Chapter: 14 AfterShock.
Sephireth Hopper: "Ok everybody, this is gonna be one tough chapter...not!"
Ulrich rolls his eyes, "Freak..."
Sephireth Hopper: "What was that, Ulrich?" holds up chainsaw.
Ulrichs eyes widen, "Nothing!" hides behind Yumi.
Matthew: "Pfff, baby." fall's out of chair.
Matthew: "AHH THAT HURT!"
Odd comes from behind chair with a saw.
Odd: "Hehehe."
Aelita stands next to Matthew and blushes.
Jeremie: "Aelita, stand beside meeeee." whines Jeremie.
Aelita shakes her head, "NEVER!" she starts going crazy.
Matthew and Jeremie look at each other and back at the crazy Aelita.
Sephireth Hopper: "SOMEONE CALM HER DOWN!" gets pushed down by Aelita.
Yumi looks around and trips Aelita.
Aelita: "Owwww..." begin's to cry.
Matthew and Jeremie: "Awww..." they go over to comfort her.
Yumi: "OH COME ON! SHE GET'S ALL THE ATTENTION." looks over at Ulrich moving towards Aelita, "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"
Ulrich stops moving, "Umm nowhere." shifts his eyes.
Odd laughs at Ulrich: "Dude, your whipped." makes whipping sound.
Yumi glares at Odd and he stops laughing and scratches the back of his neck.
Matthew: "Ha, who's whipped now." he and Jeremie laugh.
purplelover and deadinside72 walk in.
purplelover: "Shame on you, Matt, SHAME!"
Matthew looks at purplelover with a shocked face: "If you tell anyone, I'll kill you!"
purplelover eyes widen and looks at Aelita: "Well...um...she can't keep a secret for more than an hour ya know!"
deadinside72: "Place bets here, place your betsssss!" sets up a little bet booth.
Matthew: "Who's fighting today?"
deadinside72: "Jeremie and ummm," closes eyes and points to random person, "Herb!"
Matthew thinks, "Hmm, I bet on...Herb to...lose."
The fight begins.
Sephireth Hopper: "Nerd fight, Nerd fight!"
Jeremie and Herb look around: "What the fu..."
Matthew: "What your goddamn language, there's ladies present." point's to Odd and Ulrich and laughs.
Herb and Jeremie laugh.
Aelita opens her mouth to say something but Matthew slaps a hand over her mouth and keeps it there.
Matthew: "Shhhhhh..." looks around and sees Ulrich, Odd and Yumi staring at him.
Matthew: "...the fuck ya'll looking at?" everyone turns to the match.
Sephireth Hopper: "Who will win? Will it be Herb or Jeremie? Will it...Oh, Jeremie won...HOORAY NERD FIGHT WON BY BIGGEST NERD!"
Jeremie: "HEY!"
Sephireth Hopper: "On with the chapter!"
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Matthew and Aelita seperated and Matthew figeted. "Wow..." said Aelita breathless. Matthew just nodded and said,
"Well, um, and that's how you, uh, kiss." he felt really stupid. Aelita just stared at him and a wicked smile came to her face. "Uh..." said Matthew.
Aelita leaned forward and kissed Matthew again. Matthew's eyes widened, but then he got lost in the feeling. He heard the door open and broke the kiss with Aelita and looked at the door.
Ulrich was standing there with a face of hatred and betrayal on his face. "What's going on!" he questioned with fire in his eyes. Matthew opened his mouth to answer, but Aelita spoke first.
"He was showing me how to kiss, so I wouldn't make a fool out of myself with Jeremie." she said it so innocently. Unfortunately, Ulrich didn't beleive it. "Yeah, sure, like I'm gonna believe that." he said before turning to leave.
Matthew stopped him. "Believe it, or not, it's the truth." he said sternly. Ulrich turned around and punched him square in the nose. Matthew fell back and hit his head on the corner of the bed.
Ulrich eyes widened at what he had done. Matthew's head began to bleed heavily with black blood, but this time it wasn't dissappearing. Aelita shrieked as soon as she
saw the blood. Jeremie and Odd ran in almost bumping into Ulrich. "What happened?" said Jeremie before he saw Matthew. "JIM?" Odd yelled and Jim appeared at the door.
He saw Matthew, and picked him up and carried him to the infirmary. Jeremie called Yumi's cellphone. "Hey, Yumi, looks like Ulrich punched Matthew and now Matthew's
really hurt, I think he hit something on his way down...ok...ok...bye." he hung up. "Is Yumi coming?" asked Aelita innocently. Jeremie shook his head. "She can't, curfew."
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Matthew woke up in the infirmary. He felt his head and looked around. No body was there. Yolanda came in. "Well, Matt, you took quite a
hit to the head, there. You'll be alright though." she said helping him up. "Thanks..." he said a little dazed. He exited the infirmary and looked at his watch.
It was half past midnight. He yawned and walked to the Ishiyama's house. He noticed the lights were off so he snuck into his room and fell asleep.
It felt like only seconds later when the alarm woke him up. He groaned and fell out of the bed, making a big noise. He shot up just in time for Yumi to come in the door.
"Oh, Matt, are you alright?" she asked hugging him tightly. "Yeah, I'm alright." he said. Yumi let go of him and stared into his eyes. "Why did Ulrich punch you?" she asked studying him.
Matthew gulped. "Because...ummm...Aelita wanted me to show her how to kiss...and then Ulrich walked in on us." he said bowing his head shamefully.
Yumi's eyes softened and she drew him into another hug. "Awww...such love, you'd think you were brother and sister." said Mrs. Ishiyama scaring them. Yumi and
Matthew let go of each other and Mrs. Ishiyama started laughing. "Come on downstairs, breakfast's ready." Yumi and Matthew followed Yumi's mom and ate their breakfast.
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The first person Matthew and Yumi saw when they arrived at Kadic was Ulrich. Ulrich stared at Matthew with hatred, and
Matthew bowed his head shamefully and let go of Yumi's hand. He walked away and sort of hid behind a tree far away from them. Yumi faced Ulrich, "How could you have
hit him?" she confronted. "Because, he was kissing Aelita, what if Jeremie had walked in, huh? What would he have done?" "He would have heard Aelita out." Yumi said confidently.
"Yeah, well, what if she was lying?" he said back. "Aelita doesn't even know what lying is Ulrich!" Yumi raised her voice. "Well what if he taught her that while he was at
it?" Ulrich yelled back, getting angry. "Do you really think he would do that, he's our friend!" Yumi yelled back at him catching everyone's attention. Ulrich raised his hand
to strike Yumi, but Matthew grabbed it. Yumi froze. 'Ulrich almost hit me...' she thought as the tears welled up. Ulrich looked at Matthew angrily and Matthew kept his hold on Ulrich's arm.
"FINE!" Ulrich yelled wrenching out of Matthew's grip. "CHOOSE YOUR COUSIN OVER YOUR OWN BOYFRIEND!" Ulrich yelled and then ran off.
Yumi's face was covered in tears and she ran off. "Yumi, wait!" shouted Matthew running after her. Yumi ignored him and kept on running. Matthew kept on following her.
Yumi finally fell down crying under an oak tree. Matthew stopped running and walked over to her carefully. He kneeled beside her. "Yumi...are you ok?" he asked gently.
Matthew went to comfort her but she faced him and slapped him across the face. Matthew froze and Yumi covered her mouth. She began crying more and Matthew just sat there.
"I'm sorry, Matt." she said between sobs. Matthew wrapped his arms around her. "Shh...shh...it's alright." he said comforting her. He wiped her tears away and she buried
her head into his shoulder to cry more. He rubbed her back in circles. Hours passed and Matthew still sat there comforting Yumi. He started to sing softly to her.
I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope
I'll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I love you more with every breath
Truly madly deeply do..
I will be strong I will be faithful
'Cos I'm counting on a new beginning.
A reason for living.
A deeper meaning.
Chorus
Yumi looked up at him and laughed a little before burying her head into his neck.
I want to stand with you on a mountain.
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever.
Until the sky falls down on me...
Verse 2
And when the stars are shining brightly
In the velvet sky,
I'll make a wish
Send it to heaven
Then make you want to cry..
The tears of joy
For all the pleasure and the certainty.
That we're surrounded
By the comfort and protection of..
The highest power.
In lonely hours.
The tears devour you..
I want to stand with you on a mountain,
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever,
Until the sky falls down on me...
Yumi smiled and and pulled Matthew closer.
Oh can't you see it baby?
You don't have to close your eyes
'Cos it's standing right before you.
All that you need will surely come...
I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope
I'll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly madly deeply do...
Matthew stopped singing and looked at Yumi. She looked up at him and stared into his eyes. He smiled causing her to smile and he helped her up.
"Come on, we'll be late for...well, school's almost over, lets go home." Matthew said taking her hand in his. Yumi nodded and they walked to her house hand in hand.
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They arrived home and the Ishiyama's hadn't come home from work yet and Hiroki was still at school.
"You ok, now Yumi?" Matthew asked softly. Yumi nodded and went to her room. Matthew lingered in the living room for a bit before going into his room.
'I can't believe Ulrich almost hit Yumi, he broke her heart to...' thought Matthew frustratively. He laid on his bed and soon after drifted off to sleep.
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The day before the dance proved difficult to Yumi. Ulrich had stopped talking to her and sitting at their table at lunch.
Matthew felt guilty for causing them to break up. If only he had told Aelita no. They walked to class. "Ok, students, your poems please, who'll go first?" asks the teacher.
No one raised there hand this time. "Don't you all jump up at once..." said the teacher gloomily. Matthew spoke up, "I'll do it." he said and walked up there.
Hated has left its mark
Left me crying, alone in the dark
I would rather die
Then live in this loveless lie
I'd rather be dead
And as I cut my wirsts rivers run red...
But I'm trapped forever
The link cannot sever
My life, like an old libary book, is overdue
And I can see the hatred, almost a hue...
Once a friend asked me to put on a smile
I replied by saying, "Thats not my style..."
I'm swallowed by hatred, consumed
My sorrow has lead to my destiny, I'm doomed
Because I'd rather be dead
And as i cut my wirsts rivers run red...
Hiding away in a dim-lit cave
I have made myself my own slave
And as I look toward the skies
I say my goodbyes...
My blood
It soaks in the mud
Because in all my gloom
I've made my own tomb...
All because it's time to face the truth...
I will never be with you...
Matthew sat back down. "Ok..." said the teacher as the bell rang.
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AN: I'm having some writers block NOOOOOOOO any way, help! Just think of something and post it please.