"Whoa! Stop…uhh, please, Mr. Delmas sir." Yumi blurted out accidentally. "Sorry, but…uhh… are you saying Ulrich isn't going to the dance?"
"Miss. Yumi…yes. That is what I was trying to say…Unfortunately." Mr. Delmas said sympathetically. "No witnesses, no proof. No proof, no punishment. That's what I say."
"But I was a witness!"
"Yumi, I need more then one to see whose story is correct. If another witness comes forth and says something similar to what you said, I'll know whom to believe. Until then…" Mr. Delmas said slowly and carefully. Yumi screamed and then hung up the phone. She noticed that she had just hung up on the principal of her school.
"Ahh!" She screamed. "Oops!" She squeezed her eyes shut, and then grabbed her forehead. She sat down in the kitchen. Aelita walked in.
"How do I lo… Yumi?" She paused. "Yumi? Yumi, what's the matter?" Yumi didn't answer. "Yumi! Answer me!" Yumi looked up at Aelita. She wasn't crying, she was mad.
"Ulrich can't go! Again! I'm sick of this!" She screamed. Aelita's jaw dropped. "Yea, the creep lied to Mr. Delmas and if I don't figure out something by tomorrow by 6pm, he's not going."
"Yumi, it's oka… Wait! I've got an idea!" Aelita replied, running to the phone.
"Hello?" Someone from the other line said.
"Odd! I have to ask you something!"
"Yea, Aelita. Anything. What is it?" Odd replied.
"You were there, outside, when the fight happened. Right?" Aelita asked.
"Yea, I pulled them two apart. Man, William's a wimp…" He answered, smiling.
"Yes!" Aelita screamed smiling. She paused. "Ha-ha he is a wimp, but we'll talk about it later, 'k? I need you to run down to Mr. Delmas' office and tell him the story! This is urgent!"
"Why, Aelit----"
"Odd! Just do it!" Aelita yelled, hanging up the phone. Yumi smiled at her friend and hugged her.
"Thanks, Aelita! I forgot Odd was there!"
At Delmas' office…"So, William was mad and reacted after Ulrich defended Yumi." Odd finished with a grin on his face.
"Hmm… Really? This is true, yes?" Mr. Delmas asked.
"Yes, sir. I wouldn't lie to you," Odd said and paused, looking around, "Sir." He added.
"You're a good lad." Delmas said. 'Lad', being a Scottish term.
"He's not in even Scottish…Weirdo…" Odd thought.
"You may go, my boy." He said patting Odd on the head as if he were some dog. Odd looked at him funny and then waved goodbye. Odd grabbed his mobile and dialed.
"Yumi, he's in."
"Yes! Thank you, thank you, and thank you! So much! Odd, you are the best!" Yumi said from the other line.
"No need to repeat." He paused and smiled. "I've known for a long time!" Yumi rolled her eyes and laughed.
"Loser…" She mumbled, smiling. "Whatever, talk to you tonight. Okay? Who are you going to the dance with?"
"Talk to you tonight!" Odd ignored. He hung up on her.
"Odd?" Yumi paused. "Odd? Hello?" The other end was silent. "Ugh! That little weasel! I can't believe he hung up on me!" Aelita smiled walking past, went to the cupboard and grabbed a bag of cookies. Yumi went to grab them.
"No, no, no…" She shook her finger, smacking Yumi's hand. "You'll spoil your dinner." Aelita grinned, grabbed a cookie and stuffed as much into her mouth as she could, right in front of Yumi. Yumi's jaw dropped and when she went to hit Aelita, suddenly, the phone rang. Aelita groaned. "Are we that popular? My goodness, this is so annoying! Your turn?" Yumi shrugged. "Rock, paper, scissors. Loser answers. Best outta one game." They quickly played a game of rock, paper, scissors. Aelita won. Sticking out her tongue, Yumi smirked and walked to the phone.
"Hello?" She answered.