AN: Hey peoples! Alright, well Ulrich is in Washington now, so this chapter will explain a little about his new home and school. I got tons of great reviews! I'd like to particularly thank DayDreamer23182 for their kind words. Reviews like that really make me want to continue with this story. So on with chapter 9!
Chapter 9: Mansion!
From another part of the world, Odd heard his cell phone ring while he was walking up the stairs. Usually he would run up the stairs, but running right after you eat does not put a good feeling in your stomach. Too bad for Odd, because it seemed he would have to run anyways if he wanted to get to his phone in time to answer it.
Odd burst through the door to his dorm and picked up his phone that was lying on his bed. He looked at the caller ID and recognized it at once!
"Ulrich! Hey man, what's up?" Odd said, hoping it was good news, his friend was bringing him. "Hey, Odd! We're here! I'm finally in America!" Ulrich shouted into his phone. "Yea, it only took you 12 hours!" Odd said looking at his clock. He quickly did the math in his head and figured out what time it was in Washington.
"Speaking of the time, isn't it like, 2:00 am there?" Odd asked wondering why his friend would call so early. "Yea, we arrived at 1:25, but it took us time to get our luggage and a taxi." Ulrich informed Odd.
"So are you at your house yet?" Odd hoped Ulrich could tell him what kind of a house he would be living in, but was disappointed to find out Ulrich wasn't quite at his destination yet.
"No, I'm in the taxi right now, and we have a little ways to go, but when I get there, I'll tell you everything about it. And can you do me a favor Odd? Tell Jeremie and anyone else who asks, that I'm doing fine. Also, tell Jeremie I want to talk to him the next time I call. Okay?" Ulrich said, knowing his other friends would be wondering where he was and how he was doing.
"Alright buddy. Talk to ya soon!" Odd said his goodbyes for the second time that weekend. "Thanks again Odd." Ulrich shut off his phone as he pulled up to a driveway.
There in front of him was the largest house he had ever seen! It was a big old fashioned white house that had a balcony and French windows on the outside. There were decorative pillars holding up the enormous front porch which had a periwinkle blue swing in front of the glass door.
The house was gorgeous! It couldn't have been Ulrich's new home. It looked as though the president himself should live in the three story house.
Ulrich got out of the taxi and slowly walked up the long driveway that looked as if it could hold 5 cars in it. This house was definitely an expensive one, and Ulrich wondered how his parents bought it.
"Dad, is this really our new house?" Ulrich asked with uncertainty. "Of course son! Don't you like it? It's so beautiful!" Mr. Stern exclaimed.
Ulrich picked up his bags and walked into the Colonial house. The inside was even more outstanding than the outside. The entry way was like a whole room itself, and the floor was a beautiful light brown would floor. Ulrich looked up and saw a huge chandelier hanging above his head.
In front of him was a curving staircase that went up three stories high, and to his right was a cranberry painted dining room. To his left was a moss green decorated living room. But these rooms were not ordinary rooms. They didn't look as though someone were to just move in there. For each and every one of the 18 different rooms of the house, were decorated already and looked as if someone had been living there their whole lives!
"Mom?" Ulrich asked as he walked further into the house. "Yes, Ulrich?" Mrs. Stern replied. "How come the rooms aren't empty like normal just-sold-houses usually are?"
"Well dear, we bought a model home. So that means we get to keep everything inside of it and all we have to do is put in some of our things. Of course it cost… a LOT of money, but with your father's new job, we can afford it! Isn't that great?" Ulrich's mom was so excited that she wouldn't even let Ulrich answer her question.
Although he didn't really care about the downstairs too much, he really wanted to know what the upstairs was like. Particularly his room. The downstairs was the dining room, family room, kitchen, office, bathroom, and his parent's room. So upstairs had to be the other bedrooms.
Ulrich assumed correctly and found that the second floor contained two guest bedrooms, three regular bedrooms, one being his own, and two bathrooms. One for him, and one for the guests.
The third floor had the game room, den, the workout room, bathroom, and the basement could be considered a whole other room!
Ulrich marveled at his new house. He didn't really know if he liked it. Most normal kids would, there was even an 8 foot deep pool, 4 ½ foot Jacuzzi, and a sauna outside. There was a pond, waterfall, shed, but it looked like a miniature house, and tons of trees. Yea, that house was a winner, but Ulrich couldn't help but feel sad because he already missed his best friends.
He also wondered who would be his new friends at school, and what kind of school it would be like. His parents had said it was a private school called Westbury Academy. Just the name sounded so proper.
It was really a boarding school Ulrich found out, which meant he would be living at another school. He hoped he would get a good roommate like Odd, only just a little quieter.
Apparently he was supposed to come back to his home every weekend. That was something they did differently with the school here. At Kadic, he stayed the whole week, unless it was vacation of course.
He wondered how much homework he'd have, and if there was a gym teacher like Jim who patrolled the campus at nights.
For the time being though, it was almost 5:00am and he would have to go to school tomorrow, so he thought he should probably get to sleep.
But before he did, he got ready for the school day by packing up his belongings that he was going to bring with him to Westbury.
He also checked out his room a little more. It was a gigantic room! With a huge window. It was obviously made for a male to live in, for it had been painted a tanish color and had manly curtains and bedspread.
The decorations were also not girly, which was a good thing. Ulrich felt however, that the room needed a little life in it, so he put up some of his things and for a final touch, put a picture of him, Odd, and Jeremie on the side of his nightstand that faced towards his walk-in closet.
On the other side of the nightstand, he put a picture of Yumi that he had taken after the Christmas Dance 2 years ago. He had put that picture in a frame that was now facing his king sized bed. Like he'd need all the room!
After touching up his room a bit, Ulrich felt completely wiped out and turned out his light and went to sleep.
He would need it for the next day, but he didn't know that yet. He wasn't even prepared for the shocking surprise he would come across the next day at his new school. His brain was stuck on the peculiar dream that was playing out in his head right then.
AN: Oooh! Suspenseful. I bet most of you know what is going to happen anyways, so it's not that much of a shocker. Anyways, I decided, since I got all different times, I would check out what the time difference between France and America really is. And only one of my readers was right. The winner of last chapter's QOTD is… Lyokogal7503! She said it was 5 hours, and was correct. So, I may or may not add in people's names in every chapter like I have this time. I'm not sure yet, but if you're lucky enough, you just might show up in my next Authors Note! Anyways, review on your way out, and you might have a chance of being one of the lucky ones! Lol Thanks. tinkerbellbt
Question of the Day:
Who watched my favorite episode Routine today? (I know I did:)
