Well since its been 13 reviews time to put the update on. Hmm my next goal is, 2 reviews! I am so sorry for the late update but a lot of things are coming up. School work and working on a gift, that involves folding 800 stars.

Lyto: I can't find a suitable character for you without you getting mad at me.

PeaceToThePeople: Yup Aelita, the life saver, just like my friend. Well I'm glad you liked it, I didn't think it was that good tho because I rushed it.

Trizter 93: Thanks I'm glad that you liked it. Yes Aelita, the one who likes to keep Ulrich guessing. Well the guy that William is derived off of is sensitive so ya.

Dogle-Puppy: Well I really felt like I rushed it too much. Haha , that didn't exactly happen to me but it was just for dramatic and comical issues.

Dinobrooke: Thanks, its nice to know that I have support from new viewers.

-Parcrastination-Personified-: Well the girl that is in my/Ulrich's life is like that. Plus love isn't about hugging and kissing, its about two people being happy with each other.

Desparidy Crescent Moon: Seriously? Thats pretty cool. Not the situation but the fact that it happened to you too. Alright well I'll make sure to try and do it ASAP.

Chapter 4: Returning, Finally!

The next morning Odd woke up only to be greeted by a half-dead Ulrich sitting on his bed across the room. His back was against the wall and his head slouched over. That late night conversation with Aelita kept him up.

"Dude Ulrich, you look like crap right now, what kept you up?" that was the understatement of the year. Ulrich was on the verge of dosing off, he couldn't stand straight, and he couldn't talk at all. Exhaustion shielded him from any outside activities. Noticing this Odd decided to take things into his own hands, he went right up to Ulrich's ear and yelled "YUMI HAS BEEN BACK SINCE 5:30 THIS MORNING!" Hearing these words snapped Ulrich out of his zombie state. His dull eyes instantly replaced with that lively spark. Lost in Aelita's words he completely forgot that Yumi was in fact back in town.

"Damn, I completely forgot" was his only response.

"Its okay Romeo I'm sure you were already thinking about her, you just missed her so much that you forgot she was coming back" Odd snickered. Odd knew this was true, thats why it was all the more fun. He was such a sadist.

Ulrich turned bright red at this comment and looked away. He ran a hand through his chocolate brown hair. "N-No I wasn't" who was he trying to convince? He couldn't even say it with a straight voice.

"You know what? Why do you keep denying this stuff? Everyone knows you like her, except her of course. Both of you are in complete denial" it was true, everyone had a general idea except the both of them. "Both of you make it so OBVIOUS but the other is too dense to figure it out"

"I told you before, she is happy with William, there is no room for a third person in a relationship." it hurt him to say that, but it was true, he had no rightful place in her heart.

"Whatever man, you say that but its obvious that you don't believe it."

Without saying anything he got up, grabbed his tennis stuff "I'm going to play see you later tonight."

"Running away from it isn't going to change anything" with that the door was already closing behind him.

"Shit" Odd just realized that everyone else was busy which meant Ulrich would be the only person who he could hang out with. He just drove Ulrich away which means...dam this sucks.

"Maybe I'll go hang with Aelita..." then he realized "DAM SHE SAID SHE WAS HANGING WITH YUMI AND WILLIAM TODAY" talk about unlucky huh? "Well I guess its time to visit Jeremie." Little did Odd know that Ulrich went out to play with Jeremie.

With Ulrich:

He was able to call a bunch of his other friends to play with him. He needed something to take his mind off of his current love dilemma. Nothing but a good game of tennis to take your mind off things. Yet as he played his mind kept wandering off. Wondering about what Aelita said, what it really meant.

He was really glad that she came back, but at the same time hurt because when she came back the first thing she did is go out with William and Aelita. Then again they ARE going out so that is normal, also Aelita and William are close. Atlease Aelita with them, the thought of Yumi and william together disturbed him. All this was normal but it hurt because he wasn't a part of it.

He completely forgot he was playing and snapped back into reality when his vision was covered by a neon green object. Before he knew it his face was covered with a stinging sensation and he fell on the ground.

"Dude are you alright?" his eyes were still closed from that initial shock. He didn't dare open his eyes due to the pain inflicted upon his face.

"Umm, ya" was all he could say. All the new event still needed to register in his head. He was still caught up with Yumi that is took him a while to register that he was hit with that tennis ball.

"Seriously man your out of it" all of his friends agreed. He usually had incredible reflexes and almost never got hit. "Whats up dude you never space out this bad" Jeremie was waving a hand in front of his face.

"Nothing I just need to sit down..Yo Jeremie take my place" with that he walked towards the bench and just happened to look over at his phone. He had 2 missed calls, one from Yumi and one from Aelita, despite his urge to call Yumi he called Aelita back first. Don't want to disturb her time with William.

"Hello? Ulrich?" said Aelita's hushed voice. "HA! I told you he would call me first!" it sounded like she was talking to Yumi in the back. He could hear a muffled "Thats not fair!"

"Whats going on Aelita?" he was completely lost.

"We are watching a movie right now! But before Yumi and I bet on who you would call first, and I won" she sounded so proud of herself.

"Noooo you so cheated!" he heard Yumi whine in the background.

"Well since you guys are watching a movie we can talk later" he hung up immediately. He may have looked like a jackass but, he felt like was intruding on their "personal" time. Also a part of him didn't want to accept that Yumi and William were out together.

After that he decided to go back onto the court. He was just practicing his serve but again his mind started to wander off. He kept thinking about Yumi. How she thought that him calling her was somewhat important. He wanted to believe that he was important to her but he kept telling himself he was no different from any of her other guy friends. But still a small glimmer of hope told him that he was important. He then did something he vowed never to do.

He wanted to be considered an important part of her life.

He was no longer the protector of her happiness, he wanted to become a part of her happiness. With all this he finally knew that he...

"Hello?" his phone had to cut him off at the worst time.

"Umm, Ulrich?" it was Aelita, but something sounded amiss. She wasn't as cheerful when she picked up before.

"Whats wrong?" he already knew something was bothering her so there was no point in asking 'Is something wrong?'

"Yumi and William are talking alone right now, I think they might break up..."

Sorry if its a little short but i made you guys wait long enough. Yesss my first minor cliffhanger! Now I know why other authors do this! There is just so much pleasure in making reader anxious! Alright so 22 reviews! Lets go! Thanks for reading.