Ulrick's POV:

"How did it go?" Od asked when I finally got back to our room. I had ended up taking a walk afterwards to clear my head.

"I don't know." I said. "Willem & I both have detention, but Chardon wants us to be in the next play that involves swordsmen."

"That's not too bad. I mean, detention is detention, but the plays are actually a lot of fun!"

"You seem to have forgotten that the few I've been in have ended up being really embarrassing." People were finally starting to forget about the Romeo & Juliet mess…& the time that Od & I went temporarily insane…

"It was worth it for you to fight for Yumi's heart, right? I mean, I've seen people fight over girls before, but that was amazingly epic!"

"Getting punched in the face for dating anther girl when she has a boyfriend doesn't count as seeing people fight over a girl." I pointed out, trying to get Od off track.

"You're missing the point!" Od said. "The point is that Yumi couldn't keep her eyes off you as you & Willem were fighting…& that you should never ask out a girl whose boyfriend spends way too much time working out…"

I was about to reply when my phone buzzed. I had a new text message.

"Einstein?" Od asked, thinking the same thing I was. Had XANA woken up?

"No, Yumi." I said. I typed back a quick reply. "She wants to talk to me before class tomorrow."

"See? What I tell you?" Od asked. "Nothing says romance like a good swordfight."

I rolled my eyes. "Od, I really have to study…"

But a small part of me started to wonder…Was it possible that Od was right?

"Sorry I'm late." Yumi said when she got to our "usual spot" in the park. "I got held up at home."

"It's ok." I said. "What did you want to talk about?"

"Well…It's about yesterday…" she said. I started blushing. Was Od right? Was she about to tell me she loved me?

"I know you & Willem don't get along very well." Yumi continued. "I know it must be hard to see me hanging out with him now that he's back home, but at the end of the day…"

"Yes?" I asked. Was she really about to say that she loved me?

"At the end of the day…what we do is important. I don't think we'll have much chance against XANA if we can't work together as a team. I was just wondering if you'd be willing to try & find some common ground with Willem? Or, at least be able to put your differences behind when it really matters?"

Oh.

"Uh, yeh, sure." I said, trying not to show that this wasn't what I thought she would say. "I can do that."

"Great." She quickly checked the time on her phone. "I have to go. Willem missed a lot of school & I told him I'd help him catch up."

"Ok…See you at lunch, then."

"You know, you're a great friend, Ulrick. Thanks." She quickly left.

Yep, that's me. The greatest friend in the world…

Don't you just hate when you think you know what happening, but then something happens to show you otherwise? That seems to always happen to me in math class…

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