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Last Chapter

"It's sucks."

"Yeah, totally." I said. "It blows." I said.

"Alright." Yumi said about to walk away."

"It feels like it's gonna be a hot summer."

"Oh, I thought we were done."

"Oh, I was just thinking about that earlier, that hot thing, and it just came to me again." I said.

"Ok." Yumi said. "Well if anything comes to you again, I will be inside." She then walked inside. But not before giving me a little smile.

Chapter 4

I came down stairs the next morning to find that no one was up except me and Stephanie. Stephanie was looking through the fridge, trying to find some beer.

"Are you kidding me." Stephanie said shutting the fridge. "They drank all the beer." She then walked out. I looked on the counter and note and some money.

'Up late

Sleeping in

Mom'

I grabbed the money, put it in my wallet, and walked out.

SOF/L

Outside, I saw Chiyo and Hiroki arguing about something. Not wanting them to see me, I snuck past them without them knowing.

I ran around the side of the house and into the garage. Inside of the garage was one of Stephanie's old bikes. It one of those pink bikes with the basket in front. I then grabbed the bike and walked out of the garage.

SOF/L

I rode the bike all the way until I got to a sno-biz store downtown.

"Pina-colada and vanilla sno-biz all set." Said the cashier. (AN: Pina-colada and vanilla is my favorite flavor of sno-biz. Most people think it's to sweet, but to me it's just right.)

"Thanks." I said. I then looked to my left and saw a man in water-wiz jacket playing pac-man. I then walked up to him.

"Could you step to the side, I'm getting your reflection in the screen." He said

"Sorry." I said stepping to the right.

"I wouldn't normally care, but I'm having the game of my life." He said. "I'm on the cherry level."

"But that's the first level."

"Yeah, and I got one guy left. So like I said, it's the game of my life."

"You like pac-man?"

"What?" He said. "It's a classic." He said. "I'm not into all the bells and whistles my man, too much going on." He said. "See my mistake is I get greedy." He started. "I go for the ghosts and fruits instead of just clearing pellets."

"You know there's a pattern, right?"

"Oh, don't tell me you're one of those guys." He said. "Takes all the challenge out of it." He said. "Anybody can learn a pattern."

"Jim, we gotta go" Said another man with a water-wiz shirt on. "Come on, lunch hours over." I looked back and saw at least 6 people wearing the same shirt standing up.

"Well, so much for the game of my life." Said Jim.

"But you still have one more man left." I said.

"Naw, I've yet to see the second board," Jim started. "Gives me something to look forward to."

"The boards always the same."

"Well there's that. Thank you. Now I can die." He said grabbing my arm. "Here, get in here." He said pulling me in front of the screen.

"No."

"Come on, come on." Giving in, I started to play.

"It's still my quarter, so if end up getting a high score, I don't want to see…what's your name?"

"Ulrich."

"I don't want to see that up on the screen."

"They only let you use three letters"

"Wow," He said shooting a napkin into a nearby trashcan. "Nothing's left to the imagination with you, huh, kid?" He then started to walked out. "Oh, and no pattern on my quarter. Cut your own path." He then left. I stared at the door for a few more seconds until I heard the sound that said I died.

SOF/L

When I got home, I saw that everyone was about to get inside Alvin's car.

"Oh honey, there you are." My mom said. "We were just about to leave without you." She said. "Where'd you go off too?"

"Nowhere."

"Let's leave notes, okay?"

"Your mom was worried." Said Alvin carrying a box to the car.

"Honey, go put your swim trunks." Mom said. "Kip and Joan have invited us out on their boat, we're gonna be late."

SOF/L

"Heads up, buddy." Alvin said throwing a big red life jacket at me. "You need to where that."

"I think he'll be fine without it." Said Kip.

"No, Ulrich can't swim."

"Alvin, he's just not a comfortable swimmer." Mom said.

"I really think he's gonna be okay without it." Kip said.

"No, just wear it, so people don't have to worry about you." Alvin said.

"Hoodehoo!" Said Chiyo and her family walking towards us. "Yes we're inviting ourselves, so let's get a move on." She said getting on the boat. "Hiroki does have to stay down below deck though." She started. "His eye throws off his equilibrium and he'll get sick everywhere."

"No I won't mom." Said Hiroki.

"Then tell that to the bucket we have to bring."

While they were getting on the boat, my mom helping me put the life jacket on.

"Mom, why do I have to where this?" I said. "Nobody else does."

"He just wants you to be safe." Mom said tightening the straps. "Snug enough?" We then walked onto the boat.

SOF/L

"Basically, he was relentless." Mom said. "And don't get me wrong, I was looking." She said. "I had been divorced for well over a year."

"Just took a little persistence on my end." Said Alvin

"Well, I wasn't about you."

"I met her when she was catering some Halloween party in Orlando."

"He went as a sexy cop."

"No, I went as a 70's badass cop."

"He followed me around all night saying that he was there to 'protect and sever' me. That about ended it right there for me."

"Sadly, I would have been working his bag at that point." Chiyo said.

"However, I do remember you did let me help you pack your van at the end of the night." Said Alvin.

"Yes, I did."

"It took me 3 months to get her to go out with me.

"3 months?" Chiyo said. "I didn't know you had that kind of stamina."

"She definitely made me work for it, but it was worth it."

"There may be hope for you yet." Said Chiyo

"What finally made you change your mind?" asked Joan.

"He said we were already in this together, so I might as well." Mom said. "It's been almost a year."

"Yeah." I then saw them kiss.

SOF/L

Normal POV

While the adults were talking and Ulrich was sitting in the corner, Yumi and Stephanie were sunbathing on the front of the boat.

Yumi then felt someone touch her shoulder. She then took her ear buds out and sat up.

"Look at Ulrich." Stephanie said. "He's such a loser."

SOF/L

Ulrich's POV

A few minutes later, I saw my mom walking up to me."

"Could you look even more miserable?" Mom said.

"Could he be even more of a dick?" I said.

"Hey, he's making an effort." Mom said. "He wants this too work, he wants us to be a family."

"Yeah, he says that, but that's not what he does."

"Look, I know this isn't easy, but you promised, remember? You'd give it a try."

"I don't understand why I can't spend summer with dad."

"Because you're with me." She then gave me a kiss on the cheek and walked back over to Alvin.

SOF/L

After we got home, I went straight up to my room. I came back down a few hours later to see if they had cooked dinner only to find that the table was full half eaten food and dirty dishes. I then looked outside and saw the adults running towards the beach.

I then grabbed all of the dishes and put them in the sink.

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