Aelita looked saddened and sighed.
"The promotion means moving to Seattle"
This news certainly woke Ulrich up.
"What?!" Yumi squeaked.
"Yeah, the promotion is in Seattle where the company is based"
"Well, when are you going?"
"In four months, so we'll still have time to hang out and you know we'll keep in touch. E-mail really is the way to go"
Yumi excused herself from the room and there was an awkward silence between Ulrich and Aelita.
"I have to go Ulrich I'll come round tomorrow still though. Tell Yumi I said bye"
"Okay Ai, bye"
Ulrich sighed and stood up.
He ventured upstairs and heard Aelita getting the children and also Krystal moaning about it. As they said bye again, he saw Krystal throwing a tantrum. He decided to deal with it later and find his wife. He soon found her in the bathroom with a few tears falling down her cheeks. Ulrich smiled sadly at her and brought her into his arms.
"Why does bad stuff always happen to us Ulrich?"
"Yumes, this isn't bad. They're moving on with their life, they're gonna meet new people, become wealthier and Seattle is a great place. Be happy for them Yumes"
"I am, its just that I'm going to miss them"
"We all are, but we'll stay in touch, and you know what? Free holidays over there now!"
Yumi slightly laughed. "I suppose, it's just that the gang will be split up once they've left"
"We'll all be moving on soon, Yumes. Like life does"
"Doesn't mean I can't hate it" Yumi sighed
Ulrich sadly smiled at her, kissed the top of head and left her to think as he went to see how Krystal was doing with her tantrum.
Sam entered her bedroom and found Odd dozing on the bed. She smiled.
Since he had been back from, he had been doing everything. He's refused to let her do anything. He'd cooked, cleaned, washed, ironed, seen to the children, in fact the only things she had done this past week was fight with Sissy and seen to herself! She quite enjoyed it, but the initial week was over and she was going to take full advantage of him sleeping and full advantage of Ulrich and Yumi staying in tonight!
"I'm home!" Aelita announced as she shut the door and began taking her coat off.
"I'm in here" Jeremie called from his home office.
"Hey" Aelita said as she came in and gave him a kiss.
"How'd everyone take it?" Jeremie asked without looking up from the computer screen.
"Sam, shocked but happy. Odd wasn't there, so Sam is telling him. Yumi, upset, excused herself from the room and Ulrich, too tired to really take much in"
"Oh right. Tired?" Jeremie asked.
"Yeah, looked proper ill actually with it"
"I'll phone Yumi up later about it, I don't want what happened last time to happen again"
"What do you mean?" Aelita asked truly puzzled.
"Remember what happened when they'd just lost the baby and he wasn't sleeping or eating?"
"Oh yeah, forgot about that. Anyway, I'm going to put dinner on. I put some boxes in the garage babe"
Odd awoke with a start and immediately looked at the time.
"Shit!"
He rushed downstairs and was met by the smell of delicious food.
"Sam, sit down, I'll finish it"
"No, Odd. You've been doing everything since you got back, its my turn"
About to argue back, Odd spotted the candle lit room and her attired. He grinned.
"Where are the kids?" He laughed
"They're at Yumi's!" Sam said with a hint of mischief.
Odd walked to her and put his arms around her body. "I love you so much"
"I know, now go and take a quick shower and by the time you get out, this should be done"
"Okay beautiful" And he quickly kissed her cheek before leaving the room.
Four hours later, Odd and Sam were just staring at each other in bed. They had had a very enjoyable night by any means!
"I've loved tonight" Odd whispered.
"I bet you have" Sam laughed.
"Not just because of the sex, because it's been quality time between us. And it's been really fun"
"I know" Sam sighed in content.
"I can't seem to get hold of Yumi, its constantly engaged" Jeremie hummed as he put the phone down once more.
"Maybe you know she's on the phone" Aelita laughed.
"Aren't you the funny one?" Jeremie said
"You know Jeremie, the children are in bed and last time I checked both Zachary and Ansel were fast asleep"
"That's very interesting news Aelita, what made you tell me this? Please do tell!" Jeremie said amused.
Aelita giggled and made her way onto Jeremie's lap...
"Ulrich! Ulrich! Ulrich!" Yumi shouted frantically staring at his crumpled body at the base of the stairs.
She knelt down to him, and was able to feel his heart beating weakly.
"Ulrich, please wake up!" Yumi cried.
"Mommy, what's Daddy doing?" Krystal asked coming out of her room tiredly.
"Krystal, come here. I want you to phone Uncle Odd and Auntie Sam, and tell them to come right over and that it is an emergency" Yumi said quickly, pulling her mobile out of her pocket for Krystal to use.
Whilst this was happening she rushed to the phone which was dangling off the hook as she was about to call her Mother.
She dialled 112.
"Please help, my husband has fallen down our stairs. I'm scared to move him in case I do more damage. Yes, he's definitely still alive! Just about! 36 Rue Stuart Mill. Yes, thank you. Please hurry."
She put the phone down and heard the door knock.
She rushed to the door and found Odd and Sam and looking panicked.
"Krystal said it was urgent, are my children okay?" Sam asked rushing in.
Sam stopped in her tracks as she saw Ulrich at the bottom of the stairs, unconscious. Odd also came into view of him and was too shocked for words, the blood scared Odd. He had only seen Ulrich once before bleeding like this and it was during their final year at Kadic when Xana had launched a massive attack, but Ulrich was concious with it.
"Yumi, have you called an ambulance?"
"Yes, I have Sam. Please take the children and leave, I can't have them at the hospital with me" Yumi cried kneeling once more beside her husband.
Sam nodded and carefully dodged Ulrich to fetch the children from their slumber.
Odd knelt beside a crying Yumi.
"He'll be okay Yumes, he's a fighter"
"He's been so tired lately Odd, like last time and he collapsed, like this. But he had to be at the top of the god damn stairs didn't he? And it's my entire pissing fault for calling him down just because the stupid microwave wouldn't work and I was too fucking lazy to bother with the pans" Yumi cried.
Although Odd could only understand a few things she had said, he put his arms around her and hugged her. She pushed him away as she heard sirens outside her house.
"Please! Help him, he's got to live, please" Yumi begged them as they entered the house and was seeing to Ulrich.
"Please madam, we understand your distress, but you could please stand away as we help your husband"
Odd pulled Yumi to stand beside him and out of the way of the paramedics.
"Let them help him Yumes" Odd whispered soothingly in her ear watching Sam struggle past the paramedics with Serenity and Kaiser in her arms and Twinkle tiredly walking behind her.
As they watched the paramedics carry Ulrich into the ambulance on the stretcher, Yumi again broke down and cried.
"Yumes, do you want me to come with you?" Odd asked quietly.
"No, its okay Odd, look after our kids for me though" She sobbed and she climbed into the ambulance.
Odd and Sam watched helplessly as the ambulance drove away at such speed, sirens flashing.
"I hope he'll be okay..."Sam said, more to herself than anyone. She looked up to her husband and saw him silently crying.
Yumi watched on as they rushed Ulrich into the emergency room. She stood afar as she saw them resuscitating him. Tears and tears fell upon her already wet cheeks.
Three hours later and Yumi was sitting on the window ledge looking up into the starlit sky still crying. They had taken Ulrich into surgery, two hours ago after they had stabilized him. And he still hadn't come out of the theatre. She hated not knowing. She hated that nothing could ever go completely right.
She heard a roar of feet running up in the corridor. She was stunned to see a crowd of doctors and nurses rushing into the theatre where Ulrich was. She watched them close the doors after them. She collapsed on the floor in tears, feeling lonely, helpless and desperate.
'Please God, let him be okay'
Hey! Well finally chapter ten is complete! Only thirteen chapters left!! And yet so much more to happen!
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