Thanks for all the reviews! I love reviews. 59 and only 4 chapters, that's pretty good. I have an announcement. I will be making this into a series. . It shall be called "The Issues I Face" They'll be five stories that will all tie together to make the master plot! Each one shall have a different main char. With a different issue, Yumi's was the brake in and we sort of know Carly's so her story will be next in the series. After I finish the whole series, which will take awhile, I'm going to take a break. That's the only way I can finish my novel and get it typed up. Yeah peeps, I'm writing a real novel! Plus I'll have school and sports. Anywho, not to worry, we still have 4 and ½ stories left. –Suki
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Shattered
-=- by Suki -=-
Chapter 5 -=- Confide
Yumi thought that she had a pretty good day. She had hardly thought about that SOB who had broken into her room. Probably because she still wanted to figure out what Carly had meant.
-=- Flashback -=-
"Hey," she said, blushing slightly when she met Ulrich's gaze. She noticed Carly and Odd's close proximity and grinned. "You two going out?"
"Bingo. Yumi gets two points," Odd joked. Yumi cast a glance at Carly that suggested why-are-you-going-out-with-a-clown?
Carly smiled, "Yumi... when you have strawberries and lemons, you make strawberry lemonade."
-=- End Flashback -=-
What had Carly meant? How the heck had she gotten strawberries in the first place? Lemons Yumi could figure out, but strawberries. Deciding that she was just too plain stupid to figure it out, she went to consult the resident genius. (A/N: No, I do not believe Yumi is stupid at all. She thinks that.)"Hey Yumi," Jeremie greeted her as she walked in, turning away from his computer screen. He was undoubtedly talking to Aelita, the love of his life. The only problem was that she was, well, virtual. Although soon enough he would have her virus fixed and she could become real, permanently. "What's bothering you?"
"How'd you know?" Yumi asked, seating herself on his desk, careful of all the equipment that was scattered there.
"When else do you come and talk to me?" he asked, giving her his rare smile. He usually saved those only for Aelita.
"Touché," Yumi grinned and they both laughed. "It's about what Carly told me. Have you ever heard of strawberries?"
Jeremie looked at her, raising both blond eyebrows high, "Yes, who hasn't?"
Yumi sighed. "I mean like life, lemons, lemonade," she explained.
"Oh... well..." he appeared to be thinking. Yumi could almost see the gears turning inside his head. "No."
"Okay..." Yumi slid off the desk. "Then I'll be going. Say hi to Aelita for me."
"Alright," Jeremie replied and went back to work. He didn't care at all that Yumi's actions would normally be considered rude. That type of behavior had long stopped bothering him.
"So are you still trying to figure it out?" Carly asked, when Yumi returned. She nodded. "Good luck."
"Thanks," Yumi muttered and pulled on her pajamas. Saying her goodnights, she fell fast asleep.
-=- Yumi's Dream -=-
She was running, fast. Faster than she ever had before. A dark shape was closing in on her. It tackled her and pinned her down. Hands began to move down her pants, and up her shirt. Screaming as loud as she could, Yumi tried to get away. No use, she couldn't move or scream.
-=- End -=-
"Yumi have another dream?" Carly asked, shaking her awake... again.
"Yeah, I did," Yumi mumbled, rubbing her head. "They won't leave me alone."
"Don't worry, it'll go away eventually," Carly reassured her. "Want to tell me about it? It always helped me..." she broke off.
"Sure," Yumi sighed, too tired to notice that Carly seemed to being hiding something. After she had told her room mate her dream, she fell back into a dreamless sleep. No problems came and bothered her, all was well. Too bad someone had heard her dream...and was planning to send Yumi into hell. Or to be more accurate, further into it. She was already there.
-=-
Cliffy! But we all know who it is. Read and review and I'll update on Monday!
