"BEEEPPP!" the whistle blew. "Great practice team! I'm sure we can kick St. Pierre's butts on Saturday! Woooh! I mean, um, GET BACK TO YOUR DORMS AND TAKE SHOWERS!" shouted Jim, the soccer coach.

Secretly he patted Ulrich on the shoulder as he walked by.

"Great job, kid. With you playing like this I'm sure we can beat 'em," Jim praised.

"I'm not going back to my dorm just yet," said Ulrich seriously, "I'm gonna practice more. I need it. I've been playing badly."

"No you haven't." Jim saw the look on Ulrich's face. "Errr.. Right then. Have Fun.."

In Jeremy's Dorm

"Why does he always have to be so hard on himself when they play St. Pierre's?" sighed Aelita, staring out the window at Ulrich who was practicing penalty kicks.

"St. Pierre's is Kadics Rival and his dad comes in to watch all of those games. We haven't beat St. Pierre's in 86 years. It's important. And since his dad is coming in.. Well.. Ulrich wants to show him that he's tough and.. Basically he wants to impress him," said Odd as he walked through the door to Jeremy's room. "We'll just have to live with him ignoring us for another 2 days."

"I wish we could help him..." said Aelita.

"Don't worry, Aelita. This is normal for Ulrich. He'll be fine once the game is over with," said Odd.

Meanwhile at the Ishiyama's...

"Yumi could we talk to you for a minute.." said Yumi's father

"Yah, Dad what is it?"

"Yumi I am tired of you staying out late all of these nights with your so-called boyfriend. I want to meet this guy." said her father.

"But... Why!.. I'm doing just fine. Things are great. And.. I'm 14. I can handle it!" Yumi protested.

"I'm just doing this to protect you, Yumi. No buts. Bring him by here to have dinner with us tomorrow night, otherwise we will have to set a curfew and watch you more closely. Now off to bed. You have school Tomorrow."

'Where am I gonna find a Boyfriend in a day?' thought Yumi as she drifted off to sleep.

"Hey Yumi!" Aelita shouted as Yumi walked through the gates to Kadic Middle School. She didn't respond and instead walked strait past her friends, except Ulrich. He was fitting some early practice in before school.

'I'm running out of time to find a boyfriend!' thought Yumi as she walked into her school. 'Lets see. I can't use Odd as a pretend boyfriend... He couldn't be serious enough around my parents. And if I use Jeremy.. Well he would drive my parents nuts with his smarts and scientific answers to everything, plus I'm not sure Aelita would go for it. And Ulrich.. Well No way. Way to complicated. I mean I would want him to do it.. Wait! No! I didnt just think that. Anyways has been ignoring the others and me. His soccer is more important to him than me.'

Ooof! Yumi had walked strait into William.

"Oh! Um.. Sorry William. I just have something on my mind.." apologized Yumi.

"Its fine, I don't mind. You know.. You can tell me about it if you want to. I'm willing to help," he said.

"No.. I don't think threes anything you can do.."

'Wait a minute! William, that's it! I can use William! Its perfect! Plus he likes me and I'm sure he wouldn't mind.'

"Wait there is something you can do for me, William!"

Bell Rings

"Um. I'll tell you after class. Ah were late! Lets go!" said Yumi

She grabbed Williams's hand and ran swiftly off to class happy that she had found her solution.

Unfortunately, Ulrich had seen them running hand in hand off to class together.

'What the heck! That's Yumi and William running to class.. Hand in Hand..' thought Ulrich.

Something interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey Ulrich! Over here!" shouted Odd.

Jealousy over took Ulrich and he vented it at his friends.

"Whets up with Yumi and William running off to class together HAND IN HAND!" shouted an enraged Ulrich.

"Wow.. Slow down man. I think she's in a funk. We said "Hi" to her as she came in and she just walked right by us. Or she could be just mad at you for totally ignoring her." said Odd.

Before Ulrich could say anything more the bell rang and the rest of the gang ran off to class.

After School Day Ends

"So what was it that I could do for you, Yumi?" William asked as they were walking out of their last class of the day.

"Err.. Well.. I'm in a bit of a jam with my family. They want to meet my so-called boyfriend. And my father wants to meet him at dinner tonight, so I was wondering if you could play my pretend boyfriend." said Yumi hesitantly.

"Okay, I'll do it, but on one condition. I get to take you out on a real date tomorrow. And may I ask why you told them you have a boyfriend when you really don't? William said.

"Don't ask questions."

"So then will you go on the date with me? Otherwise you will have to find another actor."

'I guess I have to.. This probably won't sit right with Ulrich.. But I bet I can keep it a secret from him. He's hardly noticed me these past couple days with his soccer.'

"Okay, I'll go with you, but don't go around telling anyone, k? Especially Ulrich Stern. And remember this is only one date. Short-Term. Anyways, what time do you want to go?"

"I was thinking around 7:00 pm tomorrow." said William with a hint of a smirk on his face.

"Okay then.. Wait a second, William. That's the same time as Ulrich's Soccer game."

"And it also happens to be the only time that I am free. So meet me by the school gates at what time for this dinner meeting?"

"Um.. 6:00 pm."

"See you then." he said as he walked off towards his dorm to get ready.

"Yah.. See you then.."

'I'm gonna call Aelita, see where she, Jeremy and Odd are at. I gotta talk to someone about this jam. Ulrich's gonna be so mad at me.' Yumi thought as she dialed Aelita's number.

"Hello?" said Aelita.

"Hey, Aelita. Its Yumi."

"Oh, hey Yumi! What happened with this morning when we said "Hi" to you? We were a bit worried and you totally ignored us."

"Oh, really sorry. I just have something on my mind. Anyways, where are you, Jeremy and Odd?"

"In Jeremy's Dorm."

"Okay, I'll meet you there. I need someone to talk to about my problem. I'm in a real jam. See you in a bit."

"Okay bye."

"So whets the problem, Yumi?" Odd said.

"You see, well, the only way that basically I'm able to go on late night Lyoko missions is because I told my parents.. thatihadaboyfriend." said Yumi, so fast even she could hardly understand what she said.

"Um.. Didn't catch that last bit," said Jeremy.

"I told my parents that i have a boyfriend." she said it really slowly so her nervousness wouldn't over come her once again.

"What!" Odd gasped. "Haha!" he said clapping his hands together playfully. "I never thought you would have it in you."

"And now that my dad is worried about me, he wants to meet this so-called boyfriend of mine tonight at dinner." said Yumi, kind of sadly.

"Did you find someone?" asked Aelita.

"Yes, i did. And this is the depressing part. Williams gonna do it." Gasps "And that's the least of my problems. He'll only do it if he can take me out on a date, which just happens to be the same time as Ulrich's soccer game tomorrow." said Yumi depressingly.

"So, what are you gonna do!" said Aelita with urgency in her voice.

"I have to go. Otherwise I probably wont get to see you guys ever again, plus you'll only have 2 people to protect Aelita. Sorry, but this is more important than Ulrich's feelings at the moment."

"But, Yumi? You know how much this game means to him.." said Aelita

"Like i said, i'm sorry. I'd really rather be there to cheer Ulrich on, but I have to go."

"Think about it guys. Yumi's right. With XANA at the power level he's at now. We can't afford to lose Yumi from our team. Ulrich will just have to get over it and I'm sure Yumi will explain what happened to him." said Jeremy seriously.

"God, I hope he understands. He's so overprotective." said Odd to kind of tease Yumi.

"Shut up, Odd. Thank you guys so much for understanding. Please don't mention anything of what I said here to Ulrich.. I'll see you tomorrow. I have to go get ready for my dinner meeting. Its gonna be a living heck."

End Of Chapter 1.