AN: Hey everybody! Once again sorry for the … interesting chapter yesterday! But this chapter will be much better. Thank you to all of those who took the time to write reviews. There are many questions about this new girl Miyu, and sorry, but I can't answer any of them for you. Just read the chapter, and find out for yourself! Hint Look at Miyu's name. It's an anagram of something. You'll know it when you see it!

Chapter 12:Eavesdropper

Ulrich walked to the principal's office thinking he was doing this too often. Last time he had gone there only to get bad news. Now, it was a different principal, with a different reason.

Ulrich had to find out where his new dorm was, and if he had a room mate or not.

Ulrich knocked on the door to Mr. Stanford's office. Otherwise known as the principal's office. He heard a loud "Come in", so he turned the knob, and stepped inside.

"Hello, Ulrich Stern?" Mr. Stanford asked in a kind, yet firm voice. "Yes sir." Ulrich said, hoping to gain points with his new principal.

"Alright, well you'll be staying in room 213. You will have a room mate, but we think he'll be a good one for you to bunk with." Mr. Stanford said with a little smile. "Here's your room key, and you are to be down at breakfast at 7:45am and no later. The curfew is 9:45pm, so make sure you're in your room by then, or Steve will catch you, and I don't want to find you in this office anytime soon." He gave Ulrich a little pat and Ulrich laughed a little.

Steve was his gym teacher. Looks like him and Jim have a lot of things in common, because apparently, he liked to patrol the halls at night too.

"I'll be sure to be on time to everything sir." Ulrich said with confidence in his voice. "Alright son, now if you want to keep that promise, you'd better hurry." Mr. Stanford laughed and then went serious again, as Ulrich glanced at the clock.

Ulrich nodded his head, and walked to his new dorm. He was anxious to see who his new room mate was. And then he saw it, room 213. He got out his key and put it in the hole. Here goes nothing. He thought as he slid the door open.

The first thing he noticed was the huge window facing him. Then he saw an actual face, and figured that this was his new room mate. He had a calm, easy going look on his face. He looked as if he was the exact opposite of Odd. Especially the fact that he was reading a book! Odd hadn't even dreamt of doing that!

"Hey, you must be my new room mate. Ulrich, right?" The boy asked. "Yep, that's me." Ulrich said setting down his belongings. "I'm Jacques." He said sitting up from his laid back position.

"So, since your name is French, have you ever been to France?" Ulrich asked, hoping he could have something to relate to Jacques with. "I've been there a couple of times, but I never lived there. I got the name from my parents who are French." He answered.

"Yea, my name's German, but I've never been to Germany. Got my name from my parents too. On the other hand, I used to live in France." Ulrich said with a little dignity in his voice.

"Wow! I'd love to live in France. Was it fun?" Jacques asked now very interested. "Yea, but America is great too. It'll just take me some time to get used to everything." Ulrich sighed.

"Well, it's getting kind of late, and if we don't get to bed soon, we'll be very tired tomorrow. And we don't want to be tired for the laps in swimming tomorrow," Jacques joked.

"Yea." Ulrich laughed. So, the two boys got ready for bed and turned out the lights.

That night Ulrich couldn't get to sleep. He kept thinking about all of the things that had happened to him that day. He really couldn't get over Miyu though. She was exactly like Yumi, in fact, he was beginning to wonder if she was Yumi. I mean, he knew that it was highly unlikely, but the two were SO similar!

He decided he would tell Odd and Jeremie the next day.


BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! Ulrich heard Jacques's alarm clock go off. Since his was broken, he asked if he could use Jacques's. But, Jacques was already awake. Ulrich got up, and saw a note.

Ulrich, sorry I had to leave so early, but I promised I would meet my girlfriend before school started. – Jacques

Girlfriend? Ulrich thought, I didn't know Jacques had a girlfriend. Hmmm. I wonder who she is… Ulrich decided to ask him later, and headed for the showers.

It was 7:47am when Ulrich ran into the cafeteria. He noted that he should set his alarm clock a little earlier. He couldn't find Jacques anywhere, so he sat at a table by himself.

Within two minutes prior to Ulrich sitting down, someone set down their breakfast, and sat down next to him. He looked over and noticed it was Miyu.

"Hey, Miyu!" Ulrich exclaimed, happy that someone sat next to him, especially her. "Hi Ulrich! How was your first night at Westbury?" Miyu asked. "Actually, it wasn't that bad." "Really? So, do you have a room mate?"

"Yea, Jacques, do you know him?" Ulrich asked. "… Jacques is your room mate?" Miyu sounded a little disgusted.

"Well, um, yea. He seems like a good room mate to me. He was really welcoming last night. The only thing I noticed about him that was a little strange was that he went to see his girlfriend early this morning before classes." Ulrich said remembering the note.

"His ex-girlfriend," Miyu mumbled under her breath. Suddenly, someone sat down on Ulrich's other side, and announced his presence.

"Hey Ulrich,… Miyu. Sorry if I was interrupting something." Jacques said eyeing Miyu very intently. "Nope, I was just leaving!" Miyu said as she turned around, picked up her tray, and got up.

"See you later Miyu!" Ulrich called after her and received a wave, while Jacques received a glare.

"What's up with her?" Ulrich pondered. "Oh, she's just upset about something, nothing too big though. She'll get over it." Jacques said, dismissing the conversation.

"Oh…" Ulrich ended the topic, and stared at his food. "So, I hope I didn't leave you stranded or anything, I'm really sorry I wasn't here this morning, I just had to take care of some important things." Jacques apologized.

"I thought you said you had to meet up with your girlfriend." Ulrich stated, now very confused. "I did. I had some important things to take care of with my girlfriend." Jacques explained.

"Oh, I see. So who was your girlfriend?" Ulrich prodded. "Miyu Ulmer." Jacques said looking at the poor girl who just got dumped.

Ulrich turned around to see the Japanese girl with all her friends. But none of them were saying anything. Miyu was just looking at Ulrich as if she were trying to tell him something.

Ulrich didn't get the hint though, and told Jacques he was going back to their dorm because he had forgotten something.

Ulrich ran up the stairs, and pulled out his cell phone. He had about 15 more minutes before class and he decided to give his friends a call.

Jeremie heard his phone ring, and answered as soon as he read the caller ID. "Ulrich! I haven't heard from you in so long!" Jeremie shouted. "Yea man, I'm sorry about that. I just got my dorm last night." Ulrich apologized.

"Are you sharing it with anyone?" Jeremie asked. "Yea, his name is Jacques. He's pretty cool and not as loud as Odd, but no one can replace any of you guys." Ulrich stated. "That's good to hear." Jeremie replied back.

"So, who are your new friends?" "Well, I don't really have any friends except for Jacques and this girl Miyu. She's really nice, and you won't guess how I met her!" Ulrich got Jeremie to guess. "You just bumped into her?" Jeremie guessed correctly.

"Yea, how'd you know?" Ulrich questioned. "I was just kidding! But seriously, you bumped into her?" "Yea, but she wasn't mad or anything. But you know what the weird thing is? She looks almost EXACTLY like Yumi! She even acts and talks the same way. It's really strange, but I like her."

"I would imagine you would if she was like Yumi." Ulrich heard a different voice, but knew who it was instantly. "Odd! Hey buddy, how are you?" Ulrich exclaimed. "I'm good, but enough about me. You were talking about this Miyu girl?" Odd obviously had more interest in Ulrich's love life than his own.

"Yea. And there are people like Sissy and Jim too! My gym teacher's name is Steve, but that's about the only difference. Except for their looks. And there's this girl, Lonna, who acts just like Sissy! Only a little more stuck up!" Ulrich added.

"Wow, some one more stuck up than Sissy? Unbelievable!" Odd shouted. "So, when you talked about this girl Miyu, you sounded a little… troubled." The phone switched voices again, and it was back to Jeremie.

"Well, she reminds me so much of Yumi that I was thinking…" Ulrich trailed off. "Yes?" Jeremie nudged. "Well, I was thinking that maybe, it is her. I know it's next to impossible, but what if she somehow got out?"

"Ulrich I think you're placing your hopes too high. Sure it's possible, but only like 5." Jeremie said and waited for a response. Instead, Odd took control again. "I think, if you really believe it could be her, then ask her some questions that only Yumi would know the answers to." Odd suggested.

"Well, she did say she'd been to France. Alright, I'll put her to the test." Just then Ulrich's bell rang, indicating that it was time for class. "Oh, I'm sorry guys, but I have to go." Ulrich said.

"Alright Ulrich, talk to you later. And good luck!" Odd said back. "It was nice to hear from you again!" Jeremie put in.

"You too guys, later!" Ulrich said as he shut off his phone. He gathered his books and got ready to leave for first hour.

Little did he know that someone had heard his whole conversation. Should I let him know? Was the only thing that came to their mind as they hurried off to their first hour class as well. English with Mrs. Bartley.

AN: So, was that better? I think it was. Anyways, there's some clues scattered about this whole chapter, so hope it could answer some questions. Or at least lead you on to what the answer is. Ok, well, I don't have too much to say this time, so leave a review on your way out. Thanks! tinkerbellbt

Question of the Day:

Should Jacques be nice, or should he be a problem in the story?