Ulrick's POV:

"I can't believe you forgot about your date!" I told Willem as we rushed towards Yumi's place.

"I didn't forget! I just lost track of time!" he said.

When we got there, Willem started moving towards the porch. I grabbed his arm. "Don't ring the bell. Her family's probably asleep by now…"

"Great…I guess we ran all the way here for nothing…" Willem said, then he perked up. "Except that she's still up! Her bed room light's on!" He ran into the yard outside of her window. "Yumi!" he yelled.

"Yeh, because that won't wake anybody up…" I said, catching up to him. "C'mon, let's go before you wake up the neighborhood."

"Willem?" Yumi called. She must have herd Willem scream her name & opened the window.

Thankfully, it was a really cloudy night. It was pretty dark out, & I used that to hide under her window.

"Hi Yumi!" Willem called up to her.

"After standing me up tonight, that's all you have to say?" she said.

"Yumi, wait! Please, I…" Willem glanced at me. Great, it looks like I had to speak for him again.

"I wanted to apologize." I whispered. Willem repeated the words to her.

"I know I should have called, but I didn't realize how late it had gotten until just now."

"I know I should have called, but…I didn't realize how late…it had gotten until just now!" Willem said, after I had to remind him of the sentence a few times. Let's hope Yumi doesn't notice…

"Why are you talking like that?" Yumi asked.

Uh oh.

"Come here." I whispered to Willem.

"Come here!" he called.

"No, not her!" I whispered. "I meant you."

"You want me to come down?" Yumi asked.

"No!" Willem & I yelled at the same time.

"…Are you ok?" she asked.

I ran out to take Willem's place. He hid under her window as I had. "I'm fine…just a little nervous." I said, trying to make my voce match Willem's.

"Nervous?" Yumi asked.

"Yes. There's something I've been meaning to tell you for a long time…& it's something that can't wait any longer." I said. "Yumi…you're the most amazing person I've ever known. I don't know what I'd do if you weren't part of my life in some way. You're my best friend, & that makes this even more confusing, but I don't know if I'll ever get the chance to say this to you again." I took a deep breath. "Yumi…I love you."

"Oh, Willem…" Yumi said. I was confused for a moment. Why was she calling me Willem?

Oh, right…She thought I was Willem…

I was about to say something back, when I was suddenly knocked off my feet. Willem had tackled me.

"What's your problem?" I asked as we wrestled on the ground. Then I got a look at his eyes. Apparently, while I was declaring my…his love for Yumi, XANA woke up & decided to possess Willem's body.

Again.

There was something that occurred to me this week as I was working on this chapter…Are any of you guys familiar with the original Cyrano de Bergerac story? I'm just wondering, since this scene is supposed to be like the balcony scene…which is pretty famous…

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