Yumi's Point Of View
I clenched my teeth and curled my hands into tight fists "She's my twin."
No one says anything. Everyone just stands there, looking from Nicole to me.
"Hand it over, Nicole"I say, fully prepared to take her down.
I love that necklace. If she didn't hand it over soon, she would be dead.
She scoffs and crosses her arms"Or what?"
"Or you won't live to see the next morning"I said, darkly.
"Is that a threat?"Nicole glares.
"Hmm...I don't know? What do you think?"I ask sarcastically.
"Don't mess with me, Yumi."She says.
We glare at one another, as if we're having a battle with our minds. It was after a moment that people all around us begin to stare and whisper. Theo, Ulrich, Odd and Jeremie all look very uncomfortable.
"Odd, I think we should get back to our girlfriends. They're probably wondering where we went," Jeremie says, clearly looking for a way to leave.
"Yeah. See you guys,"Odd waves and walks away with Jeremie.
Me and Nicole continue our little war while Ulrich and Theo look at one another.
"Just give it to me and I'll save you the embarassment of kicking your butt"I tell her.
"You wish!"She yells.
"Fine. Have it your way"I shrug and put myself in a fighting stance, which was really unnessecary seeing as she couldn't even defend herself against a bee sting.
When I am just about to punch her, Ulrich stands in front of Nicole. He's defending her?! Of all people!
I stand up straight and glare at Ulrich" What do you think you are doing?"
He turns around to face Nicole and unclips the necklace from Nicole's neck and puts it into my hands. He says nothing and walks off with Nicole to a lunch table where a lot of other students were sitting around. You can bet I was totally bewildered. You could read on my face.
"What. The. Freak."I say out loud.
I turn to face Theo to see if he new why his brother acted like that, but he had the same confused expression I did.
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I sit next to Theo on the lunch table, fingering the locket around my neck. Heidi and Odd are practically sitting in each other's lap, making out as if they were the only ones there. Jeremie and Aelita are talking and laughing about something only super smart people would know about. DJ had gone off in the crowd of people where Ulrich and Nicole had disappeared.
Then I remember, Frankie and Eric said they would meet me at lunch. I scanned the cafeteria, but didn't find either of my brothers.
"You hungry?"Theo asks all of a sudden.
"Not really"But, then my stomach growled.
"Right...I'll go get you a lunch."Theo stands up from his seat and gets in lthe short line to get me my food.
I sigh and grab my cell phone from my back pocket and check any miss calls or text messages. I have 2 text messages. First message is from my cousin Hiroki from Japan.(A/N I know Hiroki is Yumi's brother, but now he is her cousin, ok?)
He says:
Hey Yumes! Miss u alredy! Now I hav no one to anoy!
-Hiroki-
I roll my eyes and reply back:
Yeah. thanks Hiroki. Be happy ur all the way across the planet so I can't kick ur butt anymore.
-Yumi-
I press the send button and look over the next message. It's from my horoscope. I press delete and close my phone and shove it back into my back pocket. I look up and see Theo coming back with a large stack of food.
"Is that all for me?"I ask, in surprise.
He shakes his head" I knew Odd will try and eat all the food before you could even finish a french fry."
Odd releases Heidi and glares at Theo. But, he catches sight of the plate of food and begins to have a weird twitch in his eye.
"Odd?" I ask.
He ignores me while a bit of drool escapes his mouth. He looks like a predator ready to attack it's prey. He jumps after the plate of food, knocking Heidi off his lap and onto the floor. Theo slides the plate of food away from Odd and laughs as Odd crawls on the table.
"See? What I tell ya?"Theo continues to laugh while pushing Odd away.
"Wow."I continue"Who needs Discovery Channel when you got Odd."
Heidi gets up and dusts herself off and hits Odd on the back of the head.
"Ow! What was that for?"Odd finally gets out of his trance.
"You pushed me!"Heidi yells.
"That's not a reason!"Odd argues.
"They're a happy couple, arn't they?"I whisper to Theo.
"Yeah"He agrees.
"What'd you two say?!"They both look at us angrily.
We gulp and shake our heads. They turn their faces back to each other and continue their little fight. I look over to where Aelita and Jeremie were sitting, but they weren't there.
"Hey! Where did Aelita and Jeremie go? They were so quiet, I didn't even notice them leave."I nudge Theo.
"Oh, don't worry. They usually go to the Library or the Lab."He reassures me.
I simply nod. Theo and I eat the full plate of food, little by little, watching Heidi and Odd fight and argue over something so little. Soon after, the bell for the next period rings. Theo throws away the rest of the food, but I take the small portion of french fries left and eat it on the way to class.
For the rest of the day, Theo and I sat next to each other in every class and talked and joked around while all our teachers gave us a look and continued their lesson. When our last class finally ended, Theo and I were the first ones out the door. We go to the skateboard racks to grab my skateboard and head to the parking lot.
"You driving a car?"I ask Theo, with my skate board in hand.
"Yeah. That would explain why we are walking towards the parking lot with cars parked in them."Theo explains as if it's obvious.
I roll my eyes and follow Theo as he heads toward a silver Mercedez Benz and unlocks it with his key. He opens the door for himself and slides into the seat. I stand beside the open door while the engine roars.
"Well, um, see you later, Theo"I say, unsurely as I back away and walk towards the front of the school to meet Frankie and Eric.
"Wait!"He calls to me.
I stop my feet from moving any farther and turn to face Theo and his Mercedez.
"Yeah?"
"I'm sort of having a party at my house."He rubs his neck, nervously"Your welcome to come. If you want, of course."
"On a Monday?"I rasie an eyebrow.
"Why? What's wrong with Monday?"
"Oh nothing. Just a little weird for me, but sure I'll come."
"Great! My adress is 25 Sunrise Drive. The party's at 6 p.m."
"Wait! You live on Sunrise?"
"Yeah. Is something wrong?"
"No. I live on that street too!"
"Really? Cool!"
"Yeah! So, I'll see you at 6, then. Laters!"
I walk off the parking lot as Theo gets in his car and drives away. Heading to the front of the school, I think of how excited I am to be going to my first party in California! I was so eager for the party, I didn't realize Frankie and Eric calling and running up to me.
"Yumi! Where were you?! We were about to call the police!"Frankie yells, panicky.
"I was a school! Where else could I have been?!"I yell back.
"Yeah, Frankie. Geez, you need to take a chill pill."Eric says.
"I don't do drugs, Eric" Frankie snaps.
"Can you calm down for a sec, so we can go home."I beg, getting on my skateboard leaving them to catch up to me.
When they do, we are already home. I unlock the door to the house and hang tmy board in the garage while Eric and Frankie do the same. I kick off my shoes and leave my backpack against the stairs. I check the time on my phone. It was only 2:45 P.M. I had a while before the party. I decided to take a dip in our backyard pool.
I ran up the stairs and into my room to change into my black and grey striped bikini. It was a clip-on that slipped on perfectly on me. I tied my hair in a small bun and checked my reflection. I gave it the OK and put on my black flip flops, grabbing a black, fluffy towel on the way out of my room and back down the steps. Making my way to the backyard, I see Frankie and Eric, sweating on the basketball court beside the pool. But, they're not the only people I see in the backyard.
Nicole and Ulrich are making out in the hot tub...again. I could care less. I roll my eyes and set my towel on a fold-up chair under a large umbrella. I slip off the black flip flops and dive into the pool causing a big splash. I feel the bubbles tickling every part of my body. Rising to the surface, Frankie and Eric are standing in front of me, breathing, heavily and sweating.
"What's up?"I ask them.
"You got Nicole's boyfriend's attention and she's sure not happy about it."Frankie says, pointing over to Nicole and Ulrich's Tub of Love.
I look over to them and see Ulrich and Nicole splashing each other. But, I could see, every now and then, Ulrich would look in this direction. As if to see if I'm paying attention to him. Probably to see if I'm jealous. Pfft! Yeah right! We haven't even really met and he is trying to catch my attention by plating with Nicole? Wow. That boy needs to get his head checked. I look back to Frankie and Eric, and shrug.
"If he wants my attention, he sure needs to try harder."I tell them.
"Okay, but if he starts annoying you, just tell us."Eric goes into protective mode.
"Sure."I shrug."You guys want to swim? You guys look like you could use one."
"Why not?" Frankie agrees as he begins taking off his shirt.
"No thanks." Eric declines."I got a date tonight. So I better go take a shower now."
"You got a date?"I ask in surprise.
"Yeah. It's this hot babe I met in the hallway" Eric admits, flipping his hair.
"What's her name?"I knew he wouldn't even know.
"Um. I think it was Sasha. No, wait! Leslie. No! Wait! It's-"
"Forget it."I cut in and start my 1 out of 30 laps in the pool.
Eric leaves and heads back into the house, closing the slide door on his way in.
"I know his date's name" Frankie as I finish my laps.
"Oh?"I raise an eyebrow.
"Yeah. Her name's Heidi."Frankie answers.
Heidi? Isn't that Odd's girlfriend? Maybe it's a different girl. I mean, it is a big school.
"What does she look like?"I ask.
"She has blonde hair and she had this preppiness about her. And she hung out with this girl with pink hair. Aelita, I think."Frankie scratches his head.
Okay. So that sort of proves she is the Heidi I just hung out with at the lunch table. But, why is she on a date with my brother if she's dating Odd?
I lift myself out of the pool and wrap myself in my black fluffy towel.
"Where you going?"Frankie asks in confusion.
I remebered the party"My friend Theo invited me to his party. He lives a few houses down from us. I got to get ready."
I couldn't tell Frankie about Heidi cheating on Odd with Eric. Frankie and Eric would just start fighting about how he just wants to 'steal his girl' .Like they did back in Japan and let's just say, they didn't go to school for a while.
I walk into the living room, hoping to find my brother. I did...but, he had company...
"Heidi?"...
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