Thank for all the reviews sorry I'm moving so fast, but I can't wait to get to the climax (it's really surprising)

The day was finally here. Today was the day of the Christmas ball. Gossip and excitement ran through the school, mostly about the crowning of the queen. Most of the people thought that the crown was definitely going to the principal's daughter, even the nominees. "You do know that neither of us have a chance to win?" Aelita said glumly. "I know, but that's no reason to not to look nice. Besides you have to look pretty for the new Jeremy." Yumi said happily. She was trying to forget about what happened, and was focusing on the ball tonight. Aelita then smiled and they began to get ready. They had decided to do each others hair, even though Yumi wanted her to be left alone.

FLASHBACK

It was only a day after the fight, and the nominations. "So for the ball do you want to do each others hair?" "Why? My hair looks fine just the way it is." Yumi said. "I know, but it's a special occasion. Don't you wanna look pretty for the boy that you fell in love with?" Yumi put on a fake smile. "So who is it?" her mind said to her. "What are you talking about?" she asked back. "Who's the boy you fell in love with, who's the boy you gave your heart to? Is it Xavier, or do you truly love Ulrich still after all he did to you?"

END FLASHBACK

Yumi felt tears spring back up into her eyes. She then shook them away. True, she still, very much loved Ulrich. She would forever. But he didn't love her anymore. She wanted him back. Even though she was also in love with Xavier, he could never, ever, take the place of Ulrich in her heart. "Yumi, are you okay?" Aelita asked placing a hand onto Yumi's shoulder. "Yeah," she said smiling. So they began to get ready. They talked about love, and their friends. But Yumi's mind never left Ulrich. Meanwhile, while the girl were getting ready, so were the boys. Odd and Ulrich stood in front of Jeremy. "So are you ready to get the looks to go with the brains, Einstein?" Odd asked. "I never should have agreed to this!" "oh come on. It made me shut up about the toothbrush for Kiwi," Odd said. In their hands was a huge bottle of Odd's hair gel, and a comb. "First, we need to get rid of these," Odd said before pulling off Jeremy's glasses. He then handed Jeremy a pair of contacts. "And now, the hair!" they said before working on his hair.

At the Dance

The dance was full of every thing. Tinsel, kid kissing, teachers screaming, you name it. It was the last dance before the crowning. Jeremy, was being asked to dance by many girls. Odd and Ulrich gave him a Mohawk. But he declined every one, saying that the only person he'd dance with was Aelita. Odd danced with Carly, some girl that he met in gym, and Yumi was always dancing with Xavier. Jeremy kept commenting on how pretty Aelita looked. Aelita was wearing her white dress, white strappy heals, and she had a white flower tucked behind her left ear. "And now the moment you've all been waiting for. The crowning of the Christmas queen! This year, our escort for the queen is none other than our very own Ulrich. Now, would all of the nominees please come up on stage." Milly said into the microphone. Her and Tamiya were the only young kids allowed because they ran the contest. "The envelope please. In fifth place, with 11 of the students votes is ... Carly!" The blonde was given a bouquet of flowers, and was walked off stage. "in fourth, with 17 of the vote is Emily!" The girl stepped off stage. "in third with 20 of the vote is Aelita!" Aelita smiled, gave Yumi a thumbs up, and walked off to Jeremy. "Now, we're down to two. Will our escort please come out?" Ulrich walked out, and gasped. He ...he couldn't believe how she looked. Never in his life, had he seen Yumi like this. She was wearing a long shiny pink dress. She had on sparkly pink sandals with heels, and elbow length pink gloves. Her hair was in loose, tousled ringlets, that were held back by pink hair clips. "in our closest match in the history of Kadic, 22 to 24, the runner-up is..." Ulrich looked at Sissi. She smiled, looking as if she knew that she had it made. Yumi was smiling, while wringing her hands. "Sissi! Which means that our Christmas queen is Yumi!" Yumi was given a little tiara. She put it on. "Now, as our own tradition, we will have our new queen dance with the escort." Milly said. Yumi then had a panicked look on her face. "oh my god, I have to dance with Ulrich!" she said softly. Ulrich took her hand and they walked off and joined the other kids dancing. Ulrich looked at Yumi, but she was trying hard not to make eye contact with him. "Yumi, look at me," he said. "no," she said softly. "Please," he said. "Fine." She looked at him with tears running down her face. "Yumi, I want you to hear me out and not jump to conclusions," "You don't want me to jump to conclusions?! Ulrich you started screaming at me when I was coming over to apologize, thinking that Iwascoming to yell at you. You said you wanted me to leave you alone, which is what I have been doing." "But I didn't actually mean it!" "You didn't mean it?! Ulrich that is the lousiest excuse I have heard. And I've also heard Odd's excuses for missing homework, so I know my excuses. Ulrich, how could you have come up with that presentation, without actually meaning some of it? If you can tell me right here why, I will forgive you." Yumi said. Ulrich looked at her. He didn't have anything to say, for he actually did mean some of it. Yumi sighed, tears shaking in her voice. "My point exactly. Do...do you know Ulrich...that your little speech broke my heart? But you know what else? Until 3 seconds ago, I still loved you, and I thought maybe you still loved me. But I know now... none of it was ever going to happen. Because you were being truthful. And now I know that everything else you said to me was a lie as well." She said before walking away. She then walked out of the gym follow by Ulrich. It had started to rain. Ulrich ran up to her, and grabbed hold of her arm. She then pushed him away. As she was walking, she had an agonizing pain scream through her head. She fell to her knees. Ulrich turned and started walking back to the gym. He stopped when he no longer heard footsteps except for his own. He turned around, and saw Yumi kneeling on the ground, elbows wrapped around her head. He then walked over. "Yumi, what the hell are you doing?" She took her arms down. She then stared at him blankly. "Ulrich, where are we?" "What are you talking about? We're outside the gym." "WE are? Is-is the dance over?" "no. You left after fighting with me. Are you sure you're okay?" she looked around, and then looked at him, panting. She then stood up, wiped her hands, and said quickly, "I have to go. And... this never happened. I'm fine." She said before running off. He looked at her. "Might as well go to the dorm," for he was soaked.

That night

When Aelita came into the room around midnight, Yumi was asleep. She then got undressed, and in to pajamas. She got into bed. Around 2, she looked over at Yumi and shrieked. She said, "I need to call Ulrich," she dialed, but his phone was off. She thought, panicked, and decided to go for the next best thing. She quickly dialed Odd's number. "hello," a sleepy odd groaned. "odd , it's Aelita," "Aelita are you sure you didn't mean to call Jeremy, to, you know, make love calls." "no odd, this isn't about me, or Jeremy. I –I tried to call Ulrich but his phone is off. It's Yumi. She's-"Odd yawned as he listened. He then jolted awake after Aelita told him. "what happened?" there was a slight pause. "Oh my freaking god." Odd said before dropping the phone.

So, was that long enough for you. Well, I'm getting to the good part. And I really wanted to leave you at a cliff hanger.