Takes place after Straight to Heart.
Yumi's POV:
I really need to get a coffee before class.
I hadn't gotten much sleep last night. I kept thinking about everything that had happened yesterday. We had discovered the Core of Lyoko, which XANA wanted to destroy for some reason. Alita had gotten a new power on Lyoko, which I guess was the secret project she & Jeremy had been working on all summer. After a quiet summer, the fact that XANA was active again wasn't a good sign…
Luckily, I had gotten to school a little early, knowing that I would need some caffeine to get through the day. I headed to the coffee machine that my friends & I often used. They were probably at breakfast, which was probably a good thing…because, truth be told, thoughts of XANA weren't the only thing that kept me up last night…
Oh no.
Ulrick was sitting by the coffee machine, drink in hand. None of the others were anywhere in sight…Maybe I should use the other one, near the science building?
He looked up & nodded at me. I guess I couldn't avoid this any longer…
But since we're just friends, who says we couldn't have coffee together? Friends do that all the time…
"Hey." I said as I approached.
"Hi." Ulrick said as I got my coffee. I sat down next to him.
"Anything new?" I asked. He knew instantly what I meant.
"I don't think so. Alita & Jeremy were talking about it at breakfast, but I didn't understand a word they were saying. They don't normally translate unless there's something we need to know."
"That's good." I said, trying to think of something else to say. Why was this so awkward? I had suggested that we stay just friends so that things would stop being awkward between us. So that we'd be able to work together as a team to fight XANA…
"Want to spar after class?" Ulrick asked. "If Jeremy doesn't need us for anything, I mean…"
"Is that really a good idea?" I asked. He hadn't been happy with staying friends yesterday. It wasn't that I thought he'd actually hurt me. I just didn't know if spending lots of time alone together was a good idea right now. It was just…too soon.
"Friends spar." he said. He always seemed to pick up what I meant, even when I left things unspoken. "We used to spar even before we were friends, remember?"
Meaning that class we took with Jim, where we ended up on top of each other?
Oh yeh, I remembered…
"Ulrick, I…" Luckily, the bell cut me off. I wasn't sure what I was about to say. "I have to go to class."
"Me too." He stood & threw away his empty cup. "Later, Yumi."
"Yeh…See you later." I said. I watched him walk off before I went to class. It wasn't supposed to be like this anymore. We were just friends. Things were too complicated if we tried to be anything more. It was better this way.
…Wasn't it?
Well, with only 8 days left in June, I highly doubt I'll finish this collection in time…but don't worry, I have every intention of finishing the project! It'll just take a little longer…
Who knows? Maybe I will get enough time to finish before the deadline…Miracles happen!
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