Okay yes, I know this chapter is reeeally long, but a ton of stuff happens, and I just couldn't split it up. I must say, this is one of my favorite chapters yet... lol I think you guys will like it.

Chapter 19

Aelita's POV

I walked in my dorm room with a towel on my head, drying my hair as I entered. Ah, early morning showers are so refreshing….

"Well, hello my little kitten!" I said cheerily as I entered my room, dropping my towel and closing the door behind me so she couldn't escape. She meowed softly, pawing at an envelope on the ground next to my door.

I picked up the kitten in one hand and my letter in the other. "Did someone slide this under my door while I was gone?" I asked her. She meowed quietly again, looking up at me for a moment with her big blue eyes before squirming out of my hands. I let her begin running around my room as I opened the letter.

"Ulrich Meeting" it said at the top in big, bold letters. Beneath it had a picture of one of Ulrich's rare smiles, no doubt caught by a group of overly-obsessed girls. I sighed, reading the curly pink script below:

"The 1st group Ulrich meeting that is open to ALL girl students (non-Ulrich club members allowed!) will be held tonight at the rundown factory nearby Kadic. In this meeting important topics will be discussed such as Ulrich, Ulrich's secret crush, Ulrich's hotness, Ulrich, and more Ulrich! Please attend if you know anything about Ulrich's secret crush! We need all the information we can get!"

It was signed, "Dorella" in the same curly pink script as above. Wow, there was an Ulrich Club?

My jaw only dropped open wider when I found an Ulrich poster folded up into the envelope. It was of him, sitting on the beach in jeans and no shirt on, gazing out over the ocean.

Those girls really need to get a life….

I tossed aside the note when I heard footsteps by my door. I jumped up, thinking it was Odd who had promised to visit me this morning, but when I opened my door it was Yumi just walking by.

She raised an eyebrow. "Someone's a little anxious for something."

I quickly changed the subject. "Did you get one of those notes for an Ulrich meeting?" She nodded and shrugged. "What about it?"

Hmmm… that was weird… ordinarily Yumi would be making fun of those fan girls in an instant. "Just… wondering if maybe you wanted to go tonight?" I asked. She looked confused. "You know… to make fun of Ulrich?"

"Look, I just don't want to think about him right now," she mumbled, brushing a strand of hair back behind her ear.

"You two disappeared from the party yesterday, didn't you?" I asked, just remembering. "At the same time, too."

She looked away from me. "Just a weird coincidence." I rolled my eyes. When did Yumi start thinking she could actually get away with lying to me? But I decided not to bug her about it until later.

"Why are you up so early, anyway?" I asked. She normally slept in until noon on Saturdays.

"I feel like running… I need to clear my head," she explained. But before I could ask her what she needed to clear her head about, she had left. She probably just needs to clear her head about Ulrich… when are those two going to figure out they like each other, anyway?!

I was getting sick of listening to Yumi talk about Ulrich and how she wishes she knew how he felt about her… I mean, shouldn't she know that Ulrich's just too stupid to go out and say how she feels?

Yumi was normally the kind of straightforward person who would just go right up to Ulrich and ask him. But, as of now, she's just to confused with her own feelings to do something about it. Unless something did happen between them yesterday, and she knows she likes him….

"Hey!" called a voice suddenly from behind me. I turned around and Odd was standing there, beaming at me with his crutches.

"Daisy!" I screamed excitedly, running up to hug him. "Ow," he mumbled. I let go of him. "Sorry…." He laughed.

It was great to finally see Odd out of the hospital (and not because he snuck out) and it was great to see him out of his sling and his wheelchair.

"You're getting better so fast!" I exclaimed. He shrugged.

"Maybe it seems fast to you, but it doesn't seem fast to me… oh well. At least I should be off these crutches by driver's ed in a couple of weeks," he said, his face lighting up with an insane smile. Oh man… Odd driving was a scary thought.

"So… have you named her yet?" He asked.

"Named who?"

"The kitten! …You didn't forget about her, did you?"

"Of course not!" I said happily. Odd had come especially to train me in the ways of keeping the kitten secret; he used to have a dog he hid at Kadic, until they discovered him.

I opened the door to my dorm room to get the kitten and she came running out and bolted down the hallway.

"Rule number 1," Odd said slowly, "never let your animal out of your dorm room unless if they are on a leash, in your arms, or in a backpack that they can't get out of."

"Oops," I mumbled.

We glanced at each other and started laughing, then went running after the kitten at full speed. Today was going to be interesting.

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Yumi's POV

I really had no explanation for such awful behavior. I couldn't believe I was allowing myself to do this.

I should not have stayed up all night thinking about Ulrich, I should not have been too afraid to tell Aelita exactly what happened in that closet yesterday, and right now I should not be dreading going back to Kadic because I might see Ulrich.

I tried focusing on evening my breathing as I ran, but it wasn't enough to distract my mind. I looked at everything around me, observing the trees and the flowers and each individual blade of grass as I passed it in a blur, but nothing could take my mind off of him.

I can't let myself get this worked up over some guy… especially Ulrich. I couldn't let myself get soft on him just because I might have feelings for him, and I couldn't let myself fall apart just because he might have feelings for me. That's not who I was… I was tough, through and through, and no guy was going to change that.

I stopped running, panting for breath, suddenly exhausted and feeling like I was about to puke. I kicked the grass beneath my feet violently, even though it took way too much effort. Why the hell was I stupid enough to run when I had gotten barely any sleep the night before?!

I groaned and began the long walk back to Kadic.

I needed to get over whatever confused feelings I had for Ulrich. I needed to realize he is still the same, big-headed ass he's always been, and I needed to do it now.

A little flyer blew by me in the wind, and I recognized it as one of the notifications for the Ulrich meeting. A grin stretched across my face. The easiest way to get over him would be to go to this meeting, to make fun of him and every fan girl in sight.

Suddenly regaining my energy, I sprinted back the way to Kadic. I was going to have to get ready for tonight.

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Aelita's POV

The sun was setting in an explosion of pinks and yellows on the horizon, casting a mystifyingly colorful glow on the clouds around it. After a day of chaos and kitten-training the world finally seemed at…peace.

My little snowy-white unnamed kitten slept soundly in my lap, and Odd sat beside me, the two of us in silence just enjoying the moment.

The tree we sat underneath provided us with shade- a shade we hugely needed after chasing after a kitten on a warm day.

"So…" Odd said, breaking the silence between us.

"So…" I repeated. We looked at each other for a moment, trying to look serious, but we ended up both bursting out laughing. Odd could not look serious for the life of him.

"So, how have you been doing lately?" he asked. Gosh Odd, you're random.

"Umm… what do you mean?"

"You know…" he said, leaning over to stroke the kitten's fur, "how are you doing with Yumi being all insane about Ulrich and Jeremie acting all weird?"

I sighed. "Yumi's just as insane as ever. But me and Jeremie are doing better… he was acting all weird for a couple weeks, but then out of the blue at my birthday party he's back to normal again."

Odd grinned. "Well that's good… are you two like… together then?"

"Not exactly…" I mumbled.

He looked confused. "Why not?"

"It's complicated," I told him, not really feeling like explaining. Jeremie was just too shy to make a move, I think… or was it something else?

I watched as Odd lifted the kitten from my lap and nestled it in his arms playing with its tiny paws to make it dance.

If Jeremie was too shy to make the first move… then why hadn't I made the first move yet? I mean, he was a bit overprotective of me, and sometimes he could come off a little harsh, but I still liked him… right?

Maybe Jeremie wasn't the right one for me. Maybe I needed a more light-hearted guy, someone who could make me smile and laugh, someone who would worry about me when I was sad, someone who was fun and carefree….

Odd waved his hand in front of my blank face. "Hello? Aelita? Hellooooooo?" I blinked a few times and turned toward him, watching him continue to play with the sleeping kitten. I giggled as he began singing softly and making the kitten dance to the beat.

"Come on Odd, you're going to wake her up!" I protested, even though the kitten did look pretty cute. He made a big deal about snuggling the little kitten close to him, letting it sleep calmly in his arms.

And then he allowed his eyes to close, a smile still on his face, looking perfectly at peace.

What if there was someone out there that I already knew who was the one for me? What if I already met someone who could make me smile and laugh, someone who would worry about me but not overly much, and who was fun and carefree?

What if he was… Odd?

I looked over at the spiky blonde and purple haired idiot beside me, but now… he didn't look as much like an idiot. He looked kind of… cute… with the little kitten all curled up on him like that….

I suddenly found myself wishing the sun wouldn't set, wishing I wouldn't have to wake him up and leave. He looked so peaceful….

"Aelita!"

I jumped up, startled by the voice from behind the tree Odd and I were sitting at. "Yumi… sheesh, you scared me…" but I trailed off, feeling confused.

"Are you going somewhere tonight?" I asked, observing the miniskirt and cute purple top she was wearing. They were my clothes obviously… Yumi wasn't really much of the dressing cutesy type.

"Yes," she responded flatly, but somewhat proudly, "we are going to the Ulrich meeting tonight."

Odd stopped snoring just then and he yawned, opening his eyes. "Is it time for school already?" he mumbled, disoriented.

I giggled. "Odd, can you take the kitten back to my room?" I asked. He grinned, which almost made my heart stop. Yumi threw him my extra set of keys that I normally let her borrow, and began dragging me across the school grounds.

"Yumiii," I complained, but she continued dragging me. Hmmm… I'm guessing that something is going to go disastrously wrong tonight.

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This place was scary. The old factory just beyond the edge of school grounds had always seemed a little creepy, some people had even said it was haunted, but Ulrich's fan girls had made this place a hundred times creepier than I thought it ever could be.

What had once been a big, open space was now filled with rows and rows of chairs to seat the hundreds of girls that had come to this event. Every inch of wall was a poster or picture or something of Ulrich. In fact, just to get in, you had to bring a picture of him. Yumi and I had each just cut out his picture from our school yearbooks, which the door person barely accepted.

A few feet in front of the rows and rows of chairs was a stage where a few chairs where place for the people in charge of the meeting. Behind them was a huge wall made out of cardboard that had pictures of every possible crush Ulrich could have. And trust me, that was a lot of girls.

I think the scariest part was the statue of Ulrich standing up on the stage. He was so perfectly made, that when I got inside I actually thought he was Ulrich.

"Everyone, sit down!" called a girl with a microphone from the stage in her pink miniskirt. Amazingly, almost every girl in the entire room took their seats. Yumi and I sat down too, but a bit more towards the back so we wouldn't stand out. Apparently, Yumi said she was wearing my clothes and the miniskirt so she could blend in.

Not that she needed too… there were way too many people here for someone to pay attention to a couple of girls like me and Yumi.

"Okay everyone," called out the girl from the stage, her voice impossibly high, "my name is Delia. And as you know, we called this meeting to find out Ulrich's secret crush." Another girl sitting up on the stage got up and began speaking too, but I tuned her out.

Yumi was chuckling quietly to herself beside me. "Look at this place! This is pathetic!" The girl beside us shot us a nasty look.

"…after someone has been eliminated, they will be taken off of the board behind us," one of the girls in front continued. "Okay girls, and… guys…?" her voice trailed off, confused. Everyone began looking around for the guy who had come to the Ulrich meeting.

"William?! What are you doing here?!" one of the girls cried out from the center of the crowd. Everyone turned to look at a beet-red face William who was sitting next to a hysterically laughing Melanie.

"Sorry William," the girl announced from the stage, "Ulrich's not gay. But anyway," she continued, talking over William's protesting, "we would like to begin by asking every girl who has dated Ulrich, and be truthful, to stand up." Every girl except for me and Yumi stood up.

"Umm… Yumi?" I whispered, feeling eyes on us, "maybe we should stand up… so we don't look conspicuous." She gave me a harsh glare and I knew that idea was out of the question. Then suddenly her glare turned into a smile, and she stood up, pushing people aside to skip to the front of the room.

Uh oh.

Everyone watched as Yumi danced onto the stage, snatching the microphone from the other girl. "Oh, m, gee!" she screeched in a falsely excited voice, "I like, totally have news on Ulrich's secret lover!"

I stood up to get a better view. A good ¾ of the crowd looked up and gasped eagerly, while the other ¼ from our school that actually knew Yumi looked furious.

"Like okay, are you ready?!" Yumi said in a sing-song voice. Girls screeched excitedly. "Okay. So, I like, totally heard that they have gorgeous hair," almost number of girls screamed and jumped, "that they absolutely LOVE him," everyone continued jumping, "and, that they're totally a member of like, the Ulrich club!!" Everyone who didn't know Yumi was screaming "it's me, it's me!!"

"Can you believe it!?" she screeched. She danced a little more across the stage, then dropping her voice to a girly whisper. "But the I saved the BIGGEST surprise about Ulrich's secret love for last." Suspense dripped off her every word.

"Ulrich's secret lover is… A GUY!"

At this the entire room went dead silent, with the exception of Melanie and William who I could hear cracking up. Then someone screamed, "GET HER!" Mobs of angry Ulrich fans began running toward Yumi.

"YUMI!" I shouted, running up to her, honestly scared that she was going to be killed by a mob of girls. Anna Xana, Melanie, and William had must've had the same idea, because they were there in an instant.

Melanie and William were dieing with laughter, giving her high-fives. "That was hilarious!" Melanie said, holding her side.

"Girls, GIRLS!" Delia from the stage screamed into the microphone, trying to get the girl's attention. She shot Yumi an evil look when everyone continued screaming and trying to scramble over each other to attack Yumi.

Anna was now in the midst of the crowd, trying to get everyone to stop, while Yumi laughed along with Melanie with William.

Just when a huge group of girls had reached the stage, gasps came from the back of the crowd as someone was being dragged through the doorway.

"Well, hello, ladies," he said flirtatiously as he was brought in tied to a chair by five or six girls.

My mouth fell open. It was Odd.

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Odd's POV

I gave the biggest, sexiest smile as I could muster with the ropes pressing forcibly into my stomach, chest, and around my wrists. Despite the fact I was being captured against my own will, it was great to see hundreds of girls look at me.

The girls yanked me to a stage sort of thing, pulling me up on top so I was facing all the girls. I noticed Aelita nearby me, looking horrified.

"Hey Aelita!" I called out, trying to wave but then realizing my wrists were tied together in the back of the chair. She still looked horrified.

As all the girls began running up closer to the stage, I began to actually look around at where we were. I recognized almost immediately as the factory, but just because of its size and the familiar elevator that I could see was a distance away.

Ulrich and I had always come here to mess around with random junk and ditch class, but I guess we really hadn't been here in a while. The place looked totally different than I remembered it… maybe because of the Ulrich posters all over. Yeah, that's probably it.

"Odd!" One of the girls standing on the stage beside me said. Ouch, she sounded mad.

"Heyy, Isabella," I said, giving her a grin. She didn't smile back.

"What do you know about Ulrich's crush?"

I suddenly felt hugely aware that I was trapped by over 300 hundred girls, all of which who were watching me intently and earnestly.

I weighed my possibilities. What would be the point of telling them who it was anyway? They'd all just go rushing off to Ulrich.

Time to turn the charm on.

"Ladies," I said in a low, manly voice, "what am I getting out of all of this?"

One of the girls in the front of the crowd spoke. "You'd be getting to stay alive." Suddenly they all reminded me of lions, looking like they were about to pounce.

"Uhh…" I began, stalling for time, "what is this anyway?"

"An Ulrich Club meeting," answered Isabella from beside me. I burst out laughing.

"This is an ULRICH meeting?!" I shouted through my laughter. A number of the girls glared, so after thirty seconds or so I did my best to regain my composure. I couldn't keep the huge smile off my face though.

I began to wonder though… why was Aelita at an Ulrich meeting? Unless she had some secret obsession over Ulrich, there really was no reason for her to be here… was she spying for Yumi?

When I turned to look over there, I saw her biting her nails nervously, shooting side glances at Yumi who was beside her. Yumi looked like she was about to puke.

Yumi is here? Why is she here?!

"Who is Ulrich's crush, Odd?" one of the girls demanded. "Uhhh…" I mumbled, focusing my eyes on the ground before me with all of my energy. If I let them wander just the slightest bit, I knew I would look at Yumi.

One of the girls on the stage turned my chair around, away from the crowd. I found myself looking at thousands of pictures of girls tacked onto a giant wall of cardboard.

"Which one is she?" a girl named Delia ordered. I skimmed the pictures quickly, noticing Yumi wasn't up there. Not that I expected her to be up there anyway….

Maybe if I told them that Ulrich's crush wasn't even up there, they'd give up. They would give up, right? I mean come on… taking it this far had been pathetic enough….

"She's not up there," I said with a shrug. The crowd of girls behind me gasped.

"You're lying!" someone shouted, and instantly my chair was turned around to face the crowd of shocked girls again.

"I'm not." The crowd of girls burst into outrage, some yelling about who wasn't up there and others shouting out various ways to torture me so I would tell the truth. Who knew girls could be so violent!?

"Wouldn't you girls rather have me instead of Ulrich anyway?!" I insisted. For a brief moment, the entire factory went quiet when every girl turned to look at me. I shot them another grin.

In a second they had gone right back to arguing.

I sighed, looking around the factory for some kind of escape route. That's when I noticed two people running for the door. I could only make out pink hair on one person, so I knew she was Aelita and I assumed the other one was Yumi.

I guess I had looked a moment too long, because after one girl noticed and turned her head to see who I was looking at, every other girl in the crowd did too. The entire room went deadly silent again, Yumi and Aelita frozen in the doorway.

"Odd," one person from the stage asked calmly, "is Ulrich's crush Yumi?"

Lie Odd, LIE!

"Uhhh…," I began my voice raising an octave, "no?"

"GET HER!" one of the girls in the crowd screamed, and soon the entire group of girls, including every girl on the stage, was running after Yumi and Aelita.

I was about to run after them, but then I remembered I was tied in a chair. Oh.

Yumi and Aelita were fast runners though… right? They'd be able to make it out alive…. I watched the image in my head of Aelita and Yumi running around through the forest outside Kadic until the sun had risen, and they were caught by their pursuers, who had somehow all turned into gorillas in my head. Hmmm.

That's when I took a look around and realized I was being watched.

DUN DUN DUNNNN!

And by who?

SISSI!

DUN DUN DUNNNN!

Hmmm… I should do that when things get more intense more often!!

"Odd?" Sissi said hesitantly, approaching me. She stood there for a moment, not really sure of what to say.

"Uhh… hi, Sissi?" I responded.

"Hi…." She twiddled her thumbs nervously.

"Odd?"

"Yeah?"

She paused for a long time before speaking. "I'm sorry. No… I'm not just sorry… I'm really really sorry," she said, a tear trickling down her cheek. "I never meant to do that to you," she continued in a whisper.

I suddenly felt bad for Sissi. It wasn't fair to give her all of the blame for pushing me down the stairs. Even if she did do it.

"It's okay, Sissi. Maybe I don't remember what happened on that day, but I'm guessing I said some pretty awful things to you. So… I'm sorry." What am I saying!?

Sissi looked just as surprised as what I said as I was. We both just stayed there for a moment. Then she leaned in unexpectedly, giving me a short, awkward hug. She quickly ran out.

Wow… that was weird…. I sat there for a moment in confusion, just blinking.

Hey… wait a minute!

"SISSI! You didn't untie me!" I shouted as loud as I could, hoping she could hear me.

She poked her head through the door, giving me an evil smirk before running off again. Now there's the Sissi I knew.

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Yumi's POV

Aelita and I were panting heavily as we raced down the guy's dorm hallway, the mob of screaming girls behind us greatly reduced from the beginning of the run, but at least fifty girls were still following us.

Guys poked their heads out of their rooms as we rushed by, looking bewildered, but there was no time for explaining. Where were we going to hide?! The mob was right behind us!

Now I think I know how it feels to be a fish chased by a shark… or a fish chased by fifty, rampant, insane, Ulrich-obsessive sharks.

Damn, I feel bad for those fish.

Aelita and I quickly turned a corner, now running down the hall that I knew Ulrich's room was on. It was just a couple doors in front of us… and the door was open! As we ran by I put my plan into action, shoving Aelita into the room before the mob of girls turned the corner and could see us.

"Save yourself!" I shouted at her, putting on a huge burst of speed and leaving the confused Aelita behind me in Ulrich and Odd's dorm.

Oh man… I wish I hadn't used so much of my energy running this morning.

I turned another corner down the hall, screaming out in frustration. Ulrich was just casually walking out of the bathroom, drying his hair with a towel, only wearing a pair of plaid shorts- no shirt.

I knew he was the perfect distraction.

If I just kept running, maybe, just MAYBE, I could make it down to the room at the end of the hall and hide.

But… I thought to myself, slowing down, could I really just leave Ulrich behind?

I knew it would kill him (literally; he would get mobbed by girls to death) to just leave him there, so as I passed, I yanked him along with me. Thank God for his athletic ability in any situation… if he couldn't run, he'd be… well… dead.

"What's going on?" he asked quickly, running alongside me. His question was answered when the stampede turned the corner, shrieking out in joy of chasing me, the girl they wanted to murder, and a half-naked Ulrich.

I would've laughed at his completely stunned expression if I hadn't been just about dieing from running so long. Almost there….

We turned the corner again, and I pulled Ulrich into the open room closest to us… the room on my left. I slammed the door behind us, panting heavily as I waited for the stampede to pass.

Ulrich flicked on the light, and I was immediately grateful that the room was empty.

Tiny black beads filled my vision, my head beginning to feel fuzzy, so I sat down on the neatly made bed in the center of the room, closing my eyes.

"Are you okay?" Ulrich asked, closer to me than I'd expected.

"Just ran… a lot… didn't eat… all day… barely… slept… last night," I said between panting. Why did I just tell him that?

I heard the sound of ripping open a plastic wrapper, and Ulrich put something in my hand. I opened my eyes open to see it was a granola bar.

"Thanks," I mumbled, beginning to eat it. I was surprised by how hungry I was.

He handed me a water bottle as well, and I drank a little sip to get rid of the dryness in my mouth. I looked around, suddenly noticing that the room was oddly large.

"Whose dorm is this?" I asked, looking around at the mini fridge, small TV, and workout machines. Does Mr. Delmas have a son or something?

Ulrich sat down next to me on the bed, just centimeters away from me. I couldn't help but look at him… you know, being shirtless and all. Since when is he so ripped?!

"Oh. This is Jim's room," he said, answering my question before.

I stopped. "WHAT?!" I shouted. I ran for the door but just then I heard Jim's thunderous footsteps. I groaned.

Ulrich hastily pulled me under Jim's bed with him, the only real hiding place in the room. I thanked Ulrich silently in my head for being able to act so quickly when about to get caught… and Odd for teaching Ulrich how to act quickly when about to get caught.

Unfortunately… hiding under the bed isn't as spacious as it is when you're six years old. So, to keep myself from sticking out, I had to lay partly on top of Ulrich, feeling him tense beneath me.

Jim came in just then, humming some weird tune I didn't recognize to himself.

"Dum de dum de dumm…" he chanted cheerily. He yawned loudly, muttering to himself something about it being time for bed.

Then I witnessed something I never ever wanted to witness… and something I'm sure Ulrich didn't want to see either.

Jim… undressing.

Thank the lord we couldn't see anything above his calves. I still closed my eyes anyway, both me and Ulrich shuddering when we heard him unzip his pants zipper.

I opened my eyes about 30 seconds later, noticing he was wearing pajama pants now. Phew. And… uh… pink bunny slippers?!

The lights flicked off (not that it made much of a difference under the bed anyway) and suddenly the mattress above us sagged down under Jim's weight. I found myself snuggling further into Ulrich's arms so I wouldn't get squished, and oddly enjoying it.

"G'night Teddy…" Jim mumbled to himself softly, and then the whole room went silent.

Suddenly I was extremely aware of Ulrich snuggled up so close to me. I could feel his hot breaths on the top of my head and in my hair, and my face was so close to his chest I was inhaling all of the soaps he had used to just take a shower.

Surprisingly, he smelled good. Really good.

It was so quiet, I could hear my frantic heart beating out of it's chest. And, for a moment there, I could've sworn I'd heard his heart too.

But only for a moment.

Jim's deafeningly loud snores began echoing around the room, practically shaking it. I swear, for a moment I thought there was an earthquake.

I slipped as quietly as I could from underneath the bed, Ulrich following me. After laughing quietly at Jim sleeping with his teddy bear and sucking his thumb, we stepped out into the dark hallway, shutting the door behind us silently.

Ulrich lightly grabbed my arm, his fingertips just barely brushing my skin, leading me the opposite way from his dorm. I felt confused, until I realized he was leading me to the stairs that led up to the girl's dorm rooms.

He let go of whatever light grip he had on my arm, assuming I'd follow him up the stairs. And I did.

He stopped walking down the hall when we reached my room. I stood in front of the door to my room, wondering why I hadn't just gone in, until I realized I was waiting for him to do something.

He leaned in very close to me, whispering in my ear, "Yumi… I…" but before he could finish a creepy voice filled the hallway.

"Who's there?" I immediately recognized the voice as my math teacher from last year, Mr. Relliklaires.

Ulrich immediately ran off in the other direction and I stealthily slipped into my room, hoping Mr. Creepy wouldn't catch me.

But when I got into my room safe and sound, I wasn't feeling thankful that I hadn't gotten caught by him, I was feeling worried that Ulrich might've gotten caught by him.

Because the truth is that, I, Yumi Ishiyama, like Ulrich Stern.

And that freaked me out.

YES! Yumi finally freaking figured out she likes Ulrich!!

Mann... I really want Aelita's kitten. She just sounds so adorable!

Haha. Ulrich meeting. Hahahaha

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