Sorry this update took so long. School has been rough and I've been lazy. I will try to update more over Christmas break but for now please enjoy this chapter and review!

Ulrich's POV

I practiced my Pencak Silat in an attempt to calm myself. It worked for a short while and after practicing for an hour, I rested against a tree, shutting my eyes in thought. My thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice shouting my name. I opened my eyes and saw two figures approaching me. A short one and a tall one.

"We've got some good news, Ulrich!" the Japanese girl announced.

I glanced at them, turning my head slightly. "Oh yeah? Well I'm not in the mood,"

Yumi appeared offended and Odd joined in.

"We know the why Dialla 'broke up' with you!" the scrawny blonde chimed, putting air quotes around the words broke up.

That caught my attention and I let them explain.

Once they finished, I punched a tree in petulantly, causing Odd and Yumi to jump. "That bastard! I swear when I see him I'm gonna-"

At that moment, a few yards away from us, I perceived a dirty blonde haired boy, his hand interlocked with Dialla's. She reluctantly was following, an annoyed look on her face. I marched towards them but was jerked to a stop when a pale hand grabbed my wrist. Yumi quickly pulled me back seconds before the brunette turned in our direction.

"What are you doing? Let go, Yumi!" I snapped.

"There's nothing you can do about it for now," she reminded me. "As long as he has her diary, she has to be his girlfriend. However, Dialla's going to convince Mike to show her his room. Then, we can go sometime when he's not home and find her diary. Then you two are back together again!"

Anger still marred my face, but I quelled my pursuit to follow him. Odd and Yumi convinced me to spend the rest of the day with them, in order to calm myself down. I agreed and we went into the rec room.

Dialla's POV

After meeting up with Mike in the park, he offered to show me his house. I smiled and agreed, feigning the perfect, happy girlfriend, when in reality, I wanted to rip his head off. He interlocked his fingers with mine and I managed a smile as he led me away from the school. As we walked to his house, he meandered mostly about trivial things and I finally paid attention when he mention how long he would be staying here for.

"I might be here for a few weeks, since my Dad got sent here for the army. Which means, I'll be going to school with you," he said. "Isn't that great?"

My answer was a curt nod. "Yeah! That's wonderful!"

Dammit, I didn't expect that. I completely forgot his dad was in the military. This is bad.

Mike looked at me strangely but I distracted him by questioning where his house was. He pointed to a large house on the left, approximately 10 blocks away from my own house. As he led me around his house I realized he hasn't changed a bit. He began rambling about his family, mentioning that no one was home from the time he woke up to go to school, to the time he came home which was at five. School ended at four, so that left one hour to come up with a plan.

After staying at his house for an hour, and managing to avoid kissing him, my dad called me home for dinner. I left as quick as I could, calling Yumi and telling her about the information I've received. She thanked me and said she would think of a plan. I was a little hesitant on whether or not to question her about Ulrich but a voice in the background called her name and she hung up. I reached my house and quickly ate my dinner then headed back to the school. The next morning, I was too upset to say hi to Ulrich. I assumed he felt the same way. Hell, I wouldn't blame him if he hated me. And as if that wasn't bad enough, Mike was in almost all of my classes with the exception of math. Thank God he was in Smart Math. Biology was are only time alone and Mrs. Hertz announced that we would be doing a lab experiment and she had partners picked for us.

I prayed as long and as hard as I possibly could but of course karma is a bitch and she placed me with Ulrich. We remained silent and for half of the class time I avoided eye contact with him. It was when we started mixing two chemicals when I screwed up. I poured too much and the beaker overflowed, the foaming substance spilled onto my hand. The stinging pain and burning soon followed.

"Ow, ouch!" I cried and dropped the object. It shattered against the table and the classroom grew silent.

"Oh, my, Dialla are you alright?" wondered Mrs. Hertz.

Ulrich noticed my injured hand. "Here, let me see it."

He reached for my hand, but I flinched involuntarily and moved it. His face hardened and he grabbed my wrist and pulled it closer to him. He shifted his hand when I winced to a point where we were practically holding hands. I felt my face go hot and gained a sudden interest in my burned hand. It was bright red and hurt like hell. Ulrich took me to the nurse, who told me to run it under cold water for a few minutes while she got some spray and bandages. She sprayed some antiseptic on my hand which made is sting more. I flinched and Ulrich wrapped the bandaged around my hand as she left to take care of some student who fainted.

As Ulrich bandaged my hand, I was disputing on whether to interrogate him.

I took a small breath. "Why... Why are you being nice? And taking care of me? Don't you hate me?"

He didn't answer until he finished with my hand. Then he sighed.

"Yumi told me what happened. About you and your ex-boyfriend," he said slowly, "And I've got to admit, I was pretty mad at first. But after I calmed down, I began to think clearer And I understand why you couldn't tell me the truth. You had to make it look real so he would believe it. And to answer your question, no, I don't hate you. I don't hate you, because you still have on the necklace I gave you for Christmas."

I actually forgot that I never took it off. Subconsciously, my hand reached up and touched it. I didn't need to take it off the know what is said.

"I love you, Dialla. And no matter what happens, I always will," he promised and kissed me.

This kiss was different from usual. It was much more passionate than normal, not that I minded, but the kiss was also more rougher. His hands gripped my shoulders and pulled me closer to him while my arms rested on his chest.

To my dismay, he pulled away seconds before the door opened and the nurse came in. Following her like a puppy, was Jim carrying a small unconscious boy. Ulrich and I got up and left the infirmary at the same time the bell rang for the next period, lunch. For the rest of the day, Mike made sure I was with him at all times, with very few exceptions. Those exceptions being the bathroom or to talk with Yumi or Aelita. He liked them because they were girls, but he absolutely hated Odd, Jeremy and Ulrich. While talking to Yumi, she told me that her and Ulrich would sneak into his house and look for something to help but I had to make sure Mike stayed away. In other words, a date. I reluctantly agreed and took Mike to the movies after school. We watched some stupid zombie movie while I was surreptitiously texting Ulrich to see how he was doing. He said that he and Yumi were inside Mike's room and were searching for my diary. I prayed to God that he wasn't smart and kept it with him. After about a half hour, Mike placed his arm around me and tried to pull me so my head would rest on his shoulder.

I knew that if I didn't obey, he would think something was up, so I placed my head on his shoulder, agitation marring my face. I received another text message and when I opened it it said that they found my diary. I shut my phone and quickly said I had to go to the bathroom. As I got up his hand connected with my butt and I froze, tempted to bitch-slap him. I quelled that thought and quickly left the theatre. I dialled Ulrich's number as I left the movies, running as fast as I could to Mike's house.

"Dialla? What's up?" he asked, answering on the first ring.

"I just left Mike at the theatre and I'm on my way to his house. You guys really found the diary?"

"Yeah, he hid it under his pillow. What an idiot,"

I laughed for a quick second hung up and took a short cut through the woods. I hadn't realized how far away his house was from the movie theatre until I was gasping for breath at the his house. Ulrich and Yumi appeared from behind a corner and Yumi waved my purple book triumphantly. I shrieked with joy and hugged both of them.

"You guys are the best!" I released them and pulled out my phone. "Now to go break up with that jerk."

I didn't feel like talking him, so I just sent him a text message. Then, Ulrich, Yumi and I went to go hang out in the rec room since I was free of Mike.