Two months later everyone got the message they had all been waiting for; Selena was in labor. Yumi had been back in Europe for only a week when she woke up at three in the morning from a her phone chiming. Yumi let out a groan as she felt around her side table until her hand touched her phone. It was a message from Aelita telling her it was baby time.

Sitting up, Yumi rubbed the back of her head and took in a deep breath. Since getting back together with Selena, Ulrich had moved from Berlin to Frankfurt, so Yumi could be there from Paris in roughly six hours pending traffic.

Getting dressed really quick, making some instant coffee and taking a fruit for the drive Yumi grabbed her keys and left her apartment.

For six hours Yumi drove, and was tempted to turn on every exit. Some part of her knew she had to be there. Just to believe it was real. Pulling into the parking lot of the hospital, Yumi sat in her car and checked her phone. Sending a text to Aelita, she found out Selena hadn't had the baby yet. Part of her wanted to put the car in reverse and pull away, but she still killed the engine and exited.

Entering through the sliding glass door Yumi walked to the front desk to ask where the maternity ward was, went up to the third floor and exited the elevator. Looking both ways she paused when saw the desk next to the waiting room where William had Allison leaned on him asleep and Aelita holding Michelle. Aleta was there as well, her looking the most restless while Jeremie was with the rest of the kids back home.

Yumi took a deep breathe and walked into the room, everyone awake raising their heads and all equally shocked to see her.

"Yumi?" Aelita asked, standing up with Michelle.

"Aunt Yumi!" Aletta shouted and jumped across the room and rammed her head into her stomach as she hugged her.

"Geez, miss me much," Yumi said and hugged her back.

"You actually came," Aelita said and Yumi shrugged.

"I can't complain I'm a stranger, and not show up at the same time," Yumi said and looked at Michelle who was sleeping calmly, already with a head of pink hair, "You told me to sort it out."

"Want to hold her?" Aelita asked, Yumi nodding and taking Michelle.

"I promise I won't drop this one," Yumi said and Aelita raised her eyebrows, "Too soon?"

"She's at eight centimeters now, looking like less than an hour," Aelita said and Yumi tried to remember what that meant.

"I don't know what that means."

"She needs to be ten centimeters to be dilated, and her contractions are already three minutes apart."

Yumi then had to ask what that meant too.

Forty seven minutes later Ulrich stepped into the room in scrubs and saw Yumi, but said nothing immediately.

"Umm, seven pounds, nine ounces...I have a son," Ulrich said and everyone cheered and hugged him. They all went to the room, hugging and congratulating him as they passed, Yumi standing still.

"I haven't heard from you, take it you're not," Ulrich said and Yumi shook her head. Ulrich didn't know what to say, unsure if it was a good thing or bad thing to her that she wasn't.

"I'll be in there, I just need a minute. Not sure I'm ready to see that, quite yet," Yumi said, Ulrich nodding in understanding.

"It still means a lot that you're here at all. More than you know," Ulrich said with a smile that Yumi returned before looking away with a chuckle.

"Go be a daddy," Yumi said, Ulrich nodding again and walking back to the room.

Yumi sat in the waiting room for two hours before Aelita finally notice she wasn't there and left to check on her. Yumi raised her eyes and flashing her a weak smile. Aelita sat next to her and neither said anything for a full minute before Aelita turned to her.

"It's really brave of you to be here, I'm proud of you," Aelita said, making Yumi laugh.

"Brave? I haven't been in the room yet," Yumi said and Aelita grinned.

"It is."

"I'm done with being a stranger to you guys. If this is part of that, then so be it. If I have to spend the rest of my life watching him be happy with someone else, then at least I'll know he's happy."

"He's happy. They're happy. You aren't though."

"I know, and that's my own fault," Yumi said and looked at her feet, "I've finally accepted that."

"One last thing to do," Aelita said, Yumi nodded and released a breath as she walked with her to Selena's room. Stopping just short of the door Yumi closed her eyes before poking her head in and seeing everyone.

Allison was holding Michelle while William was laughing with Aleta while playing a game. Selena had made room for Ulrich in her bed, allowing him to squeeze next to her. Selena held their baby boy in her arms, with Ulrich's arm draped over her, him smiling down at them. His other hand was softly touching his son's face. Selena and Ulrich looked at each other, and held a gaze that made Yumi's heart flutter.

It hurt, but it wasn't painful. It was confirming and calming. Instead of a fist full of rage, tears, or a heart of jealousy, it was just happy. For the first time ever, she saw Ulrich with another girl, and she was okay with it. It didn't bother her anymore.

Selena turned toward the door and saw Yumi, making a confused face at her. She wasn't confused by her presence, but by her expression. All Selena saw on Yumi's face was acceptance and peace. Like a large burden had just been lifted from her shoulders.

Yumi walked into the room and calmly sat next to them.

"What did you name him?" Yumi asked and Selena smiled back, their eyes telling each other everything with no need to speak about it.

"Adam, after my dad," Selena said and adjusted toward Yumi, "Do you want to hold him?"

"Are you sure?" Yumi asked.

"If there is one thing I know for sure, everyone gets another chance," Selena said and Yumi tried to stop a few tears but couldn't, quickly wiping them away before everyone noticed. Selena released a giggle as she handed him off, Yumi cradling him and rocking back and forth.

"I'm your aunt Yumi, and I'm going to teach you to terrorize them," Yumi said and Selena laughed, "The question is, ninja or pirate?"

"Pirate please, I think he'd be quite dashing as a buccaneer," Selena answered.

"Pirate it is. If his first words are not scallywag, I failed as an aunt."

Eventually everyone had to leave, Yumi meeting with Aelita in the hallway as she rounded up Aleta and carried Michelle in the carrier. Yumi smiled into the room and looked back at her.

"You okay?" Aelita asked and Yumi nodded.

"Ten years ago I said I'd be ready, when seeing him with another girl didn't bother me. It doesn't anymore," Yumi said with and laughed in joy, "It doesn't bother me."

"What does that mean exactly?" Aelita asked.

"It means I'm ready, for that," Yumi said and pointed into the room, Aelita looking into it.

"You've watched everyone else. Your turn," Aelita said and Yumi hugged her, "Go find that lucky guy."

"I'll be the lucky one," Yumi said and waved at Selena before she left.

Yumi walked to her car, and sat in it for a few minutes just laughing and crying. Wiping her face, she started her car and looked at herself in the rear view mirror before she backed up.

"You're ready," Yumi said to herself, and for the first time in her life, she actually meant it.

That concludes the second part of the "Dear Diary" Trilogy. Part three is in the works.