Okay, here you go. Too lazy to write anything else.
Disclaimer: I don't own Code: Lyoko.
Misery Loves Me
Ella sat up in her bed, the heaters already warming the freezing house. She rolled over, hoping her Dad wouldn't notice she was awake and she could sleep for longer…
But no luck. A few seconds later, her Dad walked in her bedroom door.
"Come on, wake up, you'll be late for school!" he told her. She groaned and rolled over, falling asleep again. About five minutes later, her dad walked back in again.
"Eleanor Rose Morris, get your butt out of bed this instant!" he shouted. She winced and rolled out of bed. She rubbed her head.
"Ouch. What in the world did I just land on?" she muttered to herself. She pulled her blankets up off the ground and uncovered an old statue. She wrinkled her nose.
"Ugh. That hurt!" she whispered to herself. She tossed the offending statue back on her desk among other figurines and miscellaneous junk from around her room. She stepped around her room carefully, trying not to break any of the junk piled around her room. When she finally reached her door, she breathed a sigh of relief and shuffled downstairs where it was even colder than the rest of the house. She shivered and grabbed a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. She slipped out of her tight sleeping shirt and boys' boxers and shrugged her normal clothes on before she got too cold. Then she rushed upstairs, grabbing her backpack on the way to the door as well as her black sweater.
"Hey, you planning on eating breakfast, Speedy?" her dad asked her. She shook her head.
"No, I'm not hungry. See you later!" she told him, hopping down the steps and running toward school.
When lunch swung around, her stomach felt like it was on fire, but she had gotten used to that .When it came her turn to get lunch, the lunch lady asked her what she wanted. She shrugged.
"I had a big breakfast, I'm not really hungry," she told the lady. The lunch lady nodded and Ella went on her way.
Luckily for Ella, her house was warm when she finally got there. Her mom was cooking something that smelled good on the stove. Her dad grabbed her sweater from her.
"Hungry?" he asked. She shook her head.
"I had this huge lunch at school, but thanks!" she told him cheerily. His face fell slightly but he nodded and let her go do her homework. She smiled to herself and went to hide in her room.
The next day at school, she realized she'd been fooling everyone with this trick for four days now. She felt kind of queasy as she went to third period, but thought nothing of it. As she reached the top of the stairs going down, her vision started blocking away, like an outdated computer when its screensaver is starting up. Her legs locked into place and her eyes rolled back into her head and she fell, down, down into the darkness……
She opened her eyes slowly and saw only bright white. She blinked, the lights hurting her eyes. Beside her, she heard a rustling noise.
"You're awake!" someone yelled. She jumped slightly. Someone wrapped their arms around her and she closed her eyes. She heard voices.
"You know, she needs to sleep, young man," someone said.
"She needs me! I'm always here for her! She'll get scared if I'm not." The other voice said. She opened her eyes again and found herself lying on a hospital bed with (you guessed it!) Thomas sitting next to her. She tried to smile but winced as the pain went flowing through her. Her head was pounding and there was a sharp, stinging pain in her arm.
"Wha...what happened?" she asked and was surprised at how weak her voice sounded. He leaned a little closer (a/n: oh, boy, here comes a gushy moment…That's what you're thinking! But no! Oh, no…)
"You fainted on the steps…What the Hell were you thinking? Not eating for four f-ing days? You have a death wish, I swear!" he yelled. Ella's eyes got big and she inched away from him, ignoring the pain in her head and arm. Thomas started.
"I'm…I'm sorry. I didn't mean it, Ella. You know I didn't. My temper got away from me…" he muttered. Ella grinned.
"Actually, it helped a lot. You know, I never actually thought you were fully human because…Well, you never lose you temper! It's scary some times, you know?" she asked. Thomas smiled at her and nodded.
"Well, as for the death wish question…I guess I do this stuff 'cus I know you'll always be there to help me. Don't deny it, you know you always are," she told him as Thomas opened his mouth. She smiled slightly, "But I really have to thank you for being here for me all the time…I don't think I'd ever be able to get on without you." Suddenly, and strangely, out of nowhere, her heart started beating wildly in her chest as he leaned closer.
"Is that really true?" he asked her, his eyes soft. She felt her mouth go dry and she nodded. He leaned a little closer, only inches from her face. She closed her eyes. Suddenly, she felt a rush of wind and a whispered sorry as he left the room. She opened her eyes. There was no one there. She closed her eyes again softly and a single tear slid down her face.
"What the Hell is wrong with me…" she whispered to herself, in an empty room, in her empty life…
The door opened and she heard a voice.
"Hello?" it asked she sat up quickly and wiped her face off.
"Come…come in," she told whoever it was. It was the girl who'd helped her with her bags that morning. She tried to smile but failed miserably. So she switched tactics.
"What do you want?" she asked. Yumi sat next to her.
"Aelita said you needed a friend," she told Ella. Ella's mouth dropped open.
"You…know…" she began, struck by the idea. Yumi grinned.
"Aelita. Yeah, I do. So do…um…a few other people at this school." She improvised. Ella nodded again.
"All right. I'm fine, I don't need a friend, and Aelita needs to mind her own business. Fair enough?"
"She told me you needed a friend. And now I'm set on comforting you."
"Let's not and say you did."
"Nope, I'm here until you fess up." Ella made a face. Obviously, this girl wasn't leaving. Finally, she sighed and gave in.
"Well, let's start with names. I'm Eleanor Rose Morris. You?"
"Yumi Ishiyama. What happened?" she pried. Ella winced. She'd been trying to avoid this.
"I'll tell you when you tell me what this school is like. Especially the dorms. Are they cold in the winter?" she pestered. Yumi smiled a little. This girl was just as stubborn as she was.
"Actually, I'm not the one to ask. I don't really board here, I'm just a day student. I do have some friends who might know, though…" she trailed off hopefully. Ella smiled a little bit.
"Maybe…I could meet them?" she asked, still trying to avoid the first problem. It worked. Yumi smiled and stood.
"All right, well, I'm sure you'll just love Odd; he's the joker of the group. Ulrich's kind of moody, but," she sighed a little, "He's one of the cutest boys I've ever met. But," she added sharply, looking at Ella, "don't you dare tell him I told you that." Ella smiled.
"Don't worry, I don't do stuff like that." She replied, slipping down the main steps. Yumi smiled a little. This new girl sure acted quite a bit like Ulrich, maybe he'd be a good friend for her.
And, she reminded herself, only friends. I mean, what would keep people who are almost exactly alike from being friends?
They reached the rest of the group, Odd and Jeremie facing them and Ulrich with his back to them.
"Hey, guys, this is my new friend, Eleanor," she told them. Jeremie looked over Ulrich's shoulder at them as well as Odd. Ella managed a slight smile.
"Actually, it's Ella," she told them. Odd smiled at her.
"Nice to meet you." He told her. She smiled back at him, still not really caring what he thought of her. They were now right there with the group. Ulrich turned to see who it was. His face tightened and his hands curled into fists.
"You," he spat. She glared right back at him.
"You."
