They walked back to Kadic, hand in hand. When they got there, Jeremie helped Leah set up her side of the room. There was a shelf above the bed, so that's where she put her personal belongings. She isn't very tall, so she had Jeremie put them up there for her. She hugged him and said thank you. Jeremie looked at the clock.
"Well it's 9:30, we have to be asleep in half an hour, can you still help me with my virtual realty?" Jeremie asked.
"Of course," she said.
They spent the rest of the 30 minutes they had left just starting and installing the program, so they would have a quick start tomorrow after class. When the program was installing, they spent more time getting to know each other better. The program had just finished installing when they heard a knock on the door. Leah answered the door, and looked up at the gym teacher wearing a red track suit and a headband.
"Why are you on the boys level at this time of night?" asked Jim.
"There were no more girls rooms, so Mr. Delmas let me share a room with Jeremie," she said with smile.
"That reminds me of the time I was in boarding schools."
"How is that?" Jeremie asked with a smile, knowing Jims famous response to anything about his past.
"I...I rather not talk about it. But you two need to go to sleep!"
"Okay, I'm done. Come on Leah, lets go to sleep."
"Goodnight Jim," they said at the same time. He closed the door, and walked away, shuddering at his dorm room.
Jeremies eyes opened. He got up, opened the door, looked to see if anyone was around, and walked out to the exit. Leah, still being awake from the events of the day, followed Jeremie. It was around midnight, so it was pitch black outside. It didn't matter, Jeremie knew the way to the factory by heart. He got there, went down the rope, and headed for the elevator. She saw the numbers he entered and waited until she thought he would be off of the elevator. She called it, pushed in the numbers, and went down. When the elevator opened, she walked in on Jeremie sitting in a beige chair, typing into a keyboard, and talking to himself. She watched him for about ten minutes. What is he doing? She readjusted herself, but she must have hit he elbow into a box, because his head snapped around and he looked at her.
"What are you doing here?" asked Jeremie
"I could ask the same to you, you know," she retorted.
"I asked you first. What are you doing here?"
"I heard you leaving, and I knew you weren't going to the bathroom, so I followed you."
"Do you know what all of this is?"
"No, I mean I know that that is a super computer, but I don't know what its for."
"You're right, it is a super computer. In it, there is- I mean was, a virtual world named Lyoko. My friends and I discovered it last year, and we've been fighting an artificial intelligence named X.A.N.A. Odd, Aelita, Yumi, Ulrich, and William would be virtualized by me and they would go and deactivate towers, to help stop a tragedy that is being caused by X.A.N.A. And two months ago, we had the final fight with him. We, obviously, won. For some reason, I cannot forget how much I was needed to save the world. Sometimes I come here and pretend that X.A.N.A. is still attacking. You probably think that I'm a loser and don't like me anymore. I understand, I wouldn't like me any-" he was interupted by a hug.
"I still like you, I promise. Is this what your virtual reality is for, so you can still be needed?"
"Yeah, lame right?"
"Well, sorta, but you ARE needed. I need you, I'm the new kid, I doubt anybody will like me. So you need to help me through the day. Now, it's midnight. I don't want you to sneak out anymore. Let's go back and finish your game, okay?"
"Okay." he said then they parted from their hug, grabbed hands, and started walking back to the school.
Oh my. Two chapters in one day? (kind of) Anyways, I think I'll add three more chapters: Two for story, the third for like a deleted/alternate scenes.