look?" I walked in front of Ulrich.
Ulrich smiled and stood in front of me. "You look great Yumes."
I leaned up and placed another kiss upon his lips, which lasted longer than I wanted too. "I gotta go now." I smiled.
"Aw, one more kiss, please." Ulrich begged.
"If I do it will last longer than I would want it too, then I would be late to school." I implied.
Ulrich slightly sighed. "Okay, I hope you have a good day."
"Thank you." I smiled and gave Ulrich a quick peck, so he couldn't have the time to kiss back. "And you have to a good day at work as well."
Ulrich smiled. "I will, call me when you get a chance. I love you"
"I love you too." I said as I walked towards the front door and grabbed my keys of off the key rack, and headed out towards my car. Once I pulled out the driveway and out of the neighborhood, I decided to grab some breakfast at Panera Bread. Once I had got out of the car, deciding against going through the drive-thru they had since it was really busy. I went inside of the store and got my place in line, which really wasn't that busy.
I looked around and saw a lot of business people dressed up in their clothes, getting ready to go to work, or just getting some things done. I could tell that the people in here were professional at what they do. Which I couldn't blame them, if you lived in Westover Hills, you had to have money. It was now my turn to order my food, since this was my first time in this place, I had no idea what to order, so I just ordered what sounded good at the moment, which was a Breakfast Power Sandwich along with some freshly brewed coffee.
After they had fixed my food I had grabbed a little table to myself overlooking the view of Westover Hills.
"Is that you Yumi?" A voice said behind me.
I turned my body to see was the person who wanted my attention, and apparently know my name. As I looked at the person I quickly realized who it was.
"Wow, Michaelle?" I smiled.
"Hello girl." Michaelle gave me a quick hug. "I haven't seen you since I was videotaping your wedding, speaking of which how was the honeymoon and everything."
"It was great, Ulrich and I had a nice time." I smiled. "Why don't you sit down?"
"I would love to, but I was actually on my way to work right now. I didn't know you lived out this way or come out this way." Michaelle responded.
"Em, actually we just moved out here yesterday. My father-in-law brought us a house out here." I answered.
"Oh that is so right, listen about your tape and photos, you should stop by my house later on today when you get a chance." Michaelle took out a pen and a small card and wrote down her address. "Which neighborhood you live in?"
"Spring Brook." I responded as I took a sip of my coffee.
"Oh, I hear the have some gorgeous homes back there. I live in Blossom view just a few blocks down from here." Michaelle pointed.
"I'll try to find that, I have to do some grocery shopping and stuff after I get back." I said as I put her card in my wallet, that I had taken out of my purse.
"No problem, take your time, I'll be up all night planning out this movie and everything. Just come by when you are done." Michaelle waved.
"Okay, I will. Thanks so much, and it was great running into you here." I smiled.
"It was, I'm glad we live in the same community now. But I gotta get to work, I'll see you later!" Michaelle said as she began to leave.
"Kay, see you later." I responded as she walked out the door.
After I finished up my breakfast, I took my coffee and went back to my car, to officially begin my day off with the first day of vet school.
With Odd
Odd's POV
6:45 AM
I decided to wake up early to go check up on Trinity to see how she is doing, since she had to stay in the hospital a couple of more days, after that, as we returned Trinity back to the hospital. We were told that she had to have a consult check up on her for three months at least. Which we really didn't really have a problem with that much. On my way out of my apartment, I decided to stop my Chick-fil-a to pick up some breakfast for Trinity and I, I can imagine how hungry she must be, or how mad she might be by just eating that hospital food.
When I arrived at the hospital and walked into Trinity's room, I noticed that she was up watching Good Morning France.
"Morning beautiful" I smiled as I walked into her hospital room. "I brought you some breakfast."
Trinity smiled over towards my room. "Morning, and thank you very much, I was not planning on seeing what this hospital had in store for breakfast."
"Yeah, I figured." I leaned over and placed a kiss on Trinity's lips and handed her the bag of food. "How was your sleep?"
"It was okay, I mean I wish I could sleep in my own bed right now." Trinity responded, handing my sandwich, as well as pulling hers out.
"Yeah, I'm tired of sleeping alone." I added.
"Aw, you miss you cuddle buddy." Trinity flirted as she took a bite out of her breakfast chicken biscuit.
"Don't flirt and eat Trin." I laughed.
"Oh please, you know you like it." Trinity smiled.
"I would like it more if you weren't talking with a mouth full." I pointed.
Trinity covered her hand over her mouth. "Yeah, it would be pretty gross to see chewed up food huh?"
"Pretty gross? Try disgusting." I reminded her.
Trinity nodded her head and took another bite out of her sandwich. "Did you hear anything else on your sister?"
I sighed a nodded my head. "She is still in her coma, I'm going to have to try to get a flight out there soon."
Trinity nodded her head. "I hope she pulls through."
"Me too." I sighed once more.
There was a small silence between us, until I decided to bring up this case at work that I needed to get back on top of.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you this Trin. I'm working on this case right now, and her name is Alex. Her father claims to abuse her, and people reported that she has been getting raped and sexually assaulted by other men, including her father, who was reported to killing his wife, but was found not guilty." I explained.
"What the hell, why are people so damn sick?" Trinity gasped.
I shrugged. "I have to visit there home today."
"Wait, what if he's dangerous?" Trinity put down her biscuit, and gave me her full attention.
"Don't worry Trin, I'll have Eoin by my side if we need any back-up." I said trying to calm down my fiancé.
Trinity sighed a looked away from me for a second, then looked back at me. "I have a bad feeling about this, but please call me once you get out that place, okay?"
I nodded my head. "I will."
"Okay, and my brother flew out today, just to add on top of that." Trinity spoke.
"Oh, that's right. I hope he makes it there and back alright." I mentioned.
"So do I, I need to write him, or just start writing on the draft part of it." Trinity said as she finished up her biscuit.
"Kay, well I should get going, I gotta be at work soon." I said as I got up from out the chair. "I'll come back during my lunch break to bring you some lunch."
"Sounds great, thanks." Trinity smiled up at me.
I returned the smile and gave her a sensual kiss before I left from the hospital, to begin my long full day at work.
With Jeremy and Aelita
Jeremy's POV
7:00 AM
Tuesday, the second full work day. Now, I may not have any work to do, my I had received a call last night that they had to push the date up to start school for pediatricians. Which, I was sort of pumped up about, but was disappointed due to the last minute change in the date, and letting me know last night. But for me, I was well prepared for anything that was going to be thrown in front of my face.
"So, are you ready to start doctor's school?" Aelita asked me as she finished preparing breakfast.
"Yeah, I'm just wondering how this is going to turn out, and hopefully this is the job that won't take over my life." I responded.
"I don't think this will take over your life." Aelita sat down the breakfast plates.
"We will see, but I heard the best thing about this job is we don't really have to work late nights, and sometimes we have the weekends off unless we are called in." I explained.
"Since when does a doctor have weekends off?" Aelita chuckled.
"I don't know, that is a question that has been bugging me for a while. But as soon as school is over, I'll know my shift." I said, as I ate my food.
"What place are you thinking about working at?" Aelita asked.
"Probably that Adolescent's Health Center, it's actually in Westover Hills, so about thirty minutes from here." I responded.
"Oh, that's the community where Ulrich and Yumi live." Aelita gasped.
"That's right, I forgot they moved. I was wondering why they didn't come back to their old apartment." I responded.
"We need to go visit them, and go check out their new house now." Aelita finished up her food and placed it in the sink.
"We are going to get out of the box soon, hopefully." I said as I also placed my plate in the sink. "I gotta get ready to leave soon, class starts at eight, and I need to find my way over to Westover Hills."
"I gotta be at work at the same time your class starts." Aelita said, as she began to wash the dishes.
"Anything new happening with your job" I asked.
"Not really, same ole." Aelita said as she grabbed her keys. "Well, I should head out, busy day, we have like a huge meeting today and I can't be late."
"Okay, I'm heading out as well." I grabbed my keys as well, and opened up the door letting Aelita out first, before shutting the door behind me.
With Selena
Selena's POV
7:15 AM
After Tristan left, I decided to go visit my parents so I could have someone to talk to. My parents lived on the outskirts of Paris in a semi-small townhome. After I arrived at my parents' home, I saw my mother's car sitting outside, meaning my father could be working today, who works at the local Farmer's Market Organic Grocery Store.
I knocked on the door a few times, before I finally saw my mother when she opened the door. Her hair was up in a messy bun, with flour all in her hair, along with she had a cooking apron on.
"Hello Lena, what brings you home?" My mother, Diana greeted me, and invited me inside.
"Hey mom, I just wanted to visit you guys, and check up on you and dad." I responded. "What is up with all the flour in your hair and clothes?"
"Oh, I'm just fixing some cake, the usual." My mother responded as she walked in into her country style kitchen. I loved my mom's home cooking, she had an old gas stove that cooked meals to perfection, one of those old style fridges, not much counter space, but it was enough for my mom. One thing about her was she is a chef, she owns restaurant called Lena's which was named after me. As for my father, David, he owns the Grocery Store he works at now, since it was a family custom store since the 1800's, the store and my mother's restaurant are very popular over this side of town. Which by the way my parents live in Danville, Paris. But, one thing I always wanted to question my parents was why didn't I look like my mother nor my father, and why wasn't there any pictures of me from when I was born, the only pictures they have of me when I was two and up, and when I was two years old, I didn't know anybody, not even myself.
"Hey mom?" I asked as I sat down at the small table in the corner of the kitchen.
"What's up sweetie?" My mom answered as she started to batter some cake mix.
"How come there aren't any baby pictures of me?" I asked, hoping I could get an answer, which she tried to avoid the question at first, but then after the put the cake in the oven she sat down across from me.
"We need to really talk about this when your father gets home." My mother responded.
"What do you mean, why, what time does he get home?" I asked, expecting the worst that could come out. Maybe I should have never asked this question from the start.
"He comes home around three this afternoon." My mother responded.
I sighed, one thing about me, is at least I was sort of patient, but I had no choice to be patient with my parents, they may look nice on the outside, but on the inside they were strict and didn't take attitudes. "Okay."
My mother smiled and placed her had overtop of mine. "Would you like cheese and eggs, I just fixed some."
"Sure, I would love some." I said.
My mother got up from the chair and put a plate of cheese and eggs on a medium sized plate, and sat it in front of me, along with a fork, and some orange juice.
"So, how's your boyfriend Tristan?" My mother asked.
I sighed. "He just got deployed about two hours ago."
"Aw, sorry Lena, but I'm sure everything's going to be alright." My mother laid her hand on mine again. "Don't forget he'll always be with you in your heart, and he's fighting for our country. Is he on the green zone?"
"I'm pretty sure he is, but I really don't know." I answered.
"I know how you feel sweet pea, when your father was drafted into the Army, I was in the same state of mind you are in now, and you are impatient and just keep wondering about his safety." My mother explained.
"I hate this feeling mom." A silent tear went down my face, which my mother wiped away.
"You just have to be strong, I'm pretty sure he doesn't want you crying right now." My mother said. "But if you need anything, your father and I will always be here, alight."
I nodded my head, and my mother went over to me and pulled me into a hug. "Love you dear."
"Love you too mom."
My mother laid a kiss on my forehead and then walked back over to her seat and sat down. "So how is your job going?"
"It's going good actually; we are still building the community up." I answered. "We have about sixteen homes built, and built about five stores, and three grocery stores."
"Wow, you all are rolling over there, how many homes are you talking about building."
"At least sixty, we are going to be working on that project for a while, we are hoping to be done by January." I responded. "Luckily we are in sponsor with a lot of companies right now, so we should be done."
"Sounds like a plan." My mother smiled.
I returned the smile and finished up my cheese and eggs that my mother had fixed.
"Do you have to work today?" My mother asked.
"No not today, tomorrow and the rest of this week not including the weekend I have to though. They let me off to just try to ease this about Tristan going away and everything, since he was helping with the project two, he helped built a few homes."
"Well that is amazing." My mother smiled.
"I know, he's such a sweetheart." I smiled.
"Do you want to marry him someday?" She asked.
"Yes, one day I do plan on marrying him one day, but we only been together for about two months, so it's going to be a while." I said honestly.
"Love has no date sweetie, when I married your dad we only been dating for six months." My mom expressed.
"Really, did you feel like you were rushing?" I asked.
"Well, yes you are going to feel that way, but look where your father and I now. We have been married for thirty one years now." My mom responded, as the front door opened to reveal my father.
"Hey daddy" I waved as he walked into the kitchen.
"Hey pumpkin, how are you?" My father asked.
"Good and you?" I asked.
"Just fine, I had to come home to pick up a few things before I head on back to work." My father said.
"Oh before you go back David, we need to talk about to Lena about something important." My mother gave my father a strange look, my father sighed and sat down at the table, and they both looked at me. Which really scared me; I have no idea what was going to come out their mouths.
"Lena, we need to tell you the reason why there haven't been any baby pictures of you." My mother looked down for a second; she looked over to my father, then back at me. "I don't know any way to put this, but Lena, we are not your birth parents."
"Excuse me?" I thought to myself. "So, I'm adopted? How could this be?" I realized that I was talking to myself, and that they couldn't hear my thoughts. "So….who is my real parents?"
My father began to speak. "We don't remember honestly. But all we remember was your birth parents had to give you up when you were one years old."
"Did they say why?" I asked.
"No, and they didn't have to give us a reason why, but I'm sorry this turned out this way Lena, we just didn't know when the right time to tell you." My mother apologized.
I nodded my head. "No, it's okay. But, I do want to find them though, just to meet them."
My parents nodded their head. "That's going to be a long process."
"I know it is, but if it worth having it's worth fighting for, and that's what you guys taught me." Even though I really wanted to explode in their faces, and just wanted to scream at the top of my lungs on how they could keep that from me, I had no choice but to keep calm, because even at my age, I could get on punishment from them.
"You're right, we taught you well." My father said. "I'm sorry to leave at such a wrong moment, but I need to get back to work."
"It's fine, you gotta do what you have to do right?" I slightly smiled.
"I'm sorry Lena; I'll call you tonight if you are not here when I get back." My father kissed my forehead, and then kissed my mother's. Before he left he grabbed a few boxes that had the name of the store he owned on the front of the boxes before leaving.
"Are you okay about all this?" My mother asked.
"Well, it's all a bit of shocker right now; I guess I'll be okay. But mom, do you remember anything about just the simplest things about them or where I was born, exactly?"
My mother thought for a second before going to the front closet and grabbing a box, and sat it on the table. She searched through it for a while before pulling out a couple sheets of paper. "You were born at La Hospital, in Spain. And I just found your adoptive sheets and I remember now that we used to send pictures to them as you grew up, but they had moved their address, but I believe they are still in Spain, judging by if you were born there."
"Does it mention their names?" I asked, hoping to get the answer I really would like to hear. My mother searched through a few more sheets of paper before finding a sheet that really seemed interesting.
"Here is your original birth certificate, before it was moved to our names as your parents." My mother handed me the paper.
Birth Certificate of:
Child: Selena Josephine Perez
Born on: December 14, 1993 at 4:02 AM
Mother: Mariana Lola Vargas-Perez
Father: Antonio Alejandro Perez
"I need to get a flight out to Spain this weekend." I said. "Since, there is no number or anything on here, I can't give them a full heads up."
My mother nodded her head. "Would you like for me to come with?"
"Um, right now mom. I just would like to go alone or with a friend of mine." I responded.
"Okay, that is fine with me." My mother slightly smiled. "I wish you the best of luck Lena."
"Thank you." I said. "Is it okay if I take a nap here, I really don't feel like driving all the way back to Paris right now?"
"Yes, you know where you room is." My mother pointed up the stairs.
"Thanks mom." I said as I took the papers with me. I went upstairs and to my old room and saw that it hadn't been changed since. When I was in my teenage years, my room was a fun feeling to it. I had two huge pink and purple polka dot beanie bag chairs sitting in from of the TV, my long twin sized bed in the corner of the room, my blue colored walls that had my name painted across the left side of the wall, and a TV on the wall facing my right side. Laing with the many other things I had when I was a teen. I lay down on the bed and sighed, slowly closing my eyes, and dreaming of meeting my real parents.
With Ulrich
Ulrich's POV
7:45 AM
After I had got dressed, it was time to go back to work from vacation, which I wish could have lasted longer, because now I am back to waking up early in the morning and staying at work for at least six hours. Since there was no food in the house, I decided to just go in the drive-thru line of Dunkin Donuts to grab me a donut and some coffee, since I was still tired and needed some energy to get through the day.
After about a fifteen minute drive I was now walking into the building of where I work at and into the main office, from where I was greeted by my boss who happened to be walking past the door at the time.
"Good Morning Mr. Stern, how are you?" Marcus greeted.
"I'm alright, and you?" I asked, drinking a sip of my coffee.
"Good, we been very busy since your vacation, by the way how did it go?" Marcus asked.
"It was great." I smiled.
"I'm sure it was, but listen I'm in a big rush right now, so I'll catch up with you later." Marcus said. "And congrats again, and I hate to say this but you've got a client coming in soon, that insisted on talking with you only."
"Thanks, and okay." I said a bit confused on why a client would want to talk to me, instead of any of the other lawyers. It also made me wonder if I knew this person, and hopefully it was someone I got along with, and not someone I didn't want to see at this moment. After I went into my office and settled down, turning all the electronics on and everything, to get ready for my client, I then just waited until he or she would come.
As five minutes or so passed, there was a knock on my door, I told the person to come in, and as they did I realized who the person was after I received a full view of the person. It was Mrs. Ishiyama, Yumi's mom.
"Hello Ulrich." Mrs. Ishiyama greeted as she sat in the chair in front of my desk.
"Um, hello Mrs. Ishiyama, how are you this morning?" I sat up in my chair.
"I'm okay, how about you?" She asked.
"I'm fine, just a little tired." I responded.
She nodded her head. "I hope the honeymoon for you and my daughter was everything you wanted it to be."
"Oh yes, it was very nice ma'am, and I want to thank you and Mr. Ishiyama for sending us there." I slightly smiled.
"No problem." She said.
I then decided to ask her what brings her here today, since she wasn't here just to have small talk with me. "So, what can I help you with?"
Mrs. Ishiyama looked up at me. "Ulrich, I'm here today because my husband and I, need to file for a divorce."
I sat there in shock for a moment, trying to soak this entire situation in. "Um, if you don't mind me asking, why?"
"He's changed, he comes home smelling like perfume, and he sometimes has lipstick marks all over his neck, he is never there for me, and Hiroki, especially with the situation going on with Hiroki now. He drinks a lot more than usual, mostly two times a day in four days. And now he hasn't been home since you and Yumi left your wedding reception. This just got to a boiling point for me Ulrich, and I can't take it no more. Especially before all this even happened, during your teenage years and throughout all of this, I felt like I was talking to a brick wall, he never helps me around the house. I mean he is physically there, but mentally he is in La La Land." Mrs. Ishiyama explained.
I had to type down all the things she had said, so that it could be attached on the divorce papers. I was no relationship therapist, but if I was I would try to do everything I could to fix the problem, but it was no common sense or it was not in my place to fix it, so I just had to go along with it. "I'm sorry all this is happening."
"Oh, don't worry about it Ulrich, none of this is your fault. It's just some loves that seem the strongest, just don't work out at times." She sighed, which what she had said, seemed to hit me. Those words hit me like one of those cartoons walking beside a huge building and a piano falling on top of them.
"But, do not let our relationship take toll on what you and Yumi have, I am 100% sure this won't happen to you two. Trust me I listened to what you and Yumi said in your vows, and I could tell you meant everything you said, as with my daughter." Mrs. Ishiyama said, as if she was reading me like a book.
I nodded my head and slightly smiled. "And does Mr. Ishiyama know about this."
"No, as soon as he comes home he is going to just have to sign them, I done talking to a brick wall." She said sternly.
I then printed off the papers that Mrs. Ishiyama had told me, and then pulled out the files for the divorce papers that had to sign, stapled them, and handed them to her.
"Thank you Ulrich for helping me out." Soon to be Ms. Ishiyama, instead of Mrs. took the divorce papers from me and stood to her feet.
"You're welcome." I responded, since there was barely anything left to say now.
"Well, I guess I talk with you soon. Thanks again." She said as she walked out the door.
"Bye, talk to you later." I waved. I then sighed to myself, a million things was crossing my mind as of right now, but the big one was how should I tell Yumi, and if I should tell her, or should I just wait until her parents tell her. With the raging battle going through my mind, probably the best thing to do was just tell her; hopefully I was doing the right thing.
With Odd
Odd's POV
8:00 AM
I had just arrived to work from visiting Trinity in the hospital, as I walked into my office and sat at my desk, I looked over the case I am working on now, I don't know why I sat down though, judging by I would have to go visit my case patient on later in a few minutes.
"Hello Odd" Mr. Thompson, my boss stood over my desk.
"Oh, hello Mr. Thompson" I said not removing my eyes from my case.
"How is um Trinity?" He asked.
"She's doing alright, she's making a recovery." I responded.
"That's good, that's good. Listen, you've been doing well on your cases, and I just want to talk to you about it over lunch, if you want?" Mr. Thompson invited.
I looked up from my case for a moment, then over at Mr. Thompson. "Uh, sure"
"Okay, well just meet me outside of the office when you lunch hour begins, if you are still here, do you have to visit your client today?" He asked.
"Yeah, actually I'm on my way there now." I got up from my seat and grabbed my case folder.
"Oh okay, be safe out there, there are crazy people in these cases." Mr. Thompson pointed.
"Thanks, I will." I said, as I walked out of the office. After a five minute walk to my car, I sat inside of it without starting my engine, I pulled out my cell phone a called someone I knew very well as of now, the phone rang a couple of times before I received an answer.
"Hello?"
"Hey Eoin, look, sorry about the last minute change earlier this week. But can you meet me at the home we were going to visit; I'm in my car now."
"Um, sure, I'll meet you over there, since there is no since arguing with you not to go."
"Ha-ha, but thanks see you."
"Bye."
I touched the END CALL button on my phone then started up my engine to head down the streets of Paris. After a few minute drive, I finally arrived at a small city townhome. After I had parallel parked my car I saw that the car in front of me belonged to Eoin.
"Hey, thanks for meeting me here." I said, as Eoin got out of his car.
"Yeah no problem, but what do you think this guy is going to be thinking huh, a social worker and a cop showing up at his house?" Eoin empathized.
"Crap, I didn't think about that." I remembered. "Can you hook up my phone to your emergency line, so all I have to do is press a button and you can come charging in?"
Eoin nodded his head. "Yeah sure, just give me your cell."
I handed Eoin my phone as he went back to his car and hooked it up to his machine, good thing the technology was very up to date, and we couldn't even do that in the past. Eoin then came back and handed me back my phone. "There, just press two and call, and then my machine in there will go sounding off."
"Thanks." I said as I started to walk up the front steps to the townhome. I knocked on the door a few times, I turned around and saw that Eoin went back inside of his car, and then I turned around to the sound of the door becoming unlocked. Behind the door revealed a tall but skinny man behind the door.
"What do you want?" He asked.
"Uh yes, are you Anthony Dupree?" I asked.
He looked at me for a moment. "Who needs to know?"
"Well, I'm Odd Della Robbia, I'm a social worker, and I am here to just have a little talk with you and your daughter Molly, is she here?" I explained.
"Why do you need to talk to us?" He asked rather rudely. "What, are we under investigation or something?"
"No actually, I was just sent here to have a few words with you and your daughter if that is fine with you." I said, trying to make this as less an investigation or something in that nature.
He rolled his eyes and opened the door all the way, letting me inside. "Fine, my daughter is here, just let me go upstairs and get her."
"Kay, I'll stay right here." I said as I took a couple steps inside of the door, as Anthony slammed the door shut, and stomped his feet up the stairs. As he was upstairs I looked around in the living room of his house, the aroma in the room didn't have a pleasant smell to it at all, it was quite dirty in the home, wait, let me rephrase that it was extremely dirty and I thought my very first case home was dirty, this one's takes the cake. The floor wood wasn't polished in a very long time, so it gave the wood a dark brown color to it, there was barely any furniture in the home, just a love seat couch that used to be white, but it was now a dark white, with many stains, that I couldn't make out what it was, the fireplace was full of ashes, the was a mouse hole in the corner of the room, and many other things that just makes a home dirty.
Soon enough Anthony came down the stairs with his daughter. I bent down eye level to her, and slightly smiled. "Hello there Molly my name is Odd, and yes that is my real name."
Molly slightly giggled, and then quickly looked up at her father, casing her smile to quickly disappear, and then she looked back over to me. I had to be sure to take note of the small scene I just witnessed.
"Is there somewhere we could all sit and talk together?" I asked Anthony, who kept his eyes on me the whole time.
"The kitchen table" He answered, and then led me to the kitchen, which was even more dirty than the first room I was in. The kitchen had piles of dishes everywhere, that was filled with molded food and dirt on the plates, and the paint was start to be chipped of, and the floor boards were unfinished as well, when I looked over to one corner of the room, I noticed that it was a red stain, which made me think of blood, that could have been where he killed his wife. I also took notice on the floor as well, besides the fact it was undone, there were scratch marks there too. As we all sat down at the table, I took noticed to the gestures of the two. Molly who was sitting very uncomfortably in the chair, sat with her knees close to her chest, with her arms wrapped around her knees. Which Anthony, sat up with his arms folded giving Molly cold stares at some points, then giving me eyes that was filled with hatred, and wish that I could leave now.
"Now, I just want to ask a few questions. Um, there have been reports from neighbors that there have been screams from Molly, and people have said that men have been coming over, often drunk and drugged up?"
"Why would I let anybody come over my house all like that, especially near my daughter?" Anthony said in defense.
"I just want to clarify some things." I told him. After the time passed, and I asked questions to Anthony, it was now time for me to ask Molly a couple of questions, just to get her side of the story.
"If you don't mind, I would like to ask Molly some questions." I looked over at Anthony.
"Well, why can't I be in the same room?" He asked, leaning towards me.
"It's just a note, that kids will most often change the story up when the parents is around." I explained.
"And how can I be sure I can trust you around my daughter?" He asked.
"I am not going to do anything to harm your daughter; I am a professional working up strict rules." I spoke.
"Fine, I'll outside." Anthony said as he walk out of the back door, slamming the door shut behind him.
"Well, how are you Molly?" I asked in a calm voice, rather than a strict voice to her father. When I didn't receive an answer from her, I searched in my bag for something for Molly, when I found it I pulled out a Reese's candy bar and slid it over to Molly slowly. "You like chocolate?"
Molly slowly nodded her head.
"You can have it then, if you would like." I said.
Molly slowly reached over for the candy bar, and then opened it, taking nibbles of the candy.
"Can I ask you something Molly?" I asked.
She looked up at me, and slowly nodded her head.
"How did you that cut on your jaw?" I point to my jaw, making an example.
I could tell she was trying to remember by the look in her eyes, as she thought tears started to roll down her eyes.
"It's okay Molly; I'm here to help you. I am not going to hurt you, anything you say, and I will not mention it to your father at all. You can tell me anything you want." I said.
She looked over at me again, as I nodded my head to confirm what I had said, she opened her mouth to say something several times, but nothing really came from her mouth. "He b-beats…. M-me…"
"Who does?" I asked.
"O-ther m-m-men do….his f-fri-friends come over…and…" Molly was interrupted from her sentence before her father came rushing in the door.
"I think it is time for you to leave, you are making my daughter cry." Anthony pointed towards the front door. "Leave now before I call the cops!"
I stared at Anthony with cold eyes as I got up from out the chair and headed toward the front door. After I had got outside, Anthony quickly shut the door closed. As I walked down the stair slowly, I looked over into the window and saw that Molly had slipped something into her shorts pocket. I smiled slightly; it was my card that was sealed in the Reese's wrapped.
"How'd everything go?" Eoin asked me.
"He was trouble, but I think there was a blood stain in the corner of the kitchen." I pointed out.
"A blood stain?" He asked.
"Yeah, but I am not sure if it was from Molly or his wife." I said. "But, Molly is in trouble, she has a cut on her jawline, and she said it was from her father's friends, I'm thinking they'll be coming over later tonight, so could you call back up, and stick around here until we see something suspicious, say around five-ish?"
"Alright, sure." Eoin said as he got back into his car.
"Kay, thanks. Oh, and if we get Molly out of this, she just might be your adoptive child, if we arrest her father she has no family left, I read up on that a few nights ago." I explained.
"Then, we have no choice but to get her out of there." Eoin looked up at me from his car.
I nodded my head. "Yeah, see you later man."
"See you." Eoin said, but refusing to leave his park
I went back over to his car. "You are staying here?"
"Yeah, just making sure nothing happens." Eoin mentioned.
"Okay." I said as I went back over to my car, and headed back to work for a moment.
With Selena
Selena's POV
11:45 AM
After my nap, I went back downstairs of my parent's home and noticed nobody was here, I walked into the kitchen to see if my mom left a note of the mini whiteboard on the fridge, that she always left notes on, which she left:
Hey Lena
Didn't know what time you were going to wake up
Went to the restaurant for work, stop by whenever you would like
Luv, Mom (:
Now that I knew where my mom was, I decided that maybe was the time to stop by the airport to pick up my flight tickets, since I didn't have my computer with me, I would just have to show up at the airport the old fashioned way. After I had left my parent's home, locking the door behind me with the same key I've been using ever since I lived here. I got in my car and headed to France International Airport. The drive wasn't very far from my parents' home, but if I was at my apartment, I would have been there by now. When I arrived at the airport I went to the ticket station and noticed that it was a semi-long line, must be from people still going on vacation, since it was still August. After it was my turn I walked up to the lady waiting for me.
"Hi, can I have two tickets to Spain to leave on Saturday morning?" I asked.
"Sure." The lady said as she typed in her computer. "That'll be $175.67."
I nodded my head and dug in my purse for my wallet, after I found my pink and white polka dot wallet, I opened it and handed my credit card to her. "Just put it on credit."
"Okay, just give me a minute." The woman said as she swiped my card, after a few seconds she handed me back my credit card and two flight tickets. "Thank you for using France airline services."
I took back my card and the flight tickets, putting them in my purse. "Thank you.
After I arrived back at my car, I got in and locked the doors. I then pulled the flight tickets out of my purse and overlooked them. My flight was scheduled leave at six in the morning. And now I was debating on who to ask to come along with me to Spain for find my real parents. And wow, this was a tough decision to process. I was thinking about taking Trinity, since she sort of has a feeling of finding someone you haven't seen at all in your life. That's when I knew my decision, I had to ask Trinity. I started up the engine to my car and went to the hospital she was at, which was luckily near the airport.
When I arrived, I went straight up to Trinity's room, I was glad she was awake at the time, because I didn't feel like waking her up.
"Hey girlie" I said as I sat down in the chair beside her bed.
"Hey, how are you?" Trinity looked over at me.
"I'm okay, just a lot of things happening at this moment." I responded.
"How are you with Tristan gone, are you holding up?" She asked.
I sighed. "I'm okay, just still getting used to it."
"I understand. If you need to talk I'm here." Trinity pointed to her room.
"That's actually why I am here." I looked down for a moment, then back up at Trinity.
"What's up?" She asked.
"Today after Tristan left, I went to go visit my parents, they told me something very important." I started. "They told me that I was adopted."
"What? How'd you take the news?" Trinity explained.
"Well, you know my parents, I couldn't explode in their faces." I responded. "But, I was shocked, very shocked."
"I understand how you feel, when I found out I had a twin brother, I was in denial." Trinity spoke.
"I need you to do a huge favor for me Trin, and it's a very huge favor." I begged.
"Yeah, anything" She responded.
"Come with me to Spain, that's where my birth parents are." I said.
"What?" Trinity exclaimed.
"Please, I already brought the tickets, and you are the only one who can fully understand the situation I am in, please for me." I begged some more.
"I don't get out the hospital until tomorrow."
"That's why I brought the tickets for Saturday morning, please Trin. I beg you."
Trinity sighed. "Fine, only because this is something big for you."
"Oh, thank you so much. I owe you big time!" I hugged my best friend.
"Yeah, no problem. Only because you would do it for me." Trinity hugged back.
"Well, I'm going to let you rest up, and thanks again." I said as I walked out of Trinity's hospital room.
"You're welcome." Trinity responded as I left.
With Odd
Odd's POV
1:30 PM
After I stayed at work for a few hours, doing some research on the case I was working on now. I tried looking up more on Anthony and the murder of his wife. There was no way this murder was an accident, there was either someone after Alex M. Dupree, or her murder was and I know it was by Anthony Dupree. One thing that had to give it away was the blood stain in the corner of the kitchen floor, the scratch marks on the floor, they were as if somebody was being dragged across the floor, and the person was just trying to get away, and stop the Anthony, or just that person who was trying to kill Alex. Unless that person with the scratch marks on the floor was Molly's then it was a whole different situation that needed to be solved.
My cell phone then started buzzing like crazy on my desk. I looked at the caller I.D. which the call was coming from Eoin. I picked up the phone and put it to my ear.
"Hello?"
"Odd, get down here quick, there is a group of guys coming in the home."
"I be there in five minutes." I quickly hung up my phone and ran down to my car. I quickly started up the engine and headed down the road to the home I had just left a few hours ago. I arrived there in a matter of five minutes flat. I quickly hopped out of the car and towards where Eoin was standing, who was at the window looking through it, but staying out of sight.
"How long they been in there?" I asked quietly.
"Just got here actually, but there is about four men inside of there, I think the guy just went upstairs to get his daughter." Eoin continued to look out the window. He was right, Anthony was dragging his daughter down the stairs. She was crying too. One of the men started coming towards the window Eoin and I were standing at. We quickly ducked down, hoping we were not scene. After a few seconds of waiting, Eoin glanced up quickly to see if the man was still there.
"He's not there, he just closed the curtain." Eoin stood back up to his feet, as did I. Luckily, the blinds were partially see through, so we could still see the movement going on. But I wish I didn't see it. Anthony started to remove Molly's clothes, until she was bare.
"We need to do something." I spoke. "We can't let this go any further than it already has, we all know where this is going."
Eoin rushed to his car to call for back up. As I tried my best to not break the window down and help poor Molly. Eoin quickly rushed back over and told me that they are on the way. I still tried not to stare through the window as Molly was thrown onto the couch, as one of the men hovered over her, he was bare was well. I looked over at Anthony was live filming what was about to happen in a matter of seconds. I couldn't take it anymore; I quickly looked to my side and saw a medium sized rock. I quickly picked it up and banged it on the glass, breaking it.
"Damn it Odd." Eoin exclaimed, quietly. "Move to the other side, quickly." Eoin and I rushed towards the side of the house. Eoin stood in the corner slowly peaking over, and then he quickly moved his body back toward me. "They are outside, we have to be quiet."
I nodded my head and I looked over towards the other corner of the house, and noticed that they were starting to come this way with guns in their hands. "We have to move, now!"
Eoin and I quickly rushed over to the other town home and hid on their side of the house. Hoping we were not scene as we ran. We wasn't.
After a while of them yelling and searching, they finally went back inside of the home. Eoin and I made a deep sigh, as we heard the sirens starting to come. I looked over at Eoin and noticed that he was lying on the side of the grass, he was still breathing, but he was unconscious, with not even the slightest bruise on his face, nor any blood around him.
"Thought you could get away from me huh" I turned around and noticed that Anthony was standing over me, with a gun pointed at me. My heart instantly raced, as I hoped the police with find us in this stance at this very moment. "I should kill you for throwing a rock in my house like that. See, I know you've been watching the whole time, because your little cop friend stood outside my house the whole entire time. What? I am not a dumbass, alright. I am not stupid, like you. I knew he was outside the whole entire time, and I knew this whole things was planned. So what did I do, made a plan on my own."
"Don't kill me please." I held my hands up.
"If I kill you now, then I go to jail." He still held the gun up at me. "But, if I find you again, then you really are going be gone." With that Anthony fled, I sat to the ground, trying to catch my breath. After a few seconds, there was a cop standing above me, asking if I was alright, but I was too much in shock to answer. Before I knew it, I was sitting on the back of the ambulance, coming back to my senses.
"What happen, where are those people that were in the home?" I asked one of the officers that were passing by.
"There were no men found when we went in there, actually there was nobody found." He answered.
"Whoa, what do you mean nobody in there?" I asked
"There's no trace of anyone there, as well as there in nobody in sight of this area. Not any suspicious people in the fact."
"Are you kidding?" I got up off the ambulance and searched around the area. He was right. Nobody was around.
"Shit! They fled, now it's really going to be tasks find them. Dammit, why couldn't I just…ugh this is my entire fault." I thought to myself.
I then went towards my car and sat down inside of it, I slammed my fist on the steering wheel. Before I started my car, I went back outside and towards the ambulance.
"How's Eoin?" I asked the paramedic.
"He is going to be okay, he was drugged up with the meds we use to calm out patients at the hospital." The paramedic responded.
"As long as he's okay, thanks for letting me know." I said, feeling very bad now, I just put two people's lives in danger, including mine. I went back inside of my car and sighed, I was too much in a bad mood to go back to work, but I was hungry, and my boss wanted to grab lunch with me for some reason, so I went back to the office, phoned my boss, and waited until he came down and met me at the car.
"Thanks for using your car, what has you so down in the dumps?" Mr. Thompson asked.
"Just this case I am working on, there was a bit of trouble that happened. Where do you want to go for lunch?" I asked, as I put my car back in drive.
"Can we go to Peking, it's actually a pretty good Chinese food place, and they have a buffet during lunch hour." Mr. Thompson said.
"Yeah, I know where that is." I responded and I pulled into the city street and down a few blocks. As I found my parked in front of the restaurant, Mr. Thompson and I got out of the car and into the place.
"Uh, two please." Mr. Thompson told the lady standing at the front podium.
The lady nodded her head and grabbed two menus and placed us a booth table near the window, facing the view of the city, there was a lot of people here from work, and my boss and I happened to get the last table available.
"Your waitress will be with you soon." The woman said as she placed down the menus in front of us, and two straws.
"So, Odd, How'd you last case go. You seemed a little tense." My boss looked at his menu, then glanced over at the buffet bar.
"Hello, I Anna, I'll be you waitress today. Can I start you off with some drinks?" Anna, the waitress took out the notepad all people who work at a restaurant use to take down people's orders with.
"Can I have a sprite?" I asked.
"Yes, and for you sir?" Anna wrote down, and looked over at my boss.
"I'll have the same." Anna nodded her head and wrote that down. "Would you like to order something from the menu, or just go to the buffet?"
"Buffet." I said.
"Buffet as well."
"Okay, whenever you're ready, the plates are up there." Anna pointed before leaving our table.
"I'll explain when I get back." I said as I got up from the table and over to the buffet bar. I went over to the Hibachi grill area and fixed me a plate of chicken and noodles in the bowl, putting all the nesscasry topping on it and handed it to the person who was fixing the food. It only took a few seconds to fix before I went over to the rice section and added rice overtop of the fresh off the grill food. And then I went back over to the table, and saw that my boss was already back with his food.
"So, explain what happened." Mr. Thompson spoke.
I sighed, and explained the whole situation that just happened when I was at Molly's house from when I went there from early this morning, until the fact I was almost shot, and killed.
"Well, I'm glad he didn't try to kill you nor did any harm. But we defiantly have to find this person; we never lost a child's life before, and we don't intend of losing this one." Mr. Thompson said as he ate his food.
"Trust me, I am not losing her." I looked at Mr. Thompson, then continued to eat my food.
I saw Mr. Thompson smile at me from my peripheral vision. I acted as if I didn't see anything and continued to eat my food. All throughout the lunch, all Mr. Thompson spoke about was how great my work has been since I started working, and how much their business became more known, if that even made sense. I then looked back at that I've been doing, I've never thought I would be in this situation, I never thought I would be the successful and take work seriously, maybe I did a good change. But, I didn't need to be constantly reminded about it.
After we ate we went back to work, Mr. Thompson thanked me again several times before, he did something I least expected him to do. He kissed me.
With Yumi
Yumi's POV
2:05 PM
I was just released from vet school five minutes ago, since the school was sort of big, I had a hard time trying to find my way out of the school. When I did, I got in my car and locked the doors, I started up the engine but didn't but it in drive yet. Instead I picked up my cell phone and called Ulrich, since he told me to call him when I had the chance, and now was my chance to call him since I hated being on the road and talking on the phone, as much as I hated texting while driving.
"Hello Yumes" His sweet voice answered the phone, as I heard him smile.
"Hey! How are you?" I asked.
"Just good, I just came from Subway from my lunch break. How was your first day of school?"
"It was actually pretty good. Um, we learned about diseases in animals, and everything about being a vet. Now, I am about to head to the store and pick up things for the house. We need some food desperately."
"Yeah, we do. Um, Yumi when I get home I have to talk to you about something."
"What about"
"I'll tell you when I get home, I know how much you hate waiting, but it's something I need to say face-to-face."
"Well, it is about us?"
"No, no it's not we are great. It's just about work, that's all."
"Ugh, fine. I'll wait."
"Thanks Yumes, I promise that'll be the first thing I'll tell you when I get home."
"Okay."
"Alright, well I gotta get back to work. I'll text you when I am on the way home."
"Kay, wait. You know Michaelle, who filmed our wedding?"
"Yeah"
"Well, after I finish shopping I'm going to run by her house, she happens to live in the same community as us, and pick up the wedding book of pictures and the video."
"Alright that sound cool, I can't wait to look at them with you."
I smiled. "Me either, but I'll see you at home. I love you."
"I love you too Yumes, see you later."
"See you." I hung up the phone a smiled slightly, but the thoughts ran into my head about what was so important that Ulrich had to tell me, and that I hope it wasn't anything bad. As I pulled out of the parking deck of the school, I then pulled onto the highway and towards Westover Hills exit. As I arrived at the entrance of the community of fifteen minutes of driving, I pulled into the Westgate Shopping Centre which was filled with stores and one large Wal-Mart Super Center. The parking lot was sort of full, but I was lucky enough to get a park at the door since I would be coming out with at least two carts of food. I then walked inside of the store and started my shopping venture.
Three and a half hours later, I was finally out of the Wal-Mart two of course with two carts of food, including three of the mini hand carts stacked on top of the big carts. My total amount that came out from all this food was about $321.01, I thought it would be more, but it was enough for this week including a day or two into next week. Food goes by fast, even between two people. I then took about fifteen minutes loading up the car, and then I put the carts back into the cart station outside and went back to my car. I started up the car and noticed it 6:30 PM, since it was still a bit too early to go to Michaelle house, I decided to go back home to put all of the food away, since a lot of the stuff I had belonged in the fridge, and the other half of stuff belonged in the pantry.
As I arrived home it took me at least thirty minutes to take all of the food out, and put them away neatly and organized so that we could find what we wanted in the morning. I sighed and sat down on the couch, resting from all the hard work I had just went through. Shopping for food, taking it out, and putting it away was a lot of hard work. Soon then my stomach started to growl, shopping also made me work up an appetite.
But I decided against fixing dinner yet, and went out to my car, locking the front door behind me, and took out Michaelle card she handed to me this morning with her address on it. I pulled out the driveway and out into the community again, glancing at all the neighborhood signs that showed Blossom view. Which was the very last community about four miles away from mine, talk about this community being huge, there was still at least fifteen or sixteen miles to go before the end of this neighborhood, and there was still a never ending supply of stores or business out this way.
As I pulled into her neighborhood, I drove slowly look for 56892 Pine Court. Which was of course, at the very end of the neighborhood, Michaelle had a light blue beach style home, that had a very clear view of the river, unlike my house, that had a huge backyard, and then a view of the river, she had nothing but sand as her backyard. I pulled up in her driveway and got out of my car. It was quite chilly where she lived, but walked up towards her front door and rang the doorbell, after a minute of waiting. Michaelle appeared at the door.
"Hey girl, glad you could make it." Michaelle greeted and invited me inside.
"Thanks, and you have a lovely home." I looked around at her beach style home; I figured she loved the beach. But then again, something came to my mind, she was the one we ran into and gave us that tour in Saipan a few years back.
"Thank you, I just love the beach so much, I just brought it inside of the house." Michaelle said.
"You can go sit down in the family room area, the book and stuff is just upstairs in my office." Michaelle spoke, as she went up the stairs.
"Okay." I said as I walked straight back into his wide open family room space. I looked at all the movies she was in the process she was making and the one that was she directing now was called "Lover's Hope." That was scheduled to hit local theaters in June, I always saw many pictures of what seemed like her family, because the all looked alike. A few minutes later she came down with a big wedding book, and a Blu-ray DVD case.
"Here yah go." Michaelle smiled as she handed me the items.
"Hey, thanks for everything again." I said as I got up off her couch and took the things from here.
"No problem, I love filming weddings, there just so romantic." Michaelle smiled.
"Yeah, I'd love to stay, but I gotta get home and fix dinner, you know how men are." I laughed.
"Yes, I understand. Maybe we could hang out later." Michaelle walked me towards the front door.
"Sure yeah, that'll be cool."
"Kay, so I'll catch up with you later." Michaelle waved.
"Yeah, thanks again." I waved back.
"You're welcome." Michaelle said as she shut the front door, as I put the wedding items in the car, and got back in the driver seat and pulled off back onto my house. After I stepped into my lovely home again placing the wedding book and the DVD on the table that was right in front of you as you stepped in the house, and I then went upstairs to immediately get out of these professional clothes, and into some things more comfortable, which was a white pair of shorts and a tank top. I put my hair up in a messy bun, and went back down stairs, before I started cooking, or decided what I was going to fix, I turned on the TV to see what was happening in the world. Which nothing much, no crimes as for right now, except for a crime scene outside of a townhome, and I could have sworn I saw Odd, but my eyes could have tricks with me. As for the weather, a hurricane was supposed to come in about six days to Paris, just what we needed.
(A/N Speaking of hurricane, I was swarmed with hurricane Irene, which knocked out all the power and it still hasn't come on yet, I've been writing this for days now because I have nothing, the only time I have been able to update this chapter is when I went to Starbucks and McDonalds, and thank goodness I have a car charger that lets me plug in my laptop into it, so I can write this and keep my cell phone alive! I hate Mother Nature sometimes, not to mention in the same week, there was an EARTHQUAKE. What is the world coming to? Now, back to the story)
"Now, I need to go to the store and pick up some hurricane relief items for this stupid hurricane." I sighed and I walked into the kitchen, turning the lights on as it started to get dark. I took out the famous cook book from my mom and looked for something food to fix, when something food finally crossed my eyes, I decided I was going to fix some Bourbon Chicken with some White Rice.
"Uh, I need a freaking side dish with this." I spoke to myself as I scratched my forehead, looking through the section that was mainly side dishes. "Ugh, forget it, nothing is going to match." I skimmed through the book some more as the pages ended up on the dessert section, and of course many things caught my attention that I wanted, but I could only choose one thing. The best thing that had caught my attention was the chocolate chip cookies, but what crossed my mind was, instead of fixing about fifteen cookies, why not just make one big one for Ulrich and I.
I smiled and turned the book back to the dinner recipe I was going to fix and pulled out the things that were needed to make this, it only took twenty minutes for the food to be ready, and after the chicken was done all I had to do now was wait on the rice to be done in twenty seconds as I put the giant cookie in the oven, and as the timer went off I put the rice in the bowl that the chicken sat in and mixed it in together. I turned off the stove and as I did, I looked over at the time which read 8:00 PM.
"Where did the time go?" I asked myself, as I heard the front door open, knowing exactly who it was.
"Mmm it smells good in here." Ulrich announced, as he walked into the kitchen.
"Yeah, I just finished fixing everything. And I have a giant cookie in the oven." I pointed.
"Sounds good." Ulrich placed his lips on mine. "So, what did you fix?"
"Some Bourbon Chicken, better than Chinese food you would pick up at the store."
"I can't wait to eat it then, that sub didn't hold me for long, I'm just going to go change out of these clothes first." Ulrich said as he began to walk towards the stairs.
"Kay, I'll fix your plate for you." I responded.
"Thanks Yumes."
After I fixed both of our plates and sat them down on the table, and poured us both some ginger ale, Ulrich then came back down and joined me at the table.
"So, are you going to tell me what you had to tell me earlier?" I asked, taking a bite out of my food.
"Uh, after we eat." Ulrich also ate his food.
"Come on now, how bad could it be?"
Ulrich sighed slightly. "Please, if you here this you are going to want to eat first."
"Is it something gross?" I asked.
"No, not really, depending on how you take the news."
"Fine, I'll wait then. Speaking of which there is supposed to be a hurricane coming up soon." I mentioned.
"Really? Well, that sucks, but it's a good thing to, because I might not have to go to work, and I can sleep in"
"Yeah, that would be a good thing."
After Ulrich and I had small talk and finished up out food, it was not time for him to spill the beans and tell me what happened.
"Okay, we are done eating. Tell me what you have to tell me." I said as I sat on the couch in the family room muting the TV. Ulrich put the dishes in the dishwasher and met me over at the couch.
He sighed. "Your mom came into my office today."
"Why did she do that?" I asked.
"She came in today to get some papers…..some divorce…papers."
It took me a while to translate the words that just ran into my ears. "Divorce papers?"
Ulrich nodded his head sadly. "I'm sorry Yumi, I really was debating with myself to tell you or not, and if you were going to get mad and…"
I held up my hand. "It's okay, none of this is your fault. It's not like you could say no to her, then you would have been in trouble with your work. And I'm not mad, just thanks for telling me though."
Ulrich pulled me into an embrace. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I will be. I mean, when they were at our wedding they were acting strange towards each other anyhow so….I guess…I sort of expected it. But it still hurts to find out."
"I'm sorry Yumes you had to find out like this."
"Don't worry bout it, I'll be fine….really…I will….it doesn't hurt that much as I thought it would….what else could you think about a cheating guy right?"
Ulrich read through me though, I tried to act tough, but it wasn't working, he knew I was hurt deep down. Tears started to roll down my eyes as he kept me in his embrace, I heard the oven going off sounding that the cookie was ready, but I was in no mood to get up. Instead Ulrich got out and turned the oven off and pulled it out. He then walked back over to me and handed me half a slice.
"It is known that chocolate can make anybody feel better." Ulrich smiled.
I returned the smile and took the cookie from him and took a bite out of it, this was going to be a long talk with my parents next time I meet up with them.
After a while, Ulrich's phone started ringing loudly on the table. He leaned over and pressed the talk button putting it on speaker, of course it was Odd.
"Hello?" Ulrich answered.
"Yo, dude, my boss just laid it on me, man?"
"What are you talking about?"
"He planted a kiss on my lips dude, I'm at the hospital with Trinity now, trying to get all this out my mouth, I feel disgusted. I said I have no problems with someone being gay, but if they lay it on me just like that there is a problem, I don't even wanna go in tomorrow. Who in the hell does that, nobody does that shit man? No even the most open got damn people in the world don't lay it on their co-worker. Like what the hell?"
Ulrich and I did our laughing, because if we busted out laughing right now, we would get yelled at by Odd.
"Well, that sucks for you, what are you going to do?"
"I really wanted to sucker punch this dude, but then I would get fired, this all started out because he wanted lunch, then when I get back in the parking deck, what the hell does he do, kisses me! I quickly got out of my car and acted as if nothing happened, and avoided him the rest of the day out, I know that hurt his poor little feeling, but how does he think I feel? Just dipody doe dandy hop-scotch and kit-kat knocks and happy and rainbow with the pot of gold at the end. Fuck the bloody hell got damn mother hell shit damn no…..BITCH!."
"Okay, calm down. You are making no sense right now." Ulrich chuckled slightly.
"It's NOT FUNNY!"
"I'm not laughing, now what you need to do, is take a load of, and just kiss Trinity, okay?"
"Aint no way I'm kissing his ass right now!" Trinity laughed from the back ground.
"Well, then make out with you hand Odd, maybe that'll solve some things."
"Wow, you guys are no help, just go ahead a laugh when I hang up. BYE." After he hung up the phone Ulrich and I almost died laughing, just imagining Odd blowing up in someone's face was priceless. That clearly, made my day right there.
Well, here is the very chapter I wrote in the dark, there was some drama in this, but next chapter is going to be even more than you even know. As for right now I am in Starbucks for the fifth time today, because of Hurricane Irene and the electric company not working fast enough. Ugh! So, please tell me how I did, because I clearly had to come up with ideas at the top of my head with this chapter because my idea's book is nowhere to be found right now. So, like I just made up the most random ideas for this.
Review please; it'll be a Hurricane relief for me. Love you guys.
The other half of the chapter is coming soon.
I still can't get over that an Earthquake and Hurricane all in one week…wow! :O
P.S For you guys that sent in your ideas I just saw them today! I was like those were such good ideas, but now they are going to have to be delayed cause of the no power here. Sorry.
P.S.S. The chapter after next is going to have a major time skip, because guess what, it's time to for girls to get pregnant now! Haha, this is going to be so funny. But it sucks because I really wanted to write all the wedding but my book is gone, and the other half of my book is filled with the pregnancies and stuff, so sorry guys