Continued From Before (Ch. 11)
The doorbell rang, and when Momo answered it, it was Ulrick. "Why, hello Ulrick, here for your little "study date" with Yumi?" she asked. Ulrick nodded. "She's upstairs. You should knock first though; she just woke up from a nap a little bit ago. She may have fallen asleep again." Momo said, closing the front door and walking into the kitchen.
Ulrick walked up the stairs to Yumi's room. He knocked softly and waited for an answer. When he heard nothing, he opened the door slowly. "Yumi, are you awake?" he whispered, stepping in the room. He heard a rustle in the closet and when he walked over and peeked in, he saw Yumi getting dressed. He quick turned around, stopped, looked in again, and then walked back to the door. He pretended that he had just come in, "Yumi, I'm here. Where are you?" he asked in a louder voice.
"Oh, Ulrick, just a minute, stay there, I'll be out in a second." Her voice came from the closet. A few moments later, Yumi came out dressed in her gray sweatshirt and sweatpants. She walked over to Ulrick. For a while, they just stood there quietly. They could both tell that the other was nervous.
Finally, Yumi decided to say something, "Do you want to start studying?" she asked. Ulrick laughed and nodded. They grabbed their books and sat on Yumi's bed. They started with the Math, then Science, then to English. They then got bored as everyone does when they study, so they started talking, but the phone rang.
"Hello?" Yumi asked, answering the phone. Two voices were heard.
"Ulrick and Yumi, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. Hahahahahahaha." The phone line went dead, but Yumi knew it was Odd and Jeremy. She looked over at Ulrick and saw that he had heard what they had said. She blushed as Ulrick did the same. That made them both laugh.
Momo came in with a tray of sodas. "What are you two laughing about?" she asked putting the tray on the table beside the bed.
"Oh, Jeremy and Odd just called to make fun of us." Yumi said. Momo laughed and walked out of the room after kissing Yumi on top of the head. "Thanks for the sodas mom." Yumi yelled after her mom. The room got quiet again as Ulrick and Yumi didn't say anything. Ulrick looked at Yumi and when Yumi glanced at him, they both blushed.
Ulrick pondered in his head on what to say. 'should I bring up the subject of the other day again or not. She always doesn't talk about it anyhow. I wonder why she pushes me away so much? That's what I'll talk to her about. Maybe she'll tell me about that?' he took a deep breath, "Um, Yumi? I was wondering why... I mean...what do you... what do you think of me as?" 'Ok, there, it's in the open. I just hope she answers.' He thought.
"What do you mean. Think of you as what?" she asked. 'does he mean about the other night at the movies or after defeating Xana?' she started to get nervous.
"I mean what I said. What do you think of me as. I mean we're friends, but do you like me, non-friend wise? You always push me away when I try to kiss you, and I was wondering if it was me?" he asked. Now he was the one getting nervous.
"Oh, that. Um...well...I do...I ...um." Yumi couldn't get herself to say it. 'How can I tell him?'
"Would it help if I were to say something first. What I think of you?" Ulrick said. Yumi nodded. "I really do like you Yumi. That's why I've been wanting to kiss you. I got the impression that you liked me too, because you then kissed me, but then you pushed me away like I had done something wrong, so now I don't know how you feel about me. That's what I mean by what do you think of me as. Do you think of me as just a friend, more then a friend, a person you want to kiss..." Ulrick asked his voice trailing off.
Yumi just sat there. 'He likes me? He really likes me.' A smile crossed her face. 'He likes me.' She couldn't believe it, he liked her. 'After all this time, I now know he likes me too.' She was glad that Ulrick told her, now she wasn't as scared to tell him. "I do like you, I've always liked you. I just didn't know that you liked me too. I thought that you might have liked me when you kissed me the first time, but I was scared to accept it. I didn't want you to hate me. That's why I kept pushing you away. I do like you as a friend, but also as more then a friend, and as a person who I'd like to kiss. I've wanted to kiss you for so long, but I was scared." Yumi said. Ulrick scooted closer to Yumi brought her to him so he could hold her in a hug.
"You don't have to be scared. You don't have to hide your feelings for me either." Ulrick said, looking into Yumi's eyes. As she looked back at Ulrick, she could tell he not only like her, he cared about her. She pulled herself out of Ulrick's arms to face him.
"If something were to happen to me, what would you do?" she asked.
"I don't know what would happen to you, but if something were, I would try my best to help. I don't know what I'd be able to do, but I'd try." He said. 'where did that come from? What is she talking about?' he wondered. What ever it was, it made Yumi smile. 'she looks so cute when she smiles.' Ulrick thought, he suddenly wanted to kiss her. ' what will she do if I just go for it? Should I ask first?' he thought for awhile. "Um, hey Yumi. Would it be alright if I were to kiss you?" he asked, avoiding her eyes.
"You mean now?"
Ulrick nodded. Yumi wanted to kiss him too. She was about to ask him a few moments ago also.
She smiled, "Sure. I would like that." She said as she brought herself closer to him. They both leaned towards each other. 'I can't believe I'm going to do this, again!' they both thought. 'This time I'm not going to keep him from me. I will not push him away.' Yumi thought as Ulrick's lips touched hers. She brought her arms around his neck as he brought his behind her back. They sat on the bed, embracing one other.
'Is she really going to let me do this?' Ulrick thought. 'She's not going to push me away?' Yumi brought Ulrick closer to her. 'I guess not, but that's great that she won't.' Just as he was thinking that, Yumi pulled away. Ulrick sighed, "I was just thinking that you wouldn't push me away." he said.
Yumi laughed, "I'm not pushing you away, I just stopped because I was going to take my sweatshirt off, it's getting warm in here." She said. Ulrick blushed as he realized he had thought wrong. Yumi pulled her sweatshirt off and threw it beside her table by her bed, "There, that's a bit better." She said smiling at Ulrick. Ulrick smiled back. They continued what they were doing. As they once again felt each others lips, the phone rang. Yumi broke they're kiss once again to answer the phone.
"Yuuumiiii. Ulrrruickkk. What you guys doing huh? Something naughty?" it was Odd and Jeremy again. Odd must have been drinking something, for when Yumi decided to get mean, saying, "Just a sec. Odd, let me get my pants back on," Odd started coughing and choking.
"WHAT!" he shouted.
Yumi laughed as Ulrick blushed at the thought. "Do you really think we would do something like that. I was joking Odd. You call to make fun of us, so I should be able to be mean to you, right?" Yumi asked.
Odd didn't answer for a bit. Then he said, "Well, you guys are the ones at your house on a study "Date." So what are we supposed to think. You wouldn't let us come. So?" Odd asked. Jeremy took the phone.
"You don't have to answer that Yumi. Odd's just mad for being left out, even though I've told him that I was left out too." Jeremy said.
"We're not leaving you guys out, we're just studying, sort of, I know that Odd wouldn't want to study if his life depended on it anyways." Yumi protested.
"Ok, ok, no need to get all defending. He just feels bad, that's all." Jeremy said. "I do not!" Odd yelled in the background. Yumi sighed. She looked over at Ulrick. Ulrick motioned for the phone. When Yumi gave it to him, he asked to talk to Odd.
"Yah, what do you want?" Odd said meanly.
"I want to say that..." Ulrick didn't get to finish he's sentence, for there was a loud sound that came from the line. "Odd, Jeremy! Are you guys alright, what happened?" Ulrick yelled in the phone.
Jeremy came on the phone again, "Ulrick, Yumi, get over here quick. Something just happened across the street. I think it has something to do with Xana." He said. There was another loud noise and Ulrick could hear Kiwi barking.
"We'll be right there. Hang on." Ulrick hung up the phone. Yumi already was ready and was waiting by her door.
"You ready, let's go." They ran out the door and down the stairs. "Bye mom, we're going to meet up with Odd and Jeremy to finish studying." Yumi yelled in the kitchen. They went through the front door and down the street towards the school.
To Be Continued...... Here is the chapter. Sorry, it took longer then I said. The next chapter might take longer though. Hopefully not. Well, bye. Oh, once again, thanks to those who gave me ideas. A special thanks to troubled-ego for saving me in her story. Thanks! Till next time...