Okay another update. This chapter won't be rushed, as I have been working on it for a couple days. And it will be longer.

Enjoy!

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Jeremie sat at his desk, completely baffled that Ulrich was back and nobody had told him. Jeremie glanced over at his clock, noticing it was getting pretty late. Then someone knocked on the door softly. Jeremie stood up and walked toward the door, wondering who would be wanting to talk at this hour. He opened the door to see it was Ulrich, with a look of nervousness on his face.

"Jeremie, do you wanna talk now or should I come back some other time?" Ulrich asked, picking his words out carefully.

"Now would be fine." Jeremie replied softly, holding back his anger. Ulrich stepped through the doorway and sat down on Jeremie's bed. Jeremie sat beside Ulrich.

"Ulrich, I know your a loyal friend, and I'm pretty sure you have a good reason for leaving withought saying anything," Jeremie breathed slowly. "What happened to you?"

Ulrich knew Jeremie was going to ask this. He was afraid that Jeremie wouldn't believe him, that maybe he should think of a better excuse. But none came to mind.

"Alright I'll tell you, but I know your not gonna believe me." Ulrich muttered.

"I was kidnapped by a group of men who wanted to take over my father's business. They asked for a ransom at the start, and my father didn't pay it. So they kept me there. For 14 weeks, untill I finally managed to grab a set keys which unlocked my cell. I ran away and told the authorities. The only reason you haven't seen it all over the news is that the police didn't want to start a panick, making people think their children aren't safe in school."

Jeremie's eyes widened. No way, he thought to himself. He's just trying to make excuses.

Ulrich noticed Jeremie was thinking hard about what he said.

"It's getting pretty late so I think I'll just go..." Ulrich said, slowly getting up and moving toward the door. He never made it.

His hand touched the doorknob, when he felt an intense, fiery pain in his back.

His legs crumpled under him, and he couldn't help but fall.

"Aaahhhh!" Ulrich gasped, the air escaping from his lungs.

"You lying son-of-a-bitch! You think I would really believe that crap!" Jeremie growled, sweating rapidly.

Ulrich couldn't tell what Jeremie hit him with, but it hurt bad and he knew it was stuck in his back.

"Get out of here," Jeremie muttered, turning his back on Ulrich. "Now!" He yelled.

Somehow Ulrich found the strength to get up and leave the room.

"I knew something like this was going to happen." Ulrich murmered to himself, staggering back toward his dorm.

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"Jesus Ulrich, Einstein did a number on you!" Odd said, examining the screwdriver stuck in Ulrich's back.

"Do you think I should go to the nurse?" Ulrich asked, not really wanting to get Jeremie in trouble for what he had done.

"Well you could go, but I could fix you up if you wanted me to..." Odd said slowly, pulling out a small medical kit from under his bed.

"Since when are you the surgeon?" Ulrich said, raising an eyebrow.

"Since you disappeared. We all had to take a class." He answered.

"Now this might hurt a little bit." Odd said, taking out the supplies he needed.

"This is a bad day." Ulrich muttered, closing his eyes as the pain hit him.

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Yumi woke up the next day, making sure this time she didn't break her alarm clock.

"Oh, I sure hope my day is better then yesterdays." Yumi said to herself, stepping into her shower.

She got to school about fifteen minutes before her first period, so she decided to head to the cafeteria to see William. She walked in and saw William sitting at their usual table, along with Jeremie, who suprisingly had a smug look on his face.

"Hey guys," She said, giving William a quick peck on the cheek. "Whats up with you Jer, I haven't seen you looking this happy in a long time."

"Oh nothing," Jeremie replied. "Just had a good talk with an old friend.

Yumi eyed Jeremie suspicioulsy then shrugged.

"Whatever," Yumi said looking around the cafeteria to see if anyone else was in the lunch room. She saw Herb and Nicholas, withought Sissi, a couple of Ulrich's soccer buddies, and Ulrich and Odd.

She decided that today she was going to completely avoid Ulrich and spend her day with William.

"Ready to go?" William asked, throwing away his food.

"Yea sure." Yumi replied, letting William slide his arm around her waist.

She looked back and saw some of Ulrich's soccer friends noticing he was back. They all said their "hello's" excitedly, and gave him the usual handshakes and grins. Then someone slapped him friendlily on the back. He shuddered in pain, but quickly hided it and exchanged hands with his friends.

What's up with him? Yumi wondered, as she and William headed for their first period class.

Well I don't care, Yumi thought again, remembering what she vowed to do today.

I don't give a damn about Ulrich Stern!

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Okay hoped you liked it. I'm not sure when I'll update again, because my best friend just got back to school from having cancer, so I'll be busy. PLEASE REVIEW!!!

Untill next time,
See ya!