Chapter 13!

Recap: Tonight at 9pm, Yumi is meeting Aelita by the gate outside of school. With the school rule of 10pm curfew, what's going on? These are Aelita's plans.

"8pm… Well, guess I'll get ready. I gotta meet Aelita. I told her I'd be there. Where is 'there' anyway? Why am I supposed to meet her there?" Yumi thought to herself. "Kind of freaky, but whatever. I don't care. I'll go. I'm just surprised Aelita is sneaking out, against school rules. She's never done that."

"Meeting Aelita tonight, huh?" Jeremy popped up. Yumi jumped.

"Whew, you scared me! But, um, yeah. How'd you find out?" Yumi asked.

"Sources. Anyways, I hope we don't have a X.A.N.A attack tomorrow at 6." Jeremy said.

"Yeah. I guess. Who are your sources?" Yumi replied.

"Guess."

"Nick." Yumi guessed, knowing it was wrong and knowing it was Aelita.

"Uh, yeah." Jeremy replied.

"Jeremy, you are such a bad liar…" Yumi chuckled. Jeremy shrugged.

"That's a good thing in ways."

"You such a nerd. Aelita, isn't it?" Yumi asked. Jeremy smiled and nodded.

"Well, see ya tomorrow. I got to work on a new program." He said, waving and walking out the door. Yumi waved. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Can I come in?" A voice said.

"Sure." Yumi shrugged. It was Ulrich.

"Hey." She turned her head.

"Oh." She said quietly. "It's you."

"Listen…" He started. Yumi stopped him.

"No. You listen." Yumi said, Ulrich looking blankly at her. "I don't want to hear all of your 'Sissi' crap, alright?"

"That's not what…" He started, Yumi interrupting.

"No. Stop! I want you to listen to me." She paused. "Good. Now, I'm not acting like Sissi and I don't need you telling me that I am! I don't want you telling me that I'm acting like a total snob or a jerk or a freak, for that matter! I've got to go somewhere, so you're going to have to leave. Clear?"

"Crystal. But now you listen for a second. That's not what I came here to say. I didn't come here to yell, scream or throw a fit, like you just did." He chuckled. "Anyways, I came to say I'm sorry! But I think I deserve that more then you!" He started walking out the door.

(A/N: Such drama! Lol Know what's weird? I hate romance… Whatever, back to the story!)

"Ulrich…" She said. "Wait." He stopped. "I am sorry. Really and truly. Forgive me?" She said slowly.

"Yumi, this past week has been crazy. The drama is so intense that I'm going to lose my mind. And I'm only in the 7th grade! I think I should have way less stress and more fun in my kid years. I'm just a simple kid and I can't have so much drama and junk right now. School is hard enough. You know that too." He said slowly and carefully. "It's just… I want to have more fun and hang out with my friends, but if that causes too big of problems…" He stopped. "Then… I don't know. It just won't happen." He said, shaking his head. "It just won't…" He added quietly.

"Listen, I didn't mean to cause any of this chaos. Believe me. If I knew all of this would've happened, you know I wouldn't of done it." Yumi replied.

"But can I trust that?" Everything fell silent. "Yumi… I almost got suspended. Me. And I'm sorry but, Yumi, it was because of you." Ulrich said. Yumi looked to the ground. "It's not your fault. Know that. It was mine. I'm just saying, it wasn't your fault just…All of it was…because of you. It's hard to explain. It's not your fault, though. Remember that." He said and he walked out, leaving Yumi looking at the ground.

"Thanks…" She said slowly. "Can I still go to the dance with you?" She asked quietly, still looking down. Ulrich smiled.

"Sure." He said, pushing her head up. "But remember," He started. Yumi nodded, wide-eyed. "I'm not ugly. And at the dance, you're going to have to look at me." Yumi smiled. He laughed and glanced at the clock. His eyes widened. "Uh, I gotta go. See ya!" He said and walked out. She waved and looked over at the clock.

"Crap! 8:50? I gotta get ready in 10 minutes!" Yumi thought. "It will, at the least, take 4 or 5 minutes to get ready, and probably 8 to get there! I didn't plan this too well. Oh well, Aelita's been late before too. Wow, I talked to Ulrich for 50 whole minutes. With no interruptions!" She smiled. She hurriedly got ready and rushed to meet Aelita. She ran up to the gate and hoped to see Aelita.

"Aelita?" She whispered. She looked at her mobile. "9:12. She wouldn't be this late… Aelita?"

"Boo!" Aelita jumped out of a corner.

"Ahh!" Yumi screamed. "Oh my gosh, you freaked the crap out of me!"

"Ha-ha, sorry."

"So, what are we doing here?" Yumi asked.

"Sneaking out!" Aelita whispered.

"I'm kind of worried about this, Aelita." Yumi said quietly.

"Somebody's… chicken!"

"Am not!"

"Fine. Don't be worried then!" Aelita said, lifting her left leg over the gate, then her right. Yumi followed.

"So… Where are we going?" Yumi asked.

"You'll see!"