Jeremy rubbed his eyes and leaned back into his chair, staring at the alarm clock right by his computer.
3:14 am
Jeremy sighed and glanced back at the half-typed program on his computer, a long stretch of green data running across the screen as another tab right behind it ran a scan for any activated towers.
So far, for the first time in a few weeks, X.A.N.A had been silent, the dark, evil infection of an A.I. hidden expertly on Lyoko, waiting for an opening. But what was it this time? What was he planning behind the virtual world?
Jeremy glared at the unactivated tower, daring it to start up the shrill beeps in a systematic summons of X.A.N.A's attack.
In response, the computer hummed silently, a medicinal effect for Jeremy's conscious for his part. Slowly but surely, Jeremy laid back on his glaring, idly pressing few keys for the new program he had been creating. The idle taps and clicks of the keyboard soon became moderate, and then Jeremy's fingers became a blur as he worked the eager excitement he had before when he started the creation of his new program.
"Just a little while longer." he whispered to himself.
~~~~ Code Lyoko~~~~
"Einstein's still working on that program, right?" Ulrich asked.
Odd turned aside from his position on the bed and stared at Ulrich with a disbelieving look. "Earth to Ulrich! Of course Jeremy's still working on it. He's probably gonna sleep on his keyboard again."
"Speaking of sleeping, can you turn that darn game off!"
Odd gaped. "But I've almost defeated the final boss!" He protested. A groan escaped his game console and few flashing lights sparked inside, and Odd hummed in disdain. He turned to Ulrich. "I was going to defeat the final boss."
Ulrich snorted and turned over in his bed, facing the wall. "You can defeat the boss later. Mind you, there's a real monster we have to fight."
Something thumped carelessly against the floor, with a small utter of a "Fine" and rustles over on Odd's side of the room signaled that the blond had decided to face the separate wall as well.
"We'll find out what Jeremy's been working on tomorrow." Ulrich muttered into the darkness.
It didn't matter that he had said that, as Ulrich could hear the even breathing of Odd from the other side.
~~~~ Code Lyoko~~~~
The following morning, everyone was waiting for Jeremy as Ulrich timed him from his watch.
"If he runs, it might be a record."
"I can't believe he's done this again." Aelita simmered. "He knows he needs rest, so why does he blow it off?" She crossed her arms together, her normally wide eyes, were narrowed with annoyance.
Yumi pointed off into a direction. "Here he is now."
Turning towards the direction of Yumi's pointed finger, the rest of the group caught sight of blue. Sure enough, Jeremy was running, his small frame tripping every once in a while. As he got closer, the group could see that he was grinning broadly from ear to ear, the smile could have split his face in half, nonetheless it was a good change for that week.
"I did it!" He yelled across the grounds. Upon nearing the rest of the group, Jeremy grabbed Aelita's hand up, and spun her around in a victory dance. The rest were shocked. This was far too a happy instance for Jeremy to work up the courage to spin Aelita in a dance move.
As if realizing what he had done, both Jeremy and Aelita blushed, and they turned away from each other, Aelita forgetting her anger and Jeremy now reigning in his glee. He coughed into his fist, one hand behind his back.
"The program I was working on was a success. It won't do that much against X.A.N.A, but it could give us a lot of leeway in the future."
Aelita immediately hounded on Jeremy upon the word "leeway."
"Speaking of leeway, Jeremy Belpois, did you get any sleep last night!?" She yelled in his face. Jeremy backed away from her body in a defensive stance, and he put his hands up. He opened his mouth for an answer, but at the raised eyebrow of Aelita, he shut it again.
"She's right Einstein, you have been skipping off sleep." Ulrich said, patting Jeremy on the back. Jeremy's shoulder's slumped, and he took a deep breath in.
"Trust me, I'll be able to sleep 'till next morning if I can set up the program after class." he said.
Odd chuckled in response. "Let's just hope you don't fall asleep in class today."
"Please." Scoffed Yumi. "With his IQ, the teachers would be happy for him to sleep, just so they won't lose their jobs."
The group laughed together, bright eyes and smiles, though Jeremy could tell that he was starting to show dark circles under his eyes. "Come on." He said. "Before someone ca-"
"JEREMY!"
He had barely turned around when another student crashed into him, knocking him onto the ground. He groaned as he tried to sit up, the person that had tackled him had been too small for Jim to be the one to do it, and the voice was feminine.
"Woah, Jeremy are you alright?" Ulrich asked. He lifted Jeremy from the ground, patting his back to dislodge any dirt and pebbles still on him. Jeremy tuned around without answer and found his culprit. A shock of red hair in two small pony tails were enough for a deduction.
"Millie? What on earth-"
"Jeremy that was so unexpected from you!" Millie exclaimed. She made no move as to hearing Jeremy at all, considering the fact that she scampered around Jeremy in a fervent attitude. Her excitement was starting to infect Jeremy, who was trying to avoid her quick movements.
"What was so unexpected-" Jeremy began. Millie cut him off again, pointing at another girl with tightly wrapped brown hair.
"Tamiya, this is a scoop," To which her friend nodded. "Jeremy Belpois, School Genius can Dance."
Jeremy felt his cheeks burn as he grabbed after Millie's hands. "No."
Jeremy heard the soft snickers of Odd and Ulrich quickly die down, and he felt his cheeks burn hotter. He can feel their eyes on his back, staring at him in surprise.
"But, but." Millie stuttered.
Jeremy loosened his grip and held her hands softly in his. "Please, Millie."
The girls sighed in reluctance, dropping their hands to their sides and averting both of their gazes to the ground. "What now?" Tamiya mumbled in dejection. Jeremy looked at his friends and they shrugged, clueless. He bent over Millie's ear and whispered softly into it, keeping a close hand to block the others from being able to read his lips. Millie's gaze lifted and her eyes sparkled with a new-found muse, and she squealed in delight.
"Are you sure?" She pressed. Jeremy nodded slowly and began to walk into the direction of the first period class. "I'm sure of it. And I have nothing to do with this!" He called after them, they had begun to run away.
"You got it!" They both called. They turned a corner and were gone, their excited giggles fading away ever slightly. Jeremy turned and looked back at his friends. "What?"
They stared at him with wide eyes and blank faces, glancing at each other with a flick of their eyelids. Odd was the first to recover, and he sauntered up to Jeremy. "What was that for, Einstein?" Jeremy walked a bit quicker and calmly said, "We're already late to class."
Odd ran up to him, leaving the rest to catch up. " 'Jeremy Belpois, School Genius can Dance.' That wouldn't have been a bad story."
Jeremy stopped walking and pulled off his glasses, wiping them while staring at Odd carefully in the face. "I gave them a better story." He said, pushing up his glasses once he had cleaned them. The rest of the Lyoko Warriors caught up, walking with Jeremy up into the empty halls.
"Secretive Gym Teacher can Disco." He said. They all laughed together, melting away the awkward beginning of the day and Jeremy ushered them further into the building, walking up the stairs.
"Come on. Lets go to Ms. Hertz class before we miss it."
Hello, I am a new writer for the Code Lyoko Fandom. I've watched this show when I was a little girl, but I've quite recently been binge watching the entire series for a more bigger story that I am currently writing. The first manuscript I've written for this fandom was destroyed by your truly because I became embarrassed, but after being coaxed by my friend, I will re-write that story as well. It may be enjoyable, you never know.
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