Braving it All

The gang ate a small meal but their stomach was satisfied none the less. Yumi got such a sugar rush that it only lasted for a minute and then she looked like a drunk. She tried her hardest to stay awake and mumble that she was alright but nothing came, right before they left to the cars she kissed Ulrich and then passed out of exhaustion. Jeremie and the others were quite surprised at that and helped their friends into their car.

"Man Ulrich I think we should of cut her off from the soda after the tenth drink." Odd chuckled.

"I guess I should have kept her awake so she would use the restroom. I think she downed ten gallons of that stuff." Ulrich shook his head lifting Yumi into the front right passenger seat.

"Well next time we'll know better." Odd added before waving goodbye.

"Thanks again Odd for helping me, call ya tomorrow." Ulrich told him and got into his vehicle.

Odd walked to Jeremie's car and yawned.

"So how's Yumi, she awake yet?" Jeremie asked smiling.

"She'll make it but I think very soon that root beer's going to wake her up." He laughed.

"I hope that doesn't happen while their on the road." Aelita giggled to herself.

Everyone got in and started to pull out of the parking and onto the highway.

"Oh hey, I need to call Nathan about what happened tonight!" Odd smacked his forehead and pulled out his cell.

"Nathan?...Oh right him, I forgot about that guy!" Jeremie remembered.

"Man how could we of forgotten about him, hey your suppose to be the smart one." Kila back handed Jeremie's head rest playfully.

"I can't think of everything!" he sighed taking the car onto the highway.

Aelita thought about it, now to think about it she recalled all the times they all went out and half the time he left early. Well actually they never really saw much of him at least as much as Terra or Guerrmo, which made her feel guilty of neglection as on the others parts.

"I wonder why he leaves way before we all do and so much?" Aelita asked.

"He's a weird kid, what can we expect?" Jeremie answered.

"Jeremie's right, after high school or more so before it he did change." Kila nodded.

"Hey will you all shut it I got his phone!" Odd loudly whispered.

The phone rang on the other line but he had to wait seven rings before anyone answered.

"Hello?" a familiar voice answered.

"Hey dude, its Odd look your never going to believe what happened just hours ago. Oh man it went like this…" Odd was getting into the conversation when he was interrupted.

"Odd I don't have the time to listen right now give me the low down tomorrow at school. Later." And he hung up on him.

The spiky blonde haired boy looked at his cell in amazment, that was a first or was it?

"So did you get him Odd?" Aelita asked.

"The dude said he didn't have time to hear about Davis and just hung up!" he put his phone away looked out the window, "I was about to give a punch line soon too."

"I'm sure he had good reason to have done that don't worry Odd." Kila told him and gave a quick peek on his cheek, he lightened up after that.

"Come to think of it again, he's not as sociable as I remember him from middle school." Aelita sat in her seat thinking.

Ulrich

Yumi still slept as Ulrich drove on to the school, fatigue seemed to have a tight grip on her. From the drinking of large quantities of soda after a Davis died right in front of her to that sugar high he figured Yumi was going to be asleep for the whole night.

Around half way to the school she began to sleep talk.

"I'm sorry…….no…no…….Davis….Ulrich…….please don….beeee….angry." he heard her mumble.

Ulrich just smiled he didn't care about Davis anymore but her emotional being. Which now seemed to be doing okay for someone as her.

"Yumi, I know you can't hear me but I'd rather you didn't. I always felt nothing but love for you…and if that meant you being happier with Davis well then I'd of let it gone on. Though being the person that I am I'd most likely have sulked for eternity." He chuckled to himself, "It was all thanks to our friend Nathan and his own sorrow over losing Aelita to Jeremie that allowed me the courage to tell you I love you, and for that I thank him personally. But I hope what I was planning on going through isn't going to be his future. Well aside from that, my heart feels like a load off its back. I'll help you through this mess as much as I can okay?" he started to cry tears of happiness.

"Ulrich I…pain in my heart…please…time before….us starts…" she looked half awake and half asleep with her eyes struggling to stay open as she had them.

"I'll do whatever you ask of me." He told her close to the school now, "Davis my man, forgive me for…well you know…I'm sorry."