Chapter 2: Friends and Getting Wasted

Christopher's POV

We all were at mine and Aelita's house when the doorbell rang. Odd went to the door and opened it to meet a man with walnut brown hair, a braided light black haired woman, and a ten year old girl standing there.

"Hi. Can I help you guys?" He asked, and I looked at the door.

"Patrick and Verity. Come on in." I said and the two obliged. I then looked at the others and remembered they don't know these three.

"Oh, yes. Introductions. Guys, this is Patrick Hartnell, his wife, Verity, and their daughter, Jessica. Patrick and Verity, this is Ulrich Stern and his wife, Yumi, the guy who answered the door is Odd Della-Robia and the woman next to him is his wife, Sam, the guy with the glasses is Jeremie Belpois and his wife and my oldest friend, Chelsea, and the guy that's William Dunbar and his wife, Laura." I introduced, resulting in some saying "Hello" or nodding.

Maya came into the room and saw Jessica.

"Hi, Jess." Maya said with a smile. Jessica also smiled.

"Hi, Maya." Jessica greeted. The two girls then took off to the game room.

"Maya and Jessica are best friends, like us. Hell, all of our children are best friends. They get it from us." I point out, earning nods from everyone, even Patrick and Verity.

"Yeah. Here's hoping they won't go through what we all did." Ulrich said, earning nods from everyone but Patrick and Verity, who rose an eyebrow.

"What, normal teenage shit?" Verity asked, earning a chuckle from me.

"Trust me, Ver, when I tell you, you don't wanna know how me and my friends were when we were teenagers." I said, earning agreements from my wife and friends.

Verity just shrugged it off, and pulled a wine out of the fridge.

"1943. Eh… I hope it's okay." She said, earning a laugh from me.

"Trust me, Ver. Wine gets better with age." I said. She shrugged and poured herself a shot. I looked to Patrick.

"What do you want to drink, man?" I asked him.

"I'll just have a beer." He said. I nodded and pulled a beer out of the fridge for him.

"Bottom's up." I joked as I handed him the bottle. He sat down on the sofa, with Verity in his lap while I sat down on the recliner and Aelita mimed Verity.

We then were deciding on what to do tomorrow.

"I say the guys head to the shooting range while the girls go shopping." I suggested, earning agreements from the others.

"Okay. It's settled then." Aelita said.

Suddenly, we all heard thunder and looked outside.

"Damn." Odd said.

"Good thing our place has plenty of rooms, eh, baby?" I ask, earning a nod from my wife.

With that, we all went to bed. As soon as Aelita and I got under the covers, we started cuddling.

"You remember that one time on Lyoko when I sacrificed myself to save you and the world?" I asked, shuddering as the memory of when I grabbed X.A.N.A. and the Kolossus and used Jeremie's multi-agent system.

She nodded. "Yeah. That was the first time you told me you love me." She said. I nodded.

"Yeah. I like to think that was the best chance I got for redemption for what I did all those years ago." I admitted.

"Don't think about that night." She told me.

"I stopped thinking about it when I first met you." I admitted, remembering how we first met.

"I'm glad that's behind you now." She said. She then started purring as I rubbed my hand up and down her side. "I am, too. Because if it hadn't have happened, I would've never met you." I said.

"Nor I you." She said.

We then pulled each other closer and fell asleep.

/The Next Morning\

I woke up with a yawn as my alarm went off. I smashed my fist against the clock, turning the alarm off. I looked to my left and saw a flurry of pink. I saw Aelita was still asleep. I started stroking her hair, then kissed her on the forehead.

"I love you so much." I whispered when I saw her eyes begin to flutter open.

"Buenos días, mi bella princesa." I said to her, making her smile.

"Buenos días, mi apuesto príncipe." She said back to me, making me smirk.

"I'm glad we took Spanish at Kadic." I said, making her giggle.

"Me too." She said. We then got out of bed and got dressed. As Aelita was getting out of her nightgown, I turned back to her and smirked. She caught me and threw her nightgown at me.

"It's not polite to stare." She said jokingly. I just smirked.

"Can I be blamed if I'm married to the sexiest woman I know?" I retorted, resulting in her blushing.

After that, we walked out of the room to find Maya was already awake, making us shocked.

"Wow, for once she beat us to get out of bed." I whispered.

Aelita nodded, then pulled out her phone. "Hello?" She answered, and started talking to the person. "Oh hi, Daddy." She said, making me grin. Aelita always enjoyed talking to her father. She nodded her head a couple of times, and finally smiled.

"Okay. See you in a few minutes." She said, hung up, and then looked at me to see a confused look on my face.

"I asked my parents last night if they could watch the kids for us today while we're in town." She explained. I smiled.

"That's good. Maya loves your parents." I said when my own cell phone.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey, sweetie." A female voice replied.

"Oh, hey, Mom. What's up?" I asked.

"Anthea told me and your dad that they'll be watching Maya and her friends for you guys today. I offered for us to help her, and she accepted. We'll be there soon." She replied.

"Okay. See you in a few." I said, then hung up. I looked to Aelita.

"You're mom told my mom about watching the kids, so now my parents are coming over, too." I explained. She nodded her head in understanding. Everyone else came into the living room.

"So, when are we heading out, Chris?" Yumi asked. Aelita and I looked at each other, then the others.

"When our parents get here. They agreed to watch the kids for us while we're out of the house." I replied.

Soon enough, the doorbell rang and Aelita and I opened the door to see our parents standing there. We ushered them in and they smiled.

"Got the whole gang back together, eh, Son?" My dad asked, and I nodded.

"Okay, y'all. Let's get going." I said as we headed out the door, leaving mine and Aelita's parents with the kids. The guys piled in my Jeep with me while our wives piled my wife's van and we drove off.

We made our way to the shooting range I normally go to with Patrick and we stepped out of the Jeep.

"So, have long have y'all been married to your wives?" Patrick asked us.

"Almost elven years." I replied, earning agreements from the others.

"That's about how long I've been married to Verity." Patrick said.

"We proposed to them immediately after we graduated." Ulrich pointed out. Patrick went wide eyed.

"No shit! I proposed to Verity after immediately after graduation as well." He said.

We all then walked into the building and placed our allotted time, and got prepared. As always, Jeremie hesitated to pull the trigger.

"You do this every damn time, Einstein. You wanna hit your target, pull the fuckin' trigger." I explain in frustration.

"Yeah. Just imagine it's You-Know-Who, for Christ's sakes." Ulrich said, making Patrick raise an eyebrow.

"Who are you guys talking about?" Patrick asked, making every one of us go wide eyed. I eventually sighed.

"What I'm about to tell you cannot go back to anyone, clear?" I asked, and he nodded his head.

"What are y'all telling me?" He asked.

"About what we dealt with as teenagers. We're telling you about a world called Lyoko." William replied, and Patrick looked intrigued.

/With the girls\

Aelita's POV

We were all in a clothing store of the mall when Laura walked over to me.

"What's up, Laura?" I asked.

"I was planning on getting wasted tonight. You in?" She asked me, and I smirked.

"Hell, yeah, I am." I replied, making her smile, while the others had worried looks.

"Remember what happened last time you got wasted, Princess?" Yumi asked me, making me go wide eyed.

"H-How do you know what happened last time I got wasted?" I asked.

"Chris told us." Chelsea replied, and I frowned.

"Well, he better sleep with one eye open tonight." I joked, making the other girls laugh.

I then eyed a pink dress I saw and it reminded me of my prom dress. Yumi noticed this and walked over to me.

"Remembering the prom?" She asked me, and I smiled.

"Yeah. One of my favorite memories since I started dating him." I said, making her nod.

"I think we all agree on that." Laura said.

"You guys remember that prank we pulled on Sissi?" Sam asked, making all but Verity laugh.

"Oh my God, that was classic." I said.

"What did you guys do to her?" Verity asked, and we explained what we did in detail.

"Wow. That IS classic." Verity said after we finished explaining.

"Yeah. Cost me 10 bucks, though." Sam said.

/With the guys\

Christopher's POV

We got back in my Jeep and were driving home, Patrick still processing what we told him.

"So, Aelita was trapped in a virtual world with her father and an evil A.I. named X.A.N.A., Jeremie found her asleep in a supercomputer, then got Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd involved with fighting this X.A.N.A., then Chris murdered his classmates out of anger, then joined your team, gave his life to save the world after William and Laura joined your group, then Sam joined your team, and helped you defeat X.A.N.A. again, and now your living normal lives again?" Patrick asked, earning nods from all of us.

"Yep. That about sums it up." I replied.

"You guys fought this thing AND managed to balance your schoolwork on top of it?" He asked, astonished.

"Yep. We fought X.A.N.A. almost every day." Odd replied.

"That's amazing." Patrick said.

"Yeah. It was fun fighting him, but we all knew we couldn't leave the Supercomputer around, so we blew up the abandoned factory that it was built in." Ulrich said.

"Ah. A little demo work, eh?" Patrick asked.

"Yep." William replied.

"They still haven't found out who leveled the factory." Jeremie stated, making the rest of us look at him surprised.

"Ten years later, and they STILL don't know a bunch of kids blew up a fucking factory?" I asked in disbelief.

"Yeah." Jeremie replied.

"Jesus. They had to have given up by now." Odd said, making Jeremie nod.

"Some have, but others are still looking for the culprits." He replied as my phone went off. I plugged it into the Jeep and answered.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey, baby." Aelita replied.

"Hey, honey. What's up?" I asked.

"Laura wants to get wasted tonight, and asked me if I wanted to join her." She said.

"Just don't have a repeat of what happened last time, and I won't have a problem with it." I said.

"I won't, I promise." She said, and I smiled.

"Okay, then. Which bar are we going to?" I asked.

"Laura told me there's a place she and William usually go to. She knows the bartender." She replied, and I looked at William, to see him nod.

"Okay, we're on our way to the house now. What about you?" I asked.

"We just left the mall and we're on our way back now as well." She replied.

"Okay. See you soon." I said.

"Okay. See you soon. Love you." She said.

"Love you too." I said.

"Bye." She said.

"Bye." I said then hung up.

"What happened last time our Princess got wasted?" Odd asked.

"Well, let's just say she's lucky I knew the judge that resided over her trial." I replied cryptically, making the others have shocked looks.

"Aelita had to be put on trial?!" Jeremie asked, and I nodded my head.

"Yeah, for sexual harassment. She kept trying to get a woman to make out with her, and the woman sued her for sexual harassment. Luckily, I know the judge, who was Herve." I explained, making the other guys look shocked.

"Herve Pinchon? A judge?" Ulrich asked, in disbelief, earning a nod from me.

"Yeah, I know." I replied.

We managed to make it back to the house when everyone looked at Aelita with sympathy. She shot me a look.

"What? If the wives know, it's only right that the guys know, too." I simply stated. She just rolled her eyes.

/One Hour Later\

"Don't get as wasted as last time, Aelita." Franz said.

"I won't, Daddy." She promised.

We all then went to the bar, with William driving our van while Aelita and I rode on my motorcycle. William hit a red light when we caught up to them.

"Baby?" Aelita asked.

"Yeah?" I answered.

"If I pass out, you will carry me out, right?" She asked.

"Of course, my lovely Princess." I replied.

The light turned green and we stayed right behind William until we reached the bar that he and his wife drink at.

Once we arrived inside, Aelita and Laura went to the bar and Laura got some vodka in her system while my wife got some whiskey in her system. I looked at William.

"At this rate, we might have to carry those two out." I told him.

"Damn right." He agreed.

After a few minutes, I looked at Laura and Aelita to see a drunken smile on my wife's face.

"William?" I asked, and he nodded.

"Laura's the same now." He replied.

We then decided to be ready to interfere in case they do something stupid. I looked at Aelita to see her looking for a victim. I then looked at the others.

"William and I need to get our wives outta here, y'all." I said, and they all agreed it was time to go.

We managed to get out of the bar before Aelita and Laura could do something stupid. William drove the van while Yumi rode my bike with me. We came to a red light and I looked to see her a little scared.

"Relax, Yumes. It's just like my Byke, just without three wheels." I told her.

"I'd prefer my Overwing over your Byke." She said. I scoffed.

"I seem to remember you rode with Ulrich on his Overbike. What makes a fucking motorcycle any different?" I asked.

The light turned green and we drove back to mine and Aelita's house.

William and I carried our wives inside as soon as we got there. My parents and in-laws saw us carrying them in and got worried.

"Don't worry. We got them out before they could do anything crazy, but they'll have to sleep in my room tonight." I explained, and they nodded.

William and I carried our passed out wives when Verity came into the room.

"Laura said that her husband was overcompensating with his giant sword on Lyoko. What did she mean by that?" She asked and we sighed.

"What we're about to tell you CANNOT go out to anyone except us and our friends, Verity. Clear?" I asked, and she nodded her head.

"Crystal. What are you guys gonna tell me about?" She asked as we walked back into the living room.

"Mom, are the kids asleep?" I asked, and she nodded.

"Good." I said, then looked to Verity.

"We're telling you what we told Patrick earlier today. We're telling you about what we dealt with as teenagers. We're telling you about a world called Lyoko." I replied, making her have an intrigued look.

That's chapter two. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to work on this update. I've got so many incomplete stories, it ain't even funny. Anyway, you guys know the procedure.