To tell you guys the truth, I was sort of planning for this to just be a one shot, but then you guys asked for a second chapter so I kept on typing. Hope it's good.

Yumi's P.O.V.

I ran deep into the forest, my tears sliding down my disgusting pale face. I kept running as far as I could. Suddenly, everything turned into a blur. I trip over my feet;I fall face first. Pain shoots through my body. I try to slide backwards, bit by bit, and lean against an old redwood tree. My tears continue to race their way down.

I take out my diary and open it to a clean page.

Diary,

I feel like such a jerk. I punched Ulrich square in the face. I never felt so upset for punching anyone before. Maybe it's the fact I have never had to punch anyone before and it was Ulrich I punched. I always had good control over my actions, but Ulrich just kept pushing pass my limits...scratch that. I shouldn't be blaming anyone but myself. I was the one that lost control. I'm a 100 percent sure Aelita and Amber would have denied most of what I said right now. They would have said it really is Ulrich's fault and I was the most nicest girl in the world. I know this b/c they say it to me almost everyday. B/c I always throw my misery at them. They don't know it really is my fault.

Insecure,
Yumi

I shut my dairy and shove it back into my backpack, along with the pen. I check my cell for the time and see that I have missed first period. I didn't really care. It was the first day of school and most people usually skipped the first week of school anyways.

But, I also received about 25 messages, all from Aelita and Amber. I wasn't really in the mood to respond back to all of the messages to tell them I was all right. Though, it was nice they cared so much for me. They're like my real family, unlike the family I have at home. But, that's not important right now.

I stood up and, surprisingly, I felt no pain. Only the pain of my heart breaking into small little pieces.

I secured my backpack, then began to wander my way back to school. Light streamed from the holes of the redwood trees. Birds chirped, delightfully, as they soared between the branches of the trees. The grass beneath my combat boots, looked bright green and plushy, as if someone lived here and took care of the forest. Everything was so peaceful and relaxing, I felt like I was in a fairytale story.

"Yumi!"I heard someone yell. A girl's voice.

"Yumi! Come on! Answer us!"This time I heard Amber's voice.

"Yumi! It's Aelita and Amber here only!"The other girl's voice was Aelita's.

I was shocked and pleased they missed class to look for me. Well, I wasn't that shocked, Amber missed class.

"I'm over here!" I yelled back to them.

I heard footsteps getting louder and louder, until they came to an abrupt stop.

"Yumi! Finally we found you!"Aelita sighed in relief.

"Damn, Yumi! You can run! You almost made me turn as white as my ass!" Amber breathed unevenly.

I rolled my eyes" Sorry. I love you guys."

They looked at each other and then, hugged me tight. I hugged them back.

"Well, looks like everything is ok. How about we ditch school today and head to my pool. It's still pretty hot,"Amber suggests.

"I would like to go for swim,"Aelita admits.

Did I mention Aelita and Amber are rich too? Aelita's dad is an extremely talented inventor while her mom is a real estate agent. Amber's dad is also an inventor working side by side with Aelita's father. They both live in houses on a private beach. The houses are made of glass too! And if that isn't enough, they both have their own indoor pool, limo and theater. Me? I just have a simple 2 story house with 3 bedrooms, 1 living room, 3 bathrooms and 1 kitchen.

It's so weird to have them as my friends. If you compare me to them. You would think I came from a garbage can. But, yet, they still love and care for me like family. They treat me like their younger sister sometimes, even though I'm older.

"I want to, but if my parent's find out I missed a day of school. I'm dead,"I tell them.

"Don't worry. I'll totally handle it. I'm really good at convincing,"Amber tried to reassure me.

"I don't know,"I still didn't feel 100 percent safe.

"Yumi. You're not going to class and that's that. Besides, you need a a change of scenery."Amber rest her hand on her hip.

"Yeah, Yumi. Your parents' fighting is not helping you at all. Or your brother. I remember when Amber and I slept over, Hiroki couldn't take the yelling and screaming and cut himself with a razor blade." Aelita reminded me.

I cringed at the memory; Aelita apologized.

"Hey, Yumi. How about you stay at my house. Your brother can, too. I'm sure he and my brother, Alex will have fun playing video games together." Amber suggests.

I was really tempted to say yes on that. It was true. I needed to be from the yelling and arguing and so did Hiroki.

"I'll ask," was all I said.

They sighed and hooked their arms with mine. We ditched school and Amber called her limo driver. In 10 minutes, he came and we jumped into the limo. Once he started to drive, Amber rambled on about how we should go shopping after and buy me new and totally hot clothes. Aelita and I tried to stop her, but it was like trying to stop a tsunami from drowning an entire state.

Once we arrived and Amber's mansion of glass, Aelita went next door to her house to get her swim suit. Fortunately, Amber had at least 50 swimsuits to choose from and she was nice enough to let me have the one I chose. I tried to convince her I would just borrow, but she wouldn't have it.

In the end, I chose a black bikini clip-on that had a red rose on the right side of the bikini top. It slipped on perfectly. Amber also wore a bikini that was a baby blue. Star shaped diamonds dotted the bikini. Aelita came back to Amber's house, wearing a one piece that looked like a two piece from the back. Her swimsuit was a light pink that had golden rings form a belt around the waist. Over that, she wore a jean skirt and a white tankie with white tennis shoes. She also had white glasses and her hair tied in a high ponytail.

"Damn, Aelita. You look hot!"Amber made a sizzling sound as she touched her ass.

Aelita and I laughed at Amber making her grin like a dork.

"So are we going swimming or what?"I asked them.

"DUH!"They yelled.

We ran to the indoor pool and jumped right in. Aelita stripped down to her bikini first, before jumping in. We splashed each other and raced from the end of the pool to the other side. When we finished, we all sat atop the edge of the pool.

"Yumi, you should really join the swim team this year. You're really fast."Amber nudges me. I nudge back.

"Yeah. You're sure to beat the record for fastest swimmer"Aelita adds.

I thought for a second and nodded,"Okay. I'll join the swim team."

Amber and Aelita started squealing.

"This is so cool. "Amber continued,"You'll get to see hot guys and their 6-pack. O-M-G"

"Oh hey! Did you see that hot red dress at the mall. It's so cute,"I tried to stir Amber a bit.

"Nice try, Yumi. I know you're trying to avoid the subject. I'm not that stupid, you know."said Amber.

I sigh, knowing I was never really good at making people talk about something else.

"Ulrich is just one guy. Forget about him already,"Aelita almost yelled.

"Easy for you to say. You never lost a best friend."I mumbled.

"No. I haven't,"She admits,"And I want to keep it that way."

We both look at each other, our mouths curling into smiles.

"Oh-kay. This is getting a little bit too sappy for my style."Amber interrupts.

She stands up and jumps into the pool like a cannonball, splashing Aelita and I.

"Amber watch it!"I shout back at her.

"Oops,"looking all innocent.

I roll my eyes and slide back into the pool. Aelita follows in after me. After another half an hour of swimming, we all decide to shower off and go shopping. Aelita showered in the guestroom's bathroom while I showered in Amber's bathroom. Amber continued to swim until either Aelita or I finished showering. Again, Amber let me pick clothes to wear from her closet. After my shower, I browsed through Amber's clothes. I borrowed her black flare jeans, black tank top but I had on my own black checkered vans. My hair was still wet, but beginning to turn into waves.

I came back down the stairs and into the indoor pool. Apparently Aelita wasn't done because Amber was still swimming.

"Amber!"I called to her.

She looked up at me and had this disapproving look on her face. I was confused, but she didn't answer. She came out of the pool, dried herself, and beckoned me to follow her upstairs. She lead me back into her bright ocean blue room and into the closet, which was the size of my bedroom.

"What?"I said.

"You look gross."Her nose wrinkled as she examined me.

"Oh, thanks."I said, sarcasticly.

"Don't take it personally, but you got those clothes from a pile I was going to charity."Amber said.

"And?"I urge her to go on.

"Yumi. This is why we are going shopping for you."She points at me.

I kept quiet.

"Here. Um... just sit on the bed and I'll pick out your clothes." She ushers me out of the closet and slams the door.

About 15 minutes later, Amber comes out holding a black and red plaid dress . I had to admit, I liked it.

"Um...Amber?"I stare at the dress.

"It's gorgeous, right?"Amber grins"And it's totally you, Yumi. try it on."

Amber hands me the dress and turns around. I stripped of the clothes I was wearing and slipped on the spaghetti strap dress. It was perfect. The dress hugged me in all the right places and went mid-thigh. I told Amber to turn around and she gasped.

"You look awesome!"she exclaimed.

That's when Aelita showed up,"Hey guys. Nice dress, Yumes."

"Thanks",I flash my teeth.

"Amber, I need to tell you something,"Aelita turns serious all of a sudden.

"Okay", Amber rest both her hands on her hips.

"Outside",Aelita beckons to the door.

"Why not?"Amber walks outside the room with Aelita, closing the door on their way out.

I felt hurt Aelita wouldn't include me as well, but I didn't want to dwell on it too much. I trusted Aelita and Amber more than anything.

I looked at my reflection in the mirror on the wall. For some reason, when I looked at this dress, I felt stupid. A wannabe. I sighed and slouched on the bed. 5 seconds later, Amber and Aelita come back into the room. They looked between nervous and giggly.

"Yumi? How do you feel about going to a party?"They smiled, nervously.

"A party?"

Okay so Yumi is a really shy person when it comes to socializing with people from or school or anyone that she doesn't know. So a party with people she's not comfortable with , freaks her out. She's only herself with Amber, Aelita and Jeremie. that's why they are nervous about asking Yumi.

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