"Hey Mom, I'm home!"
Yumi opened the door , stepped inside the small yellow house and took her shoes off. She turned to head up the stairs to her room but she was stopped by not one, but both of her parents.
"Dad?" Yumi frowned, feeling a lump in her throat. "Why aren't you at work?"
'Please don't tell me you lost your job again' Yumi thought desperately. But by the look on her parents faces, she had a feeling it was more than just that.
"Yumi..." Mrs. Ishiyama began, "Your Father and I need to talk to you."
"Mom, please, can it wait? I have to be somewhere in twenty minutes and besides you said I don't HAVE to be home till seven. Which I think is still unfair, considering all the other kids-"
"Yumi dear, It's important." Mr. Ishiyama interrupted, and Yumi noticed that her mother's eyes were filling with tears.
"Mom...what is it"
5:45 at the Ice Cream Place:
'Where is she?' Ulrich thought unhappily. 'My first date with Yumi and what does she do? She blows me off. Probably to be with William.'
He picked up his cell phone and dialed Yumi's cell number. It went straight to voicemail. Her cell phone was turned off.
"Uh, hey Yumi, it's Ulrich. I don't know if you remember, but we had a date today? It's almost six o clock, and I better head back to school before Jim finds out I left the grounds. Please call me back tonight if you get this, OK? Bye."
Ulrich returned his cell phone to his pocket and sighed.
"Ugh I feel so stupid." He muttered to himself. "She probably really did go to see William."
The next day at school, Ulrich and Odd stood by the soda machine and waited for Yumi, Jeremie and Aelita.
"So Ulrich, how was your date yesterday with Yumi?" Odd asked curiously, "You didn't mention it at all over dinner last night..."
"She didn't show." Ulrich muttered with clenched teeth.
"Huh? Why not? What happened?"
"I don't want to talk about it, Odd." Ulrich snapped at his friend. He hadn't gotten much sleep the previous night due to nightmares about Yumi and William getting married. He knew it was ridiculous. They were only fifteen. But he couldn't control what crazy thoughts went through his mind at night when he was asleep.
"Odd, please just leave me alone. I really need to talk to Yumi when she gets here."
Ulrich went off down the street, leaving Odd by himself.
'Maybe,' Ulrich thought, 'I can catch Yumi as she's walking here and ask her why she didn't show up yesterday, or return my call.'
He ran into Yumi about halfway to her house. She was walking with her head down, biting her lip. Her face was red and it looked as if she had been crying.
"Hey Yumi!" Ulrich called as he spotted her, "Where were you yesterday I...Yumi?"
Ulrich stopped talking as soon as he noticed the upset look on her face.
"Yumi...are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Ulrich." She replied hastily, quickening the pace of her strides.
"What happened yesterday-"
"I'm sorry I didn't show, something came up."
"Something more important than out first date?" Ulrich argued, getting annoyed.
"Yes."
"Like what?"
"Look Ulrich, I don't want to talk about it, I'd rather be left alone today." Yumi bit her lip again and continued to walk faster.
"Yumi, come on, whatever it is you can tell me."
"No...I can't."
"You were with William weren't you."
"Ulrich, I am so sick of you!" Yumi blurted out without meaning to, "You and your ACCUSATIONS!"
She ran off toward school before Ulrich could say anything more.
To Be Continued…
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