A/N – I'm so sorry that it took me like forever to update my stories. Well I promised my friend I would update this one first so here you go! This chapter is going to be dedicated to ODD 14, Thanks for being a great friend!
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Nikariko – Well it was kinda suppose to be a cliffhanger and at the same time it wasn't. I tried to make it a cliffhanger but at the same time, that's just what I had to write so you knew why Yumi would leave.
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
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Running From Love by animegirl16 – Chapter 2: Five Years Later
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To Yumi, France was just another country. It had been the place she was born and raised, but that was the past. The present was what mattered now. France had been just a memory that had slowly faded away from her. She lived in America now, and that's what mattered. When she first moved to America – she slowly but surely picked up on English, and everything was fine in her life. It had been about five years ago that Yumi saw Ulrich and Emily together. She had left for America that next day to go be apart of some program. She realized she wasn't interested in it though, and she was given the choice of going back to France or staying in America, she realized there wasn't anything in France that she really wanted to stay for. There was of course her friends and fighting X.A.N.A. . . . and Ulrich but she figured she could get over everything. She couldn't though.
Yumi was in her senior year in high school. She had enjoyed her life in America, but she never truly forgot about her old friends back in France. Especially Ulrich. She knew she should get over him but she couldn't. He was the first guy she loved. He was the only guy that she had ever loved. She missed Ulrich a little more each day but as the time passed, so did the memories of France. And Ulrich. She was happy with her life. Even though she wanted to be rid of all memories of France, she couldn't help but keep up the romantic language she had grown to love. She had always loved French, ever since she learned to speak it as a child, and never wanted to forget how to speak it when she started learning English. She had taken French in all four years that she was in high school.
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Yumi sighed as she walked home from school.
'Just another day; same as always. It makes me think of back in France fighting X.A.N.A.. I wonder if Jeremy ever did find an anti – virus for Aelita. He really loved Aelita a lot. She's so lucky. She has someone that really does care for her, while I on the other hand haven't even had my first boyfriend. . .'
Yumi knew that deep in her heart she rejected all of the boys because she still hadn't gotten her heart back from the guy who stole it. Ulrich. The named still haunted her
'Why do I think about him still? He loved Emily, and I'm not her.'
Yumi constantly reminded herself this. She thought Ulrich loved Emily. As she saw turned the corner and was able to see her house, she smiled at the mailman that was about to put the mail in the mailbox.
"Here, I'll take it." Yumi said to the postman smiling. The postman smiled back and handed her the stack of mail. Yumi flipped through the mail.
"Junk - junk - bill - junk . . . what's this?" Yumi asked as she looked at the envelope. It was addressed to her from her school.
Dear Ms. Yumi Ishiyama,
Yumi shuddered at the sight of her name. It reminded her of her letter from America when she was still living in France.
We are pleased to inform you that you have been chosen out of all of the seniors to participate in a foreign exchange student program. You have the highest scores – those next to perfect – for a second language.
Yumi laughed knowing that French was really her first language so they should be perfect or next to perfect then read on.
We would hope that you would participate in this. Our school along with another school in France have decided to try switching each of our best students and seeing how they do in another country. Please come see me when you get this so we can talk.
Your Principal
Mr. Marino
Yumi read the last of the letter, and for the second time in her life, she dropped the letter on the ground, and was too shocked to move.
'Go back to France?'
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A/N – I know it could have been longer but it seemed like a good place to stop. Oh – and don't worry – even though I'm not updating my other stories right away – they will be updated by the end of the weekend! Please R&R before you go!!!!!!! )