Chapter 5: Winter break

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It was December Eighth just one short day away from the end of fall quarter. Everyone was packing and getting ready to go home for the month of Winter break. All of the boarding students had already made arrangements for where they were going, Jeremy was going home to central France to visit his parents. Odd was leaving for Los Angeles California to meet up with his parents for a 30 day American tour and Yumi, well her family had planed on going to Japan for the break but had some financial trouble and weren't able to afford the trip so she would be here but Ulrich hadn't spoken to her since that night. But one thing was for sure all of them had some where to go, all of them Except Ulrich Stern.

When classes ended that day Ulrich picked up his cell phone and dialed his parents number. the phone rang several times before much to his surprise his mother answered.

"Hello, who is it?" She asked rather cheerfully.

"Mom, its me Ulrich."

"Oh, yes how are you dear?" She asked somewhat surprised.

" I thought You and Dad were having Problems?"

"We were but those are behind us now."

"Well good, anyway I'm here at Kadic and I was wondering when you or dad would come pick me up for the break?" He asked.

"OH..uh...um... that.." She stammered around a little with her words before. "Here talk to your father."

There was a rustling of the phone being handed off and "Hello Ulrich?"

"Yea dad, um when are you and mom going to come get me for break?" He asked somewhat annoyed with being put off like he had all quarter.

There was a long aquard silence and then Ulrich's father spoke. "Well son I hate to tell you this but as for the break, we cant come get you."

"Ulrich's jaw dropped open, he was stunned but before he could say anything his father continued.

"See your mother and I well we bought tickets for a month-long cruise in the Caribbean. and we figured since you were already at a boarding school and all of your friends were there and you were use to your room you could just stay there for the break. Don't worry we will have all of our presents mailed to you, merry Christmas."

And before Ulrich could even say a word CLICK. "DAMNIT!" Ulrich yelled as he threw his phone accost the hallway "and let out a disgruntled growl". It wasn't bad enough that all of his friends had turned on him this quarter, But his parents too. Common nobody would be around here at all except maybe Jim. Yea that could be real fun hanging around all day with nothing to do except working out and reading Sumo Mag with Jim. Heck even sissy had better things to do than hang around here all month of break as she was going to the southern coast of Spain with her father for the holiday. Even Aelita the girl with no family she was leaving to visit Jeremy and his parents for the break even she had a way out of this place.

He sighed and put his head in his hands out on one of the park benches.

A couple of minuets later "Hey You dropped something" He herd a filimar voice say and he looked up. It was Emily and she was holding his cell phone. It was beat up and scuffed but no worse for ware considering.

"Mind if I sit here?" She asked

"Go a head." Ulrich replied

"So what's the matter?" She asked after she had taken a seat.

"O'l nothing just my parents decided to ditch me for the Break and leave me here."

"Harsh." Emily said almost cringing. "Man the only person that will be here over break is Jim, Wow...yea um..um..."

"don't worry about it." Ulrich said being cool as usual "You make sure to have fun on the alps for me..ok"

Suddenly it hit her. "Ulrich you said that your parents left you here and you have have no place to go for break right."

"Yea, You don't have to rub it in." "Sigh"

"I'm not I'm thinking." She said After a few long moments of thought she spoke up. "Hey my dad is coming to pick me up tomorrow and if you wanted to..." But Ulrich cut her off.

"Thanks Emily I know you want to help but, I don't know yea know if your parents would like having me around for like a month. Especially around during the holidays n' all."

"Ah they wouldn't mind especially since they are Divorced and all."

Ulrich gulped slightly thinking of his own parents. "I'm sorry to hear that." He said

"Ah don't worry about it happened a long time ago so I'm fine with it and I to my advantage i only have to persuade one of them to let you go." She smiled and stood up. "So what do you say?" she asked excitedly.

Ulrich looked at her and cracked a weak smile. "Ok ill go pack, but I'm not holding my breath."

Emily looked at Ulrich a huge smile flooding her face "Thank you." She said as she hugged him almost giddy and she was off.

When she was out of sight Ulrich stood up and pulled his tan jacket tightly around his collar as some cold northern air swept over him. Maybe just maybe he wouldn't have to spend the month break here all alone or well with Jim, reading 10 years worth of sumo-mag. "I wonder what her family is like anyway?" Ulrich said to himself as he took the cold fall air into his lungs, and headed back to his room to pack.

All the while Yumi watched from afar continually sneaking glances from the park bench she and William were setting on. Her nerves railed up in the backs of her shoulders and neck when she saw HER give Ulrich a hug. "What are they up" to she couldn't help but wonder. In involuntarily spite she snuggled closer to William hopeing Ulrich would notice, of course he dident."Why Damnit why?" It had been almost a week since her Outburst..."

She had felt terrible ever since not eating not sleeping that kind of thing.. She had intended to apologize the next day but she had seen Ulrich and Emily walking down the street Hand In hand and Emily RESTING HER HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER... her blood boiled just to think of it. That itself solidified her resolve for spite and she pulled William even closer.

"Easy there girl." william interrupted her train of thought. "I Love you but if you don't ease up I'm afraid you'll start cracking some ribs."

"O'l I'm sorry" she apologized snapping out of her sulking like she had just woken up and wasn't really aware of what william had said. she let loose a little bit and almost as fast as she had come out of it she was back thinking about it. Thinking about what those two were planing for the break and suddenly her mind was filled with all the visuals of what would be going on those cold december nights in the alps. That is if what Aelita had told her about Where Emily was going over break wert true. "Of course it was true." She told herself, and tears began to well up in her deep dark black eyes Mourning over how she had lost Ulrich once and for all.

"William on the other hand remained Ignorant to Yumi's true motives and smiled to himself. " At long last Yumi your mine and there is no big shot Ulrich to get in the way, Never did like him he was always such a KID he never talked about his feelings and he let Yumi slip right through his fingers. But Not me I'm too smart to do something like that." But that wasn't all he was thinking of somewhere buried deep within his soul he began to imagine all the things they would be doing at his Christmas party or at least after that he was sure of... an evil grin began to slide on his face as he was lost in his own thoughts...

Where to go to next with this Heart wrenching story? Hum what Nerves havent i hit? "Anyway" (Breaks out of evil train of thought) I hope this story is getting interesting and is no longer like an episode of the show. What you guys think?