Next Story! It's a mix of "Girl of My Dreams" and "Image Problem", although I'd still like to take a crack at redoing "Image Problem". Anyhow, read and enjoy!
The Guy of My Dreams pt.1
"Ok,
let's see now..." Jeremie muttered, scanning through the
programs on his computer. "Well, everything looks fine. Ready to
give it a try?"
"As ready as I'll ever be" Ulrich
said from his window on the screen.
"It'll take the program a
few minutes to activate, so you'll have to -" Jeremie paused and
yawned before continuing, "You'll have to wait a while".
"Hey
Jeremie, you look worn out. Why don't you get some sleep?"
"No,
I've got to make sure nothing goes-" He yawned again, "goes
wrong"
"Nothing will. We double checked everything. Get
into bed, let the program upload, and I'll see you in the
morning"
"Hopefully here" Jeremie said, smiling.
"Goodnight" he said, getting up and walking towards his
bed.
"Hopefully" Ulrich said, disconnecting the
link.
He stood up and moved out further unto the ledge sticking
from the base of one of the mountains in the Mountain Region.
He
stop in the center of it, closed his eyes and prepared
himself.
Unfortunately he wasn't prepared for the surprise attack
from behind.
"Boy Jeremie, you look exhausted. Ever hear
of a thing called sleep?
You should try it sometime" Yumi
teased, holding out a cup of hot coffee for him. Jeremie, Odd, Aelita
and Yumi were in their usual spot near the vending machine. Jeremie
took the cup with a "Thanks" and took a long sip of it.
"Leave him alone Yumi" Aelita scowled.
"He was up
all night because of you"
"Oh, it's so cute when she
tries to protect you" Yumi teased again.
Jeremie blushed.
"Anyway, the program ran it's course last night"
"And?"
Yumi asked.
"I'm not sure. I couldn't get in contact with
Ulrich this morning, but the line was pretty broken up. So I just
don't know"
"Will you try and contact him again during
break?" Yumi asked.
"Yeah. I just hope I can stay awake
during class"
"Why? I don't and I'm doing fine" Odd
said, grinning.
"Right..." Yumi drawled, one eyebrow
arched.
"Anyway, we'd better start heading towards our
classes. See you guys later!" Yumi called over her shoulder,
running towards the school.
"I hope Ulrich's ok"
Yumi thought, sitting in class and half-listening to the teacher. A
knock to the door woke her up. Along with the class she watch the
teacher walk towards the door and open it.
She saw Principal
Delmas standing there with someone just behind him.
It looked like
a boy, dressed in brown pants, yellow vest and an open button shirt.
She tried to see his face, but couldn't see past Delmas's body. The
Principal and the teacher had a quick discussion which ended with the
teacher stepping back into the class.
"Ok class, listen up.
We've got a new student whose just arrived here today." he said
as Mr Delmas moved aside to let the new boy in.
"So please
say hello to-"
"Ulrich!" Yumi gasped, staring at
the familiar in wide open shock.
"Oh man, I'm a glad that's over"
Odd grumbled as he shuffled after Aelita and Jeremy out of Science
Class.
"What are you complaining about? You slept through it
all" Aelita teased.
"Yeah, but any more and I might've
gone into a coma" Odd said.
"You mean you weren't?"
Jeremie said, faking shock.
"Oh my sides" Odd said as
they walked out of the school towards the cafeteria.
"At least it's break time. Look
out food, here I-"
Aelita suddenly gasped and stopped in her
tracks.
"Do you guys see what I see?" she said, staring
wide eye at one of the benches outside the cafeteria.
"No
way" Jeremie said, just as shocked.
"Hey, isn't that
Ulrich?" Odd asked. "Looks like him" Jeremie
said.
"Cool. Go ask him if he'd like lunch. See you guys
inside"
"Oh no, you're coming with us!" Aelita
said, grabbing his ear and dragging him along.
"But the food..." Odd moaned.
"I still can't believe your here" Yumi said,
holding Ulrich's hand.
"Yeah, I know" he said, smiling
at her. Yumi blushed, feeling her heart beating speed up.
"Are
we interrupting anything?" a voice asked teasingly.
"Aelita!
Jeremie!" Yumi said happily, looking up.
She stood up and
hugged Jeremie over the bench. "You did it! Thanks Jeremie"
"Oh,
well, uh, it was nothing" Jeremie said, blushing.
"I
wouldn't say so" Ulrich said, standing up.
He held out his
hand and said "Thanks Jeremie, for everything"
Jeremie
grinned and shook his hand "No problem. But you did you get
here? I thought you would've been in the Factory"
"Just
before the program began I realised we didn't make any plans for
this, so I quickly made some files and putted them into the city
computers. Good thing too, or else I would've been in trouble"
"Oh,
we should've thought of that before" Yumi gasped.
"No
worries. I'm here, and that's all that matters" Ulrich said,
taking her hand in his. Yumi went, feeling her knees go weak.
"So
that means we can shut down Lyoko and Xana right?" Aelita
said.
For a moment she thought she saw a flicker in Ulrich's
eyes.
"Yeah, but not today."
"Yeah, give him a
break Aelita. It's his first day" Yumi said, staring daggers at
her sister.
"Yeah, and he probably hasn't eaten anything yet"
Odd said, starting to inch towards the cafeteria.
"Oh right.
Yumi, why don't you and Ulrich go enjoy lunch so long?
I just need
to go finish off something with Jeremie and then we'll join
you"
"Huh?" Jeremie said, staring at her in
confusion until she poked him in the ribs. "Oh, yeah, that. Uh,
yeah, see you later" he said.
As soon as Yumi, Ulrich and Odd
were out of earshot Jeremie turned to Aelita and asked: "What's
up with you?"
"Jeremie, I've got a bad feeling. Just
trust me for now ok? Now can we please go up to your room?"
Aelita asked, pulling on his arm.
As they walked towards the dorms
Ulrich stared at them through the cafeteria windows, and for a moment
Xana's mark flashed eyes.
