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Chapter: 1

"RIIIINNNNGGG"

The school bell went off, signaling Odd's favorite part of the day.

"LUNCH TIME!" Odd screamed excitedly, "Race you to the cafeteria!"

"No thanks." said Ulrich.

There was a couple of seconds of silence.

"Umm, are you okay?" asked Jeremy.

"Yeah." answered Ulrich, "I'm fine. You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."

"But..." Jeremy started.

"Come on," Odd said, "lunch is geting cold!"

Odd grabbed Jeremy by the arm and dragged him to the cafeteria. Ulrich had gone out looking for Yumi. He had been looking for about five minutes or so when he thought "She would be in the cafeteria by now..." So he took a shortcut through the dorms hall and on the other side was Yumi.

"Oh, h-hi Y-yumi." stammered Ulrich.

"Hi Ulrich." said Yumi, "I was looking for you."

"You were?" he said, raising his eyebrows, "I was looking for you too."

"What are you doing looking for me?" She asked.

"I, umm," he said, starting to blush, "I want to a-ask you s- something."

"You do?" she asked, "What?"

"D-do you want t-to..." he started.

"Ulrich! Yumi!" yelled Jim, as he walked up to the two of them, "What are you two doing here, the cafeteria is downstairs!"

"We know that!" Ulrich said, pushing back his blush.

"Well then what are you doing here?" asked Jim.

"We came here so that me and Ulrich could talk." answered Yumi.

"The dorms are off limits during the day." said Jim.

"We know that too." said Ulrich.

"We wanted to talk privately." said Yumi.

"Well," said Jim, "I'll let this one slide, but go straight to the cafeteria, NOW!

"Thank you." said Yumi.

"Oh, and Ulrich." said Jim.

"What?" asked Ulrich.

"Come here." Jim said.

"Be right back." Ulrich said to Yumi - then running over to Jim, "What?"

"Whatever you do," Jim whispered, smiling, "don't let me catch you and Yumi in your dorm alone.

Ulrich started turning blood red and slapped Jim on the back of his head.

"Don't even tell me that you didn't deserve that!" steamed Ulrich, "And if you tell the principal, I'll..."

Ulrich walked back to Yumi still red.

"Ready to go Yumi?" asked Ulrich, still fighting the blush.

"Yeah." said Yumi, "Let's go."

-- Cafeteria --

"OVER HERE" Odd yelled.

"Hey, Odd." said Ulrich.

"Are you sure you're alright Ulrich?" asked Jeremy

"I told you, I am fine." Ulrich answered.

"Okay," said Jeremy, "but you look a little green around the gills - or should I say, red around the face?"

"I do?!" Ulrich asked, surprised, "I thought I got rid of that by now!"

"So what did you two do?" Odd asked, "I mean you guys were gone for a pretty long time."

"We didn't do anything!" Yumi answered, quickly.

Ulrich started to blush again.

"Oh, so THAT'S what made you look sick." said Jeremy, "What did you two do?"

"I told you," Yumi said, "we didn't do anything!"

"Okay, okay," said Odd, "it's your business. Oh, and did you hear?"

"Hear what?" asked Yumi.

"The school is doing a play on 'Romeo & Juliet' again next month," said Odd, "and I bet that you two will get the parts of Romeo and Juliet, or should I say, Ulrich & Yumi.

"If you don't shut it about me and Ulrich I'll..." Yumi started.

"RIIIINNNNGGG"

The school bell went off telling everyone that lunch was over.

"Well," Jeremy said, "next is chemistry with Miss Hertz, again."

"And I've got history with Mr. Benton." said Yumi.

"We'll meet at the front gate." said Ulrich.

"Okay, bye" said Yumi.

"Bye." said Ulrich, heading for class.

-- 2 Hours later --

"Is it me, or did today seem longer than the first time we had it?" Odd asked, walking to the front gate with Ulrich and Jeremy.

"You're right!" said Ulrich, "today did seem a little longer."

"Hi Ulrich!" said Yumi, at the front gate waving her hand.

"Hey Yumi!" said Ulrich, walking over to her, "Well, that's weird."

"What's weird?" asked Yumi.

"Sissy hasn't bothered me..." Ulrich started.

"Ulrich, dear!" said a voice.

Ulrich turned around and saw that it was Sissy.

"Looks like you spoke too soon!" said Odd.

"So, do you want to go out on the town tonight?" asked Sissy.

"No." Ulrich answered.

"Why not?" Sissy asked.

"Because I'm busy tonight!" he said.

"With what?" she asked.

"Has anybody ever told you to mind your own business?" he spat.

"FINE!" she said, "but you don't know what you're missing out on."

"I don't think I want to know." Ulrich said, making Odd laugh, "Now buzz off!"

Sissy turned around and stomped off. After that there was a second of silence.

"Umm, I've got to go work on the debug program for Aelita so, later!" said Jeremy.

Odd looked at both Yumi and Ulrich, smiling.

"Well, umm, I've got an extra credit assignment to work on." lied Odd, "See ya!"

Odd and Jeremy went back into the school.

"So do you want to, umm, go out for some ice cream, or something?" asked Ulrich.

"Umm, sure!" said Yumi.

"Good!" he said, "7:00 sound okay?"

"Yeah." she said.

"Great." he said, "Then I'll pick you up at 7:00."

"Okay, see you at 7:00." she said, starting to walk home.

"Okay, bye Yumi." he said, starting to admire her again.

After about a minute he snapped out of it, and went to his dorm.