Chapter 28 - THE NEWS

THE NEWS



The weekend ended quicker then they wanted it to. And then that week didn't seem to bad. They had been very careful to not let anyone see the rings and be ready to fight X.A.N.A at anytime. Odd was getting more nervous by the day and only Jordan knew why. He was telling her dad the news this weekend, but Odd wasn't sure how her dad would take it. Then came Saturday morning.

Odd went down to Jordan's room to see that she was waiting outside her door for Odd. “Ready to go?” she asked as he walked towards her. He nodded and they both continued down the hallway. When they got to the gate Jordan got a cab and her and Odd got in. Odd didn't know where exactly they were going, but he trusted Jordan. They arrived at a really nice hotel, Jordan paid the cab driver and then her and Odd went into the hotel. “Ms. Parker your dad is already here.” The guy behind the counter said as he tossed her a room key. She nodded and her and Odd walked right on in the elevator. “I'm confused.” Odd confessed. “I know you are I will explain everything later.” Jordan answered as she stepped out of the elevator and gave Odd a kiss and used the key to open the only door on the floor. When she and Odd walked in they were greeted by her dad, “Jordan, I'm so glad to see you. I see you brought your friend with you.” She nodded and gave her dad a big hug. “Dad this is Odd. And we have something to tell you, but you might want to sit down.” Jordan said talking a step back from her dad after giving him a hug. “Well okay then.” He replied as he took a seat on one couch and Odd and Jordan on the one right across from it. Jordan and Odd looked at each other Jordan took a deep breath and Odd sighed. He turned back to her dad and said, “Sir, I know I have just met you, but I have asked your daughter to marry me and I wanted to let you know personally.” Odd seemed to be holding his breath while he waited for her dad to answer. When he finally did he said, “That's wonderful. So this was the surprise that you could wait to tell me.” Odd started to breath again and Jordan's grip on Odd hand loosened. “I will get some drinks.” Jordan said getting up to get the drinks. “So Odd, Jor (Jordan) tells me that you can be really funny.” Her dad said after she went to the kitchen. “Yeah I tend to make her and our friends laugh.” He replied with his famous Odd smile. “Yes, Jor has told me about the gang. She also said that I was going to meet you and the rest of them today.” Her dad said as she returned and set the drinks down. “That's right I will go call them and tell them to come over.” Jordan said getting up again. When Jordan was done she came back and asked, “Should I order lunch?” “Yes, please do.” Both men replied. “I'll order enough for those guys to and double it for us.” She said as she grabbed the phone. “Why is she going to double it for you two?” her dad asked. “We have the biggest appetite you could ever imagine.” Odd answered. “Well I see my daughter is marring someone with an appetite as big as hers.” He dad said as he started to laugh along with Odd.

They didn't have to wait long before the others were here. Jordan answered the door and greeted them all as they walked in. “Dad I would like you to meet the rest of the gang.” She began to call out their names in the order they stood, “This is Yumi and Ulrich and this is Jeremy and Aelita.” “Well hello to everyone. Come sit down.” He said and got up to give them his seat and instead he sat in the chair. “Jordan!” Yumi said after she sat down on the couch that Jake (Jordan's dad) was sitting on with Ulrich and saw that Jordan was wearing her ring. “What Yumi?” she asked being completely calm about it. Jake looked confused and so did Jeremy and Ulrich, but not Aelita she knew what exactly Yumi saw. “Jordan you hand.” Aelita said. “Oh! It's okay my dad knows.” Jordan explained and smiled at her two very confused friends. They all seemed to be in a conversation with each other, but Yumi and Ulrich weren't facing the group. “NO!” Ulrich said getting the attention of the others. “Why not?” Yumi protested with a fake pout. “I thought we agreed that we

would wait.” Ulrich argued. “Oh no I knew this would happen.” Jordan said getting up and began to walk around. “Aelita don't even think about it.” Jeremy said knowing what was going to happen. “I'm not sure if I even want to know.” Jake said. “I think I know.” Odd said worriedly. Ulrich stood up and began to walk just like Jordan was. “You know I think I am going to have to think about this for a while so I am going to go.” Ulrich said walking towards the door. Yumi stood up and was walking to him to try and stop him, but he was walking faster with each step. Jordan, who never thinks twice about what she says or does until she does it, ran to the door blocking it so Ulrich couldn't go and then she said, “I think we need to talk about this.” Ulrich turned to see Yumi really sad and it seemed to him that she was about to cry. He ran up to her and hugged her so tight that she was unable to move to get away. She could no longer hold back her tears and so she began to cry. “Well I'm lost.” Jake said trying to get some answers. Yumi and Ulrich sat down and Ulrich was not going to let go of her any time soon. “I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you.” He said comforting her in his arms. “Dad let me explain,” Jordan began, “We were planning to tell are parents that we were getting married at the end of the school year since next year would be our last. When you told me that you might not be in town over summer I wanted to tell you as soon as you were. Odd and I didn't tell them because we didn't want them to change their plans.” When Jordan finished her dad was surprised. “So you are all getting married?” he questioned after a while of think about what his daughter just said. “Yumi why don't you put on your ring.” Ulrich whispered to her making her smile. She quickly got the ring out of her pocket and put it on her hand. “Yeah we are all going to get married and even more amazing is that the guys all proposed to us on Valentines Day like they had it planned.” Aelita said with a smile. “We did kinda have it planned, but for spring break.” Odd added in. No one seemed to notice that Yumi had never stopped crying. When Jordan finally looked over there she saw Ulrich holding her and whispering something to her, but she couldn't hear him. “Yumi are you going to be okay?” Jordan asked finally. “She says she will be fine and…that she is happy…because this is the first time she has been able to wear her ring since the Sissi incident…and that we are going to go tell her parents…WHAT?” Ulrich said for Yumi then turning to her to see her head down with tears running down it. Everyone gave Ulrich a stern look, but Ulrich paid no attention to them. “Yumi I am going to be honest with you,” he began, “I want to tell your parents and everyone else, but I worried about how your parents will take it. I think the have just finally relaxed about what happened on Valentines Day. And I know that you don't want anything to happen to me or anything to come between us because I worry the same things, but I also can't stand to see you cry so much even if you say your happy I know your sad too.” When he finished everyone forgot how mad they were and were surprised by what Ulrich just said. “I know you worry, I also know that your scared because you were scared before you asked me out and during and even now. The only thing I want to do is tell my parents and I know that it might make you nervous, but you were nervous on or date and when I was attacked, but did any of that stop you from telling my parents about us dating?” Yumi responded lifting her head and drying her still running tears. “Okay hold on what is all this about being attacked?” Jake asked confused. “I want you to be happy,” Ulrich said as he sighed he knew that she had trapped him, “And if telling your parents is the only way to make my girl smile then I will tell them.” She looked up at him and smiled so big that he couldn't help but kiss her. She dried her tears and as she stood up with Ulrich she said, “We'll be back.” Everyone nodded and watched them go out the door then they resumed their conversation that they had before. “Would someone like to explain to me what just happened?” Jake asked being the only one confused. Everyone looked at each other then Jordan began to explain, “Well no matter what you do, once those two get into a conversation like that there is no way that you can break it. Trust us we have tried.” “Well that is one thing explain, but what was all that talk about being attacked?” Jake questioned. Jeremy looked at everyone then began, “Yumi was attacked at her house on Valentines Day.” “Well that should explain everything, but doing all this explaining makes me hungry.” Odd announced. “Everything makes you hungry.” Jordan said laughing along with everyone else.

Well Yumi and Ulrich were walking down the street when Ulrich said, “I think when I tell my parents they'll die of shock because they would never believe that I worked up the courage to ask you.” Yumi laughed a bit only because they were at her house when Ulrich had finished. They walked in and both her parents were glad to see them that they invited them to sit down. They were all on the couches when Yumi said, “Mother, Father, we need to tell you something.” She took a big breath and looked at Ulrich and nodded. Both her mom and dad were confused, just as Ulrich opened his mouth to speak there was a knock on the door. “Sorry.” Yumi's mom said as she hurried to get the door. “Oh you're here.” They heard her say. Yumi and Ulrich both looked to see who it was and when they saw every bit of nervousness that was inside of them doubled. “Mom, Dad?” Ulrich said seeing his mom and dad standing there. Ulrich stood up to go see his mom and dad when his mom said, “No honey will come to you.” He sat back down and looked at Yumi who was worried. “Maybe not.” She whispered to Ulrich. “No, if I don't do it now I might never get the courage to do and plus will get it over with both sides right now and not at two different times.” He whispered back. “Yumi what was it that you and Ulrich had to tell us.” Her father asked after her mother sat down. “Well it is for all of you and you might want to sit.” Yumi said. Ulrich took one last look at Yumi's wonderful face and took a deep breath and said, “Mom, dad. Mr. and Mrs. Ishiyama I wanted to let you all know that we are,” he paused for a moment then said, “Engaged.” The looks on adults were like when something amazing happens that you knew could happen, but didn't know when or that it could happen to you. Yumi and Ulrich seemed like they were holding their breath until Mrs. Ishiyama said, “That's all you had to tell us, CONGRATULATONS.” She got up and gave both of them a hug. Ulrich's mom and dad were still in shock and Yumi's dad had smile on his face. “I think I might die of shock.” Ulrich's mother finally said. Yumi and Ulrich looked at each other surprised because Ulrich said his mother would die of shock. Yumi went to the kitchen with her mom and Ulrich's mom to get some food while the guys talked. Ulrich's dad came over and sat down by him and put his arm around him and said, “You know when we heard that you were dating me and your mother made a bet that was you would have the courage to ask her to marry you.” Ulrich looked at his dad and ask, “Who won.” “I did. You are just like I was when I was your age. You mom was my friend, like Yumi is to you, I had a crush on her and I was scared that she did like me back so I kept it a secret, but all our friends knew and finally I asked her out and well you can see where it went from there.” He said with a smile. “I can't believe you waited to long though.” Yumi's dad said. “We didn't he was just to scared to tell you that we have been engaged since February 14.” Yumi said hearing what her dad had said. “Why did you wait so long?” he asked as Yumi sat down next to her man. “Well I wanted you to like me before we told you and so we were going to tell you at the end of the school year, but we had a change of plans.” Ulrich answered this time and looking at Yumi who had an evil smile on her face. Then they heard another knock on the door and no one knew who it could be so when Yumi's mom answered the door it was a big surprise to everyone. Yumi and Ulrich looked over at the door to see Jordan, Odd, Aelita and Jeremy standing there and behind them Jeremy's parents, Odd's parents and Jordan's dad. Yumi got up and went over to her friends and hugged them all. “Well this is a surprise!” Yumi's mom exclaimed. “Not as big as all of them getting engaged on the same day.” Jake said. Everyone, but the friends looked at Jake. “You are all getting married?” Ulrich's mom questioned everyone nodded in agreement. Odd came up to Ulrich and said, “I can't believe you actually told them.” Ulrich smiled, but he was still a little bit nervous. When Odd turned around to go back to Jordan she wasn't standing there and neither was Aelita or Yumi. Jeremy and Odd both looked at Ulrich who shrugged not knowing what they were up to. “We should go out to eat in celebration.” Yumi's dad suggested. Ulrich got up as everyone was deciding where to go, he had and idea where the girls might be. Before Odd could sit in his place Ulrich pulled him and Jeremy away to go up stairs to Yumi's room. “Hun what you doing?” Ulrich asked very sweetly. He could hear Yumi giggle when he said that. Before Ulrich could knock Yumi opened the door and let all three guys into the room. “We were just talking about how lucky we are to get such great guys.” Yumi said sitting down on her bed and cuddling up next Ulrich once he sat down. Aelita and Jeremy were sitting on this really big pillow thing next Yumi's wall and Jordan and Odd were sitting on another pillow thing. Yumi was about to say something when the door burst open and all the adults came in. “Well they could knock.” Yumi whispered to Ulrich. “We are going to go to dinner at the Grand Hotel.” Jake said, “My treat.” The adults left first then the group.

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